But as soon as the water knife appeared in his palm, there was a slight push at the door, followed by footsteps: "Xiao Qiao, are you at home?"
Li Qiao put away the water knife and walked out of the kitchen.
What came into view was a peasant man with a dark red face and wrinkles, but he looked very simple at first glance. He was none other than his eldest brother Li Liang.
As soon as Li Liang saw Li Qiao, a look of guilt appeared on his face. He quickly shook the steamed bun in his hand: "Xiao Qiao, you must be hungry. Come and eat the steamed buns. They were just steamed at noon. Your sister-in-law is going there today." The county cut five kilograms of pork, and there are two pieces of meat in it, which is delicious."
After saying this, he sighed and said: "I didn't lend you food yesterday because I wanted you to starve so that you would remember it for a long time. Don't blame me. If you are like this, there is really nothing I can do about you."
These words can be said to be serious and thoughtful.
Not only did Li Qiao encounter this kind of simple and sincere brotherly love, he had never seen it since the end of the world.
After cursing the original person a few times in his mind, Li Qiao was about to speak, but the courtyard door was suddenly pushed open, and a somewhat wealthy middle-aged woman rushed in aggressively.
"Li Liang! You actually gave the steamed buns that I steamed in the hot weather to this prodigal son. Even if you feed a dog, it's better than feeding it to him. The dog can still wag its tail for you. What can he do?"
"He can owe fifty taels of gambling debt for you, the bastard, to pay off!"
It was none other than her original sister-in-law, Wang Guihua.
After Wang Guihua roared, she burst out with a speed that was not matched by her size. She rushed to Li Liang in a few steps and quickly reached out to grab the two steamed buns with slices of meat.
Li Liang looked guilty for being caught, but the hand holding the bun was raised high: "Xiao Qiao hasn't eaten for two days, we can't starve him to death, right?"
"It's a good time to starve to death. I will set off firecrackers for him then! Give me the steamed buns!" Wang Guihua jumped to reach for the steamed buns in Li Liang's hand.
But she was two heads shorter than Li Liang, and even if she jumped up, she couldn't reach the steamed buns.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She simply stretched out her hand to scratch Li Liang's face, and threatened him bitterly: "I tell you, if you dare to give the steamed buns to this rotten man today, then we will separate! This family has him or me. !”
Li Qiao: "!"
Guilty sin.
He quickly shouted: "Sister-in-law, I don't eat steamed buns, I eat fish, don't be angry!"
Eat fish?
As soon as these two words came out, not only Li Liang was stunned, but Wang Guihua also stopped tickling and looked at Li Qiao in shock.
"What are you dreaming about in broad daylight? Eating fish? You're just as good as eating shit!"
Li Qiao: "..."
This is scolding the original person and not caring about his business.
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Chapter 02 Sending Fish Li Qiao changed his ways
After coughing softly, Li Qiao turned around and went into the kitchen and took out the ten fish.
"Is there really a fish?!"
Wang Guihua was so shocked that she didn't care about the two steamed buns anymore and ran to Li Qiao in a few steps.
She reached out and picked at the ten grass carps. They were wet and had a fishy smell, and several of them were still alive. As she moved, she almost got water on her face.
It was confirmed to be true, but she still couldn't believe it.
"Where did you get the fish? Could it be stolen?"
"Hey, my dear, although Xiaoqiao is a little lazy, he has never done anything like petty theft."
"Even if he sells land and books and is lazy to work, he is still upright and never avoids people!"
Before Li Qiao had time to explain, Li Liang rushed over to defend him.
Li Qiao: "..."
Although I couldn't laugh or cry a little, my heart felt warm.
He explained: "Sister-in-law, I caught this just now. I have never caught fish before. I was so hungry today that I had no choice but to go to the river and try it. It turned out that it was quite easy to catch."
"I grabbed it with my bare hands. If you and my eldest brother don't believe it, I'll grab it with my bare hands and show it to you when you are free."
As he spoke, he untied the straw rope and divided five fish out and handed them to Wang Guihua.
Wang Guihua was still shocked. Her small eyes looked up and down at Li Qiao like searchlights. How could her brother-in-law, who was supposed to kill a thousand swords, master the skill of catching fish with his bare hands?
But Li Liang was very happy: "I never thought that Xiaoqiao could catch fish. It's great. I have fish soup to drink tonight."
He patted Li Qiao's shoulder with his left hand that wasn't holding the buns, and took the five fish.
Then he squinted at Wang Guihua, but with his right hand he stuffed two steamed buns into Li Qiao's hand: "Little Qiao has worked hard catching fish. It's time to eat some good tonic. It's still warm. Eat it quickly."
Wang Guihua; "..."
She snorted coldly and snatched the fish from Li Liang's hand: "Is it hard to catch just a few fish? What's really hard is you, the one who has to help him pay off his fifty-tael gambling debt!"
"Looking at what you said, one size equals one size. Xiaoqiao must be very tired if he catches so many fish in one go. Don't be harsh on him."
Li Liang immediately stuffed two steamed buns into Li Qiao's arms.
Since his mother-in-law didn't snatch the two steamed buns anymore, she was willing to let Xiao Qiao eat them.
