Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 72 Busy Year 1
It was past noon when I woke up.

Although I am 29 today, I have to do all the messy washing and sticky melons in one day, which is very busy and tiring.

But Li Kongzhu was in a very happy mood, since he woke up, he couldn't hide the smile at the corner of his mouth.

Even after noon, she still made brown rice dry rice with great interest, and served it with fried pork slices with wilted cabbage.Then I steamed an egg custard to make up for the man.

When the decent food was served, the woman graciously put the egg bowl in front of the man, "Master, did you like it if you tried it?"

The man looked at her infatuated way of holding her hands, not to mention how regretful she was and couldn't help it.

If I knew it would give her a little hope, I might as well restrain myself a bit.

He pushed the custard to the middle of the table without paying attention, "You don't need to give me special treatment, you have lost a lot of weight in the past few days, and you should make up for it!"

The shrugged woman took a wooden spoon and scooped him a spoonful of smooth custard into the bowl, "It's good to be thinner, I'm thinking about how to lose weight and become slim. In this way, dressing It could be quite a bit prettier, too."

Yuan's figure is just right, whether she is fat or not, but she is not satisfied with her chest.

It's just a little too loud, which caused her to want to make big moves many times, but she was afraid of being crushed by it.It's as happy as the flat chest in my previous life, and I'm not afraid of being shaken even if I run.

As soon as the man heard that she was going to lose weight, he talked about getting slim again. Although the words were a little novel, it didn't prevent him from being able to understand.

He glanced at her and shook his head, "No need, it's just right!"

Is it right?
"But the chest is a bit big, and it's always inconvenient to walk!" He said, staring at the towering chest.

The man rolled his eyes unnaturally, his ears were dark red, and his heart was unprecedentedly ashamed and angry.

Really, I can't stop thinking about hooking him into a crime all the time, can't I just stop for a while?
Li Kongzhu didn't know, so he raised his head from his chest, seeing that he was already eating with a bowl, he moved his chopsticks accordingly.

It's just that when the meal was halfway through, the woman seemed to sense something was wrong.

"Master, have you ever had some vegetables?"

"...um" echoed extremely unnaturally.

The woman stretched her neck to see what was in his bowl, and there was nothing but rice, not even a little oil or water on the vegetables.

"Why did I see that your bowl is not stained with oil?" As he spoke, he held out his chopsticks for him.

When it was about to be delivered to the bowl, I saw him hide for a while, "It's a bit greasy, I think it's better to be lighter!"

That's it!The woman nodded, "I'll cook some porridge that night, and then I'll make pickled cabbage and scrape off the oil. Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, so I have to eat better!"

"Ok!"

Listening to his answer, Li Kongzhu always felt something strange.He stared at him for a while, but didn't see anything from that indifferent face, so he had to sink his head back to eat.

After the meal, the cleaning for the New Year began.

Zhao Junyi found a long stick and tied a sweeping broom to one end.

Li Diaozhu put the quilts into the cabinet, and after entering the kitchen, he covered the bowls and chopsticks and took them out.Cover the pot with a large lid made of rattan.

After tidying up, he asked Zhao Junyi to start cleaning up the cobwebs formed in the corners of the room.

After he held up the broom and swept away the dirt on the roof, Li Diaozhu began to boil hot water on the pot outside.Start to wash off the dust that fell on the stove, etc. on the kang.

After these were done, they swept the floor together to pick up the dirt.

Finally, boil the water and prepare to take a bath.

After each person finished taking a bath with a pot of water, Li Kongzhu took the changed clothes and quilts of the two of them out for washing.

During the period, Zhao Junyi wanted to wash his clothes by himself, but Li Kongzhu refused.

Seeing him wearing the wrinkled clothes he sewed, there was a sweet smile on his lips that he couldn't hold back no matter how hard he tried.

Calling him to help wash together, she scrubbed the dirt with the soap locusts, and he was in charge of cleaning.

