Just then, Lu Xiaomei came in, followed by a little bean sprout.
"Dinner's ready. Do you want to eat together?" Lu Xiaomei asked Xiaoyue.
"Let's eat together then,"
Lu Xiaomei and Xiaoyue were cleaning up the dishes and food.
Lu Xiaomei stir-fried some chives and mushrooms, while Xiaoyue went to the vegetable garden and picked some bok choy and baby bok choy, and also gathered a few scallions about the thickness of a finger.
Lu Xiaomei made another mushroom sauce and served it up.
After everything was tidied up, Xiaoyue scooped out a large bowl of rice, then took out a plate and scooped out some vegetables, telling Lu Xiaomei and the others to eat first, and then put them in the wooden basin that Li Qianqian had brought over.
She covered it with a cloth and headed to Li Shuanshu's house, which was west of Liang Bo's house. Xiaoyue was carrying a wooden basin and had to pass by Ge Laodie's house, Hou San's house, and three more houses before she could reach Li Shuanshu's house.
When they arrived at Li Shuanshu's house, they found that the fence around the garden was stuck in place. Through the fence, they could see Li Qianqian brewing medicine in the yard. Xiaoyue pushed open the fence gate, and Li Qianqian turned around when she heard the sound. As soon as she saw Xiaoyue, she immediately got up to greet her.
Once in the courtyard, Xiaoyue carried the wooden basin to Li Qianqian, uncovered the cloth, and pointed to the food inside, which was still steaming.
Tears welled up in Li Qianqian's eyes as she carried the wooden basin into the house, placing it directly on the kang (heated brick bed) where Li Lei was lying, with a mixture of tears and laughter.
Li Lei, the older brother, was also lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) with his buttocks sticking out and grimacing. Li Qianqian served him rice and vegetables and placed them in front of him.
Li Lei angrily asked, "Where did you get the food?"
Li Qianqian glanced at Xiaoyue shyly. At this moment, Li Lei turned his head, looked at Xiaoyue warily, glared at her fiercely, and then turned his head away again: "I'm not eating, you can take it away!"
Li Qianqian looked at Xiaoyue, wondering why her brother would do this, and apologized to Xiaoyue while feeling at a loss.
Xiaoyue glanced at Li Lei and, seeing his roguish appearance, felt he wasn't a good person. So she hurriedly said, "Bring the basin to me when you go up the mountain tomorrow. I'll go home first."
After hearing Xiaoyue's words, Li Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly.
Xiaoyue didn't let Li Qianqian come out to see her off. She left Li Shuanshu's courtyard alone and headed towards home.
No sooner had Xiaoyue left than Li Shuanshu arrived at his doorstep with the short, fat man. Upon seeing Xiaoyue's back, the man stood motionless in front of Li Shuanshu's courtyard gate for a long time.
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