The sky was gloomy and it looked like it was going to snow. When Lu Wensheng and his group changed their clothes and arrived at the brigade headquarters, Li Xiangyang had already lit the stove.
The fire was roaring and you could smell the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes and chestnuts as you entered the door. Li Xiangyang was picking out the roasted chestnuts.
Seeing several people coming in with cold air, he quickly took down the hot water on the stove and poured a cup for each of them:
"Hurry up and drink it while it's hot to warm your body. I put some herbs in it to dispel the cold. Drinking it will be good for your health."
Hmm? Herbs that can drive away cold? Never heard of it.
Lu Wensheng leaned closer to the cup and took a look. Uh...that's just ginger!
Lu Hao, who had been following behind, noticed that Sister Lu looked indescribable, and couldn't help but come over to take a look, revealing the same expression as Lu Wensheng.
But when he saw that the village chief was a little uncomfortable, he quickly made up for it:
"Um... well, in a sense, ginger is indeed a cold-dispelling herb!"
When Li Xiangyang heard this, he felt as if he had found a soulmate who could relate to him. He excitedly clenched the kettle in his hand, his old face flushed as he sought resonance:
"Right! I told you it was a cold-dispelling herb! They all laughed at me!
Look, now even the intellectuals from the city say this, let’s see what they will say in the future, humph!”
The old man had a smug look on his face. He hummed a little tune while pouring brown sugar into the cups, especially Ma Yingjie's cup. He scooped two big spoonfuls into it, which made Lu Wensheng, who was standing next to him, almost have a diabetic attack.
Just these two tablespoons of brown sugar, if you drink it, you will have to march from the Northeast to the Northwest...
However, Ma Yingjie didn't think it was too much. Instead, he picked up the water cup and took a big sip with a happy look on his face. How could this not be considered a preference for himself!
Well, it's just a little bit annoying...
He finally swallowed the thick brown sugar water. Just as he put down the cup, Li Youliang ran in from outside, trembling, rubbing his hands and saying:
"Dad, Grandpa Su will be here soon. It's so cold outside. I'm almost frozen into a popsicle."
It turned out that he was sent out by Li Xiangyang to call Su Qishan. Because of Su Qishan's special status, he could not be called on the loudspeaker, so Li Youliang came in handy.
Looking at the steaming cup of water in front of Ma Yingjie, he didn't care that it was the one Ma Yingjie had drunk before. He rushed over and poured it into his mouth without saying a word.
Ma Yingjie quickly stood up and tried to stop him: "Alas... No."
Very salty! No, very sweet...
Li Youliang looked down and saw that the cup contained brown sugar water, which made him so anxious. He thought that Ma Yingjie was reluctant to give it to him.
Pretending not to hear his words to stop her, she tilted her head back and drank half of the glass of water.
Before he finished, he still thought to himself: Humph, isn't it just a bowl of brown sugar water? You're so stingy that you don't even want to give it to me!
but!
But ha...
The moment the brown sugar water entered his mouth, Li Youliang was stunned.
What the hell is this!
What is the good family's brown sugar water sweet and spicy? No, sweet is serious, but what does spicy mean!
He immediately realized that the brown sugar water must have been poured by his father, because only his father would add ginger slices to water in winter.
Resisting the urge to vomit, he quickly swallowed the brown sugar ginger water in his mouth and reached for Lu Wensheng's water cup:
"Sister Lu, let me rinse my mouth. I'll pour it for you later."
Lu Wensheng: "Are you sure you are gargling? Hehe..."
Li Youliang: "..."
This cup is even spicier!
All right! Lu Wensheng stopped trying to persuade them. He got to watch the fun for free before the meeting. It was pretty good!
Li Xiangyang looked at his silly son and scratched his head like a monkey.
He suddenly felt ashamed. How could he have given birth to such a thing?
At that moment, he wished he could stuff Li Youliang back into his mother's womb and recreate him. He resisted the urge to do it and pointed in the direction of the door:
"Third brother, get out of here and supervise the work. Replace your eldest brother in here. Leave quickly. I don't want to see you today."
He was really afraid that he would not be able to control himself and beat him to death!
Li Youliang said aggrievedly: "Oh..."
Before leaving, he did not forget to wink at Ma Yingjie:
Come on, what are you doing here?
Ma Yingjie looked at Li Youliang sympathetically, then at Li Xiangyang, meaning:
Ancestor, please leave quickly!
Li Youliang followed Ma Yingjie's gaze and saw his father's livid face, which was even more terrifying than before.
Oh my god, I dare not provoke you...
He ran away quickly.
He had to go and call his eldest brother back first, and then go and make a fire for his mother.
Ever since he learned how to make fire at the educated youth center, he has taken charge of all the stoves in his home. It is no exaggeration to say that he now sees his stove more often than the dining table.
Regarding this matter, Sun Caifeng praised Lu Wensheng and the others a lot for training her to be an expert in making fire. From then on, she no longer had to make fire and cook at the same time!
The office was a little awkward because of Li Youliang's behavior. Lu Haodong looked around and saw that no one was talking, so he shamelessly went to the stove and picked up the kettle to refill everyone's cups.
There was nothing he could do, since he was the person of the lowest status here. At this moment, he even suspected that he had just come in to serve tea and water.
Woohoo, if I had known earlier, he would have just run away with Li Youliang without caring about anything...
Not long after, Li Zhenguo came back exhausted, followed by Li Fugui:
"It's so cold outside, uncle, what do you want to talk to us about? Why do you have to tell us now? The team is still busy!"
As he spoke, his eyes wandered around the room, and finally landed on Ma Yingjie. He picked up the glass of water in front of him and poured it into his mouth. After drinking half of it, he stopped and said:
"Hmm? It's still sugar water. You drink it well, kid!"
"Really? Let me try it."
Li Zhenguo took the cup from Li Fugui and drank the remaining half.
Looking at the piece of ginger lying alone at the bottom of the cup, I guessed that this water must have been poured by my father.
You know what, this ginger water really makes you feel warm when you drink it.
Ma Yingjie was dumbfounded: No, you guys just want to bully me, right? I look like a soft persimmon?
I can’t stand it any longer!
Ma Yingjie turned around and looked at Lu Wensheng with a tearful face, and complained:
"Sister Lu, look at them!"
Lu Wensheng: "I'm watching!"
Lu Hao: "..."
Seeing that Ma Yingjie was on the verge of going crazy, Lu Wensheng quickly pushed his glass of water to him and coaxed him:
"Be good, and come home and make me something delicious at noon."
Only then did Ma Yingjie sit down obediently and stop making a fuss.
Shen Lingling also hurriedly handed him the peeled chestnuts in her hand and whispered:
"Don't make any noise for now, my uncle wants to talk about serious matters!"
Ma Yingjie shut up obediently this time. Can he leave?
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