The strong fisherman in the courtyard

I have to admit that Li's mother considered the issue from a different perspective. She didn't worry about whether the two people outside would fight. Instead, she retorted to Comrade Li first.

Comrade Lao Li's good mood for the day was ruined, but he didn't dare to get angry at his wife, so he could only stammer, "I'm wrong, wife, I'll take care of the housework today, okay? Let's go see the girl first?"

"One month, no negotiation, otherwise you will sleep on the floor tonight!" Li's mother put her hands on her hips and increased the quantity without raising the price.

"Okay, okay, then I'll go take a look?"

"What are you going to do? Just let Mingzi go. Otherwise, when we go out, some people will say that we are bullying the younger generation."

Father Li finally reacted, "That's right, my wife is right."

After praising his wife, Father Li shouted into the house, "Mingzi, someone is looking for you outside, go and see them quickly, don't let your sister get bullied!"

Chapter 155: Speechless Li Ming, Implicated Father Li

Li Ming, who had just woken up, got furious when he heard this. Damn it, there are endless troubles in this broken courtyard, right? Now someone dares to bully his sister again?

Is this guy really tired of living?

Li Ming put on his clothes at the speed of light and rushed out with an angry face. He even kicked open the door of his house. Li's father watched as the two latches of his door were directly scrapped by Li Ming's kick. The door was now hanging on the wall.

Mother Li looked at Father Li speechlessly and said, "Fix the gate today. If you can't fix it, you can just use it as the gate."

"This, this I didn't expect Mingzi to react so strongly!" Comrade Li Weiguo had had enough this morning. He suffered a double blow so early in the morning.

"Don't you know how protective your son is? You've already said that if you go too late, Ruirui will be angry. How can he not be anxious?"

Father Li didn't dare to say anything more. He just nodded like a little chicken while paying attention to the situation outside.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

The two people outside saw the door almost fall off the wall, and they both took a step back for fear of being hit.

Li Rui thought about it again and finally reacted to the sound of her father howling into the house. She guessed that the force was because her brother was worried that she would be bullied, so he kicked the door directly.

When he looked at the door again, he was no longer afraid. At this moment, Li Ming rushed out, "Who? Who dares to bully my Ruirui?"

Li Ming growled in a low voice.

After all, it was early in the morning, and too much noise would easily affect the lives of the neighbors, right? Although the noise of kicking the door just now was not small, Li Ming believed that these considerate neighbors in the front yard would not say anything.

When Li Rui saw her brother like this, she rushed over and hugged Li Ming, saying, "No, no, don't worry, brother. It's all my dad's nonsense."

He Yushui was so scared when he saw that Li Ming, who was usually very elegant, was now like an angry tiger. He took a few steps back and retreated completely to the corridor.

Li Ming suppressed his anger when he heard his sister's voice. He didn't even look at He Yushui, but stared at his sister, "Are you really okay?"

"It's really okay!" Li Rui said as she turned around.

"Oh, that's fine. Comrade Li is really something! He can't even speak clearly." Li Ming joked about his father with a smile, and then looked at He Yushui.

Comrade Li Weiguo, who was standing in the room, heard what his little daughter and his eldest son said. His face continued to twitch and he looked at his wife speechlessly, as if hoping to get some comfort.

“Remember to fix the door.”

Mother Li ignored her husband and went to the kitchen to serve breakfast.

"Rainwater, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

Li Ming looked at He Yushui and had a rough idea of ​​what was going on, but he still had to go through the necessary procedures.

He Yushui suddenly felt her lips a little dry. It seemed that with Li Ming's strength, if he had kicked her silly brother last night, would she not have been able to see her silly brother when she came back yesterday?

Does this mean that Li Ming has held back? If so, what is she doing here today?

He Yuzhu was in the wrong to begin with. Wouldn't it be even worse if she continued to make a fuss in this situation?

Thinking of this, He Yushui quickly waved his hand, "No, it's okay."

After saying this, He Yushui turned around and ran towards the central courtyard. If you didn’t know, you would think that someone was chasing her with a knife!

Li Ming spread his hands, "That's it? You're still planning on bullying my sister? That's hilarious!"

Li Rui was amused when she heard this. "Brother, someone is planning to ask you for an explanation."

"What the hell! If I hadn't held back yesterday, this would have been He Yuzhu's fate!"

Li Ming dragged his sister into the house, muttering as he walked, "Let's go, let's go eat!"