In the meantime, both his underwear and her bellyband were washed out by her immediately. The man held those two small pieces of underwear, and for some reason he thought of the red underwear she threw away that night. A somewhat unnatural blush appeared.

Li Kongzhu saw it, and preached in a vicious way: "This undergarment has to be washed separately, and it can't be mixed with the coat, otherwise, it's easy to get itchy. It's okay for men, but it's troublesome for women." gone."

"Cough!" The man looked up at her speechlessly.

But she saw that she deliberately squinted at him and smiled, "I'm telling the truth, the head of the house has to remember. Don't forget at any time. When I come to menstruation, if I don't want to move, I can only I beg you to help wash it!"

The man blushed, and said lightly to her, "Stop talking nonsense, I don't like it!"

All right!Shrugged, she didn't want to come either.

But who made him an elm, and still treat her so coldly.It was in vain that she fell deeper and deeper in love, but only this morning, he couldn't help stretching out his hand.

Is it really hard to help her, or does she feel pity for her?

"Head! I like you, right!"

"..."

Seeing men keep silent, women have long been used to it.Scrubbing the soap locusts, she said casually while rubbing the dirty clothes: "When I like you, if you want to go, please go for a short time. If one day you go too long, I don't know if I will How long can I keep this love. If one day, another man with the same temperament as you comes, maybe I will find someone to trust and follow him again!"

Handing over the rubbed coat, he saw that he was looking up at himself.

Smiling helplessly, he said: "I really like you, but I don't know how long this love can last. If you walk away from me without saying a word, if you walk away for a long time, I'm afraid there will be another love in my life." Important lover." Isn't that what's written in the books?People who were in love once, after their boyfriend went abroad for many years, the heroine couldn't wait, so she would marry someone at will.But that person will become inconsiderate after marriage, until the heroine gradually forgets the unforgettable love she once had, and becomes in love with the person she married.

Although she really didn't want to empathize with her, what if such a person really appeared?
Seeing that the man was still looking at her calmly, she said again: "Do you know lovers? They are lovers! Although you and I are husband and wife now, we are not lovers. Because we are not in love!"

As she spoke, she seemed to remember again, "Oh right, there is no such thing as falling in love in this place. Falling in love means holding hands together, taking a walk together, eating together, and kissing together. Cough!"

"Of course, if necessary, when we get to know each other well, we can roll in bed together!"

After she finished speaking solemnly, she looked at him again and said, "Although you and I are husband and wife, we never held hands."

Man: I just took it.

"Two never took a walk!"

The man raised his eyebrows: A few days ago, we lived together in the last episode, why didn't we take a walk?

"Three is a meal, but not a date meal."

Date meal?
"These four!" The woman snorted, "I'm too embarrassed to say, let alone kiss, I don't even have a face."

……really.

The woman didn't say anything, but looked at him seriously and said: "We don't care about these five bed sheets." Besides, it is impossible for him to have sex with her.

Zhao Junyi listened to her in silence, and put the washed clothes in the side basin.

He got up, took the big wooden basin and walked towards the drain in the backyard for pouring water.

Li Kongzhu looked at his back as he walked away, and couldn't help sighing, "The revolution is still a success!" It seems that we still have to work hard!

After the laundry was done, it was hung to dry on a rope that ran from the eaves to the wooden fence.

Waiting for the water to dry up a little, and then bring ice cubes to the kang in the house.

It's getting late now, and it's time for dinner.

He promised to cook porridge for Zhao Junyi. The wilted cabbage was marinated after lunch. Put some chili oil and mix it with it. It is also a good little pickle.

After carrying it to the main house to finish eating with the man, I started preparing for the stewed meat and steamed buns for the Chinese New Year at night.

There won't be too many bells and whistles, it's just a matter of rubbing the dough into a round bun.The two of them didn't eat much, so she only planned to steam a basket.

She uses the two stoves in the hut to cook meat and steam buns.

After the pig's head meat was rolled away and the steamed buns were put into the basket, Li Kongzhu just set up some firewood on big wooden sticks and went in.

