The daily routine of wearing a book and abusing literature to cultivate a scholar and Xiaoxianggong

Chapter 32 You Peel the Shrimp and I Roll Out
"Sister, wait for me to go out with you, you go to deliver the letter, I will go to the river to wash the clothes that I am going to take away, and hang them up early." Li Xiaodao carried a basin and a basket, and she packed a lot of clothes.

Seeing this, Pei Zhiqi shook his head and said, "My lady, put your clothes down, don't touch cold water for a few days. The clothes will be washed when I come back."

"It's okay, it's still a few days." Li Xiaodao felt that it was all right, but Pei Zhiqi stopped him.

"The lady said that you have to practice [-] characters every day, and you have to finish it on time today. If you don't practice now, if you need to use it in a hurry one day, it will be too late to regret it."

Li Xiaodao understood that Pei Zhiqi wanted to use other things to dissuade her from going to the laundry, so how could she not understand.

In fact, she really wants to go to the river, because she can hear a lot of gossip, and sometimes she can ask her curious information, such as how is the harvest in the field, whether the tax is high, and what most people in the village do for a living. , What novel stories about fishing at sea...

Without a mobile phone, I can’t read Weibo, and the amount of information is pitifully small. Only occasionally when I go shopping in the village or do laundry by the river, do I have the opportunity to chat with fellow villagers.

But let's forget about today, don't let Xianggong worry about it, just don't go if you don't go, Xianggong is right, you still have to complete the plan you set on time.

"Then Xianggong will go early and come back early. I will tidy up and practice calligraphy after a while."

Pei Zhiqi nodded, said goodbye to his wife and left the courtyard.

Li Xiaodao put the wooden basin and clothes basket back into the house, and went back to the study to complete today's task.

In the afternoon, Li Xiaodao came out to stroll in the yard during the rest of calligraphy practice, and found Pei's mother sitting in front of the door, sewing clothes by the light outside the house.

She passed the small bamboo gate and went to have a look.

Taking a closer look, Mother Pei is sewing a winter jacket.

"Mother, it's windy outside, sitting here for a long time is not good for your health," Li Xiaodao said with concern.

Seeing Li Xiaodao approaching, Mother Pei looked at her with a smile, then lowered her head and sewed and said, "Although it didn't rain today, the sky is overcast and it's very dark inside, so I can't see clearly, so I sat outside and sewed."

If only I could help, Li Xiaodao sighed.I remembered that I tried to sew a purse just after I came back from Fucheng, but the stitches were of different lengths and uneven heights.

After half a day of research to no avail, she had nothing to do with that embroidery needle.

Fortunately, I cut a piece of cloth out of the clothes I didn't wear to practice my hands, but the sewing failed and I hid it secretly. It was great that my husband didn't find out.

Since then, she never dared to underestimate embroidery needles.

Li Xiaodao looked at Pei's mother threading the needles, the stitches were dense, neat, and strong, with admiration in his eyes.

Being stared at by Li Xiaodao, Pei's mother smiled and said, "Qi'er greeted me, and told me not to embarrass you with needlework and housework, saying that you like to study and have little experience in housework, so it doesn't matter, young people are fashionable now I was also idle to buy clothes in the tailor shop in the town, so I sewed two pieces for you two."

Li Xiaodao scratched his head embarrassingly, Xianggong explained everything honestly.

"Is this jacket made for the two of us? Thank you, mother!"

Mother Pei smiled and said, "I'm not in a hurry at all, as long as I finish it before the twelfth lunar month, this place will occasionally be cold for a few days in the twelfth lunar month and January, so I don't usually need such a thick jacket. But it's different when I go to the provincial capital. , the provincial capital is much colder than here, and it occasionally snows in winter, so we have to make it before the two of you leave."

Li Xiaodao said apologetically, "Thank you for your hard work. Call me if you need to thread a needle. I don't know how to sew, but I have good eyes and I thread a needle very quickly!"

Mother Pei smiled and agreed, "Okay."

