I ran home anxiously, melted the lard, tied more dry grass on the branches, took a match, and lit it in the dark when I reached the end of the village.
Seeing that the torch was about to go out again, she was about to burst into tears when she saw a little bit of light in the distance.
Throwing away the extinguished torch, she just stared at the light. It was getting closer, getting closer. It was coming to their Kushan, and it must be her eldest brother and sister-in-law.
"Brother, sister-in-law." Li Min opened her mouth and shouted.
"Hey." Tian Jing raised her voice and responded.
It was Tian Jing's voice, and it was her elder brother and sister-in-law who were back. Li Min ran to the Ku River excitedly, but it was too dark and she couldn't see across the river, so she could only wait by the river.
When Li Min came, Tian Jing certainly did not allow Li Zhengguo to carry her across the river again, "You should believe that I can cross the river."
Li Zhengguo pursed his lips and nodded. It was all his sister's fault. He couldn't take the opportunity to betray Tiantian.
Tian Jing crossed the other side 'carefully', and Li Min pulled her arm excitedly, "Sister-in-law, what did you buy back?"
"Calm down, I have to go pick up your brother," Tian Jing shook her arm and handed her the bamboo basket.
"You are carrying this on your back. There are two hot water bottles inside. Don't drop it."
Two thermos bottles? Li Min was a little confused.
Tian Jing pushed her, "If you are like this, go home first and don't make trouble here. There are still a lot of things in the car behind you. Are you surprised?"
Li Min came to his senses and carefully put the bamboo basket on his shoulders, "I can do it, I can do it."
Tian Jing handed her the plastic bucket and a series of teapots in his hand, "There is kerosene in the plastic bucket, be careful."
"Yes." Li Min was no longer in a daze. Is there something more now? Her sister-in-law said that there were still many things, that is, a lot of surprises, so she had to calm down.
Tian Jing carried the lantern and crossed the other side, "Li Zhengguo, please move your things over. I'll look over here."
"Yes." In the time just now, Li Zhengguo had already unpacked the bundled baskets, and now he was moving them in batches bit by bit.
Again and again, Li Min was stunned, and then Li Zhengguo pushed the wheelbarrow across the river.
Tian Jing followed behind carrying a lantern and a cloth parcel.
Li Zhengguo put the things in the basket and moved them to the car, continued to cover them with quilts, and bundled the car.
Mother Li was also flustered and restless by her daughter. Finally she heard voices. She leaned against the door in the dark and asked, "Are they Zhengguo and Tiantian?"
"Yes, mother, we are back."
"Yes, mother-in-law, we are back. Mother-in-law, why don't you light the lamp?" Tian Jing asked casually when she saw that the room was dark.
"There are no candles or kerosene lamps." Li Min, who was following her, answered.
Huh? There are candles lit in the West House every day?
On second thought, Tian Jing thought of Li Zhengguo's selfishness. There's really no way to describe this person. Let's call him ruthless. He gave all his love to the original owner. Call him ruthless. That's how he treated his own mother. .
Tian Jing raised the lantern high and walked to her mother-in-law, "Mother-in-law, can you see? We have bought a lot of things."
"You can see it, you can see it." Mother Li smiled brightly. When her daughter-in-law held up the lantern, she saw her son pushing the piled high wheelbarrow and buying a lot of things. "Mom, give it to you." Go warm up the sweet potatoes.”
"Don't worry." Tian Jing pulled Li's mother, "Wait until we unload the things and ask Li Zhengguo to light all the kerosene lamps. Then you can heat it up. It's dark and you can't see clearly."
"Okay." Mother Li was caught and did not break free. She just listened to her daughter-in-law.
Li Min first used the light in his sister-in-law's hand to place the bamboo basket firmly in the corner of the kitchen, and then put down the string of tea jars.
Then he came out carrying the kerosene bucket and said, "Brother, take out the lamp first."
"Li Min, this is the baggage in my hand. Take it and open it carefully. There is a glass lampshade inside."
"Why are you buying a lampshade?" Li Min put down the plastic bucket, took the cloth parcel from his sister-in-law's hand, placed it gently on the ground, opened it slowly, and murmured as he did so.
"The lampshade was blackened and I had to wipe it, but accidentally it got chipped."
"Less smoke, no glare, and windproof." Tian Jing rolled her eyes, how hard did this person use to wipe the lampshade?
As soon as Li Zhengguo took down the package of cotton wool, he heard his sister's surprised voice, "Why did you buy so many lamps?"
"Shut up!" Li Zhengguo growled. His sister was too frivolous, far worse than Tiantian. At this moment, he couldn't remember his Tiantian's mental age at all.
"Oh." Li Min also knew that she was making a fuss again. Just now, her sister-in-law disliked her by the river.
Tian Jing put the lantern on the ground and squatted next to Li Min to help, "Hurry up and open all the lanterns and ask your elder brother to pour oil."
There are only three lanterns in total. Two are hung at the door of the main house and one is hung at the door of the kitchen. They should be bright enough, right?
All the lanterns? Three, okay? How much kerosene should be used? Li Min cursed in his heart, but quickly unscrewed the oil spout on the side of the lamp.
Tian Jing unscrewed the lamp heads of the four kerosene lamps and said, "Li Zhengguo, fill up the oil pots of these lamps. In a moment, you can go find the glass bottle and pour out the kerosene."
"I'll find it."
Li Min stood up, but was stopped by Tian Jing, "Can you see?"
Well, she can't see it.
Seven lanterns were lit, one for each room, and three lanterns were hung according to Tian Jing's idea. The inside and outside of Li's house were immediately brightly lit.
"Shutan." Tian Jing clapped her hands, "When it gets dark, it's really uncomfortable to have the lights on in the dark. From now on, if you have something to do, just light it like this. When you have nothing to do, just hang one at the door of the kitchen and use it inside the house.
It’s just time.”
Mother Li and Li Min breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they didn't light it like this every day. When it was bright, Mother Li went to the kitchen to heat up the sweet potatoes.
Tian Jing urged Li Zhengguo to unload everything onto the table in the main room and let her sort it out. The food was moved to their table in the west room first, as it was not suitable for the kitchen and was unsafe.
The cloth will be moved away first and will be divided at dawn tomorrow.
Li Min followed her elder brother and moved things into the west room. Looking at the pieces of cloth and the more than ten pieces of cloth, she felt both happy and distressed.
Li Zhengguo put down his things and warned his sister in a low voice, "Don't enter the West Room casually from now on. Your sister-in-law doesn't like it. Before you come in, you must ask your sister-in-law first or knock on the door before coming in. Do you understand?"
Li Min nodded quickly, she must understand.
After I came out, I saw the wool again, and my expectation for the cloth weakened, "Sister-in-law, I, I, do you have mine?"
"Yes." Tian Jing waved her hand, "Don't worry, we all have the things I bought. If we really don't have them, it can only be because your elder brother is missing, and you cannot be missing."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Li Min giggled while holding the wool, and was pushed by Tian Jing, "Send it to the west room quickly. There are still many little things here."
Then, Li Min watched her sister-in-law throw towels, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shampoo and soap, Pechoin elegance cream, vests, socks and handkerchiefs, yellow sneakers, thousand-layer soles, and autumn clothes into the porcelain basin.
The last one is a mirror that cannot be thrown away.