The next morning, after the rain, the sky was clear, the sun sprinkled on the bamboo leaves with raindrops, shining on the babbling stream, the breeze was cool and pleasant, Jin Wuzhu remembered the newly bought Du Liang teeth, it was dark when he came back last night, and he hadn't tried it yet, he couldn't wait to use it to polish the slivers that had been split yesterday, and he was full of confidence in making the next basket.

Zhou Yu also got up, and saw that his brother was concentrating on weaving baskets, the bright sunlight surrounded him, and as the strips beat in his hands, the light reflected by the strips also flickered on his face and body. She hurriedly went to put the buns she bought yesterday on the bamboo tube, burned them hot, and brought them to Jin Wuzhu and said, "Brother, take a rest for a while and eat some steamed buns." ”

"Thank you, sister." Jin Wuzhu picked up the bun and swallowed it in a few bites, took a few sips of the water handed over by Zhou Yu and drank a few sips, raised his head and smiled at her with satisfaction.

The well-fed Jin Wuzhu plunged headlong into his basket weaving work again, and a few hours passed after a while. He finally made it a relatively small basket suitable for children.

"Sister, come and see my brother's new basket." Jin Wuzhu shouted happily into the room, carrying his newly made basket in his hand. But Zhou Yu's sweet voice didn't sound when he replied.

He immediately stood up and looked around, but he didn't see his sister, so he hurriedly went to the brook and the house to look for it, but there was still no one, when was the person gone? I only blame myself for throwing myself on the basket, why didn't I pay attention to my sister? Just when Jin Wuzhu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Zhou Yu appeared carrying half a basket of peaches.

"Brother, come and see, I picked a lot of peaches." Zhou Yu, who was rushing home along the way, came to his brother's side, picked up two big peaches and handed them to him.

"How can you go out alone? Don't even tell me. Jin Wuzhu said with a serious face, and did not pick up the peaches handed by his sister.

The first time she saw her brother so serious, Zhou Yu's joy just now was swept away, she was still imagining her brother's joy when he ate the peaches she picked along the way, but she didn't expect to be blamed, she said aggrievedly: "I also want to help with the work." ”

"You won't be allowed to go out alone in the future, you know? Tell me where to go first, have you made a note of it? ”

"Got it." Zhou Yuli said with rain.

After Zhou Yu agreed, Jin Wuzhu came over to take her peach and took a bite, helped her wipe away her tears, and comforted her and said, "The peaches picked by my sister are so sweet!" ”

When Zhou Yu saw his brother praising himself, he immediately turned cloudy to sunny, picked up peaches and ate them with his brother.

"I'll teach you how to shave a squeeze!" Jin Wuzhu was afraid that she would go out by herself again, so he found something to involve her.

He brought the gloves given by the boss for Zhou Yu to wear, although they were too big, but it was important to protect his sister's hand. Jin Wuzhu taught her to put the sliver through the small groove in the middle of the tooth, and then pull it out from the other side, if it is changed to an ordinary child, it will definitely not be able to pull, but Zhou Yu is not an ordinary child, she is a child who grew up in the wind and rain in the wild, and just now she picked half a basket of peaches alone, after several attempts, she slowly got started.

Watching the rough strips turn into smooth and good-looking strips in her hands, Zhou Yu couldn't mention how happy she was, the key was that she could participate in her brother's work and contribute, which made her extremely happy.

"Brother, I'll be your little apprentice."

"Okay, it's just that I'm a little apprentice who hasn't been out of school, and if I accept you as a little apprentice, then you will be an apprentice."

"Apprentice!" Zhou Yu liked this new title, and he read it over and over again.

With his sister's help, Jin Wuzhu was able to make baskets faster. By the time the last rice was finished, they had six baskets, large and small.

They filled their baskets with peaches, took the baskets they were going to sell, and went to the market together to sell them. This time it was sold a little slowly, it took almost a day, but the good news is that it earned a total of more than 50 yuan. How can this more than fifty yuan be used on the blade, Jin Wuzhu began to think about it. Rice and salt are a must, along with a spatula, cutting board and kitchen knife. In addition, if you want to buy it, you can only choose the same.

"Sister, do you want to eat meat, or do you want a little towel to wash your face?"

"My brother buys meat if he wants to eat meat, and my brother buys a small towel if he wants it." Zhou Yu said sensibly.

