Farming with Taobao - C44

Chapter 44 The Road to Well-off (20)

Li Yannian used a bowl of instant noodles to satisfy her yearning towards the civilized society of the past, and also conquered the stomach of the aboriginal Zhao Xu. Li Yannian had good reason to suspect that if she hadn’t eaten fast enough, judging from Zhao Xu’s gaze when she was eating so much, he would have definitely considered to snatch her food.

After eating their fill, the two of them went to wash the dishes and the wok. Of course, it was mainly Li Yannian who did it. Li Yannian thought that since there were two people supporting the scene outside, he, a “child”, would have nothing to worry about. Since he had been busy recently, Zhao Xu’s personal hygiene would naturally be neglected by everyone.

Just as he said. She poured half a bucket of water into the wok, touched the water to warm up enough, and waved for Zhao Xu to rest his back against the bench and rest well. She then poured some water into a wooden basin at the bottom of the well and took off Zhao Xu’s hair to slowly get it wet.

“Not hot, right? Be good, close your eyes, sister will wash the fragrance for you, it will be alright after a while, “After she finished speaking, she was still worried that this child would cause trouble after washing her hair halfway, thus Li Yannian took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket, peeled off the sweet paper and stuffed it into Zhao Xu’s mouth, then smiled and reminded him,” Eat slowly, don’t bite off until you shatter them, only then will you open your eyes.

Zhao Xu was busy thinking with his eyes closed when a strange thing suddenly appeared in his mouth. It tasted a little bitter, yet was also a little sweet. It was completely different from any of the candies he had ever eaten before.

Although he still had his eyes closed, he pointed at his cheeks and pretended to be stupid. “Mhmm?”

Li Yannian was overwhelmed by his reaction. As she smeared the fragrant shampoo on his hair to make it foam, she laughed: “Delicious? Big sister’s new sugar, you have to be obedient before you can eat it. Be good, there are people with stinging eyes, close your eyes and don’t open them. ”

It was only then that Zhao Xu noticed that the thing she used to wash his hair seemed to be extraordinary. The comfortable feeling on his scalp told him that she seemed to have used something new. Zhao Xu smelt the scent of Jasmine and the citrus. It was rather light, but it was enough to shock him. This ordinary looking little girl seemed to possess endless secrets.

Even as a noble, the spices used for a year were very limited. In the past, his aunt was pampered, and when the royal family was still “respectable” enough, Prince Yi had once rewarded her with a small piece of spice, allowing her to use it to smoke clothes.

However, she could just casually take it out and use it to wash her hair for a fool like herself …

Zhao Xu was absent-minded for a moment, and did not hear Li Yannian say “Watch out, we’re about to bubble”. Suddenly, a spoonful of hot water poured over his head, almost causing him to sit up in fright.

“Ai, don’t move. It hasn’t been washed clean yet. It’s going to be soaked in foam soon.”

Li Yannian immediately grabbed onto his shoulder. The moment she touched him, she was shocked in her heart, kids grew really fast, they had only been raised for a few days, and they already had meat on them.

Zhao Xu laid back down obediently and washed the water with the spoon in his hand a few more times. Finally, he had washed the foam clean and squeezed all the remaining water out of her hair. She then took down a new towel and carefully sucked Zhao Xu’s head dry. Relieved, she pushed him back to the stove and took advantage of the heat to dry his hair.

When the second pot of shampoo was boiling, Auntie Li and the others came back. Seeing the little activity in the kitchen, Auntie Li laughed: “You sure know how to be lazy. It can be considered that you haven’t seen the disgraceful matter of your third uncle’s family.”

Uncle Li coughed, and glared at his wife with half a grudge, meaning that he should ignore the shame of the family. After all, he was from the same family, there was no meaning in saying such things in front of a child.

Auntie Li also came back to her senses, regretfully half-covering her mouth, just as she was about to change the topic, Black Bean instead laughed open-mindedly, and said without a care: “Uncle, Aunt, there is nothing to say. Our family is ours, our third uncle’s family is third uncle’s family. The people who lost him have nothing to do with us. Just treat it as a joke and I was just about to tell Red Bean. ”

“What’s going on? What’s going on with Third Uncle and the rest of them?” Li Yannian asked curiously, while thinking that the water in the pot was probably boiling, she might as well add more into the pot and treat it as Zhao Xu’s bath water.

“Just as we finished the feast, we were just about to leave. Your Third Uncle’s entire family already left, and after a while they came back. I was curious, did they forget something and came back? In the end, they used a wooden basin and, seeing that there were leftover dishes on the table, all of them were immediately thrown back. Tsk tsk, with that appearance, if Old Man Li was still here, he would have jumped up in anger. ”

Seeing that the siblings did not mind, Auntie Li opened her mouth to speak. Black Bean saw that Li Yannian was still confused, and added: “The leftovers from the feast always come from the master himself. After all, good dishes are rare, one meal is equivalent to three meals. If the others wanted leftovers, the owner would have to agree and allow them to be beaten back. Some of them would rather not have it, so they would go and pour it out to the helpers. This is customary. Third Uncle’s family would not even ask for it, and would just sweep away the dishes and soup one by one. It would be a great shame. ”

No matter how delicious the food was, she didn’t want to continue to eat other people’s food for days on end. She had just seen how her big uncle and the other brothers’ family ate their chopsticks, and her uncle from the village picking their teeth with chopsticks. Even if it was something disgusting, she couldn’t eat it no matter how much it felt.

