Old Man Li asked, "Have you gone to pay respect to your grandfather?"
"No, I don't want to go together as a family."
You'd better go in winter.
By then the weeds will be dead and at least there will be no mosquitoes, snakes or rats. If I go there now, I'm afraid it will be hard to describe.
Originally, Old Man Li thought he was going to the grave alone.
Old Lady Li said, "Why bother the old man when it's not a holiday? He's enjoying himself down there. I'll make him some delicious food during the New Year, and you two can come over. Now, let's go to Mingqing's house and get the wild boar."
So Li Mingqing brought the old couple to the new house.
"Jiaxue, I heard that bastard Mingqing took you to the mountains?"
"Mom, I just took a walk, nothing happened."
"I'm glad you're okay. Don't touch your belly, or the baby will be covered in bruises."
"No, not at all."
Sun Jiaxue paid special attention to Li Mingqing, who was sometimes not careful enough.
Seeing that she was concerned, Old Lady Li picked up the sack covering the wild boar.
Li Mingqing asked with a smile: "How is it? Is it quite big?"
"It's enough meat for the New Year. This must be at least 200 kilograms. You're really brave."
The old couple tacitly agreed not to ask him how he brought the wild boar back.
Old man Li said, "We can indeed eat until the New Year. This year, our family has never lacked meat, and none of us have suffered any injustice."
"Dad, should I call my eldest brother over to help us?"
"You and I are very tolerant of each other, but you can call him over, but you'd better not get involved with your clothes."
As soon as Li Mingqing went out, he saw Li Mingli holding a rope and trying to go out.
"Brother, where are we going?"
"Go get some firewood from the back, we don't have much at home."
"Come and help me first. I have a lot of firewood at home. You can take some back later."
Li Mingli smiled and said, "It's right behind the house. Why would I need to take firewood from your house?"
He thought he was asked to help carry things at home, but he saw a big fat pig as soon as he entered the door.
"Brother, I need your help. Dad and I can't do it alone."
"Where did this come from? Why didn't I hear any sound?"
"He was killed in the mountains."
Li Mingli said exaggeratedly: "You must have practiced before. You can even catch such a big wild boar."
"Hurry up, it will be dark soon."
It took several people a whole afternoon to finish it.
All the pig offal and other things were taken back by Old Lady Li, as Sun Jiaxue's belly was too big for her to handle them.
Old Lady Li said, "I'll clean it up and bring it to you."
"Mom, there's no need to send it over. My wife and I can just go to the old house and eat."
"What's the use of freeloading? Most of the rice, flour, and meat were given by you."
Li Mingqing asked Old Man Li to cut four pieces of meat, each weighing 20 kilograms, one piece for each family.
"Big brother, please take it back to the second and third brothers."
"You are so good and generous. It makes me sad just looking at you. If you sell it outside, it will fetch a lot of money."
"Let's eat first."
He didn't think about selling the meat, since it would stay fresh in the space anyway.
He even specially saved some pig's trotters for Sun Jiaxue to eat when she gave birth, just in case.
Old Man Li said, "Your mother and I won't take the meat. This pig's offal is enough for us to eat for several meals."
"Okay, I'll send it to you in two days."
After they left, Li Mingqing swept the yard twice before it was clean.
Sun Jiaxue had already stewed the ribs on the stove.
Li Lizhu and Yang Daya were stunned when they saw the meat that Li Mingli brought over.
"Brother, what is this?"
"This is what my fourth brother asked me to bring to you."
"Isn't this a bit too much? I don't even get this kind of treatment during Chinese New Year."
"My fourth brother was lucky enough to get a wild boar down from the mountain."
"Oh my God, my fourth brother must be God's biological child. All good things happen to him."
As soon as Old Lady Li entered the room, she heard Yang Daya's loud voice.
"Old Third, keep your voice down. If the villagers find out, there will be a commotion."
Hearing this, Yang Daya quickly covered her mouth.
Most people hate others for what they have and laugh at others for what they don’t have.
Zhang Lihua came back and saw the large piece of meat on the table and asked, "Boss, where did this come from?"
"My fourth brother gave it to me."
"This is a big piece of meat, and our family can't eat it all. How about cutting off two pounds and sending it to my parents' house?"
"Sure, why not?"
Li Mingli quickly cut two pounds of pork and put it in the basket.
"It's not dark yet, I'll go with you."
"Okay, I'll ask Big Girl if they want to go. Big Girl, to the east, to the west! I'm going to grandma's house, do you want to come with me?"
Three people were playing hopscotch in the yard and didn't want to leave at all.
Zhangjia Village.
Old Zhang's family was sitting on the main road taking a rest.
Several people were so tired that they couldn't straighten their backs, especially Old Lady Zhang.
"This happens every autumn. It's not a job for humans."
"You can't say that. We have to survive, right? If we don't work, we'll just have to starve in the winter."
"My little sister is really enjoying herself."
"Don't bother with Lihua. Just live your own lives. What kind of life you lead depends on your own luck."
"Mom, we are not unreasonable people."
Zhang Dali and Zhang Xiaoli had no feelings towards Zhang Lihua, and had no intention of taking advantage of her.
The relationship has always been neither close nor distant.
There is no need to create all kinds of messy and troublesome things when starting a family, which will make everyone unhappy.
Old Lady Zhang said, "Lihua is lucky to have married into a good family, but I have nothing to say about Suncui and Taohua. Although I won't say I will treat you as my own, I won't treat you harshly either. I just want you to live a peaceful and stable life."
The two sisters-in-law nodded. Although their life was tiring, it was still pretty good.
These days, it is rare to find a family that does not feel tired.
Zhang Lihua and Li Mingli walked very fast and soon arrived at the village entrance.
Old Lady Zhang looked at the passersby and said, "Look, is that your little sister?"
"Mom, it does look a bit like her, but my little sister probably won't come over."
"Oh my god, it really is Rika."
Zhang Lihua didn't expect to meet him halfway.
"Mother, eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law."
"Come on, come home and have a seat. We weren't at home the last time you came. Stay here for dinner tonight," said Sun Cui.
"Yes, we only see each other twice a year," Li Taohua said with a smile.
Seeing the dust on their bodies, you can tell that they have just come back from the fields and are all exhausted.
"Mom, it's autumn harvest time now, so it must be very hard on your body. You can take this meat home and stew it. It's true that we should eat something good during this time of harvest."
Zhang Lihua handed the basket to Old Lady Zhang.
She lifted the blue cloth from the basket and found a large piece of pork.
The whole family couldn't remember when they had eaten meat. Not only the children but the adults were also very greedy for it.
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