A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 240 Parents’ Guilt

Soup is a seasonal dish in many places.

No matter how indifferent people are to soup, they will cook a pot from time to time in the summer to serve as a meal for their families in the bitter summer.

When Li Xiang was a child in his previous life, the soups that every household often drank in summer were mostly tomato and egg soup and kelp and egg soup.

This gave him the stereotype that tomatoes and kelp are cheap foods.

Because this is food that often appears on the dinner table of ordinary people.

In 62, he signed some dried kelp.

When I took it home to Mother Li, no one in the family showed any surprise.

Then he wouldn't even realize there was any problem.

So this year I suddenly missed it, so I didn't take it seriously and just talked to Mother Li.

"Where can I buy this? If you want to eat it, let your classmate think of a way." Mother Li refused.

When Li wanted to take it back, he used his classmate's clever excuse, but now Li's mother has returned it to him.

Of course, she wasn't being sarcastic, she really thought so.

"It's already summer, and kelp hasn't been released yet." Li Xiang didn't care, just pretending it wasn't time to go on sale yet.

"You kid is stupid because of studying. Even if it goes on the market, I can't buy it. Except for the one you got back that year, have you ever seen our family eat kelp?"

Mother Li touched his forehead to see if he had a fever, otherwise why would he say such stupid things.

"I didn't buy it before, wasn't it because my family had no money?" Li Xiang always thought this was the reason.

When Mother Li heard this reason, she was stunned. After a while, she replied with a strange expression: "If you want to say that, that's right."

"Well, now that we are all rich, we still care about these three melons and two dates."

Unlike Li Xiang, who has never been to the vegetable market, the eldest sister has been there many times.

She naturally knew why Mother Li refused.

She explained helpfully: "Mom, it's not to save money. It's because you can hardly see it in the vegetable market. Every time you come, it's taken away by the work unit above. Occasionally there are some leftovers, which are sold for more than meat. That's all." If you can’t grab it, there are many people who know how to eat and are willing to spend money.”

"Ah, Tianjin is so close to us. How could anything that grows in the sea end up here and become so valuable?" Li Xiang couldn't help complaining.

The information he received was inconsistent with the knowledge in his mind.

"Seafood is priceless, but it's just some shrimp roe. I haven't seen it until it's time to prepare new year's goods." Mother Li also complained.

The worry of not having money, and the worry of having money that cannot be spent, can be regarded as sweet worries.

Li Xiang wanted to say that kelp was different from these things, but later he decided that it was pointless to argue about it.

From the eldest sister's explanation, he probably guessed what was going on.

It was him who caught the eye. At this time, kelp should not be cultivated artificially. No matter how large the amount of wild kelp is, it is still rare.

When supplied to the market, the volume will naturally be stretched thin. At this point, he secretly spat at this weird system again.

Either it’s something I signed in at the beginning, so small that even an ant would find it too small.

Either it's hard to save enough to begin to take shape, and it's like playing hide and seek with you, and similar items won't appear again for several years.

There are so many species and categories in this world, he can sign them.

To this day, many tiny items still appear.

However, after so many years, Li Xiang couldn't think about it anymore and got used to it.

After all, it’s not unreliable all the time, and good things can still appear occasionally.

For example, the summer shirt that the elder sister is sewing in her hands.

A piece of fabric is about thirty meters long. If you want to make a top, based on the adult size, you can make about 8 pieces.

In other words, this piece of cloth provided enough clothes for the Li family and the teacher and his wife, a family of six, and there was still two pieces of cloth left.

"Next time I go to the countryside, I will take her to your aunt." That's what Li's mother said.

"Why don't you just let me do it together? Wouldn't it be better to just bring the clothes? There is a sewing machine at home, so it is convenient." The eldest sister didn't understand why she had to give her fabrics.

"You don't understand. Your aunt stopped because of the business, and she felt ashamed of Dahai and his wife. Even if she gave them new clothes, she couldn't put them on. Believe it or not, she would give them to Dahai and his wife backhand. Instead of doing this, it would be better Just give me the fabric and cut it according to the size and it will fit better." Mother Li explained to her.

"I don't know who of you older generation were moved by this self-sacrifice way of living. My cousin and I didn't say anything. I felt guilty first." Li Xiang shook his head and said he couldn't understand. .

"You're still making sarcastic remarks, using a job to tear people apart." Mother Li heard what he said and slapped him angrily.

"Mom, you are a bit indistinguishable from inside to outside. Ask your uncle yourself if you want to give up your place in the city." Li Xiang stood up and moved away from Li's mother's attack range.

The eldest sister also took her feet off the pedal of the sewing machine to protect her eldest brother.

"That's it, how come the second uncle's family doesn't have a living relationship? I think Liu Guangfu and his brother are getting along well. I didn't have anything in mind at first, but I was instigated by the trouble caused by you elders."

"You damn girl, what are you talking about? Every time we make a fuss, it's all because of you." Mother Li threw the rags she had sorted in her hands onto the table.

"What nonsense am I talking about? It's obviously the truth, otherwise you wouldn't be so angry." The eldest sister hid behind her eldest brother.

"Okay, okay, let's all talk calmly." Li Xiang, the troublemaker, turned around and became the peacemaker.

"But, Mom, let's be serious. Next time you go to the countryside, you should also advise your eldest aunt to do as you should in the past. It's not an option to always be so inferior. You don't have to make your eldest cousin and the others uncomfortable. "

My father and mother would look at his face all the time no matter what they said or do, and they would act like they were sorry for him all day long. He would definitely not be able to bear it.

"Why haven't you tried to persuade me? The last time I went to the countryside with your wife to pick early peaches, I tried to persuade you." Mother Li sighed and said.

If she says she doesn't understand the truth and can't persuade people, the child's mistress has always seen the big world and knows much more truth than she does. Otherwise, it's hard to persuade others with good words.

It can be seen that once this person gets into a dead end, if he can't think about it, others won't be able to persuade him.

The eldest sister expressed her thoughts: "I see, the key lies with the second cousin. From the beginning to the end, the eldest aunt felt that the second cousin was taking advantage. If the furniture business was still going on, this idea could be suppressed, but The wish to die has stopped now, and I feel guilty, so it’s not surprising that I have any thoughts."

Li's mother and Li Xiang are naturally aware of this crux.

(End of this chapter)