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Chapter 136 Liu's Apology

After half an hour, Ji Lao Liu filled Chu Ge's glass again, but when it was his turn, he only poured more than half of the glass.

He squinted his eyes and glanced into the jug, shook the wine jug, put it under the table, and picked up another jug.

Although Mrs. Liu was chattering with Xiuniang, she still looked at Ji Laoliu from time to time. She frowned as she saw that Ji Laoliu was about to make another pot, and stretched out her hand to take the wine come over.

Ji Laoliu looked at Mrs. Liu, and burped when he was about to speak. He pursed his lips, "Hey, mother, I, I haven't had a drink yet."

Liu's eyes widened, apparently angry, but since Chu Ge and Xiu Niang were both there, she didn't burst out, "Okay, his father, if you haven't had a drink yet, then Chu Ge's feet Did the wine in those two empty wine jugs go into the belly of my sister and me?"

Xiuniang knew that Mrs. Liu was trying to save face for Ji Lao Liu, so she tried to keep her voice as gentle as possible, but it sounded weird.

"Okay, Sister-in-law Six, why don't you let Brother Six drink another cup? Didn't you just say that today is still Chinese New Year?"

Mrs. Liu looked at Xiuniang, pointed to the dishes on the table and muttered.

"Hey, sister, as long as your sixth brother encounters wine, he won't let go when he hugs the jug. Look, the meat and vegetables are not missing much, and the wine is going down pot after pot!"

Chu Ge scratched his head, thought about it, and said, "Sister-in-law Six, I, I also drank a pot..."

Mrs. Liu gave Chu Ge a look, and wanted to say that she poured three or two cups for Ji Lao Liu when she looked at him, and the rest went into Ji Lao Liu's stomach, but she was afraid that she would really say that, so she seemed to be in a hurry. She was being stingy, and she did nothing else all night, just staring at how much Chugo drank herself.

Xiu Niang looked at it and smiled, too much alcohol hurt her body, this Liu's heart is tight to Ji Lao Liu, but his temper is too sharp, and his knife mouth is too sharp.

Ji Lao Liu listened to Liu's nagging, complaining that she didn't save himself some face or something, and when it was over, he picked up chopsticks and ate vegetables...

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After they finished their meal, Ji Laoliu set up a small stone stove in the yard, with a small copper pot on it, and said that he wanted to make tea to scrape off the oil in his stomach.

Chu Ge helped break the firewood. Originally, in Xiayang Village, no one had the habit of drinking tea. It’s just that the Chinese New Year’s day, everyone will inevitably eat better. The soup is usually clear and watery, but it’s still a little smelly when it’s oily. Comfortable.

Xiu Niang was helping Mrs. Liu in the stove in the west room, and the two talked about cleaning the pots and bowls together. Today, Mrs. Liu has been busy all day, and she has accumulated a pot of dishes and chopsticks from morning to night.

Mrs. Liu poured boiled rice washing water into the big wooden basin, and carried two small stools, one for herself and one for Xiu Niang. Mother said, "Hey, sister, don't tell me, I use your method to save the rice washing water to wash the dishes, and it really scrapes the oil."

Xiu Niang also moved, and she smiled, "It's as long as it's easy to use. If you don't squeeze in dish soap, your hands will always feel dry."

Mrs. Liu listened for a while, "Sister, what, what is dish soap?"

Xiu Niang was taken aback, looked at Mrs. Liu, thought about it, and said, "No, it's nothing, oh, I mean, I just washed the pots and pans with clean water, and they still feel sticky when I hold them. Muddy, not dry at all."

Mrs. Liu smiled, "Oh, that's right." She mumbled to put the washed bowls in the basket beside her, and after a while, they would be finished with clear water.

She wiped several big soup pots a few times, took them out and put them away, then thought about it for a while, secretly glanced at Xiu Niang, and pretended to ask casually, "Hey, sister, why haven't I listened to you these two days?" Asking about the forest, didn't you tell me to pay more attention to what the old knife woman said earlier?"

