Li Tingyun came back to his senses and shook his head. After thinking for a while, he said, "Can I put it in your room? I have too many things piled up in my room."
"Of course, my house is a bit big and feels empty. It will be warmer if I pile these firewood next to it." Xu Erhua had no objection at all.
"This is only temporary. It's not safe to keep too much firewood in the room. Once we find a place to move to, we won't have to go on like this." After saying this, Li Tingyun quickened his pace and entered the yard.
Zhou Yumei was so happy to see them coming back with firewood, and she thought she could take advantage of them, but she saw that the two of them actually put the firewood in Xu Erhua's room. She was so angry that she stood up.
Liu Yue sent Li Qiang away early, and when she entered the room and saw this scene, she seemed to understand something?
Li Tingyun didn't want to avoid her, but to avoid this pig.
After putting the firewood away, Li Tingyun went back and took out his pot and the buns he took out from the space.
I'll save the buns for later, and I can't cook with meat every day, so today I fried some cabbage and made a pot of porridge. I'll eat them in the evening and still have some to eat tomorrow morning.
Only then did Liu Yue realize that Li Tingyun was not using a shared pot. It seemed that people had known that there was something wrong with the water. At that time, she wanted to watch the fun, but she didn't expect that she was the real fool.
If she hadn't exposed the crime at the time, she would have been an accomplice. She was furious, but she couldn't say anything.
Li Tingyun not only uses his own pot to cook, but also to boil water.
Li Tingyun was cooking while Xu Erhua went to fetch a load of water.
Zhou Yumei felt very unhappy when she saw Li Tingyun's series of actions.
He obviously lives in Xicheng, how can he be so rich?
Li Tingyun prepared the food and brought it to the room, and Xu Erhua also moved the sack over.
Stir-fried cabbage with chili peppers goes really well with rice. I made a big pot and reserved half for breakfast tomorrow morning. The remaining half was eaten with porridge and a meat bun for each person, which was enough to fill our stomachs.
"The saleswoman on the shuttle bus is Sister Liu's apprentice. There were not many people on the bus today, so she sent me to the door and was just seen by Li Qiang. Fortunately, you were smart today. That Li Qiang was too shrewd. I was really afraid of being pestered by him." Li Tingyun put down his chopsticks after saying this.
Xu Erhua smiled slightly and glanced at the sack. She thought that the weather was getting colder and every household would send money and clothes to the children, but her family would not send anything, so she felt very sad.
"Erhua, what's wrong with you?" Li Tingyun noticed that Erhua's face suddenly turned ugly.
"No, nothing?" Xu Erhua sniffed and lowered her head. "I was just thinking about how cold it is, and my family is sending me money and clothes. Besides grandma, no one in my family cares if I live or die, so I feel a little sad."
I see!
Li Tingyun pulled Xu Erhua to the bed, opened the three sacks, and took out the quilt, cotton coat and trousers for Xu Erhua.
"If they don't send it to you, I will. I'm your sister." After she said that, she put a piece of clothing on Erhua.
Xu Erhua couldn't help but shed tears, but what she didn't know was that Li Tingyun was just like her. Not only did those people at home not exploit her, but why would they send her any clothes?
Li Tingyun took out the fabrics and insoles again and asked, "Erhua, can you sew quilt covers to make shoes?"
"Yes, my grandma taught me all these." Xu Erhua nodded repeatedly.
"Then please get me a quilt cover so we can stay warm this winter." Li Tingyun comforted Xu Erhua.
Yeah yeah yeah!
Xu Erhua nodded.
Li Tingyun added, "There are some things our parents can't give us, and we can't force them to give us something. If we want to live a good life, we have to work harder and think more about our future."
"I, I will try my best." Xu Erhua replied seriously while holding the fabric and insoles.
Li Tingyun saw that Erhua had taken his words to heart and put everything aside.
I didn’t make too many buns. I’ll buy some next time I go to the city. The buns in state-owned restaurants are more delicious than those I make myself.
After sorting the things, Xu Erhua took the sack back to her room and then walked to the door to deal with the bamboo.
Seeing that it was still early, Li Tingyun came out to help.
The two of them sat on small stools and heard Liu Yue's yelling and cursing from the kitchen again. They guessed that Liu Yue's true nature was exposed in front of them, so she stopped trying to hide it.
In the kitchen, Liu Yue listened to the insults while eating with big mouthfuls, as if nothing could affect her mood for eating.
When Liu Yue finished cursing and was about to pick up her chopsticks, most of the food on the plate had been eaten. She stopped cursing and started eating quickly.
After dinner, Zhou Yumei went to fetch water, while Liu Yue went out to talk to Li Tingyun. However, they ignored her, and she was so angry that she had to go back to her room.
"Today I heard from an aunt in the village that the brigade owed the county magistrate money because of the compensation paid last year for the educated youth incident.
I don't think there will be much food distributed by the end of the year. Some families are already eating sweet potato rice." Xu Erhua told Li Tingyun what she had learned today. They also had to save some food.
Sweet potato rice?
In the past, many people thought it was delicious, but in this era, the sweet potato rice and pumpkin rice can make people want to vomit.
Li Tingyun paused after hearing this news, and an idea occurred to him. He whispered, "If anyone asks me what I bought, just say I bought a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes. We'll just rest and eat sweet potato and potato rice, so they won't think we're rich."
"Tingyun, I still have rice!" said Xu Erhua.
Li Tingyun realized that Erhua still didn't understand, so he whispered, "I bought a big bag when I came back. I'm not short of rice, I just didn't want them to know."
Oh oh oh!
Xu Erhua nodded after listening, then leaned over and said, "But, I still have a lot of rice!"
"Then keep it. I'll eat yours after I finish mine." How could Li Tingyun not know how much rice Erhua had?
"Okay, remember to tell me if you run out." Xu Erhua nagging.
"Don't worry, I can tell you. Go to bed after you finish these. I guess there will be a lot of work to do tomorrow." Li Tingyun got busy after saying this. She was worried that if she went to the mountains for a few days, would Liu Yue make things difficult for Xu Erhua?
As the sky was getting darker, at about nine o'clock, there was a knock on the door and Xiao Zhuang's mother's voice came from outside the door.
"Erhua, Tingyun, are you there?"
"I hope nothing has happened to you by coming here so late?" Xu Erhua thought of Grandpa Xiaozhuang's injured foot, threw away the things in her hands and hurriedly opened the gate.
Li Tingyun was also worried about something happening, so he put down the things in his hand.
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