Fortunate Wife

"Li Shu." Li Man hurriedly grabbed him, "Actually, it's not really bullying—"

"What?" Li Yan and Li Shu were puzzled.

Li Man looked at the two of them, thought for a while, and smiled wryly, "He is still an older child after all, he may think that the old lady is too kind to me, and he is not happy. Besides, the situation between our two families is too different. , he would misunderstand that I have plans for the Zhang family, which is also reasonable."

"What?" Li Shu became angry, "That kid misunderstood that you have plans for their family? Doesn't he know that the old lady begs you every time?"

"You can't say that. The old lady treats me like a grandma. She has no other intentions. Besides being grateful to her, I also feel kind. I really treat her like a grandma." Li Man He glanced at Li Shu, and said, "However, I'll try to go to Zhang's residence as little as possible in the future."

Li Yan smiled slightly, "Okay, then don't come here anymore. If there is anything, I will come here with my third brother. If that kid has any misunderstandings, it's a big deal that we don't do business with him, don't It's hard to find people here, aren't there a few embroiderers everywhere? Even a young man like the fourth brother can pick up a needle and thread, let alone a woman?"

"Ahem..." Li Man looked at him uncomfortably, and said that she could sew, but she couldn't make clothes.

Li Shu looked at her small face and chuckled, "Of course the second brother doesn't mean you, the daughter-in-law. It is enough for our family to have four younger brothers. Besides, the food cooked by the daughter-in-law is definitely the best in the world."

"Really?" In the past, she didn't feel that the dishes she cooked were delicious, but now, being praised by their brothers, she became more confident in her cooking skills.

Li Shu nodded immediately, "Of course it's true, daughter-in-law, by the way, now I can't eat the food you cook for a day, and I can't sleep well at night."

real or fake? Li Man looked at him amusedly, "But you can eat the meals I cook every day, how do you know that you can't sleep if you can't eat them?"

"The last time I was in the county—" Li Shuben wanted to say that he didn't eat her cooking in the two days in the county, and he couldn't sleep well at night, but when he mentioned the word county, his face changed slightly, for fear that Li Man would think of that again .

But it was rare for Li Man not to think about other things this time, but he stared straight at Li Shu, making him feel a little scared, "Daughter-in-law, I didn't mention it on purpose." He knew that the county seat is now a taboo for the whole family, Mention everyone's mind will be heavy.

"Li Shu." Li Man suddenly grabbed Li Shu's hand excitedly.

Not only Li Shu, Li Yan was also stunned, "Man'er, what's wrong with you?"

"Heh." Li Man was amused by her sudden thought, first laughed, and then said to Li Shu, "You can learn how to cook with me."

"Ah?" Li Shu was surprised.

Li Man hurriedly grabbed him and coaxed him, "Learn, learn, I will teach you all my skills, and when you are finished, we will open a restaurant, and you will be the shopkeeper and the chef, what? Sample?"

"..." A man learning to cook? It's a loss of points, but if he opened a restaurant, Li Shu's heart - moved.

"You still want to open a restaurant?" Li Yan stared at Li Man in surprise, the little girl is not too small, a clothing store has not yet opened, and she is looking for restaurants again.

Li Man nodded excitedly, "Don't you all think my cooking skills are good? I don't want to waste it either. If I can make money, wouldn't it be better. Besides, I don't own the restaurant, you run it."

"Yeah, daughter-in-law, I'll listen to you." Almost instantly, Li Shu made a decision, and he seemed to be able to imagine his future appearance as a shopkeeper in his mind, which must be very majestic.

Li Yan glanced at Li Shu disdainfully, not afraid to pour cold water on him, "I heard that the wind is rain, and the horoscope has not yet been written. What are you so happy about? Besides, you don't even know how to hold a spatula. You learn to cook? Take your time." Learn."

"Learn slowly, learn slowly. Anyway, my daughter-in-law is teaching me. Even if I study for a lifetime, I would be happy, hehe." Li Shu was still very proud, and he was afraid that what the second brother said was just sour grapes.

Li Man encouraged with a smile, "You are so smart, why would it take you a lifetime to learn it? It's settled like this. Every time I cook in the future, you can come with me."

"Hey." Li Shu readily agreed that it would be great to spend more time with his wife in the future.

Li Yan glanced at the two of them lightly, then pushed up the cart, "Let's go, it will be hard to go when it gets dark."

"Oh." Li Man followed, but along the way, it was inevitable that he and Li Shu were thinking about the restaurant in the future.

