Li Jiafu looked at Li Jiakang carefully, showing a surprised expression, "Brother, I haven't seen you for a few days. How come you have become so dark?"
"I'll tell you later." Li Jiakang greeted the others and asked them to go into the house to rest for a while and smoke a cigarette.
But everyone refused.
Li Jiakang could only give everyone a cigarette and ask them to wait a while before moving.
Everyone had no objection, so they took the cigarettes and started smoking while sitting on the cart.
Li Jiakang and Li Ping talked to them at the door, while Li Xu and others hurried into the house to pack their things.
Fortunately, everyone didn’t have much stuff, so they were all packed up in no time.
Then they moved everything together and placed the replaced furniture in the yard.
There is strength in numbers, and it doesn’t take long to replace a whole set of furniture.
After the move, Li Mei and Sun Xiu served everyone a cup of sugar water and asked them to rest before going back.
I didn't refuse this time.
These people sat on the benches that had been replaced in the yard and began to rest. Li Jiakang took out cigarettes and distributed them to everyone.
Then he pulled Li Jiafu aside and whispered, "I thought what Dad said that day made sense, so my family came up with a solution: to get our skin darker so that others wouldn't be able to tell what color our skin is."
Li Jiafu nodded as if he understood. "I was wondering why your family has become so dark. Fortunately, Xiaoqiang and his family are dark-skinned to begin with, otherwise I would have to tell them."
In fact, the easiest way to tell whether you are full or not is to look at your face.
And people who are hungry for a long time will also have dark skin...
As long as it doesn't show from their facial expressions, even if others think there is something wrong, when they think about the fact that Li Xu and his companions are the labor force of the family, people will think it is normal for them to eat more.
After the two of them talked for a few more words, seeing that everyone else had rested, Li Jiafu took everyone away.
Li Jiakang and others looked at all the rooms with excitement.
Since Li Jiafu was very familiar with their home situation, he basically replaced all the furniture.
Even the empty rooms were furnished with a set of furniture.
These furniture are all dark brown and look simple and elegant.
Everyone agreed that it looked much better than the replaced furniture.
Everyone also touched the surface of the stools and tables and found that they were also very smooth. Li Ping sighed, "Just these furnitures in our house can't be exchanged for at least dozens of kilograms of grain."
Li Jiakang also laughed, "Your second uncle spent more than 100 kilograms of food this time."
Everyone understood that this was the cost for Li Jiakang and Li Jiafu's families to replace all the new furniture and rent livestock.
When Su Weidong got married, his family prepared a wardrobe, a bed, four chairs and a desk, which cost almost 200 yuan.
You can imagine how much money so much furniture would cost...
Sun Xiu smiled broadly. "It's quite worthwhile to exchange these grains for so many pieces of furniture. How could such a good thing happen in the past? Besides, it would be a disaster if his second uncle's family really left these grains behind."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Even though a lot of food was spent, if Li Jiafu was reluctant to give up some, it would be hard to say who would own the food in the end.
Li Xu also asked, "Our yard is full of furniture now. When will it be sent to my aunt's house?"
There is almost no place to stay in his yard now. Fortunately, the yard is big enough, otherwise there would be no room.
Li Jiakang thought for a moment and said, "It's no use piling them up in the yard. I'll take half a day off tomorrow morning and find someone to take them there."
"Okay." Sun Xiu naturally had no objection, "Bring a gun with you when you go."
"good."
Nowadays, everyone carries a gun when leaving the city to avoid any accidents, and Li Jiakang is no exception.
At night, Li Xu lay on his brand new bed and soon fell into a sound sleep.
I arrived at the car team early in the morning and had nothing to do, so I sat in the car and basked in the sun.
When Liu Gang saw him like this after getting in the car, he was also helpless. "You are already so tanned, and you are still sunbathing?"
Li Xu grinned, revealing a few big white teeth. "Sunbathing is good for your health. Besides, I have nothing to do anyway."
"That makes sense. I'll try sunbathing for a while too." Then Liu Gang sat next to him and started sunbathing as well.
As if he wasn't used to the strong light, Liu Gang covered his eyes with his hands after only two minutes. "Master Qi's mother in our team has passed away."
"Master Qi? Xiao Jianping's teacher?" Li Xu looked surprised.
"Yes, that's him."
"How did he die?"
"Hungry."
Li Xu scratched his head. "Is Master Qi's family so short of food now?"
"As for the old man, you know, he is reluctant to eat or drink, and he lives his whole life for his descendants. Moreover, Master Qi has a younger brother whose family is not well off. The old man gave all the food he saved from his mouth to his brother's family."
Li Xu sat up straight and turned his head to look over. "Uncle Liu, when did this happen? How do you know so much about it?"
"Someone just told me about what happened last night. That person is Master Qi's neighbor. He said Master Qi cried all night."
Li Xu thought for a moment and said, "You know what, I don't think I saw Master Qi this morning."
"It's strange that you can see it. Master Qi asked him to take a leave of absence."
"Uncle Liu, should we also go and give the gift money?"
"Well, I'll go after get off work this afternoon and see if I can help you."
Don’t go to happy events unless invited, but you must attend funerals unless invited.
This is the rule passed down from the older generation.
So after the people in the team learned about this, they all went to Master Qi's house after work.
When we arrived at the place, we saw that a lot of people had gathered in front of Master Qi's house.
After entering the door, I saw a coffin placed in the main hall facing the gate. Many people were kneeling beside it and crying. They had some white cloth tied around their bodies and white hats on their heads. They were also holding paper money and putting it in the brazier in front of them.
The firelight was also jumping continuously, as if illuminating the entire hall.
Master Qi and a middle-aged man with a bruised face and nose were greeting visitors in the yard. Both of them were dressed the same way.
Seeing the convoy coming, Master Qi hurried forward and bowed.
Another driver in the team quickly helped him up. "Master Qi, please accept my condolences. We just came here to see if you need any help."
Master Qi showed a bitter expression and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you all for your kindness. I have already made all the arrangements here. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning. I'm sorry there won't be a banquet."
Li Xu didn't expect that Master Qi, who usually loved to joke and had a kind face, would become like this.
His eyes were extremely red and swollen, and his hair was messy, as if all his energy had been drained away.
Master Song in the crowd also said, "Everyone understands. When will the funeral be held tomorrow morning? We are here to see the old lady off."
According to local customs, tomorrow is not a funeral day.
But everyone can understand that the weather is so hot and the body really can't relax any longer, so special arrangements are made to hold the funeral tomorrow.
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