Chapter 163: It's still the same from now on (monthly pass)
If she was really an unmarried little girl, she would jump into the Gui family’s old house to pick flowers, even if it was spread, everyone would just laugh it off.
But Li Jiang who jumped into the yard was different.
Li Jiang is fourteen years old and will become a young man in less than two years. There is also Mei Duo, who is already married to marry in the Mei family.
If there is a gossip that will affect Mei Duo's head, it will be hard to explain.
Even if Mei, who witnessed Li Jiang's outfit, didn't believe that Li Jiang was really just here to pick flowers.
Mei's face looked very ugly, blocking her niece, her eyes looking at Li Jiang were like a knife.
This is not easy for women in this world. Even if it is a man's fault, he will eventually be blamed on the woman.
Mei can even think of how Old Mrs. Li pinched her waist and said that Mei Duo was unpretentious and seduced. Even if Gui Chun was good, I believe in Mei Duo's character, but how could Yang's mother-in-law hear these gossips about her future daughter-in-law?
Mei Duo's eyes were on Li Jiang's body. The cloth was coarse, but the stitches were missing. It was also sewn with great care. It was dressed in a girl in the boudoir, not stealing the clothes of her elders. Who sewed it?
Mei Xiaoba widened her eyes and said directly: "Brother Li, you are a kid, why are you wearing a skirt? Haha, this looks weird!"
Li Jiang was watched by everyone, and Mei Xiaoba's ridicule, and was very embarrassed and angry. He lowered his head and did not speak, and tears fell down his face.
"Xiao Ba!" Gui Chongyang glared at Mei Xiaoba.
Mei Xiaoba was embarrassed and covered her mouth and stopped talking.
They were all men and there was nothing to avoid. Gui Chongyang squatted down and said to Li Jiang: "Let me see if it was broken? Or the bone was broken? Should I ask Dr. Song to come and take a look?"
Li Jiang stretched out his hand, his palms covered in blood: "If you have broken skin, don't call him Doctor Song!"
When Gui Chongyang heard this, he felt relieved.
It’s not that it’s good to hurt the bones. No matter who is right or wrong today, Li Jiang was injured in the Gui family after all. With Mrs. Li’s difficult appearance, if the young grandson is really hurting his muscles and bones, some will grind their teeth at that time.
It’s not that Gui Chongyang is timid and afraid of things, but that Gui’s family just bought 600 acres of land and was in full swing, there was no need to cause trouble.
Everyone has the intention of pitying the poor and jealous of the weak. If the Gui family is tough, it will be like the Li family is innocent, and the Gui family will be rampant.
Mei looked at Li Jiang like a thief, but Li Jiang didn't look at Mei Duo from beginning to end, but peeked at Gui Chongyang without a glance.
Mei's heart was relieved, and she didn't blame her for not thinking of anything else. After all, Tongzhou is in the northern part of the Yangtze River, and the south wind is not as prevalent as the south wind in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if there are occasional captives, they are all officials and gentry families, and they are not something Mei can come into contact with.
Li Jiang's palm was so injured that he couldn't just drive him back like this. Everyone wanted to help him into the house to apply medicine.
However, Li Jiang's eyes were still stuck with those phoenix flowers, so he couldn't bear to take them away.
Others hadn't understood what Li Jiang meant, but Mei Duo understood it and said, "I'll pick it for you later."
Li Jiang then smiled and said, "Thank you, Sister Mei."
Since thirteen years ago, the two families have lived next to each other, but because of their bad relationship, the elders have never had any contact, and the younger generation should not have any contact.
But are children? When I was young, I was ignorant and could not care about the grievances of adults. Adults couldn't see it at first sight, and there were also some when they were playing at the doorstep.
Li Jiang and Mei Duo are the same as Mei Duo, which is two months older than Mei Duo. However, the boy grew up late. When he was playing together, he was always half a head shorter than Mei Duo. This title was the name of that year.
When Mei Duo heard this old name, she remembered the past when she was a child, and her expression was much more relaxed, saying, "After many years, you still haven't changed at all. You still love to be stinky and cry."
Li Jiang showed a little shyness, and turned his fingers to look at Mei Duo's chest quickly. When he looked down at his chest, he showed a hint of gloom, and said, "Sister Mei is getting more and more handsome!"
Mei came in with the ointment, and when she heard this sentence, her heart was hanging again, and she said to Mei Duo: "Your aunt pretended to be fried cake for you and put it in the kitchen. You should first cushion, then put it on the plate for Brother Xiao Jiang to eat."
Mei Duo responded and picked up the curtain.
Mei first wiped off the sand and stones in the center of Li Jiang's hand with a clean handkerchief, and then carefully applied ointment to him.
After all, he was just a fourteen-year-old child. Mei Shi couldn't shout and beat and killed him, so she said politely: "I don't dare to climb the wall again in the future. This time I just wiped my hands and fell down my arms and legs next time?"
"Yes." Li Jiang's face turned red, his head was about to droop to the edge of the kang, and he responded with a crying voice.
Mei couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly said, "If you want to come and have fun in the future, just walk through the gate and walk through the gate."
When Li Jiang heard this, he immediately raised his head, tears still circling in his eyes: "Can you really come?"
In this way, how could he look like a fourteen-year-old boy? He looked like a little cat. If Mei shook her head, tears would probably fall.
Mei's heart softened and nodded, "The neighbors live, why can't they come?" When she said this, she realized something was wrong and added, "But your sister Mei is old and is busy sewing needles and threads. In the future, you will come to Chongyang and Xiaoba to play."
