Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Chapter 20

Er Gouzi nodded and turned to enter the room. A quilt in the room had been folded, Li Ji's bed was opened, and the smell was already very weak. Er Gouzi had a keen sense of smell and smelled it.

Although Er Gouzi is immature, he is a smart person. It is impossible for a fool to live on the mountain for such a long time.

Er Gouzi guessed that Li Ji didn't finish folding the quilt because he found this place, but he couldn't figure out why, why Li Ji didn't fold the quilt when he found this place.

Er Gouzi folded the quilt and put it on the table. After Li Ji's dumplings were cooked, he went to serve the hot dishes in the pot one by one.

Li Ji eats dumplings that are easy to dip in vinegar, and with mashed garlic, he can eat two plates for a meal. Needless to say, Er Gouzi, he can eat two catties without dipping anything.

Others say that those who can eat can eat two more bites when they are full, and Er Gouzi can eat two catties when they are full.

Li Ji looked at the dishes on the table and felt tired and flustered, and then looked at Er Gouzi who was sitting opposite him wolfing down, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, after all, he was not a material for enjoying good fortune. Now I have a good day to eat meat all at once, but I hate meat so much that I panic.

Li Ji ate very little for this meal, and Er Gouzi noticed it first. When Li Ji put down his chopsticks, Er Gouzi picked up a large piece of fish and put it in Li Ji's bowl.

Li Ji looked at the meat in the bowl and forced himself to eat it.

"You don't like it?" Er Gouzi asked.Er Gouzi could tell Li Ji's likes and dislikes through the changes in Li Ji's expression. He could tell that Li Ji didn't like fish when he ate it again.

Some people can't even eat meat. How could Li Ji say that he doesn't like it: "No, it's just that there is more meat and less vegetables, and you get tired of eating too much. It's okay. I was thinking that we have time to build some earthen houses. It’s hot, and it’s fine to order some special dishes in the house.”

Or how to say that people are greedy, and when they have things, they always think about those they don't have.The vegetables eaten in winter are nothing more than radishes, cabbage and potatoes, and the leftovers are not easy to store and cannot be eaten at all.Now Li Ji wants to eat a bite of cabbage, or lettuce and shallots.

Thinking about it this way, Li Jileng is out of breath.Rubbing the corners of his lips and reducing the bowl, Li Ji had already sat down and decided to take Er Gouzi to build a small vegetable garden in the house.

At home, there is a chicken feeding trough that was eliminated before. Although it is a bit bulky, it can be filled with soil just enough to grow vegetables on the balcony.

All that was left was to dig the soil, and Li Ji didn't remember until he picked up the hoe, what time is it now?It's the first day of the new year, but it's not appropriate to break ground on the fifth day.

Thinking of this, Li Ji put down all his things again, facing Er Gouzi's puzzled expression, Li Ji coughed: "It's okay, let's do it in two days, let's grow some garlic and onion sprouts on a plate. Same."

Some people in the village set off cannons, and Li Ji's family had breakfast earlier, and other people's families would eat it after they had finished eating.

That is to say, at this time of the Chinese New Year, every household has three meals.

Zhang Fucai doesn't even have any mourning or joy, because it's the Chinese New Year and he can't bring bad luck to other people's families, and even if he wants to invite him, he can't invite him at this time.There is only a simple mourning hall, no coffin, only a mattress and a quilt, placed in a simple mourning hall built with wood and corn stalks.

The eldest son kept the spirit, the family members burned paper, and the red couplets became white couplets. It was supposed to be a happy family. Every year after Chinese New Year, this family will think of the relatives who passed away on this day.

Another two days passed, and on the morning of the third day of junior high school, Li Ji put a lot of snacks on the table, and hot water was boiled in the pot and on the stove. Er Gouzi didn't know why, so he asked Li Ji why.

Li Ji sighed and said: "After a hundred years, the village is basically my juniors, waiting to come to pay New Year's greetings. Some people are busy today, so don't be too busy, I will make delicious food for you tonight."

Er Gouzi looked at Li Ji's lips and nodded slightly.

Li Ji didn't know that the focus of the two was not at all together.Li Ji only cares about his own snacks and tea, and it's good not to treat them when they don't have them, but sometimes the juniors come over to pay you New Year's greetings with good intentions, so you can't bear to take out all the good things at home.

Gifts were given years ago, and after the next year, they basically brought the children to visit. To put it bluntly, it was to let the children beg for some lucky money.

In this regard, Li Ji didn't plan to give any money out. The money was earned by Er Gouzi who went up the mountain and risked his hunting. I feel sorry for Er Gouzi.

As soon as Li Ji's voice finished speaking, someone came in to greet him outside to pay New Year's greetings.I have been busy all day, and I have eaten a lot of tea and snacks. I don’t give people lucky money, but it’s good to grab two handfuls of snacks, especially when some people are reluctant to buy snacks. Two copper plates are more popular with children.

