The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 9 Dispute
Xiaomi happened to be filling rabbit meat out of the pot, and his subordinates pinched a piece and stuffed it into Gao Ren's mouth. He couldn't help complaining, "It's so cold, where did you go? Just stroll around the village for a few times, but you can't." Go into the mountain again! Brother Xiaodao and the others led the way before, and the snow was light, but now the mountain is dangerous!"

Gao Ren lowered his head and gnawed on the rabbit meat, his eyes flickered, but he didn't respond.

Xiaomi was also used to disciplining many younger siblings in his previous life, so he raised his hand and hit him with a chestnut, "I asked you something, why didn't you answer? If I run out again, I'll tell Brother Feng that I won't give you food when I come back."

Gao Ren spat out the rabbit bone, his face suddenly became hostile, and he suddenly raised his hand, "You... dare to hit me?"

Lu Xiaomi was bending over to lift the cauldron of stewed chicken. He didn't notice the danger behind him at all, and he was still complaining, "Hit you, I still want to starve you! This is Laoxiongling, not Fucheng. The surrounding deep mountains and old forests are dangerous. If you are disobedient, I will cook delicious food in the future, and I will not take your share!"

The wooden lid of the cauldron was very tight, and when it was opened so suddenly, the aroma that had been suffocated for a long time suddenly had a place to vent, and it almost escaped joyfully.

The aroma of the meat, the mountain freshness of the mushrooms, and the sweetness of the rice are really indescribable and intoxicating.

Gao Ren's stomach growled immediately, he subconsciously withdrew his hand, looked at the busy little girl ahead, and rolled his eyes.

For the sake of delicious food, I just spare the life of this ignorant little girl...

There is nothing more comforting to a tired body than good food. Aunt Liu and the others have been busy all morning, and they are overjoyed to see such a rich meal served by Xiaomi.

As a hunter, pheasants and rabbits are not uncommon, but the sweet and fragrant white rice is very rare.

After all, sixty cents a catty, when a family takes advantage of their generous cash to weigh two catties, they always reserve a bowl of porridge for the elderly and children when they are not feeling well.How can it be served directly in a big basin like the Lu family!
Some young daughters-in-law swallowed their saliva after just one glance, "Sister Xiaomi, this is too wasteful! These japonica rice are mixed with sorghum or millet, enough to last for half a month."

Lu Xiaomi smiled and asked everyone to go to the table quickly, and greeted, "The aunts and aunts help me with sewing, so of course I have to treat them well, otherwise I will have no place to cry when no one will help me in the future."

It's a pity that after hearing what she said, the women still hesitated to come forward.

It was Aunt Liu who guessed what everyone was thinking, and said simply, "Xiaomi, everyone appreciates your kindness, but the elderly and children in the family eat sorghum rice and pancakes. You let them be mothers and daughters-in-law. No one can bear to eat white rice. How about you find a few big pottery bowls, share the food with us, and we will take it home to eat. It just so happens that these needlework can’t be done in a day, and we can’t do it in a day. Divide it up, take it home together, and send it back after a few days when it’s done.”

Xiaomi felt sad and blushed, but she didn't think carefully.

Thinking of her previous life, when a few friends dragged her to improve the food, she also kept thinking about her siblings in the orphanage, it must be the same mood.

"Okay, just listen to my aunt."

Xiaomi hurriedly went to the kitchen to find seven or eight large pottery bowls. Each bowl was filled with half of the rice, pressed and pressed with a wooden shovel, and then covered with a layer of chicken stewed mushrooms and a layer of spicy rabbit meat.

Each woman shared a big bowl, and she was so happy from ear to ear, but also a little ashamed.Doing a favor to the neighbors, eating a light meal is also appropriate, but it is a bit thick-skinned to bring the food home like this.

But thinking about how the children at home didn't know what it was like to be happy when they saw the white rice, they also let go of their shyness.

The snowflakes stopped for half a day, and at some point they started to fall again.

The women said goodbye to Xiaomi, and finally covered the big bowl with cotton jackets, and hurried home with the cotton wrapped in cloth in one hand.

Xiaomi watched everyone go away, and when he was about to close the gate, he didn't want Aunt Liu to abduct him again.

"Xiaomi, I was in a hurry just now, but I forgot to ask you something?"

"What's the matter, Auntie just ask." Lu Xiaomi pulled Aunt Liu to a shelter from the wind, wondering what's the matter with her.

Aunt Liu also had a straightforward temper, and said immediately, "Is your mother's death day approaching, and according to your father's temper, I'm afraid it will be a big deal?"

Lu Xiaomi smiled wryly, and replied, "I'm still thinking about discussing with my father about what to do with Mother's Hundred Days Festival. Although I got money from selling prey earlier, it belongs to Brother Feng, so it's not too extravagant."

"That's right, you are a sensible child."

Aunt Liu tucked Xiaomi's collar in pity, and comforted her, "Don't get angry, talk to your father. When the time comes, remember to call aunt to work with you."

"Okay, thank you auntie, I'm too busy myself, so I have to trouble auntie."

"What's the matter, your mother helped me a lot when she was here. Now that she's gone, I should take care of you more. Your mother, if there is a spirit in the sky, seeing how sensible you are now, I will be so happy .”

Aunt Liu said a few more words, and finally went home quickly.Lu Xiaomi closed the courtyard door and walked all the way into the main room.

Father Lu was having a big meal with his three sons, when he saw his daughter coming in, he pushed the rice bowl full of chicken over, and said in a courteous way, "Xiaomi, eat quickly, the food will be cold in a while."

