Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Just such a sentence almost made Li Ji cry.

His throat seemed to be choking on something, and he couldn't say a word.

Seeing Li Ji's performance like this, Er Gouzi felt that his guess was correct, reached out to pat Li Ji's head, and said softly, "Let's go home."

He was led by Er Gouzi back to the yard and back to the room.Feeling the temperature of Ergouzi's hands along the way, Li Ji's heart was filled with mixed feelings.

"Aren't you feeling well again? I'll lay out the mattress, so you can sleep more." This is the way to take care of people that I learned from Li Ji, and Er Gouzi can only think of these at this time.

The more this happened, the more Li Ji felt that his sins were serious.

Er Gouzi turned around, Li Ji took two steps forward, and put his head on Er Gouzi's back.Er Gouzi stopped, Li Ji was tangled in his heart, and Er Gouzi was also in a complicated mood.

He is not a fool, even if he thought Li Ji was not feeling well at first, he could feel that Li Ji was going to say something terrible at this moment.

"Er Gouzi." Li Ji's voice was very low, and he didn't know whether he was speaking to Er Gouzi or himself, "You are not a wild child. You have parents. If your father wants to find you, In terms of emotion and reason, I shouldn't stop it. I can't take the place of dad."

The atmosphere was silent, and Li Ji choked up, waiting for Er Gouzi's answer.

After waiting like this for a while, I heard Er Gouzi's steady voice.

"I only have a mother, and I don't know what a father is. Listening to you, it seems that a father is very important, but I haven't had it for so many years, and I don't need it in the future. You said you can't replace the father. But the father's position can't be replaced either." You. You are more important."

Li Ji couldn't describe his feeling when he heard these words, it was as if a ray of light shone from the sky, making him come alive.

Er Gouzi turned his head and held Li Ji in his arms: "So don't mention it again, okay? If you don't like it, I don't like it either."

Li Ji's lips trembled, and he finally spit out the word "good".

Er Gouzi's face became more happy, and his lips found Li Ji's.Er Gouzi doesn't know what kissing is, but in his heart, the complexity at this time can only be compensated by a comfortable action like kissing.

Li Ji threw away the last bit of shame in his heart, embraced his eldest nephew and kissed him in the blue sky.

Let him go, anyway, the two of them are still happy at this time.No matter what will happen in the future, the two of them at this time only have each other to live, which is enough.

Zhao Ruyue didn't even stay at home overnight.Even though she is just a maid in the same room and has no identity, she is already the master's man, and before the master doesn't like to abandon her, she must be like a married girl.

Zhao Ruyue went back, and Li Ji felt relieved.

It seemed that Zhao Ruyue believed his nonsense, so for a while, he couldn't find out where he was coming from.

Li Ji thought deceitfully.

Two days later, Li Ji stood at the entrance of the village waiting for Er Gouzi to return from buying water. There were also many villagers waiting for the water at the entrance of the village.

Li Ji leaned against a crooked-neck tree with his hands, and the rumors in the village could be passed on without listening carefully.

"Have you heard? Then Zhao Zhenzhu brought back five liang of silver when she came back. Thinking about her monthly salary of being a maidservant, it was only four or five liang of silver. In normal life, she can't do without rouge and gouache to save face and embarrass her. How do you think this money was saved?"

"Look at her combed hair. It's almost the same. This is promised by others. Tsk, don't say we are ignorant, don't we all say that the girls around Miss Qianjin have to wait for the lady to get married before marrying others? If the lady's husband's family sees Once you get married, you will accept it as a concubine, and if you don’t like it, you can point it out to the servants, how can a maid like her go out before she is married?"

"We don't know where to go, but what's even more strange is that Uncle Zhao Qian returned all the money to Zhao Zhenzhu. You said it was the sun coming out from the west. Zhao Qian bought his daughter for a roast duck. The master who likes to take advantage the most, why is he so generous this time?"

"If you ask me, it must be that Zhao Zhenzhu has some good means. If you come out of the house, it will be almost fine after a few years. If you ask me, Zhao Zhenzhu still hates her parents in her heart."

After listening for a long time, I finally saw the shadow of a car approaching in the distance. When I got a closer look and saw that it was Er Gouzi, there was a sound of disappointment.

Only Li Ji greeted him with bright eyes: "Let's go home."

Sitting in the bullock cart and walking home in the bullock cart, Er Gouzi said: "It's cold, wait at home next time."

"I'm idle and bored. I can't stay any longer. I'll suffocate to death if I stay every day in this cold weather." Li Ji leaned on the wooden bucket filled with water, listening to the sound of water sloshing inside.

Behind him was the envious voice of the village.

"Look at how filial the second dog is. The elder is two years younger than him. He knows how to be filial to the fourth uncle and don't let him come out in winter. Look at my family's worries about work. They always complain about this and that when they don't do any work."

These two uncles and nephews have almost become the standard of filial piety in the village, and who would know that these two little bastards are so good that they will be moaning in the bed at night.

After a while, Li Ji watched someone come to the door with presents, and then he remembered that the festival day is coming again.

