Chapter 29: Chance encounter

Li Qinghe really didn't say how much the Zhou family had to take for the betrothal gift, but it was not deliberately aimed at it, and it was okay to have less. After all, she married for Zhou Chengkang, and she herself does not lack talent.
Li Qinghe smiled lightly, "I haven't mentioned it."
The talking room has reached the door of Zhou's house. At this hour, people from various families slowly began to come over. Li Qinghe and the two went to prepare the vegetables. Many people in the village did not see Li Qinghe. She had been back and forth in the town earlier. , Seeing her now, first made fun of her, and then coaxed her to cut the meat.
Li Qinghe didn't feel embarrassed, and took the knife and started cutting. She cut thin and large pieces. Many women in the village who have cooked meals for a lifetime were not as good as her. Someone immediately praised, "Qinghe has learned well."
"If I don't learn well, they will let me go home." Li Qinghe answered with a smile, "That's it, as soon as I get hurt, I don't want me."
Someone curiously asked, "Helping in a restaurant, is it true that you can just eat the buns?"
The atmosphere in the kitchen was good, everyone was happy, and Li Qinghe also laughed, "No, we have special meals. Sometimes the chef cooks it and it’s our turn to eat. But there are many helpers, and the chef also It’s not all speculation, one person can’t tell much."
A female voice rang, "I understand, I can only pick up leftovers to eat."
When everyone heard the sound, they saw a girl in common clothes standing at the door, with a simple body and a cold face, "What is there to show off."
Li Qinghe wasn't showing off at all. The people around him were actually just asking questions, joking and laughing, and no one took it seriously. The girl could just choke to death.
A woman on the side came out to make a round, "Lai Xi, when did you come?"
The girl at the door was a cousin of Qian Laiman's relatives, speaking like this in front of so many people, it seemed that she didn't like Li Qinghe very much.
Laixi smiled, "When I first came, I heard you say that the restaurant helper has enough buns, how could that be possible? The chef may be divided into one or two. It is luck for the little helper not to be resigned."
"You are right." Li Qinghe agreed, "but can you please let me, you blocked my light."
The atmosphere was not right, and a woman immediately pulled her away, and soon the kitchen resumed lively.
Then everything went smoothly. The bride took it and opened the noodles. The Zhou family's wedding was done in a satisfactory manner. After lunch, everyone helped to clean up the dishes, chopsticks, tables and chairs, and the wedding was over.
In the afternoon, Li Qinghe went to feed the fish, and came across Qian Laixi on the way back.
"Oh, isn't this Qinghe?" Qian Laixi paused and looked at her up and down, "Sure enough, it's a Humeizi..."
Li Qinghe frowned when she saw her, and slapped her when she heard her cursing, hitting her head to the side.
Qian Laixi suddenly jumped up with anger.
Without waiting for her question, Li Qinghe sneered, "Try another sentence!"
Qian Laixi covered his face and cried, "You bully..."
Li Qinghe looked at her with arms folded, "Don't speak, don't speak, you deserve to be beaten if your mouth is dirty!"
Qian Lai burst into tears, feeling aggrieved, "Where did I say wrong? My brother does not come back when he went to town for you. He is busy and busy. The wedding is pushed back and forth. Why are you not Humeizi?"
What's wrong!
Li Qinghe asked unceremoniously, "What does it matter to me to marry a wife?"
Turning around and leaving, I was in a good mood, but now I am a little irritable. When passing by Zhou's house, Zhou Chengkang saw her and said loudly, "Qinghe."
Li Qinghe paused and looked at him suspiciously.
Zhou Chengkang walked to her before saying, "I want to go into the mountain."
"How dangerous it is to enter the mountains." Li Qinghe disagreed, "Don't go."
Zhou Chengkang smiled, "Are you going? Let's go together?"
This is okay, Li Qinghe's eyes are bright, and Zhou Chengkang can't go too deep into the woods with her, surely nothing will happen.
Seeing that she was silent, Zhou Chengkang smiled and said, "I will pick you up tomorrow morning."
After returning home, Li Qinghe told Li Fu about entering the mountain. Li Fu was a little unhappy, but he did not refuse to agree, only saying, "You follow Chengkang, don't run around by yourself, remember to bring dry food."
Li Qinghe responded, and Zhao Wanwan came out from the kitchen, "Sister, can you take me? I want to go too!"
