The Landlord And His Wife

     He got up in a hurry, put on his padded jacket and trousers, and went to his parents' house.

    He was startled by her small voice, and smiled: "Mother go down and wash your hands..."

    "I'll bring you a basin, and both you and your father wash your hands and faces on the kang!" Liu Xuer said and went to bring water.

    He stopped her with an 'ahhhh', then smiled and said, "Mom, go look at the fire in the stove, what to eat in the morning..."

    "I will cook what you eat!" Liu Xuer said loudly, just as the willow tree had finished sweeping the yard and came in, Liu Xuer loudly ordered: "Brother, you wait for your parents to wash their hands and face, I'll go Cook!"

    Liu Shu agreed, and went out with her to the kitchen to fetch water. After entering the kitchen, Liu Shu asked in a low voice, "Xu Er, do you really know how to cook? I will also do steamed buns and noodles. , but we can't eat dry rice all the time, if we go on like this, those grains won't last for two days..."

    Liu Xuer nodded: "I also know, but now both parents are injured, you must eat well, the injury will heal quickly, otherwise it will not heal. Also, I listen Shicheng said that in winter, it is not easy to pull a small hole! The size of the wounds of my parents may be different, so the house must be kept warmer. Big brother, let's start this evening. Burn it?"

    The willow tree hesitated after hearing this: "How can the straw and firewood survive?"

    Liu Xuer nodded: "Actually, I thought about it yesterday, it's true that we don't have enough food and firewood, but big brother, think about it, even if we live frugally, these are still the same. It's not enough, but if you save it everywhere, your parents' injuries won't get better for a while. They're in a hurry. Eat it well, and strive for the wounds of my father and mother to be healed years ago, and then my father and mother can also find a way to feed our whole family."

    Liu Shu thought for a while, what my sister said made sense, then nodded: "Also... that's okay, that's it."

    Since the brothers and sisters discussed it, they got busy. Although he said that, he couldn't really eat a dry meal. In the morning, Liu Xuer made a wild vegetable gnocchi soup, scooped a spoonful of soba noodles, washed it with water, and poured it into the pot. There are a lot of dishes, and as soon as the pot is opened, an egg flower is thrown into it.

    My five or six-year-old children are busy in and out of the house, but my two adults are sitting on the kang waiting to eat. Can they both be comfortable? He's eyes turned red again.

    Liu Xuer was busy with two more trips, brought the remaining four bowls of rice, and said to Mrs He with a smile: "Mother, how about what I made?"

    He picked up the bowl and took a bite, choked his throat and said, "Delicious..."

    Liu Xuer laughed: "What? Mother, why have you become a crybaby?"

    He snorted and rolled her eyes again.

    Liu Changgeng is a man after all, he felt uncomfortable for a while, so he adjusted his mood and said with a smile: "Then I will try my daughter's cooking!" After taking a bite of the noodle soup, he was surprised: "It's delicious! How did you learn it?"

    Liu Xuer blinked her eyes and said: "I see my mother has done it many times, just scoop a little noodle, then stir it with water, pour it into the pot, put wild vegetables or something..." She smiled slyly : "I was just greedy and wanted to eat an egg, so I beat an extra egg flower in it."

     Willow looked up at her as soon as she heard it.

    "It's delicious! What do you put in it?" Liu Changgeng asked.

    He Shi Puchi laughed again: "I can taste it, put some salt, put some vinegar, and some dogwood?"

    Liu Xuer nodded with a smile: "Yes, I don't know what to put."

     Willow and Liusen are the favorite to eat this kind of rice, although the wild vegetables are a bit bitter, but a frangipani seems to be able to suppress all the bitterness and turn it into a delicious taste.

    Liu Xuer knows that her mother is distressed about eggs, there are about fifty eggs in total, which were given by grandparents when the family was separated, as well as from uncle's house, and their own in the past few days Eggs from chickens. If these eggs were normal, the He family would definitely have saved them. Either someone in the village had a happy event to give gifts, or they saved too much and sold them.

    Eggs are all for the family, so Mr. Ho probably didn't even think about it.

    But Liu Xuer thinks this way, the whole family is obviously seriously lacking in nutrition, even if it is such a small Liu Sen, except for the chubby hands, the whole little person is thin and can be felt rib cage. It can't go on like this, the family can't bear it.

