Fertile land

Chapter 95

Li Sanmao also agreed. The kids are happy and the family seems so harmonious!
Zhou felt it was particularly dazzling!

"By the way, boss, you go to work in the fields tomorrow. The third brother went to the mountains and came back. Dad has to go to town!"

"Dad, are you planning to inquire about Master Zeng's family background?"

Li Sanmao said.

Mrs. Zhou pricked up her ears and listened!
"Well, I'll go take a look first. If it's from a good family, we can't delay Pearl. After all, she's a concubine. If there's anything wrong with her, wouldn't Pearl be in the wolf's den?"

Speaking of being a concubine, Li Depei felt a little sad. He had been thinking about it for a long time by the river dam just now, and he also figured out that as long as Mr. Zeng was a good man and treated her with sincerity, her life would be no better than her marriage if she had another boy and a half girl. It is better to work for the poor for a lifetime!
Thinking of that prophecy, this girl, Pearl, might be destined to be like this!
Li Zhuzhen's eyes were filled with joy and her face was a little red. It seemed that her father still cared about her...

"But, Dad, we just rejected Matchmaker Wan. Will she go back to Mr. Zeng's house with a grudge to say nonsense? Can Pearl still be married?"

Li Daqiang said.

"She is just passing on a message, so Mr. Zeng may not necessarily listen to her. If I find out clearly about the situation of Mr. Zeng's family, the matchmaking will only take one night. It will not be too late to ask her tomorrow!"

"Look at what she said just now. She is actually just making money. She will also get money when things happen."

"No, even if dad doesn't want to beg with this old face, he still wants to fight for it."

Only then did Ms. Zhou say with satisfaction: "Hmph! That's more or less the same. You, an old man, look like a father now and know how to plan for the pearl!"

The whole family has different ideas. After eating this dumpling meal, they have to pick up mushrooms the next day and have to deliver them the next day!

Luo Zhi'er cleaned the house inside and outside in the afternoon and washed the pots and jars in the kitchen.

It was extremely dirty, with a thick layer of dust accumulated on it. I threw my chopsticks into the water and rubbed them with alkaline noodles...

I ran to the river and washed Miao Miao's, Li Sanmao's, and my own clothes.

Li Sanmao and Li Daqiang did not go to the fields anymore, but went to the back slope to chop wood!

Seeing her busy at work, little Mrs. Zhou was embarrassed, and did not want to see the expressions of Zhou's mother, Li Zhenzhu, and her daughter in the house, so she found an excuse to wash her clothes in the river.

So all the clothes of the whole family were thrown to them!
Luo Zhi'er was speechless, immersed himself in moving a big stone slab, rubbed it, pounded it with a washing hoe, and worked hard!

Little Zhou was angry and looked very bad. He angrily ordered Liu Liu to help, while Miao Miao was playing with the water...

Looking at Luo Zhi'er again, she didn't ask Miao Miao to wash herself at all, which was very unpleasant!

"Miaomiao, you are such a big girl, why don't you help wash her?"

"Hey, I'll wash this one for you!"

Throw her one!
"Sister-in-law, our Miaomiao is still young. Her mission is to be happy and she doesn't need to do laundry."

"What? There are so many clothes, let's wash them and she can play with them?"

"Why are you so anxious? You can't finish washing because I'm a mother!"

Little Zhou was so angry that she buried herself in the laundry angrily!
After washing the clothes, little Zhou went back, and Luo Zhi'er took Miao Miao to catch small fish in the river.

Mu Qingyunliang wanted to play, but Xiao Zhou called him away!
Liu Liu was also called back!

"I just know how to play. There are so many things at home! I just want to play as long as I am old and lead the kid into trouble!"

Luo Zhi'er shrugged nonchalantly, "Tch!"

When Li Sanmao came back from chopping firewood, he saw that it was getting dark and Luo Zhi'er and his daughter hadn't come back yet!
So I went to the river to look for her, and it turned out that they were still making fish with the leaves of the willow tree!

He turned over the rocks downstream and caught eight or nine crabs. Before the fish floated, a few people picked up some screws in the mud by the river...

I cleaned them by the river. When I got home at night, I found the unused flour for the utensils at noon, wrapped the crabs and fish, and cracked an egg that Zhou had not noticed while cleaning the chicken pen in the afternoon. Go in and stir it in with chopsticks!

Add condiments, light a fire, dig up the animal oil in the jar, put it in the pot, and fry!
"Third Aunt, Third Aunt, are you making delicious food again?"

Yunliang ran in!

"Yes!"

"Is this the fish we caught in the river just now? It smells so good!"

"Yes, here it is! Yunliang, try it!" Luo Zhi'er gave him a piece that was almost fried in the pot. Mu Qing came in right after, and Luo Zhi'er also gave him a piece.

I also got one for Miaomiao, and the little ones enjoyed it very much!
Li Sanmao looked on happily.

Luo Zhi'er asked Mu Qing to send two to Liu Liu, fry them, cook some vegetable soup, and eat them, and it would be dinner!
Put the screws in the basin and spit out the mud. I will pick up some tomorrow when I have time. This is too little...

