"What are you talking about!" Uncle Xie gave a rare stare, "Now our brother has entered the door of the Lin family, and they treat our brother well, let alone those old things of adulthood."
Xie Amo also knew this reason, "But this is not to worry about him! If it weren't for that year! Alas," the more Xie Amo thought about this, the more guilty he felt, he should not have agreed to that marriage in the first place.
"But that's not what I said. If there was no such thing as a wolf, our brother would not have met this marriage." Uncle Xie didn't know that as early as when his leg was injured, Lin Fangliang was thinking about Brother Xie. If it wasn't for Ma Fugui's intervention at that time, Brother Xie might have entered the door of Lin's house long ago.
"Dong Dongdong, Uncle Xie, I'm Li Changfeng!" Li Changfeng knocked on the door with a basket.
As soon as he heard the voice of the courtyard gate, Uncle Xie got up and went to open the courtyard door, "Changfeng, what delicious food did you bring us?"
As soon as Uncle Xie opened the courtyard door, he smelled a special fragrance, and when he saw Li Changfeng carrying a basket, he didn't have to think to know that he was bringing them food.
Xie Amo listened to Uncle Xie's loud words inside and couldn't help sighing, this man has lived for so many years, why is he still missing a muscle!
"It's just a new dish made by Aqing. I'll give you and Xie Amo a try. I'm going back now."
Li Changfeng handed the basket to Uncle Xie and said goodbye anxiously. Xu Qing was still at home waiting for him to eat.
"Go, go, boy."
Uncle Xie sniffed the contents of the basket intoxicated, and closed the courtyard door cheerfully. This is a long time since I have eaten Brother Qing's craftsmanship.
The spicy tofu in the evening made both Xu Qing and Li Changfeng have a round belly. Before going to bed, Li Changfeng didn't forget to scoop up a few bowls of beans and soak them. I guess he didn't enjoy it and wanted to make it himself.
The weather was getting colder and colder, and the night came very fast. Half a month later, Xu Qing saw the first snow that came to this world.
"Today, let's set the kang and fire wall on fire."
That thing can keep you warm all day. Xu Qing was wearing a thick new cotton coat and wrapped himself into a ball, still a big belly.
Li Changfeng touched Xu Qing's slightly cold hand, pulled him away from the window, made lunch by himself, and removed the things that were separated by the kang and the fire wall, so that there could be heat.
When he was tired of tofu, Xu Qing came up with dried tofu. When he was tired of dried tofu, he made tofu soup. Now he doesn't even want to drink tofu soup. During this time, Xu Qing always felt that everything tasted like kimchi. Nothing tastes fresh.
correct! Xu Qing suddenly remembered something made of tofu, fermented bean curd!
Fermented bean curd is an appetizer and a meal, so after lunch that day, Li Changfeng did something else. He cut the unfinished tofu yesterday into small pieces, dried it a little, and found a small pot and marinated it with salt. Get up, wait until the tofu is blue-gray, and then deal with it a little, and this fermented bean curd will become.
Looking at the ten small jars placed under the cupboard, Xu Qing looked satisfied, these were all his rations!
"By the way, my daughter-in-law, let's choose a day to slaughter the pigs. It's cold and snowing again, so there will be less hogweed, and this pig will easily lose weight." Li Changfeng guessed that the New Year is coming soon, right? It's time to slaughter the 200-pound fat pig in the pigpen.
"Okay, you can choose a date and ask a few villagers to help." Xu Qing moved his steps to sit in the warm main room. He felt tired when he moved, and his hands and feet were starting to swell.
Li Changfeng put Xu Qing's leg gently in his hand and rubbed it slowly. Xu Qing had cramps a few times last night.
"That's fine, I'll ask Uncle Xie, Second Brother Wei, Uncle Wu and Brother Qiu to help, and Ame Xie."
Xu Qing nodded and agreed, "By the way, after the killing, I have to send some to my brother and Li's courtyard, as well as to Xiaoyu." This pig drank some spiritual springs when he was a child, and eating it is especially good for the body. Li's yard has to be given, otherwise it won't stop, Li Xiaoge is still in town, and he visited Xu Qing at home some time ago.
