Porridge and side dishes [farming]

What Li Ji said here was ambiguous, which fueled Er Chanziniang's arrogance even more. This time, even the daughter-in-law was not in a hurry to find her, and she was only thinking about how to splash Li Ji's dirty water.

Li Ji took care of the livestock during the day, and stewed the prey that appeared at the door every morning and sent them to the mountains to feed the wolves. It can be said that life was very fulfilling.

The pig at home is still not fully grown, and it can grow longer after five or six months. However, Li Ji commanded Er Gouzi to kill one this day. Up, go to the village to find some hard-working women to come and help host a banquet.

The woman who came to help had to tell, and Li Qiaoer, the protagonist, and her father also had to tell, that they were busy setting up the banquet this morning, and it was not ready until noon, and the villagers were all talking about it when they arrived, and Li Ji's side also I didn't explain what was going on in advance, and the person who brought the party didn't know what to say when giving gifts later. How embarrassing is this thing wrong?

In fact, Er Chanziniang's rumors in the village are ugly enough, let alone whether it is true or not, even if it is true, it is nothing.Originally, there were not many educated people in the village. Although seniority was valued, marriage was far less strict.My own daughter loves her own family, so I hope that the closest family I can marry is preferably someone who has relatives in the village, so that it will be good to be close to each other.

It's not uncommon for this elder to marry a younger generation of his own clan, Li Ji and Li Qiao'er don't have many blood relatives after careful calculation.

If Li Jizhen fell in love with Li Qiaoer, the two would get married and the village would forget about it after talking about it for two days at most.But this second shovel girl deliberately embarrassed him, and recently the villagers have also been holding a bit of a spectator mentality.

This kind of watching the excitement may not be really malicious, but just the most primitive curiosity in people's hearts, wanting to know what will develop in the future.

It seemed that Li Ji specially asked Mrs. Er Chan to come here. After everyone was here, Mrs. Er Chan walked in slowly, staring at Li Ji with a look of fun.

She didn't speak now, in fact, she was waiting for Li Qiaoer to say a few more ugly words when she came to pay respects to heaven and earth.She and her son can't hold their heads up in the village, so don't worry about Li Ji's reputation.

Li Ji hadn't been in the village before, and he couldn't catch it if he wanted to. Now that she caught it, why don't you seize the opportunity?

She made a calculation in her heart, but Li Qiaoer was actually in the room at this time, standing with Er Gouzi, Er Gouzi was holding a silver hairpin in his hand, the hollow silver hairpin was very light, and it looked quite big. It is less than half a double weight, but even so, it is a rare good thing in this poor mountain valley.

No matter what it is here, as long as it is stained with gold and silver, it is a treasure handed down from generation to generation.

This was what Li Ji asked him to bring to Li Qiaoer when he went out for a while. Er Gouzi always obeyed Li Ji's words and remembered every word clearly.

Li Qiaoer was still a little shy, holding her cuffs in her hands and bowing her head without speaking.

When everyone was seated and drinking hot water, Li Ji stood at the door and cleared his throat and said to the people in the room: "It's not a big deal at all. I can do it when my house is closed, but the head of my family No, I have been favored by the villagers over the years, so today I am looking for an excuse to invite everyone to have a good meal."

The second shovel girl straightened her body, and was ready to think about what to say for a while.

Li Ji also took a special look at Er Chanzi's mother, and his smile deepened: "I know all the things that were talked about in the village a few days ago, and I also explained everything. Li Qiaoer looks like Sister Yan, so Er Gouzi I can say a few more words to Li Qiaoer, but it is precisely because of this that the two of them cannot start a family. Er Gouzi has few relatives, and even fewer are willing to talk together, which is a pity. Li Qiaoer is also a hardworking girl, so Ah, I discussed it with Er Gouzi."

Ergouzi and Li Qiaoer came out from the back room.

Er Chanzi Niang's face was full of smiles, and regardless of Li Ji's words, she interrupted and said, "Yo, it's all hidden in the house."

At this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was not going to marry Li Qiaoer, but Er Chanzi's wife had been talking too much these past two days and got lost in her heart, which made her firmly believe that Li Ji was going to marry Li Qiaoer.Letting the bride into the back room without even praying to heaven and earth is indiscretion.