Lu Xiaomi picked up the chopsticks, hesitated for a moment and then said, "Father, it will be Mother's Hundred Days Ceremony in a few days. I was ill before, and Mother's funeral was a big funeral, and the whole family was emptied. Is the sacrifice a simple sacrifice? When the family life is better next year, I will give it to my mother..."

"No way!" Before Xiaomi could finish speaking, Father Lu, who was always good-tempered, lost his temper, "Your mother's death day must be a big one, and you must not take it lightly!"

After all, he didn't eat any more, he just threw away the bowls and chopsticks, turned around and went into the house
It was the first time for Lu Xiaomi to be scolded by his father since he woke up at Lu's house. He felt a little wronged, and his eye circles turned red uncontrollably.

Boss Lu and the second and third children put away the bowls and chopsticks, and hurried forward to persuade, "Xiaomi, don't be upset. Dad didn't mean to hurt you, he was also worried about our mother's poor life over there. .”

"That's right, when you were going to go to the funeral, you were still sick, and Dad even sold the family's land to raise money, but it was Old Feng and the others who stopped him, so he reluctantly gave up. Now... Although it's a hundred-day festival, it's not as good as going to a funeral, but It won't be too slow."

Lu Xiaomi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but when the words came to his lips, what came out was a sigh.

Although she received the original memories, those memories were more like movies. She had seen them and understood them, but she didn't feel deeply.

In memory, Bai's love for her daughter was really great, but there is a memory that is blank.

"Brother, I was sick and confused before, and I forgot a lot of things. Dad said that I went to my grandparents' house with my mother, and I caught wind and cold on the way back. My mother passed away, and I was also very sick. But why don't I remember going to my grandparents?" Where is the family, and what happened? Have you heard what your mother said?"

Boss Lu frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "When mother takes you away, the three of us will follow to take care of you. Mother is annoyed, and refuses to agree to life and death, so she only takes you on the road. We asked where to go, and mother didn't agree." Said, but at that time, father was unwilling to let mother go back, so he was angry with mother. When you left, father didn't leave the house. We didn't dare to ask more questions. We finally hoped that mother would bring you back, but in the end Mother passed away before Banyue, and we didn't have a chance to inquire about my grandfather's family."

Lu Wu also scratched the back of his head, and said helplessly, "I didn't hear my mother say it, but you, don't you remember anything? I thought you cooked those novel meals and knew how to be a housekeeper. You learned it at your grandfather's house." Woolen cloth."

Lu Xiaomi's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, fearing that the "replacement" would be involved, he quickly stopped talking.

"I burned so badly back then that my mind was confused and I couldn't remember it. Mother's Hundred Days Festival, let me think of a way."

Xiaomi waved his hand, stopped eating, turned and went back to the backyard.

The three brothers of the Lu family looked at each other and sighed.As elder brothers, they still feel extremely guilty for asking their sisters to worry about their family's livelihood.

Lu Laosan thought for a while and said, "The big exam will be around next autumn. I will suspend my studies at the academy for half a year. I won't delay when I go back at the end of next summer."

"How can it be done?" The boss Lu and the second son Lu both objected in unison, "When my mother was still alive, she said that no matter how difficult the family was, she would support you in studying. In the future, you will be a good-for-nothing, and you will still protect your family and sister. .”

Lu Laosan smiled wryly, "Don't talk about protecting Xiaomi, I really blush when I heard that, now Xiaomi is taking care of us."

"Then you can't stop reading. Tomorrow I will go hunting in the mountains!"

Lu's second slapped Lu's third on the shoulder, the pain was so painful that he almost fell off the stool, and the matter was settled.

Xiaomi didn't know that the three older brothers had just finished a "democratic" meeting, and she was sitting in her room at the moment, reviewing the bank notes for selling prey. 150 taels, plus thirty taels of silver.

Although Feng Jian had already said that the money was at her disposal, but she was injured in order to save Lu Laosan, and now she hunted to earn money for healing. It would be rude to say that it was out of the Lu family.If this money is used to do a hundred-day sacrifice for the Bai family and a bundle repair for Lu Laosan, Lu Xiaomi will blush just thinking about it.

But now the situation of the Lu family is too embarrassing, it is really impossible not to spend these money.

Lu Xiaomi hesitated for a while, but finally took the silver ticket and went to the front yard.

In the East Wing, Gao Ren got a handful of jujubes from nowhere, and was eating them while spitting up jujube pits all over the floor. Lao Yang was cleaning with a broom with a smile on his face.

Feng Jian leaned against the window, looking at the mountains in the distance through the lightly opened window.Yesterday's heavy snow, the stubborn finally changed all the mountains and forests into plain clothes, now the wind has stopped and the snow is still, there is a quiet beauty.

Lu Xiaomi came around from the corner door in the backyard. The little girl in a plain coat and blue flowers had a slender figure just now, and her two swarthy braids were swinging, making her palm-sized face look a little fairer.It's just that the brows and eyes are missing the agility of the past, and there is a layer of melancholy...

Feng Jian raised her eyebrows, turned around and asked, "Is there something wrong with the Lu family?"

Without waiting for Lao Yang to respond, Gao Ren spat out a date stone, curled his lips and said, "Those fools want to hold a big sacrifice, and they're embarrassing that little girl!"

He wanted to say a few more words, but he heard Xiaomi knocking on the door outside and asking, "Uncle Yang, is Brother Feng awake, I have something to say."

(End of this chapter)