Li Ji's two nephews also came over one after another. The second nephew Li Jin brought his daughter-in-law Erying and his son Xiaotuo here this time, and this time there was a little girl standing beside Xiaotuo.The little girl was very honest, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and the one who was older for the Chinese New Year didn't wear decent clothes.

"Isn't this the child of Zhang Baihu's family?"

Erying smiled, and pulled the little girl to her side: "That's right, that Zhang Baihu didn't like a girl, so Zhang Xue bought it earlier, but now Zhang Ying doesn't want to keep it, so she has to prepare a dowry after living for nothing." , It’s not worth it. It just so happens that our little potato is naughty, and it will definitely not be easy to be a daughter-in-law in the future, so I will take it home and be a little wife for Little Tudou.”

Li Ji didn't know what to say, but Zhang Baihu was really interesting, the two sons and two daughters couldn't be begged by others, and the girls were all pretty.If you put other people's family happy, let's not talk about whether the parents are hurt or not, just say that it is "valuable or not". A good-looking girl can find a good-looking husband's family in the future, and she can help the son at home in the future. Although she has to prepare a dowry, she can The bride price will not be less.

How come Zhang Baihu has become a burden?First, let the two daughters sell what they sell and give away what they give away, so just keep the two sons as treasures?

"Come here." Li Ji waved to the little girl.

The little girl walked in timidly. Li Ji saw that she was a beauty, and then looked up at the little potato with a snotty nose. He really felt that she was not good enough for her.

Li Ji grabbed a handful of dried fruit and gave her: "The little girl is very skinny, so don't think I'm too talkative. Even though I'm a little wife, we have to be our own family members. Don't be wronged. The little girl is also a daughter-in-law, and our family can count on it." I have never treated my daughter-in-law harshly. I am not saying that you treat her badly. We are talking about the future. When we come to our house, we will raise him as our own daughter. good."

The young daughter-in-law is also the so-called child bride, who was raised by the man's family when she was a child.In most of these cases, the situation of child brides-in-law is not good. It is said that they are the same daughter-in-law, but they are actually cheap maids. You have to scare the child bride-in-law from being abused, so that when you grow up, you will be able to accept orders with a low eyebrow and a pleasing eye.

This kind of daughter-in-law is better than the daughter-in-law married later. Without the backing of her natal family, her life and death belong to her husband's family.

When Li Ji was a child, he heard from his father that child brides were popular in the village decades ago, but then there was a family who beat the young daughter-in-law really hard. The little girl who was seven or eight years old killed the whole family with a knife.

After that happened, several families in the village sent their daughter-in-law back. After that, there was no such thing in the village for a long time.It has been decades since this happened. Recently, there have been a few families in the village raising children and wives, but it has not become fashionable anymore.

Erying nodded with a smile: "That's natural. I'm also a daughter-in-law? I just thought that Little Tudou can earn some money when he grows up, but don't wait until he grows up to be a good-for-nothing. The daughter-in-law who has raised her for so many years He also ran away in anger."

As soon as this remark came out, there was laughter in the room, and this matter was said as a joke.

When I was sending her away, someone else came over, and I was not able to settle down until the afternoon.

Visitors had to be entertained, and it was inevitable that they would talk for a while. This day, Li Ji's voice was a little hoarse.

If you are exhausted, treat yourself with something good at night.The money in the family is kept in a small wooden box inside the quilt rack, which only two people know.During dinner, Li Ji saw Er Gouzi tinkering with something under the quilt, and then told Li Ji to go out for a while in the kitchen.

Being able to do these things proves that Er Gouzi has matured again, and Li Ji let him go out without asking what he was doing.

In such a poor mountain valley, it is difficult to learn bad things.

After a while, Er Gouzi came back and smelled the smell of wine. As soon as Li Ji smelled the smell of wine, he felt bad, and couldn't help thinking of some things that he didn't want to recall.

Er Gouzi smiled with particularly bright white teeth: "Let's drink."

Li Ji really wanted to shake his head and say no to drinking, he was really afraid that the two of them would roll on the same bed after drinking.

When the food was ready and served, Er Gouzi poured the wine for Li Ji with ease.This positive energy made Li Ji suspect that Er Gouzi deliberately got him drunk and took advantage of it.

Li Ji began to examine himself, whether he really taught Er Gouzi wrongly.Not to mention that things like drinking to take advantage are actually used to take advantage of a man. Even if this kind of thing is used on a woman, it is not right, and it is too inhuman.

The point is that Li Ji never taught him these things at all, Er Gouzi learned this by himself.

Looking at the wine in the bowl, and the expectant Er Gouzi on the opposite side.He couldn't say what he was preaching, and he drank the wine into his stomach according to Er Gouzi's wish.

After drinking it, Er Gouzi was poured again, not much, just one sip, and Li Ji could drink it with a lift of his neck.

In fact, drinking like this makes it easier to get drunk, because every sip adds to the sip, so it is impossible to determine how much you have drunk.If you just say one bowl directly, you won’t drink it after drinking one bowl, but if you drink it like this, you can drink three or five bowls inadvertently.