In the courtyard, the four little ones have already washed out the acacia flowers and Houttuynia cordata.
Li Tannian washed two bowls of old rice, added water and simmered it in the iron pot, then added a little flour to the washed acacia flowers and started stirring.
Lu Dabao and Erbao collected the stems and leaves of Sophora japonica on the ground and the duck egg shells they had thrown away before, and took them out to throw away.
There is a dry pond in the village, which was originally shared by the villagers. Later, I don’t know who was the first to throw garbage into it. Later, everyone threw garbage into it collectively.
The head of the Lu family organizes the villagers to burn the garbage every year. Many people take the ash and soil left after the burning to grow vegetables. It is said that the soil is as fertile as manure.
Lu Dabao and Erbao had just thrown their things next to the pit when they suddenly heard a fierce shout: "Lu Dabao! Okay, I finally caught you! Tell me honestly, did you accuse me of being a gangster yesterday?"
Like, you said I pushed the iron ball into the water?"
The person coming is the little bully tiger boy in the village!
He is the same age as Lu Dabao, but he is plumper and stronger than Lu Dabao. Many children in the village are afraid of him.
Er Bao was no exception. Er Bao flinched and was protected behind him by Lu Dabao.
"I didn't." After Lu Dabao finished speaking, he took Erbao and started to leave.
How could Huwa give him a chance to leave? He quickly walked up and stood in front of Dabao and Erbao.
"If not you, who else? I heard someone said that your stepmother acted as a good person yesterday! If you hadn't talked nonsense in front of Tie Qiu's mother, would Tie Qiu have confessed me? Lu
Dabao, you bean sprout-like turtle grandson! How dare you offend your Grandpa Tiger? Let’s see how I deal with you!”
Huwa said, picking up his sleeves and about to hit someone.
Erbao licked his lips and couldn't help but said: "Brother, let's go. If the stepmother knows that we are fighting outside, she will definitely not let us off lightly."
Lu Dabao lowered his eyes, thinking about the scene where his stepmother was so angry that she chased them all over the village, and he was still a little scared.
"Huwa, I didn't complain."
After pursing his lips, Lu Dabao was about to leave, but Huzi raised his hand and gave him a fist!
"Hmph! Do you think your Grandpa Tiger will believe you? Look at his legs!" Huwa said, raising his legs and kicking Lu Dabao again.
The tiger baby grew strong and had great strength. In an instant, the places where Lu Dabao was hit were in burning pain.
His dark eyes were full of anger, and his hands were tightly clenched into small fists.
He wanted to rush forward and beat the tiger boy with claws and claws all over the ground, but when he thought of his stepmother's furious face, he endured it again and again.
Huwa seemed to have seen through this, and he became more and more proud: "Humph, you are a mother-in-law, even if I beat you to death, your stepmother will only be grateful to me! If you want to blame, I can only blame you.
My mother is a short-lived ghost!"
"What did you say!" Lu Dabao glared at Huwa fiercely.
"Brother." Erbao had a bad feeling in his heart.
He tugged Lu Dabao's hand and was about to comfort him when Lu Dabao clenched his fist and hit Huwa head-on.
Huwa was stunned and completely forgot to react.
Erbao was also shocked. Seeing the dark and strong tiger baby being beaten by his elder brother, he was unable to fight back. He opened his mouth, and after a while, as if he had just thought of something, he hurriedly went to pull Lu Dabao.
"Brother, don't, don't fight."
Huba has a powerful mother. If the eldest brother really beats Huba, the stepmother will not just beat them up.
Lu Dabao was pulled by Erbao, still with red eyes, glaring at Huwa fiercely.
Huwa was beaten so hard that his whole body ached, and he burst out crying with a cry.
"Lu Dabao, you, just wait for me!" He said with sobs and walked home.
Lu Dabao wanted to continue beating him, but Erbao quickly pulled him back and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, please, why don't we go home first and apologize to our stepmother?"
Lu Dabao pursed his lips and said nothing.
The two brothers returned home worried, and saw their stepmother still cooking by the stove, while Sanya was holding Xiaosi Bao under the stove to light the fire. She looked at the stove from time to time, very curious.
"Stepmother, are these acacia flowers used to stir noodle soup?"
"Making acacia stewed rice."
Li Tannian opened the lid of the pot and saw that the cooking water in the iron pot was almost drying up. Then he spread the Sophora japonica flowers evenly coated in flour on the rice.
"Acacia rice?" Sanya blinked her eyes, and she realized that not only can locust trees be eaten, but they can also be used to cook rice!
Although the stepmother rarely cooked before, and she had never eaten any locust rice, she believed that this locust stewed rice would be delicious.
Just as she was thinking about it, Sanya found her eldest brother and second brother standing outside the courtyard gate looking at them.
"Eldest brother, second brother, why don't you come in?" Sanya asked strangely.
When Li Tannian heard this, he turned to look at Lu Dabao and Erbao. In an instant, the two little guys turned a little pale.
"Brother, let's talk to the stepmother. Maybe the stepmother will help us?" Erbao tried to speak.
In the past two days, he had seen the changes in his stepmother. At this moment, he actually had the slightest hope for his stepmother.
"Don't say that!" Lu Dabao finished with a stern face and walked towards the courtyard.
Erbao had a grimace on his face, wouldn't he know if he didn't mention the stepmother?
When the time comes, if Huwa's mother brings this matter to the stepmother, the result will only be worse.
"Is something wrong?" Li Tannian saw a bruise hanging on the corner of Lu Dabao's mouth and heard the two brothers biting their ears outside, so he couldn't help but ask.
"It's okay!" Lu Dabao's voice was cold, as if he was rejecting people thousands of miles away.
Li Tannian frowned and looked at Erbao inquiringly. He saw Erbao shrinking his head like a quail and not daring to breathe.
Li Tannian was almost amused by their behavior.
Is she a monster? As for being scared like this.
If you don't want to say it, don't say it. If you dare to love her, why don't you rush to ask?
Li Tannian pursed his lips, ignored them, and went straight to the side to mix the sauce.
The most important thing about sophora flower rice is the juice.
Li Tannian mixed some chili oil and went to the basket in the main room to select garlic cloves. These garlic cloves were the essence of the juice.
But the garlic cloves in the basket were too small, so it was very difficult for Li Tannian to select them.
Just then I chose a small handful of garlic when I heard a shrill voice coming from the courtyard gate: "You Lu Dabao, how dare you hit my son! You really think that I, Liu Jinhua, am easy to bully!"
The shouting came from far away. When Li Tannian left the main room, he found that there were no children in the yard.
She was stunned for a moment and subconsciously walked out of the hospital.