"Okay, don't worry."
Three days later, Xu Qing and his family slaughtered pigs, and the 200-pound pig was a big head in the village. "How did your family raise it! The miscellaneous is so fat!" Wei's second child has never seen a pig that can grow in a famine year. Such a fat pig!
Li Changfeng looked innocent, "No, it eats whatever we eat in those days, how can it be hungry and thin! This is our food for winter months!"
"Tsk tsk, it seems that your kid is not only a good hand of the Tian family, but also capable of raising livestock. Look at your dogs, chickens, donkeys, tsk tsk, all of them are not small!" Brother Qiu is a The skinny butcher, he does not do business like Butcher Liu, but has the skill of slaughtering pigs. As soon as this season comes, he will be asked to help with whichever slaughtering pigs, and by the way, he will give a small red envelope for good luck.
Li Changfeng smiled and didn't say much. He buried his head and shaves the piglet's hair on the dead piglet. This pig is fat enough, and the daughter-in-law has meat to eat!
Although there are not many people, but the pig fat makes people feel good. After a lively afternoon, the pigs are cleaned up. In the evening, the big guys have a few drinks together, and after a pig feast, they are happy. Excited to leave.
After everyone was gone, Li Changfeng and Xu Qing also packed up and lay on the warm bed to rest, "Today everyone said that our fire wall and fire pit are good, if you talk about this, we still talk to Li Zheng. talk?"
Li Changfeng rubbed Xu Qing's hair, and thought for a while after hearing the words, "Go ahead, I'll tell you in the morning." Anyway, people already know it, so if you don't say it, you might not know what Lizheng and the villagers think, it's better to be direct Just say it outright, so that they have nothing to say.
The next morning, Li Changfeng went to Lizheng to talk about the kang, and after coming back for dinner, he took three pieces of meat to the town of Lin Fangliang and Li Xiaoge'er, and then went to Li's yard. During this time, Li's yard It was quite calm, and I was happy to see Li Changfeng bring the meat back. Their pigs were too thin, and they were a little reluctant to kill them.
Back home, Xu Qing and Li Changfeng boiled the lard and put it away, leaving only a few small pieces of meat for air-drying, and the rest was used to make bacon. The meat is marinated above the fire. When the time comes, take it down and wrap it with something, put it in the warehouse, and there will be meat to eat in the spring in the future.
Everyone in the village envied Xu Qing's family for having big fat pigs to eat and a house for heating. The people in the village treated Xu Qing and the others very kindly. If the winter can be warm, that is to save the elderly and children. In previous years, there were children and elderly people who left because they could not survive the winter.
Xu Qing didn't have time to pay attention to the voices outside. The baby was born in a month and a half. During this month and a half, Xu Qing was very irritable. He often had nightmares in the middle of the night, because he was afraid that he would not be able to give birth, or had a difficult labor, or After giving birth to a little monster or something, after more than ten days, Xu Qing was haggard, and Li Changfeng was even more haggard.
After Xie Ami found out, he gave Xu Qing a quiet lesson. Li Changfeng didn't know what Xie Amo said to Xu Qing. Anyway, since that day, Xu Qing had eaten and drank well, and there was nothing to do at night. No more nightmares.
One night after a month and a half, Xu Qing felt a bloated stomach and felt uncomfortable. Sitting was uncomfortable, and lying down was also uncomfortable. Slowly, fine sweat broke out on his forehead. Li Changfeng felt that something was wrong, and he did not dare to leave immediately. It can soothe Xu Qing, but Xu Qing's stomach pain is getting worse and worse, and he still feels a faint feeling of falling in his stomach. Thinking of what Xie Amo said, Xu Qing hurriedly asked Li Changfeng to find Xie Amo.
"I, I may have to give birth, so go find Xie Ah." Xu Qing can't even say what hurts at this moment. Damn, it really is a thankless job to have a child!
Li Changfeng didn't even have time to put on his coat, so he ran out of the room with bare feet.
"What are you doing! Why don't you wear clothes and shoes! It hurts!"
Xu Qing saw that stupid guy jumping out like this. With such a heavy snow outside, he didn't know if Li Changfeng would catch a cold!
