"Yes, of course. We need to prepare enough firewood at home, and also look for wild game and fruits. We won't be able to get anything if the mountain is blocked by heavy snow."
"Wife, Lele, come out and help."
When Li Huan's voice sounded, several women hurriedly took off their blankets, put on their coats and walked outside. They saw Li Huan and Shouhou each pulling a flatbed cart into the yard.
"My God, where did you get so much coal?"
When Cheng Qiao saw the coal, her heart moved. There was an old-fashioned coal briquette stove in her space warehouse. If she put a coal briquette stove in the room in winter and put a pot on it, she could cook some soup to nourish her body.
Especially Li's mother. Cheng Qiao has been secretly paying attention to Li's mother's health since the day she got married. Although there is no problem with her mother at ordinary times, she will inevitably catch a cold and have a fever when it is windy, rainy, and the temperature changes.
Then look at what Li's mother eats. She puts all the good things into the bowls of Li Le, Li Huan and herself, but she is reluctant to eat an extra bite. It is obvious that her stomach is empty and she needs to replenish it.
By the way, you can’t just take supplements randomly. Why don’t you go ask Uncle Ye what your mother-in-law should eat for her health condition
"I want to go to Uncle Ye's place."
"Wife, what's wrong with you? Why do you want to see the village doctor?"
"I think mom's health is too weak. I have a coal stove and a pot here. This winter, I can make something delicious for mom to nourish her."
"daughter in law… "
Li Huan's eyes became hot. The young wives in the village all wanted to squeeze things out of their mothers-in-law. Some mothers-in-law with bad consciences were also thinking about how to torture their daughters-in-law.
Only in his family is the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law so harmonious, and the relationship between the aunt and sister-in-law is as good as that of real sisters. How could Li Huan be so lucky to have such a good mother and sister, and to marry such a well-behaved daughter-in-law.
"Let's do it tomorrow. Let's unload the coal today. Skinny Monkey needs to hurry back."
"Then I'll go get some food for Skinny Monkey. It's not easy for everyone."
"Well, wife, take the pheasant you shot yesterday back to Shouhou. Just prepare some simple food for him. Don't tire yourself out."
"Mom, look at my brother. Seeing how clingy my second sister-in-law is, it's horrible."
"You silly girl, you only learned a few days of Chinese characters from your second sister-in-law, but you use idioms blindly, and it's so terrible. Why don't you just close your eyes?"
"Okay, I'll close my eyes. Ouch, that hurts."
Li Le closed her eyes and walked towards the flatbed truck. Her toes kicked the wheel of the truck, causing her to scream in pain. This made Li's mother so angry that the little girl acted less and less like a girl.
"LeLe, go wash the clothes."
Li's mother said with a stern face that although the skinny monkey was a familiar guest in their home, he was a young man after all, and their daughter was too lively and gave people a bad impression.
Of course, Skinny Monkey knew what Li's mother was thinking. He secretly glanced at Li Le, smiled and went to move the coal. Li Le pouted, took the basin full of dirty clothes, went to the well in the next yard, and turned the wheel to draw water.
Li Huan's yard and Li's mother's yard were separated by a wall. Li Huan opened a door on the wall of the yard. In this way, the two yards became one yard, making it convenient to come and go.
Li Le turned the wheel and bucket after bucket of well water was drawn up. The second sister-in-law took out a lot of soap and told her to use it boldly and confidently. If it was not enough, she would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy more.
Li Le looked at the dozen or so neatly arranged soaps and marveled at how his second sister-in-law had so many soaps, but he was indeed not as restrained as before when using them.
My second sister-in-law likes cleanliness, so she makes sure to wash the clothes of the family members cleanly so that she won't dislike them. She also washes the house inside and out while the weather is not too cold.
After Li's mother and Cheng Qiao moved the coal and cleaned the yard, they went to the kitchen to cook dinner. Skinny Monkey took a whole pheasant and a few big white steamed buns that Cheng Qiao had brought out, put them in his arms and left quickly.
He has to get ready. Brother Huan said that when the village slaughters the New Year pig, he will get some pork and other things, and then he can make some money again.
You know, business is very booming before the Chinese New Year. Everyone wants to have a good year, but they don’t have enough meat coupons, sugar coupons, cloth coupons, etc., so the black market is their only choice.
"LeLe, why do you wash so many clothes?"
Cheng Qiao came to call Li Le for dinner and saw that the clothesline in the yard was full of clothes, and there were washed and unwashed clothes in the basin beside the well.
"Second sister-in-law, you haven't been here for a year yet. You don't know how freezing the winter is here. So while it's not too cold now, wash everything you need to wash so you can have a good winter."
Cheng Qiao sighed secretly, how could she not know how cold the winter was here? But the weather was cold, the human heart was colder than the weather.
"Eat first, and then I'll wash with you."
"Hey, what are we eating today? Do you have grilled sausage?"
Ever since Li Le was given a grilled sausage from the grocery store, he remembered the taste and asked about it from time to time.
Cheng Qiao said that it was difficult to make. She only got it by chance when she went to the county town. If she wanted to eat it, she had to get some sausage casings herself, stuff pork into them, and then slowly roast them over the fire. Moreover, there was no guarantee that the taste would be the same.
When Li Le heard about the trouble, her greed automatically went back. Now that her second sister-in-law was at home, the food at home had obviously improved. She couldn't be greedy.
"Wife, do you want to eat grilled sausages? If you do, I'll go to the county town and buy some if there's any."
Cheng Qiao secretly rolled her eyes at Li Huan and said it as if it were true. It's just that she is greedy. Humph, I won't give it to you.
"I don't want to eat it, it's too greasy."
Cheng Qiao shook her head. She really didn’t want to eat. It might be because she was pregnant. She felt uncomfortable when she smelled the grilled sausage.
"Since my wife doesn't want to eat it, Lele, you are not allowed to eat it either. What if your second sister-in-law is pregnant? If you eat it, it will harm your second sister-in-law."
Li Huan spoke quickly, and Li Le was really shocked. He shook his hands repeatedly and refused to eat.
Mother Li's eyes lit up. Cheng Qiao had been married to the Li family for almost a month. She might be pregnant with Li Huan's child. Thinking of this, she also scolded Li Le with a stern face:
"What kind of sausage are you eating? Look at how capable you are. Why don't you just eat your mother as a sausage?"
Li Le: “… #￥…”
"Second sister-in-law, if you really have a baby, I will help you take care of it after it is born, okay?"
Cheng Qiao's nose felt sore when she heard that. She looked at Li Le with watery eyes and nodded vigorously. In this life, she must protect Li Le, her child, and Li Huan.
Early the next morning, Li's mother was busy at home, while Li Le went to the back mountain to chop firewood and dig wild vegetables. The black fungus, hazel mushroom, matsutake and porcini mushrooms halfway up the mountain were also the mountain products she was looking for.