Fortunate Wife

Li Yan didn't expect Yan Dan to let them go so readily. Didn't he still want to take the girl back to Beijing? Don't you still want to use various methods to make their brothers give up? Or maybe the release this time was just another strategy of his?

But it was indeed a little different. Seeing Li Man's excited appearance, he thought about it lazily. Anyway, the girl is his wife, and he will fight desperately with anyone who dares to snatch her.

After leaving the mansion, there was a carriage waiting at the door, and the servant who delivered it explained, "Our master has already ordered someone to send you home safely."

"No need." Li Yan refused without thinking, never wanting to have anything to do with that man again.

Li Man didn't want to sit down either, but at this moment, about to hear voices outside, the curtain of the car was lifted suddenly. Uncle Xu looked at the two of them in surprise, "Li Yan, girl Man, you finally came out, I'm waiting for you." It's been a long time, I thought it was a fake, but I didn't expect it to be here."

"Uncle Xu, you?" Li Man walked up to him curiously, "Didn't you want to stay and see a doctor for that young master?"

Xu Bo curled his lips, "Who knows? He suddenly told me to go back and paid my consultation fee."

"..." It seems that the young master is actually a pretty good person, "Come down, let's go back together."

Xu Bo laughed and said, "Since they sent a car, wouldn't it be too petty for us not to take it? Besides, I want to go home early, maybe your Aunt Xu is already waiting for me at home."

Li Man looked at Li Yan and asked for his opinion. In fact, she also wanted to go home early.

Li Yan took a deep breath, "Come on, let's go up." If that man wanted to do something wrong, they wouldn't be able to guard against it, would they?

Li Man giggled, supported the shaft and climbed into the car, followed by Li Yan.

The carriage drove slowly, on the way, perhaps because Uncle Xu was there, although Li Yan wanted to say a lot to Li Man, he still held back and didn't say a word.

Seeing his dismal expression, Li Man thought she didn't have a good rest last night, so she didn't dare to disturb him.

The carriage was fast. At noon, they arrived at Shennvgou. Li Yan didn't let the carriage enter the village. When they were at the foot of the mountain, he took Li Man out of the carriage, and then let the carriage take Uncle Xu home.

Looking at the village at the foot of the mountain, Li Man felt a burst of emotion in her heart, it was only a day, why does it feel like she has been away for a long time, hey, she almost thought she would never come back.

"Let's go." Li Yan put his arms around Li Man's shoulders and said with a smile, "It's only been a day, how do you feel so emotional?"

Li Man smiled lightly, thought for a while, and asked, "Can you not tell the eldest brother about this when you go home." That evildoer is a taboo in their hearts, and if they mention it, they will feel uneasy.

"I know." Li Yan didn't want to mention it, let alone meet them again.

"Well, let's go home." Satisfied, Li Man took Li Yan's hand and strode home.

At the entrance of the village, a few children were playing. When they saw Li Man, they all ran to surround him, "Teacher Man'er, where have you been?"

"What's wrong?" Li Man looked at these children with a smile and asked as they walked.

The children all yelled, "Haven't you taught us a lesson for a long time? We went to your house yesterday, and Xiao Wu said that you had traveled far away."

"Oh." I don't know what the family members are worried about, "You play first, and I will ask Xiao Wu to notify you next time in class." Li Man comforted these children, and Li Yan and Li Yan both quickened their pace.

However, when we arrived home, the atmosphere at home was quite good. Li Mo and Li Shu had been working all morning, and they were sitting in the cool air in the corridor, while Li Hua and Xiao Wu were busy with lunch in the kitchen. .

"Brother, Li Shu." Li Man called out first.

Li Mo and Li Shu turned their heads at the same time, and were slightly taken aback when they saw the two of them.

"Come back so soon?" Li Mo stood up, with joy in his eyes.

Li Shu had already rushed over here. Seeing that Li Man's forehead was covered with sweat, he reached out to wipe it off for her, "Walk back by yourself? Why is it so hot?"

Li Hua and Xiao Wu also ran out after hearing the sound, "Second brother, Man'er (sister)."

"Heh." Li Man smiled, stretched out her hand and wanted to rub Xiao Wu's hair like before, but found that the little thing seemed to be growing again, and she had to tiptoe to touch it, so she had to change it to his arm He patted twice, "Are you all okay?"

"Is it okay if we stay at home?" Li Shu said excitedly, "Daughter-in-law, the foundation of our house has been measured, and someone has designed it. We will start construction on a date when you and your second brother come back. I thought I would have to wait a few more days, but I didn't expect you to come back today, that's great, brother, didn't you say last night that after reading the almanac, tomorrow will be a good day?"