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In the middle of the afternoon, Pei Zhiqi came back with pork and shrimp in his hand.
When Pei Zhiqi was busy in the kitchen, Li Xiaodao heard a noise, so he went to the kitchen to have a look, and sure enough, it was the husband who returned.

"What delicious food is Xianggong going to make?" Li Xiaodao felt his saliva dripping down.

Pei Zhiqi smiled and said: "Yesterday I promised my wife to make flat food soup. I was too busy at noon and didn't have time. I will make up for my wife at night. It will be more delicious if mixed with shrimp and pork. It's just that there are many processes, and my wife will have to wait for a while."

Li Xiaodao clapped his hands and said: "Great! Then I will peel the shrimp after steaming, and I can also chop the stuffing. Mr. Xianggong can make the dough, which will be much faster. When the dough is ready, I can also wrap it together." !"

Pei Zhiqi smiled and replied, "Okay."

It takes a lot of time to make a simple flat food soup by yourself. Two people started to work in the middle of the afternoon, and it was just wrapped up and put out of the pot at dinner time.

Li Xiaodao called Pei's mother over to eat together like noon, saying that it would be more lively, and Pei's mother agreed.

After dinner, Pei Zhiqi took out the soup lady and put it in the kitchen to prepare it. There was a fire in the stove, and there was hot water in the pot. If the lady needed it, she could fill the soup at any time.

When sleeping at night, Li Xiaodao covered his head with the quilt and sighed.

Pei Zhiqi next to him said with concern: "What's wrong, lady? It's..."

Li Xiaodao exposed his head, shook his head and said: "No, it's because I have a bad feeling when I think about going back to the town tomorrow morning to tell my mother that we are going to the provincial capital... Xiao Ze is crying. Weeping and fussing, worrying to death..."

Pei Zhiqi pondered and said: "But we won't leave forever like elder brother. If the country test goes well, we will be able to come back in early winter next year and explain it well. I believe she will understand."

"Sanggong, let's talk about it tomorrow, I dare not open my mouth." After saying that, Li Xiaodao covered his head with the quilt again.

Pei Zhiqi smiled and replied: "Okay, I'll talk about it tomorrow. But the lady is holding the quilt to vent her anger, so let's sleep under the quilt."

Hearing this, Li Xiaodao stretched out his head to cover the quilt again.

Both had a good night's sleep.

The two set off early the next morning, and arrived in the town not long after the sun came out.

What puzzled Li Xiaodao was why the mother didn't cry or make trouble when the words came out of Xianggong's mouth, and she happily chatted with him.

Mother also explained the address of her brother's house, saying that her brother loved her very much when she was a child. Mother also said that she would write to her brother in advance to ask him to pick up their young couple. She would take good care of them and find a suitable place for them in advance. good house.

Pei Zhiqi also took the letter he wrote to his brother-in-law to his mother-in-law, and asked the mother-in-law to send it to his brother-in-law as well.

"Oh, our son-in-law is promising. If he passes the exam and comes back, then our Li family will be rich!" The more the mother talked, the happier she was, she smiled and talked non-stop.

With Li Xiaodao beside him, he couldn't speak at all.

Father stuffed a stack of papers into Li Xiaodao's hands, which were commonly used prescriptions for wind-heat, wind-cold, food accumulation, diarrhea...etc.

"Your brother's two brushes are not good enough. When you are sick, your brother will first follow my prescription to get the medicine, but you must keep this prescription well and don't spread it to the outside world," Dad stroked his beard and instructed.

I had dinner at Li Xiaodao's house at noon, and Li Xiaodao's mother still refused to let her son-in-law go in the afternoon. Li Xiaodao said that there were many things at home and he had to go, so he reluctantly let him go.

But before the daughter left, Li Xiaodao's mother's eyes were still red, sobbing softly, she told Li Xiaodao and her son-in-law to come back early after the exam.

Wiping her tears, Li Xiaodao's mother called Li Xiaodao into the room alone and closed the door, and then quietly stuffed money into her daughter's arms.

(End of this chapter)