Taking out the raw melon seeds and peanuts she bought, she started the stove outside again.

When the melon seeds and peanuts are fried and crispy, the meat and steamed buns are also steamed.

After getting out of the cage, the meat was cooled again.

After washing the pot, the day is officially over.

When I returned to the house after washing my face and feet at night, I saw the man was meditating again.

He asked, "Do you want to add something to the master? I have already steamed the steamed buns, and fried the peanuts and melon seeds. If you want to smack your mouth..."

"It's getting late, why are you still eating those things?" The man looked at her helplessly and said.

He got up, took the quilt on the kang, and began to spread the kang for her.

Li Kongzhu looked at his slender back in a daze, a hazy halo appeared under the dim oil lamp.

A little dazzling, and a little unreal feeling of swaying.

He stepped forward lightly and stood behind him.

I didn't notice the man's stiffness for a moment.

She stretched out her hand, and carefully wrapped it around his strong and lean waist.Without saying a word, she put her face on his back, closed her eyes, and enjoyed this rare moment of peace.

The man twitched his pale pink lips helplessly.He reached out and pulled her hand locked around his waist.

"Stop making trouble, go to sleep!"

"Homeland!"

"……Um?"

The woman shook her head and backed away from him.

She grinned brightly at him with a bright red mouth, "It's nothing! Go to sleep!"

"...Okay!" The man looked at her with indescribably dark eyes.

The woman took off her shoes and got on the kang, lying in front of the bed he had made for herself, she waved to him and said, "Go to sleep, you have busy work tomorrow!"

"Yeah!" The man calmly went to extinguish the oil lamp.

When he came to the kang, he saw the woman was already looking at him sideways.

Zhao Junyi lay flat with her eyes open and tried her best to ignore her Qiushui Jiantong, which was still flickering in the darkness.I don't know how many times I sighed in my heart, I closed my eyes lightly, and let my breathing become longer.

Li Kongzhu listened to his breathing, slowly closed his eyes, tried hard to follow his beat, and began to fall asleep quietly.

In the dream, she uttered what she hadn't finished saying: Master, why don't we consummate the house!
The next morning, after Li Kongzhu got up, he warmed up some steamed buns.

I made a small rice porridge with eggs and pickles.

After eating, Zhao Yinsheng and Zhao Jinsheng from the second bedroom of the big room next door came.

There is no other meaning, just asking about going to the grave of parents and ancestors.

Li Diaozhu forgot to buy paper for this matter.It's hard to say in front of the public, just let them go first, and they will go later.

Zhao Yinsheng said a bit sourly, "Why? If you don't want it now, we can't have a couple? It's really rich, and the status is high!"

"Second brother is wrong, the family still needs to clean up a little bit, and when it's tidy up, I'll go."

"Is there any job more important than going to the graves of parents?" Zhao Yinsheng stretched his neck and looked into the yard, but he couldn't help snorting coldly when he didn't see Zhao Junyi coming out, "It's no wonder, after all, he was raised. How can we have a kiss!"

Then, he turned his neck and called Zhao Jinsheng, "Brother, let's go, so as not to get in the way of people's eyes here!"

Zhao Jinsheng was summoned to leave, so he nodded to Li Kongzhu, "Let the third child remember to go later, don't miss the time, it's not good to talk to the head of Xiangwu!"

"understood!"

Li Kongzhu waited for them to go far away, then went back to the house and brought two strings of money.Asked Zhao Junyi: "How many graves need to be worshipped, and how much knife paper do I need to buy?"

"Buy six knives! Father and mother will get four knives, and the rest only need two knives!"

Li Kongzhu nodded, and when he was about to go out, he didn't notice the flash of sadness in his eyes.

After buying the paper from the grocery store in the village, I cut off the meat and took some steamed buns.After putting it in a bowl, let him take it to the grave to worship.

After he was sent away from the hospital, Li Diaozhu hurriedly pasted up couplets.

The kitchen, the chicken coop, and the toilets were all posted up.

