But in order not to let others know, he forced a smile.
"Who didn't get beaten up as a child?" He Zhaodi patted the snow off He Zhou's trousers and continued to help with the dishes in the kitchen. She turned around and saw that Li He was still there. She smiled and said, "Hurry up and get to the table. The dishes are going to get cold."
"You go too." Liu Chuanqi came out of the central room and took the plate from Zhaodi's hand. "We're not strangers."
The only woman qualified to be at the table was Zhaodi.
The only one who could get along with the men was Zhaodi.
Zhaodi smiled. "I don't want to squeeze with these men. It's better to drink."
She turned around and told He Laoxi, "Don't go to the table. You can't drink."
Fatty Chen Yongqiang said, "It's up to you. If you don't want your dad to go, you have to come."
"Let's go." Li He pushed the fatty to stop him from talking. He went into the central room, took out a lighter, lit the alcohol stove, and sniffed the pot. "Dog meat?"
"Yesterday afternoon. I did it." Sun Song lit another alcohol stove at the side.
"It's okay." In fact, Li He rarely ate dog meat, but he didn't want to offend others. He didn't want to eat it, but he didn't have the right to interfere.
A big table could only seat twelve or thirteen people at most. There was a lot to pay attention to who went to the table and who didn't. For the Liu family, everyone here was a respectable person in the village. No one needed to give face to them!
Liu Chuanqi and his son definitely couldn't go to the table. There weren't enough seats to begin with.
"Lao San, come to the table and drink with everyone." Li He was considerate and took the initiative to come down from the table.
"Okay." Li Long didn't refuse. He knew that his brother didn't like this kind of crowd.
"Boss, come down too. Go get something to eat." Li Zhi chased his son down and pulled Li He over. "We haven't had a drink together in a long time."
"Don't. I'm dizzy from the plane and car ride." In fact, Li He was telling the truth. He really didn't want to drink.
"I still need to lose weight." Chen Yongqiang also pressed down on Li He.
"Dad, here's the food. Let me see the child." He Zhaodi stuffed the bowl into He Laoxi's hand. He Laoxi took the bowl and got off the table.
Liu Chuanqi wanted to pull He Laoxi but was stopped by Zhao Di. She said seriously, "It's not like you don't know what his body is like."
After Li Ang and He Laoxi left, everyone sat close to the table.
Li Long poured the wine into two cups, filling them up one by one. Only when it was Li He's turn did he fill half of it.
"You're being too biased." Li Hui expressed his dissatisfaction with a smile.
"The two of us are here to drink with you." Li He put the glass under Li Long's bottle. "Fill it up."
After saying that, he raised his cup and said to Li Hui, "You're the one shouting the loudest. Come on."
"Don't panic. There's still the old one here." Li Hui pointed at Li Zhaoming and said, "Drink with Second Uncle."
Li He said, "I cleared the stage. You go first."
"Finish it." Li Hui was helpless. He could only smile and raise his cup.
The two of them finished it in one gulp.
After Li He finished it, he started with Li Zhaoming. He drank from the table one by one. In reality, he was forcing himself to drink. The weather was cold and he was tired from the journey. He couldn't drink much.
After the meal, he returned home. His head felt heavy.
"You're just trying to show off all day long," Wang Yulan complained incessantly.
"It's fine. It's just a little wine." Li He didn't care.
Wu You and Li Ke put their hands on top of each other and held Li Yi up. The little lass was amused.
She kept shouting, "Giddy, giddy."
Probably because she was too excited, she waved her hand and hit Wu You's eye. She cried out but didn't let go.
"You're asking for a beating." He Fang was helping Wang Yulan to pick up the beans. She was shocked and immediately carried her daughter down. She hugged her butt and hit her. "That's what you get for messing around. That's what you get for messing around."
"Auntie, I'm fine." Wu You rubbed her eyes and then blinked twice.
"Good child. I'll let my sister apologize to you." He Fang felt sorry for this child. She had never seen such a sensible child.
Li Yi was about to cry after being hit by her mother.
"Hurry up and apologize to me. If you continue acting, I'll hit you." She understood Li Yi.
"Sister, I'm sorry." Li Yi also understood her mother. She was a woman of her word. If she said she would hit the face, she wouldn't hit the butt. Unlike her father, who was just a paper tiger.
"See, I'm fine." Wu You smiled.
"Alright, wash up and go to sleep." Li He moved closer to the stove. It was freezing. He was determined to build a kang bed next year to burn coal.
As for the air conditioner, he had no intention of using it. The voltage was not enough. Moreover, the fact that there was no blackout was already good enough for him.
When Four came back, Five followed behind him.
The two sisters were wearing the same big red coat.
"Wow, Five is such a big guy." Pan Guangcai's mother was surprised.
"Auntie, you didn't draw any cards." Four came out to greet them.
"No, it's the new year. We're all busy. Who has the time to play?" Pan Guangcai's mother got up from the stool and smiled. "I have to go back. The bacon is still roasting in the pot."
When her daughter came back, Wang Yulan started to get busy again. She killed chickens and ducks, and was very busy.
She had not been at home all these years, so the animals were naturally not her own. However, Old Grandma and Duan Mei kept a lot of them at home. When she came back, her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law released about ten animals. Some of them were for the family to eat, and some were for the new year.
Four and He Fang helped. One boiled water, and the other plucked the feathers.
Li Zhaokun was not idle either. He chopped bamboo strips with a hatchet and made a few baskets.
Only Old Fifth and Li He, the brother and sister, were sitting there, staring at each other without saying a word.
"Hmph!" Five bared his teeth at Li He and carried Li Yi to play.
Li He gritted his teeth in anger.
"Good for nothing." Li Zhaokun could not bear to see his son bully his little daughter.
Li He wanted to say, "If you have the ability, then do it!"
After the animals were cleaned, Wang Yulan asked her daughter and daughter-in-law to cook. She changed into a new set of clothes and was about to go out.
"What are you doing?" Li He was puzzled.
"I'm going to visit your grandmother." Wang Yulan carried her small leather bag. She knew how uncouth a cloth bag was and did not want to use it anymore.
Li He said, "Go in the afternoon. I'll go with you."
"How can I visit someone in the afternoon?" Wang Yulan was not willing.
"Why would I go to your mother's house in the afternoon?" Li He did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Your grandmother is in the hospital." Wang Yulan sighed. "She's going to see if she can make it past the end of the year."
"Why don't I know about it?" Li He was surprised.
Li Zhaokun pouted. "Why didn't you die at the table? What do you know!"
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