The brother and sister left Dongzhimen, but they didn't feel like they were in the city yet. After leaving the city, the fields were already busy. Heavy industry is the main force now, and there will be no holidays for workers to go home and work in the fields. Although everyone in the fields has a smile on their face , each was working in full swing, but Li Laifu knew the actual situation, but he couldn't laugh.
The little girl was very happy when she came out with Li Laifu. She was jumping up and down all the way. Li Laifu looked at it and estimated that he would have to let him hold her after a while.
Seeing that the sun was a little too bright, Li Laifu went to the roadside and pulled some weeping willow trees and made two straw hats, one for each brother and sister.
We arrived at Lijia Village at ten o'clock in the morning. It was rare that there was no one at the entrance of the village, and there was no one in the field in front of the village. They must have all gone to Dadi.
Carrying the little girl, she walked to her grandma's house and said, "Oh, my eldest grandson, oh my granddaughter, why are you here?" The old lady happily shouted incoherently in the courtyard.
"Grandma, you take your sister with you first. I'll put the things in the basket in the house first." Li Laifu didn't put down the basket and was about to go into the kitchen to take out more things.
When she heard her elder brother calling her grandma, the little girl also reacted and immediately shouted loudly: "Grandma, grandma."
"Oh, my granddaughter hasn't forgotten grandma yet. Come here and let grandma hug her." The old lady wiped her hands on her body and quickly held the little girl in her arms.
Li Laifu went into the kitchen with a basket on his back, and took out 20 kilograms of rice, 20 kilograms of white flour, and 20 kilograms of cornmeal from the space. He took a look at the rice vat and sure enough, there was still a lot of rice. Did he not eat much? Put the bag and grain together in the rice vat and cover it.
He took out two more bottles of Xifeng wine, half of the pig's head meat, half of the pig's sewer, and the washbasin and teapot in his space. This time he finally didn't forget that the washbasin the old lady was using was still made of wood. Take out two kilograms of ox tongue cake, three kilograms of mung bean cake, and two kilograms of donkey rolling.
"Grandma, let's see what delicious food I brought you." She put a few donkey rolls and mung bean cakes in a big bowl.
"My eldest grandson is so kind. He brings food to grandma as soon as he comes. If grandma doesn't want to eat, you can eat it," the old lady said teasing the little girl.
Li Laifu rolled the donkey, put it in the old lady's hand and said, "Grandma, my sister and I have eaten in the city. This is brought for you, and I brought a lot. You must not eat it." If you don’t listen to me, I won’t come next time.”
"Okay, okay, grandma listens to her eldest grandson. Grandma will listen to whatever my eldest grandson says!"
"Oh, this is a donkey rolling around," he put a piece of it in his granddaughter's hand.
He said to Li Laifu: "Grandson, you can eat too."
The little girl had already started eating, and Li Laifu smiled and shook his head and said, "Grandma, I've eaten. I'm going to make milk powder for you and your sister."
The old lady doesn't fight with Li Laifu now. She knows that her eldest grandson is filial, and she won't let him do it when she gets up. She just takes the little girl to eat.
After preparing the milk powder, Li Laifu said: "Grandma, don't let my sister drink too much. We have dinner at noon. I'm going to see grandpa."
"Grandson, it's noon and the sun is shining. Don't go there. Your grandpa will be picking up wheat grains behind the children. Those children have very good eyesight. It's not his turn to pick up. The children in front have already finished picking up. He You don’t even have to bend your waist, it won’t tire him.”
Li Laifu smiled, which was in line with his grandfather's character. "Grandma, then I'll make the meal, and grandpa will eat it when he comes back," he turned and returned to the kitchen.
"Granddaughter, look how good your brother is," the old lady said, touching the little girl's head.
Even children are sensitive. The old lady was kind to her, and she also giggled. Li Laifu went to the kitchen and took out the bacon from the jar. The two kilograms of meat were what he had left last time. He cut a few pieces and washed them with water. Twice, put it directly in the steamer. There are no old noodle starters in rural areas. Just take the alkali block and swish it in the water, then pour the water into the noodles and knead it into a dough. At around 11 o'clock at noon, the steamed buns were also steamed, and the bacon was cooked. It was steamed directly in the pot without frying.
