Sun Jiaxue and Old Lady Li were peeling peanuts at the door.

When she looked up, she saw Li Mingqing walking home with a basket on his back.

Old Lady Li asked, "Didn't Mingqing go to the back mountain? Why did he come back so soon?"

"Every village went to the back mountain to collect firewood, but there probably wasn't much."

"Indeed, your father and I wandered around the mountains until late in the afternoon yesterday and barely managed to pick up a cartload. But we got quite a bit when we were pulling down telephone poles a while ago, so it's still enough for winter."

"Mom, there's some coal at home. Go get a basket of it later."

"You guys can use it, your father and I can just burn dry firewood."

Li Mingqing came over, threw the backpack on the ground and sat next to Sun Jiaxue.

"Wife, please stop using your hands."

"It's very convenient now. Yesterday, Mom got some locust tree branches and made four pliers for peeling peanuts. Look, they don't require any strength at all."

One has to admire the wisdom of the working people.

It is really easy to use, saving time and effort and is fast.

"Come, wife, let me try."

Sun Jiaxue handed him the locust tree pliers.

Li Mingqing was not very skilled at first, but he became more and more proficient after peeling five or six peanuts.

Finally he found a farm job that suits him better.

"Mom, it's pretty easy. Why don't we take it back and do it ourselves?"

"It's such a hassle to carry them back and forth. I only have two winnowing baskets left, and I'll finish peeling them all this afternoon. In the afternoon, I'll separate the peanuts with the winnowing basket. The peanut skins are very easy to use to start a fire, so I'll save them for use in the winter."

"Look how thoughtful our mother is."

Li Mingqing praised.

"Strip them all off while the sun is nice and warm. If there's no sun, it's too cold to stretch out your hands."

"Mom, I'm going to cut a long piece of oil paper and cover the house with it. This way, the winter wind won't blow in and it'll still keep us warm."

"Don't waste your money, it won't be that cold."

"It's not a big deal. It's just a matter of convenience. Let big brother make a rack for the door, and then just put the oil paper on it."

A few days ago, he wanted to buy a two-meter-long piece of oil paper from the supply and marketing cooperative, but it was not long enough so he didn't buy it.

Wait for the new goods to arrive in a couple of days and buy yourself a piece first.

Although it is just a thin layer of oil paper, the difference between having it and not having it is huge.

Windproof and warm.

Li Mingli came back carrying a bag and two green radishes.

"Come to my house to eat dumplings tonight."

"I just ate it this morning. You and your sister-in-law can have some."

"Eating dumplings every few days is such a comfortable life. I used to want to go to the mountains and chew tree bark, but now I feel like I'm living in heaven. Just now when I came back, I saw Wang Dazhu sitting at the entrance of the village. I don't know what he was doing. I heard from matchmaker Xu that she introduced him to a girl last time, but he didn't agree because she was ugly."

Old Lady Li said, "The Wang family's situation is clear. We just need to find someone who knows how to run home on rainy days."

"Mom, I want to marry a city girl."

"Speaking of city wives, Wang Dazhu might have taken a fancy to the girl who came to our house last time?"

"You have good taste. You really like it."

Old Lady Li said as if she was hearing a joke, "That's just out of character. How could anyone possibly like him?"

Sun Jiaxue whispered, "I didn't like him, but I liked someone else."

"Look at the captain's family, Xiang Jun and Lin Mei are living well. Li Dahua always wanted to find a daughter-in-law from the city, but after she came to her senses, she let Xiang Jun marry a country girl. City people can't get along with us. Life is full of bumps and quarrels."

When Li Mingqing heard this, he felt that the old lady was quite wise in life.

After sitting here and chatting for a while, we went back to the new house.

Sun Jiaxue saw that there were leaves stuck on his body and took them off.

"Brother Mingqing, why are you back so soon?"

"Wife, we've made a fortune. Look what this is."

She thought what she took out was game or Chinese herbal medicine, but unexpectedly it was glittering gold.

She was so scared that she quickly looked towards the door.

After making sure the door was closed, he asked with confidence, "So much, is it real gold?"

She asked, picked it up and took a bite.

Li Mingqing smiled and said, "Of course it's true. Wangcai and the she-wolf did it. They took me into the cave as soon as I got there."

"Where did they get it?"

"I heard from my father before that there is a bandit's nest in the mountains. This must be where the bandits are hiding."

"Put it away quickly."

"When I have time, I'll go to the provincial capital and get you a pair of gold earrings. A gold bracelet is too eye-catching, so earrings are just right."

Sun Jiaxue quickly said, "No need, my ear piercing might have grown."

"It's okay, just go get a new one."

After he finished speaking, he thought about it carefully and realized that there was no place specifically for ear piercing, either in the county or in the town.

He asked curiously, "Wife, where did you get your ears pierced before?"

"At home."

"Home? Your own home?"

"Yes, in the winter, put an ice cube on your earlobe. Once it's frozen to the point of numbness, grind two soybeans into a thin layer and pierce it with a needle."

Li Mingqing grimaced as he listened, and it sounded very painful.

Actually, it didn't hurt at all. I didn't feel anything from being frozen by the ice.

Little girls in the village will get their ears pierced when they are seven or eight years old.

"Wife, take a look at it and see if it's dead. If it's dead, forget it. I'll make you a gold ring."

"Don't do anything, just put it away."

Li Mingqing pulled her to his side and tucked the loose hair behind her ears.

The small ears are exposed, white with a hint of red, the earlobes are distinct, and the ear holes are clearly visible.

He reached out and squeezed it gently.

"The ear piercing is quite obvious."

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