Chapter 6 You don’t want me, you want my chicken? The next morning, when Li Long got up, he felt that the temperature in the room was already very low. He rubbed his hands and feet, put on his clothes quickly, walked to the stove, poked it with a fire hook, and found that the fire in the stove had gone out long ago. I was so tired when I came back last night that I didn't get any more coal from the coal shed, so now I have to build a new fire. Pushing the door open, Li Long rubbed his hands, trotted to the coal shed, pulled a few reeds to start a fire, grabbed a handful of corn cobs, and hurried back to the house with two pieces of firewood. In just a short while, his ears had turned red from the cold. He opened the stove door, cleaned the ashes inside with a fire hook, put in reeds, laid out corn cobs, and then put in firewood, covered the stove lid, took out his kerosene lighter, bent down and lit the reed hairs specially reserved for him through the stove door, and when he saw the fire was lit, he closed the stove door. When he was cleaning up the ashes, the door was pushed open and Li Qiang came in rubbing his hands: "Uncle, my mom is calling you to wash your face and prepare for dinner." "What's for dinner?" Li Long asked as he scooped up the ashes from the stove. "Cornmeal porridge, pickles, cornmeal cakes, and, oh, steamed buns!" Li Qiang's eyes lit up. "Very good." Li Long said with a smile.
"No, I still want to eat meat." Li Qiang whispered, "My sister won't let me say it, but I know she wants to..." "Then let's have meat at noon." Li Long walked out with the ash in a dustpan, saying, "How about that?" "Okay! Uncle, what kind of meat do you want to eat?" Li Qiang looked up and asked with sparkling eyes, "Old sparrow meat? That tastes good, but there is too little meat." "Quack, quack chicken." Li Long touched Li Qiang's head and said, "Don't worry, eat breakfast first." "What is a quack chicken? My mother won't let us kill our chickens, saying they will lay eggs next year." "It's not from home." Li Long went out to pour out the ash, put the dustpan at the door, and led Li Qiang into the west room. The steam from cooking and boiling water made the outer kitchen a little damp. Liang Yuemei was frying pickles. When she saw Li Long coming in, she said while frying: "Xiaolong, wash your face quickly and get ready for dinner." "Okay." Li Long responded, went to the washbasin rack in the corner, saw that there was fresh water in it, and washed his hands quickly. Li Qiang had already run into his and Li Juan's room and said loudly to his sister: "Sister, uncle said we're having Gua Gua Chicken for lunch!" "What?" Li Juan was tidying up her and Li Qiang's pillows and quilts and didn't hear clearly. But Li Jianguo outside heard it and shouted: "What do you want to eat, Gua Gua Chicken? Where can we catch Gua Gua Chicken now?" Li Qiang felt a little aggrieved, and walked to Li Jianguo and said stubbornly: "My uncle said so. My uncle said we should have Gua Gua Chicken for lunch." Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei both looked at Li Long. "I caught a few last night." Li Long pointed outside, "and put them in the snow. I plan to pluck them and clean them up after breakfast." "How many?" Li Jianguo was surprised. He knew his brother's character very well. Not to mention catching a quack chicken, he wouldn't even come forward to help when the family slaughtered chickens. What possessed him? "Five." Li Long stretched out his hand somewhat proudly and gestured with five fingers. "Let's go and take a look!" Li Jianguo was a little unconvinced. "I want to go and see it too!" Li Qiang shouted loudly, and followed Li Long.
Li Juan said nothing, but followed behind. Liang Yuemei also wanted to follow, but there was food in the pot, so she had to listen to the noise. Li Long walked to the snow pile at the wall of the yard, used a wooden shovel to peel off the snow shell, and dug it twice to reveal the quacking chickens placed inside. "One, two, three...five! Sister, there are really five!" Li Qiang watched Li Long spread out the quacking chickens one by one and counted them happily. "Alright, alright, stop talking." Li Jianguo glared at him and whispered to Li Long: "Xiaolong, where did you catch him?" "At the edge of the field." Li Long pointed to the east and was about to give the specific location when he heard footsteps and dog barking outside. When Li Long wanted to release the quacking chicken as soon as possible, it was too late. A girl appeared at the gate. Li Long took a look and said nothing. Li Jianguo smiled and took the initiative to greet him: "Is Shufen here?" Wu Shufen was stunned for a moment as she didn't expect that the two brothers Li Jianguo and Li Long, as well as their two children, were all outside the house. When he saw the quacking chickens under Li Long's feet again, he couldn't help but swallow. I just thought about it for a while on the way and prepared what I wanted to say, but now I can't say it. When Wu Shufen heard Li Jianguo's greeting, she looked a little flustered and she didn't know what to say. Looking at the quacking chicken, Wu Shufen thought that if she wanted to break up, it wouldn't matter if she did it a day or two later. To be honest, Wu Shufen was still pretty. Although she was wearing a floral cotton jacket, her cotton pants were obviously slim-fitting, she was wearing fashionable cotton-rubber shoes, and the floral headscarf on her head was also very fashionable - Li Long was attracted by her pretty face and her dressing skills. It’s a pity that I didn’t see clearly at that time that behind this beautiful face was a fickle mind that despised the poor and loved the rich. Li Jianguo saw Wu Shufen staring at the quack chicken, thinking that this was his brother's girlfriend, so he smiled and said: "Um... Shufen, look, this quacking chicken was caught by Xiaolong yesterday, or..." "Brother," Li Long knew what Li Jianguo was thinking and immediately interrupted him. He glanced at Wu Shufen and continued: "Brother, wait for me to ask a few questions." Li Jianguo knew that when Li Long and Wu Shufen were dating, his brother was in a weak position. After all, Wu Shufen was pretty and had many admirers. Now that his brother suddenly took the initiative, he thought it was good, so he said: "Just ask." Then he turned to Li Juan and Li Qiang and said: "You two, go inside." Then he turned around and walked into the house. When two people are dating, it is better to listen less. But Li Long didn't care whether others were there or not. He asked Wu Shufen directly: "Did you hear from Gu Ermao that I was fired, so you came here to break up with me?" What? Break up?
Li Jianguo suddenly stopped, turned his head and looked at Li Long with some surprise, then looked at Wu Shufen. Wu Shufen didn't expect Li Long to bring up this topic first, and she immediately fell into a passive position. But they had to break up. She was worried that Li Long would say something unpleasant, so she spoke quickly: "Yes, let's break up. You were fired, you must have done something bad! We were dating because you were the one who pursued me. I thought you were sincere and had a promising future. But I didn't expect you to have such a bad character. Being fired will affect your whole life. I don't want to be... implicated in the future..." Having said this, Wu Shufen stopped talking. She knew Li Long's temper, his vanity and his love of reputation. So they broke up, but it was a pity for the chicken - if they hadn't broken up, Li Long would definitely give her two or even three chickens. Maybe he would give me a chicken just to save the relationship? Would I want it? Li Long knew what the girl was thinking just by looking at her expression. You want to break up with me, but do you want to eat my cock? no way! (End of this chapter)