Zhao Xu was also at a loss on what to say. Although he had never seen that scene before, when he thought about following Li siblings to eat other people’s leftovers, his stomach started to churn.

Thinking about it, Li Yannian laughed: “It’s not a big deal, Third Uncle and Third Aunt are probably still feeling sorry for the money they spent earlier, just let them eat it.”

Auntie Li shook her head in disapproval. This little girl’s temper was too good, she did not get angry even after eating such a big loss. If it was another village to try, they would have already poured a spoonful of fecal water on her. If you don’t want face, then don’t blame others for not giving it to you.

When he thought about this, the Auntie Li suddenly remembered something, “Oh, that’s right, Black Bean, Hong Dou, a few days ago, I saw that there seemed to be green seedlings growing in your land. When did you guys plant these plants? It’s a little too early for this kind of weather. ”

The Uncle Li was also confused as he looked at Black Bean and Black Bean: “Such a big thing is farming, why have I never heard of it before? Didn’t you guys agree to wait for my land to be cleaned up together? You two children are too polite and careful. What is there to be concerned about with your uncle?

Black Bean and Hong Dou looked at each other and said at the same time, “We don’t have any seeds in that place.”

After speaking, the room became deathly silent. At this time, Mao Dou said softly, “Uncle, Aunt, my elder brother and sister said that they want to leave that place for you to grow. You just have to help them pay the tax every year. When I grow up, my family will be busy, and we’ll plant our own plants. ”

Uncle Li and Auntie Li did not expect that the three siblings had such a plan and were slightly moved for a moment. The Uncle Li sighed: “You kids, I already told you not to be polite with uncle. Keep that land for yourselves, it’s only three mu of land. Since you have money, you shouldn’t plant rice. Besides, the three acres of land your parents have left you are not weak at all, and even if you spend so much effort to grow it, you won’t get much food. “Since you don’t care about the output, I think it’s better if you grow some beans or something this year. At the same time, you should also get some grains, eat them yourself, or sell them to the Rice Oil Company.”

Li Yannian swept her eyes across Mao Dou. Originally, she wanted to hide this from Uncle Li’s family and give them the surplus food at the end of the year. In the end, she was sold out by this little guy.

Mao Dou stuck out his tongue, guiltily hiding behind his brother Black Bean.

Li Yannian retracted her gaze, and said to Uncle Li and the others: “Then we will listen to uncle, at that time you can casually plant something in the ground without worrying about it. Tomorrow, we’ll go up to the fields and have a look. If he really doesn’t care about my grandpa’s milk and still dares to take over our family’s land, then I’ll find justice for him. ”

Auntie Li nodded: “Yes, we are going to take a look. Aunt will accompany you, your two elders are too similar, we can’t let villagers see the joke.”

Li Yannian laughed: “Who knows, but fortunately, the three of us are lucky to have met such good people like Aunt and Uncle.”

Auntie Li’s face immediately turned red as she said awkwardly: “Look at your mouth, did you smeared honey or just ate sugar today? Your words are so funny that it makes people happy.”

Black Bean laughed: “What Hong Dou says is right, for us three siblings to have such a day, we must not forget the kindness that Uncle and Aunt have shown us. If it wasn’t for the fact that we were able to stay at her aunt’s house, we wouldn’t have been able to find a place to stay. And today’s move wine, I’m sorry to trouble you. If it weren’t for Aunt’s trouble, how could we have gotten through such a big situation? Thank you, Aunt. I’ll send a message back to Hu-ge. He’s not drinking this moving wine, so the next time he comes home, he’ll definitely come to our house to drink. ”

Uncle Li laughed blandly: Don’t learn from your sister, even if it’s just a small matter, your wife will still have nothing to do at home.

Auntie Li also said: “That’s right, we won’t need to spend too much effort. Besides, I didn’t help you guys for nothing. However, the three of you have finally came to the end of your suffering. Now that there is a new house to live in, everyone in villagers is jealous. “But listen to aunty’s words. We still have to watch over the money we spend in the future. The old saying goes, ‘If you can’t afford to eat, you can’t afford to live in poverty …’”

Li Yannian hurriedly nodded, and said with an incomparably sincere tone: “Aunt is right, in the future I will definitely make my brother pay attention.”

Everyone in the room turned to glance at her, even the little fool Zhao Xu turned to look at her.

[That is clearly saying, how about you?]

Li Yannian, “…”