Poor couple [MTL]

Chapter 28 Protection

After Li Qiluo put the cotton away, he carried the basket into the house, and saw that Qin Ling really didn't read, just standing by the window and didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing Li Qiluo coming in, Qin Ling looked back: "Are you back?" Are you okay on the road?

"Okay, what's so bad." In addition to meeting an unexpected person, Li Qiluo put down the basket, went to the outside to pour a cup of hot water, entered the house with the cup, and asked casually after taking a sip: "I heard Ziyuan say that you didn't read a book for a long time today and rested?"

When Qin Ling heard this, his face stiffened, although he quickly covered it up, but Li Qiluo, who had been staring at him closely, still saw it, Qin Ling coughed: "Well, I am a little tired of seeing..." 

Yo , there are no three hundred taels of silver here, originally Li Qiluo was not sure if Qin Ling was because he listened to her words, but now he still doesn't understand anything like this.

Little brother, it's so simple. Li Qiluo sighed in his heart, and after thinking about it, Qin Ling even took her casual advice to heart so much, so does it mean that she still has a little influence on him....

Thinking of this, when Li Qiluo lowered his head to drink water, his eyebrows couldn't help showing some joy.

Qin Ling was also quietly observing Li Qiluo, Seeing her like this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Ziyuan's words and his own appearance just now, Qiluo should understand.

The two sat on either side of the table, neither of them spoke, and did not come out until it was time for dinner.

Today happens to be the day of the beginning of winter, and the Qin family also has a tradition of sticking winter fat. The dinner on this day was rare and sumptuous, and the wild boar that Li Qiluo had beaten before was air-dried by Qin's mother under the command of several daughters-in-law, and every few days a small piece would be cut, or a separate plate would be fried, or a large pot of soup would be stewed to moisten the intestines of the Qin family.

In addition, the staple food is also better than before, so in the past month, the Qin family has grown some meat, especially the three small ones, and the original thin little paws finally have a little baby fat that a child should have.

Today's dinner, the main dish is a large pot of stew, Qin's mother directly took a pig's knuckle, stewed the pig's knuckle, after the soup was thickened, put sauerkraut in it, plus the dried vegetables that had been saved before, and the potatoes cut into pieces. Then there was a plate of fried meat with green onions, steamed two large plates of dumplings, and then fried some sun-dried beans, and the bottom of the beans could finally see the oil.

Perhaps because of the development of commerce and trade in Dayue, coupled with the opening of maritime trade, some high-yield crops also appeared on the table, and now the Qin family's dinner is made of fresh cornmeal mixed with a little rice.

"Mother, you are really willing to stick winter fat this time!" Qin Yao sat down and saw this sumptuous dinner that had never appeared on the Qin family's dinner table, and couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and grab a piece of meat, but the meat was bent and went to Ma Dani's bowl.

"Xianggong...."Ma Dani was moved.

"Cough..."Qin Mu coughed with a straight face.

Qin Yao hurriedly smiled and sandwiched a piece of meat for Qin's mother: "Mother, you are the hardest in our family, you eat."

Mother Qin glared at Qin Yao: "I don't want you."

Qin Yao said with a cheeky face: "I am the meat that fell from your body, you are not rare, who am I rare?"

"Okay, I can't stop you when I eat." Father Qin's eyes stayed on the piece of meat that Qin Yao had clamped for Qin's mother for a while, and seeing that Qin Yao had no intention of clamping it again, his face suddenly changed.

Qin Yao really stopped talking, and lowered his head to eat.

Qin Ling saw all this in her eyes, and after seeing that the second brother sandwiched the meat for the second sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law looked at the eyes of the second brother who could drip water, and her eyes showed a little understanding.

He sandwiched a piece of meat for Qin's mother, "Mother, you eat more." Then he gave another piece to Qin's father: "Dad, you can also eat more."