The old lady and her granddaughter kept talking, looking at their eldest grandson busy with things and smiling all the time.
Li Laifu put his schoolbag on his back and said to the old lady: "Grandma, I'm going to ask grandpa to come back for dinner. You put the beef tongue cake and mung bean cake in the cabinet. The donkey can't be kept for a long time, so just put them outside to eat."
The old lady and her granddaughter were full after eating pastries, braised pork and drinking milk.
"I know, I know, grandson."
When Li Laifu walked down the mountain, the whole village was quiet. He could finally see what real farming work was like. There was no one in every family, everyone was busy.
Just as I was about to walk towards the southern land, I suddenly heard a shout,
"Blessing!"
"Second Aunt, what are you doing?" Li Laifu stopped and looked at the row of women behind him, each carrying two baskets.
"We have prepared the food and sent it to them on the ground. When did you come?" asked the second aunt.
"I've been here since the morning. Second Aunt, let me go with you. I'm worried about how to find grandpa?"
"Uncle Laifu, uncle Laifu, little grandpa, little grandpa..."
A row of five or six women came over and called him.
Uh-huh-huh….
After Li Laifu agreed, he saw that the basket was filled with cornbread, and the last woman, the shovel wife, picked two buckets of wild vegetable soup.
Several people walked to a large field. Some sharp-eyed villagers saw them coming and walked back until it was time to have lunch.
Every villager has a smile on their face. They all know that these days of busy farming, they must eat dry food, and they can still eat three meals. The key is that they have something to do. These days, the people are very satisfied. .
Li Laifu was far away when he saw Old Man Li sitting on the field ridge. He shouted loudly: "Grandpa."
"Oh! Uncle Laifu, when did you come?" Li Tiezhu ran over and asked when he saw Li Laifu.
"Hey, hey!" Old Man Li stood up, patted the dust on his butt and walked over happily.
"Uncle Fu, Uncle Fu," the shovel and the hammer came over.
Their sons and a group of half-grown men also came over and shouted: "Little grandpa, little grandpa...,"
These people all know about Li Zhiwei's work, and they all want to make their presence felt in front of Li Laifu.
Li Laifu nodded like an elder, took out a box of large cigarettes from his schoolbag and handed it to Li Tiezhu and said: "Tiezhu, give out cigarettes to everyone."
"Thank you, Uncle Laifu, thank you, Uncle Laifu...,"
Li Laifu also shook his head secretly. It's not easy for this elder to just give him cigarettes and sweets. The key is that there are too many juniors and he can't even call them all by name.
"Laifu, hasn't your father come back?" Li Chongwu came over and asked.
"Second uncle, my father and my aunt are both at work and have no time."
The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.
"What? Her sister-in-law is at work too?" Li Chongwu asked in surprise.
Many people nearby looked over. Li Laifu cleared his throat and said, "Yes, she works at the supply and marketing cooperative at the entrance of our alley. Now she is a saleswoman."
Old Man Li knew that his grandson would not lie, so he still asked uncertainly: "Your aunt also has a job?"
"Grandpa, my aunt has been working for half a month."
"Okay, okay!" Lao Litou said happily as he took a puff of cigarette.
Li Chongwu patted Li Laifu on the shoulder and said, "Your father is really capable."
Old Man Li pouted, but he still knew what kind of bear his son was like. It was okay for him to behave properly and go to class, but if he was asked to do it, his tongue was dumber than the insole of his shoe.
A group of children also came over to call for help, and Li Laifu did not disappoint them. One piece of candy per person was too much for the White Rabbit toffee, and there were too many children.
After Li Laifu handed out the candies, he frowned. He always felt that something was missing. A group of children actually called him grandpa. So he had a younger brother? Why did it get lost? He asked Uncle Qi, who was smoking next to him: "Uncle Qi, why isn't your son here?"
The seventh uncle smiled and pointed at the boy with a muddy face with the hand holding his cigarette, and said, "That's the one."
Damn it, this guy can still lay an ambush?
