Liu Zhimo"s face turned red, he immediately took his hands out from the water basin and cleared his throat embarra.s.sedly: "How long will this goat"s milk take to boil?" He didn"t think much at first, but being interrupted by Li Qingfeng like this made him feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.Seeing that his ears were flushed, Li Qingling lowered her head and chuckled. How could he be so easily embarra.s.sed?
Hearing her light laughter, Liu Zhimo"s face, which was originally no longer hot, heated up once again. He glared at her with a bit of vexation, found an excuse, and hurriedly left the kitchen.
shook her head helplessly. She picked up the water basin and poured the water down, then turned around to remove the lid.
A burst of milk fragrance a.s.saulted her senses. She took a deep breath of the fragrance of the milk. It had been a long time since she drank goat"s milk. Thinking about it really made her miss it.
She missed her mother and father a little bit now, and wondered how they were doing.
Li Qingling took a deep breath and blinked his eyes, trying to hide the tears in his eyes.
It was the best way to repay her parents for living a good life here.
She patted her chest to calm herself down, then put the lid of the wok aside. She picked up a large spoon, stirred some goat"s milk, put some in the bowl and tasted it.
After being boiled like this by the tea leaves, the goat"s milk no longer smelled like mutton. Only the fragrance of the tea leaves and goat"s milk was very fragrant.
She took the fire away and washed some more bowls, each one filled with a bowl. She took one and left the rest to dry in the kitchen.
"The goat"s milk is ready." Li Qingling brought a bowl of food and entered the house, placed it on the table, then said to Liu Zhimo and the others: "It"s a little hot, go drink later!" She hugged her little sister from Li Qingfeng"s embrace. Seeing her red nose, she lowered her head and kissed her little sister"s little face.
Li Qingling carried his little sister and sat on the chair, using a spoon to give her a sip of water to drink.
His little sister was really hungry and was drinking very quickly. She only slowed down a little and started to hum.
"Elder sister, it smells so good!" Li Qingfeng saw that his sister was drinking so much, so he kept swallowing his saliva while sniffing. But he didn"t dare to drink it, he hadn"t even finished writing the whole thing!
Seeing her sister drink so happily, Liu Zhirou muttered that she wanted to drink as well.
"Incense, fragrance, drink, drink …"
Li Qingling pursed her lips and smiled, raising her eyes to look at Liu Zhimo, telling him to go to the kitchen and bring the goat"s milk over to the children for them to eat, and also pack some for the little tiger to drink.
The little tiger had been drinking rice soup these days. Luckily, it was not picky with its food, or else it would have starved to death.
Three pairs of eyes looked at him expectantly. Liu Zhimo helplessly shook his head, then turned and went to the kitchen to bring the goat"s milk over.
He had not drunk it yet, so he hugged Liu Zhirou and fed it to her.
After Liu Zhirou drank the goat"s milk, she clapped happily. "Delicious …." After drinking a mouthful, she waited for Liu Zhimo to feed her again.
After Li Qingfeng drank a mouthful with Liu Zhiyan, his eyes lit up from the pleasant surprise. He quickly picked up the bowl and drank it all down.
"Delicious!" Li Qingfeng put down the bowl and licked his lips. He knew that his sister"s cooking would definitely be delicious, "Sister, will you be able to drink more in the future?" He still wanted to drink more, it was too delicious.
After Li Qingling fed his sister, she hugged her and belched a few times. With goat"s milk, his sister would no longer be hungry.
"Yes, I can drink it everyday." She looked at her little sister who had fallen asleep within a second and couldn"t help but laugh. This little pig, it really was like a pig. It ate and slept until it was full, and ate until it was full.
Hearing that he could drink everyday, Li Qingfeng was satisfied. He quickly cleaned up the dishes on the table and wanted to take them to the kitchen.
Liu Zhimo reached out to stop him, "I will clean up. Write your words properly. He raised his chin and pointed at the big words that Li Qingfeng was not finished writing.
Li Qingfeng wailed in pain, he immediately put the bowl down and sat back down on his seat, and started writing again.
Liu Zhiyan saw this, and laughed while covering his mouth. In the past, he was the only one who received the punishment, now that there was someone accompanying him, he was not lonely anymore.
Quietly staring at the gloating Liu Zhiyan, Li Qingfeng took a deep breath, and began writing with all his might.
He could not eat. Such a tragic thing, he did not want to be punished like this!
Liu Zhimo glanced at the two people who were writing in large letters, a smile flashed past his eyes, and he saw Li Qingling walking out from the kitchen, "Are you asleep?"
"He fell asleep!" Li Qingling nodded. Ever since she was born, besides crying when she was hungry, she would always bring her sister easily.
He probably knew that he had lost his mother, so he was very obedient.
She let out a light sigh in her heart before turning around to instruct Li Qingfeng. If her sister was hungry, he should boil some goat"s milk for her in the kitchen. She would go to the river to wash her clothes, and if there was anything she could do, she would go to the river to find her.
