Fortunate Wife

Today, because Li Hua came back, this dinner was relatively early. At this moment, the sun is slowly setting, and there is a fiery sunset in the sky, shining red in the yard, and the big black is chasing Xiao Huang all over the yard Frolicking.

Li Man just lit an oil lamp and put it on the table. She knew that lighting the lamp at this time would be a waste of money, but she just couldn't stand it, so she ate in a dimly lit place.

Therefore, other things are fine, even in the dark, only when eating, she likes to be bright.

Li Mo put the oil lamp near his hand, fearing that it would affect other people's cooking.

Seeing that Li Shu had finished serving the rice, he went to serve the braised fish himself. The fish was very big, a big silver carp weighing five or six catties. Thanks to the big pot and the firewood at home, it was cooked like this It's delicious, otherwise the modern gas stove must be made several times.

Li Man used a spatula to cut off a plate before it could be filled. It took two large plates to fill it, and brought them all to the table.

In addition, there were some sauerkraut fish left at noon, so she cleaned the oil pan and prepared to heat it up.

"Daughter-in-law, don't you come to eat?" Li Shu took the chopsticks and prepared to eat, but found that Li Man didn't have any pot, so he turned around and shouted.

Others also looked at Li Man.

Li Man cleaned the pot, poured the sauerkraut fish into the pot, and replied, "I almost forgot, there is still some sauerkraut fish left, let's reheat it together."

"There are already so many dishes, so don't heat them up. It's the same tomorrow." Li Shu said.

Li Mo also said, "Yes, there are so many dishes, don't bother."

Li Man remembered something, walked to the table, removed a plate of braised fish, and put it in the cupboard.

"Daughter-in-law, what are you doing?" Li Shuzheng was envious.

Li Man turned her head and smiled, "You haven't touched this dish, it won't break easily if you leave it overnight, if you don't have enough food, take it out later."

Li Hua nodded, "Man'er is thoughtful."

At this time, Li Yan came back after washing his hands outside. Seeing that Li Man was still busy at the pot, he asked, "Do you want to cook?"

"The leftovers at noon should be warmed up, or the taste will be ruined tomorrow. You should sit down and eat," Li Man said, and she was about to go to the stove to light a fire by herself.

Li Yan stopped her, "Forget it, you have to fight for a long time to start the fire, counting on you, you may not get it until the meal is over. You sit down and go, I will come."

As he said that, he sat down under the stove, and there were still many fires in the hole of the pot. If you put a handful of hay into it, it would start a prairie fire. Li Yan waited for the hay to burn, and then stuffed a few sticks the size of a thumb into it. The fire is not good, and it can burn for several minutes without anyone looking at it.

After finishing all this, Li Yan clapped his hands and sat down at the table. Anyway, when those sticks were burnt, the pickled fish would have rolled away.

Li Man handed him the rice bowl at hand, "Here."

Li Yan took it, and smiled at her gently, while using chopsticks to pick up the burnt fish skin, dip some soup into Li Man's bowl.

Li Hua was stunned for a moment, then looked away, put a piece of fish into his mouth, and said with a smile, "It smells so good."

"Is that so? My daughter-in-law's cooking is definitely this. I dare say that no one in Goddess Valley can compare to it." Li Shu gave a thumbs up while eating.

Li Man felt that his praise was a little too much, and what she knew was just some home-cooked dishes, but it was a good feeling that someone appreciated her hard work.

At the end, she said with a smile, "Eat more if you like it, there is still in the cupboard, I will bring it out later."

"Save that for tomorrow, that's enough." Li Mo said, while naturally holding a piece of meat from the back of the fish for Li Man.

In fact, the whole family has never eaten fish a few times, but he carefully discovered that Li Man is quite picky about food. For example, she doesn't eat fatty meat, even greasy ones, such as meat buns. She doesn't like to eat chicken skin, she doesn't want the whole piece of chicken leg either, she has to cut the meat on the leg into small pieces before she can eat it, as for fish, she doesn't like to eat the meat from fish head and belly , Shan loves to eat the browned skin and the meat on the back of the fish.

Therefore, after Li Yan pinched the fish skin, he naturally pinched the fish's back.

"You guys eat too." Li Man looked at the fish piled on the surface of her bowl, and Li Mo's chopsticks almost caught half of the half of the fish to herself. What else do other people eat?

