Yoshida Mii

Chapter 113 Cornel
When the rain was over and the sun was shining again, Li Hongqin came back with Zhang Xiuyu and Zhang Qian, and brought two big bags of flour.

Because of Song Xiucai's arrogance and poor popularity, the Song family and the Zhang family had very little contact. Dong Bao only met Zhang Qian a few times when he was a child, and the image of his cousin in his memory has long been blurred.

Zhang Qian was not tall, dressed in clean blue cotton cloth, wearing a scholar's scarf, with a slightly plump figure, a square face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, thick lips, and a particularly simple and honest smile.

Seeing Dong Bao, Zhang Qian was stunned, and happily stepped forward to touch Dong Bao's head, and called out, "Cousin Dong Bao."

"Hello, cousin." Dong Bao smiled back and looked at this honest-looking cousin who seemed to follow her uncle who drove a cart to do business, and then looked at the delicate girl who fetched water to wash her face. Zhang Xiuyu and Dong Bao couldn't help feeling that their aunt would have children. Fortunately, the son followed my father and the daughter followed her mother, otherwise...

"Why are you so polite!" Li Hongqin laughed, "When I was young, Xiaoqian took Dongbao to run around and play, and Dongbao followed behind and called my little cousin, how sweet it is!"

Ha, it turns out that the cowardly and timid kid Song Dongbao also has moments of joy and liveliness!

Li Hongqin smiled, and the whole yard echoed with her hearty laughter.Li Hongqin was not here for the past few days, Dong Bao always felt weird, as if something was missing, and it suddenly dawned on him at this moment, it turned out that Auntie's signature laughter was missing.

"Have you finished your work in the field?" Li asked with concern.

Li Hongqin nodded and said with a smile: "It's nothing to do, just collect the rent. When the grain is harvested and the land is rented out, sowing the seeds is none of our business."

"You come back when you come back, why are you still carrying the noodles? Xiaoqian doesn't need money to go to the academy?" Mrs. Li was a little unhappy.

"This is new flour made from the wheat that was harvested this year. I'm giving it to my niece. Why are you so anxious!" Li Hongqin laughed.

After carrying it all over, Mrs. Li couldn't let Li Hongqin carry it back again. At noon, she steamed the steamed buns with the new flour that Li Hongqin brought back, and the whole yard was filled with the fragrance of steamed buns.

During the meal, Mrs. Li and Li Hongqin talked about the events of these days in detail, about going to cook for the Lin family, about Song Shuhai and his wife running away to bully others, and about Dongbao's illness.

Hearing this, Zhang Xiuyu looked at Dongbao worriedly, and asked, "How are you sick? Are you alright?"

"Okay, okay." Dong Bao nodded quickly.

"If I had known earlier, I would not have gone home. You will have someone to take care of you when you are sick." Zhang Xiuyu said.

Dong Bao smiled and said: "Then sister Xiuyu, don't go back, just be our daughter, my mother will definitely be willing!" Compared with Song Zhaodi, Zhang Xiuyu is more like Dong Bao's sister, and she is friendly with Dong Bao and has a good temper. Gentle, with a bit of Li Hongqin's hearty atmosphere, she is a good girl.

Li Hongqin put down her chopsticks angrily, "Old Song's people are really worthless! It's a good deal for them to drive them away. If I have to go to his house and call him a jerk, everyone in Xiaowangzhuang knows what kind of person he is! "

"Mother, don't be angry." Zhang Qian advised from the side, "It's not worth being angry with that kind of person."

Li Shi and Dong Bao also persuaded her, Li Hongqin has a hot temper, Li Shi can bear it but she can't.

Li Hongqin sighed, glanced at Zhang Qian, and said earnestly: "Xiaoqian, you have also seen that our two families are orphans and widowed mothers, and they treat us as easy to bully. You study hard and try to get a good reputation as soon as possible. At that time, no one will dare to bully us. No matter how tired Xiuyu and I are, we will still feel strong!"

Zhang Qian nodded under Li Hongqin's expectant eyes, "Mom, I must study hard."

Dong Bao was sweating wildly as he listened. This was really like in the previous life, when relatives taught and encouraged their children who were still studying at the dinner table.

After dinner, Dong Bao led Zhang Xiuyu and Zhang Qian to find Lin Shi to play, followed by Xiao Hei, who was wagging his tail happily, and Li Shi and Li Hongqin were washing dishes in the yard.Mrs. Li couldn't help but said to Li Hongqin: "Sister, don't put too much pressure on Xiaoqian." Being supported by his mother and younger sister, as long as he is not someone like Song Bai, anyone will feel uncomfortable.

Reading is a matter of talent, and there is no way to succeed or fail.

Li Hongqin sighed, lowered her head and said, "Isn't this... looking forward to him! Your brother-in-law is just a single seedling. If I don't raise him well, how can I be worthy of his father!" Then Li Hongqin thought of Song Xiucai, and suddenly felt that The words are a bit inappropriate.

After all, she gave birth to a son for Zhang's family, but Dong Bao was the only girl she had. Isn't this poking at his heart?

"I... just said nonsense, don't worry about it." Li Hongqin said hastily.

