Qiu Yuling didn't stay long. After lunch, she set off with Qiu Dashu and Li Qingtong.
Her fourth uncle was originally going to return on the third day of the first lunar month, but a fellow villager told him that heavy snow had blocked the road and he was temporarily stranded. Communication was inconvenient at that time, so he didn't dare to stay any longer and thought of returning to the convoy on the fifth day to wait for dispatch.
His mother sent him to send his two nephews to his eldest sister's house before continuing on his journey.
It was on the way anyway, so there was no need to argue.
After walking out of the door, Li Qingtong gave each of his two nephews two dollars and asked them to buy paper and pen.
"I gave it to you during the Chinese New Year. I don't want it anymore." After Qiu Dashu refused, Qiu Yuling also refused.
"Here, Fourth Uncle is earning a salary now. Besides, you two are out there, so you'll have more places to spend your money than the others."
Qiu Dashu refused to take it, so Li Qingtong asked Qiu Yuling to take it instead, "Hurry up and take it. Don't let anyone on the street see it."
"Fourth uncle, I really don't want it. Ask my third brother. I'm well off, really."
"It's your business whether you want to spend more, but this is the gift from your uncle. You don't want to accept it because you think it's too little. It's Chinese New Year now, and I've spent a little more. Next time, your fourth uncle will give you a bigger gift."
Now that things have come to this, if Qiu Yuling doesn't respond, her uncle Qingtong will really be suspicious.
"Here, your third brother, if he doesn't want it, forget it. I'll give it all to you."
Originally, she only needed to take two pieces, but after all the trouble, she got all four pieces.
Li Qingtong originally planned to go straight through Qiuzhuang, but his two nephews insisted on pulling him in to sit down.
"If you don't go in, my mother will scold you later."
Thinking of her elder sister's nagging, Li Qingtong really had to go in.
"Is Bronze coming back? It just so happens that I made some meat patties and there's a portion for you. Now that you're here, I won't send anyone else to deliver it."
Li Qingmei took out a small cloth bag, which contained a stack of meat patties and a ceramic pot of meat sauce. "Please sit for a while. I'll make a few more dry patties. You can warm them up before eating. They're perfect for dipping in soup or adding to sauce."
Qiu Yuling took advantage of this opportunity to run back to her room and pretend to get something.
"Fourth uncle, come here." She stood at the door of the hut and waved. Li Qingtong, who was playing with the little kids, gave his eldest sister a silly smile and said, "I'll go see what you're doing. You're so mysterious."
Li Qingmei didn't even raise her head. "Go ahead. There's nothing you can do for me."
Qiu Yuling dragged her fourth uncle into the house and said, "Here you are. You mentioned it last time, so I've been keeping an eye on it for you. Keep it safe."
"What?" Li Qingtong took over and lifted the red cloth.
"A wallet? Where did you get it?"
"Why do you care about me? Just tell me whether you like it or not?"
"Little girl, you have many connections. I need one of them. I won't pretend to push it to you. Look, the Li family has included all the children of your Qiu family. Fourth uncle likes you and thinks you have a promising future.
Next time you come across one, get me one. You’ll pay for it, and I’ll give it to you when I get my salary. I know you have money.” He said this with a sly wink.
"Why do you still give me money from time to time knowing that?"
Li Qingtong put the wallet into the pocket of his clothes, raised his hand and slapped his niece on the head, "Nonsense, just because you have money, you can't spend adults' money? I'm your uncle."
"Just say what you want to say. If you criticize me again, I will really complain. No matter whether it's my mother or your mother, they will definitely scold you." Covering her forehead, Qiu Yuling still wanted to find a chance to fight back.
Li Qingtong saw his niece's intention, stretched out his long arm and pressed it against his niece's forehead. No matter how hard Qiu Yuling swung her arms to row, she couldn't touch anyone.
"Mom, please come and take care of your brother. He's bullying me again."
Li Qingmei was still dealing with the lawsuit, so she sent a few of her children to help their aunt.
The little ones stumbled into the hut, hugged their young uncle's legs, and cried loudly.
Qiu Yuling took the opportunity to give him a loud slap on the head and ran away.
"Hey, little girl, you're killing your uncle. Big sister, my forehead is definitely swollen. So, you guys don't care about the hostages anymore? Ouch, stop pulling, my uncle's pants are not fastened tightly..."
Qiu Yuling ran to Qiu's mother in one breath and said, "Mom, let me help you."
"You little girl, you're already grown up, yet you still treat your uncle like an elder. Just in time, stack the pancakes on the plate together and put them in the same bag you left in earlier, and have your fourth uncle take them all."
When my uncle picked up his things and was about to leave, the three little brothers thought he was joking with them, so they started beating my uncle with a crutch in their hands.
Seeing that the people kept walking forward and didn't turn back, the little guys followed them for a short distance, still not satisfied, before being pulled back home.
"These little ones are always looking for attention." Li Qingmei instructed Qiu Yuling to take them away from the pot and be careful not to get burned.
"Third brother, third brother, come quickly, mother is calling you."
"Hey, hey, here I come."
Qiu Dashu trotted over and asked, "Mom, what do you want me to do?"
Before Li Qingmei could say anything, Qiu Yuling answered first, "Mom told you to take the three of them to your room to play for a while, so they don't get in the way while we work."
"Oh, okay." The three Guijianchou brothers followed their uncle to the battlefield, and each of them was still holding half a meat pie when they left.
"Don't you like those three brothers very much? Why do you always hide from them?"
"Well, you don't understand. I'm just giving opportunities to those in need. My revolutionary friendship with my three brothers is already very strong.
But my third brother can't do that. He has to practice a lot. Besides, can't I take a break? Whatever skill you have, you have to endure a lot of hardship."
Li Qingmei didn't say anything. As long as someone was in charge, it was fine. She had learned not to take things too seriously.
Another thing she didn't say was that her eldest daughter-in-law was also idle. She could ask other people's daughters to rest, so her own daughter could rest even more.
There were six pancakes in a stack. She filled two stacks with meat for her eldest son and one stack without any other ingredients.
He then instructed Qiu Yuling, "Go and get those two small earthenware jars out of the suite."
Qiu Yuling yelled at the top of her lungs, "Brother, come here for a moment. Mom wants to see you for something."
"Hey, here I come."
Qiu Dashan had just returned from the backyard and was about to lift the door curtain of their room when he heard his sister shouting loudly. She turned a corner and ran towards the main room.
"Mom, what do you want me to do?"
"Ask your sister."
Qiu Dashan turned and looked at Qiu Yuling.
"Mom told you to bring the earthenware jars out from the apartment. She's packing some for you."
Without thinking, Qiu Dashan went into the suite to get something. Li Qingmei turned around and gave her daughter a blank look at her lazy daughter lying on the kang.
"Mom, you are biased. When I call you Third Brother, you agree, but when I call you Big Brother, you glare at me. You are not like that.
"Little cabbage~ the ground is yellow~ my mother's water~ is not evenly distributed..."
Li Qingmei turned around and pretended to find a handy tool to teach this damn kid a lesson.
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