Li Ji went over to take a look, ignored her, and smiled at Li Qiaoer: "You are a good girl, Er Gouzi doesn't have any siblings, Er Gouzi is lucky to have a sister like you. Today I Be a witness and let Er Gouzi recognize you as a godmother. From now on, you will be Er Gouzi's real sister. When you get married, your second dog brother will add makeup to you, and if you are wronged, your second dog brother will You bear it. It's not that your own brother is not up to the task, it's just that Er Gouzi can do everything more easily than others."

Someone put up a futon, and Li Qiaoer knelt on the futon to salute Li Ji.

Li Ji received this gift on Li Yan's behalf. Li Qiaoer will be Er Gouzi's god-sister in the future, and Li Yan will naturally be her god-mother.

After kowtowing, Li Ji helped Li Qiaoer up, smiled at Er Gouzi, "Er Gouzi, come on, didn't you tell me to prepare a gift for your sister? Don't be reluctant to take it out, you will only have such a sister in the future, so you should feel sorry for her. "

Er Gouzi hurriedly took out the silver hairpin from his cuff, put it on Li Qiaoer as Li Ji had taught him before, and called his sister.

From then on, Li Qiaoer was Er Gouzi's god-sister, so the previous rumors were naturally self-defeating.Moreover, it is not an exaggeration for Li Ji and Er Gouzi to say that they are the richest man in the village, and life will be more prosperous in the future. With such a relationship, Li Qiaoer will have more bargaining chips in finding her husband's family in the future, so she can choose a better family married.

It can be said that there is no girl in the village who does not envy Li Qiaoer. Li Qiaoer blushed and called her brother shyly.

At this time, the most embarrassing thing is the second shovel girl.Li Qiaoer is Er Gouzi's god-sister, so naturally there is no need to shy away from entering the house, and there are not so many taboos between left and right brothers and sisters.In this way, Er Chanziniang's troubles before are undoubtedly self-slapping. This is no longer just rumored to be clear, and it is enough to sue the officials for her dirty name.

You can imagine Er Chanziniang's face, as if miso had been trampled on the ground.

People in the village offered their blessings one after another, and said a lot of good words. After the banquet, good wine and good food were served one after another, which were better than the dishes at the wedding banquet a few days ago.

That is to say, Li Ji's family has a lot of good things, and they can't waste many things in just one banquet like this.

The smell of meat was overflowing on the dining table, and everyone twitched their index fingers when they smelled it.

Everyone in the village eats delicious and sweet meat, and there is a lot of meat, so if you eat it slowly, you won't be afraid of losing it.Some children are almost popular, their mouths are full of oil and they are reprimanded by their parents for embarrassment. They are aggrieved and teary-eyed, but they are reluctant to cry, because they have less meat to eat.

Due to the cut-off of the stream, at least half of the livestock in the village has been reduced. There are only two cows left. They will be kept for plowing the land in the coming year. They cannot be killed if there is no more water. The sheep and pigs are extinct. How many chickens, ducks and geese are there? If there are children or old people in the family, I will kill them to make up for them, and keep two or three. Watching them drink water will hurt my heart.

If it were in previous years, at this time, deep winter is about to celebrate the New Year. If there are chickens in the family, they will kill some chickens to add some oil and water to the family. It doesn’t need to be too much, just stew two or three pieces of chicken a day, and put the rest outside to freeze, and you can eat it until the New Year. Yes, kill another one at that time, and it will be able to eat for another half a month.

But now the weather was not so cold when I killed them before, and I was afraid that it would be bad. I ate it in a short time. I was happy to eat it at that time, but now I have no meat to eat. Everyone lives on the cabbage and potatoes that they stocked up before. There are more dishes.

It's okay, my lord. The children are growing up. At this time, they can't eat meat and eggs. It's really aggrieved.

While the adults scolded the children for not eating, it was embarrassing for them to eat, but on the other hand, their eyes were moist. If the stream had not stopped flowing, and if the sky was still willing to snow, how could it be so tight to count the days?

Li Ji originally organized this event for Er Gouzi's wife with a lot of fanfare, but it was also sad to see the people in the village like this.

