A leisurely life reborn in the fiery age

Chapter 108 Indomitable!

In the afternoon, Li Yuan and Lou Xiao'e took the shuttle bus back to Qinjiazhuang to pick up their family members into the city.

What Zhao Yehong said is right, if you don’t sit well during the confinement period, not only the children will suffer and it will be difficult to support them, but the adults will be physically and mentally exhausted, and if you are not careful, you will be at the root of the disease.

The food and supplies that have been saved for several years, the whole family of dozens of people can't eat enough, and it is easy to cause trouble.

But there is no problem at all in supplying people who are in urgent need of care.

Unfortunately, various factors have contributed to the current tension.

Food shortage, what a strange word...

On the way back, as soon as I got on the bus, not to mention Li Yuan, even Lou Xiao'e felt that the farmer's emotions were not right.

The last time she and Li Yuan came back was before they got married.

In fact, it was less than two months.

But at that time, just after the autumn harvest, the faces of passers-by on the road could still see joy.

Even though this year is far from a bumper harvest, as long as there is a harvest, there is hope for life.

But now, the people I met along the way all had serious expressions on their faces.

It seems that they have all encountered unspeakable melancholy and suffering...

Probably, it has something to do with the intensity of grain collection...

After getting off the car and arriving at Qinjiazhuang, the situation eased.

Although I didn't see many people, occasionally a villager passing by in a hurry, grinning and waving to Li Yuan as a greeting, then ran away in a hurry...

Lou Xiao'e asked suspiciously, "Is this something happy that happened in the village?"

The last time she saw them, surrounded by many people, she was a little scared.

But right now, she is not even willing to stand up and say a few words, which makes her feel a little uncomfortable.

Li Yuan said with a smile: "It's possible, I guess it's killing a pig..."

Lou Xiaoe giggled and said, "I haven't seen a pig slaughtered before!"

Li Yuan petted: "In the future, if there is a chance, let's buy a pig ourselves and let you kill it."

"Ha~~"

Lou Xiao'e laughed in surprise: "I don't want it! Just eat it if you can, it's scary to look at, and kill..."

When he was about to arrive at Li's house, he met Qin Dashan, the village head of Qin's Village. His eyes lit up when he saw Li Yuan, and he laughed and said, "The youngest is back? I just came out of your house. Father also wants your brother to find you."

Li Yuan came to his senses when he heard the words, and said, "Old Qin Uncle, the water well is finished?"

Qin Dashan's eyes became more and more satisfied, he patted Li Yuan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "My youngest, thanks to you! After all, it is the young man who went out of our Qin family village, who became a cadre in the city and did not forget the village while eating commercial food! Your blueprint It’s all done, and if we follow suit, we won’t be able to dig a well, so we’ll all be pigs? When the water comes out, it’s the land behind, the one in front of Qin Sanzhu’s house. Youngest, Qin Sanzhu, do you still remember?”

Li Yuan laughed dryly and said, "Remember."

Qin Dashan laughed again, nodded to Lou Xiao'e who was not sure why, and then said to Li Yuan: "Today the brigade canteen killed two pigs, let's eat pig dishes together tonight! If your father disagrees, just tell me Yes! Your father is good at everything, but he is very rigid. For so many years, he refused to take advantage of the public. But you are not taking advantage. It is our Qinjiazhuang who took advantage of you !"

After Qin Dashan swaggered away happily, Li Yuan took Lou Xiao'e back home.

Not many people in the Li family are at home right now, only Mother Li and two confinement sisters-in-law...

It may be because the milk powder is stored in the house, so the daughter-in-law who gave birth always takes the children to live in the old house.

Seeing Li Yuan and Lou Xiaoe enter the door, Li's mother was overjoyed and said in surprise, "Why are you back at this time?"

The second sister-in-law was wearing a turban on her head, and she was sitting on the kang covered with a quilt, she also smiled and complained: "If you don't tell me in advance, what should I do if there is no one at home?"

Lou Xiao'e called out with a smile, the fifth sister-in-law at the other end of the kang was sleeping, she woke up when she heard the movement, and seeing Li Yuan and his wife, she was also happy and said, "The youngest and Xiao'e are back?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Second sister-in-law, fifth sister-in-law, congratulations to you two." Lou Xiao'e asked, "Where is the child?"

Li's mother pulled Lou Xiao'e to sit on the kang, and said: "In that room, eat and sleep, sleep and eat, it's best to take it with you now." Then she said to Li Yuan: "The one you supported has recruited a spirit, this morning After the water was squeezed out, the whole Zhuangzi looked like New Year's. Your father discussed with Qin Dashan and killed two big pigs to eat. As long as there is well water, even if there is a severe drought and no rain next year, you won't be caught blind like this year. You Dad and your brother are watching the fun in the canteen of the brigade, I'll go and call you back."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Don't run away, I just saw Uncle Dashan, Dad and the others must be convinced soon."

