Chapter Seventy-Two: Chopping Wood
"Uncle Guo, drink some water." Cui Xiaoxiao wiped the Han off Uncle Guo's face with a handkerchief and handed him a bowl of boiled water mixed with spiritual spring water.
Uncle Guo took the bowl, drank it in a few gulps, reached out and wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and continued to chop branches.
It's time to build a cucumber, the beans are fast, and there are two acres of land in the backyard, which requires a lot of wood. I was going to buy some wood, but Uncle Guo didn't agree, saying that how could the croppers waste like that, and how could the trees guarding the mountains buy wood, and it didn't make people laugh and lose their big teeth.
In the evening of the next day, Uncle Guo carried a bundle of thumb-thick wood to Cui's house. After asking clearly, I learned that the wood was cut by Uncle Guo after returning from driving the ox cart, and he went to the mountain to cut it before it was dark.
There is no way, the Cui family brothers and sisters are afraid that Uncle Guo will be tired, so they don't all go up the mountain to cut branches.
"Little sister, you are partial, I didn't see that the second brother was also tired and sweaty, and he didn't give me a bowl of water to drink." Cui Yuankang pointed to the sweat on his head and said pitifully.
"Okay." Cui Xiaoxiao looked at the only drop of sweat on Cui Yuankang's face, and responded with a smile, it's good to have a second brother who is playing treasure all the time.
"Yuankang, you can't do this, it's normal for me to drink saliva and rest when I'm old, but you're still young, and you can't compare to me as an old man." Uncle Guo deliberately quipped when he saw Cui Yuankang's appearance.
Cui Yuankang exploded when he heard it, this is not good, even Uncle Guo can't compare to how to protect his sister, and he can't even drink water at the moment.
was about to throw off his arms and do a big job, when he caught a glimpse of Uncle Guo's loose shoulders, he stretched his waist and said: "Uncle Guo, you are old and strong, how can I compare with you, I came today to see your demeanor, and it is a trivial matter for you to wrap up the wood alone today." ”
"Yuanyasu." Cui Yuanjian glared at Cui Yuankang, "Don't be big or small." ”
"It's fine." Uncle Guo waved his hand at Cui Yuanjian, he wished that the children would be close to him. He turned to Cui Yuankang and said, "I originally planned to buy a pig's trotter to reward the person who cut the most today, but it seems that I have to be." ”
"Uncle Guo, you take a break." Cui Yuankang pushed Uncle Guo aside and asked him to sit down and rest, "You are an elder, just let us do these things." ”
Cui Yuankang slashed hard with a sickle, pig's trotters, usually the little sister made a pig's trotters, everyone grabbed it badly, this time he had to grab one and then another, and he was finally able to eat a good meal.
Uncle Guo sat there with a smile and rested, and he didn't feel that he was really tired when he sat down.
Cui Xiaoxiao looked at the stupid boy who was working hard there, he really didn't want to admit that it was his second brother, obviously he was evenly matched with Uncle Guo one moment ago, why did he surrender the gun because of a pig's trotter the next moment?
And can the second brother really take advantage? Cui Xiaoxiao looked at the eldest brother who was unhurried and unhurried and cut down trees at his own pace, and Uncle Guo who was resting calmly, the more he looked at it, the less likely it became.
No matter what, Cui Xiaoxiao continued to struggle with the grass on the ground. Because they agreed that the sickle was a dangerous product for Cui Xiaoxiao, they assigned Cui Xiaoxiao a job of digging wild vegetables.
Cui Yuanjian taught Cui Xiaoxiao two kinds, and these days Cui Yuanjian found that Cui Xiaoxiao was quite indistinguishable. That time, Cui Xiaoxiao pointed to the wheat seedlings all over the ground and asked him to steal some back to eat leeks and egg-stuffed dumplings, which frightened Cui Yuanjian. And let her dig wild vegetables, which can always be mixed with most of the grass that can't be eaten, so she pointed out two highly recognizable wild vegetables for Cui Xiaoxiao to dig.
"This kind of pick-up is the thorn sprouts, and you can do it when you pull it out." Cui Yuanjian pointed to a weed and said.
"Big brother." Cui Xiaoxiao looked at his eldest brother with tears in his eyes, is this still his eldest brother?
"Do you recognize this kind of amaranth with the same ears on the top as the grass and round leaves on the bottom?" Cui Yuanjian ignored Cui Xiaoxiao's pitiful pretense and asked, pointing to another kind of grass.
Cui Xiaoxiao looked at it seriously for a long time, and only nodded after thinking that he would not be mistaken.
"Then go dig it."
"Big brother, can I just dig the second one?" Cui Xiaoxiao grabbed Cui Yuanjian's hand and didn't let go, Cui Xiaoxiao thought about his hand and decided not to do it, if he went to dig thorn sprouts empty-handed, his hand would not be broken!
Cui Yuanjian couldn't resist Cui Xiaoxiao for a long time, and finally nodded. Cui Xiaoxiao happily went to dig amaranth.
Cui Yuanjian secretly stared at Cui Xiaoxiao for a long time, seeing that she had dug for a long time, and she didn't dig a wrong plant, that is, she even dug the soil amaranth before the spike grew, Cui Yuanjian breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, there were spiny sprouts in front of him for comparison, and Cui Xiaoxiao firmly remembered the amaranth. Let's just say, the little endorsement is very fast, why can't I distinguish a few wild vegetables, Cui Yuanjian can see it, this is a lazy girl, and she can't learn it at all if she doesn't force it.
Then should you increase the punishment after you go back to study, and see where the little limit is? Cui Yuanjian always felt that now was not the result of Xiaoxiao's best efforts. The more I thought about it, the more I thought I could give it a try.
Cui Xiaoxiao happily dug wild vegetables, not noticing that he had fallen into Cui Yuanjian's arrangement.
Since it was a twig the thickness of a thumb, it was not a lot of effort, and by noon, the three of them had cut down about 200 branches. It doesn't take much effort to calculate this way, and all the beans and cucumbers in the backyard can be racked.
"Xiaoxiao, let's try the elm money cake." As soon as a few people got home and washed up and sat on a stool to rest, Xiaohui came. She also patted a cloth bag tied around her waist and whispered, "Here is raw elm money, I just picked it for you." ”
Cui Xiaoxiao grabbed a handful from the bag and ate it, crisp and sweet, sweet but not greasy, quite delicious, and then asked, "Sister Xiaohui, what you said just picked didn't come to my house, right?" ”
"Tiny, you're so smart." Xiaohui hugged Cui Xiaoxiao at once, and took a few bites on her face before saying, "I knew you liked to eat, and there was no more at home, so I picked some for you." ”
"It's not easy to pick this point, the bottom one is all gone, and I climbed to the treetops to get it."
Cui Xiaoxiao looked at the appearance of looking forward to Shenfei and shining when she climbed the tree, and couldn't help but be stunned, this Xiaohui sister is really quiet and like a rabbit! I really don't know how water and fire, which are mutually reinforcing, can be perfectly integrated in one person?
Cui Xiaoxiao divided the elm money, even Uncle Guo had a handful, and Uncle Guo, who was straight, didn't close his mouth at noon. Cui Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to look at it, she sent more, this Uncle Guo should be smiling in his dreams. (To be continued)
ps:Explain why there was no update yesterday.,I was going to sleep at six o'clock until eight o'clock yesterday and then get up to update.,As a result, I woke up a little more.,There's no update.,I'm going to the next chapter now.,Let's go to bed early! It's not good for girls to stay up late!