A villager, Li Ji is an orphan. He took care of his sick father since he was a child, and lived alone after the age of 14. Without the help of the villagers, it is impossible to grow up so well.

Now he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking. Although he lives in different families, he feels uncomfortable seeing others not knowing the taste of meat when he is full.

Er Chanzi Niang was slapped in the face so much that she felt sulky, but the meat was so delicious that it was still able to get into his nose through the air in such a cold weather.

She stood up for a while and saw that the meat on the table was reduced by half, and if she didn't eat any more, she really couldn't eat any more.Finally, I couldn't hold back and reached for the chopsticks.

At this time, a sentence suddenly came from the same table: "You have the face to eat."

Then another voice continued: "You can do it, you, people are here for the wedding banquet, what if you don't let them eat?"

"Even if you have a wedding banquet, you have to bring a member. Did anyone come with two paws?"

There was a burst of laughter, Er Chanzi Niang looked up, she was the mother-in-law who got married and held a wedding a few days ago, and the little daughter-in-law was still sitting beside her with her head bowed to eat.The mother-in-law looked at the second mother with a sarcastic look, and stabbed her like a knife.

Er Chanzi Niang dropped her chopsticks, stood up and left.

I wanted to come here and make a scene to embarrass Li Ji, but it turned out that she was the one who made the embarrassment.If she sat there obediently at the beginning, without self-righteous sarcasm, maybe no one would pay attention to her, she was just an ordinary villager who came to eat.

Back then when she went to the county to file a lawsuit, Er Chanziniang took out all the copper coins in the family and found that it was not enough. In order to recover her daughter-in-law, she sold all the chickens and ducks in the family for money.In the end, the wicked county magistrate sentenced the two to divorce, and the daughter-in-law was taken away openly and never to come back, but the money spent in the lawsuit was really gone!

Erchan Ziniang went door-to-door to ask the villagers to help her to go to the daughter-in-law's village to apologize and pick them up, but all of them were busy at this time, and she took her son there by herself, without saying a few words together. I went and was driven back.

From the third day of the Lunar New Year last year to the present, the mother and son have not eaten meat for a year.

Originally, I went to the door to slap the face, but the result was that the face was stretched out and someone was slapped. Just such a incident is enough for the villagers to say that it will be the beginning of spring next year.

The owner of the firewood pond opened the pond again. There is not enough water this year. In previous years, a lot of fish were left in the pond for breeding. This year, we plan to keep a little less.I don't know what will happen in the coming year. If the drought continues, the fish will not be able to raise it.

Every household is short of meat, and it’s almost New Year’s Eve. Last year, I thought it was unlucky to drown people in ponds. This year, I don’t care about those. The left and right fish are not too expensive, and I bought a lot from door to door. , Take it home, disembowel it all, pack it up and throw it outside to freeze. As long as the weather is not open, it is the same when you eat it.

Li Ji bought the most fish in his house, and it is best to eat fresh fish. Li Ji didn't touch any of them, and the second tank at home was still used to raise fish, and he picked out one from the two big tanks hidden in the back room. in fish farming.The water for fish farming will not be wasted either, whether it is watering the vegetables grown on the window sill or the livestock raised in the yard.

Er Gouzi likes to eat fish, and Li Ji also likes it after a long time. If you put more basil, Li Ji can eat half a bowl of rice more.

Li Ji was still a little worried after eating fish.

"What do you think the owner of the firewood pond will stop raising fish in the coming year? How about we eat fish in the coming year?" Li Ji put a piece of the fattest meat on his stomach into Er Gouzi's bowl.

Er Gouzi was not in a hurry to eat, and looked at Li Ji with a smile on his mouth.Seeing his movements, Li Ji's face turned a little red, but he still stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the meat and fed it into his mouth.

Er Gouzi ate the meat contentedly, and said, "I can go up the mountain to catch it."

Li Ji didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Fish is something in the water. It's no match for a roe deer or a rabbit. How do you catch it? Besides, the stream has stopped flowing."

Er Gouzi thought about it: "Water with fish is not only stream water, there is a fish pond far away on the mountain...bigger than the owner of the firewood pond. It is very big, and there will be fish in it. It's just that there are many powerful beasts there. I can catch fish, but not for too long, it's dangerous."

