At the end of the village, in the warm hall, the old couple of the Cui family sat on one side of the table of eight immortals with a smile on their faces, the old lady held the soles of her shoes, and the old man drank tea, so she accompanied her grandson to eat.

Cui Jinxi looked at the table of dishes in front of him with chopsticks in his hand, his heart was warm, in the days of school in the county, every time it was time to eat, he would think of the dishes made by his grandmother, and now that he was at home, he was really satisfied with the familiar taste.

The old lady moistened the needles in her hair, and only then did she see that her grandson's chopsticks had stopped, but her eyes were staring at the meal and she didn't know what she was thinking, so she said anxiously: "This child, why don't you eat it, hurry up and eat it while it's hot." Grandma has been stewing this soup for most of the day, and you have to drink two more bowls. The school food must not be delicious, look at how long it has been, and you have lost a lot of weight! In the past two days, at home, grandma has made up for you. When you go back to school, grandma will bring you more side dishes that you like to eat, and you will have to make up for the meat that has fallen. ”

Cui Jinxi heard what his grandmother said, so he came to his senses and nodded with a smile, "Well, thank you grandma, the school food can't be compared with grandma's cooking, every time I return to the meal, I especially want you to make delicious food, and thanks to Xinghua and Haofan taking care of me, otherwise I wouldn't have adapted so quickly." ”

Hearing her grandson's words, the old lady remembered the child she had seen before, and she could be accepted by her grandson, which showed that the child had a good character, and Sisi and Brother An were there, and this brother must not be bad, "Those two children are good, go back and grandma will pack more for you, and take them to eat with you." ”

The old man looked at his grandson's chatting and laughing appearance, and he couldn't help but speak: "Xixi, if you can't adapt to the school in the county, go back over there, don't force yourself." Your grandmother and I are used to being here, so you can just come over and accompany us every year on vacation. ”

Cui Jinxi stopped the chopsticks in his hand, his eyes did not dodge, he looked at his grandfather firmly and said, "Grandpa, I really didn't force myself." Although the facilities of the school here are not as good as those there, the teachers are very good, and the teaching experience is rich, and the school management is also very strict, which is worse than my previous school in terms of hardware facilities, I think it is very good, I don't want to go back. ”

As soon as the old lady heard what the old man said, she couldn't help but glance at her old man, deliberately put on an unhappy face to show the old man, and said: "Okay, old man, if Xi Xi says that it is good, it must be good, and the school that Xi Xi is studying now is also a key school, and there are many people who are admitted to major famous schools every year. ”

The old lady said in one breath, and without waiting for the old man to speak, she turned her head to look at her grandson and said with a smile: "Xixi, don't listen to what your grandfather said, your grandfather is just idle, you eat your food." ”

"Hey, you old woman, why don't you listen to me, I'm also doing this for his good. The old man listened to the old lady's tone, and he also understood very well in his heart that the old woman was reluctant to let her grandson go, but she said so for the sake of her grandson's future.

"Okay, got it, you go and make the stove hot, don't freeze it. The old lady didn't look back, but pointed to the stove not far away, and said like a command. Cui Jinxi looked at the appearance of his grandparents, couldn't help but bow his head and smile, although he didn't laugh out loud, but he was still seen by his grandfather, fortunately, grandpa didn't say anything next, he continued to eat delicious, fish-flavored eggplant, chili fried fragrant dried chicken, chestnut stewed chicken, stir-fried bamboo shoots, winter melon pork rib soup, and with fragrant white rice, I can finally eat a full meal today.

At the beggar's house here, Gu Sisi walked to the beggar house with a basket, and his brother took the initiative to take the task of delivering dumplings to the master's house.

Before Gu Sisi entered the door, the basket in her hand was taken by Arnold, and when she was about to say something, she heard Arnold say with a smile: "Sister Sisi, give the basket to my brother, look at your thin arms and legs, don't be tired, otherwise someone will be distressed to death." Hey, these are dumplings, they taste so good, they're meat filling, right?"

