Quickly wear it with your skills

Chapter 318 7 Era 23

None of these people expected her to do this. Those who understood her felt complicated and didn't plan to make close friends with her. Those who didn't understand her said that Li Cui was just crazy at the time, but now she has realized that they still have to be a family.

In Uncle Li's words, "We're all Zhuang people, we don't have those devious minds. If we associate with people like that, we'll easily be sold out and then charged for it."

Lan Hanlu saw that she was willing to act so she didn't expose her. If she could pretend for the rest of her life, it would be good for everyone. At least Lan Dacheng would be willing to see such a scene.

Lan Hanlu, Li Xin and Li Zhong moved all their things to their own room, then locked the door and went straight to the main room.

Li Cui'er's pupils shrank when she saw Lan Hanlu come in, and she hurried over, "Second girl, wash your hands quickly, we'll have dinner soon. Your sister-in-law specially steamed some egg cakes for you. It's not easy being away from home, so you need to make some good nourishment this time."

"Uncle, should we invite the branch secretary as well? And the old man from the Zhang family." Lan Hanlu did not answer, but shouted towards the east room.

Li Cui had a bad feeling, but before she could say anything, she heard her second grandfather say, "Why don't you two hurry over and tell the old man from the Zhang family to come or not."

After watching the two boys run out, he turned around and said to Lan Dacheng, "Lulu is a girl who can support the family. You should work hard and save money. Then she can find a live-in son-in-law in the future. Then the Lan family will be prosperous."

Lan Dacheng could hear sounds, but he couldn't speak, so when he heard what his second grandfather said, he nodded hard.

Outside, Lan Hanlu was surrounded by a group of children.

A group of half-grown children were very happy to see Lan Hanlu. Uncle Li had four children. Besides Li Xin, there was a 4-year-old girl named Li Juan, a 15-year-old boy named Li Qing, and a 12-year-old girl named Li Jing.

My second uncle's family has five children: four boys and one girl. The eldest, Li Zhong, is 17 years old; the second, Li Ning, is 14 years old; the third, Li Wei, is 9 years old; the fourth, Li Yang, is 6 years old; and the fifth, Li Fang, is the same age.

"Sister Lulu, is it fun in the city?" Li Yang said while hugging her legs.

"It's fun. I brought you gifts. I'll give them to you after dinner."

"Lulu, you must be very tired after going out." This is the second child in her uncle's family, one year older than Lan Hanlu, and her name is Li Juan.

"It's okay, but the smell in the car is bad, and I'm a little carsick. Sister, I'll tie a hair ribbon for you." It means the hair ribbon.

The other children also chattered.

The food was served on two tables. One table was placed on the kang in Lan Dacheng's room. Lan Dacheng leaned on the box with his legs stretched out, so he had no problem eating by himself.

The other table was placed on the ground floor. Folding tables were still a rarity at the time, and were called "stand aside" here. The women and children were all at the lower table.

Today's dishes are quite rich, with pork skin stewed with sauerkraut, fried shredded potatoes, cold dishes mixed with Chinese cabbage, fried black fungus and eggs, and a plate of peanuts on the table on the kang.

March and April in the Northeast are the time when there is a shortage of food. Greenhouse technology was not well developed at that time, and people here basically ate sauerkraut, dried vegetables, cabbage, and potatoes. Many people have now run out of these.

This period is actually the most difficult. There is not much food left, and it has to be saved for the hard work of spring plowing. Even the pickles and soybean paste are not much left, and they still have to be saved for the spring plowing.

As for eggs, although the weather has warmed up and chickens have started laying eggs, they are only available to a small number of families. After all, raising chickens at this time of year is a waste of food.

It can be said that chickens and pigs eat better than humans these days. After all, spring is the breeding season, and poor diet will affect the laying of lambs by pigs and eggs by chickens.

So Li Cui had really invested a lot of money in preparing this table. Not only that, she also heated up a pot of wine, and at this time, she was reluctant to drink the wine, so she diluted it with a little water.

There is really nothing fake about it. It is all pure grain wine made by local people using grain.

Li Cui'er lowered her posture and invited the old men at the kang table to drink, and invited the half-grown children and women at the floor table to serve food. No one in the Li family was stupid, except for the children, who all felt unhappy eating.

Lan Dacheng's originally relaxed mood was also affected by this atmosphere. Looking at the hot food on the table, he felt uncomfortable.

Ever since Zhang Cai got married and had a child, Li Cui has been trying to get him to give his job to Zhang Cai, both openly and secretly. He is still so young and has no daughter yet, so how could he possibly give it up?

So he ignored it, and from then on he never had a hot meal again, and his clothes were all washed by the girl.

As he thought about it, tears welled up in his eyes. He took the wine from Grandpa Li Xin, who was his second grandfather's brother, and drank the two-liang glass in one gulp.

Then he rubbed his face with his right hand, uttered a sigh, and gestured with his hands. "Today, for the sake of Renquanhu, I'm going to tell everyone my plan."

As soon as he said this, the chopsticks in Li Cui's hand fell on the table, and then she stood up and said in a panic, "Dacheng, what are you doing?

Grandpa, they finally came to eat? If there is anything, we can talk about it later, so that everyone can eat quietly. Hurry up and pick up your chopsticks, otherwise it will get cold soon.

Lan Hanlu slapped the table, his attention drawn to the situation, and gestured with his hands. "Okay, Li Cui, I was raised by my second grandfather. Apart from being a blood relative, I'm no different from the Li family in every way.

When I was little, I couldn't speak. When I was bullied, my older brothers helped me get back on track. My older sister-in-law and I got married, and it was my older sister-in-law who helped me get married. So there's nothing I can't talk about."

Maybe the alcohol was too strong, he stopped and took a bite of food with his chopsticks, then started gesturing with his hands again, "I have supported Zhang Cai for 20 years since we got married. I am worthy of the Zhang family, worthy of you, Li Cui'er, and even more worthy of Zhang Cai himself.

The only thing I feel sorry for is that my own daughter, from childhood to adulthood, has never worn a single piece of new clothing bought by me as her father, except for the new clothes made by my eldest and second sisters-in-law."

These words made Li Cui'er look unhappy. It was not that Lan Dacheng had never bought it, but that after buying it, Li Cui either used it herself or exchanged it for something else.

Then she came back and said to everyone, "The child is young and doesn't know how to save old clothes and make do with them, so she grew up." This is how children in rural areas grow up, and no one cares whether she dresses well or not.

As for the new clothes that Mrs. Li Dasao and Mrs. Li Ersao made for Lan Hanlu, Li Cui was somewhat embarrassed and did not keep them.

After all, these two sisters-in-law are not to be trifled with. If she really dares to do this and the news gets out, she will not be in the right, and the two of them will make it impossible for her to stay in the village.

She may not care about face, but he cares about his son. Word of mouth is really afraid of delaying Zhang Cai's marriage.

Lan Dacheng continued gesturing, "Now Zhang Cai has grown up, married and had children. After all, he is the seed and root of the Zhang family, so he should go back to live his life there."