"You mean there is a fish pond on the mountain... Bah, you took it away. It's called a lake, and the fish pond means a pond for raising fish. It was made by people."

There is actually a lake in Senshan?This is what Li Ji didn't expect. If there is still water in the lake over there, will the interruption of the stream at the bottom of the mountain have something to do with it?Otherwise, how could the stream, which has never been cut off for hundreds of years, suddenly cut off?

Thinking of this, Li Ji had a flash of inspiration: "Then why don't you go up..."

Halfway through speaking, Li Ji's words suddenly stopped.When the water was cut off, I thought about letting Er Gouzi go to the mountain to have a look. At that time, Er Gouzi said that the waterside would be very dangerous, because wild animals gather there, even Ergouzi would not dare to stay by the water’s edge. Too long, let alone follow the water all the way to find the source.

"Look, I forgot. You can't figure this out. We still have big tanks here. Let's buy two more in the coming year. They are specially used for raising fish. We will learn more from the owner of the firewood pond. It can also be raised in a tank, so I don’t worry if it doesn’t exist.”

Li Ji picked up a chopstick of Bahao and stuffed it into his mouth, and when he found it was salty, he stuffed another chopstick of rice into it.

The fish is not very tasty, so the soup will be salty. When you eat it, dip the fish in the soup and eat it. It tastes good. However, the basil is stewed in the soup, so it is salty, so you can’t eat too much in one bite.

Er Gouzi looked at Li Ji thoughtfully, and said: "In winter, fierce beasts seldom come out, and the water in the place called the lake is frozen, so there are no prey to drink, so it won't be very dangerous to go there. , I can go and see."

If you go back two months, Ergouzi will not go if you let Ergouzi go, but now it is freezing cold, the lake is frozen, and the prey will not go again if you can't drink water. relatively safe.

Li Ji still shook his head: "In previous years, when it snowed, any prey could just lick the snow if they were thirsty. This year, even a single snowflake will not be seen. If the prey want to drink water, they have to go to the lake to lick the ice. It is still dangerous."

What Li Ji said makes sense.Er Gouzi said again: "Even if this is the case, it will be much less than other times, because there are a lot of people who sleep and refuse to come out, and they drink less and eat less. At least it is safer than when it is warmer."

Li Ji looked at Er Gouzi and confirmed again: "Can you guarantee to come back?"

If you are not sure, Er Gouzi will not say these words easily.

Er Gouzi nodded and said: "It's too troublesome to drink water. If there is no water in the stream after the snow melts, we have to continue to buy water. It's too troublesome. I'll go and see if it can be solved."

Er Gouzi is not like Li Ji, Li Ji will think about the people in the village, Er Gouzi will only think about the life of the two of them, after the water is cut off, Er Gouzi knows what life will be like in the past two months, and he also has calculations in his heart. It was deep winter, and some hibernating animals were sleeping deeply at this time, and the animals that did not sleep would also eat too little. Although they were desperate to attack, they lacked stamina and it was easy to escape.

That's why Er Gouzi proposed to go to the mountain to take a look at this time, because at this time Er Gouzi was absolutely sure that he would be able to retreat completely by staying by the water.

And Er Gouzi really hasn't gone up the mountain for several months.Because there are more animals in the family, there are more things to do. In the past six months, most of the mountains have been cut grass and firewood, and I have never gone hunting.

At the beginning, I didn't get used to it, but if I don't go up the mountain for a long time, I won't go up.

Getting used to Li Ji's side, Er Gouzi's nature is getting closer to Li Ji.Now if he is asked to go back to the mountain without seeing Li Ji, he will be even more uncomfortable.

"That's fine. If you want to go, I won't stop you. Go early and come back early. You don't need to hunt or anything. Just come back quickly and don't worry me. Is that okay? "

Er Gouzi nodded.

Li Ji was still worried, and wanted to ask a few more words, but he didn't know what to say, so he picked up a chopstick of meat and fed it into Er Gouzi's mouth.

Er Gouzi held the tip of his chopsticks in his mouth and did not let go, only smiling at Li Ji.