Mother Li nodded and said, "That's fine. Yuanzi, you and Xiao'e came back suddenly, what's the matter?"

The second sister-in-law said with a smile: "It must be to announce the good news, Xiao'e is pregnant?"

Lou Xiaoe's pretty face blushed, she quickly shook her head and said, "I don't."

After finishing speaking, his expression was a little disappointed.

In this year, if there is no movement in the second month after marriage, it will be somewhat unhappy, because you have worked so hard...

Li Yuan smiled and said: "It was my idea. The situation will not be very good in the past two years, so I told Xiao'e that there is no rush to have children. Our family is now working together to bring these 23 children. Get through these two or three years. What is the difference between these children in the family and my children?"

It is not his style to do good deeds without leaving a name. For such a strong support to the Li family, the return is on the one hand, and the family investment is on the other hand.

According to previous life experience, even close relatives need emotional investment.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Yuan's words, the second sister-in-law and the fifth sister-in-law were so moved that they wanted to shed tears.

Just as he was trying to persuade Li Yuan not to do this, Li Gui, the seven brothers of the Li family, five other sister-in-laws, and a few little Doudings all came back.

Both Li Yuan and Lou Xiao'e got up to meet each other, and there was another burst of excitement.

The Li family's old house is not small, but there are too many people, and it seems crowded.

Li Gui took a look at his son and daughter-in-law, and asked, "Why are you back at this time? Today is not Sunday, shouldn't you go to work?"

Li Yuan said: "One is to go home and take a look, and see how the pressurized well is doing. The husband of our street director, Aunt Wang, is Deputy Director Song of the Chengdong Public Security Bureau. You also know him. Concern for the country and the people, I have been thinking about it since I heard about it, and asked me to understand it a few times. Although he is a member of the public security department, he is close to the higher authorities..."

A smile appeared on Li Gui's face, and he said, "The water is out!"

The boss, Li Chi, also nodded and said, "Now we need to build a few more wells before winter. The water coming out of one well is still too little. We need to use steel pipes and cement. I don't know if the higher authorities will approve it or not."

Li Yuan said with a smile: "The higher-ups decide, we just do our own thing well. After Uncle Song brings people to look at it, this matter will definitely be passed on to the higher-ups. It's much more worrying than ourselves."

He didn't plan to participate in this good thing, and he didn't plan to leave a name, so he hid it tightly and didn't show his face.

The person in charge of the overall work right now will have problems shaking hands...

But as long as their old Li family is low-key enough, this kind of "big good thing" in the early days will naturally be snatched...

Li Yuan changed the topic and said: "Father, brother, this time I came back to pick up my mother, second sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, fourth sister-in-law, fifth sister-in-law, sixth sister-in-law, and they went to the city with their children.

My master's house has a second yard that is empty. She gave it to me to use for a few years, and then returned it to her when her son got married. It happened that the family could use it for these two years.

No matter which sister-in-law is in confinement, she can go up and raise her.

Even the stove is sealed at home, how can I have a good confinement? "

Hearing what he said, Li's mother was startled, and said: "What do we look like in the city? There is no big pot of rice in the city, and there is no ration of food. How much food is enough?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this at home. I will find a way over there, and it will be done properly. I haven't done anything else for more than a year. I just searched around for food and hid some. It's enough for my mother and a few My sister-in-law has been able to pass her confinement safely for a while, and she doesn't need to use the grain hidden in the cellar of the courtyard house.

The second brother and the others hunted so many wild animals, I saved them, and I can’t cook them here, so I can eat them conveniently when I go to the city.

The child grows the fastest in the first year. This year, the foundation is solidified, and it will be easier to raise in the future.

The same goes for the sisters-in-law, how can they have a good confinement by bringing back some coarse grain corn buns from the canteen of the brigade?
I still have to breastfeed the baby, and my body will collapse after a long time.

This is what I think, we are a big family, no matter how old or young, there is no one less.

And if the weather is smooth next year, we will get through it..."

Li's mother was in tears, and said to Li Gui: "The youngest and Xiao'e discussed it. They don't want children first, and they will raise the children in the family first."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room looked at the smiling Li Yuan and Lou Xiao'e with moved faces, not a few of them had red eye circles.

The three sister-in-laws with big bellies even pulled Lou Xiaoe, tears streaming down her face.

Li Gui frowned, looked at his youngest son for a long time, and then said: "Don't be brave!"

The boss, Li Chi, didn't quite agree either, and said in a deep voice, "You're the youngest, and your health isn't good when you were young. Just live your own life and don't let us worry about it. Who doesn't give birth at home now? You gave birth to your own, why bother?"

