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Chapter 16 Visiting Relatives

"Okay, let's help you ask you these days to see if your method can be successful. If it can be the best, the children will be able to earn at least when they enter the factory or unit. They have an iron rice bowl, which is better than farming," the few people nodded.

After chatting for a while, Lao Wang and Lao Chen saw that it was fine and offered to say goodbye. Everyone stood up to see him off.

"Why didn't A Quan come today? My aunt Li Xiulan asked?"

"I sprained my ankle when I was working today, so I asked me to rest at home." Uncle Er made excuses. The reason why everyone in the Li family didn't want to fight was well known to everyone. They discussed it in advance and did not tell my aunt that they were afraid that they would worry.

Everyone sat in the living room and talked about the past two days, and by the way, how to sell fish next.

"Then that's it. Sister, brother-in-law, you guys go to bed early, we'll go back first, we'll come back in two days."

Alas! Don’t hurry to leave, bring the things with you. Yesterday’s bill has been exchanged for you today, so take it back quickly.

"Oh! Sister, I'll be back so soon. Then, the second brother and Awu are on their backs."

There are thirty-five kilograms of cornmeal in the two noodle bags on the ground, and a small jar of cooking oil.

Li Deyou and Li Wen and others hurriedly left their aunt Li Xiulan's house.

I stayed at my aunt's house for a short time today. It was exactly three o'clock when I got home. There were more things happening today. Li Wen was already exhausted and lay on the bed and fell asleep quickly.

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdong! The door knocked, and Awen got up.

Li Wen rubbed his sticky eyelids and walked out of the door, went to the apricot tree in the yard to wash up.

Recently, my family has been in a little better condition, and my breakfast has become half dry, with two buns of steamed buns per person.

After dinner, Li Wen was about to go to work, but was stopped by his mother Wang Chunmei.

"Awen, don't go to work today. Your mother-in-law brought fifteen kilograms of cornmeal she got back last night for me and your second aunt to make a favor."

"Oh! Last week I went to your grandfather's house to watch the busy farming season. Your uncle's house was almost out of food. Your cousins ​​were so hungry that they were almost out of shape. They were so hungry that they ate wild vegetables all day long. At that time, our family was in trouble, so I gave your uncle one dollar. Now our family is a little more abundant. You can send these fifteen kilograms of cornmeal to your grandfather's house. The busy farming season was too heavy these days. Your grandparents are old and my mother is afraid that they can't hold on, so she wiped her tears as she said that."

Mom, why are you crying? It just so happened that I haven’t been to my grandfather’s house for a while. I will deliver cornmeal to my grandfather’s house. Then I secretly go fishing a few fish on the road and bring them all. Li Wen looked at his mother with red eyes and smiled."

"Okay, your grandparents didn't love you when they were young, and their mother Wang Chunmei smiled when she heard this."

At this time, grandma Guo Xiuyun walked out of the kitchen and looked at Li Wen with a smile: "Awen, there are ten kilograms of cornmeal here. Your second aunt and your grandfather are in the same village. You will also bring it with you. Thanks to my good grandson this time, everyone will enjoy the happiness."

"Today is the No. 6 Commune Festival. After delivering things, you can go and have a walk, the old lady said with a smile."

Li Wen's eyes lit up. If there are six major festivals in the commune, you can go to the major festivals and see what business opportunities are there.

Li Wen carried the basket on his back and put half a basket of pig grass on it to block his view. In fact, the cornmeal had been put into the space warehouse.

The commune is ten miles away from Sanxing Village. My grandfather and aunt's family are both in the village where the commune is located. It only takes half an hour to walk to the commune during the day. It is only six o'clock now.

Li Wen walked towards the commune along the reservoir road, and stopped along the way. After walking for more than twenty minutes, he had already walked through several village boundaries. Li Wen came to a very remote river and slipped down quietly.

Li Wen took out a string of net cages from the space and threw them into the river. He then took out the fishing gear while splashing the bait and started fishing. The temperature was low in summer mornings, but it was stuffy, and the fish were floating and breathing for food.

