"Yueji, come in and bring the dishes. They're all ready!" Tao Xiutian shouted from the kitchen.
Li Yueji hurriedly walked to the kitchen, "Old classmate, you sit down and I'll help."
Jiang Bian nodded and looked around at the village party secretary's house. There was a round table in the main room, covered with a tablecloth. The floor was very clean, and the patterns on the stones on the groundstone floor were clearly visible. There is a staircase at the back of the main room, and there are several pairs of shoes at the top of the stairs. It seems that you have to change shoes when going upstairs.
Li Yueji walked into the kitchen and was about to pick up the dishes on the table.
Tao Xiutian said, "Yueji, let your dad serve the dishes, be careful not to burn your hands. Mom wants to ask you something."
"Mom, what's the matter? We can't tell you later, there are guests at home!" Li Yueji looked at Tao Xiutian's strange expression and said impatiently.
"Child, mom wants to ask you, do you know the situation on the riverside?" Tao Xiutian asked.
"I know, what's the matter?" Li Yueji asked.
"It's good to know. You understand what I mean. It's true that Jiangbian saved your life. We have to thank him properly. If he encounters difficulties in the future, we will do our best to help him. But gratitude and emotion are not It's the same thing. Did you know? You work in the town now. People who eat national food are not the same people as Jiangbian. So in the future, don't get too close to him. Do you understand what mom means? Tao Xiutian said.
Li Yueji is also a very attentive person, so she can naturally understand what Tao Xiutian said, "Mom, you are all worrying! What do I mean by the riverside? He saved my life, I am very grateful. He, and he is still my classmate in elementary school and junior high school, so it doesn¡¯t matter if I talk to him. It doesn¡¯t matter if I just say a few words!¡±
Tao Xiutian smiled and said, "Mom is just giving you a heads up. By the way, daughter, is there a suitable male teacher in your school? If you find a suitable one, let's talk about it. You are not young now. If you were born in a rural area, It¡¯s a baby. Do you know?¡±
"Are you eager to kick me out? Or are you afraid that I won't be able to find my husband's house in the future? As soon as I come back, I'll talk about this. If you do this again, I won't come back on weekends." Li Yueji threatened.
"It would be better not to come back. After this happened, if you came back, wouldn't I be worried every day?" Tao Xiutian said.
Soon, the round table in the main room was filled to the brim.
Jiangbian quickly said a few polite words, "How can I finish eating so much."
Li Changdong smiled and said, "You saved the only daughter of my old Li family. I can't thank you enough. However, the transportation here is not convenient, so we can only cook a few dishes. Let's take our time today. More Have some drinks. Uncle Li, I want to thank you very much!"
Jiangbian rarely drinks alcohol, and he doesn¡¯t have the money to participate in weddings and funerals in the village. So he doesn't drink much, but when he heard that Li Changdong wanted to drink with him, he immediately became confused.
Li Changdong is the famous "Li Wujin" in the village. He can drink five jins of rice wine from Banshan Village by himself without any problem. And Jiang Bian guessed that he was just a "two-liang drunk" and would get drunk after just one drink.
Tao Xiutian looked at the scene by the river and said with a smile, "Don't listen to your Uncle Li, drink as much as you can. Drinking too much will hurt your health."
Li Changdong and his wife are very enthusiastic, but there is always something unnatural in this enthusiasm. Jiang Bian wasn't very familiar with Li Changdong and his wife, so naturally he wouldn't notice it, and even if he did, he wouldn't care too much.
"Jiangbian, my uncle is very straightforward. Don't worry about it. You are young and it is not good to stay in a mountain village. You have to go out to make money. There is a shortage of manpower everywhere now and jobs are easy to find. If you want to go out, I will find one for you." An acquaintance will find you a good factory. Work hard to make some money, come back and repair the house. When the time comes, ask your aunt to introduce you to a beautiful woman." Li Changdong said.