    If you have a good body, you will have capital. If you want to do anything, your body must be strong first. Liu Xuer has already thought about it. From now to the New Year, she must be the one who cooks, and she wants to take good care of her family. It would be nice if I could go to the city before the Chinese New Year, so I bought a pair of rabbits, and I also wanted to buy some chickens.

      The step plan was implemented. How much debt is not overwhelmed!

    Liu Xuer thought of this, her spirits improved, she ate her meal with a smile, and took the empty bowl to wash.

    Now everything has turned upside down at home. Willow took Liulin out to find a way to find firewood and fight wheat straws. Liuxuer was busy in the kitchen, Liu Changgeng and He's made the kang and played with Liusen.

    Liu Xuer just tidied up the kitchen, went to feed the rabbits with grass, put the two chickens in the courtyard, and saw several people come in from the courtyard door: "Xu'er!"

    "Uncle!" Catkins shouted in surprise and greeted them, and then saw a girl in a green cotton jacket behind the three uncles, with a basket on her wrist, Catkins even more It was a mix of surprises: "Auntie!"

    This girl is He's youngest sister, only thirteen years old this year, her name is He Ruyu.

    The faces of several uncles were very solemn, He Ruyu just agreed: "Xu'er!" He Wenyu has already grabbed Liu Xuer and picked it up, and did not throw two in the air as usual. Ask directly: "Where are your parents?"

    "In the house!"

    He who was in the room had already heard it and called out, "Who's here? Is it Wenqing?"

    "It's us, sister!" He Wenqing agreed and walked into the house. Seeing the elder sister and brother-in-law sitting on the kang, his face became even darker, and he hurriedly asked, "How is it? Is it serious or not? What did the doctor say? Brother-in-law... did you have a broken bone?"

    Liu Changgeng laughed and asked them to sit down, and then scratched his head embarrassedly: "Look, my brother-in-law can't do anything well, and it's only a few days after the separation, so I asked you to run twice..."

      I twisted my foot first and slid two steps into the ditch. In order to pull me up, your brother-in-law accidentally fell down. When he fell, he put a pad under me. I was fine and broke his leg. now..."

    Liu Changgeng was very embarrassed when his daughter-in-law said this in front of his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, his black face turned a little red, and he blushed: "Look what you are talking about! Hurry up, hurry up Sit down! Xu'er, go and pour water for your uncles and aunts."

    Liu Xuer agreed and hurriedly went to the kitchen to pour water, and when she came to the main room with a bowl and a pot, the uncles and aunts had already sat down and were listening to Mr. He saying how to fall Passing through the ditch.

    "Then what about your ankle? If you just twist it, you can't wrap it like this, right?" He Wenhui asked.

    "It's a big cut." Liu Changgeng gestured: "There's not much blood on the ankle, but it's pretty scary to say that it almost hit a tendon."

      Anyway, don't move."

    He nodded: "After this injury, all the words are said, even the children... Alas, the children are sensible, and it is difficult for them."

    He Wenyu looked at Liu Xuer: "Xu'er, where are your two brothers?"

    "They went to pick up firewood... don't worry! Big brother won't lead the second brother to the ditch, just look for it by the ditch!" Liu Xuer saw what she just said, and He Shi's face Has already shown a look of urgency, hurriedly explained.

    He was still worried, and said to He Wenqing in a hurry: "Wenqing! Go look for it, don't ask to go to the ditch..."

    He Wenqing hurriedly agreed, and He Wenyu ran out first: "I'll look for it!"

    Just as I walked to the gate of the courtyard, He Wenyu suddenly shouted: "Ouch!"

    The people in the room were startled, and the terrified Mr. He was so frightened that he asked, "What's the matter, what's going on?"

    Liu Xuer also ran to the door to see, and also shouted: "Fourth uncle carried a tree back!" and ran out.

    Liu Changshi went to the ditch at dawn this morning. In the deepest ditch he walked, he found a dead tree that had fallen to the ground. The bottom of the ditch was brought up.

    At this time, Liu Changshi was covered with rotten leaves and ash, plus a few scratches on his face by the branches, he looked embarrassed, but this tree was enough for the second brother to use It's winter, so Liu Changshi's mouth has not been closed, and he can't see his eyes and only see white teeth when he smiles.

    He Wenyu hurried up to help him carry the tree in, staying by the wall first. Willow and Willow followed behind, and one of them was holding branches that fell along the way.

    "Sister, brother-in-law! Don't worry now! The fourth child of your family brought you a tree back!" He Wenhui had already told Liu Changgeng and He who were sitting on the kang.