Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 15

Li's natal family is in Xiaowan Village, south of Shanglin Village. It is not very far from Shanglin Village, and it takes about an hour and a half to walk.Most of the families in Xiaowan Village have mixed surnames, unlike Shanglin Village where most of them have the same surname.The Li family is not very wealthy. Li is the eldest daughter of the family. She has a younger sister who married into a farmer's family in a distant village seven or eight years ago, and a younger brother who serves the elders at home.The Li family only has a few acres of land, and they can barely make ends meet. Li's mother-in-law is always used to picking her up, and most of the reason is because of this.

Lin Xiaoqiao breathed the fresh morning air in the countryside, and followed Lin Erniu on the road before he had breakfast.After walking for nearly an hour, Lin Xiaoqiao couldn't move anymore, so they sat on the stones by the roadside to rest.

Seeing passers-by wandering by in ox carts, Lin Xiaoqiao was envious, bowed his head and said to his sister, "When I have money, I will also buy an ox cart."

Lin Xiaoxi smiled after hearing this, wiped the sweat off his sister's forehead and said, "Okay, from now on, sister will wait to get on the ox cart bought by my younger sister."

Lin Erniu on the other side felt a little guilty after hearing what the sisters said, and looked at Lin Xiaoqiao's weak appearance.

He went straight to Lin Xiaoqiao, knelt down and said, "Girl, come up, Daddy will carry you."

Lin Xiaoqiao couldn't move anymore, so he lay on Lin Erniu's body.So the father and daughter went on the road again, and after walking for more than half an hour, they arrived at Xiaowan Village.At this time the sun has been hanging high.

Standing at the door of Li's house, looking at the dilapidated and low mud house in front of him, for some reason, Lin Xiaoqiao felt a little sour in his heart.The gate of the courtyard was not closed, and there was no one in the courtyard. There were a few chickens scattered on the ground. There was a vegetable field on the right side of the courtyard. The vegetables in the field were growing very gratifyingly, and they were drying on the bamboo poles next to them. A few freshly washed clothes.

Lin Xiaoqiao took a look, the Li family's house is not too many, there are only five rooms in total, the main room is in the middle, the kitchen is on the right, next to the kitchen is the room where the old Li Tou and his wife live, and there are two other rooms on the left of the main room. This room should be the room where her little uncle and Li sisters lived before they got married.

Just as Lin Xiaoqiao was looking at the small courtyard of Li's family, an old woman with gray hair and black patched clothes came out of the house with a dustpan in her hand.

This is Li's own mother, Sun.Lin Erniu saw her and called "Mother", Lin Xiaoxi rushed over to hug her and affectionately called her "Grandma" Lin Xiaoqiao also called her.

When Sun saw Lin Erniu, his father and daughter, she was still a little overwhelmed, but she woke up when she heard their cries, and hurriedly greeted, "It's Erniu, come and sit in the room. This is to bring our two granddaughters to see the old lady. Hurry up and sit in the room! Girl Xiaoqiao, you don’t want to be close to grandma after seeing her? What’s wrong, I don’t know you anymore.”

Lin Erniu heard what Sun said, and replied: "Mother, Xiaoqiao was injured some time ago, and there are many people in the family, so it is not suitable for her to recover from the injury, so I discussed with the child's mother, can I ask the second elder to help me?" Take care." After speaking, he rubbed his hands anxiously.

Mrs. Sun is also clear about the affairs of the eldest daughter-in-law's family. Hearing what the son-in-law said, there is nothing she doesn't understand. Is it wrong? Is the injury serious?" As he spoke, he checked Lin Xiaoqiao up and down carefully.

Lin Erniu looked at Mrs. Sun's concern, and hurriedly replied: "It's not a problem, but the head was hit and there was a lot of blood. I just woke up before, so don't worry too much, mother."

Sun pretended to be annoyed and said, "Why don't you worry, my granddaughter, as a grandma, you can't feel bad anymore. Don't worry, I will definitely take care of Xiaoqiao for you."

Lin Erniu heard this, and said embarrassedly: "Then I'll trouble you, mother, I'll go back now, and I'll come to pick up the two sisters in a few days." After saying that, he put down his things and was about to leave.