"Yeah." Li Mo also smiled, "Since we are all here, let's start tomorrow. By the way, second brother Man'er, you must be tired, Xiao Wu, go get some water for your second brother and Man'er to wash." Face."

"Yeah." Xiao Wu immediately turned around and went into the kitchen, Li Hua was also surprised, "I still have food in the pot." Busy also went back.

Li Man was very surprised by the emotions of the family members, "Brother, you..."

Li Yan squeezed her hand lightly, and said with a smile, "Are you hungry? You wash your face first, and I'll see what delicious food fourth brother has cooked."

"Oh." Li Man took the warm water from Xiao Wu's end, washed his face well, then poured out the water, and sent the empty basin to the kitchen. Li Yan took it and prepared to scoop up some water again.

Li Man leaned into his ear and asked in a low voice, "Brother, they don't seem surprised that we haven't come back these two days?"

"It's no surprise. I asked someone to leave a message that day." Li Yan said with a smile. On that day, he wanted to rent an ox cart and follow Li Man and the others, but he couldn't. Later, he had no choice but to show up and die We stayed together, but since we were going to the town, there would inevitably be various accidents, so he asked the family who rented the ox cart to spread the word that Uncle Xu had something urgent to do in town, and he and Li Man Go to help, it may take three or four days to come back.

That's why Li Mo and the others felt relieved, "You're so smart." Li Man nodded and said, this matter is so smooth, no wonder Li Mo and the others didn't even ask a question.

Li Hua filled up the vegetables in the pot, followed their words, and asked, "Have the affairs of Uncle Xu's family been settled?"

"Well, it was a false alarm. It's nothing serious. They're all back." Li Yan said vaguely.

Li Hua nodded, and brought the two fried dishes to the table. Since the two of them came back suddenly, they didn't have enough rice for lunch, so they wanted to make some pancakes with the noodles.

"I'll do it." Li Man hurriedly took the basin and mixed the water and noodles herself.

Li Hua stood aside, looking at her distressedly, "I just came back, go to the meeting, I will do it too."

"I came back by car, it was very bumpy, and I wasn't tired." Li Man said while kneading the noodles skillfully, and asked Xiao Wu, who was making the fire, to heat up another pot.

"En." Xiao Wu replied from below, and after a while, the cauldron sizzled.

Li Man quickly made pancakes. Seeing that Li Hua was still standing aside, she said, "Sit down, the pot is so hot."

"Oh." Li Hua responded, but didn't move. He just stood aside and helped Li Man. When the cakes in the pot were almost done, Li Man scooped them up with a spatula, and he handed over a plate to serve them.

After a while, a dozen or so small pastries were ready, and Li Man clapped her hands, "Little Wu, don't burn it, go and call Big Brother and the others to come over for dinner."

Li Man started serving rice again, the rice wasn't cooked much, and one bowl for each person was just finished.

She and Li Hua brought the meal to the table, and Li Mo and Li Shu also entered the room.

The whole family sat around and ate lunch quietly, and Li Man finally felt at ease.

After lunch, the whole family chatted for a while. It was nothing more than Li Mo and the others asking how things were going with Uncle Xu, and Li Yan answered everything. Then they explained that the new house would be ground-breaking tomorrow, and how to prepare for it. of.

Li Man only felt that these matters were trivial, and she didn't understand the customs here, so she let them decide. Anyway, she could do whatever she needed.

Early the next morning, Li Man was gently awakened by Li Mo while she was still asleep.

"What's the matter?" Looking at the blue sky outside the window, Li Man was very confused. She used to sleep until dawn.

Li Mo rubbed her smooth hair submissively, "Did you forget? Our new house is going to start construction today."

"Oh." Li Man woke up immediately, and before going to bed last night, Li Mo told her that in their place, on the day of the groundbreaking of the new house, they are very particular about the auspicious time, and they even set off firecrackers to celebrate .

She stood up abruptly and pulled Li Mo up, "Then let's get up quickly."

"Well, don't worry, Dayong Niang and Aunt Li will come to help in a while." Li Mo smiled and helped her straighten her loose clothes.

"Then let's hurry up." Li Man hurriedly tied her hair into a bun, got off the kang, put on her shoes and went to open the door.

As soon as the door was opened, Aunt Li and Dayong Niang entered the yard together. When they saw Li Man, they both smiled and congratulated, and handed the accompanying gifts to Li Man respectively.