Mrs. Li wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head and said, "Am I such a narrow-minded person? I'm just afraid that if you push Xiaoqian too hard, he will be under too much pressure, so he won't be able to learn well. He was a scholar back then, and he passed the exam. It took a few years to pass the examination of scholar, and then several years later, when he failed to pass the examination, Dong Bao's grandmother kept nagging, and then he couldn't read any books, and trembled as soon as he entered the examination room..."

"Everyone is like this, what else is there to take?" Li sighed in a dispirited voice.Song Xiucai's dissatisfaction with the imperial examination, Huang's wish for many years has failed, so naturally he will not take the anger on his son, isn't it all passed on to her daughter-in-law?

Li Hongqin nodded, "I know, I won't talk about him in the future, it depends on what he reads. If he has a land at home, even if he can't pass the exam, he won't be hungry if he goes home as a mud leg."

"That's right." Li said with a smile.

The heavy rain in the past two days was very strong. Not only the pits and ponds in Tagouji were filled with water, but even the water in the small river rose so high that it was almost level with the river bank, far less than washing clothes. stone platform.

Many half-grown children were outside, catching fish and shrimp with various homemade tools.Boys of this age are good at fishing. Dongbao stood there watching for a while, and then saw a boy named Shugen in the village, who took half a basket of loaches from the mud pit after a while.

Lin Shi, Quanzi, and Xiaoqian also rolled up their trousers, went to the pond to fish for fish and shrimp, and threw them on the bank when they found them. Dongbao and Zhang Xiuyu quickly picked them up and put them in the basket.

But at this moment, a few teenagers by the river suddenly burst into cheers. Dong Baoxun looked over and saw a boy holding a big grass carp weighing five or six catties and smiling silly on the bank. Wagging his tail vigorously in his arms, but he couldn't break free from the boy's black and thin arms.

"It is estimated that the fish raised in the lake upstream rushed out with the heavy rain and swam to our place." Lin Shi stood next to Dong Bao and smiled.

Since the "confession", the two seem to have a little secret, and they can't help but smile sweetly when they see each other.

"It's a pity." Zhang Xiuyu looked at the big fat grass carp with jealousy, "We don't have a net, so we can only catch small fish and shrimp here."

Dong Bao chuckled, "It's not easy to want fish?" As he said that, he strode up to the boy who caught the fish, and asked with a smile, "Do you sell this fish?"

Dong Bao didn't recognize him, but he recognized Dong Bao, "You want to buy my fish?"

"Well, let's make a price!" Dong Bao was very forthright, we can be regarded as a small boss after all!
"This..." The young man scratched his head, looked at Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu couldn't help but blushed, put the fish in the bucket, and discussed with several partners for a long time, but no price was reached.

"How about ten coins?" Zhang Xiuyu got impatient and asked first.

After discussing with several people, the deal was concluded, and the fish was sent to Dong Bao's house in the wooden barrel, and Dong Bao counted ten coins to him.It was the first time for these little boys to earn money. They were so happy that they took the money and ran away, discussing whether to buy food or play.

"How are you going to cook this fish?" Zhang Qian asked with a smile, "I heard from Xiuyu when I was at home that Dongbao's cooking is delicious."

"It's the same as last time!" Quanzi shouted anxiously from the side, "It's the kind last time, fried and then stewed." Thinking of the delicious food, Quanzi couldn't help sticking out his tongue and licking his lips. "I still want to eat that kind."

"No problem!" Dong Bao agreed, patted his chest, looked at Lin Shi with a smile, and thought cheekily, there is no reason for the future uncle to order food.

In the afternoon, Li Changfeng came to the door, and he brought a large bag of things, including a few paper-wrapped snacks, and two neatly folded floral cloths.

"A few days ago when the wheat was harvesting, I went to Anzhou to buy some. I bought these snacks in Anzhou, and I gave them a fresh taste. The floral cloth is for the two girls, and each of them made new clothes." Li Changfeng smiled. Said, raising his hand to stop Li Shi from saying thank you. "Don't look out, the two children are honoring me by sending vegetables and tofu every day. Can't I, as an uncle, buy them something?"

"Yes, of course!" Li Hongqin and Li Shi both laughed.

Li Changfeng waved to Dongbao again: "Come on, uncle brought you some good things." Then, Li Changfeng took out a brown paper bag from his arms, handed it to Dongbao, and said with a smile, "Open it and have a look."

Dong Bao opened the paper bag, and there was bright red powder inside. Zhang Xiuyu glanced at the side and said with a smile, "It's rouge?"

"No, it's not." Dong Baoxin gradually became excited, looked at Li Changfeng, and asked in surprise, "It's dogwood powder, isn't it?" She mentioned it to her uncle once before, but he didn't expect him to take it to heart. On the way, when I went to Anzhou to buy goods, I did not forget to bring her a pack of dogwood powder.

Li Changfeng smiled and nodded, "We don't have this thing in Yuanshui yet, even in Anzhou, there are few people who sell it, and not many people use it."

Of course not much!Dongbao remembers that pepper was introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, and spicy food took its place in Chinese recipes.She can't find chili right now and has to look for a similar substitute.

Holding the dogwood powder, Dong Baole didn't know what to say. When he saw the grass carp in the bucket, he suddenly thought of a good idea, "Please treat uncle to eat something delicious tonight, I haven't eaten it before keeping it!"

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