Li Jiang was happy at first, then a little disappointed, and finally grinned and said, "Okay, I don't bother Sister Mei to do work, I only ask Chongyang to play with Xiaoba. No one in my family talks to me. I work in the house like Sister Mei every day."
Mei was originally worried that Li Jiang had some thoughts about Mei Duo, but she regretted that she promised to let him come and play, but seeing that he was childish and still a child, she was only sympathy.
The elders of the Li family are too unrestrained. How can raising a boy be like raising a girl? They are locked in the house and not allowed to come out.
Mei also heard about Li Jiang’s unpleasant words, and only felt that the villagers were mean.
He is just a child, a little more well-behaved, not as naughty as other boys, and he is more convinced to be called "Second Chair".
Gui Chongyang held Lantern Festival and sat aside, watching coldly, his face was still warm, and he was already annoyed.
Li Jiang's eyes were so lively that he was as "silly and sweet" as he showed? He was obviously pretending to be honest and fooling people.
I won’t say what happened back then, and I will never say what happened right or wrong. Human life is the greatest.
The Gui and Li families went from supporting each other to disgusting each other, and the ice was frozen for three feet a day.
It would be great if you don’t interact with each other again, but what’s the point of getting together like this now?
Mei Xiaoba stared at the shoes on Li Jiang's feet with wide eyes and said in surprise: "Why are the shoes so small?"
A word led Mei and Gui Chongyang to look at Li Jiang's feet.
Li Jiang frowned and shrank his shoes into his skirt, so he couldn't cover it.
Li Jiang is tall and is almost as tall as an adult, but his shoes are like a child's size and are a little weird.
Seeing that Li Jiang was uncomfortable, Mei hurriedly comforted him: "Little hands and feet are blessings, it is blessings."
Gui Chongyang thought of a possibility, such as being struck by lightning, there are few women in northern China who bind their feet, but now it is popular in Jiangnan.
Li Jiang is here, and his exposed hands are slender and have clear joints, not like a small hand. I haven't heard of any hand and foot with a much different size ratio. Could it be that Li Jiang has wrapped his feet?
But who will ruin your children like this?
If it was Li Jiang's own decision, how did he hide it from his family?
Gui Chongyang looked at Li Jiang and took a little bit of alertness.
It’s really because Li Jiang is too ill-hearted. Even if he is a little clever, he is easily despised by others in his appearance. What should he do in the future?
However, sympathy is sympathy, Gui Chongyang does not want to cause trouble for his family because of Li Jiang.
Which of the people in the Li family is easy to meet? Old Mrs. Li is difficult and harsh, Qian's water-like poplar, Li Facai greedy and plotting, Li He is vicious and vicious. Li Jiang, who grew up here, is good-looking.
After a while, Mei Duo brought in a plate of fried cakes.
After eating Gui Chongyang and Mei Xiaoba, Mei Duo let Li Jiang.
Li Jiang hesitated for a moment, took a piece of cake, and started eating it in small bites.
When I smelled the fragrance of Lantern Festival, I struggled in the arms of Gui Chongyang.
Gui Chongyang had no choice but to take a piece of cake, tore a piece of peanuts and feed it to Lantern Festival.
This is made of glutinous rice, which is difficult to digest. Gui Chongyang dare not feed it to Lantern Festival.
The longest life span of a cat is only about ten years. If it is converted into a human life span, the Lantern Festival is already the year of "knowing the destiny". Although it is still lively, Gui Chongyang no longer dares to stay at Lantern Festival at will.
Li Jiang was surprised when he saw this.
This is fried cake. The fried cake is only available at home during festivals. Gui Chongyang is a prodigal family, so they are used to feed the cat directly?
Li Jiang looked at Mei, thinking that Mei would stop the scolding, but what did Mei look like? He looked at the big white cat in Gui Chongyang's arms with a loving face and said, "Just just give Lantern Festival a taste, just like last time, I will vomit after feeding too much. There are still some fish from yesterday, so I will fry the small fish for Lantern Festival to eat at night."
Gui Chongyang rubbed the white cat in his arms and nodded and said, "Well, no more. Next time I will have to worry about Dr. Song for the Lantern Festival, Dr. Song will be annoyed."
Li Jiang heard that "Lanxiao" is the name of this white cat. Seeing the conversation between the two, they not only feed the white cat delicious, but also specialize in making small dishes. They also invited Dr. Song because of the cat's excessive food.
Li Jiang stared at the cat in Gui Chongyang's arms and couldn't help but become jealous.
Yuanxiao seemed to notice it, looked at Li Jiang disdainfully, and then stared at the fried cake in the little owner's hand and "meowed" and screamed.
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Li Jiang looked reluctant, but the Gui family waited for his wound to be treated and fried cakes were eaten, so he had no intention of keeping guests.
Gui Chongyang asked Li Jiang for something, so he said to Mei: "Aunt, I'll take Brother Li out."
Mei was also looking forward to seeing Li Jiang away early, and immediately said, "Look at the door and avoid people."
But after realizing it, I found that Li Jiang was dressed inappropriately and was easily seen by villagers when they walked through the gate.
Gui Chongyang responded and greeted Li Jiang.
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When he was about to reach the door, Gui Chongyang lowered his voice and said, "No matter what you plan, please collect it!"
Li Jiang was stunned, and then his eyes turned red again, as if he had suffered a great grievance.
Chapter completed!