Wan Niang agreed: "Bei Mo and Ali are both growing, so they should eat when they are hungry."
Fu Nanyao asked, "Mom, what about my brother?"
"Your brother is strong enough. It's okay for him to be hungry for a while." Wan Niang raised her hand to signal everyone to sit down. "Let's eat."
"Mom, let's go get some food first."
Fu Beimo took Ali to the kitchen.
Wan Niang responded and said to Yan Funing with a smile, "Funing, you are Ci Yi's wife. You should know that his body is all muscle, right?"
"Mother..." Yan Funing choked and looked at Fu Nanyao hurriedly.
Fu Nanyao covered her lips and smiled: "Mom, my sister-in-law will be embarrassed."
Wan Niang followed with a smile: "What I meant is that Ci Yi is strong and can withstand hunger, so Fu Ning doesn't need to worry."
Yan Funing: "Mom, I'm not worried."
Although it was Bei Mo who suggested eating first, it was she who agreed and then discussed it with her mother-in-law.
She wouldn't worry if she had to starve someone for a while.
Who told him to preach to her!
Not long after, Fu Beimo brought two bowls of rice, holding a pair of chopsticks at the bottom of the bowl in his right hand.
Ali held three bowls of rice in his two hands, holding the middle bowl in front of him and squeezing it with his left and right wrists.
Yan Funing first took the bowl of rice in the middle of Ali, and then pulled out the chopsticks between Fu Beimo's hand and the bottom of the bowl, and separated the chopsticks into pairs.
Several people sat down.
Wan Niang reached out and touched Ali's arm: "It's like firewood, eat more."
In the blink of an eye, Ali's eyes were red again: "Well, auntie, I'll eat more."
During the Lunar New Year holiday, he stayed at his grandmother's house. Every time he picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks, he had to check the expressions of his grandmother, uncle, and aunt. When he was serving rice, he didn't dare to take too much. If he ate even a little slowly, they would say he was lazy and greedy.
At that time, he could never get enough to eat.
Now, his aunt told him to eat more.
My throat suddenly felt choked.
At this time, Yan Funing took a bite of rice and said, "Mom, there is not much rice left in the rice jar. I want to ask the villagers to buy some rice, about 100 kilograms at a time, so that I can eat it for a longer time."
As she spoke, she looked at Ali and said, "Don't eat less because of this. Rice costs ten cents per pound in the grain and oil store. We are not short of rice at home anymore."
Ali nodded heavily and took a big mouthful of rice.
Wan Niang said, "Just buy it in the village. The grain and oil store is in town, so it's always inconvenient to buy there."
Fu Nanyao picked up a few slices of bacon for Ali and put them in his bowl: "Don't just eat rice, eating meat will give you strength. Later, when my sister-in-law goes to buy rice, you have to carry it."
Ali said "hmm", used chopsticks to separate several slices of bacon that were stuck together, and ate one of them.
The two young men ate voraciously and finished their meal in a short while.
Fu Beimo stood up and said, "Let's go take food to my brother first. Sister-in-law, wait for us to come back and then go buy rice."
"good."
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When they arrived at the village school, the students had already gone home for lunch, while Fu Ciyi was copying in his room on an empty stomach.
Fu Beimo put the food box on the table: "Brother, you are not hungry, right?"
You still have the energy to write such beautiful words.
Fu Ciyi glanced at his brother indifferently and said nothing.
Ali explained, "Master, my sister-in-law took us into the mountains to dig for herbs this morning, and we were hungry by mealtime. We ate first and brought this to you later, so it's a little late."
Fu Ciyi said "hmm".
Fu Beimo also said: "Mom said that Ali and I are growing, so we have to eat when we are hungry. My sister-in-law also said that she is not worried about you being hungry."
Fu Ciyi had no expression on his face.
She wasn't worried about him being hungry...
Ali quickly explained: "Aunt said that the master's body is all muscle, and told sister-in-law not to worry, he will be fine if he is hungry for a while."