Gu Sisi touched Mo Feng and Mo Er who were circling around her, looked at Arnold's appearance at this time, and couldn't help but smile and quipped: "Brother Arnold, your nose has caught up with Mo Feng and Mo Er." It's pork stuffing, and I've wrapped a lot of it today, so I'll bring some here, and if it's not enough to eat, I'll wrap it again next time and send it over. ”

"That's good, Brother Arnold is waiting. Arnold didn't care what Gu Sisi said, just kidding, now is the current food.

"Okay, don't leave the pestle in the courtyard, take it to the house, and ask grandpa if he still eats. As soon as Gu Sisi entered the door, Qi Zhenze walked out, looking at the little girl's good face, there was a rare smile on his face.

"Grandpa must eat it, his old man's favorite is to eat dumplings with meat traps. As he spoke, Arnold walked into the hall with the basket in his hand, shouting as he went, "Grandpa, there are dumplings to eat, your favorite big meat dumplings!"

Gu Sisi looked at Brother Arnold's babbling appearance, and she suddenly remembered that Mu Wan'er was the same. Turning her head to see Qi Zhenze standing there looking at her, she hurriedly said: "Brother Zhenze, you go eat too, I brought it just out of the pot, it's still hot, my mother only mixed it with scallion oil, I forgot to tell Brother Arnold, I have to season it myself when I can eat." ”

Qi Zhenze stretched out his hand and gently brushed the bangs of Li Gu Sisi, and said, "Don't worry, Arnold knows." ”

When Gu Sisi heard this, she nodded, and before she could speak, she saw Qi Zhenze turn around and walk towards the room on the other side, "You come, I have something to send you." ”

"Send me, I have everything, Brother Zhenze, you keep it for yourself." Gu Sisi was very puzzled, but she still walked behind Qi Zhenze, the wolf dog Mo Feng and Mo wagged their tails, and followed her step by step.

Walking into the house and seeing the things handed over by Qi Zhenze, Gu Sisi's eyes couldn't help but light up, looking at the lifelike objects in his hands, Gu Sisi said excitedly: "Wow, this is not Mofeng and Mo'er! ”

Looking at the wood carving in her hand, Gu Sisi liked it very much, but Brother Zhen Ze suddenly gave it to her, she was really a little surprised, "Brother Zhen Ze, do you really want to give this to me?"

"Well, for you, the carving is not good, and the lightning will be given to you after a while. Qi Zhenze rubbed the top of Gu Sisi's big hair and said with a smile.

"It's very good! No, Brother Zhenze, you said that the carving is not good, is this carved by yourself?" Gu Sisi happily touched the two on the wood carving, because he liked it too much, he didn't react to what Zhen Ze said just now, and his little face showed an expression of disbelief.

Seeing Qi Zhenze nodding, Gu Sisi was even more surprised, "Brother Zhenze, you are so amazing!Is this wood carving your first carving?"

Qi Zhenze nodded, seeing the little girl's reaction, he felt a lot more relaxed, the girl liked it. Gu Sisi touched the wood carving lightly, and his little face showed a look of admiration, completely ignoring his adult soul, "You did it so well the first time! Brother Zhen Ze, what is there that you won't do?"

"Huh. Girl, do you like it?" Qi Zhenze looked at the little girl's appearance, and the smile on his face deepened.

"Like, like, of course I loved, it's my favorite gift I've ever received. Thank you, Brother Zhenze. Gu Sisi nodded vigorously, he really liked the wood carving in his hand.

As soon as Qi Zhenze wanted to speak, he heard Arnold's voice interject, "I said that I came out to call you two why there is no one, so you two are here." ”

Arnold looked at the wood carving in Gu Sisi's hand, and then saw Ze Shao's expression, his eyes rolled, and he couldn't help but quip: "How is it, Sister Sisi, this wood carving is okay! Let me tell you, this is carved by your brother Zhen Ze little by little, look at this look, the direction of this hair, tsk, I have never had this ability in my life!"

