A leisurely life reborn in the fiery age

Chapter 120
"Hey, isn't it ugly?"

Li Yuan was overjoyed to see Lou Xiao'e standing next to the sister-in-law, looking at the baby in the sister-in-law's arms with a confused look on her face.

Lou Xiaoe was a little embarrassed, she glanced at Li Yuan complainingly, and said, "It's... pretty good."

This is obviously a lie. The newborn baby has been soaked in the amniotic fluid for more than half a year, the skin is wrinkled, and the body is still covered with a layer of vernix.

In addition, when the child comes out, the head is squeezed, so sometimes a pointed head is formed, which is called ugly...

It's a pity that within 5 minutes after the name of the third generation of the eighteen arhats of the old Li family was called out, another ugly boy came.

Li's mother patted Li Yuan, and said to Lou Xiao'e: "Don't bother with him! Babies are like this when they are born, and Yuanzi is the same when he was born. It will look good after raising him for half a month."

Li Yuan said: "Ezi, stay here for a while, I'll find a crucian carp, pregnant women don't drink crucian carp soup."

The second brother, Li Jiang, was stunned: "It looks like it's going to snow now, where do you get crucian carp?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Don't worry about it, I'll do it and I'll be back in a while."

Said and went out.

Li Jiang joked to Lou Xiaoe: "The youngest is so capable now?"

Lou Xiaoe smiled dryly, not knowing how to answer.

Mother Li looked at her second son and frowned, "Why are you so talkative? Are you showing off?"

Li Jiang was wronged, and said: "We are all a family, so let's tell a joke..."

Mother Li said angrily: "I think you are a big joke!"

The sister-in-law also scolded: "Tell a joke when you are an uncle? A mother-in-law's mouth!"

Li Jiang: "..."

Li He and Li Hai had fun!
Lou Xiao'e hurriedly said: "Mom, sister-in-law, I can tell a joke. Yuanzi said that if you marry the Li family, you are the Li family. The brothers are Yuanzi's real brothers and mine. It's okay." After a pause, he continued: "At home...at my mother's house, my brother and I also liked to joke around."

Li Jiang was happy again, and said triumphantly: "If you don't say it, the brothers in our family feel that this Xiao'e is born into our family. The family is so rich, but there is nothing wrong with rich people! Xiao'e and Yuanzi Ah, the best match!"

Now Lou Xiaoe was happy and grinned.

Seeing her delicate appearance, Li's mother and sister-in-law also laughed.

The daughter-in-law here is good, carefree and caring.

Not long after, Li Yuan came back, actually carrying a two-foot-long crucian carp, a big pork knuckle, and a fat hare in his hand!

"Craucian carp stew, braised elbows, stir-fried rabbits, Mom and sister-in-law, you eat!"

Li Yuan handed the things to Li Jiang.

Li Jiang was stunned, and said: "This... when did this happen, where did you get these?"

Right now, the canteens of the general brigade can’t even have enough to eat miscellaneous grains and steamed corn buns. Qinjiazhuang is because Li Gui insisted on it before and didn’t report the harvest to the real estate. full……

Even so, Qinjiazhuang has been mobilizing, not to mention the fish in the hare river in the mountains, even the wild vegetables in the corners have been dug up and stored.

Even if this is the case in Qinjiazhuang, let alone the other production teams who can't even eat miscellaneous grains, those who run on the mountain and swim in the water will basically not let a hair go.

There is no shortage of firearms in the area right now, and the militiamen even have machine guns. How could people starve to death, and the mountains are full of animals running around...

That's why the family was so surprised to see the big fish and hare in Li Yuan's hands!
Li Yuan smiled and said: "You don't care about it. Earlier, I asked my family to hunt and send things up. I really thought it was free? Although I gave more at the beginning and less now, it is enough to survive the winter! In the future, you will take turns to bring your children up to make up for it. When the commune canteen is over, you can send things home and do it yourself.”

The rationed food in Qinjiazhuang is still enough to eat, but there is not enough oil and water.

The family members take turns to go to the city every Sunday to eat good food, so that they can live on and not wear down their bodies.

Li Jiang put his arms around Li Yuan's neck and said happily: "Youngest! I really have you!"

Earlier Li Yuan said that he could save meat, but his family didn't take it seriously.