Li Changdong had just finished speaking, but before Jiangbian could answer, Li Yueji said, "Dad, what are you worrying about? Jiangbian goes fishing in the Lu'ou River. A trip to the town costs over a thousand yuan, and in a month, it costs three or four thousand yuan." How much! Can you find a job with such a high salary for it? How many people go out to work for more than 3,000 yuan? It is difficult to have 2,000 yuan left for rent and food. Can you have such a high income as the riverside? "
"You can make three or four thousand a month?" Li Changdong was very surprised.
Tao Xiutian was also surprised and turned his eyes.
For a time, Li Changdong and his wife focused on Jiang Bian.
"It's not as exaggerated as what Yueji said. I didn't know how to fish for sale before. I caught dozens of kilograms of fish and two old turtles a few days ago. I went to the market. I was lucky. I met a hotel owner who offered high prices. Collecting wild fish. Then I made some money from selling them. But this fish is not caught every day. Anyway, it¡¯s okay!" Jiangbian said.
Li Changdong and his wifeSome insights.
Li Changdong nodded, "People in this city are very picky now. They don't eat the fish raised in this pond. They eat wild fish, which are said to be high in protein and trace elements. Anyway, wild fish is better than domestic fish." It¡¯s much more expensive. It¡¯s a pity that the river now is not like it was when we were young. At that time, there were many fish in the Lujiang River.¡±
Tao Xiutian also smiled and said, "This is a good living. This is the only one that can be eaten by the river. No matter how many fish there are in the Lujiang River, you have to be able to catch them. In the past, there were people who used electric fishing. But now that the control is strict, you really need to be more skillful if you want to catch fish from the Lujiang River."
Jiang Bian had a drink with Li Changdong, and the alcohol had begun to exert residual heat in Jiang Bian's body. Fortunately, Jiang Bian felt bright, "We just make do with our lives. We haven't learned much about culture. I'm just a fool when I go out and enter the factory." The problem! I can just stay in this mountain village and watch the Lujiang River to make a living."
Jiangbian originally drank only two ounces, but this time, he drank several glasses with Li Changdong, and drank at least seven or eight ounces. Although he was a little drunk, he was not drunk yet.
"It seems that the young man is still hiding it, and he said he doesn't know how to drink! It seems that he hasn't drunk enough yet." Li Changdong pointed to the river and smiled.
Jiang Bian didn¡¯t know how he could drink so much. ¡°I really couldn¡¯t drink before, but today it¡¯s probably because Uncle Li¡¯s food was cooked well.¡±
Tao Xiutian was also happy, "What does the quality of the food have to do with the amount of alcohol you drink? You have such a sweet mouth."
"Haha, there's nothing to say about your aunt's craftsmanship. If you have time in the future, come to my house. There won't be any good food, but you still have enough to eat." Li Changdong said with a smile.
In the end, Jiangbian was still a little drunk. Li Changdong and his family wanted to stay in Jiangbian, but Jiangbian insisted on going home.
The golden nest and silver nest are not as good as my own doghouse. The riverside is so big and I have never slept anywhere other than my own nest. Just like livestock raised by farmers, they always run to their dens when it gets dark. Jiangbian also walked towards his home a little unsteadily.
"If we go back to the river like this, it would be bad if we fall! I'd better go and see him off!" Li Yueji said.
Li Changdong and his wife were somewhat reluctant.
"Yueji, if he falls, it will be inconvenient for you as a girl, so you'd better ask your dad to see him off!" Tao Xiutian said.
"Forget it! Let him deliver it. I don't know who will take care of whom! I just know how to drink." Li Yueji had a lot of objections to Li Changdong's habit of drinking.
Jiangbian didn¡¯t know how he got home. Anyway, when his mouth was dry, he suddenly woke up and realized that it was already late at night.
The alcohol content of the farmer¡¯s rice wine is not high, but it has a lot of staying power. Jiangbian rubbed his aching head, got up, scooped a ladle of water into the pitcher, and drank it. @ws