"You know how to catch fish?" Li Chuntao paused, with the same expression as Wang Guihua, shocked and unbelievable.
"No, I only discovered today that I can actually catch fish." Li Qiao pointed to the bucket and basket at his feet with a smile.
Li Chuntao stood more than ten meters away and could not see clearly the fish in the bucket, but she could clearly see the fish in the basket on her back.
"Did you catch all of these?" She exclaimed and walked towards Li Qiao.
"I caught them all. You can take a few back. I was ignorant before and made my second uncle and my aunt worry about them. I will definitely change my bad habits in the future and return the five taels of silver to my second uncle as soon as possible."
Li Qiao motioned to Li Chuntao to take out the dirty clothes in the tub so that he could put fish in the tub.
But Li Chuntao looked frightened and took two steps back, looking at Li Qiao like a stranger.
How could her cousin, who was like mud, say such a thing?
"Hurry up, I want to send fish to other people who lent me money." Li Qiao didn't explain, but just urged.
When Li Chuntao heard this, she looked at the fish. The big ones were more than a foot long, and the small ones were as big as her palm. Most of them were alive and flapping from time to time.
Thinking of the situation at home, she no longer hesitated and immediately took out the dirty clothes in the tub.
Li Qiao took the wooden basin and put more than ten fish in it, filling the entire wooden basin to the brim before returning it to Li Chuntao.
"I'll send fish to the others."
He didn't waste any time, picked up the two buckets, and carried them directly on his back, regardless of how wet they were, and left the river with a long stride.
Li Chuntao stared at his back for a few seconds, no longer caring about washing clothes, and ran home with the heavy wooden basin.
The sky is falling and the earth is sinking. Cousin Lanni is going to change his ways!
When Li Chuntao went home to publicize the big news, Li Qiao walked into the sunset and delivered fish to the people who lent him money that day.
When the thugs from the gambling house came, Li Liang took out the family's savings of forty taels, and Li Gu took out five taels, but there was still a gap of ten taels.
Li Liang had no choice but to borrow money from all over the village and promised the villagers that he would repay the ten taels of silver in the future, so four families in the village pooled together ten taels of silver.
The family belonged to the village chief and lent the original person five taels of silver.
The family was a butcher in the village and lent him three taels of silver.
The family was an uncle who was close to the original person's parents and lent the original person a tael of silver.
The family is the eldest cousin of the original person's third uncle's family. Regardless of the objections of the whole family, he lent the original person a tael of silver.
Although these four families took out the money after Li Liang promised to repay the money, under the circumstances at that time, these four families must have prepared that it would take several years or even a lifetime to get the money back. .
Therefore, Li Qiao is also very grateful to these four families.
Li Qiao sent fish to these four families one by one. The expressions of these four families were the same as Wang Guihua and Li Chuntao's, including suspicion, shock and disbelief.
However, the fish was real, and Li Qiao also said that he wanted to change his mind and start a new life, so the four families were very happy and gave Li Qiao a gift in return.
After Li Qiao finished delivering the fish, night fell.
Li Qiao came out of the butcher's house and walked towards his small courtyard under the hazy moonlight.
The butcher's house was at the entrance of the village. After Li Qiao had walked a few steps, he heard heavy footsteps not far away. He raised his eyes and looked over.
Under the moonlight, Tao Zhu was pulling a cart full of wheat. The wheat on the cart was piled more than half a meter higher than him. His tall body had to lean forward, and he walked forward step by step with difficulty. .
Li Qiao frowned at this scene and walked quickly towards Tao Zhu.
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Chapter 03 Meatloaf for you to eat!
The original person has little contact with Tao Zhu, but Tao Zhu has a brother and sister-in-law who are equally as good as the original person. The folks in Sanliu Village often criticize and ridicule the three of them together, so the original person is forced to know Tao Zhu's Condition.
According to current aesthetics, a boy should be like a girl, smeared with makeup, delicate and soft.
Tao Zhu was tall and had sharp features. In Li Qiao's opinion, he was slender and well-proportioned and handsome, but in the eyes of people in this world, he was just as ugly as a man.
Tao Zhu is not only "ugly", but he also has a brother and sister-in-law who always dream about getting rich overnight.
The brother and sister-in-law did not want to farm but only wanted to do business. They often boasted to the villagers that they would make a lot of money this time, but in fact they suffered repeated losses and the Tao family went bankrupt.
Tao Zhu's parents were in poor health and could not do heavy work, so all the Tao family's work fell on Tao Zhu, the younger brother.