It has been more than a month since the two of them went to Kangwu Mountain, and they have done a lot of intimacy. Li Ji only feels that his mind is full of those dirty thoughts, and Er Gouzi's action of picking up chopsticks can remind him of that. File matter.

The more Li Ji thinks about it, the more he dislikes himself, the more he thinks about it, and the more he thinks about it, the more embarrassed he is to face it.

Li Ji will forcefully pull the chopsticks back: "Don't make trouble." Since Li Ji fed Er Gouzi once before, Er Gouzi likes Li Ji to feed him very much, and he doesn't eat directly every time Li Ji picks up food for him. , but opened his mouth and waited.

Li Ji has begun to regret opening the door to a new world for Er Gouzi.

The next morning Er Gouzi was going up the mountain, so he simply ate some porridge and shredded pork to make small vegetables. It’s not good to eat too much before going up the mountain, just eat half full.

It was a bit laborious to put on the leather armor, Li Ji stretched out his hands to help him put it on, and he didn't idle his mouth: "Go early and come back early, it's okay if you can't find the problem, it's not your own business that the left and right are in the same village. Just come back."

Er Gouzi nodded and saw that the top of Li Ji's head was still covered with dead leaves that fell on it when he was holding firewood in the morning. He reached out and picked it off for Li Ji: "I know all about it. I'll be back soon."

Li Ji reached out and rubbed Er Gouzi's head: "Good boy."

Er Gouzi is different from other people. If it is another person, a man's head is an important place, and it cannot be easily desecrated. The child is fine, and it is possible for anyone who dares to touch and get angry when he is an adult.

But Er Gouzi didn't have this idea. Li Ji's gesture towards him was the same as licking and licking with animals, so he enjoyed Li Ji touching his head very much.

Watching Er Gouzi go up the mountain, Li Ji watched for a while and sighed, then went back to the house to work on the kang, copying his hands in a daze.The little tail went to Li Ji's feet to rub.

After spending so much time together, Li Ji was not so afraid of dogs anymore. He felt the movement of the little tail, and reached out to hug the little tail.At this time, the little tail weighed more than four catties, twice as much as when it came here, and it looked chubby and chubby.

Looking at the round figure of the little tail, Li Jishen felt that it was right to hide the little tail and not let it out.Now people in the village don't care about fat and water, but this dog eats fat and fat. Isn't this arousing hatred?

If the little tail now goes out for a walk, it will definitely not come back. I don't know whose dinner table it will be.

This kind of thing really happened. This year Li Ji seldom came into the village, so I don't know, but in previous years, when the harvest was small and the livestock were few, there were people who stole dogs.

And most of the time, they were not from other villages, but their own dogs ran out of the yard to play in other people's houses and were closed and shoveled to death with a hoe.

In the end, the best result is that the dog meat is divided in half, and there is no need to be responsible for stealing the dog at all.I even feel that it is not worthwhile for the neighbors to make an embarrassing scene because of a dog.

The little tail was very happy to be hugged by Li Ji, wagging its tail and sticking out its tongue to look at Li Ji, although it was not human, but Li Ji could feel it was smiling from his performance.

Li Ji only felt that if someone stole the little tail as a piece of meat, Li Ji would never let it go.Maybe it's because of his high seniority and being spoiled, Li Ji has always had a temperament of revenge.

"Good boy." After holding the little tail in his arms for a while, he felt much better, and took the dog to serve the animals.

Recently, it may be because there are fewer prey on the mountain, and the number of wolves coming is also less. Now, one prey is brought over every three to five days, and each time it is stewed and sent to the mountain. By now, wolves may be familiar with eating cooked food. Li Ji began to wonder if it would still eat raw meat.

There were too many rabbits born, too much waste water was raised, and they couldn't be sold for a while. Li Ji picked out more than a dozen grown rabbits and put them aside alone. Give it to the villagers, most people are reluctant to spend this money, because rabbit meat is still more expensive than chicken, and they can't afford chicken, let alone rabbit meat.

Moreover, this rabbit is also big, weighing more than ten catties, so it is not easy to sell.When Li Ji was feeding the rabbit, he thought, isn't the head of the village used to cut chicken into pieces and stew a few pieces at a time?