——

When the three of them arrived home, it was only dark. The dinner was made by Li Hua, and it was already ready, waiting for the three of them to come back to eat.

During the meal, everyone talked about what happened today.

First of all, Li Mo and Li Hua hired people today, and together with everyone, they measured the land of the vegetable garden in the back, and signed the paperwork. From now on, the vegetable garden will belong to the Li family, and Li Mo also specially invited someone who will lay the foundation The people in the house made plans for the vegetable garden. If possible, the foundation of the new house can be laid in the next few days.

Everyone was very excited. Li Shu took a sip of the soup and said proudly, "When I came back, my wife told me that she would teach me how to cook and let me open a restaurant."

"Ah?" Li Mo and Li Hua were also amazed, but Xiao Wu was very happy. He has a restaurant at home, so there will be too many delicious things in the future.

Li Man nodded and said with a smile, "Our family has little land, and we don't need to be busy with the land every day. Open a few more shops, so you can have something to do." She didn't think much about it, and she didn't think about how much she could earn Silver, as long as it can support the family, it is better than hunting anyway.

"However, opening a shop doesn't take just one or two sentences. Let's talk about the third brother—" Li Mo glanced at Li Shu. He was really worried. Li Shu was not as good as Li Yan in these aspects. Li Yan successfully opened a shop, but Li Shu's words——

"Brother, what kind of eyes do you have?" Li Shu immediately frowned at the sight, "My daughter-in-law says I can do it, why can't I?"

"Exactly." Li Man felt that Li Shu had Li Shu's advantages. He had a simple and optimistic personality, good physical strength, and was full of enthusiasm in everything he did. She believed that as long as he was given a suitable platform, he would be able to do well. "Brother, don't worry too much. You didn't say to open it now. At least, you have to wait for Li Shu to cook a few side dishes, right?"

"Oh." Now Li Mo felt relieved, even Xiao Wu had cooked at home, but Li Shu hadn't. If he could cook by himself, well, he waited slowly.

"That's right." Li Hua suddenly thought of something, and suddenly looked at Li Man, "Uncle Xu came here this afternoon."

"Oh? Looking for me?" Li Man was puzzled.

"Yeah." Li Hua nodded, "He said he had something important to do with you. He waited for you for more than an hour, but he didn't see you back, so he left first."

"What didn't you ask?" Li Man asked immediately.

Li Hua replied, "I asked, but Uncle Xu didn't say anything. I saw that he was preoccupied, as if something important had happened. Man'er, I'll accompany you to have a look tomorrow morning."

"Well, good." Li Man nodded, thinking in her heart that Uncle Xu could find something important for her? That old man is heartless all day long, can it make him preoccupied? It's really hard to guess, did you quarrel with Aunt Xu?

"Eat first, it shouldn't be a big deal, otherwise, he should leave a message." Seeing that Li Man was buried in his meal, Li Yan helped pick up the food.

"Oh." Li Man nodded, and I'll know why tomorrow.

After dinner, Li Hua showed Li Man a dozen of the clothes he drew. Li Man was so pleasantly surprised that he even added color.

"What did you use to add these colors?"

Li Hua smiled, "It's all thanks to Xiao Wu and the others."

In fact, the juices of many plants are natural dyes. A few days ago, Li Hua asked the little five tigers to help pick them. It took him a few days to collect and make no less than ten kinds of pigments. In this way, When drawing, add color to make it more vivid.

"You're so smart." Li Man was so excited that she hugged his neck, tiptoed, and kissed his forehead lightly.

Li Hua blushed immediately, looking at her charming little face, her eyes also became hotter.

——

The next morning, when it was already dawn, Li Man pushed Li Hua who was still asleep, "Li Hua, wake up, you still have to accompany me to Xu Bo's house."

"Oh." Li Hua opened his sleepy eyes, still in a daze, stretched out his hand and pulled Li Man into his arms again.

"Li Hua." Looking up, looking at him with his eyes closed tiredly, Li Man was helpless and distressed. The sketches he gave himself last night took a lot of energy and painstaking effort, and last night... ..

Gently grabbing his arm, she slowly moved away to let him fall asleep again, and then she went down from the end of the kang, put on her clothes and shoes and went out.

Li Mo just carried water into the yard, "Man'er, get up?"

"Yeah." She followed him into the kitchen.

Li Mo poured a load of water into the water tank, and went out with an empty bucket.

Li Yan was chopping vegetables, saw her come in, and greeted her, "Are you up? There is hot water, you go wash it first, the porridge is cooking, just cook some vegetables in a while."

