Chapter 74 073. Lei Li can beat him to death
"The rice, fish and duck fields were given to Dad because of me?"
"What else?"
Lei Li squinted at him and said, "I can raise ducks and fish myself and sell them. How great is that? No one would compete with me. It was the village chief who wanted the whole village to be prosperous, so he asked my father to teach everyone together."
"So that's how it is..."
Liu Xiaocao was speechless and laughed awkwardly twice. Seeing Lei Li's expression soften, she quickly massaged his shoulders and legs and poured him water three times.
"I'm sorry, Brother Li~"
"I really know I was wrong. I know you're doing this for my own good. From now on, if I have anything to ask, I'll ask you first. Okay, and not get angry on my own?"
"If you have something to ask, why don't you ask Niu Ershu? Wouldn't it be clear if you just tell him?"
Lei Li said, glancing at him knowingly, "You're sulking, are you picking on Niu Ershu again?"
"hey-hey……"
Liu Xiaocao felt a little embarrassed, but also very confident. "Who told me I wasn't happy? He couldn't guess why I was unhappy. I thought it was pretty obvious. Even Tao Ge'er had better judgment than him..."
"How would he know if you didn't tell him?"
"If he really loves me, he should know it even if I don't tell him! He's my husband after all!"
Liu Xiaocao snorted proudly, then asked curiously, "Could it be that you tell your husband everything that makes you unhappy? Even when you're jealous?"
“…”
Lei Li suddenly fell silent.
When Liu Xiaocao gets angry, she keeps silent, leaving Niu Ershu to guess. When he gets angry, he beats Zhou Yi in a weird way. It seems... a bit similar...
No wonder they are friends...
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Liu Xiaocao's temper comes and goes quickly.
After resolving the conflict and happily eating and taking things - with the bandit style of Lei Li, he returned to the village with Lei Li's message and Niu Ershu.
The next day, Lei Dashan and Liu Ye'er asked someone to reply.
He said that he had to feed the cows, pigs, dogs and chickens at home, and also take care of the rice seedlings in the fields, so he politely declined Lei Li and Zhou Yi's suggestion to take them to live in the county town.
The main reason is that I can’t relax.
When Lei Dashan and Liu Ye'er thought about eating, drinking, and strolling around in the county town without having to do anything, they felt like their life was over.
When they went to the county town to see Lei Li and Zhou Yi, during the two hours on the road, Liu Yeer would take something to embroider, and Lei Dashan could weave two backpacks with bamboo strips.
——If I were Liu Xiaocao, I would feel that spending the whole day eating, drinking and shopping would make life so fulfilling, beautiful and happy!
Lei Li is somewhere in between.
His biggest dream is to do nothing and count money when he wakes up, counting his own money, endless money, preferably gold ingots.
Before the dream comes true, just roll up your sleeves and work hard, earning every penny you can.
Zhou Yi strongly agrees with Lei Li's idea of making money.
But he didn't understand this behavior of basically saving but not spending. Spending what he earned was his life principle. Otherwise, why would he earn so much?
Delicious?
Sell!
Comfortable to wear?
Sell!
Practical?
Sell!
Can only be viewed but not used?
screw you.
If it's not practical, but it makes Lei Li happy, or makes his parents, brothers, and friends happy, then buy it! Isn't happiness part of practicality? Emotional value is valuable, so buy it!
So the money probably won’t last more than a month in Zhou Yi’s hands.
Even the less than two hundred copper coins he had saved with great difficulty were all spent on buying a headband for Lei Li. One hundred and ten coins could buy a piece of plain coarse linen, and he spent nearly two hundred coins to buy two silk headbands.
hehe.
If it wasn't given to Lei Li, Lei Li would have beaten him to death.
Zhou Yi, who escaped the disaster, was completely unaware of his squandering of money. Seeing Lei Li happy about getting the headband, he counted on his fingers how long it would take him to save up enough money to give her the next gift.
Zhou Yi thought a lily of the valley would be a good choice.
Because Lei Li doesn't have a hosta yet.
Even the cheaper ones that were decent in quality would cost one or two taels of silver each, and he would probably have to save up for half a year...if Lei Li still gave him pocket money at that time.
This concern is justified.
If Lei Li knew that he wanted to give Zhou Yi the jade hairpin, he would definitely cut off all of Zhou Yi's pocket money and push him onto the bed to give him a good lesson.
This kind of thing can’t be eaten or worn, is useless, and is so expensive. Wouldn’t you be a fool to buy it?
That’s one or two taels!
The peach wood hairpin his father made didn't cost a penny!
After four months of "sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams", it was mid-November.
Late autumn.
For Qingmi County and Sanlihe Village, summer is still a long way off and it is still extremely hot. The only signs of autumn are noticeable in the morning when the autumn wind blows.
The rice is ripe.
The golden rice waves rolled and swayed in the wind. The rice fish had been caught two days ago, and the ducks were driven into a fenced circle not far from the field. They quacked and flapped their powerful white wings from time to time.
The villagers of Sanlihe Village sold a wave of fish and made some money. Now, looking at the heavy golden rice, their faces were full of joy.
Lei Li and Zhou Yi also returned to Sanlihe Village to harvest rice, and brought Zhang Daqiang with them.