Xie Ame and Xie Ashu are sleeping soundly. It is good to have a heated kang, and even if they cover a quilt at night, they will not feel cold.
"Clap clap! clap clap! clap clap!"
A huge knock came from the door of the courtyard, causing Xie Ame and Xie Ashu to wake up immediately.
Listening to the urgent shouting, "Thank you! My daughter-in-law is going to give birth! Me! My daughter-in-law is going to give birth! Thank you!"
Xie Amo hurriedly turned over and got up, "Hurry up! Brother Qing must have had a seizure!" Uncle Xie didn't hesitate, put on his clothes in three or two seconds, and followed Amo Xie with his things and went out.
"You kid is really good!"
As soon as Uncle Xie opened the courtyard door, he saw that Li Changfeng was wearing his underwear and not wearing shoes, so he was walking naked in the snow.
"Changfeng! Why don't you wear clothes or shoes! Be careful if you catch a cold!"
Xie Amo said worriedly, but Li Changfeng didn't know whether it was cold or warm. He was both happy and flustered in his heart, "Thank you, my daughter-in-law is going to give birth!"
"I know! Let's go! Look at you in such a hurry, why did you run out without wearing any clothes or shoes!"
Thinking that Xu Qing's midwife is now alone at home, everyone can't bear to hold an umbrella, and hurried to Xu Qing's house despite the heavy snow at night.
"You guys go to boil the hot water, I'm going to see Brother Qing, Changfeng, don't come in if you don't see you!" Xie Amo told Uncle Xie and Li Changfeng before entering the room with the things he brought.
Xu Qing couldn't scream in pain at the moment. This woman had a stomachache when she gave birth, and the cervix was opened below, but the brothers here gave birth to a red line in the lower abdomen. The worse the pain, the red line. The more red, the more red, it means that the child is coming out soon.
"Be patient, it's not too late for this belly red, I'll ask Changfeng to cook something for you, you can eat it first." Xie Amo carefully checked the belly line several times, estimated the time, and felt that It was still early, so I wanted Xu Qing to eat something, otherwise I wouldn't have the energy later.
How did Xu Qing know this, he only knew that he didn't want to drink the water that hurts, how could he still eat!
"I do not want to eat… "
Xu Qing hugged his stomach with both hands and hummed weakly, Xie Amo said with a smile, "It's okay if you don't eat, I'll be careful later." Then he opened the door and called Li Changfeng, "Go and give it to your daughter-in-law. Come cook something and let him eat first, preferably sugar eggs."
Xie Amei knew that the situation of Xu Qing's family was relatively good, and there must be some eggs, so he was not polite, and let Li Changfeng cook quickly.
Not long after, Uncle Xie brought the hot water to the door of the room again. Amo Xie brought it in and wet it with a handkerchief. When the handkerchief was steaming, he put a compress on Xu Qing's abdomen. Xu Qing didn't feel the heat and pain, but felt that the previous stomach pain was much lessened.
"Don't move, just put it on like this," Xie Amo stopped Xu Qing from twisting his body, "Thank you! The egg is ready!" Li Changfeng's call came from outside the door, and Xie Amo quickly responded, He opened the door and took the bowl, "How is my daughter-in-law?" Li Changfeng looked into the room with his head propped up, but didn't see any big movement, so he asked Xie Ah.
"Okay, but you still need to clean up a room and come out. After the baby is born, you can give it to Brother Qing to hold it." Xie Amo remembered this, and told Li Changfeng.
Li Changfeng nodded quickly, turned around and went to work, Xie Amei closed the door and sat next to Xu Qing to feed Xu Qing. Qing was really hungry.
There were six eggs in the bowl, and Xu Qing was full after eating four. "No, I can't eat so much." Xu Qing refused Xie Amo's feeding. He really couldn't eat any more.
"Okay, I'm not forcing you to rest first. I guess it's still an hour before the baby is born." Xie Amo wiped the sweat on Xu Qing's forehead with a handkerchief, and put the bowl aside. Sitting beside the bed waiting for Xu Qing to attack.
Xu Qing was still nervous at first, but when this day really came, Xu Qing really didn't know why, and he calmed down quite a bit. Sooner or later, this day must come.