Then, in front of her, he cut the small pumpkin into thin slices, as if to show off his knife skills, and then cut those thin slices into filaments.

Li Man looked at it and frowned slightly, "It's so finely chopped, it will turn into a paste once it's fried."

"..." The corners of Li Yan's eyes twitched, he squinted at Li Man, and put the kitchen knife on the cutting board, "You come here."

"Oh, you come here." Feeling that she had offended him with what she said just now, Li Man hurriedly apologized, "I'm not as good as you."

Li Yan then picked up the kitchen knife and continued shredding.

Li Man shrugged her eyebrows secretly, picked up the washbasin, filled it with hot water, and took it to the yard to wash her face.

Not long after, Li Shuxiaowu also came back from the outside. It turned out that the two of them went out to hunt pig vegetables early in the morning. Now the two pigs have grown a lot, and their appetite is amazing. Such a large basket of pig vegetables is barely enough Eat for a day.

After a busy morning, Li Yan's breakfast was finally ready, but Li Hua hadn't woken up when he was having breakfast.

"Why hasn't fourth brother woke up yet? Xiao Wu, go get your fourth brother to eat." Li Shu ordered Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu was obedient, she put down her chopsticks and was about to call for someone, but Li Man hurriedly stopped him, "Stop calling, Li Hua is tired these days, let him sleep more, and heat up breakfast in the pot later, Wait for him to get up and eat."

"Oh." Li Shu didn't speak anymore.

Li Yan took a look at Li Man, and hummed calmly, "I know he's tired, so let him torment."

"Ah?" Li Man was taken aback, and immediately regretted it, "I didn't expect him to be so impatient. He has drawn so many styles in the past few days..."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Li Yan glanced at her, then lowered his head to eat.

"Eh." Li Man was taken aback for a second, and then seemed to understand the meaning of his words, and her ears felt slightly hot.

——

After breakfast and tidying up, Li Hua was still in a deep sleep. Li Man didn't have the heart to call him, so she could only ask Li Yan to accompany her, because Li Mo and Li Shu were going to discuss the foundation of the new house with others today. Can't get out.

Along the way, Li Yan didn't talk much, which made Li Man feel very uncomfortable.

"Li Yan, am I messing with you again?" After thinking about it, Li Man finally couldn't help asking.

Li Yan raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, "What do you think?"

"I said?" Li Man choked, hearing his words, she knew he was angry.

Li Man didn't say, who made him always behave like this, every time he gets angry for some reason, if you don't ask him or tell him, he will give you a cold face and make you feel uncomfortable, but if you ask, he will drag you like this again Kick the question to you, as if, you don't know the answer and feel sorry for him.

She decided not to get used to his problem. Anyway, she had asked, so let him sulk.

The two walked in silence for a while, Li Man stole a glance at him, and found that his face became more and more serious, she couldn't help but sighed from the bottom of her heart, well, I lost to him, she just couldn't see him like this.

"Li Yan, I've been thinking about it for so long, but I didn't think of anything to offend you. Didn't you feel fine when you ate in the morning?"

"Have you thought about it?" Li Yan suddenly stopped and looked at her mockingly.

"Ah?" Li Man felt guilty, she really didn't think about it just now, the reason was that she wanted to cool him down, but this was her thoughts, and he could see it? Also, he has been walking in front without looking back at all, how can he know what she is thinking?

Facing his questioning, she nodded sharply, "I thought about it, but I can't figure out what made you unhappy. Look at you, your face is as cold as ice, it's so ugly."

Ugly? Li Yan shook his head, turned around and left.

"Ah, no." Li Man hurriedly chased after him, hugging his arm, "I mean you look ugly when you're angry and pulling your face, but you don't look ugly when you usually smile."

"Just not ugly?" Li Yan frowned, obviously very dissatisfied with this statement.

Li Man struggled endlessly, "It's beautiful."

Li Yan frowned slightly, "How about the third brother?"

"..." How does this make her compare?

"Where is the fourth brother?"

"..." Li Man finally had an epiphany. Was this fellow angry with Li Shu and Li Hua? Just because I want to teach Li Shu to cook, and Li Hua last night...

"Hehe." Li Man tried her best to squeeze out an extremely sweet smile, stroked his wrist lightly with her small hand, and coaxed, "Li Yan, why are you so unconfident? You don't have to compare yourself with anyone, you have your best It's unique."

"What's good?" How could her little thought escape his eyes, but she just wanted to appease him to be obedient.