Moreover, this meal was originally made for Li Hua, so Li Man picked up a large piece of meat and sent it to Li Hua's bowl, "You didn't eat much at noon, if you think it tastes good, eat more at night .”

Li Huamei smiled happily, "Well, you should eat more."

He naturally picked up his chopsticks and returned to Li Man.

Li Yan cut it in mid-air, and said with a smile, "Fourth brother, Man'er's bowl is piled up like a hill, and I'm going to satisfy my second brother's greed."

As he spoke, he directly put the fish on the chopsticks into his mouth.

Li Man gave him a hard look, there are so many, besides, the fish in her bowl is very big, but it didn't pile up into a hill.

Li Hua blushed in embarrassment, and said, "Second brother, eat more."

Li Yan smiled lightly, "Eat everything."

Li Mo glanced at his two younger brothers and shook his head helplessly, while he ate those vegetarian dishes silently.

Li Man saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart.

She understood very well that it is said that children from poor families are the head of the family early, and Li Mo is not only poor, but also the head of the family. Since childhood, in front of these younger brothers, he has naturally assumed the responsibility of his parents. Dad has been a mother for a while, but he has the same heart as many parents in his bones.

That is delicious, useful, fun, everything that he thinks is good, he will instinctively give it to his younger brothers, even if these things are sufficient, he will consciously hold on to his younger brothers first.

It's not that he was born with a noble character, but more of an instinct.

Li Man didn't say a word, just grabbed half of the fish head and gave it to him.

Li Mo is not picky about food, even if the bran and pickles are in his mouth, as long as it can fill his stomach, Li Man didn't put meat in his mouth, and if he put fish in his mouth, maybe he would give it to Xiao Wu if he changed hands.

This is naturally mixed with Li Man's careful thinking. People here think that fish meat is better than fish heads, and fish heads are leftovers to be thrown away. You don't know that fish heads are the nutritional essence of the whole fish. She gave him the fish head so that he could eat it openly, and also gave him the best nutrition.

Li Mo smiled naively at her, Li Man glanced at him lightly, and whispered, "Eat quickly."

"Yeah." Seeing that his younger brothers were eating with gusto, Li Mo happily ate.

Li Man watched with tenderness in his heart, and when he had almost eaten the fish head, he took another piece of fish and put it in his bowl.

Li Mo took a look, and all four younger brothers looked at him, bowed their heads in embarrassment, but were a little surprised and very happy.

Man'er only picked food for him alone, but Man'er still cared about him.

Even if she has a second brother, even if the fourth brother comes back, she still favors him in her heart.

This made him suddenly full of energy, and he ate up half a bowl of rice in just two mouthfuls. In other words, the dishes cooked by Man'er are nothing more than what the gods in the sky eat.

"Eat slowly, it's hard to digest this fast." Although Li Man said so, seeing him eating so carefreely, his eyes were full of smiles.

The other brothers couldn't stop laughing, they all laughed at the big brother eating like a big black, fast and ruthless, they just grabbed it in the end, fearing that if they didn't grab it, they would be gone.

So, the dinner ended happily amidst the hilarity and laughter of the brothers.

After dinner, Li Man put a table full of fish bones into a broken bowl with a gap, and gave it to Li Mo to feed Dahei, while she cleaned up the dishes in the kitchen.

Li Yan and the other brothers wanted to help, but she didn't let him. Li Hua had just come back and didn't let him do the work, but when he came, Li Yan and the brothers were not the material for these jobs, and the vegetable oil tonight The oil is heavy, and the dishes and bowls are all greasy. She is afraid that they won't be able to wash them clean.

And she also boiled half a pot of hot water, scrubbed carefully, and then cleaned it several times before giving up.

After tidying up, she boiled a large pot of hot water, carried some back to the house to wash, and gave the rest to their brothers.

After washing up, she sent the barrel back to the kitchen.

But Xiao Wu came to look for her, his face was full of joy, "Sister, Fourth Brother and the others are looking for you."

"Looking for me?" Li Man was puzzled. Basically, she didn't have the habit of entering the east room after dark.

"Sister, come." Xiao Wu excitedly grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the east room, "They are all waiting."

Li Man followed hesitantly, and saw that their brothers were all sitting next to the kang, as if they were waiting for her.

In the middle of the night, when she entered a room full of men, Li Man's heart was pounding, and she was still a little uncomfortable, "What do you want from me?"

