On this day, Mrs. Li from the Qiao family in Baihe Village felt very conflicted.

Lu and Qiao Zaohua got up early in the morning and went to the county town before dawn, but they didn't come back until after feeding. Li was a little uneasy, and she also hoped that Lu would not come back otherwise.

There was no one to cook, so Li had to feed herself.

The big kitchen only has yellow millet, sorghum noodles and other coarse grains. Mrs. Li really doesn’t want to eat these. Why can’t she eat some fine rice and white noodles in this prosperous year?

It happened that Mr. Lu was not at home, so she walked into the upper room with peace of mind and boldly opened the food cabinet on the head of Mr. Lu's kang.

Originally, Mrs. Lu's grain cabinet was locked with a lock. Unfortunately, the lock had not been replaced for a long time and was a little rusty. In addition, it was a cheap product and the lock cylinder was not accurate. Mrs. Li just had to put a key in the keyhole.

With a slight twist, it can easily pop open and then return to its original shape.

This little secret was discovered after she sneaked into the upper room while Mr. Lu was going to the market two years ago. She never told Mr. Lu.

Of course, she didn’t dare to take too much at one time. Her mother-in-law was an extremely shrewd person. If she found out that there was less food, she would probably turn the family upside down!

Mrs. Li grabbed a handful of white flour, mixed it with mung bean flour and baked a few flatbreads. She also simmered a small pot of yellow rice and mixed it with a plate of bean sprouts.

She was overjoyed and found two eggs in the henhouse!

This egg is still a little hot, it was just laid by the hen!

She rolled her eyes. Since Mrs. Lu was not here, no one knew that the hen had laid eggs today! She quickly put the two eggs in her arms and took them to the kitchen to make a plate of oily, golden scrambled eggs.

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She took a bowl, filled it with a shovelful of yellow rice, put a spoon each of eggs, bean sprouts and pickles on top of the rice, then covered it with half a piece of cake and carried it to her room.

"Bao'er, you can eat by yourself. Mom will bring food to your father."

Qiao Baoer sniffed hard and asked, "Mom, is the sun coming out in the west today?"

Li Shi smiled and winked at Qiao Baoer mysteriously: "Your grandma and I went to the market today and won't come back for dinner. Mom secretly made this for you. Eat it quickly. After you finish eating,

Hurry up and wash the dishes, and then go to diffuse the smell in the kitchen. Don't let me know that we ate something delicious."

Qiao Baoer nodded, and while eating a big meal, he said innocently: "I can eat delicious food when grandma is not at home. It would be great if grandma is never at home!"

Mrs. Li just smiled and did not scold her child for his rebellious idea. She poured the remaining food directly into the crock pot for cooking rice and went to the field with the crock pot.

Qiao Lin was still busy working in the field, his lean body swinging the hoe constantly, sweating profusely.

Mrs. Li shouted from a distance: "The child's father, it's time to eat."

Seeing this, Qiao Lin wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeves and came over to eat.

As soon as he opened the jar, he was immediately shocked: "Here, the sun is rising in the west?"

Phew, Qiao Lin and Qiao Baoer are indeed father and son. They even speak exactly the same words. Li said with a smile: "My mother is not at home today, so I will make stew for you. It is the busy farming season, and you can't even eat when you are thirsty on weekdays."

, such a big person is so hungry! I see that my mother still has a lot of white flour in the cupboard, which can be exchanged for a lot of coarse grains in the county. But she knows that the whole family is short of food, so she still wants to feed her fat

My daughter goes."

Qiao Lin was munching on the pancake and looked very shocked when he heard this.

He hesitated for a moment and asked in disbelief: "So you can cook?"

Li said angrily: "How can I not know how to do it at all? Besides, who can cook a pancake and stew it for rice?"

Of course she wouldn't say that she was hiding her clumsiness in front of her mother-in-law, so that she could find ways to avoid doing housework.

Qiao Lin smiled and continued to eat.

Mrs. Li couldn't help but feel a little distressed when she saw her husband devouring the food.

The family has only these ten acres of land left to divide the land, and Mrs. Lu has sold out all the Yongye fields. For ordinary people, at least the whole family would have to work to cultivate such ten acres of land. How come she is the only one in their house?

How about fighting to the death with her man in the fields?

I don’t know what my mother is thinking. She regards a piece of water that is about to be thrown away as a treasure, but her decent eldest son and grandson are as hungry as a starving tuber! Can she rely on her son-in-law to pay her funeral in the future?

There is also a brother-in-law who says he has been selected as a scholar, but the scholars in other families are all respectable people. If he finds any job in the county town, he can earn three or four guan in a month at least, and the whole family can eat and drink well.

But how come Qiao Hua is still stuck in studying, like a wooden pile, and even for serious expenses, he has to rely on his wife to fill this hole?

Not long after, Qiao Lin finished eating a large jar of rice and ate two large cakes. Li quickly took off the gourd from her waist and handed it over: "Here, I dried the sugar water."

Qiao Lin was flattered and took two sips before putting it down and said, "Take it back and let your child drink it. He likes sweet drinks."

"I left a big bowl for him, you drink yours."

"When will mother come back?" Qiao Lin was a little worried. If mother came back and smelled the smell of eggs in the kitchen, wouldn't she tear her sister-in-law alive according to her temper?

"I don't know." Ms. Li also felt a little strange, "But if they haven't come back from the county seat at this point, they won't be able to come back today."

"Maybe she might go to live with the third child. She hasn't visited the third child in a while."

Li nodded hesitantly, but she still felt uncertain.

I really thought something bad was going to happen.

After delivering the meal to Qiao Lin, Li returned to the village from the field with the earthen pot in hand. As soon as she reached the entrance of the village, she was stopped by two strange men.

These two men were tall and strong, dressed in black robes, and looked quite untouchable. Mrs. Li was suddenly a little scared. Then she thought, it was broad daylight, and they two people from other villages would not dare to do it in broad daylight.

What could she do? She shrank back and mustered up the courage to ask, "Who are you?"

Tang Dalang tried his best to look kind, and asked: "Don't be afraid, madam, we are just passing by to inquire about something from the people in our village."

"Oh..." Ms. Li felt relieved and asked, "Tell me, what are you asking about?"

"Do we have a wealthy family named Qiao? Are you familiar with their family?"

Mrs. Li's heart skipped a beat.

Who are they? Why do they want to inquire about their own family?

Mrs. Li then thought again, could it be that the Jianghu person whom her mother-in-law offended before was looking for some helper to seek revenge?

Thinking of this, Ms. Li bit the tip of her tongue and tried to calm herself down. She shook her head and said, "I'm not familiar with it. Their door is closed all day long, and they don't come out to walk around with the villagers. They barely interact with my family."

After that, she pointed in the opposite direction to her home and said: "There are old ladies from the village under the big tree at the entrance of the village. They often chat behind other people's backs. You can go and ask them."

If it was the Jianghu man's matter that others really didn't know about, these two people wouldn't be able to find out anything even if they asked.

After sending these two people away, Mrs. Li hurriedly ran back home, closed the courtyard door tightly, and then leaned against the door panel in shock to calm herself down.

While feeling comfortable, I thought back to how the two people were dressed just now.

Wait a minute...

Black round-neck robe, soap boots, copper belt on the sash...

Isn’t that a bad person?

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