Father Qin was a little surprised, his expression softened a lot, in the end, the old son was intimate, and the second child was a heartless goods.

After clipping it to Qin's father and Qin's mother, Qin Ling seemed to inadvertently put another piece into Li Qiluo's bowl: "You also eat more."

Li Qiluo didn't pick up her head when she was eating, Qin Ling put the meat in her bowl, and she only hummed, and buried her head to drink the soup again.

In this way, the thick pork knuckle soup, with sauerkraut in it, neutralizes the oiliness, and when you take a sip in your mouth, the rich broth and appetizing sourness explode on the tip of your tongue at the same time, and you can drink a bowl in the winter days, and your whole body is hot, which is simply too satisfying.

Qin Ling waited for Li Qiluo's reaction after clamping the meat, but saw that she didn't lift her head, and sat away from Li Qiluo with her chopsticks. Li Qiluo didn't care about anything else when he saw the food, and he didn't notice Qin Ling's small movements at all.

Qin Ling glanced at Li Qiluo secretly, lowered his head and slowly ate a bite of food, not knowing what he was thinking, after pausing for a while, he moved back quietly......

After the meal, when everyone was almost finished, Qin Fen suddenly said: "Dad, mother, I won't go to the dock tomorrow, the north side of the Tongjiang River has been frozen, there are many fewer ships going south, and there are not so many people on the dock."

This is all a convention, and it was like this before, everyone was not surprised, Father Qin nodded when he heard this: "It's okay if you don't go to the dock, just make fertilizer with me."

In fact, Li Qiluo didn't understand why there was no land to plant in ancient times, there was so much land here, just open a piece of wasteland.

It wasn't until she stayed here for a few months that she realized that she took it for granted, not to mention how much manpower and material resources it took to open up the wasteland, but to say that after clearing the wasteland, the barren land needed several years of sufficient fertilizer to fatten. But in this era when there is no chemical fertilizer, a little farm fertilizer is a treasure. The lack of fertility of the land, coupled with the fact that it is completely dependent on the sky for food, makes it difficult to recover even the seeds in such a land, let alone a bumper harvest.

The others didn't show anything, but Zhang Cuicui's face showed some sadness, although she also felt sorry for Qin Fen who was very tired of working on the dock, but working on the dock, she could earn at least 600 wen a month, even if she excluded the 300 wen handed over to the public middle school, there would still be a few hundred wen left.

Over the years, Qin Fen's remaining money is useless, she has slowly saved, and now she has saved almost ten taels, looking at the two oily sons who are eating, she pressed the thoughts in her heart, as long as she can learn the embroidery of her third brother and sister, and Qin Fen and the two of them work hard, she will definitely be able to send Dabao and Erbao to study.

As for Gongzhong, she knew that she couldn't count on it, all the money in the past was given to the two rooms by Qin's father, and then the little brother-in-law fell seriously ill again, even if her mother-in-law would be careful again, she would not have any money left.

In fact, she can see that the little uncle is studying, and the little uncle said that it was because he was weak, even if he did, he was afraid that his body would not be able to support the examination room, but the reason inside was that the family really had no money left. The little uncle said so, and everyone tacitly acquiesced.

Zhang Cuicui glanced at Li Qiluo, who was still eating hard: But now that I have three brothers and sisters, I'm afraid it will be different in the future...

After eating the meal, Li Qiluo gave a long burp in satisfaction.

Qin Ling saw her sitting on a chair and stretching her waist, opposite Qin Fen and Qin Yao and them, as soon as she moved, she stood in front of Li Qiluo, who could block her figure, and asked Qin Fen with her face as usual: "Big brother, is it already frozen on the Tongjiang River?"

Qin Fen sighed and scratched his head: "I heard from those merchants, anyway, the river section here in Yunyang County has not been frozen, but the north side should be frozen, it is like this at this time of year, the third child, what are you asking for?"

Qin Ling laughed: "It's okay, I'll ask."