The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn

After Li Yu and others had dinner, Chen Yaohui went home and picked a pick of straw and returned to Li Yu's house. Together with Liu Changmin, he and Liu Changmin used the straw to weave a few straw curtains for beds and dried them in the courtyard.

In the afternoon, workers also arrived one after another. After everyone repaired the roofs of the side rooms on both sides, two craftsmen began to repair the tiles of the main house. Chen Yaohui led the two men to start repairing the pigsty and toilet in the backyard.

Since the main house was being renovated, a lot of dust and garbage fell from the roof. Li Mei had to pack up the unmade bedding and put it on the bed. After covering it with a mat, she went out, carrying a hoe, and went to the west courtyard wall with Liu Changmin. Vegetable patch.

Li Mei dug hard in the vegetable patch and looked up at Liu Changmin, Zhaodi's father, you will go home later. I will help Yu'er and the others settle down at my parents' house and then go back.

After hearing this, Liu Changmin hesitated for a while, looked at Li Mei and said cautiously: Amei, my mother didn't know that we came here today. How can I tell her if you don't go back to her place?

Li Mei felt cold after listening to Liu Changmin's words. She thought that the two sisters-in-law at home were protected by her husband, and her mother-in-law never dared to challenge them. Her man was honest and cowardly, and his children and daughter-in-law also suffered. If it weren't for the old man in the first place, Qianpo is vicious, why would Ah Shan entrust his child to that bastard Zhang Defa?

The more Li Mei thought about it, the colder her heart grew, and she said coldly: You can say whatever you want when you go back. If it doesn't work, just ask your mother to divorce me when you go back!

Liu Changmin looked at Li Mei's cold expression and knew that Li Mei was really angry. After a while, he muttered: Amei, don't be angry. I'll go back and tell my mother that you will stay here with Yu'er and the others for two days.

Li Mei didn't respond, she just dug the soil under her feet as if to vent her anger.

Li Yu started cleaning the wing at home. After cleaning up the garbage in the woodshed, he walked towards the right wing with a broom. As soon as he reached the door of the wing, he saw Li Qing walking from the right wing with a bow and a long knife. He came out and shouted excitedly, Sister, come and see, my aunt took out daddy's bow and machete and put them behind the door.

Li Yu took the long knife and held it in his hand. He felt that the heavy blade of the long knife was at least more than a foot long. The handle was slightly curved, the back of the knife was wide, and the blade was thin and shone with a cold light.

Li Yu looked at the long knife in his hand carefully and thought to himself: This is probably a war knife. Could it be that Father Li was a soldier?

Ah Qing, this knife is very sharp. Don't take it out to play with. It will be troublesome if you hurt someone. Li Yu warned Li Qing.

Li Qing nodded obediently, I understand, sister, look at how heavy this bow is!

Li Yu put the knife in the corner and put it away. He took the bow and put on the string. He tried to pull it and asked Li Qing, Aqing, where did my aunt put it? Where is the arrow pot?

Sister, I'll take you there. Li Qing took Li Yu to the inner room on the right wing, opened the door and pointed at the leather quiver hanging behind the door, Sister, do you think that's a quiver? ?”

Li Yu looked at the long knife and bow and arrow and thought: Logically speaking, this knife and bow and arrow are more valuable than those furs. Why didn't Zhang Defa sell them for money?

No, this is called a quiver. Li Yu reached out and took off the quiver. He counted about twenty arrows in it. Li Yu took off the bow string and hung the bow back behind the door, and also hung the knife back. .

Pulling Li Qing towards the house, Ah Qing, let's go! Let's clean the house first.

Sister, I'll sweep this room. Li Qing took the broom and went to the outside room. Li Yu saw that there was a wooden granary in the inner wing. The wood was soaked by the leaked rainwater and gray-black grains had grown in some places. mushroom. Li Yu cleaned the granary and took the granary boards to the yard to dry.

As soon as the siblings cleaned the rooms on both sides, Chen Yaohui and the four people came down from the roof. Chen Yaohui pointed to the roof and smiled at Li Yu: Xiaoyu, we will go back when the roof is repaired.

Li Yu hurriedly stopped Chen Yaohui, Uncle Chen, don't leave yet. I'll give everyone their wages first.

Chen Yaohui nodded and smiled, Okay, fifteen cents per person.

Li Yu paid the money and bowed to several people, Thank you, uncles.

An older man laughed and said, You are too polite, kid. Let us know if there is any water leakage after we collect the money.

Chen Yaohui told Li Yu: Xiaoyu, if the card is sent to cause trouble, you go to your aunt. I will go to the county to find a job tomorrow.

