Li Zhouzhou carefully held the stove and looked for a place to put it.

　　Li Da glanced at his son-in-law and wanted to praise him, but he never said such words on weekdays. What he said was: “Zhu Nijiang said the stove is useful and refunded me ten cents.”

　　”That’s good, but it makes me have to make an extra trip.” Li Zhouzhou put the car in place.

　　Li Da: “I’m free anyway, so taking a walk is no big deal.” Zhou Zhou couldn’t hear any regrets.

　　The ten cents were not much, but Li Da was happy.

　　This shows that he is a smart son-in-law, and even outsiders can see it and praise him.

　　Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou had not eaten yet, and were waiting for their father to come back to eat together. Now that everyone had returned, the porridge and pancakes in the kitchen were still warm. During the meal, Li Da said again: “In winter, the rice is cold before I even take a few bites. I went to Zhu Nijiang’s house today. He uses a stove to cook, so the food and drinks are all warm.”

　　”Then I’ll light the stove tomorrow and use it to boil water so that my father and husband can drink hot tea.” Li Zhouzhou said.

　　Gu Zhao understood what his father meant and asked with a straight smile, “I am also smart. I came up with this idea. When Dad went to Zhu Nijiang’s house, didn’t he praise me?”

　　”…”Li Da.

　　Li Zhouzhou looked at his father curiously. Li Da coughed and said, “He praised a few times.”

　　”That’s great. My husband is so smart.”

　　Li Da thought that it would be more pleasant to chat with Zhu Nijiang.

　　The next day, Li Zhouzhou lit the stove in the main room. The firewood in the kitchen was too big, so he had to chop it into smaller pieces and put it in a basket next to the stove. After the stove was lit, he first boiled a pot of hot water in a new pot.

　　The ashes from the burning firewood fell from the shield, a palm’s height from the ground, and were easy to clean up.

　　The fire is fast and the water boils in a short while.

　　Li Zhouzhou made a pot of coarse tea and brought it to his father and husband. It really worked. In less than half a day, Li Zhouzhou liked this stove. He used it to stew bone soup in the afternoon, saving firewood and keeping warm. His husband also used chopsticks to put steamed buns on it to bake. The baked buns had a crispy crust, which was different from steamed ones.

　　Both are delicious.

　　The kang in the room is not heated during the day.

　　The house was large, and the heat from a single stove could not reach the inner room, so Gu Zhao moved the desk to the main room. Anyway, no one came to visit the Li family during the day, so it was very quiet. He sat in the main room to study and read, while Zhou Zhou sat by the stove sewing and doing some chores, and his father ate some roasted sweet potatoes.

　　Just as Gu Zhao said that no one was visiting his home, someone knocked on the door the next day.

　　Before getting married, Li Zhouzhou didn’t like to listen to the fun and join the crowd. It was the same after he got married. He didn’t become a woman or uncle who chatted and watched the fun in the village.

　　He didn’t like it, but in winter, people couldn’t help but want to visit. No one else in the village would choose the Li family. Li Da was a widower, so wives and uncles had to avoid suspicion when they visited. In addition, Li Zhouzhou was a gourd with a saw-mouthed mouth. After talking for a long time, Li Zhouzhou didn’t say a word, so the conversation was not enjoyable.

　　Only Xing Ge’er would come to chat.

　　Xing Ge’er couldn’t hold it in anymore and wanted to find someone to gossip about his mother-in-law. Other people were unreliable, except his mother. As soon as he said something, she spread it to others. Xing Ge’er was so angry that he cried once. Later, he felt upset and aggrieved, so he only told Li Zhouzhou.

　　The one knocking on the door was Xing Ge’er.

　　Li Da opened the door, and Xing Ge’er called him “Uncle”. Li Da just hummed and said nothing. Xing Ge’er was actually a little afraid of his uncle, so he said, “I want to talk to Zhou Zhou.”

　　Li Da took a look.

　　Xing Ge’er quickly changed his words: “Looking for Brother Zhou Zhou.”

　　The two are less than a year apart in age and grew up together. Li Zhouzhou is inferior to Xingger in every way. In addition, Xingger’s mother likes to put down and praise Xingger and belittle Li Zhouzhou. In such an environment, Xingger has become arrogant. It’s not that he looks down on Li Zhouzhou, he just gets along with him more casually.

　　When Xingger was seven or eight years old, he no longer called Zhouzhou brother. When they were together in private, he called Li Zhouzhou by his name. Li Zhouzhou never called Xingger “Xingger” for this.

　　”Go in.” Li Da had a feud with the third family, and it was not pleasant. The second family took the initiative to distance themselves from him, looking down on him as the eldest brother. Li Da has since become cold and indifferent to his second brother’s family, but he will not embarrass the younger generation.

　　But the title is still necessary.

　　His son Zhou Zhou is older than Xing Ge’er, so logically he should call him brother.

　　Xing’er came. Although he was his nephew, Li Da still went out for a walk. Xing’er breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his uncle leave the house. He walked quickly to the main room and shouted in a loud voice: “Zhou Zhou, Zhou Zhou, I came to talk to you. Please don’t mention it. I’ve been feeling depressed these days.”

　　Li Zhouzhou had heard some noise at the gate of the courtyard early in the morning. When he saw Xing Ge’er coming, he felt a little worried for a moment. He thought about going to the kitchen to talk with Xing Ge’er, otherwise the noise would disturb his husband.

　　”It’s okay, you guys chat about your things. I’ll move the table in and read a book. If it’s cold, you can sit on the kang.” Gu Zhao saw it and took the initiative to say it. He had been married for so long, and he had only seen this one cousin come to his house to talk to Zhou Zhou.

　　You still need to have friends.

　　Li Zhouzhou and his husband moved the table back to the inner room, thinking that the other stove would be back in a couple of days and it would be convenient for his husband to move it around.

　　The two of them had just moved the table when Li Zhouzhou closed the door to the inner room and Xing Ge’er came to the main room.

　　”Hey, what do you have in this room?”