Otoharu

Chapter 80 Dates
After the Qixi Festival passed, the weather gradually turned cold, and everyone in the Li family changed into autumn clothes.

The jujube trees in the Li family's yard were full of fruits at the moment, and they were hanging on the branches bright red, which was really pretty.

This jujube tree was planted when Mrs. Li bought this house. Mrs. Li is very precious. Even if the fruit is ripe, no one will pick it at will. Only on a good day and auspicious time can the dates be hit.

Li Meier has been very greedy for this jujube tree since she was a child. She often went to pick fruits from the tree to eat when she was a child, and she was chased and beaten by Mrs. Li not once or twice, but this kind of food is always very sweet, so No matter how Mrs. Li warned and scolded her, she still couldn't extinguish her determination to pick dates and eat them.

"Brother Qi, go a little further to the left, and Brother Shanqing will be there soon." Li Meier stood under the jujube tree, commanding the two people beside him anxiously.

Dong Qi blushed, and asked Jiang Shanqing who was riding on his neck intermittently, "Shanqing, are you alright? I can't hold it anymore."

Jiang Shanqing held a wooden stick in his hand, his forehead was covered with sweat, and said with a choked breath, "It's almost ready..."

With a "click", the wooden stick in Jiang Shanqing's hand hit the branch of the jujube tree heavily, and the heavy red fruit immediately fell from the tree.

"It's down! It's down!" Li Meier cheered excitedly, lifted up her skirt and went to pick up the fallen fruits.

Dong Qi immediately looked like a deflated ball, his feet went limp, and he collapsed on the grass, gasping for breath.

"Shan Qing, you look thin, but I didn't expect the weight to be so light." Dong Qi took a breath, and finally had the strength to speak again.

Jiang Shanqing has also sat down on the grass at this moment, he touched his sore arm, smiled and said: "I practice martial arts with Master Liu every day these days, although I don't look fat, but my body is stronger than before A lot."

"Then you stay below next time, I really can't hold on to it a few more times." Dong Qi said with a bitter face.

Jiang Shanqing glanced at Dong Qi's solid figure, and said mercilessly: "You lose the fat on your body first, and then I will talk about it. My small body can't stand your pressure."

Dong Qi was speechless, thinking that this kid's mouth is getting more and more poisonous.

While the two were talking, Li Meier had already picked up all the dates that had fallen on the ground and filled her skirt with it.She excitedly walked in front of the two of them, showing what she had gained today.

"Brother Qi, Brother Shanqing, come and eat jujubes, I've already eaten one, it's crunchy and sweet!"

Dong Qi took one casually, wiped it on his clothes, and took a big bite. It was really crunchy, sweet and juicy.He finished one in two bites, and took several more from Li Meier's skirt.

"Brother Shanqing, you can eat too." Li Meier picked the biggest and most popular one, and handed it to Jiang Shanqing.

Although Jiang Shanqing had some distaste on his face, he still took the dates and ate them.

The three of them sat under the jujube tree like this, eating the dates one by one, and soon the dates full of their skirts were all in their stomachs.

Dong Qi burped, stood up from the ground, and patted the leaves of grass on his clothes, "Let's go back, otherwise grandma won't be able to find us in a while, and she will definitely suspect us of stealing dates again."

"What are you afraid of? Grandma is a strong outsider. She just scolded us at most. Anyway, the dates have already entered our stomachs, so she can take them back." Li Meier has become more and more unafraid of Mrs. Li recently, leaning on the trunk of the jujube tree On, said lazily.

"Of course you are fine, but if grandma sues my mother, she will definitely punish me for copying books. You know I hate copying books the most." As a school-age child, Dong Qi has a lot of troubles.

"I really envy you guys. You don't need to study. Besides playing, you just eat, eat and sleep every day." Dong Qi looked at Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing, showing a melancholy expression of "you don't understand my suffering".

"That's not true. Brother Shanqing also studies every day, and he also practices martial arts. You are much more diligent than your cousin." Li Meier felt that Dong Qi was making a big fuss, and complained mercilessly.

Dong Qi felt a little embarrassed, coughed and retorted: "That's different, Shan Qing reads idle books, while I read the Four Books and Five Classics, which are very boring."

"I also read the Four Books and Five Classics, and I have almost finished reading the Analects of Confucius." Jiang Shanqing said quietly, with a calm expression.Dong Qi has nothing to say this time. In fact, he has just started learning the Analects, but how old is Jiang Shanqing?

Seeing Dong Qi's aggrieved appearance, Li Mei'er sympathized with her a little, thinking that you can't compare with anyone, compared with this old ghost, he has lived a whole life longer than you, so it's strange to compare with him.

"By the way, how is my aunt doing recently? My mother said that she is about to give birth to a little sister, and it should be this month." Li Meier sympathized with Dong Qi in her heart, and changed the subject in good faith.

Dong Qi relaxed, and hurriedly replied: "My mother is very good, she can eat and sleep every day, although she has a big belly and has difficulty moving, but in order to give birth smoothly, she will go for a walk in the yard every day after eating, Sister Meier, you should be able to see my sister soon, and I don't ask too much, I just hope that my sister can look as good-looking as you, Sister Meier."

"Brother Qi, your request is quite high, but don't be discouraged if it doesn't come true. After all, you already have a good-looking cousin like me, so you can be satisfied." Li Meier patted Dong Qi's shoulder on tiptoe and said, completely I don't know what a thick skin is.

Jiang Shanqing on the side couldn't help but rolled his eyes, the stinking girl is really getting more and more shameless.

Because she ate too many dates in the afternoon, Li Mei'er couldn't eat for dinner. After half an hour of lingering, the bowl of rice hadn't bottomed out.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Jiang frowned, and said a lesson: "Let you eat less snacks on weekdays. If you don't eat well, I will deduct your snacks in the future."

Li Meier quickly defended, "I didn't eat any snacks, I just don't have an appetite today."

"You're only so old that you don't have an appetite. I think you just eat too many messy snacks, so you don't come to me for snacks in the future." Mrs. Li also helped, and it was rare to stand on the same side as Mrs. Jiang.

"Grandmother, I have to be able to take out the snacks you locked in the cabinet." Li Mei'er is so wronged, just like Mrs. Li, who looks like she guards against thieves every day, I can get snacks from her , count her amazing.

"If you don't think about it all day, how do you know where my snack is hidden? If I don't lock it up, you girl will finish eating it in a few days." Mrs. Li snorted twice and said dissatisfied.

"Grandmother is stingy. I'm your granddaughter. You don't even want to give me the snacks you bought. Could it be that you hide them to feed the mice?" Li Meier was also angry. Whose grandmother is so stingy that she can't bear to give her granddaughter a few snacks? .

(End of this chapter)