How to store so much meat is difficult, the summer is so hot, and there is no cold storage...

Can only rely on smoking, but rely on bacon alone, how many pieces can be smoked?
Unexpectedly, it was not bacon, but fresh meat!

Li Yuan chuckled, and said: "The confinement will last for 42 days, but don't rush to go back after the confinement. The child is too young, and there is no pot at home, and there is no way to make soup. The five sister-in-laws still live Here, every night I quietly steam some sweet corn buns, brother and the others will bring them home, adults and children can have some tonics at night.”

After hearing this, Mother Li couldn't help asking: "Youngest, how much food and sugar do you have? How many times can we eat with such a small mouth?"

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "It's definitely not enough to eat freely, no amount of it is enough. Just try to make sure that our family is not hungry. Look at the drought, seeing that there is not a single snow star in December, and it will be enough next year So our family has to save some food and make long-term plans. But we can’t starve to death at home, and our family is still fat and fat, which attracts hatred.

Now let’s forget about the food in the canteen of the brigade. When the canteen of the commune can’t even eat half full, we will start to mobilize here.

Everyone in the family is guaranteed a whole grain sweet corn bun every night, so that even if they are hungry, they will not be bad. "

It’s really not much. In normal years, country people eat three catties of coarse grains a day, because there is no oil and water, and if they eat less, they will get hungry quickly.

A cornbread is only so much, even if it is bigger, it is only two taels.

Of course, if you put sugar on it, it's another matter, the calories of sugar are much higher...

But no matter how it is converted, it is equivalent to half a catty of coarse grains.

Fortunately, there is not even a single grain of grain in the countryside. After all, it is Yanjiao, at the root of the imperial city, and at the foot of the emperor. Everyone still has about half a catty of food rations a day.

Moreover, most of the above can allocate a batch of relief food.

Calculated in this way, the Li family can basically survive in peace.

The sister-in-law reminded: "One cornbread a day, our family has to steam dozens of sweet cornbreads a day, how much grain and sugar?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, what have you been busy with for the past half a year as eight of us brothers? You can't afford rice and white noodles, and you can't even afford coarse grains and steamed buns, so what are you called the Eight Great King Kongs? Sister-in-law, when the life in the village is hard When you were young, you and your mother lived here, and you didn’t do other things every day, but steamed corn buns at home.”

More than half a year, he started preparations since he received the 8000 yuan manuscript fee at the end of May Fourth Movement.

This year, almost five years have passed.

Fortunately, there was no restriction on the supply of supplies at the beginning, and he spent a month and a half traveling all over the grain stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in Sijiu City by himself.

Hearing what he said, a group of people laughed.

But in fact, they can’t live for too long, because in two months’ time, on New Year’s Eve, the boss will give a speech when he inspects the commune’s cafeteria in the suburbs of Beijing. But the commune members can go home and cook for themselves.

Other places are not enough, the farther away from the capital, the later it will be untied.Those common people were ground into powder by corn cobs, corn stalks, cotton husks, sweet potato seedlings, elm bark, and elm leaves, and let them go in [-]...

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"If you have something to say, just say it."

After having dinner with their family in the evening, Li Yuan and Lou Xiaoe walked home pushing their bicycles.

Because I wanted to go for a walk, I was not in a hurry to ride a bike. Seeing Lou Xiao'e's hesitation, Li Yuan said with a smile.

Lou Xiao'e said seriously: "Yuanzi, why do you only give the whole family rice buns? I can go home and ask my father to borrow money. Let's give my mother and sister-in-law some white flour steamed buns, okay? They are so good."

Li Yuan chuckled, looked at his wife tenderly, and said, "Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that this matter is very complicated. I can't explain it clearly in a few words, just think about it, I gave a few bowls to the deaf old lady back then. The rotten meat noodles were rumored by Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu, and then someone reported it, so you should understand that people's hearts are unpredictable. But don't worry, the difficult days will not last long. After a few years, I guarantee that the family can eat white flour steamed buns every day, no matter how much I eat, I can’t finish it!”

This is the best thing for Lou Xiaoe, she believes in Li Yuan, she believes what Li Yuan says, and then she won't ask for trouble anymore, the two of them got on their bicycles and went back to the courtyard together.

……

"Genko is back? Come in, come in, you have a distinguished guest!"