The two young men talked a lot, but Fu Ciyi didn't say a word.
Fu Beimo patted Ali's shoulder and said, "Let's go back. My sister-in-law is still waiting for us."
"Yes, Master, let's go back then."
As soon as they walked out of the room, the two of them walked back arm in arm.
Only then did Fu Ciyi put down his pen and eat.
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Thinking of helping their sister-in-law, the two young men did not dare to delay on the way.
I ran and walked, and the journey that would have taken me fifteen minutes was completed in just fifteen minutes.
Yan Funing waited for them to come back: "Come with me to the village entrance."
She put the silver into her purse.
"The entrance of the village? Are we going to Brother Li's house?" Fu Beimo asked.
"Bei Mo is so smart!" Yan Funing smiled. "Last time I took his ox cart to the county town, and he didn't charge me for such a long journey. I want to go to his house to buy rice."
Wan Niang, who was sitting in the main hall, said, "That's how it should be."
"Mom, let's go then."
Yan Funing said something to her mother-in-law and took the two young men to the village entrance.
Wan Niang said to Fu Nan Yao, "Your sister-in-law is very sensible in her actions. You can tell a person's character from the little things they do. She is truly excellent!"
Fu Nanyao thought of the two-year agreement between her brother and sister-in-law, but she didn't dare tell her mother. So she asked in a different way: "Mother, if my brother passes the imperial examination and becomes a high-ranking official, what do you think my brother and sister-in-law will do then?"
"What will happen?" Wan Niang asked, and then patted her daughter on the back of her hand. "It's your brother's blessing to marry your sister-in-law!"
Fu Nanyao muttered softly: "As long as mother is here, my brother and sister-in-law will not separate."
Blind people have good hearing, and Wan Niang heard it.
"What did you say?"
Fu Nanyao was startled and hurriedly explained: "Mom, I said you are the backbone of our family, my brother and sister-in-law all listen to you."
Wan Niang sighed instead: "Your brother has always been opinionated. How can I control him? Your sister-in-law is filial. I can see that she has as much opinion as your brother."
If two people with strong opinions can work together, their lives will definitely get better and better.
Fu Nanyao was puzzled: "Mother, why do you say that my sister-in-law has as many opinions as my brother?"
"You lost your temper earlier, but your sister-in-law didn't take it seriously. Only a person with a strong heart can do this, without anger or resentment, and truly achieve a calm mind."
If he treats his sister-in-law like this, one can imagine how difficult it is for Ci Yi to win Fu Ning's heart.
She actually hoped that Ci Yi would be even better and that the couple would have feelings for each other.
Then he thought about how cold his eldest son was, and wondered when this young couple would be able to have a happy marriage.
The village entrance at this moment.
Yan Funing brought Fu Beimo and Ali into the Li family yard.
Li's mother was sorting through the dried vegetables. Seeing Yan Funing coming over, she asked with a smile, "Miss, do you want to take the ox cart?"
Yan Funing: "Auntie Li, I'd like to ask if you have any extra rice to sell?"
Li Xinheng, who was weaving a basket in the house, heard it and hurried out.
"Girl, most families in the village don't lack rice, and we have paddy as well," he said. "There are only me and my mother in my family, so we do have plenty of rice."
As long as the family is not lazy and likes to eat, or sells the crops right after harvesting, they basically have food reserves.
Yan Funing asked, "Brother Li, I want to buy 100 kilograms of rice. Is that okay?"
"Of course." Li Xinheng turned and went into the house, carrying out a large bag of rice. "This bag of rice weighs about 100 kilograms."
Yan Funing took out one or two taels of silver.
Li Xinheng pushed his hand: "Girl, this is too much."
"The market price is ten coins per catty. If we take one hundred catties, that's exactly one ounce of silver." Seeing that he wouldn't accept it, Yan Funing turned around and gave the silver to Aunt Li, "Auntie, please keep it."
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