"Shall we buy meat first this time? Next time, my brother will definitely buy you a small towel. Jin Wuzhu saw his sister's pale face due to poor nutrition, and made a choice for her.

When they got home, Jin Wuzhu and his sister took the rusty pot down and used rough stones to polish off the rust inside and out. Then I went to the mountains and dug up some wild vegetables, washed them in a bamboo basket in a stream, and fried them with meat.

Before there was a table, Jin Wuzhu put the cooked food on the only chair, and the two of them squatted next to each with a bowl of rice, and began their first dinner with food and vegetables.

"Brother, this is the best meal I've ever had." My sister said as she ate.

"Well, eat more." Jin Wuzhu put all the meat into his sister's bowl.

"My brother is the hardest, my brother eats." Zhou Yu also put vegetables in the golden vulture bowl.

"Brother is not hard, brother has a home with you, no need to wander anymore, thank you for this little angel." Jin Wuzhu looked at Zhou Yu, who was happily eating, and felt unprecedentedly down-to-earth. He remembered the day they had met, and the day she had rescued him from the cave, and it had been a month since he had given her this decent meal. "I want to step up the construction of the home and give her a decent home as soon as possible." Jin Wuzhu cheered himself in his heart.

Over the next few months, the siblings will work together, so let's take a look at their progress.

June: In addition to weaving bamboo baskets, Jin Wuzhu also began to weave dustpans for drying vegetables this month, which sold very well, he bought hoes and vegetable seedlings, split a small vegetable garden by the house, and planted vegetables. And the two of them finally bought a small towel for washing their faces.

July: This month made the least money, Jin Wuzhu spent most of his time to complete a big project, he made a large bamboo bed more than one meter wide, in the summer, put the bamboo bed outside, sleep on it to cool down, but there were mosquitoes at night, he later erected bamboo on the four corners of the bamboo bed, and bought a bed mosquito net to stand on it.

August: She started picking vegetables in her own vegetable garden and eating them, this coke spoiled Zhou Yu, and now she doesn't need her brother's help to grow more vegetables by herself. Jin Wuzhu dug a pit a little farther away from the house at the edge of the vegetable field, set up bamboo springboards on both sides of the pit, and then built a shed with bamboo on it, and inserted bamboo branches in the middle to make a simple hair pit.

September: In addition to making baskets to sell, Jin Wuzhu also made a bamboo table and a bamboo chair for himself this month, Zhou Yu finally didn't have to cut vegetables by the stream, and the two of them could sit on the chair and eat at the table after cooking. Zhou Yu bought four chickens in the market and started raising chickens.

October: When it got cold, Jin Wuzhu first added a sweater to his sister. I bought a porcelain jar and two catties of lard from the market, and began to fry my own vegetables with lard to eat.

November: The weather is a little cold, originally put some straw on the bamboo bed, covering the original old quilt, but now it is not good, Jin Wuzhu gritted his teeth and bought a new quilt as a quilt, and the original old quilt was cushioned on the straw, and it was finally not cold at night.

December: Jin Wuzhu first bought Zhou Yu cotton clothes and pants, but he was still frozen. Later, her sister threatened not to wear cotton clothes, and forced Jin Wuzhu to buy herself a set of cotton clothes and pants.

January: Chinese New Year, this time Jin Wuzhu added a kettle and two cups for boiling water, in winter, the two brothers and sisters can boil hot water to drink, and occasionally they can soak hot water feet in a basin with four feet and feet.

The days are getting better and better with the efforts of the brothers and sisters, Zhou Yu, who is only six or seven years old, now grows vegetables and cooks every day, and helps his brother when he has time, and Jin Wuzhu, who is more than ten years old, cuts bamboo and weaves all kinds of bamboo products that can be woven as long as the sky is bright, and about five days they go to the street together to sell bamboo products, and then buy back the daily necessities they need. If this is someone else's child, it will definitely be miserable every day, but for this brother and sister who have not known what father's love and mother's love are since childhood, it is already a heavenly day, they finally have relatives, a sheltered home, no need to wander, no longer hungry.

Moreover, Jin Wuzhu was pleased to find that Zhou Yu's little face was no longer pale, and the tanned little face was a little red, which looked healthy. Her lips have also become red, and with her white baby teeth, she looks good.