When she got home that night, Li Guiying took out two fish and showed them to her mother-in-law. When Mrs. Wang saw them, she was shocked and asked, "Where did you buy these?"
"Mom, this was sent by my mother. She said my brother fished it out of the river. My fourth sister-in-law happened to have given birth, so she sent it here too."
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was overjoyed. She liked her daughter-in-law's family. Although they were from the countryside, they never took advantage of her and always sent her some things from time to time. Although her daughter-in-law often gave money to her parents' home, the adults in their family all had jobs and did not need those things.
"Then you should go back to your mother's house in a few days to visit your little niece. Don't forget to bring some things. Life in the countryside is not easy now," said Mrs. Wang as she took out the fish and cooked.
"Okay, Mom, I'll go in two days," Li Guiying agreed with a smile. She was a good mother-in-law who never bullied her daughter-in-law and never looked down on her family.
Although her man chose her because of her good looks, her whole family was polite to her and she lived a comfortable life.
Moreover, not long after she got married, she gave birth to two sons, which was a great joy for the Yu family. Because of this, her mother-in-law treated her like her own daughter.
Here, Niu Cuihua and her youngest son were on their way back. Li Aiguo was driving the cart while talking to his mother, "Mom, the little girl is already two days old. What should we call her? We can't just call her 'little girl, little girl'."
"I don't know what to call it either. Why don't you go back later and ask Teacher Li at the east end of the village to give you a good name," Niu Cuihua replied to her son while thinking.
Li Aiguo happily agreed, as this was exactly what he had thought.
Teacher Li, whose name is Li Pinglin, teaches in a junior high school in the town. He is a high school graduate himself, which is considered a high level of education in this era of widespread illiteracy.
After arriving home, Li Aiguo went to Teacher Li's house and asked him to help him come up with a name.
"Aiguo, how about naming your child Mingxi? It means bright morning light. Wasn't she born when the sun was about to rise? I think this is a good name."
"Yeah, Teacher Li, I think the name you came up with is pretty good, but I'm not very good at writing. Can you write it for me?" Li Aiguo touched his head embarrassedly.
After hearing this, Li Pinglin quickly took out a pen and paper and wrote the three words "Li Mingxi" on the paper. Li Aiguo thanked him and hurried home.
After entering the house, I quickly went into the east room and found my mother. "Mom, the little girl has a name. It's Li Mingxi. Teacher Li said it means bright morning light."
"Well, this is a good name. Go back to the house and see your wife." Niu Cuihua said as she flipped through the flowered cloth in her hand.
"Wife, our daughter's name is Mingxi. I went to Teacher Li's house specifically and asked him to name her," Li Aiguo said to his wife as soon as he entered the west room.
"Mingxi, Mingxi, then let's call her Xiaoxi."
Li Mingxi was confused when she heard someone calling Mingxi. She thought she had misheard, but then she listened carefully again. Oh, it turned out that her new name was Li Mingxi. Oh my God, it couldn't be so dramatic, why were the names exactly the same?
After two days of observation, Li Mingxi has figured it out. Rather than being reborn, it's better to say that he has been reincarnated. Judging from the way his family members are dressed, they probably lived during those difficult times, but he doesn't know the exact year.
Li Mingxi was thinking about something when he heard his adoptive parents discussing his appearance.
"Wife, look, our daughter looks so much like you, with big eyes, cherry lips, and fair skin," Li Aiguo got on the kang and lay on his side, looking at his daughter and wife, feeling very satisfied.
"I think your eyebrows look like yours, Aiguo. Our daughter is so beautiful. Do you only like her and not me?" Zhang Huilan asked with a little dissatisfaction.
"Wife, wife, you have wronged me. I like both of you and your mother," Li Aiguo explained hurriedly, and then he kissed Zhang Huilan, and then kissed Li Mingxi as well.
"Oh, that's disgusting. Don't kiss my daughter like that. Her skin is so tender. If you use so much force, what will happen if it breaks?"
As Zhang Huilan was about to push him away, she didn't notice and was kissed by Li Aiguo again.
Her face turned red immediately, "Oh, you're doing this in front of our daughter, why aren't you ashamed?" Zhang Huilan said coquettishly.
"It's okay, it's okay. My daughter is still young and doesn't understand anything," Li Aiguo said as he took the child aside and kissed her again.
Li Mingxi was put aside and looked at his parents over there, his face full of black lines. "Why are you being so cruel?" he asked. "Although I am just a little kid now, you still have to pay attention to the impact!"
In the blink of an eye, it was dark. Niu Cuihua arranged for her eldest daughter-in-law to stew another fish, adding more water and vegetables, otherwise there would not be enough for the whole family.
Zhang Xiuzhi cleaned the fish neatly, fried it in oil first, and then added water to stew it.
In order to prevent the aroma from escaping while cooking, the doors and windows were specially blocked, but at this time when everyone was not getting enough to eat, the aroma seemed particularly fragrant.
The Li Shugen family, who lived next door to the Old Li family, could smell the aroma of meat from a long distance away.
So his little egg cried out, "Grandma, I want to eat meat."
Niu Juxiang scolded, "There's no meat for you to eat, you just eat meat. I don't know which wicked person is so cruel as to eat meat in the middle of the night to make the child anxious. How could he not choke to death?"
When Maodan heard his grandma say this, he was unhappy and started crying. Niu Juxiang was so annoyed that she had no choice but to open her little cabinet and take out a piece of candy to coax him.
Niu Juxiang smelled the aroma of meat and felt very greedy. She wanted to go out and see which family was eating meat. Following the smell, she walked to the door of Old Man Li's house.
Niu Cuihua and Niu Juxiang were originally from the same village, but when they were young, they were looking for a partner. Niu Juxiang fell in love with the old man Li Tieniu, but Li Tieniu fell in love with Niu Cuihua, and they were enemies from then on.
After both of them got married, Niu Cuihua gave birth to one son after another, while she gave birth to several daughters in succession. Niu Juxiang became even more angry when she saw that she could not compare with Niu Cuihua.
In addition, Niu Cuihua's daughter and son are more promising than her own, which makes her even angrier, and she often finds fault with Niu Cuihua.
But Niu Cuihua was not someone to be trifled with. Her four sons were very strong-willed, and the old man's eldest brother was the team leader, so Niu Cuihua was not afraid.
Thinking of this, Niu Juxiang felt a surge of malice in her heart, and she thought that she must make Niu Cuihua fall this time. Why could her family not have enough to eat while her family could still eat meat?
She started knocking on the door, shouting "Open the door, open the door." Old man Li and his family were getting ready to eat when they heard someone knocking on the door. Niu Cuihua was so scared that she quickly hid the enamel basin containing the fish in the cupboard. After everything was ready, she asked the third child to open the door.
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