The village chief and the team leader insisted on inviting Li Mingqing to their home for a drink.

Li Mingqing politely declined, "Uncle, Jiaxue has already prepared the meal. Let's do it next time."

The captain said quickly: "The food won't go bad overnight in late autumn. You can eat the food at home tomorrow morning. You and your wife can come home and eat."

"I really won't go. We just had dinner together two days ago."

Seeing that he really didn't want to go, I didn't force him.

Many people in the village are jealous.

"These days, there are people who refuse to go when someone invites them to dinner."

"Other people would think this is stupid, but Li Mingqing is different. He eats delicious food every day and never lacks this meal."

"That's true."

"If the village chief invited me to his house for dinner, I would definitely go without saying anything."

"Do you think everyone is as useless as you? Don't you feel a little disappointed?"

"Anyway, we can't compare to the Li family."

Li Mingqing returned home amid everyone's envious gazes.

The captain said with a smile: "Everyone can go to the town to watch the fun tomorrow if they have time."

"Okay, we'll definitely go when we have time."

I remember the first time Li Mingqing went to the county town to receive the award.

In less than two years, such a glorious event happened to me.

The village chief and the team leader walked home with a smile, not paying any attention to Liu Xiang with disheveled hair and Li Goudan with bloodstains on his face.

The next day.

When Li Mingqing went out to work, he saw the village chief and the team leader standing at the door in their neat clothes.

As soon as he saw it, he asked, "Look, are we dressed okay?"

“It’s particularly suitable.”

"Then we are relieved, go to work."

"Aren't you going to town together?"

"It doesn't start until ten o'clock. It's too early to go now."

The two were so excited that they didn't sleep much all night.

Old man Li came out and said with a smile, "Look how energetic he is."

"This is the first time I've had such a good thing in my life. I heard that the county will send people over. I used to just watch from below, and this is my first time on stage. I feel a little uncertain."

"There's nothing ridiculous about this. Just say whatever comes to mind."

"I'm really afraid that I'll be so trembling that I won't be able to speak."

"Keep a calm mind and treat it as a conversation with fellow villagers. Talk as you normally would."

The village chief and the team leader were somewhat excited but also somewhat hesitant.

Li Mingqing saw Zhou Yingzi coming over again before he stopped the car in the county town.

It's obvious that nothing good is happening here since you came so early.

"You're finally here. I came to tell you that I'll go to your house to chat with Jiaxue later."

"There's something wrong with you."

"I was just wandering around the house because I had nothing to do."

"Isn't the town big enough for you to stroll around? If the town isn't big enough for you to stroll around, then go to the county town to find Zhou Ming. If you still have so many little thoughts in your mind, I'll go find Zhou Ming directly and let him chat with you at home."

Zhou Yingzi originally wanted to make things difficult for him, but she didn't expect him to be so cruel.

If that heartless Zhou Ming knew that his peaceful days were over.

She immediately walked home without looking back.

She had originally run away when her mother-in-law wasn't paying attention.

Li Mingqing cursed her when she left, "You're crazy, you're stupid."

Apart from this little episode, nothing much happened.

——

It's getting colder day by day, and the villagers have already put on cotton-padded jackets.

The Chinese New Year is approaching again.

Every household sat in the corner to bask in the sun and chat.

There was coal burning on the stove in Li Mingqing's house all day long, and the house was very warm.

Li Lizhu and Yang Daya each took a piece of cloth and came to Sun Jiaxue to make New Year clothes for their children.

"I bought this fabric specifically from my sister-in-law as a defective product. It's much cheaper."

"Really, another year has passed."

"Second sister-in-law, you can use the sewing machine. It will be done in one afternoon."

Yang Daya said bluntly: "Since you said so, we won't be polite."

Si Niu stood wobbly beside and played with Niu Niu.

The two sisters are about the same age and can play together.

"It's really warm at home. Those naughty kids are not afraid of the cold at all. They run from east to west in the village all day long and eat more and more."

"Thank goodness my family can afford to eat."

"Yes, look at the villagers, they sit in the corner and don't move if they can, and they can also eat less."

Li Mingqing walked into the house and heard this and said, "Isn't the harvest quite good this year?"

"I'm used to being frugal, so I save whatever I can."

"But this year, every household can finally eat white flour dumplings. If we can't eat dumplings, it's not really the New Year at all, and there's no hope at all."

——

Old man Li and old woman Li were sitting in the crowd chatting.

"You two old people are living a life of wonder."

"We have no worries about food and clothing, and our son and daughter-in-law are filial. We are so greedy."

"But you should also urge your daughter-in-law to give birth to another son. There's no rush."

"Yes, yes, I have to give Mingqing a son."

Old Mrs. Li smiled but said nothing.

I know they mean well, and who wouldn’t envy having both a son and a daughter?

But this cannot be forced.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, the old women stopped talking.

"Your cotton-padded jacket looks new. I don't think you've worn it very often."

"As for last year's cotton-padded jacket, I sewed a layer of cloth on the outside to prevent it from getting dirty. The more you wash a cotton-padded jacket, the less warm it becomes. When the time comes, just wash the outer layer."

“Try the thickness and you’ll know it’s very warm.”

"It's not too cold yet, even though I've been wearing this tattered cotton-padded jacket for over ten years."

You can see that the cuffs are torn from washing.

Save as much as you can, so that you can have enough food to eat this year.

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