Chapter 1463: Encounter
Tao Yanzhen heard the noise and got up too.
"Yu Jie, Zhenyu, you two get on the kang quickly." It’s too cold outside.
"Aunt, you don’t need to call us, quickly come inside."
"It’s okay, I’m cooking."
"Aunt, I’m here to take care of you, how can I let you serve me? I can manage myself."
Liu Tongtong also got up, in the early morning, several people were cooking together.
"Yu Jie, was your journey smooth?"
"It’s alright. Someone brought us here, and Uncle Wei met us at the train station and let them go back.
Aunt, how are you?"
Tao Yanzhen smiled, "I’m quite good, thankfully I don’t have to go to work, just staying at home. There’s nothing bad about it."
Actually, Yang Yujie wanted to ask if she missed her uncle, but she still held back, better not to mention something that might make her sad.
"Aunt, my sister is staying at home with you, I’ll go to Uncle Wei’s house to be with Jianbin Shijing."
"Zhenyu, there’s still a room at home."
"Haha, Uncle Tao, I want to be with the two of them, and learn more from Monk Master."
Tao Chunhe nodded, these two kids have lived here for two years, all at the Wei Family, their relationship should be better.
After breakfast, the brother and sister helped Tao Chunhe shovel snow, after all, both women are pregnant.
"Xiao Zhen, do you want Yu Jie to share a room with you?"
"Together, it’ll be warmer that way."
The two women tidied up the house. Jin Erlin had delivered a load of coal in the autumn, which they were burning.
Liu Tongtong is a typical Southerner; she loves making soup, and everyone in the family drinks soup every day. So when the three of them finished shoveling snow, they sat inside to have soup.
Tao Chunhe helped Zhenyu carry luggage, and Yang Yujie also went over to the Wei Family.
The Wei Family’s snow was swept clean. Only Zhao Xiaoli and Zhang Qiue were idle.
Zhenyu went directly into Shang Zhenkun’s room to attend class together.
Yang Yujie chatted with Zhao Xiaoli, Tao Chunhe said a few words with a smile and left. Since the men weren’t home, it was better to be with his wife and sister at home.
"Yu Jie, are you staying at your aunt’s house this time?"
"Yes, I’m here to take care of my aunt. Although I don’t understand much, I can contribute with my strength."
Not very familiar with Tao Yanzhen, but there’s no choice, understanding the priority of things is necessary. This time, she’s representing the Yang Family’s attitude; even if she doesn’t want to, she must stay.
"Aunt Yang, aren’t you going to class?"
"We’re not going now. I’m just staying at home." Zhao Xiaoli was quite bored too. Xinyu’s idea is to organize a kindergarten, but she doesn’t want to go. The sound of children crying is truly a brain-piercing noise, it’s better to stay at home.
The two chatted while waiting for the class on this side to finish, and she went over to meet with the kids.
"Feifei, sister can’t accompany you."
"Sis, you’re on a mission, I’ll come play with you when I have time." Eleven-year-old Feifei was just a bit shorter than Yang Yujie.
"Feifei, in one year, you’ve grown so tall?"
The little girl still had a round face, still that exquisite beauty, she felt amazed inside, Feifei is truly a masterpiece of heaven. They say Lv Jingchu is beautiful, but in the future, Feifei will be much more beautiful than her.
Although Wei Kaiyun and his wife looked good, Feifei would undoubtedly be much more beautiful than them.
"Alright, I need to go back now, make sure you come find me to play when you have time."
The village is bustling and busy now. There’s no idler.
Lv Beiguang has less time for brewing wine now; he needs to organize another workshop to prepare some cellar storage. Just to try it out. The temperature here is really unsuitable for it, but they’re persistent, wanting to give it a try.
Li Yungui is busy with the farm. In winter, the demand for eggs is particularly high. On snowy days, they all come to fetch them themselves. Delivery isn’t provided here, partly because Li Yungui is careful, afraid of any danger.
"Yungui, these days are sunny, let’s slaughter the pigs and divide the meat, and settle the money at the end of the year."
Grain and work points have already been distributed, but because earnings are high this year, there’s a bonus to be given to everyone at the end of the year, fifty yuan per sturdy laborer, thirty yuan per child over ten years old, twenty yuan per child under ten.
"Sure. Share the wine too, ten jin per household."
"That’s alright, but the winery might have objections."
"Sigh, it’s my fault, otherwise why would there be restrictions."
Li Cunshan patted Li Yungui’s shoulder, no one blamed him for this matter, after all, it’s just earning money, just some discomfort inside.
Slaughtering pigs is now common in the village, but for everyone’s unity, Li Yungui still wants to organize a big communal meal.
The women put down their tasks, they are the main force for this big communal meal.
This year, the meat is distributed per head, five jin per person, the village has an oil mill, peanut oil, soybean oil are all divided. So people aren’t as obsessed with fatty meat as before. All the meat from five pigs is shared among everyone.
The communal meal uses bones and other ingredients. But still, it’s delicious.
Li Yungui looked at the smiles on everyone’s faces, all satisfied, he never thought he could see such a scene.
Last year’s attempt at growing rice had a harvest, today’s communal meal uses the rice.
"Village Chief, next year we need to plant more rice, and distribute some to each household."
"Alright, next year we’ll work on rice fields early."
Not for anything else, just to ensure everyone can eat rice they grow themselves.
The time is almost entering the twelfth lunar month. Chaoyang hopes every day for time to pass quickly.
Li Yungui is making a big effort this time, so village chiefs and captains from other villages will come over. The Li Family went big and bought two pigs for the village.
Lv Beiguang’s idea was for both families to cover the expense, but Li Yungui was unwilling, only after Wei Kaiyun persuaded them did they share all the costs.
Jingchu has been receiving contribution money sent by the educated youths these days, as well as gifts from girls in the village she’s close to.
The village girls all breathed a sigh of relief, with such a beautiful Jingchu getting married, many guys secretly fond of her would lose interest.
The girls in Li Family Village don’t want to marry outsiders; even city life doesn’t compare to the village. Throughout the year, village dividends exceed a hundred yuan per person, not to mention meat and oil. Eggs and such. Everyone gets wheat among the distributed grains.
City people can’t eat white flour every day. So after Jingchu gets married, they can focus on the village boys.
Girls from other villages want to marry into Li Family Village, many boys want to join in too.
Li Yungui is a bit worried about this situation; he definitely hopes for more people in the village, but there’s limited land, which is his biggest concern.