The fork of this river is relatively shallow and there are few fish catches. In more than two hours, I caught seven or eight fish, a total of twenty or thirty kilograms. I was also small, and the largest one was only seven or eight kilograms. I put away the fishing rod and Li Wen walked towards the fish cage beside me.

I slowly pulled out the river water with the fish cage and watched the fish catch a lot of thirty fish, but most of them were small fish, many of which weigh less than one or two, and there were only six big fish, almost twenty kilograms.

Forget it and not force it, it was already good. Li Wen comforted himself, then took the net cage back, and then threw the fish into the small fish pond in the space.

After climbing out of the river, Li Wen hurriedly walked towards the commune. It was already past nine o'clock in the morning when he arrived at the commune.

At this time, various street stalls set up by farmers in the market were distributed in various corners of the market. People kept hawking, and from time to time, patrolmen with red sleeves passed by to prevent speculation from happening.

Li Wen's grandfather's house was in the commune village. Li Wen wanted to deliver things first, so he didn't stop and hurriedly passed through the market.

"Cousin Wenzi, Cousin Wenzi, is it you?"

Li Wen was walking, and a voice came from behind. Li Wen turned around and looked back and saw an eight or nine-year-old girl calling him.

The little girl was wearing a patched gray jacket and military green knee-length shorts on her lower body, but she was a little white in washing and a pair of straw sandals on her feet. If she hadn't washed cleanly, she would be no different from a beggar. This little girl is Wang Xiaohua, the child of Li Wen's uncle's family.

Although Li Wen's clothes were patched, there were only two or three pieces of clothes at most. Everyone in the family also had a pair of old cloth shoes. Although the cloth shoes were patched occasionally, it was at least a pair of good shoes, which showed that my grandfather's family was not doing well.

"Xiaohua, what are you doing in the market? Li Wen recognized the little girl and said with a smile."

"There is no food at home. I picked up chicken feathers and vegetable leaves at the market. The child lowered his head and looked at the bamboo basket in his hand and said embarrassedly.

"You can eat vegetables and leaves, what do you want chicken feathers?" Li Wen asked curiously."

"If you save too much, you can sell it for money, the little girl said quietly."

"Oh! Xiaohua, you are so smart, Li Wen praised."

"Come on, my cousin invites you to eat candy. Li Wen stuffed a few candies into the little guy's pocket.

"Wow! It's so sweet, the little guy took out one and stuffed it into his mouth and said exaggeratingly."

"Walk home, my cousin brought you good things today," Li Wen pulled Wang Xiaohua, who was jumping and jumping, and the little girl who was having fun along the way giggled.

"Mom, Wenzi's cousin is here," the little guy from afar shouted while running, hurriedly pushing open the door.

Grandpa's family has three sons and two daughters, while Li Wen's mother is the eldest, and the three sons are the youngest. However, Grandpa's family has already separated, and the old couple and their eldest son live in the old house.

Li Wen stepped over the threshold and looked carefully. Grandpa's family was a rustic house, which looked very old. It was probably built for at least twenty or thirty years. The whole yard was laid out in three-sided form, with houses built on the front and back yards and the west yard walls empty on the east yard, but two apricot trees were planted. At this time, the apricots were already ripe, and there were no apricots under the tree. It seemed that they had been picked, leaving them on top to reach, and they continued to hang for the time being. ωωw..net

At this time, the straw curtain on the backyard door was lifted open, and an old lady who looked in her seventies and looked thin, slowly walked out. This man was Li Wen's grandmother, Zhang Wang. The old lady looked so old this year that Li Wen's eyes turned red in an instant.

"Grandma, Li Wen watched the old lady walk out tremblingly and immediately greeted her."

"Awen, you are here. I haven't been to my grandmother's house for half a year. I've grown taller. The old lady touched Li Wen's head and smiled."

"I haven't seen you for only half a year. What's wrong with you? Li Wen said worriedly."

Our mother-in-law drinks some wild vegetables a day and doesn't eat. No matter how we persuade them, we don't listen. This is so hungry, Wang Xiaohua next to her whispered.

"Grandma, you can't do this. With so many children and grandchildren, Li Wen's tears immediately came down."

