Li Chen was stunned. Why did this sound so familiar?

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Hu Guilan walk in with dishes and chopsticks, so he swallowed what he wanted to say to prevent her from thinking too much.

Li Xu quickly got up and went to the kitchen to serve the meal.

Not long after lunch, the neighbors' wives, both older and younger, came over with their children one after another.

Li Mei integrated into the group perfectly and started chatting with them.

Seeing this, Li Xu laughed to himself, thinking that if she was assigned to work in the street office in the future, she would definitely be able to get started right away...

A few days passed in a flash, and the car team became completely idle.

That night, Li Xu said to Li Mei, "Sister, go to the market tomorrow morning. I heard someone is selling candied haws these days. Buy a few."

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the market is bustling every day.

The county also turned a blind eye to small vendors, allowing them to sell things in the market without charging them stall fees.

So there are some more rare things in it, and candied haws is one of them.

Hearing the word "tanghulu", not only Li Chen, but even Sun Xiu and the others showed interest. "We haven't eaten this for a long time. If you have it, Xiaomei, buy a few more strings. I'll get the money for you later."

"No, I have money."

"Keep your money for yourself. Besides, I'm not just asking you to buy candied haws. Buy some vegetables too so we can have them during the New Year."

Now Li Mei couldn't refuse and could only nod in agreement.

Li Xu urged, "Sister, go early tomorrow. They say this thing is very popular and it will be sold out if you go a little later."

"OK."

As everyone was chatting, two people suddenly walked in from outside.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Mr. Li and Li Jiafu.

Li Xu and the others quickly stood up and greeted them. Then Li Jiakang asked, "Dad, Second Brother, why are you here in such a cold weather?"

"I'm sending you pork." Mr. Li replied.

Li Jiafu put down the sack on his back and handed it to Li Ping, saying breathlessly, "Nephew, the meat has been chopped up. You just need to take it to the kitchen and clean it up."

Li Ping responded, took the sack and walked towards the kitchen. Hu Guilan and Li Mei followed him and wanted to help clean up.

Li Jiakang asked again, "Did you slaughter the remaining pig?"

"Um."

Last year, Mr. Li raised two pigs, saying that one was for completing tasks and the other was for his own consumption.

Li Jiakang knew about this, but he didn't expect the old man to slaughter a pig today, so he complained, "Why didn't you let the second son tell me in advance before you slaughtered the pig? What if he gets tired carrying the meat?"

At this time, Li Jiafu continued, "I carried the baby on my back all the way. I didn't let my dad carry me."

"That won't work either. It's so cold, what if I get sick?"

"Alright, Dad's here. What's the point of saying this now?" Sun Xiugang handed two cups of freshly brewed tea to Li Jiafu and the other man, saying, "Hurry up and sit down, have a drink and rest."

After the two of them sat on the bench to rest for a while, Li Jiakang said, "Dad, you shouldn't raise pigs next year. At your age, you should rest more."

Hearing this, Mr. Li was immediately unhappy. "Why take a break? How can country people take a break? Besides, I don't have many, just two, I can take care of them."

"Don't be so stubborn with me. Don't you know how your body is doing? Besides, my mom isn't even as healthy as you are. If she collapses from exhaustion one day, she'll definitely stab me and my second brother in the back."

"My eldest brother and I think the same thing. Dad, if you want to eat meat, I will buy it for you. You don't have to raise pigs." Li Jiafu echoed.

In fact, he had long since given up wanting to raise one.

There is no other way. There are only so many people in the family, and raising these two pigs has really exhausted the family over the past year.

And just as Li Jiakang said, the old couple is getting older. If something happens to them because of this matter, outsiders will probably wonder whether they are filial or not.

Mr. Li didn't hear anything else, but he did hear the criticism.

You know, a bad reputation would affect the whole family, so no matter how reluctant he was, he had to agree to stop raising pigs.

Hearing what he said, everyone in the room showed a satisfied expression.

Everyone chatted for more than half an hour before Mr. Li and his friend said goodbye.

Originally, Li Jiakang and others wanted to take them there by bike, but they disagreed and insisted on walking back.

There was nothing we could do but let them do as they pleased.

The next night.

Seeing the three candied haws on the table, Li Xu and his friends who had just returned from get off work fell into deep thought.

Seeing them like this, Li Mei quickly explained, "There were too many people buying candied haws. I couldn't squeeze through them, and when it was my turn, there were only three left."

Sun Xiu waved his hand, "No need to explain, we understand."

Li Mei had money, and she had asked to buy a few more, but now she only had this much. It was obvious that it was not that she didn't want to buy, but that she could only buy this much.

At this time, Li Chen came over and said expectantly, "Mom, please share the candied haws quickly."

Because the quantity was too small and everyone in the family wanted to eat some, Li Mei kept some after buying it and waited for everyone to come back to share it.

Li Chen was so greedy that he was drooling all day and couldn't wait.

Sun Xiu glanced at him, then pondered, "Each stick has five candied haws on it, for a total of fifteen. Excluding Hongtao and Botao, there are ten people in our family. We'll give one to each of us, and the remaining five will be given to Guilan, Xiaohong, Xiaomei, Xiaoju, and Lao San. What do you think of this division?"

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