"No." Li Qinghe refused.
Refusing too quickly, Zhao Wanwan stunned, "I will definitely not trouble you."
"That won't work either." Li Qinghe said directly, "What's the matter with the two of us taking you into the mountain?"
Zhao Wanwan's face turned pale suddenly.
One is because of Li Qinghe's sudden cold attitude towards her, and the other is that these words allude to her not knowing how to measure.
The next morning, Li Qinghe took dry food and water, and Zhou Chengkang arrived just after he packed up. The two of them went to the West Mountain. When the day was bright, the two were already halfway up the mountain. There are few people here, and there will be people besides cutting wood. Looking for mushrooms in a few days.
Now is the time when there are wild mushrooms, but people who don't recognize mushrooms generally don't come. If poisonous mushrooms are picked, they will vomit and diarrhea.
"Do you want to go?" Li Qinghe with his arms akimbo, "just switch careers here."
Zhou Chengkang stopped, "Then take a break."
When Li Qinghe sat down, he took out a hairpin from his sleeve, still with the fragrance of wood, and handed it to her, "Do you like it?"
The smoothly polished hairpin was handed to him, his voice and eyes were very gentle, looking at her expectantly. Li Qinghe's face suddenly became a little hot, and he reached out to take it, "I like it."
Seeing her take it and take a closer look, Zhou Chengkang looked at the fine hairs on her white face, softly in his heart, and said softly, "I will carve you a hairpin for a lifetime! I don't like this one, I will definitely do the next one. If you can do better, you will be satisfied."
The two did not continue climbing the mountain, they entered the woods from the side. Zhou Chengkang was holding a bow and arrow in his hand. After half a day, he hit four rabbits. The two big ones hit the stomach, and the small one hit the legs. It was too small. Li Qinghe picked it up and took a look, and suggested, "Why don't you keep it?"
Zhou Chengkang laughed, "It's up to you."
Li Qinghe has picked a basket of mushrooms next to him, and he cut a large pile of firewood near the road. After the autumn harvest, those who are free will go up the mountain to chop wood for winter use.
In many people’s homes, wheat stalks are the first to be burned. Firewood is generally used for stewing soup or when people who cook have no time to add a fire, they only smoke a few sticks to burn. The Zhou family’s wedding banquet had to burn a lot.
On their way home, the two shot a pheasant. Zhou Chengkang was very happy, "Actually, it is a good time to hunt. I couldn't hit so many before. If I can get better, I can definitely hit more today. "
This is true. The two met a lot today, and most of them ran away.
Li Qinghe was a little silent. She thought of Zhou Chengkang in her previous life, guarding her tombstone. At the beginning, she could only have food and clothing. Later, we could hang dried meat everywhere in the house, and there was no shortage of silver. The dim sum in the town could be changed. Change it in front of her grave every day.
Seeing that she was silent and seemed to be thinking, Zhou Chengkang smiled and asked, "Do you want to eat meat? Give you a rabbit? Or do you want a pheasant?"
Li Qinghe couldn't help it, "You should be nice to yourself anyway." Today, he was running around in the woods, and his clothes were torn in several places. She pointed her finger and said, "Go back and take it off and I will help you make up."
The corners of Zhou Chengkang's mouth couldn't help getting higher and higher. The two were talking. Someone behind them laughed and made a noise. Looking back, they saw several men carrying logs on their shoulders, quickly descending the mountain.
The one who walked in the front was actually full of money, but he didn't lift it, and was carrying a hatchet. Seeing Li Qinghe, his eyes were pleasantly surprised, and when he saw Zhou Chengkang who was carrying a firewood next to Li Qinghe, his smile suddenly faded, "Qinghe, are you going up the mountain?"
Li Qinghe nodded and looked at the wood that those people were holding in a puzzled way.
"Someone specifically asked for yellow wood to make furniture. We came to the woods to find it." Qian Laiman explained to her, and waved his hand to let them carry the wood first. Then he looked at Zhou Chengkang, "Brother Thursday, this is Chopping wood?" Seeing the rabbit in his hand again, "Ah, is this rabbit for sale?"
"Not for sale!" Li Qinghe rebuffed.
I was angry when I saw him. In the morning, his sister was making trouble for herself. It was a disaster. And when he asked questions, his tone was not right, as if Zhou Chengkang's rabbit couldn't be sold and he needed his support.