take a wife to support the family

Chapter 66
Carpenter Li hurriedly stepped forward and snatched the ax from Song Haonian's hand: "My son-in-law is a guest at home, how can I ask you to do work!"

He asked Qingsong to carry the chopped firewood to one side and pile it up, and pushed Song Haonian to sit in the main room, while Carpenter Li brought his own cigarette pouch, and talked with him while eating cigarettes.

It is said that Weng and son-in-law are talking, but in fact they are not talkative people, only relatively silent.

Qingsong ran in and said, "Brother-in-law, teach me how to spin a spinning top!"

Anyway, it was awkward to sit opposite the father-in-law, Song Haonian readily followed Qingsong to the yard, saw him take out a spinning top cut from mahogany from his bosom, and found a whip from nowhere.

Neither the top nor the whip is new, so Song Haonian asked, "Isn't yours output? Where did it come from?"

Qingsong wanted to cover his mouth anxiously, "Don't let my mother hear it!" His mother loved him dearly, but the most distressed thing must be the things at home. If she knew that he exported the spinning top, she would definitely call him a prodigal.

"I borrowed it." Qingsong whispered.

Song Haonian also did similar things when he was so old. If he loses his spinning top to others, he borrows his friend's to fight again. If he wins, the property will return to the original owner, but if he loses, both of his spinning tops will belong to someone else. , It can be said that it is nothing.

"Okay, then I'll teach you two tricks." Song Haonian picked up the top and threw it into the air twice, and then stretched the whip.

This spinning top is very well made, round and regular, and the whip is also flexible and moderate. It seems that this family is very attentive to the child.

The whip wrapped around the top twice, Song Haonian flicked his wrist, and the top fell to the ground and began to spin!
Anyone who plays a spinning top knows this trick, but Qing Songyuan doesn't take it seriously, and when he finds that the spinning top spins extraordinarily long and smoothly, he widens his eyes in surprise.

I saw that Song Haonian chose a good angle and swung his whip a few times easily, and the top spun several tricks that he had never seen before!
What's even more powerful is that he can also make a clear and crisp sound like firecrackers!
Qingsong didn't even blink, and stared at Song Haonian's hands, trying to understand how he did these tricks, Song Haonian stopped quickly, and said with a smile: "How is it?"

Qingsong cheered and jumped directly on Song Haonian: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, teach me!"

As long as the eldest brother-in-law is willing to teach him and learn these moves, he will definitely be invincible in the whole village.

Lily pulled Lamei out of the kitchen to breathe, and saw the green squirrel monkey on Song Haonian, wrapping around him like a twisted candy.

Lamei wondered: The eldest brother-in-law looks so fierce, and Qingsong is too courageous!
The young couple didn't think it was disobedient, Song Haonian tore Qingsong off his body, and said: "Stand still, I will teach you slowly."

Hitting the spinning top requires cleverness. He first told Qingsong how to exert force, and then taught him the angle and timing of swinging the whip. By this time, Qingsong had no doubts about the strength of his eldest brother-in-law. heart.

When lunch was ready at noon, Mrs. Zhu asked Li Mijiang and Qingsong to accompany Song Haonian to the table, and she took the two daughters to eat under the kitchen.Song Haonian said: "Let's eat at the table."

Zhu's eyes widened all of a sudden: "Uncle, you Heba people are the most polite, don't think that we mountain people have no rules."

It's only natural that women don't go to the table, Zhu thought to himself, is the uncle a little stupid?
Song Haonian insisted: "Mother-in-law, I'm not saying that there are no rules in the mountains. It's not easy for me and the eldest girl to come back. The whole family sits and eats together, and the rules can't be broken."

If he could really let him set the rules, he would guarantee that no matter whether a woman could go to the table or not, he would only feel comfortable if his wife sat with him.

The eldest son-in-law insisted, and he was caring for his daughter. Carpenter Li smiled and greeted the old lady to serve with Lily Lamei.Mrs. Zhu murmured in her heart, feeling that the eldest son-in-law was really not very polite, so he had to talk to him carefully, and finally sat at the table with the two daughters.

Lily has long been used to not mentioning it. La Mei grows so big. For the first time, she was lucky enough to get a seat at the bottom of the table. She was so nervous that she didn't even know how to hold chopsticks, and just shoveled rice into her mouth.

It was Baihe and Qingsong who saw that she was really uncomfortable, and each picked some chopsticks for him and asked her to taste the meat and vegetables.

When Mrs. Zhu saw Lily's free appearance, she was upset again, so she said to her first: "What kind of publicity do you look like! Be honest, I don't have the face to see my son-in-law and my in-laws!"

Song Haonian was about to say that Lily is very good, but the mother-in-law turned her head and said to him, "Eldest son-in-law, you also take care of the eldest girl, don't spoil her all the time."

He could only smile naively, pretending that he didn't understand.

No matter how stuffy Mrs. Zhu is, Lily just eats with a smile on her face, and from time to time, she picks up a chopstick dish for La Mei and tells her, "Eat slowly."

The son-in-law is no matter how much he is a son-in-law, and he is also a guest. It is not easy for Mrs. Zhu to beat her daughter in front of the guests, so she can only let them toss with them angrily.

After eating, Qingsong quickly ran to fight tops with others, Song Haonian and Baihe helped clean up the house, and they were about to go home.

