As dawn broke, the two of them finished tidying up and left the space.
Looking at the spot on the kang where they had fought last night, the two exchanged a glance and their faces instantly flushed. Then they silently lowered their heads and busied themselves tidying up the room.
After tidying up the room, the two of them went outside.
Zhou Quan went to empty the bathwater from last night, while Li Mai went to the kitchen.
Then they saw that Zhao was already making breakfast.
"Mother, what are we having for breakfast?" Li Mai asked.
Zhao glanced back at her and said with a smile, "Zhuzhu wants to eat steamed buns with red bean paste and sugar. We happen to have some fermented dough and leftover red bean paste from yesterday. I'll also cook a pot of sweet potato porridge."
“Then I’ll do it with Mother.” Li Mai rolled up her sleeves.
"No need, no need. Go back to your room and rest for a while. You're leaving tomorrow. If there's anything else you need to prepare, go and get it ready." Zhao said with a smile as she ushered her out of the kitchen.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan, who came out to pour water, exchanged a glance, smiled helplessly, and could only stretch their muscles in the yard before going to Zhou Tao and Zhu Zhu's room to see Zhu Zhu.
The two people are folding blankets.
"Zhuzhu, come on, let's go for a walk. After I go out tomorrow, you have to stay with your aunt and don't go out to play by yourself, okay?" Recently, there have been many outsiders in the village, and Limai was worried that Zhuzhu would be in danger if she went out.
Zhuzhu was overjoyed to hear that her mother was going to take her out. She quickly jumped down to put on her shoes, saying, "Don't worry, Mom, I will definitely listen to Auntie."
Zhou Tao was fine too, so she went out for a stroll with Li Mai and Zhu Zhu.
The villagers were already working at that moment.
When they see quinoa, they will also greet you.
Hearing footsteps behind her, Li Mai turned around and found that Zhou Quan had followed.
People greeted Zhou Quan as if he were Manager Zhou.
Zhou Quan nodded to them, put his hands behind his back, and strolled around the village with his wife, sister and daughter. After leaving the eastern entrance of the village, they saw the river beach in the distance.
They strolled towards the riverbank. Li Mai thought for a moment and said, "I think that once our village is settled, we should build a dam to prevent the river from rising in case of heavy rain."
Zhou Quan responded and said he would discuss it with the villages along the river.
Now that the villagers have moved out, in addition to building a protective wall around the village, they also have to prevent the river from overflowing and flowing back. Perhaps Li Mai is right; it would have been better if they had taken precautions earlier.
When they arrived at the riverbank, a few people walked on the riverbank.
"Mom, I saw a red fish!" Zhuzhu suddenly exclaimed.
Li Mai was surprised and walked towards the river. Sure enough, she saw a group of red koi swimming around in her hand.
Isn't that strange? How could koi fish appear in such a shallow river?
However, Li Mai couldn't understand or stop the koi from jumping towards them.
Li Mai subconsciously walked into the water, squatted down, and slowly stretched out her palms to cup a small koi carp in her hands. The koi carp slowly fell into her water and didn't seem to want to swim away.
With a thought, a broken porcelain bowl appeared on the riverbank behind Li Mai.
She pretended to look around and said to Zhou Quan, "There's a broken bowl over there, husband, go get it for me. We'll catch a little koi for Zhuzhu to take home and raise."
Zhou Quan glanced in the direction Li Mai was pointing, chuckled, and knew what was going on. He quickly went over to pick it up and handed it to Li Mai.
Li Mai slowly placed the small koi and water into the broken bowl, stood up, went to the riverbank, and presented it to Zhu Zhu. "Look, you are three-year-old Zhu Zhu, and it is also a three-year-old baby fish. From now on, you can raise the baby fish, and you can grow up together, okay?"
Zhuzhu asked in surprise, "Mom, is Little Koi really three years old?"
Li Mai smiled and said, "Yes, I'm three years old."
Koi is definitely not three years old; she must be five or six. But she said that to give Zhuzhu hope that Koi would grow up with her and be her good friend.
That day, when she saw Zhuzhu playing happily with her second grandmother's grandson, she knew that Zhuzhu also longed to have good friends.
Unfortunately, she is the only child in the family now. The other children haven't moved in yet, so Zhuzhu will be lonely for a month. Limai saw that the koi fish wouldn't leave, so she came up with the idea of letting Zhuzhu raise the little koi fish to cheer her up.
A three-year-old child should have a happy and joyful childhood.
After the family returned home, Li Mai personally found a white porcelain basin, filled it halfway with water, put the small koi fish in it, and carried it to Zhou Tao and Zhu Zhu's room.
While adding water, she also added a little bit of spiritual spring water.
She guessed that the animals didn't want to leave her and Zhuzhu's side when they saw them, partly because she had a spiritual spring space within her.
As for Zhuzhu, she doesn't know the specific reason yet, and can only guess that Zhuzhu might have a lucky charm constitution.
But she wasn't like that before; she only became a lucky charm after I entered the family. Li Mai hasn't figured out the mystery behind this yet, but she believes the truth will eventually come out.
After breakfast, Zhou Quan went out to make some arrangements, and Li Mai also went out to make some arrangements.
The two returned at 9:00 AM and left the village together, heading towards Lijia Village.
The two had discussed it in the morning and decided to go back to Lijia Village today. Li Mai would take Zhou Quan to pay respects to his grandmother.
There was some leftover hemp paper from pasting the windows at home. Zhou Quan made some paper money for the deceased, and Li Mai prepared some food. The two of them carried a basket and set off.
At noon, they arrived at Lijia Village. Looking at the village, which had become even more dilapidated after being washed by a heavy rain, Li Mai pursed her lips.
She first took Zhou Quan to her own courtyard to take a look, and as she had expected, the roof had collapsed.
Li Mai went to Aunt Chun's house to get the key.
When Aunt Chun saw her return, she smiled and handed her the key, then gave Zhou Quan a few more glances.
"Xiaomai, is this your husband?" Aunt Chun thought to herself. She never expected that the young man, whom her third aunt had arranged so haphazardly for Xiaomai, would turn out to be such a good man.
Li Mai smiled and introduced him to Aunt Chun: "Auntie, this is my husband, Zhou Quan. He used to be sick, but he's better now. I brought him back to pay respects to my grandmother."
"Alright, go ahead, you should go and pay your respects. By the way, your house collapsed during the heavy rain, and that kid Li Dong even rushed in to help you save some things inside." Aunt Chun sighed as she said this.
"I don't have anything else to take out, do I?" Li Mai didn't know what the kid was still trying to salvage.
"He didn't take the tattered quilts, but said there was still grain, and you would have to come back for it. Later, your Uncle Wan Chun helped to take it out, but one of the large vats was broken, and the grain is now stored at Li Dong's house," Aunt Chun said.
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