"Daughter-in-law, come and sit beside me." With a smile on his face, Li Shu was the first to wave to her enthusiastically.

Li Man pretended not to notice, found a small stool under the kang and sat down, looked at Li Mo suspiciously, and then fell on Li Hua again.

In this room, except for Xiao Wu who doesn't care about things, these two are more reliable.

Li Yan put his hands behind his head and leaned comfortably on the bed of the kang. Seeing her sitting so far away, he squinted at her, and hummed, "Sitting so far away, can we still eat you?"

Li Man gouged him out and slandered him. No one else knew how to do anything but him. What could he not do?

Li Hua hurriedly helped her out, and said softly, "Don't be nervous, it's just that you ate too much at night, and the big guys want to sit and talk together to digest food."

so? What do you want her to do? She didn't eat much, "I'm fine, why don't you talk, I'll—"

"I'm already sitting down, how long is it?" Li Yan still glanced at her and said, "The fourth younger brother said that you have a great literary talent, and the few of us think that, or I will worship you as a teacher in the future and study with you." gone."

"Huh?" Li Man looked at Li Hua in surprise.

Li Hua frowned, didn't he say so? Moreover, listening to the second brother's tone, it seems a little disgusted that he said Man'er's good?

"Second brother, what is a teacher or not? If you want to study, you can learn it with Xiao Wu in the future." Li Mo said.

"Oh, that's fine." Li Yan smiled lightly, his eyes fixed on Li Man's face, "Man'er, I will learn from you from now on, but I'm so stupid, I'm not as good as big brother With Xiao Wu, if you don’t learn well, don’t hold it against you.”

"Ah? Brother is also learning?" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shu became surprised, "No, I want to learn too, daughter-in-law, you have to teach me too, don't be partial."

Li Man got a headache.

The same is true for Li Hua, but at night Xiao Wu showed off with the little storybook he brought back. Li Shu teased him about whether he could understand it. On the fourth brother and so on.

Li Mo praised again, saying that Man'er taught well and was serious.

He just said casually, Man'er has a good literary talent, and his knowledge is greater than he thought, and on a whim, he talked about the song "Farewell to Cambridge" recited by Xiao Wu, which has a unique style and is unique.

Li Yan suggested that it's better to ask Li Man to come over and have a chat, who knows that the chat ended like this.

"You guys have to learn, and I'll teach you later." Seeing Li Man's troubled face, Li Hua hurriedly took the matter to himself.

Li Yan glanced at Li Hua, "The fourth brother has to take the autumn exam in the second half of the year, how can we spend time with us. Just Man'er, I think she teaches the eldest brother and the fifth brother very well, plus me and the third brother , there should be no problem, Man'er, right?"

Li Man bowed her head, thinking carefully about Li Yan's words in her heart, constantly weighing the pros and cons of teaching and not teaching.

If you don't teach, with Li Yan's vengeful personality, I don't know how to torment her in the future.

You can teach me, Li Shu is okay, Li Yan's words, look at the way he is staring at her now, as if he is going to swallow her, how dare she?

"What? You dislike me and my third brother so much?" Seeing that she didn't answer for a long time, Li Yan asked with a half-smile, "Sure enough, it's better for elder brother and little five, and third brother and I..."

"Teach. But I have one condition." Hearing his eccentricity, Li Man made a decision almost instantly. Instead of being tortured by him every day in the future, it is better to have him as a student. Students are better than their own men. Take care.

"What condition?" Li Shu asked curiously.

Li Man only stared at Li Yan resolutely, "From now on, you have to listen to me."

"Ah?" Li Shu was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't react.

Li Hua glanced at Li Man tenderly, the corners of her lips raised slightly, and agreed with a smile, "Master, this is what it should be. Man'er will be the wife of Big Brother and the others in the future, and they will naturally listen to you."

It's easy for others to say, but Li Man is only worried about Li Yan.

Li Yan's eyes flickered slightly, the corners of his lips curled up, and he looked at Li Man with a smile, "Okay, Mrs. Man'er, you can do whatever you want in the future, but..."

His voice suddenly paused, seeing Li Man's small face suddenly showing a little nervousness, and then he said slowly, "It's only about studying, outside of studying, let's follow the rules."

"Rules?" Li Man's heart skipped a beat, and he snorted and continued, "Yes, outside of studies, in this family, we are men and you are women..."

