Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 45: Take advantage of the heat (second update)
Li Muyang had no choice but to briefly tell the story of Li Xiangqin's beating.

Zhao Yali was very worried when she heard that, "That Xiaogang is serious, how can he hit someone? The couple is living together, and they should discuss things carefully. Hitting someone will definitely not work, and it will not solve the problem."

"You know what the heck, I didn't think Liu Xiaogang was a coward from the beginning. I didn't agree with it at the beginning. It was my mother and my eldest brother who felt that if he worked as an accountant in the village, he would be considered half a member of the public. Look, he is still acting now. He got started, who the hell gave him the courage, why do you really think there is no one in our Li family?"

Li Mudi didn't know whether he was blaming others or scolding his wife. He looked very excited and irritable. He took out the dry cigarette from his pocket, but was not in the mood to roll it, so he stuffed it back in again.

"Stop talking. Why are you so angry? We will solve the problem when it happens. Look at how anxious you are..."

Zhao Yali patted her husband's hand gently and comforted him with a gentle tone.

Li Mudi's breathing slowly slowed down under his wife's comfort. He squatted on the stone roller next to him and rolled up a dry cigarette.

Zhao Yali turned her gaze to Li Muyang again and asked with concern, "Muyang, what do you mean, is Qinqin at your house now?"

"Yes, sister-in-law."

"Then why didn't she come to us? If such a big thing happened, she should tell us and discuss it with everyone. How can she be a girl who has been bullied and has no one to stand out?"

Li Muyang remembered Li Xiangqin's words and said helplessly: "Qinqin hasn't decided what to do yet, so I don't know how to tell you."

"That's true. She is a married person after all, so her opinion cannot be ignored in such matters... By the way, does eldest brother know about this?"

"I don't know yet," Li Muyang shook the cage in his hand, "I steamed the buns and prepared to send a few over. I'll tell my eldest brother by the way. Qinqin's ideas are hers. We, the brothers, can't let them. My sister got beaten in vain, just..."

"You're just not sure which direction Qinqin is leaning, right?" Zhao Yali saw Li Muyang's concerns.

"What else can there be? Why should we ever have to deal with such a person? We can't get away from him!"

Li Mudi interrupted.

"Don't talk nonsense. Qinqin is a married girl. She must have her own ideas. Don't try to solve the problem. After all, it depends on her own ideas."

Li Muyang nodded, "Yes, I think so too. It's easy to beat Liu Xiaogang, but after the beating, the matter still has to be resolved. If Qinqin still wants to live with someone else, then we will add fuel to the fire." .”

"Well, Muyang, don't you want to go to eldest brother's house? Go and ask eldest brother's opinion first. Mom is lying on the kang. My eldest brother must make the decision on matters at home. What do you think, shopkeeper?"

Li Mudi was silent for a moment, took three puffs of cigarette in a row, and almost finished the hand-rolled cigarette before saying angrily, "Okay, let's ask the boss what he thinks first. I don't think this matter is over yet."

Li Muyang felt that what his second sister-in-law said was reasonable, so he said goodbye to his second brother and his sister-in-law, and then went to his eldest brother's house.

After entering, I found that my eldest brother was repairing the tire of the bicycle in the yard, and my sister-in-law was sitting under the eaves to collect the soles of her shoes. When she saw Li Muyang coming, the eldest brother smiled honestly and said, "Lao Wu is here, sit down wherever you want."

However, the sister-in-law glanced at Li Muyang, her eyes rested on the bamboo cage in his hand, and asked casually with a hint of teasing: "Lao Wu, why are you here again? Why do you always come to our house when you have nothing to do? Is it because we can't open the pot at home?" Already?"

"It's not my sister-in-law, it's me who cut two kilograms of meat at the market today and made it into buns with alfalfa sprouts. I thought I would give it to you to try. My elder brother and sister-in-law usually take care of me so much, but I haven't done anything for you. It’s just a few buns, don’t dislike it.”

With that said, Li Muyang carried the bamboo cage over first and opened the lid. "Sister-in-law, it should still be hot. Can you try it?"

Milan Lan began to see Li Muyang coming in looking depressed, holding a bamboo cage with bags in his hand. She thought he was coming to borrow food again, so she didn't give him a good look.

I thought to myself, my family is not a charity shop, why would it be annoying to come to us for everything?
She even thought about how to ridicule this brother-in-law.

Although she would still lend him food later, she might as well take the opportunity to belittle him.

It doesn't matter what you think in your heart, Milan Lan can never shut the door.

but.She was surprised to see Li Muyang's steaming buns wrapped in cloth in the bamboo cage.

This is the first time Li Muyang has given something to their family.

Although it is not an all-white bun, judging from the color, at least half of the white flour is added inside.

This is completely unthinkable.

She looked up at Li Muyang and couldn't help but ask: "Lao Wu, where did you get the white noodles?"

"Oh, I recently dug some Cordyceps sinensis in the mountains and sold it for some money. I thought that my mother would not be able to bear it after eating thick noodles all day, so during the market today, I bought some white noodles and meat and came back to make bread. Baozi, I thought I would be taken care of by my big brother and sister-in-law on weekdays, so I brought it to you to try, don’t dislike it.”

"Why do you dislike it? We are very happy that you have such a heart."

The eldest brother heard what Li Muyang said and said with a smile while putting the tire in a basin filled with water to look for leaks.

His tone was light, as if he was a little relieved.

Probably thinking that this brother has finally enlightened and is no longer the stupid boy who is as honest as a stone.

How can you not be happy as a big brother?

Milanlan put the soles of her shoes aside, stood up and took the bamboo cage, her expression obviously much happier, "Since you bought it for my mother, you can leave it to my mother to eat. Why did you give it to us? It's not like we don't have anything to do with it." Ate."

As he spoke, his hand naturally took the bamboo cage.

"You are yours, this is just a little bit of what it means to be a brother."

"OK then."

Milan Lan went to the kitchen with the bamboo cage, "Then you talk to your brother and I will copy the bamboo cage for you. Do you want some water?"

"Don't drink, sister-in-law. I just came out of home. I've eaten and I'm not thirsty at all."

"Oh."

Seeing Milan Lan carrying the bamboo cage into the kitchen, Li Muyang walked over and squatted next to his eldest brother, helping him lift the side of the basin to make the water level higher so that his eldest brother could soak the tires.

"Aren't you busy today?"

"Isn't it raining this morning? There's a market in town, so I went for a walk and bought some things..."

When Li Muyang said that it was a gathering, he naturally thought of Li Xiangqin and stopped talking.

Li Mutian immediately discovered that something was wrong with his brother.

After all, they are brothers, and they know each other very well what they are like.

Li Mutian was looking down at the car tires when he suddenly noticed that Li Muyang's words had stopped abruptly, but he didn't seem to have finished speaking.

He looked up at Li Muyang curiously, "Lao Wu, what happened?"

(End of this chapter)