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Chapter 35
Laziness is a disease that can be cured.

Knowing that Li Cuizhen issued an 'order', the possibility of change is very slim.But the habit that has been formed can't be changed overnight, with the idea of ​​procrastinating if possible, and not going if you can't, Zhao Mingyu leaned on the kang, closed his eyes and rested.

Li Cuizhen entered the house carrying a bucket of pig food, her hands were soaked in water and turned red from the cold.There is no bright green pigweed in winter, and the grain is so expensive that people don't have enough to eat, so naturally there is no way to feed the pigs.

The radish shoots collected in autumn are soaked soft after drying, cut up and mixed with some crushed corn bones, and fed to pigs.Without much nutrition, that is, enough to fill the stomach, it is impossible to expect to grow more meat.The piglets caught at the beginning of the year are ninety months old, and they will be over a hundred catties.

"We're going to celebrate the Western New Year soon, and the sum of these two days will kill the pig. It's too cold, and there's no meat here, so it's a lot of work."

Li Cuizhen washed her hands, wiped her apron and entered the room.

"Well, let's kill it." Zhao Mingyu straightened his body a little bit, and said, "After work is over at night, I'll go and make an appointment with a few people, and the next one will be killed early tomorrow."

"It's just a little pig that weighs more than a hundred catties. It can be knocked down by such a good person. How many people are needed?" Li Cuizhen rolled her eyes: "You can really do it, what kind of work is it?" I can’t do anything anymore, and I’m thinking of finding someone for the big things.” There’s only a little more meat, so why don’t you think about it when people come?
"Then I'm bored, afraid I won't be able to hold it?" Zhao Mingyu defended herself, muttering: "I'm the only man in the family, if I have a son, I don't have to be so embarrassing."

"Hey, you—" Li Cuizhen was just about to open her mouth to scold, but she really couldn't open the pot and lift the pot. She only picked up the scar when she heard a noise outside.

'Boom—boom—'

'Crack-crack-'

……

"What's the sound?" Zhao Mingyu sat up and looked out the window.

Li Cuizhen slipped away, raised her foot and rushed out.If you didn't look at the big belly, you wouldn't think it was a pregnant woman.

Zhao Wenduo rearranged the empty bottles, stepped back two meters away, pinched two stones, put them into the leather pocket of the slingshot, "嗖嗖—" both shot together, and "啪啪" on the wooden bench The bottle shattered.

"What are you doing here?" Li Cuizhen looked at the broken bottles on the ground, and there were two broken wooden boards beside them, with holes in them.I heard that voice first in the room just now, and it is estimated that it was made by this.

Zhao Wenduo achieved the expected effect, and waved the slingshot in his hand: "Just tried this, it's okay, going up the mountain should start to work."

"Are you going up the mountain with this?" Li Cuizhen pointed to the slingshot made of Moringa, "When did you get this thing?...Oh, no, what kind of bottle are you using it for, and these two wooden boards, so These holes are useless, and they can’t be used—” I didn’t know what to say for a while.

"How do you know if it's useful if you don't play it? If you don't have it, you bought it with money." Zhao Wenduo wrapped up the slingshot, took a broom and a basket, and cleaned up the broken bottles and pieces of wood on the ground.

"Why, it cost money?" Li Cuizhen stared straight, went up to grab the slingshot next to her, thinking that it was something for children to play with, and it would be a waste of materials to make it by herself, so it would be worthwhile to spend money on it.I didn't think about it for a while. What does going up the mountain have to do with this.

Zhao Wenduo had a quick eye and a quick hand, so he took the slingshot first, and explained in a leisurely manner: "I made this handle out of Moringa, and the rubber bands and leather pockets were bought at shoe repair stalls. , there is none at home."

"Do I want you to talk about this? I'm asking you—where did you get the money?" What Li Cuizhen really wanted was to teach Zhao Wenduo a lesson. changed meaning.

"I earn money by myself, don't you know?" Zhao Wenduo didn't know how to be considerate, so he asked whatever he asked.Part of the money from hunting rabbits and pheasants is kept, and I have already said hello before.

Li Cuizhen was so angry that she couldn't get up and down when she was blocked, she couldn't find broom bumps when she wiped her body, she wanted to beat this prodigal child.

"The money is all spent, what's the use of beating her, what else can you do if you beat her back." Zhao Mingyu walked out with her hands in her hands, and just got off the hot kang, hunched over in the cool air.

His sentence was an explanation, Zhao Wenduo finally understood why Li Cuizhen was really angry, blinked his eyes, did not say a few words of persuasion, and then made a couple of excuses, speaking in a clear and silent manner.

Instead, he turned around and looked at Zhao Mingyu, and said: "It's getting late, it's time to go."

Li Cuizhen: "..." The sudden change of subject was a bit inexplicable, and then she shouted, "That's right, you asked for leave today, just to go up the mountain, why did you forget about it?"

I have been busy all morning, so I don't have time to think about business.

"Are you really going?" Zhao Mingyu made the last struggle, looking towards the slingshot next to her unconsciously.

"Really, it's more real than real gold." Li Cuizhen followed her gaze, and her heart moved.

"That's fine." Zhao Mingyu turned around and went back to tidy up.

For people who are used to laziness, this is a happy promise.Li Cuizhen, who was planning to persuade her a few more times, was slightly surprised.

Zhao Wenduo picked up the slingshot and shook it, twitching the corners of his mouth in a half-smile.

Li Cuizhen immediately understood that, just as she thought, this slingshot was really made for Zhao Mingyu. In this process of beating wooden boards and bottles, trying one's hand is the second priority, and courage is the main thing.It is self-evident which courage is stronger.

Having been a couple for more than 20 years, Li Cuizhen can still not understand Zhao Mingyu. It is true that she is weak and timid.It is said that if he is to follow to Nanshan, the situation imagined in his mind can scare him half to death.

She was so determined that she couldn't do it if she didn't go, so she just refused to go, and she couldn't force him to go anyway.If this is the case, she really can't help it, maybe she just let go after a moment of soft-heartedness.

Don't look at this youngest who doesn't talk much, but he's still kind-hearted. He knew that it would be really good if he came out like this to embolden her father, at least he 'slapped' him.For this, the money is not wasted.

It was near noon that the father and daughter of the Zhao family left home after packing up.

In the morning, those who should go to work go to work, and those who go to work go to work.The older children who are off on weekends are also at home to help take care of the younger ones and do some odd jobs. At this time, no one hangs out at all.

This section of the road in the village didn't meet anyone, and we arrived at the entrance of the village quite smoothly.

Nanshan is actually not that far from the village, and it is less than three miles away. Under normal circumstances, it takes about 10 minutes to walk. This is the speed when the weather is good and the road is flat.

Now that it is snowing in winter, and there are few people walking on the path, the pace is greatly affected, and it takes twice as long to reach the bottom of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)