The Li family had grown used to Li Long going out every day. That evening, they made mutton soup again.
"Qiangqiang, why haven't you picked this bone clean?" Liang Yuemei pointed at the bone beside Li Qiang's bowl and asked sternly. "You're wasting food, you know that?"
"But that's all sinew. It keeps getting stuck in my teeth, and it doesn't taste as good as meat..." Li Qiang protested, feeling a little wronged.
"So you won't eat it because it gets stuck in your teeth? You've only had meat for a few days, and you're already turning your nose up at sinew? Before, when you gnawed on a bone, you'd leave so little sinew or skin that the dogs outside would be furious!"
"All right, all right," Li Jianguo said with a smile. "Qiangqiang, remember, you mustn't waste food, especially meat. Your uncle worked hard to get this. Understand?"
"I understand..." Li Qiang picked up the bone and started gnawing on it hard again.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei exchanged a glance, then looked at Li Long.
Yes, thanks to Li Long, these past ten days or so really had been like a dream.
The child had actually started getting picky about meat!
"Xiao Long, we caught over forty kilos of fish today. Do you want to take them out to sell tomorrow?"
"No." Li Long waved a hand. "Keep the fish at home for now. I have something else to do tomorrow. If it works out, I'll make another trip to sell fish in a few days, before New Year."
"Daqiang has some things going on at home. He was saying he wanted to go sell fish with you tomorrow..."
"That's fine. I'll stop by his house when I return the horse and explain." Li Long finished his mutton