"Uncle Zhao, don't be impatient. I'm not against them being together, I just don't agree with them getting married now."
Xu Qiang spoke calmly and calmly.
"I think the relationship between Lili and Shitou is just beginning. They will face many obstacles in the future. It is too early for them to talk about marriage now.
I have a suggestion, I wonder if you would like to hear it.”
"Since I called you back to discuss this, I want to hear your opinion. Just tell me." Carpenter Zhao took a puff of his pipe, raised his chin slightly, and motioned Xu Qiang to continue.
Xu Li seemed more nervous than a rock, holding Song Shishi's hands tightly with both hands, as if she was waiting for her brother to sentence her.
"Shi Tou, I'll give you three years. If you can earn enough money to buy a betrothal gift of three turns and one bell within three years, then I will agree to let Lili marry you. Are you willing?"
Xu Qiang's eagle-like eyes looked at the stone carefully.
"elder brother……"
...
...
As soon as Xu Li opened her mouth, she met Xu Qiang's warning look and shut up timidly.
Shitou clenched his fist and stood up, "I do."
After that, he turned to Xu Li and made a solemn promise: "Lili, I promise you that I will work hard in the next three years and I will definitely earn enough money for the betrothal gift to marry you. I, Shitou, swear to the heavens that if I break this oath, the heavens..."
Before Shitou finished his oath, Xu Li hurried forward and covered his mouth.
Realizing that there were so many eyes in the room staring at them, Xu Li quickly withdrew her hand and took a step back.
Her eyelids were drooped, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her cheeks were burning with a bright blush.
"Don't say anything unlucky. I believe you."
Seeing Xu Li's useless look, Xu Qiang didn't want to continue watching, so he turned to Carpenter Zhao and said, "Since Shitou has agreed to this promise, then this matter is settled. During this period, they can be together. As long as they don't cross the line, I won't interfere."
Carpenter Zhao glanced at the stone and sighed, "Since the two children have no objection, I naturally have no objection either. Let's do it this way."
It is not easy for them as carpenters to earn enough money to cover three turns and one ring.
But Carpenter Zhao thought that Shitou was also going to Beijing, where there were more ways to make money and the wages were higher.
Even if Shi Tou doesn't make enough money in three years, he will be able to provide some support then.
Thinking this way, Carpenter Zhao was not so worried anymore.
"Then I'll go cook. Uncle Zhao and Shitou can stay and eat with us."
After Song Shishi finished speaking, she asked Xu Li to make tea for everyone, and then turned and went to the kitchen.
She had just put on her apron and was about to light the stove when she heard footsteps at the kitchen door.
Meng Xunzhou rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the kitchen.
"Let me help you."
She didn't need to be polite with Meng Xunzhou.
Uncle Zhao and the others are all here today, and she is too slow to do it alone. With Meng Xunzhou's help, she can do it much more easily.
"good."
Meng Xunzhou sat down next to the stove and began to light the fire skillfully.
Song Shishi went to pick vegetables and prepare side dishes.
“What are you going to do today?”
The only sounds in the kitchen were the crackling of burning wood and the clatter of bowls and pans.
Meng Xunzhou looked at the busy Song Shishi and casually found a topic.
He just wanted to stay with her like this and talk.
"How about we roast the chicken in the yard? We're going back to Beijing in a couple of days anyway, and it's not easy to take it with us, so we might as well roast it and eat it."
Song Shishi glanced at the chicken in the yard.
The chicken I bought the first time was eaten a long time ago.
Later she bought a few more and kept them at home.
After all, you need meat coupons to buy pork, so every once in a while, in order to improve the food, she would kill a pig and roast it for food.
Before the New Year, when they didn't know they could return to the city, she suggested to Xu Li that they buy a few more chickens to raise, but Xu Li refused, saying it was too wasteful.
Now that I think about it, it’s a good thing she didn’t insist on buying it.
"It's up to you then. I'll go catch the chicken and take care of it while I'm at it."
After saying that, Meng Xunzhou got up and went to the yard to catch a chicken. Song Shishi was cutting vegetables while looking out the window.
When she was in the compound, she only knew that Meng Xunzhou was a good student, but she never knew that he could actually make a fire and catch chickens.
If those guys in the compound who always like to follow Meng Xunzhou saw this scene, they would probably be shocked.
Looking away, Song Shishi put the sliced pork belly and spices together, then poured in rice wine and stirred evenly.
Su Yaqin forced this spice on her during the Chinese New Year.
While the pork belly was marinating, Song Shishi peeled the potatoes and cut them into pieces.
Add spices to hot oil and when the aroma comes out, pour the marinated pork belly into the pot.
When the meat changes color, serve.
To make the pork belly look good in color, it needs sugar.
After the sugar changes color, immediately pour the meat back into the pot, add a little water to cover the meat, add soy sauce, and stir evenly.
Wait for the water to boil, cover with lid and simmer for half an hour.
Song Shishi took some firewood out of the stove with a pair of tongs to make the fire smaller.
At this time, Meng Xunzhou carried the processed and cleaned chicken into the kitchen.
"You cleaned it up so quickly?"
"Well, it took a while to catch the chicken."
Just as Song Shishi was about to take the chicken from Meng Xunzhou, Meng Xunzhou took a step back.
"I'll do it."
As he spoke, Meng Xunzhou went to chop the chicken into pieces.
Song Shishi stood behind him and tilted her head to look at him, "When did you learn all this?"
Meng Xunzhou just turned around and smiled at her without answering.
He would not tell Song Shishi that he was afraid that she would not be able to take care of herself after she went to the countryside, so he secretly learned it from the battalion commander's wife.
He learned all this just to have the opportunity to take good care of her.
Song Shishi didn't really care about his smile and didn't answer. She turned around and fried two vegetarian dishes in another pot.
Smelling the aroma of braised pork, Meng Xunzhou smiled and joked, "You look like you don't plan to live anymore."
“Puff~”
Song Shishi was also amused by his words.
"Well... now that you mention it, it does look a bit like it."
She cooked the only remaining chicken in the house, and also cooked most of the meat, leaving only enough for the next day.
"Today I will show you my skills and let you taste my cooking skills."
"OK."
Meng Xunzhou was in charge of everything from catching the chicken to cooking it, and Song Shishi couldn't help at all.
Calculating the time, I put the potatoes into the braised pork, added some water, covered the pot again, and simmered for twenty minutes.
Song Shishi sat on the side, supporting her head with one hand, admiring the scene of Meng Xunzhou cooking.
"What would your mother think if she knew you could cook but you had never cooked a meal for her?"
For some reason, at this moment, Song Shishi suddenly wanted to tease Meng Xunzhou.
Unexpectedly, Meng Xunzhou didn't care at all. He shrugged and looked back at her. "If she knew I made it for you, she would definitely have no objection."
"That's right, Aunt Fu loves me the most."
Song Shishi nodded in agreement.
In the compound, apart from her mother Zheng Peilan, the person who loved her the most was Meng Xunzhou's mother Fu Shuxian, who treated her the best.
"Boss, isn't the meal ready yet? It's so embarrassing for me to be left alone there."
Xu Qiang came over at some point and started complaining as soon as he entered the kitchen.
Meng Xunzhou stepped forward and kicked him, "Don't be so poor, isn't your sister with you? Why are you the only one here?"
Speaking of this, Xu Qiang couldn't help rolling his eyes.
"Don't mention it. She doesn't even have me as her brother in her heart or eyes. Her eyes are almost glued to the stone."
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