The young man never thought that Li Jin would summarize and elevate the meaning of his words so bluntly.
But he doesn't have so many twists and turns in his mind, and he definitely doesn't say the second.
So, Qin Muwen nodded in front of Li Jin: "Yes."
I care about you.
Li Jin put down the pumpkin and felt that the strange thoughts that had been suppressed by him rose up again.
But Li Jin has been single for twenty-nine years, and he really doesn't know why he is heartbroken.
In the face of other people's confession before, he can refuse it indifferently, and there is no fluctuation in his heart.
But in the face of the boy, he couldn't help but want to see this man laugh and talk to the boy more.
I even want to hear the boy say, "I care about you."
Finally, the pumpkin buns are made together by two people. Li Jin washes the pumpkin, peels it, dice it, and uses soy sauce, salt and sesame oil to adjust the stuffing.
The teenager is in charge of mixing and kneading the dough, and finally wraps a small bun with eight pleats.
Li Jin has made buns and dumplings before. After all, he was studying abroad at the time. During the Chinese New Year, a bunch of Chinese people would gather together to make dumplings and steamed buns.
But he has to admit that his technology is only to keep the buns from falling apart.
It's not like a young man, holding the skin of the bun with one hand, holding the edge with the other, and turning it a few times, a small bun is ready.
There is no more or less on each bun, just eight pleats.
Li Jin also dipped some flour and wrapped it like him.
It's a pity that making steamed buns is a technical job.
You can't learn by looking at it.
Li Jin made the first bun, which was placed on the chopping board by the young man, on the tail of the young man's string of buns that looked like works of art.
Li Jin thought for a while: "The last bun looks crooked and cracked, so it's definitely not a good bun."
It was the first time that the young man saw that Li Jin had something he couldn't do, the dimples on the corners of his lips were shallow, and there was a deep smile in his eyes.
Li Jin wanted to practice another one, when he heard someone shouting loudly outside the door: "Li Jin, let's find someone to build a house for you!"
Li Jin went out and cleaned his hands, opened the door, and saw two familiar faces standing outside the door.
It was what he had seen often when he was farming before.
Li Jin greeted people to come in: "Brother Erniu, Brother Dazhuang, please come in."
Li Erniu and Li Daniu are a little closer to each other. They are similar in age and they have the same name.
It was also the last time that Li Erniu's children brought their friends to Li Jin's house to ask for meat.
This man was embarrassed and wanted to do something for Li Jin.
Anyway, now that the busy farming season is over, he has not done any work, so if he can help, he can consolidate the feelings of the neighbors.
Li Erniu said: "We originally agreed that it would be the second day in the late ten days, but my farm work was finished yesterday. Today, I brought Da Zhuang to ask you, besides building a house, what else needs to be done?"
Li Jin is also welcome. After all, if the roof is not repaired now, it will be his family who will suffer from the rain in the future.
He said: "My bedroom and kitchen roof are ventilated, and luckily it hasn't rained recently, otherwise my house would have been devastated."
Li Dazhuang is also a straightforward person, he smiled: "Last year, Li Zhuzi saw that your house leaked and made the bed wet, so I asked me to mend the roof for you.
You didn't even want me to help you at that time, you didn't want to save face.
I just thought, how can there be practical benefits of face? If Brother Erniu hadn't called me this time, I might not have come. "
Li Jin knows the habit of talking in the village, that is, when complimenting you, you must be demeaned first, to play the role of suppressing the desire to promote it.
What Li Dazhuang wanted to express was that Kua Lijin would have to suffer for his face if he didn't die now.
Li Jin said: "At that time, I was young and ignorant, but now I finally know I was wrong."
Li Dazhuang saw that Li Jin was really like the mainstay of the family, as rumored.
He didn't say much, just propped up the ladder in his hand and climbed up in a few strokes.
Li Erniu asked, "How is the roof?"
When Li Dazhuang came down, he frowned and said, "There are some small holes that can be filled, but even if the big holes are filled with straw, they will leak when it rains heavily."
Li Jin also knew about this situation, and he asked, "Is there any other way, after the roof is repaired, I can rest assured to live for a while?"
Li Erniu said, "Could it be that Li Jin wants to replace it with tiles?"
Li Jin asked the price of the tiles again, then smiled bitterly and said, "I don't have that much money to replace all the tiles, so I thought about replacing the areas that couldn't be repaired with straw with tiles.
In this way, even if the rainy season arrives this year, the house will not leak rain. "
Finally, Li Dazhuang checked the roof over the kitchen and estimated how many materials were needed.
"We all go to the mountains to pick the soil for repairing the house. After a while, the three of us will pick two boxes each, and the straw in my place will not be used. If we mix it together, we can repair the roof."
Li Jin responded immediately.
Li Erniu said: "As for the tiles, you can just go to the town and buy a basket. It's better to order two carts of cooked mud. When the goods arrive tomorrow, we can start building a house for you."
Li Jin is a complete stranger to construction, so he listened to the arrangement of the villagers and went to the mountains to pick soil together.
Although he had practiced this body recently, he was still so tired that his eyes widened and veins burst out on his forehead while carrying two frames of soil.
Li Erniu and Li Dazhuang hurriedly told him not to fill each frame so full, so that he evened out a little.
Their baskets were originally full of soil, but now that Li Jin's was evenly mixed, the soil was piled up into small hills.
Li Jin knew that this was not the time to be brave, and quickly thanked the two of them.
