When Chen Qing's brother and sister returned home and finished eating, they heard the sound of reading on the wall, and Chen Bi also planned to embroider for a while with the light, but Chen Qing took it away and stuffed it back into the embroidery basket.

"It's dark, look carefully at your eyes, you can't make up for how much decoction this eye hurts" Chen Qing hid Chen Bi's embroidery into the kang cave, it was still summer, but he was not afraid of the eldest aunt searching this dirty kang cave, and he was not afraid of lighting the embroidery.

"It's still a little bit away from the dark sky, so it's okay," Chen Bi protested in a aggrieved whisper.

"Don't be in a hurry to hand over the work, from now on, you also have to learn to read, and you will use it to practice calligraphy at night in the future, and I will buy you some paper and ink back in two days." Chen Qing said his plan.

"But what's the use of me learning to read and write at home? Chen Bi's little head was raised high, she knew that her brother knew a few words, but she had never heard that her brother had been to the school, only that Chen Qing had come back from school.

"Who said that girls don't need to be literate? Which of these land deeds doesn't need to be read to understand? Just when it comes to the time when your brother writes you a letter to the family, you can't read it, so you have to learn, and girls can also be looked down upon by their in-laws" Chen Qing pondered for a while, and educated Chen Bi with the truth that Chen Bi could understand.

"Abi listens to her brother" Chen Bijiao laughed, if she recognizes the words, even if she marries far away in the future, she can always contact her brother.

"Obedient" Chen Qing praised his sister with satisfaction, what he was most worried about was that if his sister married far away, he wouldn't even be able to give him a message if she didn't have a good time. And he was also worried that the eldest aunt would marry his sister to a man with a bad character for the dowry.

This arranged marriage is also the most unbearable for Chen Qing, if he has the ability to protect his sister for a lifetime, it will not be in vain for the nurturing grace of his father and mother in this world, but unfortunately he not only has no ability to support his sister now, but even his sister's marriage is not his turn to be in charge, every time he thinks that his young sister will go to a stranger's house to beg for a living, Chen Qing's heart is as uncomfortable as a knife.

Hey~ It seems that you still have to plan for your sister early, if you can have a good person to propose, even if it's just a Zhuang family, although life is hard, but you don't have to worry about a man marrying a concubine and coming back to respond to people.

Instead of waiting for God to hang the curtain, it is better to take the initiative to seek a good marriage for the sister-in-law, and to make a marriage early to avoid the eldest aunt sending her sister to the big family as a concubine in two years.

The year before last, Yao Jinhua in the next village was married to the town as a concubine, at that time, the village people also talked about the big family is generous, and the concubine also gave so many dowries, this is still a dowry for the countrymen, if it is changed to a city girl, then the dowry will not go to the sea?

Chen Qing saw the envious look of the eldest aunt at that time, and suddenly had a plan in his heart, the sister-in-law is not bad, if someone really wants to accept Abi as a concubine, according to the greedy nature of the eldest uncle, maybe she will sell the sister-in-law.

This concubine is completely different from marrying a wife, marrying a wife can be divorced or divorced, and she is always the master of the house, and has the right to teach the master's concubine room.

Once this concubine enters, she is like a slave of the selling master's family, and her life is no longer her own. Chen Qing later inquired that the man who married Yao Jinhua thought that his wife could not give birth to a son, and was forced by his mother to take a concubine, but this Yao Jinhua also had a bad life, and gave birth to a daughter.

No matter how Chen Qing sues these foolish people, boys and women can't complain about women, no one in this world will agree with his point of view. Therefore, Chen Qing can't let her sister be a concubine no matter what, and she would rather live a hard life than leave her fate in the hands of others.

At this time, Chen Qing was worried about her sister's marriage and stayed awake all night, and the girl in the house was also secretly thinking about how much money she needed to get a daughter-in-law for her brother.

The days were spent in Chen Qing's busy days, but fortunately, it rained yesterday, and Chen Qing did not have to carry water to water the ground. Early in the morning, the excess water in the paddy fields was drained, and after Chen Qing checked the situation of the dry fields, he carried a basket into the mountains to pick some freshly grown fresh mushrooms.

It had just rained, the ground had not yet dried, and the already difficult mountain road was even more muddy, so I slipped into the mountain and climbed halfway up the mountain along the footsteps of the villagers.

The only thing that satisfies Chen Qing is the cool air in the mountain forest, in the hot summer, only in the early morning there is a refreshing cool breeze, accompanied by the crisp bird cry Chen Qing marched all the way, easily rummaged through the previous mushroom nest, saw the newly grown mushrooms and carefully picked them to avoid soil, and then buried the mushroom nest, waiting for the next time to pick again.

In addition to the wild vegetables in the fields, there are a lot of fresh seasonal food in the mountain forest, and the more autumn comes, the richer the species, and the more edible mountain goods.

Chen Qing purposefully selected, picked some green and delicious wild vegetables, dug up a few familiar herbs, and gradually deviated from the mountain and forest paths, walking towards the sparsely populated grass.

It wasn't until he came to a gravel field overgrown with weeds that Chen Qing walked around to check and confirm that there was no one, then he dodged behind a stone wall, dug out his buried clay pot among several large stones, and took out a string of copper coins from it after removing the wooden stopper.

After counting and counting carefully, Chen Qing buried the clay pot as it was and pressed it with a stone. After descending the mountain, he first went home to hide the copper coins before drying the herbs he dug up in a dustpan. The wild vegetables were washed twice with well water and put into the kitchen, and then they went to the field with a hoe to weed.

After the sun rose, Chen Qing cut some pigweed on the way, and then returned to his house and called the girl who had collected the embroidery work to go to the uncle's house to make breakfast.

