I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 285

A stack of freshly fried sweet and oil glutinous rice cakes, a stack of fried vegetables, and a stack of appetizing sour mustard greens that you will never get tired of eating. This is the vegetarian meal eaten on the first day of the new year.

Li Xiuju looked at the table of simple and light dishes and looked at the children, "I will eat simple things today. After today, I won't stop you from eating meat as much as you want."

Zhou Chenyu smiled and said, "How simple is it? There are several dishes, which are much richer than eating wild vegetables before."

Li Xiuju had a smile on her face, "This is the sugar-oiled rice cake I made this morning. It's crispy on the outside and glutinous on the inside. Try it."

Zhou Chenyu took a small piece and before eating it, he smelled the smell of rice wine. "Why does it smell like rice wine? It wasn't there when I ate it just now."

"The freshly fried sugar-oil glutinous rice cakes are very hot. I was afraid that you would get a sore throat after eating them, so I poured some rice wine on them so that they would not be so hot when eaten." After Li Xiuju finished speaking, she put some sugar into Baoyu and Wanqiu's bowls. You Ciba passed by.

Seeing that the two of them were enjoying their meal, Zhou Chenyu also took a small taste. The strong taste of rice wine was mixed with some sugar and oil. He bit into the golden crispy skin and tasted the glutinous core. Another stream of syrup overflowed in his mouth. , the taste of rice wine was completely gone, "Well, this way of eating is not bad either."

"If it's delicious, just eat more, it's enough." Li Xiuju smiled, took a few bites of the food, hesitated for a moment, suddenly raised her head, and said awkwardly: "Chen Yu, Baoyu, mother wants to go back to Lijiazhuang to have a look?"

Lijiazhuang.

Zhou Chenyu stopped her chopsticks. She remembered Baoyu saying that when Zhou Wenbin was seriously ill, Li Xiuju had no choice but to go back to her parents' house to borrow money, but was kicked out by her two younger brothers.

What else is there to go back to this kind of natal family?
Zhou Chenyu was wondering, but Baoyu asked for her.

Baoyu thought of the desperate situation that his family was in at that time. Every time he thought about it, his eyes could not help but turn red, "Mom, what's there to see about those two uncles? I won't go back!"

Li Xiuju looked at Baoyu's excited look and sighed, "That's it. If you don't want to go back, don't go back. Let's live our own lives."

Zhou Chenyu thought about Li Xiuju's expression. There could be no reason for the incident, "Why do you want to go back suddenly?"

Li Xiuju raised her eyes and said, "Mom, I heard from your Aunt Xiulan that your grandmother used to be alone, but she fell down a while ago and knocked her head. Now she can only lie on the bed, her mind is a little unclear. "

At this point, Li Xiuju grasped her chopsticks tightly, "Xiulan also said that the old lady always said my name in her mouth. I think I should go back and have a look. If I meet her once, I will miss her."

Once we meet, there is one missing person.

This sentence is so destructive that even if there are huge grievances, they are nothing in the face of life and death.

Because of Li Xiuju's last words, their family decided to go to Lijiazhuang.However, Wan Qiu felt that her status was not suitable and that traveling with one less person would save a lot of expenses, so she took the initiative to stay at home, so in the end only the three of them went to Lijiazhuang.

Lijiazhuang is not in Qingshui Town, but far away in Pingzhou.The three of them set off from Qingshui Town, which took two days one way and four days back and forth.

When he was on the road, he took a trolley, walked, took a carriage, climbed mountains and waded in rivers. It was so troublesome to go there, so Zhou Chenyu really understood what Li Xiuju said. One side.

When they arrived at Lijiazhuang, it was already the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Because they brought a lot of things with them, they were very conspicuous when walking in the village. The old man who grew up with Li Xiuju recognized her at a glance and personally guided her to where the old lady lived. The youngest son's home.

Speaking of which, Zhou Chenyu had to call him uncle.This old man came out to scold people with a cold face. When he saw the group of them dressed neatly and bringing many good things to the door, he immediately turned his face faster than flipping through a book, "It's my little sister who's back. Don't stay here. Come in, come in the house."

Li Xiuju looked at this brother and was not very touched in her heart. If her old mother was not still at home, she would never have any contact with these people.

Due to the face of her old mother, Li Xiuju forced out a smile and said, "Second brother, I'll come back to see my mother."

The old man looked them over and said, "Okay, okay, you said you are true, you came just now, why are you bringing so many things? Come in, come in the house."

Zhou Chenyu saw his expression and smiled coldly.

Li Xiuju entered the house, and after meeting her second sister-in-law and the juniors here one by one, she bluntly said she wanted to see the old woman.

Afterwards, Zhou Chenyu, Baoyu and Wan Qiu followed. Before they even entered the room, they could smell a strong smell of medicine.There was plenty of light outside the house, but the room where the old woman lived was dark, with only a little light coming through the gap between the closed windows.

"Mom, look, who's back? My little sister is back to see you." The old man walked into the room with a filial look on his face, but secretly held his breath.

Zhou Chenyu stared at him with a flash of disgust before moving his eyes to the old woman on the bed.

The old man with messy hair and skinny bones curled up on the bed and slowly opened his weathered eyes. The moment he saw Li Xiuju, his old eyes overflowed with crystal tears.

Li Xiuju burst into tears when she saw that her mother, who had raised her for many years, was tortured into this dehumanized state.

Baoyu walked outside the empty house and recalled this scene, feeling quite unhappy, "Sister, it's a good thing we're here, otherwise I won't be able to see my grandmother, and I'll regret it in the future."

Zhou Chenyu's eyes followed the chick behind the hen, his thoughts drifted to the distant future, and a surge of sadness came over him, "Yes, after all, mother and daughter will not meet each other until the moment of deep hatred." Good. Otherwise, there’s no point in regretting it when you can’t see anyone anymore.”

After that, the three of them stayed in Lijiazhuang for four nights and left in a hurry.

Before leaving, Zhou Chenyu took a look at a place he might never come to again, then turned to look at Li Xiuju, "How about staying a few more nights?"

Li Xiuju came this time and her wish was over. She shook her head and said, "No need. I've been here for a long time. They won't say anything on their faces, and I don't know what unpleasant things they will say behind their backs."

Zhou Chenyu looked coldly, "With me and Baoyu here, if they dare to speak, we will dare to scold them."

Baoyu said angrily: "That's right! If they dare to say anything, I dare to scold them! If they make me unhappy, I will lift all the things I brought with me!"

Li Xiuju smiled helplessly, "That's all, let's go. If we walk faster, we can still catch up with the Lantern Festival. Isn't that right? Chen Yu, mother, did you remember this day correctly?"

"I remember correctly, right?" Zhou Chenyu blinked pretending to be stupid. He had already calculated the time to go back in his mind. He had traveled two days and returned to Qingshui Town on the twelfth day of the year. After another day of training, everything was just right. .

(End of this chapter)