Li Qingfeng nodded his head heavily. He said that he would take good care of his little sister, and a.s.sured her.
"You take care of things at home. Wait for me to come back and we"ll go to the fields together." Li Qingling said to Liu Zhimo again.
They had already discussed this, and the two families were going to work together. They would get married anyway, so there was no need for them to know each other so clearly.
Liu Zhimo grunted. He couldn"t help but laugh, he always felt that she was like an adult, worrying about him too.
It wasn"t a good feeling, he was older than she was, and he hoped it was a little more caring for her, not the other way around.
After Li Qingling finished explaining, he went back to the river with a large basin of clothes, most of which were for her sister"s diapers.
As she was walking along the road, she met the villagers who were on their way to hunt in the mountains.
"Xiao Ling, I forgot to ask you earlier, how far is the Matsuyama? "How long does it take to walk?" An old lady giggled as she asked Li Qingling. She looked so happy, as if she would be able to find a lot of food the moment she went to Matsuyama.
Li Qingling stopped and looked at his aunt with a smile, then looked at the other people who were also looking at her, "It"s still quite far away, if we walk, it would take about eight hours, but if we walk fast, it would be enough for six hours." She had thought that the villagers would at least wait until the next day to go, but she had not expected that they would be so eager to go. "Uncles and aunts, even if you all hate me for being long-winded, I still have to remind you all once more not to go into the depths of the mountains. Remember, don"t forget."
She really didn"t want to see the villagers risk their lives just to get something to eat.
Seeing her serious face, everyone in the village nodded and told Li Qingling that they would not enter the deep mountains. They would just look for something to eat at the outskirts of the mountains and then return.
Li Qingling saw that they had listened to him, and nodded her head, then continued to walk towards the river side.
That aunt was a little unwilling to give up, as she followed beside Li Qingling, and asked if she had a slightly closer path?
It would take eight hours to get to Matsuyama, and that would be too long. If he could find a way to get closer, that would be great.
"No, I always go this way before. I don"t know what the shortcut is." Li Qingling shook her head. If she knew the shortcut, she wouldn"t have gone that far.
"Alright then!" If even Li Qingling did not know the shortcut, then others would be even less aware of it. "Xiao Ling, is there really a lot of food in Matsuyama? Are there a lot of pheasants and hares? " He had forgotten how long it had been since he last had meat, her family was poor, and all year round, he had not even seen a single piece of meat. If not for that, they would not have risked their lives to go to Matsuyama to find food to improve their family"s lives.
Li Qingling continued to walk straight ahead. No matter what her aunt asked her, she always answered honestly, "Not bad, there are pheasants and wild rabbits, and there are a lot of wild vegetables. It"s still better than our mountain." The mountain in their village really did not have food. If there was, they would not have to go to Matsuyama to look for food.
Hearing that, that aunt swallowed her saliva even faster. It was as if she saw the wild chickens and wild rabbits that she caught, and her heart was extremely excited.
Seeing that she was so excited, Li Qingling had no choice but to pour her another bucket of cold water, "Wild chickens and wild rabbits are more difficult to catch, you two better work together. This way, it"ll be faster." If one didn"t know how to shoot, it would be difficult for one person to catch a hare or pheasant.
When the aunt heard Li Qinglin say so, she nodded repeatedly. Since she and her husband were both here, there was nothing to lose from the two of them capturing their prey together.
"Xiao Ling, how many times have you been to Matsuyama?" Li Qingling"s sheep were not small amounts of money, they must have gone to the Matsuyama to hunt and earn that money.
Since Li Qingling could earn so much money at such a young age, then someone as young as her husband must definitely be earning more than Li Qingling.
Thinking about that, her heart burned with pa.s.sion, she wished that she could immediately go to Matsuyama and display her skills.
But she forgot that Li Qingling could hunt, she and her husband couldn"t.
Li Qingling knew what she wanted to ask as soon as she saw her aunt"s expression. She sneered in her heart and said indifferently, "I went there twice, and after confirming that there was really food there, I told all of you to let my uncles and aunts know." She just didn"t want to see the villagers getting the benefits while secretly jealous of her.
Hearing that, that aunt laughed awkwardly, "Of course, thank you Xiao Ling for your righteousness." Although she said that, she didn"t think much of it. If it wasn"t because the entire village was talking about it, how could Li Qingling have told them that the Matsuyama had food?
If she had been so sincere as to know for the first time that there was food there, she would have told them.
People who didn"t know how to be grateful were people like my aunt.
Li Qingling did not care about how the people in the village discussed about her, she only cared that they went to the Matsuyama.
"I"m here, aunts and uncles. Be careful along the way." Li Qingling smiled and said that to the villagers. Without waiting for them to reply, she carried the bowl and walked towards the riverside.
Usually, at this time of day, there were a lot of women washing their clothes by the river, but today, there was not a single one.
Li Qingling sighed, hoping that they would return safely.