In front of these four words, many things and many principles can be compromised.
Even someone as firm as Li Qiao couldn't bear these four words. Of course, he didn't accept anything valuable, but if this family gave a pound of pork, and that family gave a dozen eggs, if all the people in the village were put together, that would be a big deal. Small amount.
What's more, in addition to people from this village, people from other villages also give gifts.
The villages that had already sent out thank-you gifts before were here to send out New Year gifts again.
The things are still not expensive, eggs, grains, dried vegetables, etc.
Villages that had never given thank-you gifts before also came to give New Year gifts.
People from other towns didn't know the specific location of Sanliu Village, so they simply sent it to Wangyue Tower and Xiao Wu took it to Li Qiao.
Therefore, Li Qiao's family now has several rooms dedicated to storing these things.
Fortunately, Li Qiao's family built a new house, otherwise, there really would be no place to put these things.
In short, Li Qiao's family doesn't need to buy new year's goods at all this year. They can live a comfortable and good year just by relying on things given by others.
While talking, the two of them entered the study and sat down. Zhuang Wen tasted the glutinous rice lotus root and fried lotus root and was full of praise.
He had seen these two kinds of food in Fucheng, but the taste of Li Qiao was actually more delicious than the ones in Fucheng restaurants.
However, delicious food is nothing before the imperial examination. After Zhuang Wen tasted it, he quickly picked up the book again, first checked Li Qiao's recitation, and then took out the article he wrote yesterday about the snow disaster and asked Li Qiao to Buckwheat review.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other disasters are too far away from him. He cannot only study these, but also study disasters that he can actually come into contact with.
He is old and has experienced snowstorms. In addition, he is a farmer's son and his father is the village chief, so it is relatively easy for him to write this article.
Li Qiao put down his chopsticks and was about to pick up this article. At this time, the door to the front yard and the back yard was pushed open, and Li Liang's loud voice came over: "Xiao Qiao! Stop reading, come out quickly, your third sister Here you are with your niece and nephew!”
Third sister?
Li Qiao was stunned for a moment.
"Ah, it's Li Shu who's here." Zhuang Wen said, getting up from his chair and urging Li Qiao: "Get out quickly. Since your third sister got married and went to the next county, she has only come back once in several years."
Li Qiao: "..."
He reacted.
Li's father and Li's mother were visiting Li Shu, so the accident happened.
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The author has something to say:
Hey, it’s just sweet potatoes... Also, the setting of official positions in the article is all made up by me, so don’t take it too seriously~
Chapter 64 Li Shu, Chinese New Year, the person to whom he is affiliated has been found
Li Qiao quickly searched for information about Li Shu in his mind, and then went to the front yard with Zhuang Wen.
In the front yard, Li Liang stood at the door of the kitchen, talking to Tao Zhu.
Li Dashan and Li Chuntao also came out of another kitchen.
Wang Xiaoya was washing dishes by the well. He looked at the Li family curiously.
Li Shu was standing next to Li Liang, and behind her were two children.
Li Shu is the third sister of the original person. She is ten years older than the original person and is twenty-eight years old this year.
But at this time, her back was stooped, and her clothes were shabby and thin. Li Qiao had better eyesight than ordinary people. Even from a distance of more than ten meters, he could see the frostbite on her hands and the sallow face with obvious wrinkles. .
Of course, there is also her restraint that doesn't know where to place her hands and feet.
Behind Li Shu, the slightly taller girl is her eldest daughter, named Song Zhaodi, who is eight years old this year.
The shorter brother is her son, named Song Xiaocao, who is only six years old.
The clothes on Song Zhaodi and Song Cao'er were much better than Li Shu's, but Li Qiao recognized them at a glance. The two siblings were wearing Li Xiaoshan's clothes.
Li Xiaoshan wore it yesterday when he came to play. There was a triangular patch on the left pocket.
The big cotton-padded clothes were worn like quilts on the thin siblings, covering most of their bodies.
But the big clothes couldn't cover the chilblains and bruises on their faces, nor could they cover their uneasiness. The two siblings stood close together, holding hands together.
"Li Qiao is here. Third sister, let's go into the kitchen to talk. It's cold outside. Don't freeze you and the child."
Tao Zhu discovered Li Qiao first and called Li Shu and the others into the kitchen.
"Xiao Qiao is here. Hey, Xiao Qiao, come quickly." Li Liang heard the sound and waved to Li Qiao.
Li Shu also looked over and saw that Li Qiao was indeed as Li Liang said. He looked talented, tall and smiling, and no longer had the impatience and irritability of the previous meeting. She smiled and her face became less restrained.
"Little buckwheat has really changed a lot."
"That's not true!" Li Liang looked proud.
"Third sister, come in quickly and have a drink of hot soup." Li Qiao quickly arrived at the kitchen door. He smiled and greeted several people into the kitchen with concern.
His enthusiastic attitude made Li Shu, Song Zhaodi, and Song Xiaocao reduce their restraint, uneasiness, and nervousness a lot.
"Okay, okay, come in."
Li Shu took Song Zhaodi with one hand and Song Xiaocao with the other into the kitchen.
