Although the conversation became more and more exciting, the conversation between the couple came to an abrupt end.
why?
Because He'er happily entered the dining hall carrying a bowl of cornmeal steamed buns just picked out of the pot.
After entering the dining hall, she raised her head and glanced at Yang Huaming and Liu, then raised her hand to gesture towards them.
This action means asking the two of them to come over for dinner.
"Okay, eat, eat."
Yang Huaming responded and glanced at Ms. Liu.
Mrs. Liu nodded excitedly and sat on the stool opposite Yang Huaming.
"He'er, did you cook this breakfast or did Kang Xiaozi cook it?" After Mrs. Liu sat down, she grabbed a wowotou and took a bite.
The golden-colored steamed buns are soft, lightly sweet, and have a thumb-sized depression in the middle.
Ms. Liu likes to hide a handful of shredded pickles in this depression to make it more delicious.
When He'er heard Mrs. Liu's question, she raised her hand and gestured twice, then pointed in the direction of Kang Xiaozi and Liu Jinchuan's house outside the kitchen door behind her.
Now, Liu and Yang Huaming saw it more clearly.
He'er meant that Kang Xiaozi got up early and kneaded the dough noodles and left them there to wake up. Later, she went to knead the dough noodles. Now Kang Xiaozi gave Liu Jinchuan breakfast and went back to the house.
"Okay, let's eat first. After we finish eating, we can each do our own thing." Yang Huaming raised his chopsticks and told his wife and daughter.
Mr. Liu nodded repeatedly.
He'er also obediently picked up the chopsticks and started eating breakfast.
Perhaps it had been many days since they sat at the table and had breakfast in a serious manner, so when Yang Huaming and Mrs. Liu saw this scene, they secretly exchanged glances several times with mixed feelings in their hearts.
Even for someone like Mr. Liu, who is particularly obsessed with food and drink, he ate breakfast today a little absent-mindedly and stopped several times to quietly observe He'er.
So much so that when Kang Xiaozi came back and was chatting with Yang Huaming between father and son, Mrs. Liu didn't even listen.
It wasn't until both Yang Huaming and Kang Xiaozi put down their bowls and chopsticks, Yang Huaming said goodbye, got up and went to the Taoist temple to work, that Ms. Liu came back to her senses.
She ran out of the yard chasing after Yang Huaming, and followed Yang Huaming towards the river dam.
"Head of the house, this He'er is like a new person... No, no, no, it's not a different person, the He'er from before is back. He does housework, cooks food, cleans the dishes, and our daughter is back. Got it!"
Yang Huaming hadn't seen Mr. Liu like this for a long time, and he was as happy as a baby hundreds of months old.
The last time I saw her so happy was when she moved into a new house.
But moving into a new house seems not as pure as it is now.
Moving into a new house is accompanied by a kind of comparison with the people around you and a kind of vanity.
But this time, the joy was pure, simple, and simple, just happy for He'er's recovery, without any other utilitarian or vanity things in it.
"Don't be too happy too early. Our He'er's situation is not stable yet." Yang Huaming didn't want to pour cold water on Liu, but he had to say something that needed to be said.
"This follow-up needs to be consolidated, that is, to maintain the relationship with Li Laoer. As long as he can come over to the house from time to time, meet with He'er, and the two of them have some interactions, our He'er can be led little by little. Come back to normal."
"When that time comes, I won't stop you from opening your arms again!"
"Why, I'm so happy and you still want to stop me? Can you stop me?" Ms. Liu retorted unconvinced, but her face was still full of smiles.
Yang Huaming also laughed, "I have to go to the Taoist temple. Don't follow me. Go back quickly!"
Mrs. Liu rolled her eyes at Yang Huaming, "Me and you? Stop being so sentimental. I'm going to the old house to deliver breakfast to your parents!"
She lifted the food box in her hand and shook it.
Only then did Yang Huaming realize that Mr. Liu was really not chasing him out to talk nonsense to him, but was actually delivering breakfast to the old couple.
It's just that there is a small way between going to the old house and going to the Taoist temple after leaving home.
But when they reached the alley ahead, the two of them were about to part ways.
Then, Yang Huaming walked straight forward, passed through the huge Changping Village, and went to the river dam behind the village.
Then walk along the river dam to the east end of the village for nearly two miles, and you will reach the Taoist temple at the foot of the mountain.
But Liu's is much simpler. At the intersection ahead, he also turns east and turns directly into a small alley.
It is said to be a small alley, but in fact the roadside at the entrance of the alley is also paved with bluestone slabs, which can accommodate two oxcarts passing through.
One side of the bluestone slab is the courtyard of the house, and the other side of the bluestone slab is the small ditches that wind around the village.
These small ditches are actually the village's drainage project. There are no sewers in the countryside in this era, but rural people are still smart.
In order to prevent too much water in the home and yard during rainy weather from causing inconvenience to life, there are small ditches extending in all directions in the village for drainage.
One of the responsibilities of Li Zheng and several villagers in the village is to organize and supervise the smooth flow of these small ditches in the village.
If any section is blocked, villagers must be organized to clear it.
