After the three of them came out, Sun Xiu went straight to the kitchen and got two bags.
He said to Li Jiafu, "Here are 14 jin of coarse grains and 2 jin of fine grains. You can take them back."
Li Jiafu was stunned for a moment, "Sister-in-law, I only need 10 kilograms, you can take the rest."
Li Jiakang interrupted, "Just take it if I tell you to. You only borrowed 10 kilograms of grain. What will you eat next? We still have to harvest rice this month. How can we not eat more?" After saying that, he put the grain in Li Jiafu's hands without waiting for his reply.
Li Jiafu was so excited that he didn't know what to say, and his hands holding the food were shaking.
Before leaving, Li Jiafu said, "Brother, sister-in-law, don't worry, I will return the grain to you after it is distributed."
Li Jiakang said impatiently, "Alright, alright, hurry up and go back. Don't make your family wait anxiously."
After Li Jiafu walked away, Li Xu approached Li Jiakang and the others and said, "Dad, Mom, didn't you say that this food was a gift? Why didn't you say anything when Second Uncle said he would come back?"
Sun Xiu rolled his eyes at him and asked Li Jiakang to explain to him.
Li Jiakang coughed twice before pretending to say, "Boy, you don't understand this, do you? If I just say no, your second uncle will definitely do something even more foolish in the future. He must think that no matter what happens, I will cover for him."
Li Xu asked curiously, "Does our family need this food then?"
"Of course not."
"What about you?"
In fact, Li Xu really wanted to say that taking off pants to fart was unnecessary, but he didn't dare to say it.
"When he brings it next month, I'll definitely take it. Let him see what it's like to have more people at home and not so much food to eat! I'll give him more every month. I can't let him starve.
And your second uncle said that the girl's family is quite difficult to deal with, so I don't think her family will give her all the food allocated to her this year."
Hearing this, Li Xu frowned and said in disbelief, "No way? How can someone do such a thing?"
Li Jiakang chuckled twice, "You really don't have much experience. Why else do you think they want to marry their daughter off now? Once she's married, she's no longer a member of their family. Besides, they're selling their daughter, so they don't plan to see her again in the future."
"Hasn't Second Uncle ever thought about this problem?"
Li Jiakang glared at him and said unhappily, "How do I know if he wants to do this? Besides, this is just speculation."
Li Xu murmured to himself, "I hope it's just a guess."
"Let's go and have dinner. You are the hero of our family today."
Li Xu smiled and said nothing when he heard that, and the two of them walked into the house together.
"Ahem, let me say a few words before dinner."
Li Xu instantly felt like he was in a leadership meeting.
Everyone turned their eyes to Li Jiakang, waiting for his next words.
"Today, the hero of our family is Xiaoxu. He got some food. Otherwise, everyone would have to tighten their belts again this month. Let's all applaud Xiaoxu."
Everyone looked at Li Xu and applauded until their hands turned red.
Then Li Jiakang said, "Tomorrow, Guilan will take two pounds of fine grain to visit your mother's house. Xiaoxu and Xiaoju will also take two pounds of fine grain to your grandmother's house."
As soon as these words came out, Hu Guilan's eyes reddened and she said gratefully, "I, I, I don't know what to say. Thank you, Dad, thank you, Mom, thank you, Xiaoxu."
After seeing how much food Li Xu brought back today, Hu Guilan must have wanted to help her parents' home, but a married woman is like water spilled, so she couldn't bring herself to ask.
Unexpectedly, Li Jiakang brought it up. Hu Guilan was so excited that she didn't know what to say.
Li Jiakang and his wife waved their hands to indicate they were welcome. Li Xu also said, "Sister-in-law, we are all family. There's no need to thank me."
Hu Guilan still couldn't calm down, "Yes, yes, we are a family."
After dinner, Hu Guilan worked harder than usual.
......
At night, everyone returned to their houses and lay down, but it was obvious that no one was at peace.
Li Jiakang said to Sun Xiu, "Where did this kid get so much food? He hasn't even spent all the money and coupons yet. Do you think he could be..."
Having said that, Li Jiakang would not say anything more, but Sun Xiu had slept with him in the same bed for more than 20 years, so how could she not know what he was going to say.
"Don't let your imagination run wild. Xiaoxu has been a bit naughty since he was little, but he definitely wouldn't do anything sneaky. I still have confidence in him on this point."
Or maybe she is their biological mother. Sun Xiu is quite confident in her own children.
"So where does he get all this food? He can't really have bought it with money and tickets, right?"
"Why do you care so much? Xiaoxu said so, so we just listen to him. When we asked him the reason, he just stuck to his excuse. What can we do? Should we force him to tell us and then refuse to eat the food he brought us?
Besides, since Xiaoxu brought back the fine grains on the first day, have you heard of anyone losing fine grains in such a long time? "
Hearing this, Li Jiakang waved his hands repeatedly, "I really haven't heard of that. Do you think he's also doing some kind of black market trading?"
Sun Xiu rolled her eyes at him. "So what? How many families in the county haven't gone on an exchange?"
Li Jiakang thought about it and said, "That's right. As long as he's safe, that's all that matters."
"Don't worry, it's definitely safe. Right now, the people above are turning a blind eye. Everyone is counting on the black market to exchange some supplies. What's more, the black market is guarded by people."
"That's fine, hey, it's getting late, let's go to bed!"
Sun Xiu rolled his eyes at him again, "You look like a dead man."
Some subtle noises gradually came from the room, and then it returned to silence.
Coincidentally, Li Ping was also talking about this matter with Hu Guilan.
"Boss, how come Xiaoxu is so capable?"
After hearing this, Li Ping didn't respond to her question, "You have to go to your mother's house tomorrow, why don't you go to bed early today?"
Hu Guilan was still chattering away.
Li Ping didn't speak until he was annoyed by the quarrel. "Why do you care how he got it? Besides, you ate a lot, didn't you? Isn't it enough to have something to eat?"
After she finished speaking, Hu Guilan also calmed down. The two of them turned off the engine and prepared to go to bed. At this time, Li Ping opened his eyes and closed them after a while.
Li Ping is just not good at speaking, but he is very prejudiced in his heart. It would be nonsense to say that he has no idea about the origin of these things, but he believes in Li Xu.
Li Mei in the other room was also thinking about it, but she couldn't come up with any idea after thinking for a long time. She looked at Li Ju who was sleeping soundly next to her, shook her head, laughed, and fell asleep.
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