However, he didn't want to, it's one thing to accept brothers and wives together, but it's another thing to occupy and have the most important position in her heart.

Li Man was stunned, she really couldn't think of saying something nice about him for a while.

"Well, Uncle Xu's house is quite a long way away, let's go, it's really difficult to keep him safe." Li Man suddenly let go of his arm, and strode forward.

Li Yan stood where he was, staring at her back coolly.

Li Man walked for a while, but found that he hadn't followed. Looking back, the guy was like a stubborn child. He stood still and couldn't help but walk back with black lines all over his head.

"You are good, there are many." She said with a smile, "For example, um... By the way, you are very smart, a piece of dead wood can be turned into a lifelike bird in your hands, awesome."

"Oh." Li Yan's expression was indifferent, obviously he didn't react much to her compliment.

What a child, Li Man looked at him speechlessly, and could only say, "You, you can also cook. Apart from me and Li Hua, your cooking is the best."

"Are you complimenting me?" Li Yan raised his eyebrows.

Li Man bit her lip fiercely, and hurriedly said, "That doesn't count, oh, by the way, you can also massage, which can rejuvenate tired people—"

"But every time I touch you, you fall asleep with—" He kept the word little pig out of his mouth very politely.

Li Man was ashamed, she knew herself, every time he massaged her, she was so comfortable that she could fall asleep almost every minute.

"But that's also your skill. If insomniacs meet you, it will be a blessing for them."

Li Yan didn't speak, just looked at her lightly.

"That—" Li Man also blinked her big watery eyes, and looked at him innocently, "Why don't you remind me, what are your advantages, okay?"

"Want to be reminded?" Li Yan's eyes flashed, and he suddenly put his arms around her waist, "It seems that these days haven't made you happy, why don't you just forget about me?"

What does he mean? Li Man suddenly panicked.

"Tomorrow night, I will remind you, let's go, go to work first." The sudden skin contact made Li Yan's heart move, he quickly let go of Li Man, and walked forward as if nothing happened.

Li Man was stunned at the back, suddenly awakened to his words, stomped her feet in embarrassment, and no longer wanted to go with him, so she walked behind, staring at his back, and staring fiercely.

However, after walking like this for a long time, they saw Uncle Xu coming over.

The three of them met, and Li Man saw that he was sweating profusely, with an anxious expression on his face, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Xu——"

"Don't ask, girl, come with me, I'll explain to you later." Uncle Xu didn't explain, turned around and left.

Li Man was stunned, and glanced at Li Yan, and the two quickly followed.

But before taking two steps, Uncle Xu turned his head and looked at Li Yan, "What are you doing here?"

Li Yan choked, "She is my wife, can't I follow?"

"That's not what I meant." Uncle Xu seemed to be dazzled by something, and he spoke in a confused way, he waved his hand at Li Yan and said, "I have nothing to do with you here, you can go back first, one vine is enough. "

"There's nothing at home, I'll stay with you." Li Yan was worried, what could Li Man do that he couldn't?

Uncle Xu's eyes darkened a little, and he reprimanded, "Go back as soon as I tell you, what's wrong? Are you still worried about my girl and me?"

"I don't want her to do things for you. I'll take her home when she's done." Li Yan explained to the old man holding back his temper.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Xu didn't appreciate it, "Go back, go back, when it's done, I'll send her back to you personally."

"Uncle Xu, what's the matter?" Hearing that he was so thoughtless, Li Man also became puzzled.

Uncle Xu ignored her, and just scolded Li Yan, "Go back quickly, my place is small, and the girl will definitely be distracted when you are here."

"..."

"Forget it, Li Yan, why don't you go back first and pick me up in the evening." Seeing that Uncle Xu was about to jump in a hurry, Li Man hurriedly persuaded Li Yan.

Uncle Xu immediately objected, "What evening, at least a few days."

"Ah?" Li Yan and Li Shu were surprised at the same time.

"Ah, what, you are my daughter-in-law, what's wrong with staying with me for a few more days? Your Aunt Xu hasn't seen you for a long time, and I miss you—"

Li Man suddenly thought of something, "Did something happen to my Aunt Xu?"

Uncle Xu's expression was suffocated, and he nodded immediately, "Yes, yes, something happened to that old woman, you come with me."

While pulling Li Man, he turned his head and glared at Li Yan, "Don't follow."

Li Man looked back at Li Yan helplessly, and comforted, "It's okay, you go home first, and if there is anything else, I'll drag someone to deliver a message to you."

Li Yan looked at the backs of the two leaving, but a bad premonition gradually surged in his heart.