Li Qingtong didn't come back until the afternoon of the next day, and when he came he even packed some pork dumplings.
"You burned it, didn't you? Can't I wrap it up for you when you come back?" Li Qingmei stomped on her brother's forehead, extremely angry.
"Sister, I'm an adult now. You can't poke me like Guan Dashu and the others in front of the younger generation."
"Pfft." Qiu Yuling, a bystander on the kang, laughed out loud without realizing it.
"You two uncle and nephew are both arrogant. Big brother, stop making fun of your second brother."
Qiu Yuling blinked her eyes, because there was also a ready-made dish in her flower-studded handbag, which was a full lunch box of braised pork.
When her mother asked where it came from, she told them she bought it from a restaurant and asked them to come and try it.
Li Qingmei tried hard not to nag her at that time, but now Li Qingtong did the same thing again, and the effect instantly became greater than the sum of its parts.
Li Qingtong was not annoyed. She stretched out her hand, handed the lunch box over, and asked her elder sister to heat it up so that everyone could have a taste.
"I've never eaten dumplings before, so why try something new?"
"You definitely haven't eaten it before. If you had, why would I have gone to all the trouble to bring it back?"
This really piqued everyone's curiosity, but Li Qingtong kept it a secret and insisted that they try it themselves.
Li Qingmei put the bamboo sieve and placed the dumplings one by one on it and slid them around.
It is already cooked, and after the steam comes up, it will be heated through in a few minutes.
Tieshou Li brought it out with his bare hands and placed it on the table on the kang. He also gave each of them a pair of chopsticks and said, "Try eating it. I want to see if there are flowers wrapped inside."
Qiu Yuling picked up one and put it in her mouth. Isn’t this a dumpling stuffed with Spanish mackerel?
This place is not near the sea, so such things are not easily found. No wonder her fourth uncle is so mysterious.
Li Qingmei and the old lady also picked one up and put it in their mouths.
"How's it? Is it delicious?"
Li Qingmei didn't say anything, she felt something was fishy.
Qiu Yuling understood as soon as she saw the expression on his face. They rarely had seafood coming over here, only lake fish, which they would occasionally have as a snack, but they had never used to make dumplings.
"Is this fish? It seems there is also pork?" The old lady is a connoisseur of goods. Whether she likes it or not is another matter, but she can taste the difference.
"Yuling, what do you think?"
"It's a little loose, but it's okay." I guess the frozen fish brought here is not very fresh.
"They said if you're not used to it, you can try dipping it in garlic sauce."
Although everyone was not very receptive to these fish dumplings, they were made of meat after all, so they enjoyed eating them.
Li Qingmei ate little, but she still made jokes. "This must be really expensive, right? Picking out all the fish bones one by one is not something a normal person can do."
Li Qingtong wiped his mouth and said, "No way, people say this kind of fish has no bones, otherwise who would bother with this kind of thing?"
Li Qingmei had been stranded here for a long time. Now that everyone was here, she felt there was no point in staying here any longer. She packed up the stove, hitched up the donkey cart, and prepared to go back.
Sitting on the donkey cart, Qiu Yuling discussed with Li Qingmei that she would go back home first to ask her old father to take a look, and then go to her grandmother's house to accompany her grandmother.
"Go ahead, I can't tie you down."
"Sister, why don't you come to our house to celebrate the New Year this year." Li Qingtong can't stay for a few days. He will have to go out after the third day of the New Year, and he doesn't know how long it will take for him to come back.
"Well... I'll make two more trips before the New Year and spend the New Year at home to avoid any gossip." Li Qingmei was tempted at first, but when she thought about the many mouths to feed at home, she gave up the idea.
But she did have the idea of asking me to stay for a few more days.
"Mom, why don't you just do as Yuling said and wait until the end of the first lunar month before leaving? Didn't she say she could buy sleeper tickets? Then you can lie down all the way there, which will be more comfortable than taking a bronze carriage."
"Well, ask Yuling to go and write a letter to Qingju to let her know first." The old lady also felt that her son's freedom looked majestic, but it was really bumpy and uncomfortable to sit on.
"If that's not possible, I'll go see you off and visit Juya and Dahe. Dahe isn't coming back this year, and he's really missed."
While Qiu Yuling was stunned, her mother had already submitted the final plan.
"Mom, you can send my grandma off, but I'm afraid you won't be able to see my second brother. He's out on a mission, and he might not be back on the day you're gone. If he does, he'll be late for the spring planting and then you'll be sad about the work points you didn't get."
"Ah? Is it that serious?" She was still thinking that her second son didn't have time to go back home to visit relatives, but he must return to the company. If she went there and waited for three or five more days, maybe she would see him.
"If you don't believe me, ask my grandma. Did Fourth Uncle come back as soon as he said he would?"
"Not really. The fourth son's wife is the type who leaves and comes back as she pleases. Sometimes she's away for months at a time, and other times she comes back and stays for a long time." The old lady was a witness to this incident.
Li Qingmei still believed what she said.
"Ah? Then why should I bother? I'll just drop you off and come back as soon as possible."
"You don't need to see me off. I can get on and off the train. Besides, the comrades on the train are taking good care of us. You can just stay at home and relax."
The old lady refused her eldest daughter without a second thought.
"Oh, stop arguing. I'll be running this route every few days. When the time comes, have Yuling take Mom to the bus and put her there. I'll just wait for her at the drop-off point and take her to Fourth Sister's place."
During the time, I just eat and sleep, so it doesn't matter whether I stay with you or not.
"That's right. This is what Qingtong said, and if it gets too much trouble, I might as well just go with him."
After hearing what she said, Li Qingmei stopped arguing. The group went directly to Shangquan Village and unloaded the old lady and the luggage. Then Li Qingmei and her daughter returned to Qiuzhuang.
"Oh, no, I forgot to leave the brocade bag for my grandma."
"What brocade bag? Is it serious? Or should I turn back?"
"Forget it, forget it. There's no rush for one or two days. Let's go home first. My father must be looking forward to it so much that he's making his daughter anxious." No matter whether others come or not, she will definitely come to her grandma's house again in two days.
After hearing what her daughter said, Li Qingmei didn't think much about it. She slapped the donkey's butt, and the speed increased immediately with "da, da, da".
Qiu Jianshe and Qiu Dashu stretched their necks every day hoping they would come back.
As soon as the two men arrived at the wheat field, Qiu Dashu noticed it with his sharp eyes and quickly ran to the main hall to report the military situation.
"Dad, my mother and my sister are back."
"Really? I'm Yuling back. Go and knead the dough, and don't let your mother come in and start nagging us..."
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