Li Xu took the tea leaves, thought for a moment, and then said, "The Fu family will probably make rice for us. I'll get some from the kitchen later."
Different times, different circumstances.
Fu Qing had said before that his parents didn't plan to cook for them.
But I will definitely do it now.
Otherwise it would seem like you are neglecting your guests.
But the Fu family doesn’t have much food to begin with. If they make too much, what will they do next?
So he planned to bring some from home, just to help out.
The Li family naturally had no objections, but they still reminded him, "Xiao Xu, don't bring too much. You can only bring one kilogram of food at most."
"I know." Li Xu nodded.
After chatting with everyone for a few more words, he rode away on his bike.
When he arrived at Fu's house, Li Xu parked his bicycle in the yard, then went straight to the kitchen with a cloth bag.
After entering, Li Xu saw Aunt Fu's red eyes and immediately understood.
Aunt Fu put down the kitchen knife in her hand, stepped forward and grabbed Li Xu's arm, and said excitedly, "Good boy, I really don't know how to thank you this time."
"It's really awkward for you to say that." Li Xu then asked, "Aunt Fu, will there be rice later?"
"Of course, I have to give you three a good meal today."
Three?
Does it include paying off?
Li Xu was stunned at first, then quickly reacted.
That's true. If Fu Qing, the host, doesn't eat rice, the two of them would really feel embarrassed to eat.
Then he took out an oil-paper bag from the cloth bag and handed it over, "Aunt Fu, here is a pound of rice I brought. Please keep it."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Fu immediately became anxious and quickly waved her hand to refuse, "You kid, how can I accept your food? Hurry up and put it away and take it back later."
Li Xu said with a smile, "Aunt Fu, if it were in the past, I would never do this, but now it's not easy for every household. If you don't take it, I really don't have the face to stay for dinner;
I don't know if you've heard Fu Qing say that my second uncle has been helping my family a lot over the past two years, and my eldest sister is in college, so she saves some food for us every month, so you should just take over."
He can't just say that you don't have much food at home.
Saying that would be like slapping the Fu family in the face.
So that’s all I can say.
This was to show that the family had relatively abundant food, and it also gave Aunt Fu a way out.
Aunt Fu understood what he meant and was even more moved. "Xiao Xu, you really don't know what to tell me."
"No need to say anything, just keep it."
Although Aunt Fu wanted to refuse.
But she really couldn't refuse.
Family members know their own business.
She knew that after this meal, her family would be without food for at least two days this month.
Even though they bought a lot of chickens and ducks, there are only a few left now.
It’s nothing else, it’s just that they have no food to feed their chickens and ducks, and they starve to death every day.
So they ate a lot of chicken and duck in the past two days.
What's more, I have to make some for Li Xu and the other two later, so there will be nothing left.
Even if I don’t eat grain tomorrow, I will only eat chicken and duck.
It's barely enough for one day.
What to do with the rest of the day?
You have to know that in the case of long-term hunger, going without food for one day means huge risks.
If you are unlucky, you may die directly.
And since there are three people working in their family, the risk is increased a lot.
But with the pound of rice given by Li Xu, the porridge made from it was enough for their family to eat for one and a half meals.
Adding more water might be enough for two meals, which will get you through the day.
So she had no choice but to accept it.
But she still felt a little guilty.
After all, Li Xu won't be able to eat that much tonight...
After thinking for a moment, she said, "Xiao Xu, I'll shamelessly accept this time. But don't worry, if your supply and marketing cooperative sells chickens and ducks again, I'll return the food to you. If not, I'll compensate you from somewhere else."
Li Xu waved his hand. "What's the point of compensation? The chicken and duck you cooked tonight are enough. Aunt Fu, please throw away the rice quickly. I still need that cloth bag."
Aunt Fu smiled and said nothing more. She quickly poured the rice into her own rice jar, then handed the cloth bag to Li Xu and asked curiously, "Xiao Xu, what are you holding in your hand?"
"This is a gift my parents prepared for Mr. Wu. He and my grandfather have a good relationship. My parents asked me to invite him back to stay overnight. If he doesn't go, they asked me to give him this bag of tea as a token of my family's love."
Aunt Fu nodded and said, "Okay, go to the main hall and talk to them. I still need to hurry up and prepare here."
Li Xu responded, then put the tea leaves into a cloth bag, walked out of the kitchen, and hung the cloth bag on the bicycle.
This was done to avoid others asking again, especially Uncle Fu and Fu Qing.
What's more, this is the Fu family's yard, so nothing will be lost.
Then he walked into the main room and saw that people were chatting animatedly.
Seeing him come in, Fu Qing patted the stool beside him and said, "Old Li, come and sit down."
Li Xu walked over to him and sat down. Fu Qing handed him the tea and asked in a low voice, "What took you so long? The water is cold."
"Coldness quenches thirst better."
After saying that, Li Xu drank half a cup of tea in one breath.
Putting the cup on the table, he asked quietly, "Why is the old man so happy?"
Although Wu Qingfeng was pretending to be calm.
But the upturned corners of his mouth betrayed him.
"So many people are complimenting him, how can he not be happy?"
Li Xu: ...
That should be happy indeed.
After sitting and listening for a while, Li Xu found that they were talking about the same few things over and over again. He became a little impatient and asked hurriedly, "Lao Fu, has your eldest brother's problem been resolved?"
Unexpectedly, Fu Qing was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and looked at him blankly, "I forgot."
Hearing this, Li Xu couldn't hold it in any longer.
What's wrong with you?
Can you forget such things?
So he said unhappily, "Why don't you go talk to Uncle Fu and call your eldest brother out so that the old man can enlighten him."
This reminded Fu Qing, and he quickly stood up and pulled his father out of the house.
After a while, five people walked in.
Apart from Fu Qing and the other two, two of the remaining three people were middle-aged men. They were probably Fu Qing's elder brother who was trying to persuade him, so they came along.
The last one is Fu Qing’s elder brother Fu Ming.
Li Xu was shocked when he saw him.
Fu Ming's eyes were sunken and lifeless, his eye circles were dark, his face looked greasy, and his hair was messy. He walked as if he was walking on cotton, looking very light and airy.
To be honest, Li Xu was afraid that he would suddenly fall down...
When they entered the room, it instantly became quiet.
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