On the stone bench in the garden, Lu Qian and Ling Yu were sitting there. On the stone table in the middle are roasted sweet potatoes, and you can smell the smell of roasted sweet potatoes from afar.

"How is it, Brother Ling, is it delicious?"

Lu Qian asked happily.

"Well, it tastes good."

Ling Yu replied with a smile while eating.

"That's right, my baking sweet potatoes are a master."

"I was wrong, I didn't even find out that Qianqian had such a craft before."

Ling Yu said while peeling the sweet potato while looking at Lu Qian.

"Hmph, you know you're wrong now, right?"

"Got it, I now know that Qianqian is a versatile person......"

"That's right, I can still climb trees, and another day we'll go to the back mountain to pick oranges."

Lu Qian's face was full of pride.

"Okay."

Ling Yu replied happily. Since something like yesterday happened, Ling Yu didn't dare to refuse Lu Qian again.

"Qianqian, have you ever thought about living without me?"

Ling Yu asked suddenly.

"Huh? Brother Ling, where are you going? When will you be back? ”

Lu Qian looked frightened.

"No, I'm not going anywhere. I mean if, if I leave one day......"

"Why do you want to leave, isn't it good to stay at the Lu family? How nice it was for us to live in Lujia like this......"

Life is good enough now, Lu Qian doesn't understand why Ling Yu will leave in the future.

"Qianqian, you have to know that no one can be together forever......"

Looking at Lu Qian's appearance, Ling Yu was a little helpless.

"Brother Ling, my sweet potato is very sweet, do you want to break it in half for you to taste?"

Lu Qian didn't answer, but asked Ling Yu with a sweet potato.

"No, I'm sweet too."

Ling Yu knew that Lu Qian was deliberately avoiding this question, so he didn't say any more.

"Miss, Young Master Ling, it's time to eat......"

Ying'er ran to them to eat.

"Well, we'll be right here."

Ling Yu said as he began to clean up the sweet potatoes on the table.

"Let's leave quickly, let Ying'er clean up this, otherwise we will be eaten by Ye Xiaoyu and them again when we go to dinner......"

Seeing that Ling Yu was still about to clean up, Lu Qian was anxiously urging him on the side.

"Ying'er, you clean up here."

Lu Qian said to Ying'er who was standing aside.

"Yes, miss."

Ying'er obediently walked to the table and began to clean up.

"Let's go, let's go......"

Lu Qian urged again.

Ling Yu came to the dining hall at Lu Qian's urging.

Because the garden is close to the canteen, today they came relatively early, and no one else has come yet.

"Qianqian, look, we can pack up the sweet potatoes and come back."

Looking at the empty canteen, Ling Yu said to Lu Qian.

"Oh, Brother Ling, if we had cleaned up, they would have started eating a long time ago."

Lu Qian sat directly on the chair disappreciatively.

After a while, Lu Yishou and his wife, Lu Meijiao and Ye Xiaoyu all arrived.

"Everyone is here, right? Let's start eating. ”

Lu Yishou said with a smile.

"Dad, is there something happy about you being so happy?"

Seeing Lu Yishou smiling, Lu Qian asked.

"Not really, but there's news to announce."

"What's the news?"

Lu Qian's curiosity was immediately aroused.

But this news, if Ye Xiaoyu guessed correctly, it should be Lu Yishou who asked Mr. to come over and teach them to read. Yesterday's dinner, Lu Yishou mentioned it.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that this time is just off, and you don't have anything to do when you're idle, I discussed it with your mother, and I plan to invite a gentleman to come over and teach you a few words."

Lu Yishou looked at Jiang Ping as he spoke.

"Well, I also think that the old man's mention is very good, although we are croppers, but we still need to recognize a few words, Ling Yu may have already gone to school, especially Qian'er and Xiaoyu, although they are girls, it always doesn't hurt to know some words."

Lu Jiangping said unhurriedly.

"Uncle Lu's mention is very good, I haven't been on the ground for this time, I just don't know what to do?"

If you have to stay with Lu Qian all day, Ling Yu thinks that reading is much better than playing around, at least you don't have to stay with Lu Qian alone when you read.

"Okay, okay, I also think it's good to mention yì."

Originally, Lu Qian was resolutely opposed, she didn't want to study at all, otherwise she would have gone to read a long time ago, but when she heard Ling Yu say this, she could only pretend to actively agree.

"Xiaoyu, what about you? What's the view no? ”

Seeing that Ye Xiaoyu had been silent, Lu Yishou asked her.

"I think it's good too. Due to my family's affairs, I have never been able to study well, and this time Lu Bo Boken gave me such an opportunity, I will definitely study seriously. ”

Ye Xiaoyu raised her head and said seriously.

"It's good to like reading, I'm a little afraid you won't like it. Meijiao, there should be no problem with sunny, right? ”

Lu Yishou looked at Lu Meijiao and asked.

"He must have no problem, Xiaoyu is right, we should all thank my brother for you."

Lu Meijiao said with an exaggerated expression.

"It's okay, Mr. will come tomorrow. I have already asked someone to arrange the school, and it is located in Lixiang Garden. ”

"Wow...... That's not every day you can go to Brother Ling's. ”

Lu Qian's face was happy.

"Qian'er, you are a girl, can you be reserved, what do you mean to go to Brother Ling, you are going to study."

