Chapter 1490: Fishing in 1490
Lu Fengzhen laughed, "Okay. I’ll go to work when Li Xiang can start kindergarten."
Li Yunqiao held his little wife tightly. He never expected to have such moments. Love and family. Now he needed to think about the future for Niang San.
When Guodong and the others got home, Tongtong followed behind her brother.
Jiang Xinyu saw the little girl and smiled, "Hey, isn’t this Tongtong? Have you come to your sister’s house?"
"Aunt Wei, I want to go to school here."
"Oh, that’s great." This little girl was only three years old, and she hadn’t really adapted to her class yet. But we can’t discourage her enthusiasm.
Because of Tingting, Tongtong didn’t follow her brother anymore. Instead, she was always around Tingting.
"Sister, play with me."
Tingting, with her good temper, nodded with a smile, "Sure, shall we play house?"
Jiang Xinyu saw that they were playing well and felt relieved.
Li Xue looked a bit embarrassed seeing Guodong with his siblings and nephew all at her home, and sometimes her two brothers would come over too.
"Xue’er, why do you have that expression?"
"Guodong, my family is all here."
"Oh, I thought it was something serious. Isn’t it just a meal? Besides, your brothers and sisters are my brothers and sisters too. Don’t overthink it."
"I’m just a bit embarrassed."
"What’s there to be embarrassed about? Don’t overthink it."
Qu Xiaoli, knowing Tongtong had come over, specifically invited them to have dinner at home in the evening.
After dinner, Qu Xiaoli wanted to keep Tongtong at home for the night.
"Aunt, I’m staying at my sister’s house; it’s closer to Sister Tingting."
In just a little while today, the two little girls had formed a friendship.
Qu Xiaoli was worried that Guodong might not agree.
"Aunt, don’t worry. Even if I raise them for ten or twenty years, I won’t mind."
Li Yungui was very pleased with Guodong’s words.
The next day, the brewery came to pick up the wine, and they did the accounts with Li Yunqiang after loading the truck.
"Accountant Li, do you know any good young men to introduce to my daughter?"
"Accountant Qiu, how old is your daughter?"
"She’s sixteen this year, a junior high graduate, and she’s not working right now, just staying at home.
I am really envious of your village, so I’m thinking of finding a husband for my daughter here."
"Accountant Qiu, there are plenty of young men in our village. Next time, bring your daughter over to take a look. I’m worried the young girl might not want to live in the village."
"How could that be? Sounds good. I’ll bring my daughter over next time to check out your village."
Qiu Ze understood Li Yunqiang’s point. It would be awkward if he asked first and his daughter wasn’t willing.
Li Yunqiang took the money to Jiang Xinyu. They completed the formalities, and Jiang Xinyu received the money.
Li Yunqiang then returned to the brewery, "Da Guo, come here for a moment."
"Yunqiang, what’s the matter?"
"Xiao Hai is seventeen now, right?"
"Yes, why?"
"You must have met Accountant Qiu from the brewery, right? He just told me he wants to find a match for his daughter in our village. His daughter is sixteen, a junior high graduate.
But I didn’t say anything specific, just told him to bring his daughter over next time to take a look. After all, they are city folks. I’m just afraid the father might agree, but the daughter might not.
You and your wife can discuss it, and come over that day to take a look. If it’s possible, let the kids meet; if either side isn’t interested, then let it be."
"Okay, I’ll talk to my wife about it."
After Li Yunqiang made arrangements, he went home. His wife was at work, so he decided to pick up his son from the Red Education Class first.
The couple had already agreed to have only one child. After all, they weren’t young anymore. Although his wife was young, in the future, with many children and the need to take care of them, it would be too much for her.
At the school, he stood outside the window of the Red Education Class, listening to the kids recite nursery rhymes. It felt better than staying at home.
On the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, the whole village went out fishing.
The boys all went. Yang Yujie also came looking for Feifei.
"Shall we go take a look too? Oh, who is this little beauty?"
"This is Li Xue’s sister."
"The little girl really is adorable."
"She is, Tongtong is so cute. Tingting, are you two going?"
"Sister, I’m not going. It’s too cold, and there are too many people."
Feifei was very satisfied with Tingting’s current behavior.
Her mother thought that Tingting’s mom was indecisive with no opinion, so the family intentionally trained her abilities in this area. The results seemed quite good.
She knew how to stick to her own ideas and say no. That’s really good.
"Alright then, you two little girls stay home and play well, we’ll go take a look."
Jiang Feifei really didn’t want to go, but Yang Yujie was curious about everything, and she always watched the excitement during the annual fishing activity. She was just keeping company with a noble friend, mainly because Yang Yujie wouldn’t take no for an answer.
The ice surface was crowded with people, and Yang Yujie wanted to go up as well, "Sister, we can’t go up."
"Then what’s the point?"
"So many people, what could we even do if we went up? We can wait for a while and come ourselves. What’s the excitement now?"
"Is Uncle Wei available this year?"
"Hmm, leave it to you. You can definitely persuade my dad."
"You little one, you’re more effective than me."
Jiang Feifei just laughed. Anyway, she wouldn’t say anything.
"Alright, let’s just head back. Standing on the shore makes us look like fools."
Jiang Feifei still laughed. Coming to watch the excitement was akin to being a fool.
When they got home, they saw the two little girls playing house.
"Feifei, let’s play chess. Even though I’m not as skilled as my big brother, I can still play."
"You always lose but still want to play?" Jiang Feifei teased Yang Yujie.
"Hmph. I’m not as good as you, but I’m not discouraged."
The two sat on the heated brick bed, this time playing chess.
Jiang Xinyu came in and saw this scene. She thought to herself, girls are really nice. They are well-behaved, obedient, and quiet, much better than those naughty monkeys.
Next door, Shi Xian was practically sitting on pins and needles, unable to sit still. Fortunately, he was afraid of Dong Hong; otherwise, he would have left long ago.
Today, they indeed caught a lot of fish. Each family got three fish.
At noon, the dish at home was sour fish. The little girl stayed for the meal too.
"Aunt Wei, your cooking is delicious."
"Is it? Tongtong, you must eat more, but be careful of the fish bones."
In the evening, Yang Yujie came over. She sat directly next to Wei Kaiyun, "Uncle Wei, can we go fishing on our own?"
"Do you want to go?"
"Yes. Feifei said there were too many people today, and even if we went, we wouldn’t gain much. Uncle Wei, can you spare half a day for us to go fishing? I want to make sour fish and boiled fish."
"Alright, on the evening of the 28th, we’ll go fishing."
"I knew Uncle Wei was the best."
Wei Kaiyun chuckled; he really couldn’t resist this little girl. None of the kids at home were as persistent as she was.