After Chen Bi fed the flat-haired beasts, he threw the pigweed into the trough, and Chen Qing's breakfast was ready. Except for grandpa and grandma, who couldn't sleep when they were old, they woke up early and sat under the eaves to bask in the sun, and the other three slept until breakfast was done before getting up to wash.

After the family of three was served, Chen Qing had breakfast. As usual, it is wotou porridge, with two pots of stir-fried vegetables, and the wild vegetables picked back are slightly scalded, mixed with salt, and can be eaten as a cold dish.

"Eggplant beans every day, I can't eat the taste in my mouth" Chen Ping looked at the two pots of vegetarian dishes on the table with disgust, except for smearing some meat oil before stir-frying, he didn't even see a single meaty, and he and the students who were big fish and meat every day were embarrassed to talk about their own food.

Chen Ping's school is the only school opened in the surrounding ten miles and eight townships, and it cannot be compared with the grade of the private school run in the town, but only the children of good families can read it.

"I'll have a meal first, and I'll go to the river to touch two fish in the afternoon and come back," Chen Qing finished speaking in a flat tone, and then beckoned his sister to eat.

"Our family can't compare to the rich families in the village, my poor grandson is hungry and thin" Grandma Chen looked distressed and sandwiched a chopstick dish to her grandson, and said to Chen Qing, "Catch two more for your brother to make up for his body"

Chen Bi flattened her mouth and scolded in her heart, is this fish so easy to touch? There is no net, my brother dives into the water half a waist deep to catch fish, those small currents, and the land that is easy to intercept and stop the fish is either small or occupied, grandma feels sorry for her grandson, why don't you want to think about her brother's difficulties?

Chen Qing silently patted his sister's hand, promised in his mouth, swallowed breakfast in a few bites, and went out with a basket on his back.

Chen Bi packed up the dishes and chopsticks, and took the dirty clothes handed over to her by the eldest aunt home, she planned to accompany her brother to the river in the afternoon, her brother caught fish, and she washed the clothes just as a companion.

When he went home, he closed the courtyard door and the door of the house, and took out the brocade and embroidered it with stitches and threads. After a while, the eldest uncle opened the courtyard door, went into the house to look around, said a few words without words, and looked around, and found nothing before she looked at the embroidery in Chen Bi's hand twice, and told her to hurry up and finish the embroidery for money, and then go out to the village under the big tree to enjoy the shade.

Chen Bi grimaced after she left, threw down the brocade in her hand, turned out the embroidery that was really embroidered and carefully pondered the needle. When Chen Qing came back in the afternoon, Chen Bi collected the unfinished embroidery and helped her brother sort out today's harvest.

"Brother, you can accompany me to wash clothes in the afternoon" Chen Bi begged in a low voice while sorting the herbs.

"Ghost spirits!Okay, if I catch fish, you'll be washing clothes on the side," Chen Qingqu raised his index finger and flicked it on Chen Bi's forehead. I turned out the wild pear under the bamboo basket, washed it, and handed it to my sister.

Chen Bi bit the pear that was still sour, and smiled with satisfaction. Chen Qing doesn't like to eat unripe pears, but in this poor and remote land, green pears are also a rare fruit.

After sorting out the herbs drying in the yard, Chen Qing took Chen Bi to the river to fish, if it wasn't for the work in the afternoon, Chen Qing didn't want to go out when the sun was at its fullest.

At noon, it was bright and shining, Chen Qing deliberately brought a wooden basin, fetched a bucket of water, and asked his sister to wash clothes next to the shaded place, while he took off his shirt and carried a bamboo basket down to the river.

There is another advantage of coming out at noon, that is, so as not to be seen by the people in the village and make irresponsible remarks, Chen Qing is also a little brother no matter how he says, it is always inappropriate to be bare-chested, and Chen Qing really can't tell what is the difference between himself and the masters, except for the difference in the internal structure, the external parts that the masters should have are the same as no more and no less, why can't they take off their clothes and go down to the river?

Standing waist-deep in the river with a bamboo basket, Chen Qing stood still, his eyes carefully looking at the water. A few earthworms are tied with thread in the bamboo basket, and the bamboo basket can be lifted to catch fish as long as the fish are eaten in the basket.

This method is really a bit stupid, but it takes more effort to catch fish with both hands, not only the eyesight must be good and the hand speed must be super fast, this method of fishing with a bamboo basket, Chen Qing has also pondered for a long time, using wicker to weave a fish basket can only catch some small fish to feed the chicken or fry to eat, fishing is too time-consuming, and he does not have a fish hook.

After standing in the water for half an hour, the fish slowly leaned over and swam around arbitrarily, even if Chen Qing's cheeks were red from the scorching sun, he didn't dare to move, maintaining a posture and waiting for the fish to burrow into the basket.

When the fish tentatively got into the basket to eat, Chen Qing still held the edge of the basket steadily, and only after seeing the two big fish in the basket did he grit his teeth and raise his arms vigorously to carry the basket out of the water.

The water flowed down the gap, and the heavy bamboo basket slowly lost weight, and just a big fish escaped with a flick of its tail, resulting in only a one-pound sinking grass carp and two finger-length fish cubs remaining in the basket.

Carrying a bamboo basket ashore, dumping the fish on the shore for Chen Bi to help keep an eye on, Chen Qing returned to the river to continue fishing. This time I changed places, but unfortunately I was not very lucky, and it took half an hour to catch a crucian carp and a few small fish that sank by a pound.

Chen Bi had already washed his clothes, looked at his brother's red cheeks exposed to the sun, and beckoned, "Brother, go back"

"Okay~" Chen Qing touched the sweat on his forehead, sorted things out, and then plunged into the water and swam happily for a while to cool down.