As soon as Li Yuan and Lou Xiaoe entered the gate of the courtyard, they saw Yan Bugui coming up to him wearing a ragged wool cap, and shouted anxiously.

Li Yuan glanced sideways and said, "Your honored guest? Kneel more, can you kneel better than the third master?"

Yan Bu said with a noble smile: "Hey! You...why are you still making fun of your third master at this time? He is a real distinguished guest! Of course, it's not about his status, he is a scholar! Let's go south at the entrance of the alley On the adjacent Jiaodaokou South Street, the second hutong, Banchang Hutong, who lives in the backyard of the old monk's mansion, do you know who it is?"

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Mr. Zhu Jiazhen?"

Yan Bugui clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Come on! If you say that we are cultural people, other people don't know this master at all! Hurry up and go in, he is sitting in your house."

Hearing this, Li Yuan said to Lou Xiao'e: "This is a true scholar, and I really can't neglect it. Ezi, go to the house of the third master to borrow two yuan, and then go home and ask me to get a non-staple food book, and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to see what you can do." Can't buy some candies. Hurry up, don't neglect the distinguished guests!" After speaking, he took a step forward.

Later generations know this person, mostly through Ma Weidu saying at the round table that Mr. Zhu Jiayu and Mr. Wang Shixiang eat Caoliu fish fillets and feel that the fish in Fengzeyuan is not crisp enough.

In fact, it can make Ma Weidu, a veteran in the capital circle, respect Mr. Ma Weidu, which shows his great knowledge.

Lou Xiao'e held back a smile and looked at Yan Pugui whose face had frozen like a basin of cold water, and said, "Third Master, please borrow two yuan."

Yan Bugui's mouth twitched, his facial muscles trembled for a while, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Borrow it!" But then he whispered: "Xiao'e, you have to tell Yuanzi to think about the third master, and pay it back first." My money, huh?"

Lou Xiaoe smiled and said, "Success!"

Li Yuan had told her that she must stick to her true nature as a poor person to the end.

She is a daughter of a rich family, if she is not miserable, others will inevitably feel aggrieved.

When things are going well, it’s fine. When things get tough like now, you’re the only one who is miserable, or if you don’t make it worse, they will feel uncomfortable and will help you.

If you don't lend them money, they will borrow your money, and if you don't lend it, it is a crime.

In this absurd era that is not very friendly to the rich, and even grotesque, what they do is just for self-protection.

Yan Bugui's heart was dripping with blood, and he took two yuan at home, his eyes were a little moist, and he handed it to Lou Xiao'e with great reluctance, and suddenly said: "Xiao'e, can you lend me your bicycle? "

Lou Xiao'e said: "Okay... But third master, you can ride Yuanzi's one. I am a woman. You will make people laugh when you ride out."

Yan Bugui hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's fine, you're good, I'm short, Yuanzi's bicycle is too tall, it's not easy for me to ride it."

Lou Xiao'e was so generous, she gave up the bicycle to Yan Bugui and said with a smile: "Third Master, you can use it."

Yan Bugui was happy now, and felt that at least the loan was not in vain, and it was treated as interest. He also promised: "I will send it back after a few laps, and I will wash it clean!"

Lou Xiao'e said with a smile: "Thank you, Third Master, you are busy, I will go inside and take a look."

Yan Bugui agreed repeatedly, watched Lou Xiao'e enter the second gate, pushed a women's Phoenix bicycle, head held high, looking forward to Zixiong, out of the courtyard gate, rode on the bike and went straight to Qianmen Street...

I have to go to the crowded place at the train station for a good stroll!
The west wing of the middle courtyard.

After Li Yuan greeted many old women who were sitting outside listening to the radio, he opened the door and entered the room, and saw a middle-aged and elderly man with his hair combed back standing there, looking at him gently, saying: : "Doctor Li is back, it's really rude to visit the door."

Li Yuan took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "It's really a blessing that Mr. Zhu came to the humble house with his grand visit."

Zhu Jiajin, this is the first celebrity of the era that Li Yuan has seen up close since traveling.

He is the 25th grandson of Zhu Xi. His father, Mr. Zhu Wenjun, is the first generation of public-funded overseas students in China. He studied in the Department of Economics of Oxford University in the UK. He is also a famous epigrapher. .