Just like last year, there were so many people coming and going that the tea was almost out of supply.

This year Li Ji lived in a big house. Although the money was all from Er Gouzi, there was also Er Gouzi adopted by Li Ji, who was Er Gouzi's parent.

Therefore, more people came to give gifts this year than last year, and they stayed longer.

The child daughter-in-law Zhang Ying raised by his nephew Li Jin's family looked fatter than last year. It seemed that he had a good life in his house, and the little potato who had grown a lot was also pulled over to kowtow to the fourth grandfather.Calculating that Li Ji is not ten years older than him, this gift can be tolerated in terms of seniority.

What Li Ji cared most was that Li Qiaoer, a girl from Li Shuisheng's family, came over and brought two catties of peanuts. Seeing that Li Qiaoer's eyes were a little swollen, she seemed to have cried.

Li Qiaoer came in the afternoon, and there were not many people at this time, Li Qiaoer seemed to be stepping on time.

Seeing her appearance, Li Ji felt that something was not right, she seemed to be preoccupied.After all, Li Qiaoer hadn't come here for half a year, maybe Li Shuisheng knew Er Gouzi's nature well, knew it was impossible, and didn't let her come again because of the girl's reputation.

To be honest, Li Ji was relieved that Li Qiaoer couldn't come over.

Li Qiaoer watched the last person who came over leave after chatting for a long time, and then walked to the middle of the room after waiting for the person to go out of the courtyard, looked up at Li Ji, and suddenly knelt down without warning.

"Fourth Uncle, please let Brother Ergou marry me, I beg you." After saying this, Li Qiaoer's tears couldn't stop falling, her red and swollen eyes were watery, she was extremely pitiful.

Li Ji's heart skipped a beat, his own person was being watched, and no one could guarantee a normal state of mind.Taking a deep breath, seeing that Li Qiaoer doesn't look like a pushy person, there must be a reason for this.

Li Ji stood up and went to help Li Qiaoer up: "What are you doing? Isn't this stupid? If you have something to say, fourth uncle will make the decision for you. The marriage of your daughter's family is a big deal, so how can you say a few words?" Will it be resolved?"

Li Ji's words made sense, and Li Qiaoer cried even more when she heard this.

"Qiao'er is wronged." Li Qiaoer began to cry, Li Ji saw a big girl crying aggrieved in his house and it was not good to spread it, so he raised his head and asked Er Gouzi to guard the door, and someone came to drag him.

Li Qiaoer's cry was not loud, but the tears flowed.When she was about to cry and wiped away her tears, she choked up and uttered her grievances like peas.

It turned out that Li Qiaoer frequently went to Li Ji's house before, but there was no progress in the matter with Er Gouzi. After a long time, gossip spread in the village.

The gossip of neighbors and neighbors is nothing if it is malicious, it is purely idle.But just doing it unintentionally can be regarded as ruining Li Qiaoer's good reputation.

Li Shuisheng saw that he hadn't seen Li Ji coming to propose marriage for such a long time, and there were gossips in the village again, so he simply stopped thinking about Er Gouzi, the rich son-in-law, and asked a matchmaker to propose marriage to Li Qiaoer, but he went to the village and asked around. , I heard that Li Qiaoer came to the door to post rumors that she didn't want her, and half of the marriage was gone.

Li Ji lived outside the village. He was busy with family affairs and rarely went into the village to listen to the chats of the villagers, so he didn't know anything about it.

Li Shuisheng found Li Qiaoer's husband's house several times, but failed.I am getting more and more impatient with Li Qiaoer.Recently, he finally found a family. He is a 30-year-old widower in the village. His wife died early and has been single all these years. He doesn't dislike Li Qiaoer's bad reputation.

In this world, few people live past the age of 40, and five or six people can jump out of a village that has lived past 50. Li Qiaoer will be widowed in a few years after she gets married. How can Li Qiaoer be willing?

But Li Shuisheng still thinks this family is very good, because they only have one girl and no son, and they don't dislike Li Qiaoer, not to mention, and they give a full gift of one tael of silver.

Normal marriages in the village generally don’t use money, they use crops and food, and the money is usually one or two taels of silver, and one tael of silver has not been seen in the past ten years.

So even if Li Qiaoer is unwilling, Li Shuisheng has decided.

Li Qiaoer had no other choice, she just had an excuse to give gifts to the elders during the holidays, she told his parents, now for her, the best destination is Er Gouzi.

How smart is Li Ji?When the eyelashes are pulled out, they are empty, and the person is so smart.He could guess what Li Qiaoer said.Letting Li Qiaoer, a girl who is about to get married, go to another bachelor's house is probably because of Li Qiaoer's plan to persuade Li Ji.

Li Qiaoer is really desperate, but Li Shuisheng is very calculating.

He just pushed Li Qiaoer to a dead end and asked her to come and beg to marry Er Gouzi.Li Ji agreed that Li Qiaoer would be happy when she married, but did not agree that it would be the best destination for Li Qiaoer to marry a widower as a house fill.

Li Ji looked at Li Qiaoer's desperate face, and he already had a calculation in his eyes.