Okay, thank you, Uncle Chen. Li Yu agreed and sent Chen Yaohui away to the back of the house. He saw that there were three cabins, a pigsty, and a toilet and bathroom behind the house against the courtyard wall.

The pigsty and the bathroom were paved with bluestone slabs. There was a small door next to the pigsty. Li Yu opened the small door and saw a large wasteland outside the courtyard wall. The wasteland was covered with weeds as tall as a person. The wasteland used to be In a lush bamboo forest and shrub forest, Li Yu turned his head and saw a large cesspool outside the courtyard wall behind the pig pen. The pit was full of weeds.

Li Yu turned back to the yard and started cleaning the main house. After cleaning the main room, he found out the gauze and compared it to the size of the window. He cut it and locked it, went out and picked up a few bamboo pieces. He used the bamboo pieces to press the curtain and nailed it to the window. Then I pulled two pieces of lake blue cloth, folded them half an inch in half, sewed them together, strung them together with hemp rope and tied them to the nails at both ends to make curtains.

After the curtains were hung, Li Yu looked at the bedding on the bed and found that Li Mei had made it with coarse cloth. Li Qing came in with the straw curtain and put it on the bed, Sister, I'm going to chop some firewood and come back. There is less firewood at home. It won’t burn if it rains.”

Li Yu ordered: Don't go too far, just chop in the bushes behind.

Got it! Li Qing responded loudly and went out with the machete and rope.

Li Yu took out the muslin and compared the width and length of the quilt. He cut a few pieces of muslin and planned to start making quilt tops.

Li Mei entered the room and looked at the fine cloth that Li Yu had torn off, with a distressed look on her face, Yu'er, why did you tear off the cloth? What a pity!

Li Yu explained with a smile, Aunt, I used it to make a quilt cover so that it can be easily removed and washed later.

Oh! That's good too, Li Mei looked at the fine cloth and laughed to herself, My aunt has become stingy after being tortured by that stingy old woman over the years.

Li Yu couldn't answer and thought of the knife, bow and arrow, and asked Li Mei, Aunt, why didn't Zhang Defa take the knife and bow and arrow at home and exchange them for money?

Do you think he didn't want to? Li Mei was furious. After your father was buried, he came to ask me about your father's bow and arrows and the long knife. I told him that the knife and bow and arrows were buried with your father before he died. If you are serious, come with me.

Li Mei took Li Yu to another bedroom, pointed to the beam and said, After your father left, I hid the knife, bow and arrow on the beam. The knife, bow and arrow are treasures inherited from the Li family and should be passed down from generation to generation.

Yu'er, your father is kind-hearted by nature but soft-spoken and easy to trust. Your mother has always disliked the Zhang family. She said they have bad eyes and sweet mouths and bitter hearts. Your father just doesn't believe it. Not two years after your mother left, your father was still mad at Zhang. He coaxed you into betrothal to Zhang Guisheng. Look at his fox tail showing up just a few years later!

Li Yu now understood why Li Mei hated being on guard against the Zhang family so much. It turned out that Li's mother didn't like them. It seemed that the relationship between her aunt and Li's mother was pretty good.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Yu smiled at Li Mei and said, Aunt, I'm going to cook. I'll leave the sheets and quilt to you to hem.

Li Mei responded cheerfully: Okay, there is no need to be your uncle's meal, he has gone back.

Li Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Li Mei, Aunt, why don't you let uncle eat before leaving?

Don't worry about him, my aunt has had enough over the years, Li Mei looked up at Li Yu and sighed, Oh! You are young and you don't understand even if I tell you, go and cook!

Li Yu felt that he didn't understand what was going on, and he couldn't say much. After all, he was only a teenage girl now.

Li Yu nodded and turned around and went to the kitchen. He blanched the pig's lungs and washed them. Then he stir-fried the water over high heat. He put some ginger slices and aniseed into it, poured two ladles of water into it and started to stew the pig's lung soup. , wait for it to boil, then put the steamer on it and steam a pot of rice.

When the pig lung soup was almost ready, he cut the radish into cubes and put it into the pig lung soup. Li Yu felt that it was most convenient to use the stove to cook the rice. The vegetables were ready and the rice was steamed. Sitting in front of the stove, Li Yu felt like she had returned to the days when she was a child and lived in the countryside. Although the days at that time were difficult, they were also the most carefree times for her.

Li Yu looked at the fire in the stove and was filled with thoughts. He didn't know whether his selfish brother and sister-in-law were sad or relieved to know that the old aunt who couldn't get married was finally gone.