Yun Ying didn't explain to Li Changhai why the chili peppers could be eaten both green and red, and I was afraid that giving another two hours might not be enough. I cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, found water, cleaned them and packed them, and I had to return them to the treasured house when I went out later.

Li Changhai suddenly remembered something at this time, "Uh, Qiao Yunying, have you had lunch?" ”

"Lunch? I've never had lunch. Yun Ying actually didn't have that emotional heart when she said this, and even wondered in her heart whether she should also improve her family's life when she returned to the village, and made it three meals a day, not to mention big fish and meat at noon, so she could add two cakes and make a bowl of noodles or something.

Unexpectedly, Li Changhai felt guilty when he heard this, and went back to the room to take out a box of unopened dim sum: "Oh, this is a dim sum brought back from Yipinxuan in the county seat, you can take it to fill your stomach." ”

"Is it an exchange?" Yun Ying smiled unceremoniously. Seriously, the meal she prepared was originally intended to be shared after meeting Guan Ping, but who knew that Li Changhai, who was going to repay him, would cut off his beard halfway.

"You say yes." After filling his stomach, Li Changhai was in a good mood, and suddenly heard what seemed to be someone outside, so he didn't continue to worry about Yun Ying, but asked casually: "Have your younger brothers and sisters had any new things recently?" ”

Yun Ying thought that Yuangen happened to be a teacher recently, and she was working hard to teach her and Man'er to read and write, and she devoted her spare time to the chili field in Xishan, but she really didn't think about what to do again. Honestly shook his head: "No." ”

Bang -

The wooden door of Li Changhai's courtyard was suddenly pushed open from the outside, Guan Ping rushed in with a slightly red face, and saw that Yun Ying was really relieved here, and quickly escorted her to confront Li Changhai.

"The surname is Guan. Aren't you the best student in the mouth of the mountain chief who has the most hope of becoming a talented man? What would you do if he knew that you had made such an unruly move? Li Changhai glanced at the people outside the courtyard gate who did not probe their brains, and sneered at them.

A crack of hesitation appeared on Guan Ping's face. Just as he was about to say something, Yun Ying behind him barely popped out of his head. Hooked lips and smiled at Li Changhai: "If you don't say it, who will know?" If the last mountain chief knows, it will definitely be your secret! Young Master Li must not be so tasteless, being a person who talks about the rights and wrongs behind his back. ”

"Of course Young Master Ben is not such a villain!" Li Changhai couldn't control his mouth when he met Yun Ying's ridiculous eyes, and only after he finished speaking, did he realize that he had been fooled. puffed out his cheeks, and wanted to say something, but in the end he gave up.

Guan Ping realized that Fang Cai was too impatient and almost fell for Li Changhai. Li Changhai is a young master, but he has always disdained to act by despicable means, and he is still above board. After sorting out the hem of the clothes that had fallen out of the hurry and running, Guan Ping gave Li Changhai a half-salute: "Thank you Brother Changhai for helping take care of Yunying." ”

That look, as if Yun Ying and he were a family, Li Changhai felt that Guan Ping's etiquette made him uncomfortable, and snorted lightly. Regardless of Guan Ping's posture of saluting, he turned around and walked outside the courtyard, not forgetting to clear up the relationship and said, "Who is impatient to help?" ”

Guan Ping has always belonged to the kind of "work-study" in the academy, and today, as usual, when he cleaned up the messy study of the mountain chief and went to the school building, he met a follower next to Zhou Jianbang, who often asked Guan Ping to help guide him, so he took advantage of Zhou Jianbang and others to whisper to Guan Ping when he was not there to describe Yun Ying's appearance. After hearing this, Guan Ping immediately looked around the academy, and later remembered that the classmate had said that Li Changhai had stayed where he was in the end, and with the attitude of giving it a try, he came to the single-person school building area that he had never set foot in.

After Li Changhai left, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief, turned around and said nervously, "What are you doing in the academy?" Isn't it my mother's ......?"

"No, no, don't guess." Yun Ying hurriedly denied: "It was I who asked Second Uncle Liu from Zhenweiju today to agree on the matter of the chili pepper in Xishantou. I want you to take three days off at the academy to help me pick all the peppers. ”

"Is there really anyone who will pay the money to buy the poisonous red fruit?" Guan Ping is still used to calling it poisonous red fruit, and he doesn't know where Yun Ying heard the word chili.

Yun Ying had no choice but to tell Guan Ping about the details of the negotiation with Liu Er's shopkeeper again, and bothered him to help with things, Yun Ying also explained how much money she had sold. In the end, I was afraid that Guan Ping's awkward self-esteem would be troubled again, so I didn't forget to add: "The chili pepper in Xishan didn't you find out that this silver designation is no fun." What's more, you didn't help with the hoeing and fertilization later, even if it was divided equally, you should have two hundred and fifty taels. ”

"That's good. We will divide the money equally. Wait a minute, I'll talk to the mountain chief. Wait until the next retreat to come back to the academy. Thinking about his plan, Guan Ping pinched the fist hidden under the sleeve of his wide robe. recognized the two hundred and fifty taels of silver that Yun Ying had divided.