Xiu Niang handed the two washed dishes to Mrs. Liu, and asked her to put them in the basket as well, "Oh, Sister-in-law Liu, what did you ask about... What did Sister-in-law Dao say?"

Mrs. Liu didn't expect Xiu Niang to ask her back, so she said, "Hey, what can the old knife woman say, why not just say 'I have to ask my boss'."

Xiu Niang smiled, "It seems that this old Dao brother hasn't let go, hey, don't worry about it."

Mrs. Liu didn't understand, "What? Don't care?"

"Well, never mind, let him hang out first."

"Sister, then you don't want that forest anymore?" There was a hint of joy in Liu's tone.

"Yes, why don't you?" Xiu Niang thought, although Chu Ge thought of a good way to collect some waste from the wood shop to make washing boards, but if the wood shop doesn't have the wood she wants, then she Putting down the forest, isn't it an extra layer of protection?

Mrs. Liu asked, "Sister, why are you still talking about it?"

Xiu Niang smiled, and said to Mrs. Liu, "Sister-in-law Liu, sister-in-law Dao hasn't given you an answer. I reckon Shi Laodao is waiting to see if anyone else wants his forest land. There are so many people, isn’t it like he’s making some comparisons, knocking a few taels of silver? We won’t ask Mrs. Dao for a few days, let’s just leave him alone, and wait until he can’t stand it anymore, so he will naturally ask Mrs. Dao to come to us of."

"This... sister, what do you mean by thinking about it?" Mrs. Liu still didn't understand what Xiuniang was thinking.

Xiu Niang said, "Sister-in-law Six, think about it, the old Dao family's woodland has been left unused for many years, and if someone thought about it, they would have already asked someone to take it over. He (Shi Laodao) has lived for so many days. If I haven’t told you whether to sell it or not, it means that no one has asked about it, or else, he would have come to raise the price for you a long time ago.”

Mrs. Liu frowned and looked at Xiu Niang, "Sister, you are right to say that, but if that Old Swordsman Shi ran to the town to shout..."

Xiu Niang waved her hand and said, "That's impossible. I went to the town earlier to look around. There were about a dozen wood stores there, but as soon as they left the town, they could buy wood in a workshop outside. They didn't They will not come to Xiayang Village to buy forest land, then they will have to hire people to cut trees and pull carts, which will take time and money, and the cost will immediately go up, it will not be worthwhile.”

"So, let's cool off the old knife brother first. No one asked him about the forest before. After so many years, maybe he doesn't care about it, but we brought it up to him again a few days ago. You go ask I asked again, and he naturally thought that there were more people wanting forest land, but the longer he dragged on, the more flustered he was, fearing that no one wanted it, and fearing that the price would be lowered ..."

Seeing what Xiuniang said, Mrs. Liu's face became more and more ugly. She guessed that she could guess what Xiuniang would say next.

But Xiuniang didn't pay attention, she continued to work on her hands, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Liu, you can just calm down and wait, he is more anxious than us if the woodland can't be sold, so don't live on." In a few days, he will have to come to you, and then he will take the initiative to lower the price."

She smiled and said again, "Sister-in-law Liu, let's go to Sister-in-law Dao to lower the price, and him taking the initiative to ask us to lower the price, these are two different things, what's in the front is what they say, and what's behind is what we say-- "

"Oops!" With a sullen face, Liu patted her thigh in remorse, complaining that she hadn't chatted with Xiu Niang earlier, otherwise she wouldn't have asked Shi Laodao to pay more money.

Xiu Niang was taken aback, "What's wrong, Sixth Sister-in-law?"

Mrs. Liu sighed suddenly, put the bowls and chopsticks in her hand into the water, and said to Xiu Niang, "Sister, Sixth Sister-in-law, Sixth Sister-in-law, I'm sorry."

(End of this chapter)