Since they are reluctant to buy a big rabbit at a time, why not just kill it and sell it separately like pork?

Good meat such as rabbit legs is more expensive to buy, while pork ribs have less meat and rabbit heads are cheaper to buy. In this way, it is enough for a family to buy a catty and a half catty for a few days, and it can also solve the child’s dilemma of not being able to eat meat. .

Li Ji will not let his family suffer a big loss and help the village, but this method just solves the problems of both parties, so why not do it?

With such an idea, Li Ji waited for the family's livestock to be fed, locked the door and let Xiaowei look after the house, and went to the village to find out if it would work.

I inquired about two families with poor conditions and children, and the result was that if there were any, they were willing to buy two catties every three to five times to supplement the health of the elderly and children.

After getting affirmative proof that this method is feasible, Li Ji went to the village chief and told Er Gouzi to go up the mountain today, but he didn't know if the trip would be really rewarding, so he just came to say something.

In fact, Li Ji was also afraid that there would be criticisms in the village because Ergouzi refused to go up the mountain, because only Ergouzi in the whole village could enter the deep mountain, and the source of the stream was in the mountain, so only Ergouzi in the whole village could go out. Answer.

If Er Gouzi hadn't gone up to the mountain to have a look, Li Ji was really afraid that the people in the village would blame Li Ji for the lack of water after a long time. This is very likely.

So when Er Gouzi went up the mountain, Li Ji struggled a bit and agreed.This time Er Gouzi went up the mountain, regardless of whether there was any result, he would give an explanation to the village. In the future, no matter whether there was water or not, things would not be blamed on Er Gouzi.

Going home and waiting for Er Gouzi, Li Qiaoer came to help again. If Li Ji was alone, the work in the livestock would be endless. Li Qiaoer's presence would make Li Ji a lot easier.When they arrived and didn't see Er Gouzi, Li Qiaoer and Li Jiwen understood, and Li Qiaoer nodded accordingly.

"We can't say that people in the village pushed Brother Ergou into the fire pit. It's just that he doesn't have the ability. Brother Ergou didn't go if he had the ability. It would be a sin to spread the word too much. I just ask the Bodhisattva to bless you. Save worrying fourth uncle."

In fact, these words are purely to comfort the normal elders, but Li Ji's ears are a little subtle, why?Because the relationship between Li Ji and Er Gouzi is unusual, hearing what Li Qiaoer said, Li Ji always felt that he was talking about a husband and wife, one party was in danger and the other was worried.

The more Li Ji thinks about it, the more he scolds himself for being worthless, and if he doesn't pay attention, his mind starts to become charming again.Afraid of embarrassing herself in front of the big girl Li Qiaoer, she hurriedly changed the subject.

"I almost forgot, what's your father's attitude now? Is he still in a hurry to find you a husband's family?"

The topic turned to Li Qiaoer's marriage. The eldest girl is not shy about such things, she smiled shyly and said: "Recently, there are people who came to talk about marriage, but my father pushed them away. I just said that my daughter is not rare enough. Stay a little longer."

The words came out of Li Qiaoer's mouth, and the meaning was self-evident.The two of them were tacit, and they didn't express their words thoroughly.

It's reluctance, why did Li Qiaoer rush to find an old man to ask her to fill in the house when it was rumored by the village that no one wanted her?

To put it bluntly, it is because now Li Qiaoer has a brother like Er Gouzi, and Er Gouzi is still in its infancy, and it is not known how rich it will be in the future.

In the future, the richer Er Gouzi is, the more bargaining chips Li Qiaoer will have in getting married, and the more likely she will be able to find a good man.

A good marriage with a daughter is not only good for Li Qiaoer, but also good for Li Shuisheng.Li Shuisheng is a calculating person, of course he hopes that his married daughter can help the family.

"I'm about the same age as you. I don't have the resources to talk about this kind of thing." Li Ji smiled, "But if you really have the heart, it's good to find a suitable family now. It's not as good as a man. It's like At the beginning, your father thought you couldn't turn over and rushed to marry you to a widower for a reason. Now look at you, hold the bargaining chip tightly and want to eat the best. If Er Gouzi has something here, it will be too late to worry .It’s a coincidence or not.”