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm old and I eat less. Come in and come in, grandma will give you some delicious food," said Li Wen and walked into the room.

"Come to Awen, you are blessed today," the old lady brought out a plate with several fist-sized peaches,

"This is the precocious peaches given by the captain yesterday. This is the new variety that is ripe at the end of June. You should hurry up and take out the old lady and take out the biggest and most reddish one and hand it to Li Wen."

Li Wen saw the little girl standing beside her swallowing her saliva. She probably hadn't eaten it before, and it was hard to refuse the old lady. She picked up the peach and took a few bites. It was indeed very sweet. At this time, the fruits were all covered with farm manure, so the yield was small, the size was small, but the taste was great.

Then he took out a peach and handed it to the little girl, and said with a smile: "Xiaohua, go out to play, I will talk to my grandmother." The little girl was already so greedy that she picked up the peach and ran out immediately.

The old lady looked at Xiaohua who ran out and raised her hand, but in the end she didn't say anything.

Li Wen pulled away the pig grass in the backpack and got the things inside. On the way, he took a canned fruit from the space and put it in the backpack.

"Grandma, this is fifteen kilograms of cornmeal, this is four big fish, this is canned and fruit. Li Wen said as he put the things on the table one by one."

"What's going on? These days, your family is not rich. Why did your child take out so many things? The old lady opened her mouth wide and said."

"My grandma asked me to bring these to me. Our family has been in a better situation recently. We have been busy farming these days, so my mom asked me to send some to you and grandpa."

"These are all replaced by the fish I caught in the river, so grandma, don't worry, but you and grandpa know, don't tell my uncle and others about it after all, there are too many people."

Li Wen then told the old lady about the fishing process. The happy old lady laughed at her grandson for being successful.

"Grandma, you try this can. As Li Wen opened the huge canned bottle of 1.5 liter oranges," Li Wen was afraid that the old lady would not be willing to eat it to entertain guests or let her grandchildren eat it, so Li Wen simply opened it directly and watched the old man eat it.

"You kid, my old lady won't waste eating this food. The old lady has never seen such a rare canned orange in her life. It's too expensive, so the old lady hurriedly dissuaded her."

"That won't work. You're only in your early sixties and you'll see that you're so old," Li Wen took out a small bowl from the table and poured a bowl for the old lady and handed it over.

The old lady felt warm when eating canned oranges, and the sweet canned oranges in her mouth made her smile. She could no longer bear the pot at home during this period, so she didn't intend to drag her children down and wanted to save some food for the children, but the filial piety of her eldest daughter and grandson Li Wen made her breath again, making her die-hard and live.

"That's right. Grandma, you have to take good care of your health so that we won't worry. My mother said that you and grandpa were crying in the morning. You don't dare to do this again in the future. We will pack your and grandpa's rations in the future. Li Wen comforted the old man."

"Okay, with my filial grandson, then my old lady will live a few more years. The old lady also thought and smiled when she listened to Li Wen's consolation."

"Is that okay? This is fifteen kilograms of high-quality cornmeal and more than ten kilograms of big fish, which is enough for you and your grandfather to eat for a while. I will give it to you later. I am very awesome now, Li Wen smiled."

"Grandma, where is my grandfather? When Li Wen saw the old lady at home, he asked?"

"Today, this old guy went to the market to sell straw sandals, and the old lady laughed and scolded."

Alas, then I just came to the market and didn’t see my grandfather? Li Wen scratched his head!

After chatting with the old lady for a while, Li Wen stood up and said goodbye!

"You kid, it's almost ten o'clock. Let's sit down again and have lunch. The old lady watched Li Wen leave early and hurriedly dissuade him."

"Grandma, I have to go to my aunt's house and give them some cornmeal. His family has many children, and it must have been difficult to endure recently, Li Wen said with a smile."

His grandfather's house was too difficult, and Li Wen was really embarrassed to stay at his grandmother's house.

Walking out of my grandmother's house, Wang Xiaohua in the yard didn't know where she ran. Li Wen did not go to his second aunt's house first, but started walking around the big market.
Chapter completed!
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