Porridge and side dishes [farming]

A woman who came to help put a bowl next to the table and poured tea. Although it was all tea powder, it tasted good.Looking at the happy characters on the windows and the red lanterns hanging at the door, I saw a lot of festive things, and my mood improved a lot.

The people at Li Ji's table saw the interaction between their eyes, and couldn't help but say, "Xiao Ji, it's good that Er Gouzi is with you?"

Those who sat together were all of the same generation, and the one who was talking was Li Shuisheng, who was 45 years old this year. According to his seniority, he was Li Ji's cousin, although the relationship had gone through several generations.

"It's pretty good." Li Ji took a sip of the powdered tea, which was a little bit sandy, but the taste was not bad. He thought he would buy two packs when he went back to the city. Drinking tea at home all day is quite a luxury.

Li Shuisheng didn't care what Li Ji thought, and continued: "These two dogs will be eighteen this year, and you are his elder when he lives with you. When he gets married, you have to worry about it. Take a step back and say that both of you are gentlemen, there must always be a woman to take care of you, and it would be good to marry Ergouzi a daughter-in-law, wash your clothes and cook for you, and honor you together."

Li Ji is two years younger than Er Gouzi, but because of his seniority, he has to take care of Er Gouzi from the perspective of an elder.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with these words, and it should be true, but when they heard it, it made Li Ji feel stuck in his heart.I don't know why, but I just don't feel happy.

"I think so, but you know what's going on with Er Gouzi now. He doesn't speak well and has a mountain temper. Marrying someone else's wife is not about finding someone to cook, wash clothes and have children. You also have to be responsible for other women. , you have to be nice to them. They are all raised by their fathers and mothers, so we have to treat them as human beings."

There is nothing wrong with Li Shuisheng's words, and there is nothing wrong with Li Ji's words. Li Shuisheng choked up a bit and saw that someone at the next table wanted to talk to Er Gouzi. sharp.

If this kind of person really has the violence in the mountains, he should really think about the matter of his wife.

Although they all regard their own daughters as outsiders, they feel that the water thrown out by the married daughters is for others to raise.But even so, no parent is willing to push their daughter into the fire pit.

Selling a daughter also knows how to find a good person to sell, and marrying a girl can't find a bad one.

Li Shuisheng sucked his teeth, and continued cheekily: "Isn't that because I don't know you well? You see how well I get along with you. It's the temper in the mountains, but in fact, the temper in the mountains is a bit good, that's to protect the shortcomings, when you don't know each other. She is very prepared, and if she is familiar with her, she will protect her with all her life. Although the interpersonal relationship is poor, it is better to be safe than those who go out to smoke cigarettes and gamble."

Speaking of this level, even if Li Ji is a fool, he should understand clearly.

Li Changgen, who was at the same table, joked: "You have something to say, why? Have you taken a fancy to this uncle?"

Li Shuisheng didn't deny it either: "Let's not say it, I've really taken a fancy to her. My Qiaoer is my mother-in-law's heart and soul, so I just fell in love with this one."

Li Shuisheng has six children in his family. Li Qiaoer was the youngest daughter when he was 30 years old. Now Li Qiaoer is the only one left in his family who is not married.Fifteen years old, just a good age.

Hearing Li Shuisheng's words, Li Ji was even more uncomfortable, and he couldn't explain why, so he looked at Er Gouzi, who just put down his tea bowl and met Li Ji's gaze, and his gums were almost showing when he smiled.

Li Ji felt even more aggrieved.

"I don't care about this matter. I'm an elder. I don't care how old I am. I can't handle it myself. Don't look at Er Gouzi who listens to me now. He usually has the right idea. I'd better not get involved in this kind of thing. , as long as he has no opinion, I also think he can start a family and have a good career."

That's all Li Ji said, and the people around him really can't say anything more.Li Shuisheng thought for a while: "Then let Qiaoer go to your house to help out more in the future, and it will be fine when you get familiar with it. Isn't it just because you are unfamiliar now?"

Li Ji nodded, but didn't respond.Marriage and marriage, this is Er Gouzi's business, Li Ji, as the elder who adopted him, intervening more will only make it happen.

Even if it is for the good of Er Gouzi and wants to teach Er Gouzi some common sense of life, in the eyes of others, it is just greed for the value of Er Gouzi and want to extract more benefits.

Li Ji is a lazy person, he doesn't want to be thankless, and he doesn't want to be stabbed in the back. It's good that An An lives without any disasters.

The sound of blowing and blowing outside came from far to near, and the groom came back with the bride.No one in a poor family is tall and powerful when marrying a daughter-in-law. The groom official walks in front, followed by two men and a woman, two sedan chair bearers carry the bride, and a matchmaker follows the sedan chair from time to time. The son said a few auspicious words and smiled very festively.

"The bride is here! The bride is here! The bride is here!" A group of children ran over happily to see the bride. When they reached the door, Zhang Sanzhu kicked the sedan door, and the bride opened the curtain and got off the sedan chair.

There is no hijab, the bride is wearing a wedding gown, her hair is coiled, and she has flowers made of red cloth. Rouge is painted on her face and lips, and she looks delicate and beautiful.

A group of children shouted happily that the bride was so beautiful, which made the new wife blush, and let Zhang Sanzhu lead her into the yard.