The implication is self-evident, Li Man's ears feel hot when he hears it, why does he say it in front of so many people every time.

"Second brother, well, why don't we discuss when to study with Man'er in the future?" Li Mo saw that Li Man looked uncomfortable, so he quickly changed the topic.

"Oh." Li Yan smiled slightly, "Okay, what did the elder brother say?"

"I think we are like this." Li Mo then slowly expressed his thoughts.

Of course, Li Yan didn't listen seriously. From the beginning to the end, although his eyes were looking at the very excited brothers who were discussing, the end of his eyes kept sweeping Li Man, watching her seriously listening to the conversation of Li Mo and others, from time to time He would also laugh happily along with them, with an indescribable light shining in his eyes.

"I think it's better to stay in Man'er's room after dinner for an hour." Li Yan quietly made a decision as they went around and couldn't decide on a proper time.

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to him who had been silent all this time.

"Second brother, do you mean that we will go to Man'er's room together after dinner?" Li Mo asked me suspiciously, suddenly felt that the meaning was a bit wrong, and hurriedly added two more, "Study?"

"Yeah." Li Yan then sat up straight with his legs crossed, and said quite seriously, "Xiao Wu is young and has to go to bed at night, and our brothers have to work during the day, so we can't spare time. Why don't we just like this, Xiao Wu is still the same as before. During the day, he learns from Man'er alone, and at night he sleeps with him. If the fourth brother studies, he can also stay here in the East Room. The only time the three of us can learn is at night. In order not to hinder the fourth brother and Xiao Wu, I think Man'er's room is the most appropriate place, otherwise, there is only the kitchen, but are you sure you want to study in the kitchen?"

Li Man didn't think there was anything wrong with studying in the kitchen. When she was a child, she spent summer vacation at her grandmother's house in the countryside, and she even did her summer homework on the cooker.

However, as soon as Li Yan said this, Li Mo and others immediately shook their heads. Li Shudao, "Where is the kitchen a place to study? Let's stay in the wife's room. The daughter-in-law is such a learned person, let's stay in her room for a while longer." , maybe you can learn better and faster.”

"Yes." Li Mo also looked at Li Man excitedly, waiting for her to make up her mind.

Li Man sighed in her heart. She could actually see that not only Li Hua in this family, but the rest of the people were also in awe of reading and writing. When formally studying with Li Man later, there was a childish look of surprise on that face.

"Okay, as long as there are no special circumstances in the future, you can come to my room after dinner. By the way, move the big kitchen table over there." She didn't want these men to go to her kang, if they did, she wouldn't want to go down , isn't she courting death?

"Okay, this matter is on me." Li Shu patted his chest readily and said.

Li Man nodded, and stood up slowly, "Then, this matter is settled. If there is nothing else, I will go back to my room first."

"So urgent?" Li Shu was a little reluctant.

The same is true for other people, but they didn't say it like Li Shu did.

Li Man looked at the crowd and smiled softly, "Li Hua just came back today, the journey must have been hard, so I should rest early at night. Besides, I have a class for you guys tomorrow night, so I need to make some preparations."

"Do you want my help?" Li Hua asked.

Li Man thought for a while and shook her head, "I can't think of it now, I will look for you tomorrow when I need it."

"En." Li Hua responded, getting off the kang, "I'll take you back to the house."

He was sitting closest to her, so it was natural to see her off, but when he said this, the eyes of others suddenly became strange.

Li Shu picked up the oil lamp on the window sill, "Fourth brother, you should rest, it's been a hard journey back, so leave it to me to send your daughter-in-law back to the house."

Li Hua was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at Li Man, and smiled softly, "Okay."

Li Man also pursed her lips and smiled, she didn't mind this little dispute between their brothers.

She walked in front, and Li Shu rushed over with the oil lamp.

The light in the east room suddenly dimmed.

Li Yan's voice sounded in the darkness, "See how he came back?"

Sure enough, after a while, I heard the sound of Li Shu's foot tripping over the threshold, and the laughter of Xiao Wu and others suddenly sounded in the room.

Li Shu didn't care too much, he closed the door, and climbed onto the kang after he got used to the darkness in the room.

As soon as he got on the kang, he saw that there were brothers on the left and right, and Li Shu's face turned green. He said that when he slept on this kang, he was like five brothers. Come here, that leg will always press on his stomach, depressed.

Hey, when can I move to the wife's room, just share the same kang with my wife.

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