"The store is closed, and I have nothing to do in the county alone. I can still have food to eat if I follow you here."
Zhang Daqiang scratched his head and said happily, looking honest and simple, but when he saw Mr. Miao, his eyes widened and he started staring at him from the moment he entered the yard.
Miao Fulang was confused by the stare, but he was not afraid and smiled at him politely.
When Zhang Daqiang saw Miao Fulang laughing, he couldn't help laughing too. With a bit of naivety, he ran over happily to help Miao Fulang move things.
"Next time you bring something, tell me and I'll get it for you."
"No, no, there's not much..."
Mr. Miao brought wild fruits and vegetables from the mountains, as well as some delicious mushrooms. However, mushrooms are rare in autumn, so he had to go a little further to pick them.
Thinking about this, Miao Fulang felt a little embarrassed, "I always trouble you to help me get things..."
When he went to deliver things to Lei Li and Zhou Yi's store, he would always meet Zhang Daqiang. Zhang Daqiang would always happily help him move things. Zhang Daqiang also contributed to Niu Dali's divorce from him.
Miao Fulang knew that although Zhang Daqiang was big, he was a very kind person, and he was not afraid of Zhang Daqiang.
And to be frank, if Zhang Daqiang had any intentions towards him, there were Lei Li and Zhou Yi, they would definitely not sit idly by.
Although Miao Fulang didn't think that others would have any intentions towards him, as he was a divorced man with a child and little money...
"No need to bother!"
Zhang Daqiang waved his hands repeatedly and raised his fist to show how strong he was. "I'm very strong. This thing is nothing. It's not heavy at all!"
He glanced back again, "Hey? Why didn't Xiaobao come? I brought him something, I don't know if Xiaobao likes it..."
"Xiaobao is still sleeping at home..."
Miao Fulang was stunned and wanted to say no, but then he saw Zhang Daqiang running back into the house, holding a small puppet and stuffing it into his hand.
Zhang Daqiang looked a bit proud, "I saw it at the market. A lot of kids wanted it. I thought Xiaobao would like it too..."
"This is quite expensive, isn't it?"
Miao Fulang looked at the little puppet in his hand. It was wearing brown clothes and had a little blush on, which made it look more honest and cute.
“Not expensive, not expensive!”
Zhang Daqiang quickly said, "I just bought it casually. It's not worth much money, really. If you don't believe me, ask Boss Lei and Boss Xiao Zhou."
"That……"
Miao Fulang hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Then I'd like to thank you on behalf of Xiaobao. I'm very familiar with the village and Sanlihe Mountain. If you want to go into the mountains, you can call me and I'll take you there."
Miao Fulang thought that people in the county town probably had not been to the mountains many times, and they must be quite curious about the mountains.
"Thank you very much."
Zhang Daqiang scratched his head embarrassedly again, his eyes fell on Miao Fulang's slender white wrist, his face blushed, and he still didn't take out the thing in his arms until everyone was far away and he could no longer see him.
actually……
He also bought a gift for Miao Fulang, but was afraid that Miao Fulang would not accept it.
Zhang Daqiang sighed and went back to the yard to chop wood. He had come to Lei Li's house to eat and drink for free, so he couldn't just do nothing!
Liu Ye'er was picking vegetables at the kitchen door. When Miao Fulang came just now, she deliberately didn't come out and listened happily to Zhang Daqiang and Miao Fulang talking.
She thinks Zhang Daqiang is a good kid.
At least he is much better than Niu Dali. He is always eager to do the work and does it well. He is also polite to others, always saying "Hello, Uncle" and "Good morning, Auntie". He smiles and is very friendly when he meets everyone.
I wish Mr. Miao also likes Zhang Daqiang!
It's obvious that Zhang Daqiang is a caring and protective person, and he also likes Xiaobao. If Miao Fulang marries him, no gangsters will dare to harass her.
He was living alone with a little boy, which was a bit unsafe. He didn't know if Niu Dali would come back to bother him...
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Lei Li, Zhou Yi and Lei Dashan harvested the rice very quickly, and with Zhang Daqiang's help in the afternoon, they finished the job in less than a day and pulled it back on a ox cart.
Drying and threshing rice.
Although Zhang Daqiang had never farmed or done farm work before, he learned very hard and was happy to work. He even wanted to help Miao Fulang harvest rice.
But he was stopped by Lei Li.
"She's a divorced woman, and you, a man, openly go to her house. Aren't you afraid that the villagers will gossip about her?"
Lei Li rolled his eyes at the reckless man, and then taught him some roundabout methods, such as helping Miao Fulang bring Xiaobao to Lei Li's house to play.
Since Miao Fulang didn't have to keep an eye on Xiaobao all the time, he naturally worked much faster. When he went to pick up Xiaobao in the evening, Liu Ye'er and Lei Li asked him to stay for dinner, so he stayed for half a day longer.
Zhang Daqiang was nice to Miao Fulang in both secret and obvious ways. Even though Miao Fulang was slow-witted, he figured out something was going on, but he pretended not to know and distanced himself from Zhang Daqiang.
Lei Li, Liu Ye'er and others just watched the show and didn't help Zhang Daqiang. They just saw him scratching his head anxiously.
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