As soon as Arnold's words fell, he heard Qi Zhenze's words sound: "Has Grandpa eaten it?"

"Eat, eat, eat, when I took it in, my grandfather just said that he was hungry again, didn't he eat a small bowl, his appetite was good, and he said it was delicious. Arnold originally wanted to listen to what Gu Sisi said, but when he heard Ze Shao's words, Arnold only thought that Ze Shao cared about the old man, and he didn't know that Qi Zhenze felt that he was talking too much.

Seeing that Arnold still wanted to say something to the little girl, he said without changing his face: "You go and look at grandpa, don't let his old man eat too much, it's easy to accumulate food." ”

Arnold thought of the old man's appearance of eating dumplings just now, and patted his head, the old man has been fond of accumulating food recently, so he has to go over and stare at it, "Okay, I'll go over." That, Sister Sisi, Brother Arno won't accompany you, the kang in the house is just burned, your small body must be afraid of freezing, go to sit on the kang when it's cold, don't treat yourself as an outsider......"

Hearing what Arnold said, Qi Zhenze directly interrupted: "Arnold, it's not the first time the girl has come. ”

"Oh oh oh, yes, yes, look at me, okay, I'll go with grandpa. Arnold glanced at Ze Shao, then at Gu Sisi, and suddenly said a word and ran away.

Arnold's reaction, Gu Sisi didn't notice, her attention was now attracted by the wood carving in her hand, and when she came back to her senses, she found that Qi Zhenze was looking at her like that, she was embarrassed to ask, "Brother Zhenze, why don't you go over and eat?"

"It's okay, Arnold will leave it to me. Come here and sit on the kang. Qi Zhenze smiled, turned around and walked towards the kang.

"No, no need, Brother Zhen Ze, I'll go back, you go eat dumplings, I'll come and get the basket next time." Gu Sisi couldn't help but blush when she looked at the kang a few steps away, how could she feel weird.

"If you want to sit down, you can sit down, look at your little face is cold. Qi Zhenze belongs to the action faction, looking at the little girl's somewhat restrained appearance, he directly pulled the little girl to the side of the kang and let her sit down, and then bent down to take off the little girl's shoes, Gu Sisi looked at the action of Qi Zhenze, only then did he react, and hurriedly dodged, "Hey...... I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself......"

After watching the little girl take off her shoes and sit on the kang, he took a blanket and covered the little girl's legs, and said softly: "Sit well, I'll send you back later." ”

"Okay, okay!" Gu Sisi was embarrassed to pull the blanket on her legs, looking at the person in front of her who did not change color, she felt a little embarrassed, so her eyes turned to the kang table on the side, "Ahem! Brother Zhen Ze, is this what you wrote?"

"Well, it's not well written. Qi Zhenze sat on the other side, I don't know when there was a small bowl of pine nuts in his hand, and the big hands were peeling the pine nuts with the shell.

"This, this is not good! It's much better than what I wrote!" Gu Sisi looked at the big words on the paper in front of him, and his small face stepped across, and he was really angry compared to people.

"You also write big characters?" Qi Zhenze put the peeled pine nuts in front of the little girl, and when he heard the little girl's words, he suddenly became interested, "Come, write a few words." ”

"Oh, yes. However, I didn't write well. Gu Sisi was silently eating pine nuts, and when he heard what Qi Zhenze said, he didn't react for a while.

"I'm not good at writing, don't be nervous, how you usually write is still how you write. Qi Zhenze directly pulled the kang table in front of the little girl, and carefully placed the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then grinded the ink.

"Oh, then I'll try. Gu Sisi looked at the posture in front of him, and had no choice but to catch the ducks on the shelves. The brush that Qi Zhenze handed her is just right for her to use, and the hairpin flower is only practiced in this life, although her handwriting in the first thirty years is also good, but the brush is really very ordinary. However, since learning to write hairpins, she really likes to write calligraphy.

