"Okay then." Li Dazhuang touched his head, looking a little lost.
This scene changed Zhang's feelings. She knew her son best. Looking at his attentiveness and the disappointment after being rejected, she wondered if he had fallen in love with Li Xiaoxiao. Thinking of this, the meat in her mouth suddenly lost its taste.
She would have to discuss this matter with Li Quanfu when she got back, and take advantage of the fact that there were just some signs of it. Li Xiaoxiao looked like a good girl, but Zhang really looked down upon her family conditions. There were too many troubles in her family, with a big fight every five days and a small fight every three days. If they really became in-laws, it would be like being entangled by a group of idiots from the Li family.
If they were just a little poor, her family could help out, but Li Dahai was a sickly person, Sun was weak and incompetent, her sister was also weak, and she had a younger brother who had just started school. If they became relatives and had to take care of all the affairs of their family, it would be a bottomless pit that could never be filled.
After finishing the meal and packing up, Zhang called Li Dazhuang to go home. Li Dazhuang didn't want to go, so Zhang forcibly pulled him away.
The silver has been almost used up, and I'm thinking of going into the mountains again. Aunt Hua's lover has been sent here, and after the house is built, I have to buy some furniture. More than thirty taels will be enough.
There is an old carpenter in Qinghe Village with excellent skills. Villagers always ask him to make furniture for them because he does a good job and charges a low price.
In the afternoon, Li Xiaoxiao went to find him. He was a thin old man who looked smart and capable. He was very active. He asked Li Xiaoxiao what kind of furniture he wanted, the specific size, the type of wood that would be used, and finally calculated the price.
Li Xiaoxiao wanted to use some good quality wood, after all, it was his own residence, so the price would be twice as expensive as ordinary wood. After calculating the price and rounding off the decimals, the total cost was twenty taels. Li Xiaoxiao was secretly amazed. No matter what era, decoration was not cheap.
I paid half of the deposit first and agreed to pick up the goods ten days later.
Her house will be completed in two days. After a few days of drying, people can move in. By that time, the furniture will have been made. There was no pollution in ancient times, let alone formaldehyde. Everything is pure natural and can be used directly after it is made.
She was still short of five taels of silver from the wages she had paid to Li Quanfu earlier, so she delivered it to him today. After deducting the ten taels balance for the furniture, she had a total of eight taels of silver left.
After a few leisurely days, Li Xiaoxiao started to move into her new home. She finally had a room of her own. The furniture had been delivered, and it was finely crafted and polished. Li Xiaoxiao was very satisfied and paid the remaining balance.
The weather has reached the hottest time of the year, but the good news is that they have all moved to the mountain. Everyone has their own room and no longer has to share a room with Li Ruolan. There are many trees on the mountain, the environment is very good, and the air is fresh, which is cooler than at the foot of the mountain.
Although it was halfway up the mountain, the courtyard wall was more than three meters high and reinforced. Sun was reminded several times to keep the gate closed at all times, so there was no problem with safety.
I went to see Li Huawen once. He adapted very well there, listened to the teacher, studied hard, and the teacher even praised him for being smart and motivated.
There is another advantage of moving to a new home. She no longer has to hide her prey when she hunts. She is the only family living on the mountain and can do whatever she wants.
After breakfast, Li Xiaoxiao wanted to go hunting in the mountains. When Sun heard that she was going, Li Ruolan also said that she wanted to go together. Li Xiaoxiao suddenly realized that her family’s conditions were poor before and they lived in a straw hut, which made everything inconvenient. Now the house is spacious and bright, and there is no work to do in the fields, so they have nothing to do, so she nodded and agreed.
The journey is not short, and I was afraid that I would not be able to return at noon, so I prepared rice for Li Dahai and put it in the pot. It’s hot, so he can just eat it directly when the time comes.
The trouser legs and cuffs of ancient clothes were wide, which made it inconvenient to go up the mountain. Li Xiaoxiao found a short rope and tied the cuffs and trouser legs. These were all taught to her by Li Quanfu.
After the three of them were ready, they went up the mountain. Sun and Li Ruolan were a little excited, as it was the first time for both of them to go into the mountains.
Li Xiaoxiao took them along the road that Li Quanfu often took, which was relatively safer.
"Xiaoxiao, are you afraid of going into the mountains alone?" Li Ruolan asked the question in her heart.
"What is there to be afraid of? I have a bow and arrow in my hand. The one who should be afraid is the prey." Li Xiaoxiao walked while using the small knife in his hand to chop the weeds growing diagonally from the side.
The mountain road was rugged and after a while, Sun and Li Ruolan both said they were tired, but Li Xiaoxiao still walked lightly and found a place to sit down and rest for a while.
Sun wiped the sweat from her head, took out a water bottle from the backpack behind her and handed it to Li Xiaoxiao. Li Xiaoxiao took it and gulped down a few mouthfuls, then gave it to Li Ruolan and finally returned it to Sun.
"Xiaoxiao, we've been walking for so long, how come we haven't seen any pheasants or rabbits?" Sun put the kettle back.
"There are very few animals in this area. Hunters go up and down the mountain along this road. The animals nearby are either hunted or hide far away. Why would they wait for us here? Animals are not stupid."
The harvest was not good this year, and the hunters in their village went up the mountain much more frequently than before. Just today, they saw two of them, one traveling alone, and the other a group of three. Li Xiaoxiao and her group walked slowly and were soon left far behind by the others, so it was safer to follow behind them. Li Xiaoxiao did not plan to catch much prey with the two of them, she just hoped for a good harvest in autumn, otherwise the villagers would have a hard time in winter.
After resting for a while, the three set out again. After walking for a long time, they finally saw a pheasant. Li Ruolan screamed in surprise, and the pheasant was frightened and ran away at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.
Li Ruolan stamped her feet in annoyance. Li Xiaoxiao smiled and comforted her: "Big sister, it was a little pheasant with no meat on it. It ran away. There is no need to feel sorry for it."
After this lesson, Li Ruolan and Sun would secretly tell Li Xiaoxiao when they saw it again.
A wild rabbit was eating grass not far away. Li Xiaoxiao took aim and shot an arrow through its body. The rabbit fluttered around a few times and fell to the ground without moving. Sun went forward to pick up the dead rabbit on the ground and found that it was a female rabbit, which seemed to have just given birth.
"Sister, this is a female rabbit. Let's look around and see if we can find its nest." Sun put the rabbit into the backpack behind her. She then took it out and carried it on her back. Li Xiaoxiao felt warm in her heart.
Sun and Li Ruolan were very happy when they heard this. It would be even better if they could find a rabbit hutch. Their previous hutch of rabbits had been taken to the county town and sold because there was no place to feed them. But it was different now. Their yard was big, and they even built a shed when they built the house to raise small animals such as chickens and ducks.
After searching for a long time, she finally found it: a litter of six little white rabbits, which had grown about one centimeter of white fur. Sun carefully put them into the backpack.
He didn't go any further inside, but took the two of them for a walk nearby. Surprisingly, they found another nest of rabbits. Sun was overjoyed and happily put all the rabbits into the backpack.
Looking at the sun in the sky, it was getting late, so Li Xiaoxiao decided to go back. At this time, they had another pheasant in their hands.
The way down the mountain was much easier to walk than going up the mountain. Li Xiaoxiao was still walking in front. Not long after walking, Li Xiaoxiao saw a person lying on the ground not far ahead.
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