So at this moment, after Mrs. Liu and Yang Huaming parted ways for the time being at the intersection, they set foot on the road to the old Yang family's old house.
Seeing the gurgling water in the small ditch during the road test, Ms. Liu found it very pleasing to the eye and even stopped and squatted by the ditch to wash her hands.
When she saw her face and disheveled hair reflected in the ditch, Ms. Liu suddenly realized that she had been startled by the noise outside when she got up in the morning.
After breakfast, I didn't even bother to rinse my mouth, face, or comb my hair!
Oops, look at this, it’s really...
Ms. Liu herself felt a little embarrassed. If she went to her old house like this, the old man wouldn't say anything. But when the old lady saw this, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and raise her eyes.
So Mrs. Liu put the food box aside, squatted down, wet her mouth with water, rinsed her mouth first, then washed her face...
Then, dip your hand in water, pat it on your head, bend your fingers, and simulate the movement of a comb on your head. The clear water in front of you can also reflect your own appearance, just like combing your hair in front of a mirror!
Mrs. Liu was in a good mood today, and the more she combed her hair, the more energetic she became, to the point where she became quite involved.
Until I heard someone shouting not far behind me: "Whose food box is it? It was taken away by a wild dog!"
Hearing the noise, Ms. Liu turned around suddenly, only to find that the food box behind her was missing. Not far away, a big yellow dog covered in mud was running away with its tail swung, holding the food that Ms. Liu had brought in its mouth. That food box!
"You damn beast, you are going to rebel!"
Mrs. Liu screamed in a high-pitched voice, and even before half of her hair was up, she was already chasing the wild dog.
This pursuit... lost me!
Even the food box and the dog were all gone.
Not only that, Mrs. Liu also put one of her shoes in it.
So now, she is walking on tiptoe on the ground, her hair is disheveled, her face is twisted with anger, she is panting and cursing...
Behind Yan'er, there was a group of children watching the fun.
The children were ignorant and regarded Mr. Liu as a madman, making fun and laughing all the way.
This irritated Mrs. Liu even more. She simply went from door to door asking if the big yellow dog belonged to your family.
That’s your home!
Whose family does it belong to?
As for whose family the big yellow dog belongs to, everyone has different opinions.
Some said it was from Zhang San's family, some said it was from Li Si's family...
In the end, Mrs. Liu was confused because she really went to look for Zhang San, Li Si, Wang and Er Mazi at their house.
All were denied.
Some people even said some weird things, accusing Ms. Liu of not being able to take care of her well, not even being able to handle a food box, and even having her beard amputated by a wild dog.
Mrs. Liu was so angry that she jumped three feet high, took off her only shoe and threw it into the other person's face.
Then the two women started fighting.
Although he was quickly pulled away by the people next to him, the scolding could not be extinguished in an instant.
So, during busy farming seasons like this, one of the two women stood in the yard, and the other stood barefoot outside the yard and cursed each other. They greeted all the eighteen generations of each other's ancestors...
Someone nearby reminded the other party, "If you want to scold the fourth room, don't drag the other rooms into it. Then we will be in big trouble!"
"Yeah, the other rooms didn't offend you, so be careful that trouble comes from your mouth."
However, when the women get into the mood of scolding, how can they keep their mouths shut?
So the man from this woman's family couldn't help it anymore and came back from the field with a hoe on his shoulder. He came right over and slapped his mother-in-law back into the house.
At the same time, he sent people to the fourth room at the entrance of the village to find the male in the fourth room.
Yang Huaming is not at home, but fortunately Kang Xiaozi is at home.
As soon as the man told him what had happened, Kang Xiaozi felt that he was a little older than him. He quickly put down his housework and hurried to the door of the other party's yard, dragging the Liu family Wang Cunkou who was still yelling and swearing in the street.
When passing by the main road in front of Luo's house, Mrs. Liu kept scolding Mr. Kang for his incompetence.
Since you can't help her fight together, then don't hold her back.
Kang Xiaozi had no choice but to persuade him with kind words all the way.
Da Sun, Cao Bamei and Xiu Xiu all heard the news and came out from the yard to see what was going on. So Liu shook off Kang Xiaozi's hand and stood in the middle of the road and told Da Sun, Cao Bamei and the others about what happened to her today. …
It happened that Yang Ruoqing had also finished taking care of the affairs of the third room and came out of the yard of the third room carrying most of the basket of vegetables.
There are not only tender cabbages in the basket, but also the first crop of cucumbers, eggplants, and green peppers in early summer.
The beans are already on the vine, and the loofah stand is full of flowers. Some of the flowers have faded and a handful of loofahs have begun to grow.
Although they cannot be picked and eaten yet, the growth of these vegetables and fruits looks really gratifying.
In about ten days, you can eat loofah strips, which is really good.
But judging from the current output of the vegetable garden, it is enough to support the food expenses of several people in the family, and there is no need to go to the Wa market to buy more.
Therefore, when Yang Ruoqing carried the basket and walked briskly out of the courtyard, she happened to catch up with a good show on the road outside the door.
And the person who is singing today is none other than Mr. Liu.
