Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 67: Rhubarb with a Strong Will
After dinner, the sky outside gradually darkened.

After clearing away the dishes, Qu Yinfeng immediately took a small stool and sat in front of the stove. With the help of the firelight from the stove, she was busy making new clothes for Xu Guangshan.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Auntie, why are you in such a hurry to make new clothes for my uncle? It's dark in this room, what if you hurt your eyes? Or you should wait until daytime to make it!"

"It's okay. I used to make clothes for my family this way. I'm used to it!"

Upon hearing this, Qu Yinfeng did not answer Li Guoqiang's question, but waved her hand and evaded the question with a smile.

Seeing that Qu Yinfeng insisted on doing this, Li Guoqiang was silent for a moment, then turned and went into the inner room. Using the luggage as a cover, he took out a flashlight from the storage space.

Then he went to the outer room, turned on the flashlight, and placed it on the stove.

In an instant, the place where Qu Yinfeng was located lit up.

Qu Yinfeng was stunned when she saw this, and then she said hurriedly: "What are you doing? This will waste a lot of batteries! Turn off the flashlight quickly!"

"fine!"

Li Guoqiang waved his hand, then took out two batteries from his pocket and shook them in front of Qu Yinfeng, then said with a smile: "Look, I still have batteries here!"

"You little prodigal, even if you still have batteries, you shouldn't waste them like this! Listen, turn off the flashlight right now!"

Qu Yinfeng frowned, then rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"What's the waste?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then said seriously: "In my opinion, this battery is far less important than your eyes."

"If you damage your eyes, let alone those two batteries, even if you take a hundred or a thousand batteries, I don't think you can replace your eyes. Who do you think is more wasteful between the two of us?"

After hearing these words, Qu Yinfeng was suddenly speechless.

At this time, Xu Dani, who was busy wiping Xu Guangshan's hands, feet and face in the inner room, suddenly saw the lights and immediately ran out to watch the fun.

When she discovered that the light came from a flashlight, she quickly lost interest.

Although not every household in the village has a flashlight, she has seen one before.

Moreover, this flashlight cannot be eaten or played with, so she naturally had no interest in it.

Soon, she returned to the inner room and continued her work.

"I'm going to go see Da Huang!"

Seeing that Qu Yinfeng didn't say anything, Li Guoqiang didn't say anything else. He just gave some instructions and opened the door and walked out, preparing to secretly give Dahuang a snack to cultivate their relationship.

By the way, he also wanted to see if he could learn the skills of animal taming.

"???"

Not long after, Dahuang was lying in his own doghouse. He first looked at the several pig intestines that appeared out of thin air on the ground, and then looked at Li Guoqiang who was standing in front of him. His eyes were full of confusion, as if he couldn't understand how Li Guoqiang put the pig intestines into his doghouse.

"What are you looking at? If you don't eat it, I'll take it away!"

When Li Guoqiang saw Dahuang's look, he felt happy and urged him softly.

After saying that, he squatted down and pretended to reach out to take it.

When Dahuang saw Li Guoqiang's actions, his eyes widened slightly, then he immediately stretched his neck, lowered his head and bit the pig's large intestine.

Afterwards, it chewed the pig intestines a few times and finished them.

Then, it raised its head again and looked at Li Guoqiang expectantly, hoping that he could give it another serving of the smooth and delicious snail noodles.

"No more!" Li Guoqiang couldn't help rolling his eyes when he saw Dahuang and Xu Dani looking so greedy.

Then, he tried to reach out his hand and slowly approached Dahuang's head.

"Woo~"

Upon seeing this, Dahuang immediately lowered his head and made a few flattering noises, wagging his tail.

Soon, Li Guoqiang put his hand on Da Huang's head and stroked it a few times, then said in a tempting tone: "Da Huang, do you want to eat meat every day? If you want to eat, you can follow me in the future?"

Hearing this, Dahuang's tail paused slightly, then he raised his head and looked at Li Guoqiang with some disdain, then turned his head and lay down in the doghouse.

When Li Guoqiang saw this scene, he instantly felt angry and amused, and then he couldn't help but admire Dahuang's courage.

You know, since eating some rabbit bones yesterday, Dahuang has only eaten some cornmeal porridge and a few sweet potatoes until now.

Now, under the temptation of the fragrant snail noodles, it actually rejected his solicitation without hesitation. This shows that in its heart, there must be something more important than eating meat.

In this case, he could only give up the idea of ​​recruiting Da Huang under his command and turned around and walked into the house.

Then, he saw that Qu Yinfeng did not turn off the flashlight, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

When Xu Dani saw Li Guoqiang come in, she immediately wanted to get some water to wash his feet.

However, before she could get the hot water, Li Guoqiang stopped her.

Although he felt that it was indeed enjoyable to have someone wash his feet for him, he was not one of those local rich men, nor was he Xu Dani's parents. He really didn't feel comfortable asking the little girl to wash his feet again.

When Xu Dani saw that Li Guoqiang was unwilling, she thought she had done something wrong and her eyes immediately became red.

Later, Li Guoqiang had to persuade Xu Dani by saying that he wanted to get some water to wash his body, and only then did he barely coax her into silence.

By the time he finished washing his body, Xu Dani had already obediently crawled into her bed and went to sleep, and the adults didn't have to worry about her at all.

Seeing this, he smiled slightly, then quickly crawled into his own bed and quietly practiced the health-preserving breathing method.

When you are tired from practicing, you can go to sleep.

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

Li Guoqiang woke up from his sleep, first collected the reward he got for practicing the health-preserving breathing method last night, then got up, brushed his teeth, washed up, and had breakfast.

Today's breakfast was a bowl of rice porridge made with leftover rice, a roasted sweet potato, a small dish of pickled mustard greens and a few pieces of braised pork. He felt so satisfied after eating it.

After finishing breakfast, he rested for a while and immediately went to the yard to practice the True Five Animals Diagram.

Xu Dani found it interesting to watch from the side, and soon imitated Li Guoqiang's movements, fiddling with it in a somewhat clumsy manner.

Li Guoqiang saw that Xu Dani was interested in learning, so after she finished practicing, he walked over and taught her each move one by one.

When Xu Dani had almost learned enough, he suddenly remembered that the corn kernels and wheat needed to be ground into flour, so he loaded everything on the sled and took Xu Dani to the village mill.

Then, just at the door of the mill, he ran into Shao Ruian and others who were also there to grind flour.

When they saw Li Guoqiang and Xu Dani coming over, they all showed strange looks on their faces, and then they all chose to let Li Guoqiang go into the mill to grind flour first.

Seeing this situation, Li Guoqiang didn't say anything polite and directly took Xu Dani into the mill.

After a while, just as he started to grind flour under the guidance of Xu Dani, Xu Guangfu's voice suddenly came from outside.

(End of this chapter)