Guan Ping took Yun Ying to a courtyard area again, and chose to wait for Guan Ping at the entrance very interestingly.

didn't wait for Guan Ping, but waited for two characters she never thought of: Qiao Yuangui and Qiao Yuanfu. Qiao Yuangui is the cousin of her uncle's family, fifteen years old this year; Qiao Yuanfu is the youngest son of Luo, who is only ten years old this year, but it is said that he has the highest talent for studying. The two of them have almost no impression of Yun Ying's original memory, which shows that they have neither made friends nor made friends.

Qiao Yuanfu was the first to discover Yun Ying, who was bored under the ginkgo tree, "Lotus flowers?!" ”

Qiao Yuangui didn't know what he was thinking, and glanced at Yun Ying, who was counting ants on the side of the road, and sneered softly: "How is it possible? How did the flower end up in the academy? ”

"Flowers!" Qiao Yuanfu called out loudly.

Although Yun Ying changed her name, many people in Lijia Village still called her old name, and she would still respond naturally to the reaction engraved in her bones by the deity, and this time was no exception, she immediately looked up and replied: "Hey, who called me ......"

There is no need to continue to ask anyone, she has already seen Qiao Yuangui, who looks feminine and his eyes are flashing, and Qiao Yuanfu, who is arrogant in his teens, hesitated for a moment and said hello in a low voice: "Brother Yuangui, Brother Yuanfu." "Why is Xindao so unlucky, seeing that the place where Li Changhai or Guan Ping took her away is a road without even a ghost, who would have thought that she would meet these two people when she was about to leave the academy. Only then did I feel that I wanted to pinch myself, and I came to the academy when I thought about it, but I didn't realize that there were two cousins studying here.

"Why are you here?" This is the focus of Qiao Yuanfu's concern, and after asking, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Did Grandpa let you bring the silver to the mountain chief to talk about the quota?" ”

The township test is held once a year, and this year is just before the county test, according to the convention, each academy can raise five more places, although Qiao Yuanfu is young and ambitious, he doesn't want to, he wants to surpass the prodigy Guan Ping in the mouth of others, and be a ten-year-old child to refresh the prodigy record. It's a pity that Mr. said that he didn't have enough knowledge and persuaded him to wait two years for the exam again, where was he convinced? In his eyes, even his cousin Qiao Yuangui's little ability was said by Mr. to try it again, and grandpa can say that his ability is a little better than his cousin, how can it not be enough?

After all, Qiao Yuangui is fifteen years old, and he can't see things farther than Qiao Yuanfu, so he sneered without waiting for Yun Ying to speak: "Yuanfu, what do you think?" Didn't the last time I go home and say that the money is not enough? Could it be that the silver will be found in just a few days? "What's more, even if you find milk, you can't find a girl to send to the academy.

Of course, he still kept his mouth in front of Yun Ying in the latter sentence, but the disdain revealed by the red fruit in his eyes would not be wrong. Retracting her gaze to the ground, Yun Ying snorted and replied, "Grandpa didn't let me come." ”

"And what are you doing here?" Qiao Yuangui asked aggressively, since he was a child, he has never had any feelings for Yunying's family.

"I'll come ......" Yun Ying racked her brains and couldn't think of a reason to send these two people away for a while, so she kicked on the ground with her feet in torn cloth shoes, planning to kick a hole and bury herself in it. When something unexpected happened, she realized that her IQ had not increased much because of the crossing, and she was still only suitable for planning and then acting, and everything was according to the plan.

"Yun Ying helped my mother bring me a message! I wonder if the two juniors have any questions? Guan Ping looked at the two brothers of the Qiao family with faces that Yun Ying had never seen, and the majesty and solemnity that resembled the Jia family was easy to make people feel stunned.

Guan Ping! Qiao Yuangui and Qiao Yuanfu glanced at each other and shook their heads at the same time. Guan Ping is now in the highest class in the entire academy, and the two brothers of the Qiao family who are still struggling in the intermediate class do have the capital to be proud of, and they have to bow their heads and admit defeat.

"Let's go, Yunying. Thank you for walking so far to tell me about my mother, I have already taken leave from the mountain chief, and I will go home to take care of my mother. Guan Ping said this to the two brothers of the Qiao family, and he didn't believe that these two would ask the mountain chief to verify the truth.

Guan Ping made it clear that he didn't take the Qiao Yuangui brothers in his eyes, nor did he look at them, and invited Yun Ying to go home with him in an ox cart with him. Yun Ying was also happy to cooperate, and she didn't plan to fake a "brother and sister Gong" with her two cousins.

After they couldn't see Guan Ping and Yun Ying, Qiao Yuangui and Qiao Yuanfu snorted in unison, and walked to the school building in front of them one after the other, talking about the news they had just found out from Mr. along the road with a look of indignation.

"Brother Yuangui, you've been taking the exam for two years, or you don't take the exam this year and let me try!" As he spoke, Qiao Yuanfu suddenly opened his mouth with a bit of temptation, and the atmosphere between the brothers froze for a while. (To be continued......)

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