Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 64 You Little Prodigal Son
"Big brother, big brother, you're back!"

Xu Dani raised her head and saw Li Guoqiang. She was stunned for a moment, then rubbed her eyes hard, as if she couldn't believe it.

After she was sure it was not an illusion, she immediately jumped up from the ground and ran towards Li Guoqiang with a look of joy on her face.

"hehe!"

Li Guoqiang looked at the little girl who threw herself into his arms and couldn't help but reveal a happy smile on his face.

Then he saw the little girl's lips which were a little blue from the cold, and his brows suddenly frowned.

"How long have you been waiting at the gate? Look how cold you are! You're almost frozen to death!"

"Hey, it's okay, I'm happy to wait!"

Xu Dani smiled foolishly, then raised her head and looked at Li Guoqiang with a hint of attachment in her eyes.

In her impression, apart from her grandparents who were truly kind to her, no one else was kind to her.

Until now, there is finally a third person by her side who is truly kind to her. How can she not cherish him even more?
If it weren't for the expense of riding a donkey cart, she would have followed Li Guoqiang to the market long ago.

"Okay, stop standing outside and come inside to warm up!"

Li Guoqiang felt a little warm in his heart, and then hurriedly urged Xu Dani to go into the house.

Upon hearing this, Xu Dani was about to turn around and go back to the house, but suddenly she saw the big sled behind Li Guoqiang and a lot of things on the sled. Her eyes lit up instantly.

"Big brother, did you buy all these at the market?"

"Yes! I also bought you a present and some delicious food! If you don't come into the house, I won't give it to you later!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then spoke with a stern face.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Dani turned around and ran into the yard like a frightened little rabbit, fearing that if she ran too slowly she would not be able to get the gift Li Guoqiang bought for her.

"hehe!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he saw this, and then hurriedly pulled the sled and followed behind.

After a while, Qu Yinfeng, who heard Xu Dani's good news in the house, immediately opened the door and walked out, ready to see what Li Guoqiang bought.

Xu Dani hid behind the door stealthily, looking like she wanted to come out but didn't dare to.

"Auntie, what did I buy for our family?"

When Li Guoqiang saw Qu Yinfeng coming over, he couldn't help but point at the piglets and chicks, ducks and geese in the basket with some pride.

However, before he could feel proud for long, he saw Qu Yinfeng glaring at him, and then she started to scold him in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "You little prodigal, who told you to buy these animals back?"

"What's the matter?"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then asked with some confusion: "Is there anything wrong with these animals?"

“This is a huge problem!”

Seeing that Li Guoqiang hadn't realized the problem, Qu Yinfeng could only patiently explain, "Don't you think about what time it is now? It's all ice and snow outside. Where can you get food to feed these animals?"

"Even if you are willing to feed it with food, it will be difficult to keep it alive!"

"Otherwise, do you think those people are stupid? Why don't they keep the piglets for themselves, but have to take them to the market to sell to you to raise? Isn't it because they can't raise them themselves!" "It's my fault that I didn't think of this in advance, and you wasted so much money in vain!"

Speaking of this, Qu Yinfeng couldn't help but show a look of pain on her face.

When Li Guoqiang heard this, a look of realization suddenly appeared on his face.

No wonder the man who sold the piglets to him agreed so readily when he heard his bargaining!

It turned out that he was caught and made a fool again.

However, he didn't feel too upset.

Although it cost him nearly fifteen dollars to buy these piglets and chicks, ducks and geese, his main purpose was not to raise them for meat.

His main purpose was to brush up on his breeding skills as soon as possible and try out what the harvest from raising livestock would be like. Should he be rewarded with one pound of meat for every pound of meat he raised every day, or should he wait until the animals were raised and slaughtered, and then be rewarded with ten corresponding animals at once?

What's more, even if these piglets, chickens, ducks and geese can't be raised, we can still eat roast suckling pig!
Therefore, this may seem like a loss to others, but to him, it is nothing more than making more or less money in the end.

On the contrary, it was Old Sun, Sun Jinwang and those villagers who, after receiving benefits from him, deliberately wanted to make fun of him, which made him feel annoyed.

At the same time, it also made him realize more deeply the horror of red eye disease.

If it wasn't for the fact that it was difficult to go to the market in the cold winter, and if Xu Dani's family wasn't too poor, he wouldn't want to buy so many things at once.

Fortunately, he won’t have to do this again in the future, and for the time being he doesn’t have to worry about the villagers’ red eye disease getting worse.

Moreover, he also understood that if he wanted to live a good life, there were some things he could not avoid. He could not let himself live like a beggar just for the fear of making others jealous!

"Okay, now that you've already bought them, don't worry about the money. You should get all these animals into the house and warm them up! Otherwise, let alone how long you can keep them, they won't even make it through tonight."

Seeing that Li Guoqiang didn't say anything, Qu Yinfeng thought he was worried about the money, so she quickly waved her hand to comfort him and also pointed out a clear way for him.

"Then I'll put them next to the stove first!"

Li Guoqiang came back to his senses after hearing this and asked hurriedly.

Then, seeing that Qu Yinfeng had no objection, he immediately unloaded the basket containing the piglets, chickens, ducks and geese from the sled, and carried the basket into the house.

After a while, he found a place next to the south stove, put the basket, and then turned around and went out to get other things.

With the help of Qu Yinfeng, he quickly moved all the things he bought into the outer room and placed them on the ground. He also pulled the sled to the side of the courtyard wall and placed it together with the small sled of Xu Dani's family.

When he and Qu Yinfeng finished their work and returned to the house, they saw Xu Dani squatting on the ground, staring at the frozen pears and persimmons in the net bag.

Fortunately, she hasn't seen the candied haws wrapped in oil paper yet, otherwise her saliva would have been drooling.

Li Guoqiang felt a little happy when he saw Xu Dani's greedy look, then he hurried forward and found the small mirror and comb he had bought specially for the little girl.

"Is this for me?"

Xu Dani looked at the beautiful little mirror and little comb in front of her, and couldn't help but reveal a look of disbelief on her face.

She originally thought that the gift Li Guoqiang mentioned was frozen pears and frozen persimmons, but she never expected that the gift Li Guoqiang mentioned would be such a beautiful little mirror and little comb.

What little girl doesn't want to have something to dress herself up with?
Is this really something I can have?
Am I dreaming?
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