Li Diaozhu at the gate didn't post it, thinking he would post it when Zhao Junyi came back.

Yesterday I only cooked meat, today I started cooking ribs and side dishes.

The dried vegetables were soaked in water, and onions and potatoes were prepared, which are common winter vegetables.

After the bones were stewed, they began to cut the raw meat and stuffed the dumpling.

Since the courtyard door was not closed, Zhao Miaoer walked in spontaneously.

Looking for the sound of stomping, he went to the small kitchen.

Looking at her, in a childish voice, he clasped his hands and wished her a New Year, "Third Aunt, Happy New Year!"

"Hey, happy Chinese New Year!" Li Kongzhu stopped stamping his fleshy hands, looked at Zhao Miao'er who was dressed in a happy look, hurriedly wiped his hands, and took out a clean plate.

I packed some hawthorn strips and hawthorn cakes, and grabbed a few handfuls of self-fried fried peanuts and melon seeds from the sealed jar.

I went to the main house and got a long bench, put the bowl on it, and asked her to sit on the bench and eat.And she continued stomping on the stuffing.

"Third Aunt, you're pissed off!"

"Hmm!"

"What stuff!"

"Pork and cabbage stuffing."

"My mother is also stowing pork, and she cooked the meat yesterday, it's delicious!" Zhao Miao'er ate a piece of leftover crystal cake, pointing her head to show how much meat she stewed.

Li Kongzhu was amused to hear it, and asked casually, "Why are you here alone, loach?" He has about two years of experience, doesn't he often play in one place?

"Oh!" Xiaowazi said like a grown-up, "I was beaten by my aunt yesterday."

beated?Li Kongzhu frowned, only then remembered the cry of a child he heard yesterday.He couldn't help but feel pity for that kid.

"Auntie is terrifying!" Zhao Miao'er couldn't help trembling when she mentioned Zheng's. "It's like this, like this, her mouth is so open, it's scary to look at!" The little Zhao Miao'er couldn't describe it, so she had to put her two little hands on her lips and kept pulling it for her. look.

"Cracked mouth?"

"Well! There's been a lot of blood, and I can't speak clearly. My mother said, I don't know yet!" Speaking of this, she proudly puffed out her small breasts.

Li Kongzhu was thinking about Zheng's mouth cracking, what's going on?Could it be possible to open your mouth?
Imagining the big mouth being opened, Li Kongzhu couldn't help being frightened.

Zhao Miaoer took another hawthorn stick and ate it, "My uncle didn't let my second brother come. I beat my second brother to cry for a long time yesterday. My mother refused to let my second brother come to my house. In the end, for some reason, uncle Mother said she would beat him to death!"

After all, he is small, so he is not very clear about provocations from adults, so he can't learn all the words.

Li Kongzhu's eyes flickered.

I felt that Mrs. Zhang might have said something bad, and together with Zhao Miao'er, Mrs. Zheng said that Mrs. Zheng did not let Zhao Niqiu come to her. What else is there that I don't understand?
This Mrs. Zhang really makes people trip up everywhere, even for such a small child.

While he was busy with his life, Zhao Junyi came back from offering sacrifices to his ancestors.

I don't know if it's Li Kongzhu's illusion, although he only has such a blink of an eye, he feels that his figure looks like a haze.

Had a quarrel with two brothers Zhao Yinsheng when we went up the mountain?

Just as he was guessing, Zhao Junyi stepped over there, "Is there anyone who needs help?"

"No!" Li Kongzhu shook his head, thinking about it: "There is still no couplet posted on the gate, I thought I'd ask you to post it."

The man gave her a meaningful look, "Dad and mother have only died less than half a year ago." How can there be a red post in the first year?
"Ah!" Li Kongzhu seemed to have heard it too.In this dead person's house, it seems like three years can't post red, right?

"Then what should I do? I posted it at home, the kitchen, the chicken coop, and the toilet!"

"I'm going to remove the door of the main house, the kitchen and the chicken coop are fine." The man gave her a helpless look.

