Fertile land

On the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Renyin year, a pair of magpies were chirping on the persimmon tree outside.
The first ray of sunlight in the morning shone through the window and imprinted on Luo Zhi'er's long, dark eyelashes. Luo Zhi'er woke up.

He rubbed his groggy eyes, stretched and kicked his legs.
"It's another beautiful day! Oh yeah, Li Xi'er lived another day!"

Turning around, she saw Miao Miao sleeping soundly beside her. He looked like a glutinous rice dumpling and took a sip on her fleshy face.
Luo Zhi'er slept well last night and was in a good mood today, so she tucked Miao Miao into bed.
Putting on the clean undershirt and goose-yellow coat she bought, she went to the bronze mirror to comb her hair and braid it into two braided braids.

She picked up the scissors and trimmed her bangs. The woman in the mirror had fair and rosy skin and winked at herself cutely.
I turned around and went out. After washing up, I drew my eyebrows. My lips were a little dry and I applied some rouge I bought at the rouge shop in town last time. My complexion improved a lot.
Go out and look around, pick up a broom, sweep the yard first, and feed some food to the chickens and ducks in the circle.
He led the mule into the river to feed water, picked up a load of water along the way, threw some grass for the mule and sheep, and added some water for Bill.

When leaving, he touched Bill's big fat tail and shouted tentatively,
"Bill?"

This guy Bill is still angry because she told them to kill it last time, and they are having trouble!
Butt facing her.

"Bill, didn't I say it? It was to ease the atmosphere at that time. I know they would never have the money to say that deliberately. I couldn't bear to kill our lovely and domineering Bill casually!"

"Don't be angry, mommy loves you?"

"Okay?"

"Ah!"

A soft chuckle came from behind.
Luo Zhi'er frowned, her heart tightened, and she froze.

"Daughter-in-law, won't you look back at me?"

Luo Zhi'er quickly turned around, "San, Sanmao, are you back?"

She knew that he was coming back soon, but the specific date was unclear.
The smile in Li Sanmao's eyes almost overflowed, and he said in a low and hoarse voice due to excitement, "Zhi'er, my husband is home."

There were a few tears in the eyes of a big man. Luo Zhi'er stood up and didn't know what to do if he came closer. The two of them just looked at each other and looked at each other.
The longing in Li Sanmao's eyes became more intense, as if he wanted to melt her, and he stretched out his hands to hug her.

Squeak, the door where they slept opened. Miaomiao rubbed her sleepy eyes and said confusedly:
"Mother, why did Miaomiao hear you say that daddy is back?"

Luo Zhi'er curled her lips and winked at her playfully, "Yes, look, Miaomiao's father is back!"

Miaomiao suddenly opened her eyes wide, woke up, and ran to Li Sanmao's side in a few steps. "Dad, you are back!"

Li Sanmao hugged her, and Miao Miao hugged his neck: "Dad, Miao Miao misses you so much and worries about you so much. Miao Miao isn't dreaming, is she?"

Li Sanmao was still wearing the same clothes that Luo Zhi'er brought in last time. Miao Miao touched his long beard and messy, calloused hair.
Miaomiao was particularly worried that Li Sanmao would never come out, although she usually didn't mention it for fear that her mother would be sad.

"Miaomiao is not dreaming. Please touch daddy. Isn't he back?"

Li Sanmao took her little hand and kissed it, then put it on his face and rubbed it for a while.

Miaomiao suddenly burst into tears: "Daddy, daddy, you are finally back. Miaomiao misses you so much, don't leave anymore."

"No, no."

Luo Zhi'er saw their father and daughter making out, turned around and went to the house to find the clothes she had prepared in town and put them on the bed.
Then I went to the backyard kitchen and started making breakfast.

This man should freshen up and need nourishment. Look at his skinny skin and his eye sockets are a bit sunken.

After putting the rice in the pot, she took two eels, gutted them under the persimmon tree, chopped them up in a short while, and prepared a braised eel.

The house also has pork, pig offal, green pepper shredded pork, chives and eggs, and dry pot fat sausage.
Li Sanmao went into the house to tidy up, and was shocked when he looked in the mirror and saw himself in the mirror. Fortunately, Miao Miao and his wife were not frightened by his appearance.

He opened the small drawer under the bronze mirror, took out the razor bought by his wife, and shaved the beard on his face cleanly. His hair was also caked in lumps.Fortunately, it's not cold yet, so I went to the backyard water tank to scoop some water and started cleaning.

He came back very early, and there was not a lot of people on the road. Now some people passing by were startled to see a man taking a bath with his upper body naked at the door of Lao Li's house. If he took a closer look, wasn't that Li Sanmao?

"Sanmao is back?"

"Yes, uncle!"

It was like a thunder on the ground. Li Sanmao was really back. Luo Zhi'er said before that her man had not committed any crime and would be released, but now he was really back unscathed.

Does it prove they are safe?
In less than a morning, the entire Zhaoli Village knew that Li Sanmao had been acquitted.

Li Sanmao cleaned himself up, put on the clothes his wife had prepared for him, and appeared in the kitchen behind the man who was cooking with his back turned.

"daughter in law."

Luo Zhi'er was stunned and continued cooking.

"Dad, Miao Miao, please change your clothes. You must be hungry. The food will be ready soon. You go to bed and rest for a while. I will call you later!"

I kept pouring the soy sauce, sprinkling onions, and salt without stopping, and accidentally added too much.
He turned around and took a ladle to scoop some water, ready to add some water to dilute it. He raised his head and asked, "Huh? Why haven't you left yet?"

"Daughter-in-law, you don't want to see me so much, I miss you so much!" The big fool Li Sanmao looked at her with burning eyes.

"Haha, think, think, hahaha, don't I want to cook? You are on your way so early in the morning, Miaomiao is also hungry!"

"Where's E Miaomiao?"

"Miaomiao said she wanted to sleep some more."

"Hehe, that's it!"

Luo Zhi'er smiled awkwardly and put two hands on her waist. This girl had never been able to sleep so well on weekdays. She was particularly sleepy today!

"Then, you go and take a nap too."

"I don't want to sleep, wife, how about your husband staying here with you?"

Li Sanmao couldn't explain why, but he and Miaomiao's mother were getting more and more estranged, and she always pushed him away.

But deep down in his heart, he fell in love with her more and more, so much that he would even risk his mother's life for her!
Wife, why can’t you understand?
Luo Zhi'er felt like her back was on fire, and she could only pretend that there was nothing wrong with her, "That's it, husband, please help me add some firewood to the stove!"

"it is good!"

Li Sanmao walked to the stove, lowered his head and picked up a few sticks of firewood, stuffing them in. His eyes were fixed on Luo Zhi'er, spinning on her face.
"Husband, what are you going to do? Have I grown something extra? Or am I fat again?"

Luo Zhi'er rolled her eyes at him, why did she keep staring at her? She looked everywhere she went, she couldn't bear it anymore.

"No, no, I just can't control it. I want to take a closer look at you. If you feel uncomfortable, I won't look at you!"

I go!How to deal with this?Li Xier's heart is full of energy
"By the way, husband, what did the county master say when he let you come back?"

"The county master said that I, Li Sanmao, was found to be implicated and acquitted." Li Sanmao was rather strange. If we were to say that I was implicated, weren't my eldest brother's family, Li Gui, and Zhenzhu also implicated?
(End of this chapter)