At the end of Shen Shi, Li Hui and Yu Zhao returned home from work, and it was dark.
Cheng Xue was cooking in the outer room, but the bean buns had not been finished in the house. She promised to find someone, but now no one is there. Is this...a quarrel?
Li Hui walked up to him suspiciously and asked in a low voice:
"Where are my wife, Aunt Xu, and Sister-in-law Dong? Didn't they come? But something happened at home?"
"Nothing happened, don't think about it. They were all here, but during the packing process, Aunt Xu chatted and talked about the robberies in the neighboring villages. Sister-in-law Guo and Qingshan's wife were worried, so I let them go first. Xu
My aunt and my daughter have been helping me. You two wash your hands and go into the house to work."
Two more people, two more efforts, and everything can be done quickly.
Cheng Xue made it extremely simple, but Yu Zhao was stunned when he was assigned a job. The family made bean buns every winter, but he, his father, and his brothers never got started.
Li Hui took a basin to scoop out water and saw him standing there blankly, misunderstanding that he was worried about his family.
"Tomorrow you go home after breakfast and tell your uncle that Yu Chang will be on guard and go directly to the forest farm when you are done. Don't worry, your wages will not be deducted."
"Ah?" Yu Zhao came back to his senses, then shook his head, "No way, cousin, even you will be in trouble if you are discovered."
"Don't worry, it's okay, I'm here with you." After Li Hui finished speaking, he wiped his hands and entered the house.
It’s not a lie that he works in the forest farm these days. It’s no problem to go an hour late.
There aren't too many sticky noodles left in the house, but it will definitely take a while for two people to make them.
The little girl and brother who were sleeping soundly on the kang came together at some point. The younger brother held his sister's arm, and the sister put her other hand on her brother, very lovingly.
"Dad." The siblings said in unison.
Yan Yixin stood up, gave up the stool, and called "Uncle".
"You sit down, I'll take a seat with Tangtang."
After saying that, Li Hui took off his shoes and got on the kang to observe the eldest daughter's techniques.
In Tianying, team members often go to the cooking class to help after training. They have cut potatoes, made dumplings, steamed buns, made pancakes, etc.
It is no longer new for these children to have their father work. Ever since grandma woke him up by scolding him, he has become like a new person, diligent, capable, and down-to-earth. They all like their current father.
When Yu Zhao entered the house and saw his cousin working, he rolled up his sleeves to help. So when he came home to work later, his mother and daughter-in-law thought he had been robbed.
The braised chicken nuggets haven't even come out of the pot yet, and all the bean buns in the house have been wrapped.
Li Yue was too tired to lift his arms. Li Heng was too tired to keep shaking his arms. Yan Yixin kneaded his brother considerately. Li Hui felt sad after seeing this and couldn't help but nod.
It has to be like this, the children love each other, the family is in harmony, and life is not bad.
They called Yu Zhao and went straight to the warehouse, where the brothers moved the floor table back.
"Why move it?" Cheng Xue was puzzled.
This table was kept in the east room when the original protagonist's father was alive. There are also two chairs, but they were borrowed by the Li Fang family and have not been returned yet.
"Nothing to do. It's inconvenient to eat and talk in two rooms. From now on, we will eat in the east room. There is a table on the kang and a table on the ground. My cousin will come with me and bring back the stools borrowed from Li Fang's family."
The borrowed chairs were good things. Like the floor table, the best pear wood was passed down from ancestors. At that time, Li Fang originally wanted to borrow them all, but the original owner didn't build a cage, so he settled for the next best thing.
Li Hui didn't lift the table, so she forgot about it. She stood at the door and warned again:
"There is also a blue and white porcelain tea set. Tiedan and your father will go together to get it. Please help us get it."
"Mom, there is also a set of Bagua locks. Mo Naihe was also borrowed by them." Li Yue reminded him helpfully.
Cheng Xue recalled carefully, what a good guy, he actually borrowed so much. He took Li Hui and went straight to the study, and told Li Hui one by one what he had borrowed, and he recorded it.
It’s okay if I didn’t think about it, but now that I think about it, I must get them all back.
After finishing writing, Li Hui called Shang Yan Yixin, and the "Five People Who Want Things" officially set off.
Cheng Xue went back to the house to fetch water and scrubbed the pear wood floor table from top to bottom.
The original owner was really wasting his natural resources. It is so inappropriate that such a well-established and valuable thing should be left to gather dust in a warehouse.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Li Tian was awakened by the sound of water, rubbed his eyes and asked.
When Li Huai heard the sound, he sat up and screamed, "Ah uh... Ah poof..." He kept shouting.
When a child tries to make a fool of himself recently, he always says it in a hurried manner.
"Mom, there's nothing to do. Just clean the table. We'll have dinner in this room from now on."
Li Tian obediently said "Oh" and went down to the ground to take the urine pail onto the kang. Li Huai stood up holding on to the window sill and let his sister take off his pants.
There is no need to give orders for this kind of thing. The three-and-a-half-year-old girl takes the initiative to do it. Cheng Xue saw it and remembered it in her heart. Even farmers are like this. After being busy for a while, they can’t let their little daughter do this again.
After burning the incense, Yan Yixin and Li Yue came back first. After asking, they found out that they were still looking for something.
Now Li Hui is very reliable in doing things. Knowing that Li Fang loves face, he went directly to Jiang Jianye and Dong Lisong to testify.
One of them is Li Zheng, and the other is a local doctor, and their prestige in the village cannot be underestimated. In front of them, they counted the things Li Fang borrowed, and he had to return them even if he didn't want to.
"...Grandpa Jiang and Grandpa Dong are helping there. My dad and the others will be back soon. Brother Yixin and I will get the little things back first."
When Cheng Xue heard that she had called for foreign aid, she quickly grabbed some fungus and soaked it in warm water as a precaution.
Looking at the Bagua lock, rattle, sap, and Mo Naihe on the kang... they are all wooden toys for children.
There are obviously children at home, but they still let people borrow these things. The original owner is really out of his mind.
"You can't eat this, Mi Tai!"
Li Tian's sharp voice interrupted her thoughts. Seeing Xiao Li Huai showing his teeth to please Li Tian with a rattle in his hand, he immediately understood what happened.
Li Yue and Yan Yixin left again. Cheng Xue wiped the table, filled a basin of water, and gave the wooden toys a good scrubbing.
An entire hour passed, and all the things that had been away for many years finally returned to the embrace of Li Hui's family.
Jiang Jianye and Dong Lisong were indispensable, and Li Hui sincerely invited them to dinner.
Braised chicken nuggets, fried eggs, shredded potatoes in vinegar, and black and white vegetables.
There is one table on the kang and one on the floor. The dishes on both tables are the same. The staple food is white rice, which is quite rich.
"If it weren't for his two uncles today, he would definitely have to default on his debt. Uncle Jiang and Uncle Dong should eat more, so you're welcome."
The whole village knows that Li Hui's family is in good condition, but looking at it today, it seems that the quality of the family needs to be even higher. They came to eat on a temporary basis, and they definitely didn't have to rush to cook chicken. It was obvious that they were going to eat this today.
"It's too unreasonable for you to say this. Back then, your father handed over the land deed to the village unconditionally. I will always remember this feeling."
"Yes, Huizi. If your father hadn't asked me to come to your house to read books, I wouldn't have recognized so many medicinal materials." Dong Lisong agreed.
Speaking of which, it was precisely because of Li Yuan's actions that Li Hui's family gained a foothold.