He knew his old man's heart knot. When Li Yuan was 15 years old, he suffered a serious illness. The doctor he called said that the small deficit had exhausted his body and he couldn't survive it.

Unexpectedly, he survived, but since then, Li Gui, as a father, has always wanted Li Yuan to get married early, so that he can save his blood and make a breakthrough...

It's just that in front of so many eldest daughters-in-law, it's not good for an old man to favor the younger son too much, so he, the eldest brother, can only say so.

The sister-in-law laughed and said to her sisters-in-law, especially Lou Xiaoe: "Your elder brother loves the youngest more than our father! Sometimes I am jealous, and I am not so kind to Li Kun."

The sisters-in-law also laughed, but they couldn't say anything about the elder brother.

Li Yuan was actually in a dilemma. It would be easier to meet a group of relatives who were climbing up poles and sucking blood.

However, the Li family's family style is upright, it is clearly a peasant family, with so many people, it is not chaotic at all...

It just doesn't make sense.

The more this is the case, the more pressure he has on the contrary...

Gradually, I began to think of them as real relatives.

I have to admit that such a family atmosphere is really easy to move people...

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Brother also said that I am not in good health, so I want to pull so many nephews and nieces together. After ten or twenty years, Li Kun and the others will all grow up. Twenty or thirty Among my nephews, there must be a few who are filial to my eighth uncle, right? I can also retire early and take good care of my body."

Li Chi's complexion didn't look much better at all, and Li Jiang, the second child, couldn't figure it out: "Are there only a few filial children out of twenty or thirty? Are the others raised as livestock?"

Several sister-in-laws were also shouting: "Whoever dares not be filial to their eighth uncle will be beaten to death directly."

Li Yuan laughed and said: "I'll just say that... The main reason is that the current situation is really bad. You can't see meat when you are in confinement, right? Now there is no cooking at home, and there is no way.

Go away, go away as soon as you say.

My master's bedding is complete, and I don't need to bring anything except a change of clothes.You have to live for a month first, right?Anyway, I have to finish my confinement properly. "

Li Hai patted his head, grinned and said, "It's good to be able to confine yourself to the confinement period, but I'm afraid it will trouble you and your sister-in-law." He also felt sorry for his wife.

Lou Xiaoe hurriedly said, "I'm fine."

Li Yuan also said with a smile: "Trouble me, there is a single-family courtyard house over there. I will find a way to quietly send in all the food and drink, and the rest will be up to my mother and sisters-in-law. Xiao'e and I I have to go to work, so there is no way to serve in front of me."

The third sister-in-law smiled and said: "It's not born together. We can take care of ourselves. The rural people are not so delicate. How many of them were just working in the fields to earn work points, and then gave birth in a blink of an eye. They were raised at home for two days Throw the child on the kang, tie it with a rope, and go out to earn work points. But there are also accidents, such as the children of Qin Deshui’s family. They tie the child and put it on the kang. The adults go out to work in the field. On the edge of the Kang, it's all purple..."

Lou Xiaoe was terrified, her eyes widened and she said, "Sister-in-law three, what happened to the child?"

The third sister-in-law laughed and said: "It doesn't matter! If you say that the people in the countryside are strong, the child will be taken to the medical center and the doctor will push it and he will be relieved. So there is no need to worry at all. Now it is not busy with farming. In addition to eating and sleeping, we are afraid that we will sit by ourselves." Not confinement?"

Lou Xiao'e seriously warned: "Sister-in-law three, you must never tie up the child like this!"

The whole family laughed, liking this simple and kind little daughter-in-law more and more.

Sisters-in-law seldom don't count, and they don't worry about being few but about inequality. Sometimes it's not about whether they have money or not, or they are annoyed at unfairness.

Lou Xiao'e's performance was beyond their expectations. She thought she was a pampered young lady, but who knew that she didn't care about it at all, she was so kind...

The third sister-in-law smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Listen to you, don't tie up the child!"

Lou Xiaoe smiled embarrassedly...

Li Yuan said: "Then hurry up and pack up and leave. There is still a shuttle bus, and you have to pack up when you go. The third sister-in-law, the fourth sister-in-law, and the sixth sister-in-law are not born yet, so you can go by yourself. The second brother and the fifth brother will go together. Helping the second sister-in-law and the fifth sister-in-law. Let’s hurry up. I have to see a doctor for Aunt Wang’s daughter-in-law at night. Her Uncle Song is the deputy director of the East City Public Security Bureau. It’s a coincidence that the Public Security Bureau is located in Xinsi Hutong Next door, I can ask someone to help take care of it."

Without this relationship, he might not dare to bring so many family members into the capital.