Li Ji didn't gossip about his wife like a woman, but felt that what Li Shuisheng did was not advisable. Li Qiaoer was a girl, not a commodity.There are many interpretations of the word "good" to marry well. It is good for a daughter-in-law, and it is good for money.

Many people wish their daughters could marry into wealthy families, but how many people would think about what a good family would think of a daughter-in-law who married in the past?

The really rich people look down on poor people, and most of the girls who are willing to marry poor people are because they are easy to deal with and honest.The in-laws come to the door to play the autumn wind, and whether they can be human is another matter.

But how many people really don't understand this matter?I understand, but who doesn't want to have a relative from a rich family?Even if you are underestimated, so what, when you are really in a hurry to use money, if you can ask for money, you can solve the family's urgent needs.

It is precisely because of this that I don't know how many daughters' families have been stuffed into wealthy families, some of them are wives, and some are concubines.But there are very few who are really comfortable, and they are all raised as toys.

"After all, fourth uncle is a sensible person." After listening to Li Ji's words, Li Qiaoer felt reasonable, thought about it and sighed helplessly, "But what else can we say? I have no say in my marriage in my family, my father It’s up to one person to decide, of course it’s up to him what he thinks. I’ve never thought of asking for good conditions when I say things that a girl shouldn’t say. I'm afraid that my father will send me to someone like Er Chanzi when he sees that he has given a lot of betrothal gifts, and that will be the worst of my life."

According to the laws of the country, if a daughter's family has been wronged, they can sue for divorce.But few people know that when a woman divorces, she has to hit the board before going to court, and after the board is passed, the parents and officials rarely really judge the marriage and separation.General abuse and the like are taken for granted in the eyes of ordinary people.So if a woman doesn't find a good family before she gets married, it will really ruin her life.

Er Chanzi's case was judged to be divorced. It was because of the compassionate parents and officials, thinking that they had just conceived and didn't hit the board, and they were aware of the details, and abused miscarriage during pregnancy.

It's useless to say more about this kind of thing, after all, it depends on Li Shuisheng's mind.Parents are in charge of major matters of marriage. It is said that it is the parents, but in fact, most of them are decided by the father.

It's okay to have a long-term vision. If you are a short-sighted person who can only see temporary benefits, then you really can't jump out of the fire pit.

The atmosphere was condensed, Li Ji smiled and said: "You want to envy me, no father and no mother, even if I am a bachelor all my life, no one can control me."

Li Qiaoer shook her head: "I should envy you for being a man. If I were you, I would have no father or mother and I would just live in someone else's house, unlike fourth uncle you, who set up a family on my own. To be disrespectful, if I were an orphan, I wanted to set up a family on my own. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, they will rush to the door and say that I am crazy, and then give me to a bachelor in the village. A man who doesn't marry a wife is at most no incense, and a daughter who doesn't marry, it is not too much to say that it is a monster .”

Xu is from a different perspective. Li Ji has never thought about Li Qiaoer's words like this, because everything he has been exposed to since he was a child, he feels it should be taken for granted when he grows up.Now think about it, apart from other things, the women in the marriage will suffer too much.

Li Ji's headache was enough for Er Gouzi's marriage to be calculated by others. Thinking about Li Qiaoer who was even more disadvantaged, Li Ji couldn't help feeling angry and pity him.

"I did my best in your marriage before, but it's unreasonable to join in later. Er Gouzi is your righteous brother. If you have any grievances after you get married, your brother will stand up for you. The county magistrate in our county is a blue sky Master, the second shovel can sentence you to divorce, and you can too if you are wronged."

Li Qiaoer covered her lips and smiled: "Look at what my fourth uncle said, I'm not married, so I paved the way for me."

The two talked for a while, but now they are not so afraid of spreading gossip.Because Li Ji is Er Gouzi's nominal parent, standing in the position of Er Gouzi's parents, Li Qiaoer is Er Gouzi's god-sister, and Li Ji is Li Qiaoer's half parent, so there are no taboos.

