Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 59 Going to the market

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Li Guoqiang was about to open his mouth to refuse, but the next moment he saw Xu Dani had already reached out to take the bowl, then put her mouth directly on the rice and took a big bite.

"Mmm~ It smells so good!"

While Xu Dani was chewing the rice in her mouth, she squinted her eyes and showed a very intoxicated look, just like a little squirrel that had stolen nuts.

Seeing her so happy, Li Guoqiang could only swallow the words that were about to come out of his mouth silently, and then hurriedly reached out and brought the pickles on the side to Xu Dani, and by the way, he did not forget to hand her a pair of chopsticks.

However, after Xu Dani took the chopsticks, she didn't even look at the plate of pickles. She just focused on eating the rice and finished the big bowl of rice in a short while.

Just when Li Guoqiang was about to ask Xu Dani if ​​she had eaten enough, Qu Yinfeng suddenly came out from the inner room and asked out of the blue, "Dani, what are you eating?"

"No, I didn't eat anything!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Dani hurriedly hid the bowl and chopsticks behind her, then timidly shook her head at Qu Yinfeng.

Although she had already exchanged washing feet with Li Guoqiang, she knew that it was still far from worth the big bowl of rice, so she didn't dare let Qu Yinfeng know.

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When Qu Yinfeng saw the steaming rice in the big iron pot and the rice grains stuck to Xu Dani's mouth, she immediately guessed what was going on and wanted to teach Xu Dani a lesson.

However, before she could finish her words, Li Guoqiang hurriedly spoke up to explain.

"Auntie, don't blame Dani. I forced her to eat it. If you want to blame someone, blame me!"

Qu Yinfeng looked at how Li Guoqiang was wholeheartedly protecting Xu Dani, and couldn't help but think of what Xu Guangshan had told her before. She was stunned for a moment.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang thought that Qu Yinfeng was being embarrassed, so he quickly continued to persuade her: "Auntie, you know that I came here alone to join the queue. If it weren't for your kindness in letting me stay overnight, I might not know where to stay now!"

"In my opinion, this is my home, you and Dani are my family, and there is no need for us to be so polite to each other."

"If you keep being so polite to me, I won't dare to bother you if I have anything to do in the future. Don't you think this is reasonable?"

Hearing this, Qu Yinfeng smiled slightly, and then asked with some meaning: "Aren't you afraid that our family will drag you down in the future?"

"Not afraid!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang shook his head and answered without even thinking.

In his opinion, this family was just a little poor. As long as the people in the family were good enough, there was nothing for him to worry about.

"Okay, since you said so, let's just get along together from now on!"

Qu Yinfeng was slightly relieved when she saw that Li Guoqiang's attitude was so clear, then she laughed and agreed.

After saying that, she immediately turned around and walked into the inner room, took out all the four dollars and fifty cents that Xu Guangshan had received, and returned them to Li Guoqiang.

When Li Guoqiang saw this, he was about to open his mouth to refuse, but Qu Yinfeng immediately said, "Why should we charge lodging fees for a family member?"

Helplessly, he could only accept the money temporarily and find an excuse to give it to Qu Yinfeng another day. Afterwards, Qu Yinfeng heated up the southern kang and fried a plate of hot and sour potato shreds in the large iron pot in the southern stove, making a delicious dish for Li Guoqiang.

To do this, she used up the little vinegar and dried chilies left in her home.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly asked, "Auntie, when do people in our village usually go to the market?"

"The market is usually held on the first and fifteenth day of every month. Tomorrow happens to be the first day. If you want to go to the market, you must go to the village entrance before five o'clock tomorrow morning and wait. Then, give your grandfather Sun five cents and you can ride a donkey cart to the market."

Soon, Qu Yinfeng explained everything about the market trip to Li Guoqiang, and then she was busy inviting Xu Dani and Li Guoqiang to go into the inner room and eat on the kang.

When Li Guoqiang heard that he would be able to go to the market tomorrow, he immediately thought about what he wanted to buy.

Apart from anything else, at least you need to prepare the seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, sugar, star anise, cinnamon, etc. In addition, you also have to see if you can buy warm items such as leather coats, leather boots, leather hats, blankets, etc.

As for food and meat, you can find a reason to get some out of the storage space.

The only troublesome thing is vegetables. He doesn't know whether he can still buy fresh vegetables in this season.

If all else fails, he can only consider spending money to buy them at the market, or exchanging them with villagers for some cabbage and green onions, as well as cucumber slices, eggplant strips, bean shreds and other dried vegetables.

By the time he had finished his plan, he had already eaten two large bowls of rice.

Qu Yinfeng did not hesitate to be polite with Li Guoqiang and also ate two large bowls of rice, fully demonstrating people's ability to eat nowadays.

After dinner, Qu Yinfeng took over the job without waiting for Xu Dani to bring the food to feed Xu Guangshan.

When Xu Dani saw this, she couldn't help but look at Qu Yinfeng in surprise. She didn't understand why Qu Yinfeng suddenly became so caring towards Xu Guangshan?
Then, without thinking much, she hurried to the outer room and fetched a basin of hot water, wanting to fulfill her promise to wash Li Guoqiang's feet.

Li Guoqiang looked at Xu Dani's serious expression and didn't have the heart to reject her kindness.

Since there was no electricity in the village at that time and his family was reluctant to light an extra kerosene lamp, after washing his feet comfortably, he went straight into bed, ready to finish practicing the healthy breathing method early, rest early, and get up early to go to the market.

In order to avoid oversleeping, he asked Qu Yinfeng to help wake him up when the time comes.

Soon, he fell into a deep sleep.

After Qu Yinfeng asked Xu Dani to help thread the needle, she let Xu Dani go to sleep first. She was left alone to sew clothes for Xu Guangshan quietly in the light of the fire in the stove.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

Before dawn, Li Guoqiang asked Qu Yinfeng to wake him up. Then he simply washed up, drank a bowl of cornmeal porridge that Qu Yinfeng had prepared in advance, and then hurried out the door.

When he braved the cold wind and arrived at the village entrance, he found that a group of people were already waiting beside the big wooden gate.

Moreover, he found his friends in the crowd, so he immediately walked towards them.

After a while, Shao Ruian and others also discovered Li Guoqiang, and they all showed strange looks on their faces.

(End of this chapter)