After all the family members came back in the afternoon, Li Wenjing gave the amulets she drew for her mother, second brother and younger brother one by one.
Because in the army, clothes, shoes, and even underwear are all distributed uniformly.
"Mom, should we sew my second brother's amulet inside his clothes?"
"No, give it to him and let him keep it in his pocket at all times!"
That night, when Xia Yulan was cooking and trying to get the sauerkraut, she couldn't find the stone she had used to press the sauerkraut.
"That's really strange. How come the stone used to press the sauerkraut is gone?"
She was carrying pickled vegetables from the warehouse to the kitchen when she looked under the tree. Why were the big rocks that they used to sit on gone?
It was weird, so weird, but I didn’t think much about it and continued walking towards the kitchen. The kitchen door was closed and the stone that usually blocked the door was gone!
Hey, why are all these stones lost?
Xia Yulan put the sauerkraut in the kitchen and went to the chicken coop in the backyard.
Li Shuhua happened to be there checking to see if the wine barrels were leaking.
During the time that Li Wenjing and Li Yuanshan went to Kyoto, Xia Yulan and Li Shuhua brewed a lot of wine.
Every day they would go to the mountains to look for bayberries and bring them back to make wine.
As soon as she saw Li Shuhua, she asked, "Dad, why is the stone we used to press sauerkraut missing?"
Li Shuhua didn't notice the stone was missing as quickly as his wife.
He touched his nose and said with a smile, "I asked Jingjing to put it away."
Xia Yulan looked at him like he was a fool: "You have nothing to do, right? Why did you let your daughter collect those stones? Are those stones some kind of treasure?"
Only then did Xia Yulan realize that she hadn't seen her daughter for a long time.
"By the way, where's Jingjing?"
Li Shuhua smiled and said, "She went to the captain's house. My sister-in-law knew that my daughter could draw amulets, so she wanted to buy a few. I asked Jingjing to deliver them."
"Wife, your mouth is as good as my daughter's. After the blessing, I tell you, those stones are really treasures. They are all jade. My daughter said so! But don't let anything slip."
He looked as arrogant as he could be, as if he had discovered all this.
When Xia Yulan heard this, she instinctively wanted to scream, but Li Shuhua quickly covered her mouth with both hands.
"I told you not to get excited. Luckily, I understand you and stopped you in time."
"I'll let you go, will you stop shouting?"
Li Shuhua stared at Xia Yulan, and only let go of her hand when he saw her nod.
Xia Yulan anxiously asked, "Dad, are there really jade in those stones?"
Li Shuhua nodded and said, "Yes, you have to trust me. If I say it's there, then it's real. Okay, let's cook quickly. Jingjing must be hungry."
Xia Yulan was so happy that she cooked two more dishes.
When Li Wenjing came back, she had a smile on her face and was holding the two big fish in her hands. Of course, these fish were given to her by Aunt Zhao. Li Wenjing didn't want them, but Aunt Zhao insisted that she bring them back. In the end, Li Wenjing still brought the fish back.
Li Yuanshan and Li Yuanbing also came back, but they both looked unhappy and still had anger on their faces.
Li Wenjing asked curiously: "Second brother, Bingzi, what's wrong with you? Who made you angry?"
The moment Li Wenjing walked in, Li Shuhua took the two fish from his daughter's hand and put them into the water tank because they were alive.
You can save it for tomorrow and have an extra meat dish tomorrow.
"It's that old woman from my aunt's family. You saw it, it's so infuriating!"
Li Yuanbing is young and he speaks directly what is on his mind.
Li Shuhua asked curiously, "What happened? Did you get angry with the old woman? Have you seen your aunt?"
At this time, Li Wenjing had helped Xia Yulan bring the food to the kang table, and the whole family was sitting at the kang table.
Li Yuanbing said to Xia Yulan anxiously: "Mom, let me tell you..."
Li Yuanbing was about to open his mouth to chatter, but was interrupted mercilessly by Xia Yulan.
"Shut up first, Shanzi, you speak!"
Xia Yulan directly pointed at Li Yuanshan.
Li Yuanshan, who was named, told everything he saw.
"When Bingzi and I arrived at my aunt's house, she was washing clothes in the yard. There were two large basins full of clothes. Her mother-in-law was beating the clothes on the ground with a willow stick, and occasionally she would hit my aunt.
Yanhong and Yanxia stood by and cried. The old woman beat them and cursed them, saying that the young lady was a hen that didn't lay eggs and would make the Zhao family extinct. She could only give birth to girls, a waste of money, and brought bad luck to their family.
"My second brother and I were so angry when we saw this that we pushed the door open and went in. The old woman didn't look happy when she saw us.
I saw my cousin crying, so I gave each of them a piece of candy. Just as the sisters were about to eat it, the old woman snatched it away and said that the little girls didn't deserve to eat delicious food.
The second brother went up to argue with the old woman, but the aunt actually looked at the second brother.
Li Yuanbing was young and had a bad temper. He told everyone what he saw today like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.
Li Shuhua's face was as dark as ink, and he asked in a low voice, "Is your uncle not here?"
Li Yuanshan shook his head and said truthfully: "He was not there when we went there, and he didn't come back after staying for a while!"
Xia Yulan asked anxiously: "Did your aunt say whether she would come to dinner tomorrow?"
She liked her sister-in-law very much. Before she got married, she helped her take care of the children and do needlework. She was very cheerful, but since she got married, her temper has become softer and softer.
"When my aunt heard that my second brother was going to the army, she was very happy and agreed to come. But the old woman jumped out and said that my aunt couldn't come. If she came, she would have to do all the housework. She also said that my aunt was unfilial and bullied her mother-in-law!"
Li Yuanshan wanted to speak, but once Li Yuanbing opened his mouth, he had no chance to speak again.
"Okay, let's eat first. I'll ask your uncle tomorrow to see what's going on."
Li Shuhua made the final decision, thinking that his sister seemed to have a hard time in her husband's family. He would ask Zhao Yubo tomorrow what he wanted to do!
Li Yuanshan also went to the city’s train station today and asked about train tickets.
"Dad, I went to the train station today. The train to Yunfeng runs every five days. If I want to catch it, I have to leave in six days."
Li Yuanshan always felt sad when he thought about leaving home.
"What a coincidence! I ran into a high school classmate today. He's also going to the same place and unit as me. We've already made an appointment to go together."
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