Mr. Zhu Jiazhen himself was influenced by this family study, and he also devoted all his efforts and wisdom to the Forbidden City and the national cultural and museum undertakings...

Because of his love of opera since childhood, he is still the art consultant of Mr. Mei Lanfang.

In short, the whole person's temperament is full of ancient Chinese culture, calm and wisdom.

Standing beside Zhu Jiazhen was a 26-[-] woman who looked at Li Yuan and said with a smile, "Doctor Li, do you still know me?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Sister Chuanrong, look at your complexion, does your epigastric pain feel much better?"

Zhu Chuanrong, the daughter of Zhu Jiajin, once came to see Li Yuan for medical treatment, but did not disclose her background at the time.

She nodded and said with a smile: "Thanks to your excellent medical skills, I'm much better. After seeing you a few times and taking two courses of medicine, I haven't had any more pain."

Li Yuan nodded and said: "That's good, just be careful not to get angry too much in the future, just make sure you eat regularly."

Zhu Chuanrong responded, and Zhu Jiajin finally spoke, his voice was very clear, and he felt a little dramatic, and said, "Doctor Li, can you treat thoracic obstruction?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "I don't dare to be you, I'm a junior. Mr. Zhu, I just graduated from the teacher not long ago, and I don't have that much ability..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Chuanrong said angrily: "Doctor Li! Do you think we are outsiders? Although my family doesn't live in this courtyard, it's not far from here. We are also neighbors just across the alley! The aunt is How's that for when I don't know?"

Li Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "Sister Chuanrong, you really misunderstood this, the eldest mother is not well."

Zhu Chuanrong said angrily: "Aren't you still following me? We asked the first mother, after she took the pill you made, her chest pain improved a lot!"

Li Yuan patiently explained: "Sister Chuanrong, traditional Chinese medicine is a broad discipline, and each individual is different."

As soon as the words were finished, Lou Xiaoe came in from the outside. She didn't know anything about the Zhu family's father and daughter, she just smiled politely and nodded, then took the money in her hand and said to Li Yuan: "Yuanzi, the third master borrowed money, give it to me Non-staple food book, I'm going to buy sugar for customers."

Li Yuan smiled awkwardly, and said: "The non-staple food book is in the big cabinet at the back, you can go and get it, why are you still here?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled embarrassedly, showing her charming and innocent nature, sticking out her tongue and obediently resigned.

She was in a daze when she went out, didn't Li Yuan ask her to come to him...

But I didn't think much about it, and happily went to the backyard.

In the room, Li Yuan secretly praised in his heart, being close to Zhu Zhechi, he has taught him well.

Doesn't the image of this virtuous gentleman stand up?
Sure enough, Zhu Jiajin was finally a little moved. He looked at Li Yuan very puzzled and asked, "Doctor Li, since his family is in a difficult situation, why do you practice medicine for free?"

Li Yuan is honest: "It's not a difficult family situation. A salary of 56 yuan a month is enough to support the family. It's just that I'm still young, and I focus on learning art. Others only see me practicing medicine for free, but they don't see everyone also Helped me improve my medical skills."

He spoke very frankly and his expression was very sincere.

But Zhu Chuanrong knew more, and revealed his glorious details.

Zhu Jiazhen praised and said: "Today, I know that there is such a handsome man in the neighborhood. It is really ignorant. Dr. Li, I have a friend who is also suffering from chest pain, can you please go and have a look?"

Li Yuan laughed dryly, and said: "Mr. Zhu, it's okay to see a doctor, but I can't guarantee that I will be able to see a doctor. I am really ignorant. In addition, my level of Chinese studies is very poor, and I don't read much. I can't bear to talk to you like this. Do you usually talk like this at home?"

Zhu Jiazhen shook his head and said, "No, I'm also an ordinary person, how can I carry it all the time, how tired I am."

Li Yuan was dumbfounded: "Then you are..."

Zhu Jiazhen smiled and said, "It seems solemn and respectful to say so."

Li Yuan was speechless, he could only cup his fists in a salute, and said: "Thank you, but you don't have to be too polite. You are tired, I will work harder!"

Zhu Chuanrong laughed out loud.

"Please!"

"Please!"

"Please!"

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(End of this chapter)