After a while, the words "how many flowers fall in your dreams" appeared on the white paper in front of me.

Qi Zhenze was attracted by the little girl's indifferent appearance at the beginning, and now when he saw the words written by the little girl, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and he only heard him speak: "The ice of the broken jade pot, the moon of the rotten Yaotai, graceful like a tree, Mu Ruoqingfeng." ”

Gu Sisi was also shocked when he heard Qi Zhenze's words, the person in front of him really knew everything and understood everything, so what was there that the person in front of him wouldn't have?

Just as Gu Sisi was distracted, he heard Qi Zhenze's voice again: "How long have you been practicing?"

"No, it didn't take long, and it wasn't very well written. Gu Si Si paused for a moment, hurriedly retracted his gaze, looked down at the words he wrote, and said.

"Oh, for your age, it's pretty well written. Qi Zhenze raised her eyebrows, how old is the little girl now, this word really doesn't look like she can write at her age, it seems that the little girl is also a hidden one.

"Yes, yes. I've heard my grandfather say that my aunt's hairpin is better, and I'm still far behind. Gu Sisi suppressed the expression on his face, shook his head and said.

"Well, it's good to be humble. Qi Zhenze looked at the little girl and nodded.

"......" Gu Sisi was a little confused and modest? Obviously, her own writing was really bad, and the people in front of her were praising her or her? She found that she was not in a state today, and it seemed that it was not appropriate to go out today.

"Have you been practicing at home lately?" Qi Zhenze looked at the little girl's annoyed look, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

"Well, we are all at home, and Master said that it is getting colder and colder, so my brother and I will supervise each other and not go to the bamboo forest. When Gu Sisi heard this, he reacted and replied.

"Hmm. Qi Zhenze nodded, the sun has risen late in the morning recently, and the weather is cold, so it's right for the little girl not to come out to practice.

Thinking of the morning exercise, Gu Sisi knew that the person in front of him also had the habit of morning exercise, so he asked a little curiously: "Brother Zhenze, do you and Brother Arnold still exercise in the morning?"

"Well, get used to it. Qi Zhenze nodded and said, which means that he was still exercising in the morning in the bamboo forest in the early days.

"Oh, no wonder I think Arnold is a lot stronger. Gu Sisi replied thoughtfully.

"Huh?" Qi Zhenze looked at the little girl, and his voice rose a little, but he didn't notice it himself.

"Hehe, I'll just talk about it, talk about it. Gu Sisi then remembered what she had just said, and she was sure that she didn't have a brain when she went out today.

"What about me?" Qi Zhenze looked at the red-faced girl in front of him and asked casually.

"You, Brother Zhen Ze, you are very good, I remember the first time I saw you, your face was expressionless and cold, and after getting to know you, I found that Brother Zhen Ze is cold on the outside and warm on the inside. Gu Sisi tilted his head to look at the person in front of him, and thought about it in his mind before saying.

Seeing that Qi Zhenze didn't speak, Gu Sisi thought that she had said the wrong thing, "Brother Zhenze, why don't you speak, it's me, am I wrong?"

"No, don't think about it. You sit here, I'll go and fetch the basket. Qi Zhenze was actually very happy in his heart, but he was used to hiding his emotions, and looking at the little girl with a look of blaming himself, he rubbed the top of the little girl's head lightly, and then spoke.

Looking at Qi Zhenze who walked out, Gu Sisi was a little inexplicable, and muttered: "What a strange person! I thought he was angry when he said the wrong thing." ”

After a while, I saw Qi Zhenze walking in with her own basket, but the basket contained a lot of things, she just wanted to say that there was nothing lacking at home, and she saw Qi Zhenze take out a blue cloth bag from the basket and give it to her, "This is for you, take it home and make a scarf for yourself." ”

"Who is this?" asked Gu Sisi as he took the cloth bag handed over and looked at Qi Zhenze curiously.