Carpenter Li asked to stay: "Let's stay for one night."

Song Haonian said: "The family is worried."

Lily said quietly to Lamei: "Go to Zhenshan to go to the market when you have time, and go to me more often."

Lamei's nose was sour: "Mother won't let me go."

Lily thought for a while, and said to Carpenter Li: "Father, everyone likes the baskets you weaved for me. You are very famous in Zhenshan now. When there is a market, you can bring some big baskets to the town to sell."

Carpenter Li couldn't believe it, "It's still like this?"

"Can I still lie to you? You ask Danian, Sanniu, is that so?"

Both Song Haonian and Lamei testified to her, saying that everyone praised those small baskets for their beauty, and asked them where and which craftsman made them, and they naturally replied that it was Li Bamboo Craftsman of Liushan Village.

Carpenter Li grinned, somewhat moved by the eldest daughter, Lily hit the iron while the iron was hot: "We Lamei and I have lived in the town for a while, and we know the way and the people well, father, take her with you when you go. "

Carpenter Li Bamboo promised again and again, sent his daughter and son-in-law away, and came back and said to the old woman: "Do you think what the big girl said makes sense?"

"She's the only one with a lot of reason!" Mrs. Zhu snorted first, and then said, "Why is she so focused on abducting San Niu to the town? Your eyes are bright."

The eldest girl obviously wanted to help the family increase their income, so she said that she was kidnapping San Niu to go to the town, which was ugly enough. Carpenter Li looked at San Niu who was washing dishes with her head down, and sighed.

Zhu babbled again: "I see, since she married in the town, she has had a lot of crooked thoughts and is not honest at all. She has a little money to make a living, she can't wait to take it all in her arms, and leave it to us? It's just that she wants to subsidize her mother's family, can the eldest son-in-law agree?"

"Mother, don't talk about it." Carpenter Li suddenly said, "Young Master is an honest person, so give me back the money today."

Zhu's eyes lit up, and he stepped in front of Carpenter Li and stretched out his hand: "Where is the money?"

Carpenter Li took out a money bag from his bosom. The bag was very exquisite, and it was Lily's handicraft at first glance.Mrs. Zhu counted for a long time, and she figured out that it was about a hundred dollars, and she became suspicious again: "For no reason, why did he give you the money?"

When Mrs. Zhu was cooking, Song Haonian gave Carpenter Li this purse and told him that it was his share of the bill for making baskets for his daughter.

But Carpenter Li knew very well that when the eldest girl got married, the family didn't give anything, and even emptied the eldest son-in-law's family property. He made small baskets for Lily day and night, saving his mind to subsidize his daughter. Want their money?

But Song Haonian persisted, saying that the husband and wife had made an agreement, that the father-in-law could not be asked to do so many jobs, and they had no income at all, so they would do it for nothing.This is their filial piety, if the father-in-law doesn't accept it, he will be a heretic.

After talking like this for a long time, the Li bamboo craftsman reluctantly accepted it, and before he warmed it in his arms, he asked Mrs. Zhu to snatch it away and hide it under the box. The family had to ask her for money and eat her. It takes a long time to get it.

When it was time to eat dinner, Qingsong came back bouncing, shouting: "I won, I won!" Those who didn't know thought he had captured the thief king and killed the rebels.

Mrs. Zhu was still a little patient with her youngest son, and asked him, "What did you win?"

"Mother, is my sister's wife? He taught me how to play a spinning top. In the past half a day, no one can beat me. Look, I have won so much!"

Qingsong is holding a bag full of tops and whips. The little friend who lent him the top not only did not lose money, but also made a lot of money. Qingsong is very grateful to him for lending the top to himself when he lost all the tops. Give him half of the winnings.

To say that most of the credit for this victory is due to Song Haonian. The skills he taught made Qingsong improve a lot.Qingsong was about to talk to him, but when she heard that her eldest sister and brother-in-law had all gone home, she was discouraged for a while.

In his heart, Song Haonian was already the best and most capable person in the world, and he didn't stop talking after eating, he kept talking.

Not only was Li Mi's ingenuity moved, but even Zhu's was a bit loose: "My son-in-law is indeed an honest person, otherwise, why don't you try selling baskets in the town?"

Li Baihe always has a smiling face, which makes people feel at ease when looking at her. When she came out of her mother's house, the smile on her face was even deeper.

Song Haonian saw that she was in a good mood, and asked, "Why are you so happy?"

Lily praised him: "Because you are a good son-in-law and my face is bright, I am very happy."

It's not that honest people can't speak sweet words, but they speak less.In front of Baihe, Song Haonian, an honest man, even said sweet words without money: "You are the best daughter-in-law, and I have to be a good son-in-law to match you."

For the same journey, going down the mountain is faster than going up the mountain. The young couple said nasty words, the soles of their feet were blown by the wind, and went straight to the house all the way.

The black tiger didn't see its owner for most of the day, so it jumped up and wagged its tail coquettishly. Lily squatted down and touched its head, and the black tiger simply rolled on the ground.Song Haonian also praised it a few words, praising it as a good housekeeper, not inferior to Heizi.

Heihu was even more excited when he heard Heizi's name. He jumped up and looked around, and ran around the yard. After a while, he calmed down and obediently went to guard the vegetable field.

The young husband and wife cook together, which is infinitely sweet.

(End of this chapter)