There were three poles in the sun, and Er Gouzi didn't come back at noon.In the past, Ergouzi wanted to hunt and look for prey, so it was understandable that he came back late. Today, he went up the mountain to see the water source, so he should have come back earlier.

Li Ji was flustered and couldn't go up the mountain to look for him. After finishing his work, he sat in the house holding his little tail and pinching the soft hair on his neck without talking.

Li Qiaoer boiled water to make tea and brought it to Li Ji in the room. She didn't make a whole pot, but just put some tea leaves in the bowl and poured as much boiling water as she wanted.

Since the shortage of water, the family has not been drinking much tea these days. Tea is drunk a little bit, water is precious, and tea is diuretic. The water released is really distressing.

Smelling the aroma of tea, Li Ji was not as addicted as before.Looking at the ups and downs of the tea stems in the bowl, he didn't speak, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Li Qiaoer smiled and said: "Fourth Uncle, don't worry, when did Brother Ergou go up the mountain so many times? When did Brother Ergou make a mistake? Don't worry about getting angry, drink tea and take a stroll. Let's cook later. Brother Ergou can only eat warm food when he comes back." of."

Ergouzi has been going up the mountain often, but every time Li Ji spends the whole day worrying like this, in fact, there is really no need to worry. Ergouzi has lived well on the mountain for 13 years, how could it be possible to go up once? something wrong?

The truth is clear, but the worry in my heart cannot be removed.

Li Ji drank some tea and started to cook. When Er Gouzi came back when it was ready, he felt even more anxious. Li Qiaoer finished his work and left. Li Ji simply went out of the yard and moved a small stool to sit and watch. in the mountains.

At least half of the hair on the neck of the little tail was pulled off by Li Ji, and he followed behind Li Ji, wanting to get close but afraid that Li Ji would pull it again, so he squatted not far from Li Ji, watching Li Ji.

Just waiting like this, until the sun was in the west before I saw a figure coming down from the mountain.It gets dark early in winter, even if it gets dark early, now Li Ji is standing here waiting for Er Gouzi to be younger for two hours.

"Er Gouzi?" Li Ji was overjoyed when he saw the man, and hurried over, and when he saw that his heart was relieved, he became more annoyed, "Why did you come back!"

Seeing that Li Ji was angry, Er Gouzi quickly stretched out his hand to pull Li Ji's cuff and explained: "It's too far away. I walked for a long time. When I came back, I met a wild boar. I was afraid of attracting it back, so I ran around for a while."

Li Ji looked at Er Gouzi's body with only his cuffs scratched by the branches, and his heart was mostly relieved.

Vent a little after listening to Er Gouzi's explanation, how could Li Ji be willing to be angry?In fact, as long as Er Gouzi comes back well, Li Ji can't bear to be angry no matter what: "You're hungry, the food at home is ready, let's talk about it after dinner."

Leading Er Gouzi back, the little tail saw Er Gouzi wagging his tail happily, ran over to rub Er Gouzi's legs, and followed Er Gouzi's legs all the way home.

The food was always hot in the pot, and it was still warm at this time, so it was not reheated. The extravagant pot of tea was placed on the dining table, and Er Gouzi poured it first for him to drink to drive away the cold.

Er Gouzi is really hungry. These days, he has been eating three meals a day, and he feels uncomfortable if he misses a meal.When I was on the mountain before, Er Gouzi didn’t feel anything when there was less food in winter and didn’t eat for a few days. Why is it uncomfortable not to eat a meal now?

Gobbling the food, at this moment, he felt the person next to him move. He raised his head and brought the food to his lips with chopsticks. He opened his mouth to eat the food, and Er Gouzi smiled brightly at Li Ji.

The biggest difference from before is probably that there was no Li Ji before, but now there is.

After Er Gouzi ate up the food on the table, Li Ji asked, "How is it on the mountain?"

Er Gouzi swallowed the food in his mouth, and said: "There is an eye at the end of the mountain. There is no water now, but there will be water when the weather is not cold. There are two streams outside the eye, one of which leads to here. I think the other one is lower than ours, and the water has flowed there, and there is no more here.”

Er Gouzi tried his best to organize words that he understood and that Li Ji could understand, and Li Ji could understand a little bit: "You mean that there are other words.