According to local customs, it is considered a ceremony for the new daughter-in-law to offer tea to the in-laws and then a glass of wine to the groom, and she is a family member of the in-laws.

Two chairs have already been placed at the door of the house. After the man sits on the left and the woman sits on the right, a cushion is placed in front of it. The new daughter-in-law kneels on it, takes the tea from the matchmaker, and first passes it to the father-in-law. Zhang Erzhu smiles. I was so happy, took a sip of the tea, and gave the new daughter-in-law a red seal.

The new daughter-in-law's smile deepened, and she offered tea to her mother-in-law. After the mother-in-law gave the red seal, she put the silver hairpin in her sleeve on the new daughter-in-law's head.

Everyone in the village is poor, and there are not many families with money, let alone the hairpin made of money.It can be seen that Zhang Erzhu's family really values ​​this daughter-in-law, and this silver hairpin can be regarded as the family's property.

The new daughter-in-law made another toast to Zhang Sanzhu, and Zhang Sanzhu drank it all in one gulp, his face flushed, and he smiled lightly.

Li Ji has also attended several wedding banquets before, and he only saw the delicious food on the table, or the rare wedding candies, maybe he was in a different mood, but today he felt a little itchy.

Thinking about what Li Shuisheng and others said, and thinking about Ruo Ri's groom being replaced by Er Gouzi and the bride being replaced by Li Qiaoer, I really feel bad.

The husband and wife toasted at the table, and the old birthday stars in the village were not in good health and did not come, and the oldest one was at the table of Li Ji.

Zhang Sanzhu introduced the elders on the table one by one, and when he introduced Li Ji, Li Ji saw the astonishment on the face of the new daughter-in-law.

"This is Uncle Li Ji and Fourth Uncle Li."

The new daughter-in-law poured wine for Li Ji and called fourth uncle. Li Ji nodded and drank the wine. The new daughter-in-law couldn't help but look at Li Ji more. The tattered clothes looked particularly glamorous, and his face was also flushed, and he looked like a person who was nourished and enjoyed life.

It's winter now, there are less fresh vegetables and fruits, and the villagers eat less meat, so even those who are not very poor will have a little dish on their faces, and there will be like Li Ji's, with flesh growing on their faces.

The new daughter-in-law was stunned, and was taken to the next table by Zhang Sanzhu to toast. Only the elders needed to toast one by one, and the rest of the peers or juniors just took a sip of wine and the meaning was settled.

The bride was sent into the bridal chamber, and the wedding banquet began.Some people deliberately skip a meal or two in order to wait for a good meal. They are already too hungry, so they shake off their cheeks and start eating when the dishes are over.

A group of women interspersed among them and waited for meals at any time. Er Gouzi looked at Li Ji again with the rice bowl in his hand, but Li Ji didn't look at him, just focused on eating by himself.Er Gouzi was a little disappointed, looked at the rice in the bowl, and put down his chopsticks after listening to Li Ji's words after eating two bowls of rice.

Putting down the chopsticks, a woman wanted to come over to serve the meal, Er Gouzi shook his head.There are meat and vegetables at the table, and usually everyone’s house has clear soup and little water, so they just point to the table to add oil and water, so everyone tries their best to eat as much as they can, and they can’t eat on their stomachs He would only put down his chopsticks when he was hungry, Er Gouzi, a big guy, stopped eating after only two bowls of rice, no one would think that he was really full.

The tablemate was still persuading him to eat more, but Er Gouzi stubbornly shook his head and focused on Li Ji.

Li Ji quickly finished his meal and got off the table, bid farewell to those who had dinner with him one by one, and walked back with Er Gouzi.

"Aren't you full?" Li Ji asked with a smile on the way.

Er Gouzi nodded very sincerely. His appetite started with five bowls of rice, and those two bowls of rice can only be said to be at the bottom.

"Success, let's make another meal at home, what do you want to eat?"

Er Gouzi thought about it: "Anything is fine."

Li Ji smiled more, and the two went home together.Er Gouzi will start a family sooner or later, such a good life, it is a day to live.

As soon as he got home, he finished the meal, cut the eggs, and wanted to spread an egg for Ergouzi, when he heard the door open, Li Ji raised his head and his face became stiff.

It's Li Qiaoer.

"Fourth Uncle, what are you busy with?" Li Qiaoer is handsome, about the same age as Li Ji, and played together when she was a child, and after ten years old, because of her seniority, she was deliberately separated by the adults, and she became estranged.

Li Jihuang shook the egg in his hand: "Er Gouzi didn't have the nerve to eat for the first time, he was not full, so I cooked some rice and scrambled eggs for him, why did you think about it?"

Li Qiaoer straightened her hair on her forehead and smiled brightly: "My father asked me to come and help. It's not easy for you to be alone, and now you have to serve Brother Ergouzi. Brother Ergouzi just came down from the mountain and doesn't know much. It must be very hard. My father asked me to come over and help clean up. There are family members on the left and right, so they should help each other."

If someone's daughter-in-law comes over, it's really time to help. I can't see the two men living together, so come over to help, but the meaning of an unmarried little girl coming over is too obvious.

It's not easy for Li Ji to refuse, and if he refuses, it will only embarrass the little girl.

"Then come in."