Liu Laifu's daughter-in-law Chunhong was not happy when she heard this.
"Sister-in-law, Laifu went to the county town to ask Wu Er to help teach the Li family a lesson. He was not fooling around! Besides, I think my eldest brother's waist has already healed. Isn't he just lazy and doesn't want to work? What excuse are you making?"
"What are you talking about? ? Your man is lazy, greedy, and spends all day trying to get money from your mother, and you still have the nerve to talk about my Tiezhu!"
Su Niang seemed to have been stabbed in the foot, and her words became more and more unpleasant.
Chunhong's big face turned blue with anger. She couldn't defeat Su Niang, so she simply took advantage of her weight and pushed Su Niang to the edge of the kang and beat her.
Mrs. Guo did not stop the fight. Instead, she picked up a feather duster and taught the two daughters-in-law a lesson together.
The shouting and shouting of the Liu family could be heard far away. When the villagers passing by heard it, they all looked disgusted and ran away.
"Why are you making so much noise? You're not letting anyone sleep anymore!"
Liu Tiezhu was sleeping on the kang when he was suddenly woken up and cursed angrily.
"If you have the ability, go to the Li family to fight. If they hadn't watched the fun and refused to help, would our family's food not be recovered?"
This reminded Guo, and she yelled in the direction of the Li family.
"You are a wolf-hearted person who won't even help your relatives. Sooner or later
, you will have no children or grandchildren!" When the neighbors of the Liu family heard this, they became even more disgusted with the Liu family. Who has no conscience? The Liu family really has no clue...
Mrs. Li didn't know that the Liu family She was coaxing her granddaughter to do needlework while she was having trouble at home.
One autumn rain and another cold, this weather will only get colder in the future.
Jiayin's clothes were a little thin, so Mrs. Li found the fabric and cotton she bought a few days ago and wanted to make some small clothes for her granddaughter.
Jiayin lay on the warm kang, feeling like a pancake. The batter was battered but the other side was not yet cooked.
"Hey!" Jiayin threw the rattle and reached out to her grandma.
Mrs. Li quickly put down the half-sewn clothes, picked up her granddaughter and rocked her gently.
The autumn harvest work is all done, and the Li family is not sitting idle in the house.
Young and old all carried axes and ropes into the mountains, preparing to cut more firewood and save it for burning in the winter.
The villagers who had received help from the Li family before saw the Li family going up the mountain to chop firewood, so they all took their own axes and followed them.
There are many people to work with, and in just one day, a large pile of firewood was chopped.
Jiaren and his younger brothers put some wet firewood on the open ground to dry, and then stacked them neatly outside the yard.
This morning, Li Laosi carried a bow and arrows and prepared to go hunting in the mountains. After the rain, the wild animals on the mountains were less mobile and easier to hunt.
"Brother Qiu Sheng, we are here!"
Several young men from the village, also neatly dressed and holding bows, arrows and hatchets, came to Li's house with excitement on their faces.
When they were chopping firewood together earlier, Li Laosi casually shot down pheasants and rabbits, and his superb archery skills made them envious.
After pestering for a long time, Li Laosi agreed to take them up the mountain together.
"Have you all eaten? There's nothing to do. Let's leave now."
Li Laosi checked the quiver and led the boys up the mountain.
Jia Xi and Jia An clamored to follow, but in the end Li Laosi only brought Jia Yi, who was strong and skilled.
Jia'an Jiaxi was very depressed, but Tao Hongying called her to the kitchen, and each of them stuffed a roasted sweet potato and made her happy.
Mrs. Li held Good News in her arms and sat on the bed, chatting with the women who came to the house.
This woman's husband's surname is Zhang, and people in the village call her Second Sister-in-law Zhang.
Speaking of which, she was the woman who had just arrived in the village from the Li family and talked to Mrs. Li about the situation in the village.
On the day the Li family hosted a banquet for the villagers, Mrs. Li came to help and talked to Mrs. Li for a long time before going home.
It happened that she had nothing to do today, so she came to talk to Mrs. Li again and read the good news.
"Sister-in-law, your big yard is really neatly kept. It looks like a family that knows how to live a good life!"
Second Sister-in-law Zhang praised while shaking the rattle to tease the good news.
Mrs. Li handed her the good news, then lowered her head and continued to embroider a small flower.
"We have a large family. If we work together, we can finish it quickly."
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang nodded enviously.
"The boys in your family are really good. Not to mention the tax collection a few days ago, the second brother helped everyone, but it helped everyone save a lot of food. Has the second brother read a book? It's really good to do the accounting and accounting. A good hand."
"I've never been to a school, but I just studied at home for a few days. It's too expensive, and my family's life is hard, so I really can't afford it." Mrs. Li responded casually.
Sister-in-law Zhang nodded, "Isn't that right? I have a nephew who studies in the county town. I heard that he spends at least ten taels a year.
In order to support this child, my brother and sister-in-law tighten their belts every day. A little bit I was thinking about sending money and food to my son, and my life was tight..."
Mrs. Li was just about to respond when she looked up and saw her eldest grandson carrying firewood back and forth in the yard, and her heart moved.
Jiaren is twelve years old. His father has taught him how to read since he was a child, and he also likes reading the most.
If there were no wars outside the Great Wall, she would have planned to send him to school.
Now that we have settled down and taken root, we can think about it again.
"Studying is a good thing. If you pass the exam, you can become an official in the future."
Mrs. Li came back to her senses and said to Mrs. Zhang with a slight smile.
"That's right, my sister-in-law said the same thing." Zhang Er's sister-in-law said with a certain degree of pride on her face, obviously she was very proud of her nephew's study.
Jiayin listened to the two people talking, her big eyes rolling, and she guessed that grandma must want to send her eldest brother to study.
She cooperated with Sister-in-law Zhang's teasing and reached out to grab the rattle, while thinking about taking out something from the space that could be sold.
The more money the family has, the more confidence they can provide for their children to study.
"My family has beaten a lot of soybeans before, and now it's time to make soybean paste. I'm going to do it in the next few days. Old sister-in-law, are you making soybean paste at home? Do you want to join us?"
Second Sister-in-law Zhang looked at Old Mrs. Li. Staring out the window, feeling a little distracted, he called her.
Mrs. Li quickly responded, "Okay, let's make the sauce together then. Remember to tell her in advance so I can let Hongying soak the beans."
"That's good, your yard is spacious and there are two large iron pots. , I'll just bring the soybeans and cook them together. By the way, I'll put them in your yard and dry them together."
The more Sister-in-law Zhang said, the more she thought it was feasible. She wished she could go home, move the beans, and make sauce at Li's house.
Mrs. Li doesn't dislike Second Sister-in-law Zhang's fiery and straightforward temperament.
The two talked for a while, and then Sister-in-law Zhang touched Jiayin's little face and reluctantly went home to cook.
Tao Hongying and Zhao Yuru picked a small basket of mushrooms near the foot of the mountain, dried them when they came back, and prepared to make dinner.
Jiayin's little mouth was spitting bubbles, and she insisted on being held by Tao Hongying, so Tao Hongying simply cooked with Jiayin behind her back.
While Tao Hongying was chopping vegetables, Jiayin secretly added rice to the pot. After the last pot of rice porridge, which was supposed to be liquid, was cooked, it became thicker and thicker.
Mrs. Li went down to the ground and saw the pot of porridge. She was already used to it. She hugged her granddaughter and sat at the dinner table.
The Li family members came back one after another, and everyone gathered together to officially have dinner.