"Let's leave this gate to Comrade Lao Li to repair today."

"I understand." Comrade Lao Li's weak voice came from the room.

Nothing wrong, Lao Li’s ears are very useful!

Li Ming walked up to his father with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Comrade Li."

"Blame me, blame me. I should fix it..."

Seeing his two children like this, Comrade Li was very happy. Forget about whether to repair the door or not? The elder brother in the family knew how to care for his younger sister, which made him, as a father, very happy.

By the time the Li family finished their breakfast, Li Ming and the other Shazhu didn't take the bait. He thought He Yuzhu would come over again and give him a beating, but he didn't see the two men from the He family in the front yard.

"I guess He Yushui didn't tell anyone about this when he went back. Well, today's fishing trip is considered a failure." Comrade Li Ming smacked his lips in disappointment and looked at the repaired door.

The two latches worked as expected. Comrade Li Weiguo used the small amount of money he took out from the small treasury to buy new ones from the supply and marketing cooperative. After some clanging and banging, the door of the house was able to function normally again.

. . . . . .

Time keeps moving forward, and Laba Festival is almost here.

The Laba Festival is an important day before the Chinese New Year in Sijiu City. The Li family started preparing the ingredients for Laba porridge a long time ago. After all, the ingredients for Laba porridge are rich and varied, including red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, pine nuts, longans, raisins and more than 20 other ingredients.

Sometimes if you don’t buy something, it will be gone in the blink of an eye, and you won’t be able to buy it even if you want to.

Even so, the Li family failed to gather all twenty kinds of food ingredients this year. The main reason was that the harvest was bad and not many people came out to sell these things.

Moreover, in previous years, the families who could gather these materials were all wealthy and powerful. For example, it was already very good for an ordinary family in the old city to gather half of them. In addition, this year was not a good year, and the Li family could only barely gather some of the types from previous years.

During this period, the courtyard was peaceful and stable. No matter whether it was the Jia family or the He family, even the Yi Zhonghai family, they were all very stable, so stable that Li Ming was a little uncomfortable.

What's even more regrettable is that old man Yi Zhonghai hasn't introduced a blind date to that fool He Yuzhu recently, leaving Xu Damao and Li Ming, who have been holding back their anger for a long time, with no place to put their energy!

Front yard, Li's house.

"Mom, should we pack up these ingredients tonight?"

Li Ming looked at the food scattered all over the floor in despair. Not only Li Ming, but also Li's father and Li Rui had expressions of despair on their faces.

There is no other reason. Generally, the women in the family start to get busy from the evening of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, washing rice, soaking fruits, peeling and removing the cores. They start to simmer over a low fire in the middle of the night and continue until the next morning, when the hot Laba porridge is ready.

Chapter 156 Laba Festival

However, the Li family never let the women in the family busy with these things alone, so every year on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family would come together to solve these problems, so that they could sleep a little longer at night.

The next morning, after drinking Laba porridge and taking a nap, everything would be fine. Of course, the Jia family was definitely not like this, including the Yan family across the street.

It is rare for the Li family to do this, where everyone takes care of things together.

Mother Li looked at the whole family with a smile and nodded, "Yes, there are a lot more of these things this year, thanks to my eldest son's efforts."

At this moment, Li Ming suddenly had the urge to give up for the next year. After all, the workload this year did seem a bit scary.

There was also a huge iron pot that had been placed on the stove early in the morning, and next to it was a pile of firewood that Li Ming and his father had been chopping for half a day.

"Son, you are awesome!"

Comrade Li Weiguo gritted his teeth and patted his eldest son. Li Ming nodded woodenly to show that he understood.

Li Rui burst out laughing when she saw this scene, and the splash went straight towards Lao Li, but Lao Li dodged it, as if he had opened up his Ren and Du meridians in advance.

There’s no other way, just grit your teeth and do it!

The four members of the Li family immediately sat on the ground with a small stool each and started to pack up these things. What? Didn’t you say it was not midnight?

Who wants to get up in the middle of the night to clean up these things if they can finish it sooner? It's better to go to bed early instead of wasting time.

Of course, some particular families have the habit of cleaning up in the middle of the night, for example, the Yan family across the street!

Comrade Li Ming had only three words to describe the neighbor's style: "Too picky!"

It's true that the poorer you are, the more particular you are. These three words are extremely appropriate to describe Yan Fugui.

Some families will also put a word "Fu" or "Buddha" on the porridge, which means perfection, happiness and auspiciousness. Before drinking the porridge, people will kowtow to the statues of gods and ancestors in the temple and then start to eat the porridge.

