After breakfast, Jin Xiaoye and Li Laogen went out to cut rice again. They did not return home until almost noon when the sun was too strong.
The two were sweating and looked exhausted. After Li Laogen came back, he sat down at the door and said to Jin Xiaoye, "You said you would buy meat today!"
"I keep my word." Jin Xiaoye said.
Li Laogen smiled with wrinkles on his face: "Since the Qingming Festival, I haven't eaten meat again..."
There are many rivers and ditches in the village, and he would occasionally bring back some fish and shrimp to eat, and he would occasionally eat eggs laid by the chickens at home, but pork...they would only buy some during festivals or during the busy farming season.
Upon hearing this, Li Qingzhi said quietly: "I haven't eaten meat for several years..."
Li Laogen stopped talking. Li Qingzhi was even worse off than him!
Jin Xiaoye glanced at Li Qingzhi, took out ten cents and gave them to Li Qingzhi, asking him to go to the riverside and watch over it, and buy two cents of tofu and eight cents of pork.
She also specifically instructed that they should buy fat pork, because after all, they were all lacking fat in their stomachs!
Li Qingzhi knew that he had to buy fatty meat without Jin Xiaoye telling him, as he also needed some oil.
Before the end of the world, he was so picky that he didn't even eat fat, but now? If conditions permit, he wants to drink lard!
After Jin Xiaoye finished explaining everything, he lay down and went to sleep.
She got up at five o'clock and has been working until now, past ten o'clock, and has been doing physical work for five hours!
Li Laogen also went back to the house to sleep, and the two children also wanted to take a nap... Only Li Qingzhi didn't want to sleep, so he simply put the ten cents in his pocket, carried the basket, and leaned on his crutches to go outside to bask in the sun.
He is very thin now, so he is not afraid of the heat. He basks in the sun, feeling the scorching sun on his body, and actually feels quite comfortable.
Li Qingzhi was in a very good mood. He walked slowly towards the river and smiled at everyone he met on the way.
Jin Moli, who was wearing a straw hat and delivering water and snacks to the hired workers in the fields, saw this and had a complicated expression on her face.
Some people in the village said that Li Qingzhi was stupid, and she looked... indeed a little stupid.
Jin Xiaoye not only has to raise a child and Li Laogen in the future, but she also has another burden!
Their family is still better off. Her father-in-law is rich and hires people to harvest the crops from the fields. She only needs to deliver some food and water to them.
Li Qingzhi knew Jin Moli and knew that she was Jin Xiaoye's cousin. Although this person looked at him a little strangely, she didn't mean any harm, so he smiled at her.
Jin Moli met Li Qingzhi's smile, lowered her head and ran away.
Firstly, Li Qingzhi was too thin now and looked a little scary. Secondly... after living her life again, she learned that Li Qingzhi had been captured and forced to dig rocks a few years ago. She also discovered that as long as she paid a doctor, she could bring Li Qingzhi back to life... She felt a little uncomfortable.
If she had reminded him, would Li Qingzhi not have been arrested
Li Qingzhi: “…” He’s not scary, right
For rural people, a good harvest is the happiest thing. At this time, everyone is willing to spend money to buy some food.
Where there is demand, there is a market. These days, people selling pork and tofu will row their boats to each village to sell their goods.
Li Qingzhi came to the river and sat under a big tree to enjoy the cool air.
This tree is a date tree. There are dates growing on the tree, but unfortunately they are not ripe yet.