The street aunts right now are not joking...

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Two hours later, at 13:[-] p.m., Li Yuan brought a large group of family members to Dongxin Temple Hutong, and opened the gate of No. [-] courtyard with the key given by Sun Da.

The inverted seat, wing room, moon gate, north room and so on are all neat.

Although it is not as luxurious as the front porch and back mansion in Beixincang No. [-] Courtyard that Lou Zhentao sent, it is still very good, and the Li family are very satisfied.

The sister-in-law also came over to take a look, and she felt relieved when she saw the courtyard, and said with a smile: "Mother, this courtyard is really not bad!"

Li's mother shook her head and said: "It's not bad, it's someone else's. The gold and silver nests are not as good as our own kennels. Their sisters-in-law will go home after confinement here. If they live here for a long time, they will feel weak."

The sister-in-law nodded and said: "That's the reason. Don't eat too much here, or you won't be able to bear it when you go back."

Lou Xiaoe smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you come to live here too. I'm not busy in winter, so I'll go back next year when spring comes."

The sister-in-law took Lou Xiao'e's hand and said: "You are the kindest of us sisters-in-law. No one else can do what you do. Good boy, don't worry about us, we are already this big, and it's not the first time Returning to give birth to a child, can you still take care of yourself? You and Yuanzi will give birth to you, and when Mom comes to take care of your child, I will stay for two more days."

Li Yuan took his second elder brother Li Jiang and fifth elder brother Li Hai, walked around the yard and then rode out on a bicycle. Li Jiang and Li Hai took Li's mother and others to divide the bedroom and settle the baby. .

Before they finished their work, Li Yuan had already returned with big bags and went straight to the kitchen.

When Li Jiang, Li Hai and others heard the movement and rushed over, they found that the two noodle tanks in the kitchen had already stored half a tank of white noodles and stick noodles. Fresh crucian carp!

Lard and sesame oil are also placed in place, cabbage and potatoes are also piled in the corner...

Without giving them time to ask more questions, Li Yuan gasped and said, "That's all for now, mom, sister-in-law, second brother, fifth brother, Xiao'e and I have to leave quickly, and we have to go to Mianmian Hutong to find the king. Auntie begs for some face and asks Uncle Song to help say hello to the street here, otherwise the black family will come to the door before the day comes.

I still have some tickets and money here. When you exit the alley and turn east, you will reach the non-staple food store. If you need anything, let Wu Ge buy it.

Sister-in-law, I won't see you off today. "

The sister-in-law patted Li Yuan's arm, and said to Li's mother: "Although I am a sister-in-law, I still treat the youngest as a half-child. When I was a child, I cried every day, and I was as delicate as a little girl. My mother and I are still worried. , I don’t know if I can stand upright when I grow up... In such a blink of an eye, I have grown so big that I have become a pillar.”

There were tears in the laughing eyes.

In such a difficult time, the youngest one in the family stood up and stood up for the family. How can we not be moved?
Mother Li followed with a sigh and said with a sigh: "It's time to stand up, we are all married. Youngest, you can go. You don't have to come here every day, the important thing is to do business."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "What is more important than family matters? It's okay, Mom."

Lou Xiao'e also smiled and said, "Mom, you and your sisters-in-law have a good rest here, we will come back tomorrow."

After the two left, they rode their bicycles to Beixincang Hutong first. With Liubiju's pickles, they cooked a portion of braised chicken and rice, and then rode their bicycles to Mianmian Hutong together...

Lou Xiaoe couldn't hold back and asked: "Yuanzi, are we really in no hurry to have a baby?"

Li Yuan winked and said with a smile: "There's nothing urgent or not. I haven't taken any measures. If I get pregnant, it's a surprise. If I don't get pregnant, it means we have contributed to the family."

It took Lou Xiao'e a while to understand, her eyes were like sticky syrup, stuck to Li Yuan's body and couldn't move away...

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PS: The average subscription is increasing by dozens every day, and it is heading towards [-] average subscription. I never thought that there are so many criticisms, and such a result can be achieved. This book does not even have a serious recommendation...

Many book friends think that there is nothing to write, and they have been making dolls. Really, there are too many things to write, but when they are writing, they want to write funny things in the courtyard, so the intensity is a bit too much .

After scrapping so many saved manuscripts, my heart is bleeding, but there is nothing I can do.

As for why the old tease Jia's family and the uncle... who made them the biggest bosses in the courtyard?

This book can't be regarded as a pure chronology, it's light-hearted and joyful, so some book friends will inevitably feel that there is no serious main line for the nonsense, but there are also book friends who find it funny.

I slowly adjust and improve, trying to balance the two.For a book with more than a million words, I wrote it with my heart and strived to live up to the support of book friends.

(End of this chapter)