Li Kongzhu nodded his head and said: "Good!"

"Third Uncle~" Zhao Miao'er, who had been afraid for a long time, finally called out to the man in a low voice.

"Yeah!" Zhao Junyi nodded at her lightly, then walked out.

Seeing the back of the man going out, Li Kongzhu muttered dissatisfiedly, "I knew why I didn't say it sooner? I wasted a lot of money. Hmph!" (The man was busy looking after the stalker, How could anyone pay attention to what she bought, it was really wronged.)
Zhao Miao'er saw that she seemed to be getting angry, so she quickly slid off the stool and asked to go home.

Seeing this, Li Diaozhu ordered her to take melon seeds and peanut hawthorn sticks back.

"If the loach wants it, you can secretly give him some. When you come to visit tomorrow, the third aunt will bring you crystal cakes to eat."

"Really?"

"Really!" Li Kongzhu nodded her little nose, "If someone asks, you can't say that the third aunt gave it to you, but say that you gave it to the second brother, you know?"

"Why!" Zhao Miaoer looked at her and asked with some confusion.

"Because Miao'er gave it to the second brother. If the second brother wants to eat, will you give it to him?"

"Give it!"

"Isn't that what Miao Er gave to the second brother?" Li Kongzhu looked at the little guy who had been dazed by her with a funny face.

The little guy wrinkled his little nose and thought for a while, "That's right!"

"Okay, let's go back!" He patted her with a smile and told her to go home quickly.

Zhao Miaoer nodded happily, "Okay!"

"Remember, this is a secret!" When she ran out of the hut, Li Kongzhu smiled warmly at her and took a finger, making a "shh!"
"Shh!" Zhao Miaoer also learned the word shhh.Then ran towards the house with little feet!
Li Kongzhu watched the little festive balls running out of the hospital, and couldn't stop laughing.

"So funny?"

The man came over after unpacking the pair, and happened to meet her smiling unpreparedly.

"Yeah! It's so cute! Don't you think so?"

The woman turned to look at him.Zhao Junyi looked in the direction she was looking at, and saw a little red dumpling quickly flashing past the wall.His eyes flickered for a moment inadvertently, and when he looked at her again, his eyes were very complicated and difficult to explain.

Li Kongzhu didn't say anything, after this incident, he continued to stamp his stuffing.

I wanted to make egg stuffing again, but unfortunately there are no leeks in winter here, and it is too unpleasant to use other buns.

Put the stamped stuffing into the basin.The cabbage was ready and salted, and I was going to make dumplings with stuffing after lunch.

At this moment, the big bones in the stew pot were almost ready, Li Diaozhu put the cut radish into it, and then went to the frozen snowdrift to dig a chunk of cut frozen tofu out.

After washing, it was thrown into the pot with ice cubes and continued to stew.

If you are going to have a big bone soup for lunch, it is served with stewed radish and frozen tofu, which has a special flavor.

After Zhao Miao'er here entered the courtyard, she saw Zhao Nixiu standing under the eaves, staring blankly at her.

Thinking of what Li Diabolo said, Zhao Miaoer hurriedly ran over on short legs, "Second brother, do you want to eat hawthorn sticks?"

Looking at the red and white hawthorn sticks in her arms, Zhao Niqiu couldn't help swallowing.

Then he shook his head in fear and said, "I, I won't eat."

"Eat it! I'll give you something to eat!" Zhao Miao'er quickly grabbed a handful and put it into his little hand.Seeing that he wanted to push, I thought that it would be bad if I went to my third aunt's house tomorrow without crystal cakes.

He hurriedly said to him: "Eat it, eat it!"

"Mom! The second brother is eating hawthorn sticks!" Zhao Tiedan, who had noticed them earlier, quickly raised his voice and shouted at his mother who was cooking meat in the kitchen.

When Mrs. Zheng heard that it was hawthorn again, she shouted angrily: "Little brat, did you go to the next door again? See if grandma can't hold your bag!"

(End of this chapter)