Anyway, the two days before and after Laba Festival are really busy, but the first bite of Laba porridge on the morning of Laba Festival is really delicious! Fragrant, sweet, soft and delicious, very comfortable!

The family cleaned up for a long time when Li's mother suddenly got up and went to the kitchen. After a while, she came out with a few bunches of garlic and a large glass jar.

"Wife, what is this?"

"Hey, I was just wondering if I forgot something. Suddenly I remembered that I forgot to pickle the Laba garlic this year!"

Mother Li raised the thing in her hand and laughed.

"Oh, that's a must. During the Chinese New Year, have a bite of this Laba garlic and a bite of dumplings. It's delicious!"

Father Li seemed to have remembered the taste of last year, and drool was almost flowing from the corners of his mouth.

Li Rui pouted at the side, "Dad, are you planning to drink some more wine?"

Father Li looked as if it was a matter of course. He was just drinking during the New Year and the head of the family didn't care. He finally got the chance, so he had to drink more, right?

"It would be better if we could have some more. Dumplings go well with wine. The more we drink, the more we have!" Although Comrade Li Weiguo thought very tough in his heart, he sounded a lot more timid when he said it.

Li's mother didn't care. She didn't mind if he drank a little during the New Year, but she couldn't control him every day, right?

Laba garlic is also a protagonist of the Laba Festival, but it is not eaten on the day of Laba Festival. Instead, it is eaten with dumplings during the Spring Festival.

People put peeled garlic in a bottle, soak it in vinegar, seal the bottle and put it in a cool place. When it is time to eat, open the bottle and the green garlic and the vinegar with garlic flavor are the perfect match for eating dumplings during the Spring Festival.

The Li family was busy until after ten o'clock in the evening, and finally they had prepared all the ingredients for making Laba porridge. At this moment, the people next door had just started.

Li Ming glanced outside and saw the three aunts busying themselves inside and outside the house, still freezing. It went without saying that old Yan Fugui must be sleeping on the kang, waiting to get up early the next morning to eat the ready-made food.

. . . . . .

The next day.

At around six o'clock in the morning, Li Ming woke up to the tempting aroma of Laba porridge. He washed and dressed while listening to the children singing New Year songs outside.

Children, children, don’t be greedy, after Laba it will be the New Year. [1]

Laba porridge, a few days later, the 23rd. On the 23rd, sticky sugar melons, on the 24th, sweep the house,

Twenty-five, make tofu, Twenty-six, stew pork,

On the twenty-seventh, slaughter the New Year chicken. On the twenty-eighth, let the dough ferment.

On the twenty-ninth, we steamed buns. On the thirty night, we stayed up all night.

Twist your feet on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and have dumplings on New Year’s Eve every year.

When this song sounds, it means that the Chinese New Year is not far away.

Small living room.

Mr. and Mrs. Li, as well as Li Rui and Li Ming, the whole family, each held a large bowl in their hands and ate this year's Laba porridge.

"Hiccup~~~"

Comrade Lao Li put down the big bowl in his hand and burped with satisfaction. "Wow, I look forward to this every year. Now I am satisfied!"

Li Ming stood up and had another bowl. There was no other way. Li Yuanba's physical condition meant that Comrade Li Ming could eat and digest. At least he could only drink half a bowl last year, but this year he could drink two bowls in one go!

"If you're not full, drink more. We've cooked a lot this year, so there's definitely enough to drink!"

Mother Li watched her son refill his bowl with a smile, then looked at her daughter's clean bowl, which didn't need to be washed anymore. She was now rubbing her stomach and slumped in a chair to digest her food.

Last night's efforts were not in vain. I can see this morning that staying up late was well worth it.

After dinner, Old Li, who should wash the pot, did so, while Little Li, who should bask in the sun, did so. The atmosphere in the Li family was extremely harmonious.

forecourt.

"Mingzi, it's sunbathing again!"

Yan Fugui had just finished his morning Laba porridge and strolled out with a smile on his face.

Li Ming didn't stand up either, but nodded, "I'm so full, let's get some sun to help digest the food."

Well, Yan Fugui was choked by this sentence. Every member of his family had a small bowl of rice in the morning. Just this was enough to make the third uncle happy for the whole day. He didn't expect that he would suffer a blow from Li Ming just after coming out of the house.

"Haha, that's good, I'm quite full today!"