"Auntie, you are too polite. You came to my house to help, and you brought gifts?" Li Man was very sorry, and Li Mo followed, smiling, "Just take it." The country people all have such gifts. It's a habit, next time their family has a happy event, they will naturally have to follow suit.

"Put it away." Aunt Li also smiled, and immediately followed into the kitchen, where she and Dayong Niang were about to work.

At this time, the men in the next room also got up, and everyone prepared separately. After washing, the whole family went to the homestead in the back mountain.

When they arrived, there were already several people waiting in the homestead. They were all senior and respected people that Li Mo had hired from the village, including the village chief.

However, it seems that everyone has forgotten the part about the lotus flower that day. The village head was very generous today, and each of them shared a shovel with a few old people. When the firecrackers were just lit at Li Shu's side, they each shoveled a shovel of soil , Pad to the homestead.

Li Man looked aside and smiled, it was just like the foundation stone laying ceremony of a modern new building.

Soon, the foundation laying ceremony was completed, and Li Mo took these people back to Li's house. Aunt Li and Dayong Niang also prepared breakfast, and everyone stayed here to have some breakfast casually.

In this way, the simple ceremony is over. In the morning, a few more small workers came to the homestead with Li Mo and the others, and the work really started.

Li Mo's work was in full swing, Li Man also came to the spirit, took Li Hua's design draft, and Li Hua and Li Yan, the three of them went to Zhang's house together.

This time, Zhang Guanshi, who was directly approached, gathered the embroiderers together, gave them all the design drafts, and assigned tasks to them according to the style and size.

Then, I discussed with Mrs. Zhang that Li Yan and Li Hua would personally contact Li Yan and Li Hua for these matters, and she would not come over.

Manager Zhang was very surprised, and even asked why, and how the old lady missed her, but Li Man refused on the grounds that the house was being built at home and he was too busy.

The matter was settled like this, and this time, Li Man didn't go to greet the old lady, but asked Manager Zhang to say hello on her behalf, and went back with Li Yan and Li Hua.

After leaving Zhang's mansion, Li Yan pushed the cart, "Come on, girl." Li Man performed very well today, and he was not fooled into going to the old lady by Zhang Guanshi's soft-heartedness, which made him very satisfied.

Li Man looked at the small car, then looked at the sweat on Li Yan's face, and shook her head, "I won't sit, let's go for a while first."

"It's so hot, come up quickly." Li Yan stretched out his hand to pull her.

Li Hua also said, "Man'er, take the car, it's more comfortable."

Li Man looked at the two of them, and said expectantly, "When we earn money, we should also buy a carriage? No matter how bad it is, we can also get an ox cart. In the future, you two will often run back and forth between the houses in the town. Wouldn't it be much easier to have a car?"

"It's still far away, you sit up first." Li Yan simply put down the car, picked her up directly, and put her on the car, "Sit still, let's go home."

Li Man looked at the two of them, "Are you okay?"

"That's good, but let's wait until we earn money first." Li Yan said, let alone horses, these days, a cow is more expensive than a person.

Li Man smiled, "I trust you two."

"Huh? The two of us?" Li Hua was puzzled.

But Li Yan heard her subtext, "What? You don't want to take care of your small shop anymore?"

"It's not that I don't care, I just let you take care of it." Li Man said seriously. In fact, these days, she has also thought about it. She is not as good as Li Hua when it comes to design, and I'm afraid she is not as good as Li Hua when it comes to operation She said that she wanted to open a shop, and she had more dream elements, but if she really did it by herself, she might not be able to do it well. Besides, the men in the family hoped that she could spend more time at home.

As for her, she has also decided that she will hand over the specific affairs to Li Yan and Li Hua in the future. When major decisions are made, she can participate in it. Hehe, it is not bad to be a big boss behind the scenes.

"Don't worry?" Li Yan looked at her with a smile, "Aren't you afraid that we will lose your little shop?"

"If you pay for it, I'll go home and plant the land." Li Man replied very neatly. If you really believe that they have no talent for business and have some money left in the family, at worst, they can buy some good land and become landlords at home. .

"Haha." Li Yan smiled heartily, and just said this to her, he must make her little shop lively.

The three of them walked all the way. On the way, Li Man went to the vegetable market in the town and bought a piece of fish and two catties of pork ribs. Oil and salt.

After shopping, Li Man got into the car again, and the three of them headed home.

In the middle of the afternoon, when I arrived at Shennvgou, I happened to pass by my homestead when I went down the mountain. I saw Li Mo, Li Shu and several young and strong laborers working there.

