Xiaoyue quickly suppressed her smile, forced a straight face, walked in front of Liang Qi, took a step forward, grabbed the handle, and pulled it open. Liang Qi, seeing this, didn't know whether to blame himself for being stupid or for losing his mind; dizzy and disoriented, he stepped on the ice and slid out in a split.
Xiaoyue reached out and grabbed him, but unexpectedly, not only did she fail to grab him, but his strength was too great and pulled Xiaoyue away as well. Xiaoyue fell straight towards Liang Qi's body.
Liang Qi tried to catch Xiao Yue, but his strength dissipated, and Xiao Yue ended up crashing into Liang Qi.
The two's actions in the yard were witnessed by Li Lei, who had just finished looking at the little donkey, and he whistled a flirtatious tune.
He had the same expression as Liang Qi when he saw Li Lei, and even seemed to have a sense of revenge.
Xiaoyue, holding her breath, tried to get up, bracing herself against Liang Qi's chest. She tried to lift herself up, but the ground was uneven, and she lost her grip, falling back down and landing face-to-face with Liang Qi.
Liang Qi quickly dodged to the side, just in time to see Li Lei craning his neck to watch the show.
Liang Qi was also skilled in martial arts, and his repeated defeats had already made him very dissatisfied. Without saying much, he grabbed Xiaoyue with one hand, used the other hand to support himself on the ground, and got up. He gently put down the still stunned Xiaoyue and quickly ran towards Li Lei.
In fact, although Li Lei's kung fu skills had not been formally trained, they were all honed by his father's beatings over a long period of time. The two chased each other for most of the day, but the chase eventually came to nothing.
Liang Qi stopped talking about Li Lei and ran up to Xiaoyue. He leaned close to her ear, his warm breath tickling her ear. Xiaoyue felt a ticklish sensation and couldn't hear what Liang Qi was saying.
Liang Qi shouted into Xiaoyue's ear again, "Are you serious?"
Xiaoyue asked doubtfully, "What do you mean by 'serious'?" Xiaoyue's thoughts were elsewhere.
"The matter of marrying me."
Xiaoyue smiled and nodded.
He ran back into the house, and Liang Qi happily went back to his own home as well.
Xiaoyue returned to the house.
Lu Xiaomei and Li Qianqian were cutting clothes. Li Qianqian cut out a pattern, and Lu Xiaomei used Li Qianqian's pattern to cut out other clothes.
Sew two stitches on each piece of paper, then set them aside.
The children were playing in the doorway, Chunyue was still weaving, and Xiaoyue went back to the east room by herself. Her face was still flushed, and she quietly lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and fell asleep.
She slept until dawn, and then woke everyone up early. She lifted the blanket covering the basin and then the lid, and found that the dough had risen. She was holding a small basin in her hand.
She scooped a small bowlful of noodles from the large basin and placed it on the small table. By this time, Xiaoyue and Li Qianqian had already cleaned up the kang (heated brick bed).
Just as Li Qianqian was about to start cooking, Xiaoyue quickly stopped her, smiling and saying, "You have important things to do. After you finish cooking a pot, we'll ask Lu Xiaomei to come and keep you company."
Li Qianqian had no choice but to go and tailor clothes.
Xiaoyue brought out the bean paste from the storeroom again, and she, Lu Xiaomei, Li Lei, and Chunyue all sat on the kang (heated brick bed) making bean buns. Xiaoyue first pinched a piece of dough from the small basin, flattened it into a dough sheet for making buns, and...
Take a piece of red bean paste and press it onto the dough. Then, little by little, wrap the filling inside the dough and knead it until all the filling is inside. Place the bun on the table and roll it back and forth until it forms a long, curved bun that can stand upright on the table.
Place the shaped bean buns on a bamboo mat lined with cabbage leaves, starting from the center and working outwards until the mat is full. Then, Li Lei carries the wrapped bean buns to the pot and starts a fire.
The people inside the room changed the curtain and wrapped it up again until the curtain was completely covered.
When the first batch came out of the pot, Liang Qi came over, just in time to eat steamed buns. Li Lei took a spatula he made himself, dipped it in water, and then used the wet spatula to scrape around the two steamed buns, separating them from the others.
When you use the shovel to scrape the bottom, you can get two bean buns out.
Liang Qi scooped the steamed buns for the children and the adults who were making them into bowls, then carried the steamer basket containing the steamed buns outside. Outside, Liang Qi brought a long curtain and...
Then, using a wooden shovel I made myself, I dipped it in water and cut out two bean buns. After taking out two more bean buns, the bean buns had covered half of the long curtain.
Liang Qi picked the cabbage off the bamboo mat and left it for the big white goose. Then he washed the mat clean and took it inside. At this time, Li Lei had already put the bamboo mat for the second batch of steamed bean buns into the pot to steam.
After Lu Xiaomei finished eating the steamed buns, she went to the west room to sew clothes. Liang Qi also started making steamed buns. Chun Yue lit the fire, and Li Lei also joined in making steamed buns.
From morning till night, a total of eight batches were made. Xiaoyue then used the remaining half-basin of dough to make a batch of glutinous rice cakes.
Xiaoyue made several bags out of scraps of cloth, each holding about five jin of rice. She used these bags to pack a bag for Uncle Liang, and also gave him two rice cakes. She packed a bag for Manager Tong, and a bag for Sister Yang. Li Shi had already gone to stay at her parents' home, so Xiaoyue didn't pack any bean buns for her.
In the village, Xiaoyue wanted to get engaged to Liang Qi, so the two of them went together to deliver steamed buns to Uncle Liang.
Opening the gate, you see a straight path paved with blue bricks, with walls made of blue bricks on both sides. Walking up a bit further, the courtyard is filled with paths paved with blue bricks, and there are also walls made of blue bricks between the courtyard and the small garden. The tops of the walls are flat, and in the summer, vegetables might be dried on them.
Xiaoyue looked to both sides again. To the west was the warehouse, and behind it was the cattle pen.
When Liang Bo's dog saw Liang Qi leading Xiao Yue in, it wagged its tail.
At this moment, Uncle Liang saw Xiaoyue through the Korean window paper, and hurriedly got off the ground and pushed open the door to greet her.
When Xiaoyue saw Uncle Liang come out to greet her, she quickly took two steps forward and went to meet him as well.
Uncle Liang had a pipe in his mouth and a bright smile on his face. He hurriedly ushered Xiaoyue into the house with his large, calloused hands.
Xiaoyue entered the room, which wasn't the kitchen. In the village, eight out of ten houses have the kitchen right at the entrance, but Liang Bo's house had the living room right at the entrance. Xiaoyue quickly took out the steamed buns and glutinous rice cakes.
Liang Qi stepped through the second door, while Uncle Liang led Xiaoyue through the first door, saying, "This is Gousheng's bedroom."
Xiaoyue Xin, nicknamed "Dog Leftovers," pondered further.
Xiaoyue entered the bedroom and saw a window above the kang (a heated brick bed). At that moment, Liang Qi opened the window, looked at Xiaoyue, and smiled.
Uncle Liang glared at Liang Qi, "Come out now."
He then smiled at Xiaoyue and said, "This child is quite mischievous."
Then, in a serious tone, he said to Xiaoyue, "You two should talk about marriage. You don't have any family. I've actually wanted to talk to you about it for a long time, but I couldn't bring myself to do it."
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