"If you want me to look good on him, then he should pay off the fifty-tael gambling debt himself!"
Wang Guihua's face sank, and she glared at Li Qiao and said, "If you want to let Li Liang, the big boss, raise you in vain like before, there's no way!"
"If you want to have dinner at my house from now on, you have to carry your things with you!"
After saying these words, she pinched Li Liang's arm several times with the hand that wasn't holding the fish. The enemy took the steamed buns and said that he was in a hurry to cut wheat in the wheat field and wanted to eat while walking. What was the result?
If she hadn't been so cunning, the steamed buns she had worked so hard to steam would have been in vain!
After pinching her, she didn't bother to care about Li Liang, who was grinning in pain, grabbed his arm and walked out.
Mai was so busy that she didn't have time to tangle with this rotten man who deserved to be stabbed a thousand times.
Li Liang staggered a few steps and almost fell down.
But he was still thinking about Li Qiao and said hurriedly: "My dear, there is nothing in Xiao Qiao's courtyard, and Xiao Qiao doesn't know how to cook. Why don't you let Xiao Qiao go home? Xiaolan happens to be drying wheat at home. You can stew fish.”
"What a beautiful idea! Did my firewood and seasonings fall from the sky?! And Xiaolan is your daughter, not this rotten man's maid!"
Wang Guihua refused without thinking.
Li Qiao hurriedly said: "Brother, I still have a little salt and dry firewood at home, which is enough for me to grill fish. I can grill fish, don't worry."
After hearing this, Li Liang hesitated for a moment, but nodded and said: "If you really don't know how to cook, go to Xiaolan at home. Although she is young, she can cook."
Li Qiao nodded repeatedly, but couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Li Liang was too kind to the original person. Xiaolan is Li Liang's youngest daughter, she is only seven years old this year.
Asking his seven-year-old daughter to cook for his eighteen-year-old brother, only Li Liang could do it.
Wang Guihua couldn't help but sneer when she heard this. She locked the courtyard door after she went back. Let's see how this bad guy got to her house!
Li Liang saw that the steamed buns had been sent out, and he was anxious to go to the fields to harvest wheat, so he left.
But before leaving, he told Li Qiao: "If you can catch fish, then catch more. Whether you eat it yourself or exchange it for food, it will be great."
"Okay, brother, don't worry. I'll continue to catch fish after I eat the steamed buns and fish." Li Qiao agreed.
With the mess the original body left behind, what else could he do if he didn't catch fish?
With a wry smile, he looked down at the soft steamed bun in his hand.
The steamed buns are slightly yellow, pure wheat color, and exude a strong wheat aroma.
The meat slices in the steamed buns are alternately fat and thin, and are oily.
He swallowed, put down the five fish, and swallowed the two steamed buns in a few mouthfuls. But not only was he not full, he was even hungrier.
He is a person with supernatural powers, and his appetite is larger than that of ordinary people. He has been hungry for more than two days, and he only has two vegetables and two steamed buns to fill his stomach.
After locking the courtyard door from the inside, he carried the remaining five fish into the courtyard. A water knife appeared in his hand. He quickly scaled and disembowelled the five fish.
Pack up the fish, apply salt on it, set up the fire, and start grilling.
Half an hour later, all five grilled fishes were in his stomach. Although grilled fish only tastes salty, fishy, and mushy, he is not picky about his food.
I drank a lot of water and my stomach was full.
After eating and drinking, he found a dirty backpack and two buckets in the yard, and went to the river.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still no one on the river. He found a big rock, squatted on it, and started catching fish with his bare hands.
After all, he has been struggling in the apocalypse for eight years, and he is a person with supernatural powers. His physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Even if he does not use his powers, it is not difficult for him to catch fish with his bare hands.
With gambling debts owed, catching fish is the best way he can think of to make money at the moment:
Even if you have no capital, you can get money quickly.
If nothing unexpected happens, catching fish will become his signature skill in the future.
Since it is a sign, he cannot rely too much on his supernatural powers, so at this time he chose to catch fish with his bare hands in order to practice this skill more skillfully.
It took more than an hour, and the two buckets and the backpack were filled with fish.
At this time, the village finally became lively.
Some people drove ox carts or pulled carts to transport the wheat home.
There was smoke rising from some people’s homes.
There were also people walking towards the river carrying dirty clothes.
Li Qiao took a closer look and found that walking towards the river was the daughter of his second uncle's family, that is, his cousin Li Chuntao. He smiled and waved hello: "Chuntao!"
Li Chuntao was walking with her head down. When she heard this, she subconsciously raised her head and saw that it was Li Qiao calling her. She was startled, disgust flashed across her face, and then she hugged the wooden basin in her hand tightly, wanting to turn in another direction. A section of river.
Li Qiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and immediately explained: "Chun Tao, I caught some fish, you can take a few back for my uncle and aunt to try!"
The original person's second uncle, Li Gu, hated the original person, but when thugs from the county gambling house came to the village and wanted to chop off the original person's leg, Li Gu lent the original person five taels of silver.
Therefore, Li Qiao was very grateful to Li Gu, otherwise he would have only one leg left after crossing over, which would have depressed him to death.