"Brother." Li Yan yelled, then threw the car to Li Hua, and ran over, probably wanting to help with some work.

Li Mo was carrying a stone with a young man, saw him coming, and asked with a smile, "Are you back?"

"En." Li Yan responded, and picked up a shovel on the ground, trying to help dig the soil.

Li Mo hurriedly said, "Second brother, you just came back from the town, go back and rest, there are too many people here and not much work."

The young man next to him also said, "Yes, we people will definitely be able to lay the foundation before dinner. Hehe, Erlang, is your wife over there? It's really pretty."

Pa——, as soon as he finished speaking, Li Mo slapped him on the back of the head unceremoniously, "Work, work."

"Hey." The young man wasn't annoyed, instead he smiled even more cheerfully, "Dalang, are you still jealous? The daughter-in-law is beautiful, why don't you let people see it? She keeps it at home every day, no wonder—"

"Come on, Ah Er, be careful that my third brother heard and beat you." Li Yan also smiled. At this time, Li Hua pushed Li Man, and he had already descended the small slope and headed for the entrance of the village.

Everyone was talking and laughing while working, and they seemed to have a lot of motivation all of a sudden.

On the other hand, after returning home, Li Man started to work on dinner. The men were tired from work, so her meal was naturally better.

As for the fish, braised in soy sauce, the pork ribs were stewed with some vegetables, and then a fried liver tip was cooked, and a few side dishes were fried. In the evening, a dinner was finally ready.

The men also came back home one after another.

Originally, on the first day of work today, those young people were the best friends of the Li family brothers who had played together since they were young. At first, Li Mo wanted to invite them to his house for dinner, but when he thought about what Ah Er said in the afternoon, , dismissed the idea.

Although, saying some foul language and making jokes about women is nothing to these country guys, and Li Mo knows that they mean no harm, but Li Man is thin-skinned, and besides, they don't want their daughter-in-law to be raped looked over.

Not only him, Li Yan and Li Shu also agreed with this.

Ah Er even instigated other people to go to Li Mo's house for a meal together, and said that they had heard Li Shu say that his wife's cooking skills were excellent, and they were already salivating.

But in the end, these young people were no match for the three brothers of the Li family, and they all went home dejectedly.

However, resentment turned into resentment, and the next day, these people came to Li's house early, clamoring to help Li Mo and the others to work.

The courtyard of the Li family was originally silent, but suddenly because of the arrival of these people, it was like a pot exploded.

"There are workers working outside?" Li Man opened her eyes and asked Li Yan who looked depressed.

Li Yan smiled helplessly, "It's okay, they are used to working, I'll go out and have a look."

"Oh." Li Man knew that the helpers were all from the village, so she didn't think too much about it. She narrowed her eyes again. She was tired last night, and Li Yan also said that he made breakfast this morning. .

Seeing her falling asleep again, a trace of pity and love flashed in Li Yan's eyes, he took a long breath, put on his clothes and shoes, and went out.

At the door, Li Mo came out with a dark face, looking helplessly at Ah Er and the others, "Didn't you say you won't come to work anymore?"

"Hee hee, Brother Da Lang, we were joking, do you really believe it? Besides, are we outsiders? Your family is going to build a house. It's such a great thing. If we don't help, can we justify it?" Ah Da smiled from the side.

Li Shu also came out of the house at this time, and squinted at these people, "I said you guys, if you want to work, go to Xindi, why come to our house? Noisy people can't sleep well in the early morning."

As he spoke, he yawned.

"Li Shu, what time is it, haven't you slept well? Why did you go last night? Didn't you hug your wife and didn't sleep?" Several young people laughed and said.

"Go, go." Li Shu waved them away like flies, "Go to work in the field for me. If you keep making such noise and disturb my daughter-in-law to sleep, I will not forgive you."

"Yo yo, is this really distressing? Let us see..." Several young people refused to let go.

After all, when they usually play together, they are used to joking with each other. Ah Da and Ah Er are the most familiar with Li Shu, and they usually tell him about their own mother-in-law.

Of course, they were mainly showing off at that time. Who told the Li family brothers that they couldn't marry a wife at that time.

But they didn't expect that they saw Li Man for the first time yesterday, and they were a little crazy when they saw that appearance. They never thought what kind of luck the Li family brothers had to find such a beautiful wife, and they were The protection is so tight, as brothers, they can't even take a look.

So, a few young people acted like a prank, and they must come here today to be lively...