Chapter 256 Helping Shen Wanxue Carry Water

Li Zhan looked at Xia Juanjuan for a long time without moving, and didn't even blink.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help feeling a little worried and subconsciously wanted to pull his hand.

It must have taken him a long time to accept that he was placed in foster care at the Li family by his biological parents, who had said they would come to pick him up but had not shown up for more than ten or twenty years.

However, even if you accept this kind of thing, it is impossible not to feel hurt in your heart.

Is there any child in this world who is willing to be abandoned by his parents?

"Li Zhan, Aunt Shen and the others also have their own difficulties. Listen to me..."

Li Zhan dodged before she touched him, then he forced a smile with the corners of his lips bent, interrupting her and whispering, "Juanjuan, I... I'll go into the mountain first, and we'll talk when I come back."

After saying this, without even looking back, he carried the bamboo basket and walked out the door.

Xia Juanjuan wanted to shout, but in the end she didn't open her mouth.

Lizhan is not an impulsive person.

But for such a big thing, we need to give him some time to digest it.

Lin Yuru cooked the glutinous rice balls and saw that Lizhan had gone out without eating. She was also puzzled and asked, "Juan'er, where is Lizhan going? The glutinous rice balls have just been cooked, and he hasn't eaten breakfast yet."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Mom, it's okay. Let's eat first. He said he was going up the mountain to hunt. The wild animals in the mountains are still groggy in the morning, so they're easier to catch."

Xia Juanjuan did not tell Lin Yuru that Shen Wanxue had a fierce battle with her mother.

It’s not that I don’t trust Lin Yuru, but the fewer people who know about Shen Wanxue’s current situation, the better.

After hearing this, Lin Yuru had no choice but to give up and said with a smile: "This is a good deal for these little brats. Aren't you afraid that their teeth will be damaged, so you don't let them eat too much sweet food? They just ate this last night, and they can eat it again early this morning."

When Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei heard this, their eyes lit up and they immediately ran over excitedly and asked, "Grandma, do we have glutinous rice balls to eat this morning?"

When Yanyan, Yeye and Yaoyao saw their brothers and sisters running over, they also ran over clumsily with their short legs and said in a baby voice with their heads raised, "Eat Yuanyuan! Eat Yuanyuan!"

It made Xia Juanjuan and Lin Yuru both laugh.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Okay. However, Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei can eat three each, and Yanyan, Yeye and Yaoyao can only eat one each."

Xiao Wu was very disappointed: "Ah? You can only eat three?"

Beibei sighed exaggeratedly like a little adult.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but pinch her little face and said with a smile: "You're already sighing at such a young age? If you eat too much candy, your teeth will be eaten by worms!"

When Beibei heard this, he quickly covered his mouth with his hands and stared at Xia Juanjuan in horror: "I don't want bugs to eat my teeth!"

Xia Juanjuan blinked and smiled, "That's why you can only eat three. If you eat too many, the bugs will eat your teeth! Also, you must brush your teeth well every morning and night."

When Beibei heard this, she nodded vigorously.

Xiaowen is older and has already started to change his teeth. The teacher at school has also talked about this. Of course, he knows that Xia Juanjuan is just trying to scare people, so he slapped his head helplessly.

These days, it's really hard to be a child without any education.

However, he didn't dare to tell the truth.

After scaring the boys, Xia Juanjuan turned back to Lin Yuru and said, "Mom, after breakfast, let's make some stuffing for dumplings. We still have some pork from the pork we bought two days ago. Oh, and stew those pig trotters with soybeans. We can eat them as soon as Lizhan comes back."

After hearing this, Lin Yuru agreed, "Okay. I'll do it after breakfast."

Breakfast was also the usual, sweet potato and millet porridge, sweet potato and white flour steamed buns, a dish of radish sauce, a dish of spicy cabbage, a few boiled eggs, some chopped bacon and stir-fried with bamboo shoots.

I also made steamed egg custard for the triplets, which was mixed with fish paste and chopped spinach. I also added crushed sweet potatoes and boiled eggs to the millet porridge, which they could also eat.

In addition, there are sesame-filled glutinous rice dumplings. Children like to eat sweet things, and the six little kids looked at the plump white dumplings and were eager to eat them.

After breakfast, Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei took the triplets out to play with the children in the village. Xia Juanjuan and Lin Yuru started to prepare the fillings for dumplings and stew pig's trotters.

It is still the first month of the lunar year, and fresh pork and pig's trotters are hung outside. They will not go bad for a few days.

First, take the pig's trotters off, move the coal stove outside and put some firewood in it, then use fire to burn off the remaining hair on the pig's trotters, wash them with clean water, put them in the pot, add various seasonings and stew them.

After stewing for a while, take it out of the casserole, transfer it from the stove to the coal stove, add the washed soybeans and continue to simmer over low heat. Check from time to time to see if the water has been burned dry, and don't pay too much attention to other things.

The dumpling filling was pork and radish. The two of them were busy for most of the morning and finally made enough dumplings for the whole family.