Just like this time, Tao Zhu, as a little brother, was doing the work of a strong man.
In order to pull the cart, he had to hold on to the driver of the cart and lean forward. With every step he took, his breathing became heavier and he looked extremely tired.
Li Qiao was tall and had long legs, so he quickly came to Tao Zhu.
"Brother Zhu!"
He imitated what the world calls brother and shouted.
Tao Zhu was so hungry that his stomach was growling and his clothes were soaked with sweat. He spent all his energy on the cart. Even if he heard footsteps, he didn't have the extra energy to look up and see who it was. .
Unexpectedly, the visitor actually called him.
Looking up, Li Qiao was standing one meter away under the hazy moonlight, looking at him with concern.
"?"
Tao Zhu was startled and subconsciously took a step back. Most of the strength in his arms was immediately exhausted.
The cart lost his strength to balance it, and with a bang, the frame touched the ground.
With this movement, which was not a small one, some of the wheat tied with hemp rope fell down.
The wheat had not yet been threshed, and there were heavy ears of wheat hanging from each straw. Tao Zhu immediately stopped caring about the buckwheat and hurried to pick up the wheat.
"let me help you."
Li Qiao put down the barrel and basket and wanted to help.
But Tao Zhu felt like he was facing a formidable enemy: "Don't come over!"
Although he has always regarded himself as a man, in the final analysis he is a brother.
Besides, this person just teased him at noon!
Tao Zhu's wariness and displeasure were obvious, and Li Qiao could only stop.
If you can't get close, you can only use your mouth.
"Brother Zhu, I'm here to apologize and thank you."
"The reason why I was rude today at noon is because I didn't expect that with my bad reputation, you would be willing to save me. When I was happy, I got confused and said the wrong thing. I apologize to you for my frivolity."
Following these words, Li Qiao solemnly bowed to Tao Zhu and apologized.
I was too hasty and too happy at the time, so I teased Tao Zhu.
But this was offensive to Tao Zhu.
The boundaries between boys and men in this world are similar to those between men and women.
He must apologize.
Tao Zhu, who was busy picking wheat, was shocked.
He squatted on the ground and stared blankly at Li Qiao, whose waist was bent at ninety degrees.
His impression of Li Qiao was similar to that of the villagers. Before today, he had never spoken a word to Li Qiao.
Going up the mountain today, he accidentally found Li Qiao lying in the ravine. Thinking that it was a human life and there was no one around, he dragged the person under a tree.
But he never expected that after this man woke up, he would actually molest him!
rogue!
He left angrily, and when he reached the foot of the mountain, he remembered his two vegetable nests. Those were the breakfast he had saved, and they might as well be feeding the dogs.
But now this person actually apologized to him and admitted his mistake?
Very solemn and sincere.
This is the first time in his life that he has experienced this kind of respect...
Li Qiao kept bending down and straightened up after ten seconds.
Seeing that Tao Zhu's eyes had become round and round due to shock, and he looked a little at a loss, he suddenly felt like a cat's claw was scratching his heart.
cute.
After coughing softly, he carried a wooden bucket in front of him.
"After eating your Cai Wo Wo today, I am still very hungry. After I come down from the mountain, I want to go to the river to catch fish."
"You don't know if you don't catch them, but you will know that I have a talent for catching fish once you catch them. I caught two buckets and a basket of fish this afternoon. I gave these fish to the families who lent me money."
"They were very happy to see that I was willing to work and gave me gifts in return."
"I don't have anything good at the moment, but I have to give you a thank you gift."
"Here, here are the meat pies given by Butcher Zheng. There are three meat pies in total. You can eat them before going home."
He took out the meatloaf wrapped in oil paper from the barrel.
The meatloaf is as big as a cattail fan, a finger thick, oily and very tempting.
As far as the Tao family was concerned, if this meat pie entered the Tao family, it would definitely not belong to Tao Zhu, so he let Tao Zhu eat it now.
"No need. Even if I don't save you, you can wake up on your own."
Tao Zhu had come to his senses. Although he was surprised that Li Qiao had changed so much, when he saw the meat pie, he immediately lowered his head and continued to pick wheat.
Two vegetable nests are not worth these three meat patties.
"Without your Cai Wo Wo, I would have starved to death on the mountain. Before eating Cai Wo Wo, I had not eaten for more than two days, so you did save my life."
"The grace of saving a life is more valuable than three meatloaf. Eat it quickly, otherwise it will be unclear if someone comes over."
Li Qiao shook the meat pie in his hand.