"Li Jin, you can do it. When we are your age, we can't pick two full boxes of soil."
Li Jin picked up the pole again, so tired that he was almost speechless.
He walked forward with all his heart, and naturally he didn't see the shock and admiration in the eyes of Li Erniu and Li Dazhuang.
"Although we also picked Li Jin's soil when we were eighteen, we are different from Li Jin, we have been doing farm work since we were young.
Li Jin was really spoiled by Aunt Li. Now that Aunt Li is gone, Li Jin is like growing up overnight. "
Li Dazhuang not only agreed with Li Erniu's words, but also added: "Li Jin is still studying, and if he is to be admitted to a scholar in the future, our village must be honored.
He has to take care of reading, farming, and raising his family. To be honest, I, Li Dazhuang, will serve him! "
Li Jin picked so much soil. At first, his legs were swaying, but after walking a lot, he got used to it.
But I really didn't have the energy to listen to the conversation between the two behind.
He came out to pick the soil and wore coarse linen clothes, but he didn't expect the soil to be so dense and thick, he really felt like his shoulders were going to be worn out again.
When the three of them entered Li Jin's house and placed the bamboo baskets by the wall, Li Jin stood up straight and let out a sigh of relief.
The teenager packed the hot buns that had just come out of the oven, set up a wooden board in the yard, and placed the buns on it.
He filled the three of them with warm water and put on the bench: "Everyone, take a rest."
Because of their admiration for Li Jin, Li Dazhuang and the two even had a much better attitude towards the young man.
"Brother-in-law... Sister-in-law is really virtuous."
"Yeah yeah."
The two were in a dry tone. After all, although their village is not rich, the village chief has planned it well. Every household has land to grow and houses to live in, and most of the men take care of their families.
People in the village are also willing to marry their daughters, which leads to not many brothers in the village.
After all, the food chain of this era is arranged according to men, women, and brothers.
Except for Li Jin, no one in the village would marry a brother to be the principal.
It's not that the two of them dislike Qin Muwen, it's just that they have never praised a brother so much, so they are a little unfamiliar.
The two thought that this matter was over, but Li Jin walked over to Qin Muwen before he could rest.
"You didn't go to rest during the day today?"
Li Erniu and Li Dazhuang: "???" Wake up, brother, which husband can be so precious
Li Jin sent the boy back, and then apologized to the two: "My husband is indeed virtuous, so I paid more attention to his body. It made the two laugh."
The two of you: "..." It's not a laugh, it's a shock!
After the three had eaten and rested, Li Dazhuang went to mix the straw, soil and water with a shovel.
The soil in the mountains is inherently sticky, but after adding wheat straw, it will be tougher.
Taking advantage of the afternoon, they repaired the small holes in the roof for Li Jin, and when Li Jin came back with the tiles tomorrow, the roof can be completely repaired.
In the end, Li Jin gave each person ten cents of wages.
A day's work in the town, regardless of meals, is between twenty-five and thirty cents.
Li Jin was only busy for one afternoon and managed a bun, so he was paid ten cents.
Originally, the two were unwilling to accept it, but Li Jin said that he would feel sorry for not accepting it.
The two finally accepted the copper plate.
After doing all this, Li Jin went to Li Zhuzi's house with a pound of spare ribs. He wanted to borrow an ox cart from Li Zhuzi's house tomorrow.
Li Jin didn't think he could walk back from the town with a basket of tiles on his back.
The density of the tile is greater than that of the soil, after all, it is fired, and the materials inside are compacted.
When Li Daniu heard it, he said it was completely fine.
"It just so happens that I'm going to deliver firewood tomorrow, so I'll wait for you on the main street and go to the tile kiln together."
Li Jin still didn't know the way to Wayao, although it was next to the town, but with Li Zhuzi, it was indeed a lot more convenient.
Then he went to water the vegetable field, came back to practice calligraphy, took a bath, did push-ups, and went to bed very late again.
In the past, teenagers would fall asleep while watching Li Jin practice calligraphy.
Today he took out the needle and thread and sewed two wide and thick strips of cloth with the light.
By the time Li Jin finished writing, the boy had already sewed it up, and quietly put the things back into the frame, pretending that he didn't do anything just now.
Li Jin had no doubts, and went back to sleep after taking a shower.
It wasn't until the next day that he picked up the backpack, only to find that a new layer of shoulder straps was sewn under the two hemp ropes that restrained the shoulders. With the generous shoulder straps, this bag is not so annoying.
Li Jin guessed that the boy should have added a shoulder strap to the basket when he was taking a bath.
Li Jin held the shoulder strap and looked at the innocent face of the boy, pretending that he didn't know anything.
He suddenly took a few steps forward and dropped a kiss on his forehead.
A kiss like a brother farewell, Li Jin said—
"I'm leaving. I'm going to buy tiles and burnt clods today. I'll be back later."
The young man was stunned, until Li Jin walked far away before he came back to his senses. He wanted to catch up to see Li Jin's walking back.
But the little bun started crying in the house at the right time, and Qin Muwen could only go back and hold the bun to breastfeed.
In the end, Baozi fell asleep after eating and drinking, and Qin Muwen remained in this position blankly.
The dimples on the corners of the lips are always sweet.
Well, it was just as sweet as when he took advantage of Li Jin and the others to pick soil and didn't come back, and secretly ate the ugliest pumpkin bun first.