Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 41 Abacus
"It's a bit of a hassle. But I can only do it this winter, the recipe is sold." Li Kongzhu gave Li Meilan a faint look.

"Then what! Da Ya, we are a family. That what... should be able to sell!"

"What do you want to say, mother?" Li Kongzhu looked at her with a smile and asked.

Hao Shi's face became tense, and he gestured a few times back and forth in his heart.After all, I still feel that the marriage of the second daughter is important.

"Well, your second sister is not too young now, she will be thirteen at the end of the year, and she will be [-] years old every year. If you don't make an appointment, it will be too late to choose when you get older. That Ren Xiucai's family The family background looks pretty good too, not to mention the four tile-roofed houses and the [-] mu of land, but Ren Yuansheng, who was admitted as a child student, will go to school for a few more years and become a scholar or something. It's a good thing to smoke."

"So?" Li Kongzhu raised his eyebrows.

"I thought about it, we are all a family. Your recipe for making cakes is also in the same family when you give us it. It shouldn't be considered that. The family background is not good. If you want to talk about this marriage, you have to have it." Prepare some equivalent dowry for your second sister!"

Heh, you didn't even write your horoscope, and you started to make a dowry?
"Mother is planning to use the prescription as a dowry for the second sister?!" As a bargaining chip!

Hao's face blushed when he was told what was on his mind, "We are all a family, so why care about so much!"

"My mother may have forgotten that I am a married woman now, and I should follow my husband and take my husband's family name. If my mother takes my prescription, it will be considered as two families." What's more, I have to use that prescription to curry favor The family who said they were relatives were even more outsiders.

"Elder Sister, is it okay to see people?" Li Meilan's face was a little ugly, twisting the cotton handkerchief in her hand, and staring at her with a little annoyance.

Li Kongzhu only met her eyes calmly, and smiled, "Nowadays, there are people who go up the mountain to pick fruit to sell everywhere. If the second sister really wants to save the dowry, why not go to the mountain to pick some and sell it. Although it is not much, it can be saved. When I get married, I think it will be a lot of money!"

"Li Diabolo!" Li Meilan got angry, and got up with a handkerchief in her hand, "What are you, if it wasn't for your bad reputation, would I need to try my best to find a solution?" ?”

If it weren't for her, with her beauty, what kind of marriage would you like to talk about?
It's not all because of her, it's all because of her bad reputation, and her marriage has been despised and postponed because of her, it's all because of her, all because of her!
"A girl from a good family, who said this shamelessly, made other people think that you hate getting married?" Li Kongzhu glanced at her face flushed with anger, and ignored her. With layers of anger in his eyes, he said this in a neutral manner.

"You!" Li Meilan gritted her teeth and pointed at her, her face became ugly and distorted.The look in her eyes also began to change from anger to ruthlessness.With that ferocious appearance, I wish I could peel it off and eat it.

Li Kongzhu didn't bother to pay attention to her, so he raised his eyes indifferently and said to Hao Shi: "I can't say anything about Fang Zi, it's still the same sentence, if you really want to save the dowry, now everyone goes to the mountains to pick the mountain reds and sell them. Don't use this stuff." The capital is just raising your hand. If your mother insists on Fangzi, you and I will hurt our relationship. I can only say that if there is anything that is not in place in the future, don't blame the daughter!"

"What do you mean by that?" Li Meilan shouted sharply.

"Is this something that your daughter who has not left the cabinet should take care of?" Li Kongzhu frowned and gave her a displeased look.

Li Meilan was in a hurry.Li Jingzhe at the side saw something.

Quickly grabbed his mother's hand and said: "Mom, let's go home quickly, the clock is about to pass. It will be dark in a while, if you don't go back, you will be blind."

"Li Jingzhe, you are a foodie, and when someone gives you buns to eat, you change the direction of the wind and fall over there. You are a dog, and you can't wag your tail at anyone who has something to eat! "

Li Kongzhu's face changed, seeing that Li Meilan who was so angry looked like half a lunatic.Then look at Hao's appearance that his daughter is completely in charge.

He couldn't help frowning and shouted: "If you really don't want to stay here, just leave quickly."

"How dare you be unfilial!" Li Meilan screamed.

"My filial piety is my filial piety to my own mother. What kind of onion are you, a girl who has not left the court? Elder brothers are like fathers and elder sisters are like mothers. Like you, you still want to marry a scholar's family? I'm afraid you won't even be able to enter the ordinary farmhouse. Bar!"

Li Kongzhu also got angry, she is not the original body.There is no need to endure everything like this.Besides, the original body is not something they can take advantage of.Then she has no obligation to listen to a little kid go crazy here.

Seeing that the two daughters were quarreling, Hao quickly got up and pulled Li Meilan, and persuaded Li Diaozhu, "What is this for? People who are blood relatives in the family, what can't be said properly."