The whole family had a good time at dinner. It was a surprise that Li Zhenzhu and Mr. Zhou both wanted to eat after finishing the meal. Unfortunately, two small fish per person were not enough, but there were too few. They scolded Luo Zhi'er for catching too few...

She had forgotten that when she came back just now, because of little Zhou's snitching, she even scolded her for cheating and cheating...

Little Zhou thought she was too meddlesome. She could still get food by doing laundry...forgetting that she was very comfortable eating.

The next day, Lao Li went to town early in the morning.

Before going to town, he planned to find his second son, Lei Wa!
Leiwa has been in the town for a long time, so she should know where the Zeng Mansion is, or it would be better for him to find out.

On the way to the city gate, he asked Zhao Maogen to stop the oxcart. He wanted to get off first and wash his face in the river.I left in such a hurry in the morning that I suddenly forgot about it.

This second father-in-law is in business, so it would be a bad idea to go to the door if it is dirty. I also want to send some of the wheat flour ground yesterday to Lei Wa.

Lao Li went down the slope with the basket on his back. He put the basket down and washed it. After thinking about it, he rinsed his mouth in the river and cleared his throat.

I find that my beard is getting really long. If I had known, I would have gotten a sickle at home and shaved it off!
Mrs. Zhou only knew how to nag, but she didn't know how to remind him, patted the dust off her body, then put her basket on her back and climbed up to enter the city gate from the main road.

There was an endless stream of people entering the city on the road. He held a cigarette in his mouth and walked honestly.

Suddenly, someone called him from behind: "Brother!"

"Big brother?"

No, you must have misheard and not called him!

After burying his head and taking another two steps, another woman shouted: "This big brother in front of you! Wait..."

Just listen to this soft and weak voice, and it sounds unique.

To be honest, he is now very old and has not felt this way for many years. He couldn't help but look back and wonder, who is it?
Behind him, a charming middle-aged woman in her thirties or forties came into view.

This woman was slightly fat, fair and pretty, and looked at him with a pair of big, tearful eyes as gentle as water.

His appearance is naturally much better than Zhou's, and he's also younger. It's mainly because of that feeling, he looks so pitiful!
As for the clothes, they are tattered and patched, and the flesh of some parts of the arms cannot be covered, but they are very clean. There is a belt around the waist, and the front and back are very beautiful...

"Uh...little lady, were you calling me brother just now?"

The shout of Big Brother made him panic, confused, and his heart beat rapidly!

Feel closer!

Mr. Zhou kept calling him old man and old thing!Immortal old man!

"Yes, big brother!"

"Ahem... little lady, you admitted your mistake, I... am not your eldest brother!"

Lao Litou quickly took off his cigarette, knocked it awkwardly on the ground, and inserted it into his waist...

I don't know why, but I couldn't bear to see her pitiful look, so I asked,

"Little lady, what kind of trouble have you encountered? Why are you calling my elder brother here alone this early in the morning?"

What to do if bad guys follow?
The young lady felt aggrieved and bit her lips to hold back the tears that were about to fall. "Brother, I'm fine. Don't worry. It's just that I have some high-end tea here that I want to sell."

"But I don't have time to stay in town today. Can you buy it?"

"Ah? That's what it is... Haha! But, I don't like drinking tea..."

His smile revealed a set of big yellow teeth, which were stained black from years of smoking!

I scratched my hair and found that I had forgotten my crown that morning, and the messy gray hair on both sides of the temples was hanging down.

The forehead was bare, and there were still strands of strange smell hanging down from the forehead, and the strands were twisted into pigtails.

He thought it was okay to farm at home, but now he suddenly had the idea to go to the town to find a hairdresser and have him shaved!

The woman watched his movements silently, with a hint of disdain for his dress and behavior.

In Lao Litou's eyes, she looked at him eagerly, which made his heart full of holes. It was her admiration for him!

He narrowed his eyes slightly...

Tea is for people who enjoy themselves. Why should old farmers like them drink high-end tea?

When he greets his guests, he only uses the old tea from those years, or he asks others for unwanted green leaves and roasts them himself!
Lao Li touched his pocket money, which was two hundred coins, which he had accumulated over the years.

"You'd better do a good job. The tea I have is very good. Because the tea house closed down, I sold the tea cheaply. I went bankrupt and piled up some before, but I didn't sell them all. Now I still have some in my hand."

"Haha, sister, I don't have... silver... cough...!" He hesitated and said embarrassedly.

"Brother, if you buy it, you can give me as much tea as you have in my hand. How about I give you a set of purple clay teapots?"

"Brother, please do a good job. I have two children at home. They were ill all night. I don't have money to treat them, and their father is unreliable! Oh...! Otherwise, I can't say anything about this loss-making business. It will sell!”

The woman sobbed, tears falling down!
"Oh, sister, why are you crying! Stop crying!"

"Oh, I'm so anxious!"

Lao Li was in a hurry for the first time, wanting to go up and help someone wipe away his tears!
He stretched out his hands tremblingly, but seeing that the woman was a little embarrassed, she hid!
He immediately shrank back, how can this be done?He doesn't know how to coax!
Looking at her pear blossoms and rain, I naturally felt a feeling of distress and pity for her.

This is a huge responsibility to support the family, and she is a woman of the same generation. He knows that it is not easy!

Her man is unreliable...

(End of this chapter)