Mrs. Sun hurriedly pulled Lin Erniu's clothes: "What the hell, I want to stay for a meal too. You come in with me first, and I'll cook for you. Your father will also come back from the field later. Yes, you two have a good chat."

Lin Erniu already felt that he was bothering Mrs. Sun, and his wife didn't bring him anything, so he was embarrassed, so why would he stay for dinner and let his father-in-law pay for it?

So he left as if escaping, and said: "Mother, I won't eat any food. There is still a lot of work waiting to be done in the field. I will go first. Take care of yourself, and I will take it with you when you are free." Guixiang is back to see you." (Guixiang is Li's boudoir name, women in ancient times had no status, and generally married people seldom use their names)

Seeing Lin Erniu's back as if fleeing, Mrs. Sun smiled helplessly, then went into the house with her granddaughter in her arms.Mrs. Sun seemed very happy about the arrival of the two granddaughters, and kept busy making arrangements.Facing Lin Xiaoqiao, she asked this and that with even more concern, and after hearing what the sisters said about their injuries, she was in a hurry to invite the doctor.How could Lin Xiaoqiao let her go, so he continued to act coquettishly and foolishly, trying his best to prove that his health was almost healed, and he just missed grandma when he came to grandma's house.The words were dry, and only then did Mrs. Sun put out the idea of ​​rushing to invite the doctor.But Mrs. Sun saw that the two sisters had no flesh, so she insisted on killing a chicken and stewing it, intending to make up for the two young ladies.

Lin Xiaoqiao and sisters were cooking with their grandma in the kitchen. The reason why they used it was because Mrs. Sun was busy alone, and Mrs. Sun would not let them work at all.The two sisters were sitting on a small bench chatting with Mrs. Sun, and the meal was almost ready.Men, old and young, walked in outside, Lin Xiaoxi had already rushed over and shouted enthusiastically: "Grandpa, little uncle, you are back." Lin Xiaoqiao also walked over to say hello, the old man put down the crop handle in his hand, and He washed his hands and face with the water the boy had poured.The old man and the boy are Lin Xiaoqiao's grandfather and uncle Li Erhu.Both of them are typical peasants. Mr. Li looks older, with deep and shallow wrinkles on his black and red face, while Uncle is much younger, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he is quite tall. Tall, with a dark but handsome face.Because they went to work in the field, both of them were wearing blue shabby coarse cloth clothes, and the cuffs and trouser legs were tied with cloth strips.The two were obviously taken aback by the presence of the sisters, and then became happy.They were also surprised that today was not the New Year's holiday, and when they walked into the yard, they could smell the smell of chicken. It turned out that it was their granddaughter.Both of them were very warm to sister Lin Xiaoqiao, especially her handsome little uncle, who hugged her and gave her an unexpected high-altitude throw, which scared Lin Xiaoqiao's little heart thumping.

Several people greeted each other, and they all went to the main room to prepare for dinner.The Li family's lunch is also porridge, probably because the population is relatively small and there are not many people eating, the Li family's porridge is still thicker than the Lin family's, and there are some thick noodle rolls.The dishes also look better than those of Lin's family. They scrambled a small plate of eggs with green onion, which almost made Lin Xiaoqiao and sisters drool.There was also a large plate of pickled cucumbers, which were deliciously pickled, more porridge than the pickled vegetables on the Lin family's dining table.In addition, there is a pot of stewed potatoes. Although there is no oil, I don't know if it is a psychological effect. Lin Xiaoqiao thinks that the potatoes at grandma's house are more fragrant than his own.The last big pot of chicken soup was fragrant and smelled, which immediately attracted people's appetite.After the meals were set, the three members of the Li family and sister Lin Xiaoqiao sat and watched the happy meal together.At the dinner table, Mrs. Sun had already mentioned that Lin Xiaoqiao and the sisters were going to live in Li's house for a period of time, and everyone naturally had no opinion.It's just that when Lin Xiaoqiao was injured just now, they couldn't help sighing and caring for a long time.Grandma and grandpa kept picking meat and vegetables for the two elder sisters, and sister Lin Xiaoqiao obediently picked some chicken for them that the two elders couldn't bear to eat. It was a scene of joy and harmony.Lin Xiaoqiao felt that this was the atmosphere that a family should have when eating.

(End of this chapter)