Xia Juanjuan was still a little worried about Li Zhan, but it was not a good idea for her to use space teleportation to go to the mountain to take a look, otherwise she would not be able to explain if Li Zhan found her. She could only wait patiently.

It was almost noon when Lizhan came down from the mountain. Passing by the river at the entrance of the village, he saw Shen Wanxue from a distance, hitting the river surface with a shoulder pole to break ice so that she could fetch water for the cows in the cowshed.

Li Zhan hesitated for a moment, but immediately walked over quickly and took the shoulder pole from Shen Wanxue's hand.

Shen Wanxue was startled and quickly turned around to see who it was.

When she saw it was Li Zhan, she was completely stunned. She just stared at him blankly, her lips trembling, but she couldn't utter a word.

Li Zhan glanced at him and then said softly, "...Let me do it."

In the past, Li Zhan would have called her Aunt Shen without hesitation, but now... after knowing the relationship between the two, he couldn't call her that no matter what.

Shen Wanxue finally reacted and tears immediately flowed out of her eyes, but she was afraid that Lizhan didn't know that she was his mother, so she didn't dare to show it too much. She quickly wiped her tears, raised her hand to grab the shoulder strap in Lizhan's hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Let me... do it myself. You go back quickly..."

Whether Lizhan knew it or not, she was afraid that the villagers would see that Lizhan was helping her, which would have a bad impact on Lizhan.

Li Zhan emphasized his tone and insisted, "I'll do it!"

Shen Wanxue had no choice but to step aside helplessly.

After a few hard fights, he broke the ice, put two buckets into the river to fill them with water, and then carried the water towards the cattle shed.

Shen Wanxue had no choice but to follow helplessly.

Lizhan ran back and forth two or three times and filled both sinks. There was enough water to last for two or three days before he went back.

From beginning to end, he didn't say anything else to Shen Wanxue.

When other people saw this, they were also a little puzzled.

After all, although the villagers did not abuse or bully them, they basically would not get too close to them.

They did all the physical work such as carrying water by themselves.

If you are good at fighting, you can help me carry a bucket if you meet one. But it is quite rare to help me fill up two large sinks.

Although Yang Qiushi didn't know that Shen Wanxue was Li Zhan's mother, considering their relationship with Xia Juanjuan, it was normal for Li Zhan to help so much, so he said to the others: "Li Zhan is a soldier, and it's normal for him to be enthusiastic and help. Let's all go."

Others who were petty, such as Old Li, who refused to pay when the fodder was thrown away and was later isolated by others, said in a gloomy tone:

"Warmhearted? Why didn't I meet warmhearted people when I was on duty fetching water? Also, that Lizhan's wife seemed to be taking special care of you and the Shen family girl, right? She brought you all the delicious food. I mean, do you have any special relationship with their family?"

Yang Qiushi got angry when he heard this:

"Li Fujin, you are also literate, why are you so petty? Are they only taking care of us? Did they send you fine food, meat and eggs from time to time, but you didn't eat them or what? Now you are talking nonsense here?! What's the matter? What do you want to do?"

Old Zhang had also received help from Yang Qiushi, Shen Wanxue, and Xia Juanjuan for losing fodder before, so he also said:

"That's right! We have all benefited from this matter. Don't you have any idea of ​​what to say and what not to say? Old Li, if you dare to be weird again, then in the future, you need to have some backbone and don't eat the food and meat sent by others!"

Others also joined in condemning Old Li.

After all, they had really benefited a lot in the past two years. Although they did not receive as much care as Yang Qiushi and Shen Wanxue, they had received a lot of white flour, rice, eggs, and even pork, chicken, duck, and game.

Compared to people in the same situation elsewhere, their lives are much better!

It is more than the financial support given by their relatives in the city.

If they are even more heartless and still make up stories about Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan behind their backs, they are worse than pigs and dogs!

Old Li felt a little guilty when being attacked by everyone. Wasn't he jealous of Yang Qiushi and Shen Wanxue?

They both benefited from the same care, so why did they receive more care than the others?

"I...I was just saying it casually, wasn't it okay if I don't mention it again in the future?"

Old Li was submissive.

Shen Wanxue didn't care about all this. After Li Zhan left, she returned to her room and sat there in a daze.

Did the child know about it? Or did he not know about it?

Why didn't he say anything to her? In his heart... he must still be blaming her, right?

Although she really wanted to go to Xia Juanjuan to ask immediately, it was broad daylight and someone thought it was strange that Lizhan had just helped to carry a few more buckets of water. She couldn't be too impulsive. It would be bad if she hurt Lizhan.

Yang Qiushi saw that she looked strange and came over to ask. Shen Wanxue forced a smile and said, "It's nothing. It's just... I got a headache from the cold wind. I'll be fine after lying down for a while."

Li Zhan helped to fetch the water and then came back in a daze.

Xia Juanjuan breathed a sigh of relief, and looked inside the basket he was carrying. There was nothing in it except a little rabbit.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

With his superb skills and experience in surviving in the wild, he only managed to kill a small wild rabbit, but it was too little. I guess he was in a bad mood and was distracted.

However, she didn't say anything, just smiled and said, "You're back just in time. The pig's trotters are ready, I'll go get you two."