"Mom, let's go home, I want to go home!"

Seeing that the elder sister's face was pale, Li Jingzhe became a little scared.Seeing how my second sister behaved, it was clear that she was still making noise, so she couldn't help but started crying loudly: "Mom, I want to go home, go home, go home!"

He is a seven-year-old baby, and it is a bit ugly to grin and cry like this, but if he doesn't, his mother will have to stand on the side of the second sister and attack the eldest sister.

Although I didn't like the eldest sister before, I can't see the second sister taking care of everything and making a fuss.

Fortunately, he is the only son in the family, and his mother still loves him more than the second sister.

Sure enough, when Hao saw his son grinning and crying, he panicked and said, "What are you crying for? You just have to go home. It's okay, it's okay! Don't cry, this Just go back!"

"Mother!" Li Meilan was not reconciled.

But Hao shi is so focused on her son right now, she doesn't care if she stomps her feet or something.

Seeing that Li Jingzhe was crying miserably, Li Diaozhu felt a little uncomfortable, thinking that it was the noise in the adult world that made him afraid.

Pursing his lips, he hesitated for a while and said: "Now there are imitation candied haws on the market. If you are willing to spend the cost, just buy some rock sugar or white sugar and make it. The method is simple, just burn the sugar water into silk and wrap it up! "

Li Meilan turned her head and stared at her with a sarcastic smile, "What's the price of something that everyone knows!"

"I have said the right thing, whether you like it or not!"

Li Diaozhu also got angry.

Li Jingzhe over there cried even louder, and Hao Shi couldn't help it, hearing the quarrel here, she couldn't help shouting, "What's the quarrel, why don't you hurry to Lanzi's house. It's getting dark today, if you don't leave, it's hard to be blind!"

Li Meilan was very unwilling to be drunk, and seeing Li Jingzhe like that, she wished she could step forward and give her two slaps.

Li Jingzhe was frightened by her eyes, and pulled Hao Shi directly to the door, crying that he must leave.

Seeing this, Hao had no choice but to follow him, "Okay, okay, let's go, can we stop crying? Son!"

Seeing him like that, Li Kongzhu suddenly understood and felt a little better.Turn around and quickly enter the house to find the jar of white sugar, dig up about half a catty, wrap it in oiled paper and walk out of the house quickly.

Seeing that they had reached the gate of the courtyard, they called out, "Wait!"

Hao Shi and Li Jingzhe looked back at her.

But she handed the oiled paper bag to Li Jingzhe, touched his head and said: "There is about half a catty of white sugar in it, I finally came to the eldest sister's house, and I didn't say anything sweetly, but went back crying. It's me This is no longer a big sister!"

"Big Sister~" Li Jingzhe sniffed, and called her with red eyes and choked voice.

Li Kongzhu patted his little head, "Don't do this next time, it's not good for boys to cry too much!"

"Mmm!" Li Jingzhe hummed embarrassingly.The eldest sister who felt normal suddenly became very gentle.

Hao's skin also turned red.He opened his mouth to say something, but saw the eldest daughter shook her head at her.After instructing her to be careful on the way, they were sent to the entrance of the village before turning back.

From the beginning to the end, Li Meilan rushed forward angrily, and never looked back.

Back in his yard, Li Kongzhu let out a long breath of foul air.It's a day-to-day life, although it's not a lot of trouble, but every trivial thing really makes people very angry.

Zhao Junyi came out of the barn and saw her leaning against the wooden fence, motionless.His eyes couldn't help but deepened, he limped over, and asked quietly, "What's the matter?"

Li Diaozhu turned his head and shook his head, "It's nothing, it's just cleaning up!"

"Detoxification?"

"Huh!" She took a deep breath and let it out again.Raise your eyebrows and signal him with your eyes, this is called detoxification.

The man nodded, turned around and ignored him, "Kang is almost through. Do you want to move?!"

"Move!" The bed in the hut was really not warm.In addition, the temperature has dropped significantly in the past two days, and she woke up several times in the middle of the night.

That evening, Li Kongzhu called Mai Ya'er's husband, Zhao Mengzi, to help move the wardrobe.

Canopy beds and bathtubs and other large items were left in the hut, and only the bedding and small tables and cabinets were moved to the warehouse.

After everything was settled, Li Kongzhu gave Mai Ya'er a large bowl of the bone soup that Xia Xianghao and the others had made after they left, and asked her to take it back as a thank you.

In the evening, when Li Diaozhu, who had finished washing, rolled comfortably on the wide kang, he looked at Zhao Junyi who was far away from her with satisfaction.Nodding again satisfied.

Secretly said: This time she can finally sleep with peace of mind!
(Someone: It's like I haven't slept well before! I don't know who has been sleeping like a pig!)

(End of this chapter)