Upon seeing this, Zhuang Wen went home directly. He will come back tomorrow to discuss knowledge with Li Qiao.
However, Li Qiao asked him to wait, and then filled a pottery basin with several large bones for him. Li Qiao saw the way he inhaled when he entered the yard just now.
After Zhuang Wen left, Tao Zhu first took out a few big bones and put them on a plate for Song Zhaodi and Song Xiaocao to chew. Then he filled a plate of glutinous rice lotus root and fried lotus root, and asked Li Dashan to bring some more. A Youth League.
He lit another dry firewood to heat the corn juice in the small iron pot.
The large iron pot in the kitchen was stewing meat, and the small iron pot contained the unfinished corn juice at noon.
"Sit down, all sit down." Li Qiao motioned for Li Shu, Song Zhaodi and Song Xiaocao to sit down at the dining table.
"Don't keep Brother Zhu busy. We just drank sugar water and ate snacks at my eldest brother's house. We are neither hungry nor cold."
Li Shu was a little embarrassed and didn't want to trouble Tao Zhu.
"It's just a matter of adding more firewood."
Tao Zhu raised his head and looked at Li Shu with a smile.
Although Li Shu was sitting on the bench, he was only halfway there and stretched out his hand to pull him up.
Song Zhaodi and Song Xiaocao, however, stared at the big bones on the table and swallowed quietly.
Looking at this scene, Tao Zhu looked at Li Qiao.
Li Qiao picked up a big bone with chopsticks and handed it to Song Zhaodi. He said with a smile: "Zhaodi, I am your fourth uncle. Like the uncle next to you, I am your mother's biological brother."
"When I was your age, your mother was very kind to me. She would leave all the delicious food to me and wouldn't let me do any work."
"Now that I have grown up and you are still young, if there is any delicious food at home, I, as your uncle, will definitely leave it to you."
"Fast food."
Song Zhaodi stared blankly at her fourth uncle, who was so good-looking that he seemed to be in a different world from her. She moved the little hand hidden in her sleeve, but did not pick up the big bone.
Li Shu felt a little sad and said: "Eat it, your uncle gave it to you, just take it."
With Li Shu's permission, Song Zhaodi stretched out her little hands that were red from the cold and took the bone: "Thank you, uncle four."
She whispered her thanks, and then handed the bone to Song Xiaocao beside her.
"Good boy, come on, you eat this."
Li Qiao quickly picked up another meat bone for her.
At this time, Song Xiaocao also took the bone that his sister handed him. He smiled at Song Zhaodi, and then said to Li Qiao in a lower voice than Song Zhaodi, "Thank you, fourth uncle."
"So good."
Li Qiao smiled and praised.
After both children had chewed on the bones, he looked at Li Shu and said, "Third sister, you can eat too. Brother Zhu and I stewed these big bones together. They taste so good."
Li Liang also advised: "Eat, eat, eat, Brother Zhu's craftsmanship is nothing to say."
He first handed one to Li Shu, and then took one himself and started chewing on it.
Li Liang's casual demeanor made Li Shu's inner embarrassment dissipate a lot. Her eldest brother has not changed, and her fourth brother has become more reasonable than before, so she should be able to stay...
After eating the meat bones and drinking corn juice, his body was completely warm. Li Shu gritted his teeth and was about to speak, but Li Liang on the side said directly to Li Qiao: "Xiao Qiao! Your third sister has met the bastard. That bastard Song Shitou divorced Xiao Shu, and Xiao Shu had no choice but to come back."
"Why don't we let her three mothers live in the old house? We brothers don't need their three mothers' food and drink."
When Li Qiao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, it was indeed like this.
Logically speaking, if a daughter marries far away, only the daughter can come back to visit her parents, and no parents can go that far to visit their daughter.
But Li Shu met a scumbag, and Li's father and mother were worried. In the past few years, they would go to the next county every year to support Li Shu.
But I didn't expect that just after Li's father and mother left, the scumbag divorced Li Shu directly.
"Third Sister, you can stay here with peace of mind, this is your home, and as long as I have something to eat, you and your child will not go hungry."
He had already seen Li Shu's uneasy look, so he didn't hesitate at all. After Li Liang finished speaking, he immediately spoke to reassure Li Shu.
In Dasheng, women can be allocated one acre of land.
When Li Shu got married, he did not sell this acre of land as a dowry, but left this acre of land to Li's father and Li's mother.
After Li's father and Li's mother were gone, he sold the acre of land in Li Shu in order to eat and drink.
Furthermore, before Li Shu got married, he was just like Li Liang, doting on her to the extreme.
Therefore, no matter from any angle, he had to take in Li Shu.
Li Qiao answered without hesitation, which indeed made Li Shu feel at ease immediately. Her eyes turned red: "I have hands and feet. I can do any work. Zhao Di and Xiao Cao are also diligent. We don't It will drag you and Brother Zhu down."
"Third sister, you're already in trouble when you say this. With my current abilities, I can definitely support the three of you."
Li Qiao stood up from the bench and said, "Let's go to the old house now and settle down first, and then come here for dinner."
The days are short in winter, and it only takes a little while for the sky to get dark.