Jiang Ping looked at Lu Qian dotingly.

Ling Yu next to him was silently chopping rice.

Huh? Listening to the meaning of Lu Yishou's words just now, Qinglang seems to be going to study with them too, so won't he be able to see that cold man with facial paralysis tomorrow? I guess he's gone home these days, and he's still mysterious.

As soon as she thought of the sunshine, Ye Xiaoyu was full of disgust.

"By the way, there's one more thing I want to tell you all."

Lu Yishou seemed to remember something and continued.

"I'm going to go out from tomorrow, maybe I won't be back until the end of the year, during my absence, you can ask Jiang Ping if there is anything at home, and because Jiang Ping is alone, there are many things, and I can't be busy, so the kitchen won't cook before I come back, everyone takes care of each yard, and takes the ingredients to the kitchen to make it themselves. I've already explained, and Mother Liu will prepare a pot for each of you. ”

Cook your own meals? Isn't there no need to sit at the table with Lu Qian to eat in the future? This is simply great news, Ye Xiaoyu smiled in her heart. At this time, Ye Xiaoyu didn't know that her difficult days had just begun.

"It's so troublesome, you have to do it yourself...... Brother Ling, do you want to come with me? ”

Lu Qian asked Ling Yu expectantly.

"Uh, Qianqian, I think Uncle Lu is doing this not only to share the pressure of my aunt, but also to train us, so I think it's better to listen to my uncle."

Ling Yu said it very tactfully.

"Yes, Qianqian, you can't break the rules."

Lu Yishou was helpless.

"Okay, okay, anyway, I'll just ask Ying'er to be in charge, what's the big deal."

Lu Qian looked unhappy.

Because of her good mood, Ye Xiaoyu felt that today's meal was very fragrant, and after eating, Ye Xiaoyu had nothing to do, so she went to the garden for a stroll.

Wandering leisurely, enjoying the scenery of the winter garden as she walked, suddenly, around the corner, she saw a lot of little girls gathered there, and Hong'er was also there. When I looked closer, I realized that I was doing needlework.

"Who are you doing this for? I don't rest at noon......"

Ye Xiaoyu walked over and said with a smile.

"Miss, are you done eating?"

As soon as Hong'er saw Ye Xiaoyu, she ran over.

"Well, I'm done. Who is this for? ”

"Miss, this is not for anyone, this is our own private work."

Hong'er mysteriously pulled Ye Xiaoyu aside.

"Private?"

"Yes, although the Lu family is said to be a big family, the salary we give us every month is not very much, in order to make ends meet, we take some private work to do it."

"Didn't you eat and live in the Lu family?"

"It's okay to eat and live in the Lu family, it's okay for orphans like me, but most of the people here have parents at home, and the family still expects them to take money home every month."

"Does the old lady know about this?"

"I know, maybe they also think that the salary is a bit small, so they turn a blind eye to us and take on private work as they like. Otherwise, in broad daylight, where would we dare to embroider this in the garden? ”

Hong'er replied with a smile.

Seeing that they have to bear the burden of life at a young age, Ye Xiaoyu has mixed feelings.

The lives of the rich are wonderful, but the lives of the poor are so similar in all time and space, and today's Ye Xiaoyu will not be richer than them, although the Lu family gives her some small money every month, but these small money, making a decent set of clothes is gone, and life is so tight that it is not good.

"Hong'er, where did you get these orders?"

Thinking of her embarrassment, Ye Xiaoyu felt that she could also take on some of this kind of work to do.

"Huh?"

Hong'er didn't understand what Ye Xiaoyu meant.

"I mean, do you sell it yourself or ask someone else to sell it when you're done?"

Ye Xiaoyu said it again in detail.

"Oh, we all got the fabric from Aunt Lin at the head of the village, his son is in the capital, she will visit her son regularly, and by the way, she will bring our good things to sell."

"What about the price?"

"An embroidered handkerchief is 5 yuan, and a larger silk scarf is 10 yuan. But after deducting the money for the fabric, Aunt Lin only gave us 2 wen for each handkerchief and 4 wen for the silk scarf. ”

Hong'er said a little helplessly.

I'll go...... This is a super profiteering, this Aunt Lin has made too much. This kind of embroidered handkerchief and silk scarf will definitely be sold for more than this money when it is brought to the capital, and even if it is sold for this money, then she will give Hong'er too little to them.

Actually, this is also a job, it is not far from the capital, since Aunt Lin can do this, she Ye Xiaoyu can also do it.

"Hong'er, there are people in our village who sell cloth, right?"

Ye Xiaoyu asked Hong'er.

"Yes, there is, but it's more expensive, like Aunt Lin, there are sales."

Quanxiu Village is not far from the capital, so the villagers who have a little money will go to the cloth market in the capital - Yuejing to buy cloth by themselves, and if there is no urgency, they will generally not buy it in the village, because the cloth in the village is expensive and the color and texture are not good enough.

"Hong'er, you play slowly, if someone asks, I'll say I'll go out and buy something."

After Ye Xiaoyu finished explaining, he left in a hurry.

There are some things that are often done more effectively than procrastination. Ye Xiaoyu now has a small plan in his heart, and if this small plan is implemented smoothly, his poor life may be improved.