"I picked it up on the mountain, but it's too small to make clothes, and it's enough to make a scarf. Qi Zhenze directly opened the cloth bag, and the contents were exposed, which was a piece of red fur.

Gu Sisi touched the red fur and couldn't help but swallow her saliva, she couldn't believe what her ears heard, "Pick up, pick up, Brother Zhen Ze, this is fox fur, right?"

"Well, I think it was attacked by a wolf, the big one ran away, and the little one was bitten to death by the wolf. Qi Zhenze glanced at the fur and said casually.

As soon as she finished saying this, Gu Sisi didn't care if the fur was good or not, she hurriedly looked at the person in front of her if there was any injury, "Wolf! Brother Zhen Ze, have you met a wolf? The wolf is so fierce, you are not injured, right?"

"I wasn't hurt, I didn't encounter a wolf, but I was sure that it was a wolf bite just by looking at the traces. When we saw this little fox, we picked it up by a bush. Qi Zhenze looked at the little girl's worried look, his heart warmed, afraid that the little girl would misunderstand, he hurriedly explained what happened.

"So it's like this, scared me to death!Brother Zhen Ze, you said that the colder the weather is, is it possible for this wolf to run down the mountain?" After listening to Yuan Wei, Gu Sisi put his mind at ease, but he was still worried in his heart, this wolf is not a domestic dog, who knows which day it will be in a good mood and which day will be in a bad mood!

Qi Zhenze was a little crying and laughing, he thought that the little girl was frightened, and hurriedly said: "Animals have their own territory, this Qiaoma mountain range is very deep, wolves are active in the deep mountains, and they will not go down the mountain unless they have to." ”

"You also said that it was a last resort, what if it ran down on a whim? Master's house and your family are too close, so dangerous. Gu Sisi was still a little worried, this beast was very terrifying.

"It's okay, the walls of our two courtyards are higher than those in the village, and the gates are closed on weekdays, don't worry. Qi Zhenze said that he was not moved in his heart, it was fake, and the little girl's words revealed concern, which made him even more determined in his heart to be good to the little girl, to be better.

"Well, but be careful. Gu Sisi thought about it too, but it was better to guard against it.

Qi Zhenze saw that the little girl was not in a high mood, so he hurriedly changed the topic, pointed to the game in the basket and said, "You take these two rabbits back and stew them, don't be reluctant to eat them." ”

"No need, Brother Zhen Ze, you keep it for Grandpa Qi, you have everything at home, and it's convenient to buy meat now." Gu Sisi waved her hand hurriedly, where was she embarrassed to take these wild meat back, since she met, her family's wild meat has really not stopped.

"If you give it to you, you will take it, grandpa has it here, you are still young, you have to make up for it. Qi Zhenze gathered the basket, and casually put the pine nuts on the table into a paper bag and put them in the corner of the basket.

When Gu Sisi heard this, her head was full of black lines, how small she was and how she needed to make up for it, but for this kindness, Gu Sisi really couldn't refuse, "Then, okay, thank you, Brother Zhen Ze." However, Brother Zhen Ze, it's getting colder and colder, and it's too dangerous in the mountains, so you and Brother Arno don't go into the mountains. ”

"Well, listen to you. Seeing that the little girl no longer refused, Qi Zhenze smiled with satisfaction.

"Ah? then, then I'll go back first, my mother explained that my brother is making cakes, Brother Zhenze, do you like salty or sweet, as well as spiced and spicy, now the temperature is low, the cakes are not afraid of being bad, and they are delicious when baked on the stove." Gu Sisi asked as she stretched out her foot from the warm blanket to put on her shoes, and thought of what her mother had said.

"Salty. Qi Zhenze didn't refuse, and directly said his taste.

"Okay, then I'll send it to you tomorrow when it's ready. Gu Sisi nodded to show that she remembered, and was about to carry the basket after speaking, when she saw a big hand carrying the basket and walking out, "Well, let's go, I'll send you back." ”