"What's wrong? Yesterday your sister said that the lamb is very good. Gu Qingzhu put down the bowl and hurriedly walked out and asked.

"It's not about the lamb, my sister asked me to call you, my sheep have eaten your bamboo shoots, don't you ...... No, it's not sheep eating bamboo shoots, oops, I can't explain it for a while, just come and see me! ”

Gu Qingchuan was only seven or eight years old, and he ran all the way, his face flushed, and he said it upside down, he couldn't tell it in a hurry, so he stepped forward and pulled Gu Qingzhu away.

"Sister......" Gu Qingsong didn't know what was going on, and saw that Gu Qingzhu was pulled away by the burning Qingchuan, so he hurriedly chased him out and asked.

"It's not a big deal, you and your little sister are at home, I'll go and see if I'll go back." Gu Qingzhu was shocked in his heart, but he was calm on his face and comforted his younger brother.

It turned out that Qingchuan was herding sheep today, and when the sheep returned to the circle at night, they found that they had lost two big rams, which made the Sun family crazy, and the whole family except for Gu Qingshan, who was seriously injured and couldn't move in bed, the others couldn't even take care of eating, and they all went out with torches to find them.

Gu Daya and Gu Qingchuan walked outside the bamboo forest of Gu Qingzhu's house, heard the sound of mooing sheep inside, hurriedly went in to look for it, and found that her two sheep were munching bamboo shoots, and the sweet juice was full of mouths, she was stunned for a while, and hurriedly asked Qingchuan to call someone.

She knows that these bamboo shoots and green bamboo treasures are very good, and she is only willing to dig a few trees to try them during the New Year, just waiting for the mountain road to be opened, and carry it out to exchange money.

Gu Daya was flustered, but when Qingchuan left, she thought about it, even if the ram had horns, it didn't have the magic power to pick out the bamboo shoots buried in the soil and eat them.

She took the torch and looked around, only to see that the surroundings were full of freshly dug earth pits, scattered everywhere peeled bamboo shoots and dug bamboo shoots, this is obviously someone like a wild boar into the garden, the slightest pity to steal the bamboo shoots, and her sheep smelled the sweet fragrance, all the way to pick up bamboo shoots.

"In the end...... What's going on? Gu Qingzhu, who came all the way, turned pale, looked at Gu Daya and asked anxiously.

"Take a look." Gu Daya handed a torch to Gu Qingzhu.

Gu Qingzhu ignored the mess in front of her, and went straight to the depths of the bamboo forest with a torch, where there was a lush purple bamboo, which was her mother's favorite dowry, and the bamboo shoots appeared every spring, Gu Qingzhu was very attentive, she even remembered how old each bamboo was, and how many knots it was a year long.

Gu Qingzhuzai took a closer look, fortunately Zizhu did not lose anything, it seems that this thief knows to avoid her scales, thinking that at the beginning, fourteen-year-old Gu Dabao broke a purple bamboo, and was stared at by her for half a month, and he beat him desperately when he saw her, and he didn't dare to provoke her in person until now.

Gu Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went back to the original place, at this moment, Gu Daya had already sent Qingchuan to drive the two sheep home, otherwise, her mother who took the sheep as her life would have to go crazy.

The two of them held torches and looked in the bamboo forest full of large and small earth pits, the bamboo forest at night was deserted, and the bamboo leaves were swaying in the mountain wind, making a whimpering cry, like an old crow that had lost its young birds, and it was terrifying.

"Who the hell did this?" Gu Qingzhu picked up the discarded half of the bamboo shoots, both angry and distressed.

Her bamboo forest is not big, but the growth is the best, the surrounding villages of the carpenter like to order her bamboo, which has a lot to do with her annual rules to dig bamboo shoots, this time was ruthless, wasted, not to mention the loss of money from selling bamboo shoots, even the growth of new bamboo throughout the year will be affected.

"It's always the people in our village, how can others know that the bamboo shoots in your forest are the best." Gu Daya looked around with a torch, trying to find the slightest trace.

"I came to release the animal cage before, and I deliberately looked for those that had just cracked the soil, and covered them with dead leaves, originally thinking that when it rained, the bamboo shoots would grow fatter and more beautiful, and they could be sold at a good price, but this thief was so anxious." Gu Qingzhu followed his memory to find out, where were the bamboo shoots, and only saw mud pits with big mouths open.

"Look at the soil is still damp, eighty percent of it was just dug up today." Gu Daya squatted on the ground and touched the pimples, and there was a muddy smell on the end of her nose.

"This thief will save trouble, dig up all the easy to find, and dig so fragmented!" Gu Qingzhu snorted coldly.

Not only was she angry that the thieves stole the bamboo shoots, but she was even more distressed that the bamboo shoots were dug up and wasted in vain.

"There are only a few unclean hands and feet in the village, I saw that your second aunt suffered a loss yesterday, this must be her revenge on you, it just so happens that you are not at home all day today, if it weren't for my sheep being lost, I don't know when I will find out." Gu Daya patted off the mud on her hands and muttered softly.

"This time, whoever stole it, she would have sold the bamboo shoots worthless, is it her, we didn't catch it, there is no evidence, where is she willing to admit it, if she finds the door, it will be another senseless noise." Gu Qingzhu touched the red rattan bracelet on his left hand, shook his head and sighed lightly.

"In this way, I have to suffer another dumb loss, and I have one less entry in vain, and your grandma will come to force you to ask for food in a few days." Gu Daya bit the corner of her mouth and looked at Gu Qingzhu worriedly.

"I originally wanted to wait, but now it seems that I can't wait, it's late tonight, come back tomorrow, I have a way to find good bamboo shoots in the forest and sell them for money." The matter has come to this, and the chagrin can't change anything, Gu Qingzhu pulled Gu Daya out of the bamboo garden.

Bamboo shoots are the only way she can exchange money to buy grain before spring tea, grandma forces food, thieves steal bamboo shoots, whether she wants to or not, and whether it is the best time to dig bamboo shoots, at this time, she can't wait.

"What good way do you have to tell me quickly, this will sell off, I'm really anxious." Gu Daya thought that there was no other way, but when she saw that she seemed to be confident, she was curious, and kept asking questions all the way.

"This year's snow is big and the mountain is closed, I didn't catch up with the winter bamboo shoots sold in the wax moon, the snow has melted at this time, the ground is stiff and the soil is cold, the bamboo shoots are slow, she is now digging the top and breaking the soil, but it is a shallow bamboo shoot that does not grow on the surface of the snow, as for my method, you can see it tomorrow, but it is indescribable." Gu Qingzhu smiled and patted Gu Daya's shoulder.

"That is, you have a big heart, so you can laugh out loud, if my bamboo shoots were stolen by someone, my mother would have jumped to scold." Gu Daya turned her head and glanced at her, her tone full of distress.

"I'm also angry, but I can't scold the bamboo shoots back, and it's still sad in vain, it's better to do something practical" Gu Qingzhu kicked a small pebble at his feet and said, "You Ming'er learned my method, and you also dig up the bamboo shoots in your own forest, and the winter bamboo shoots that don't show their heads are worth more than spring bamboo shoots." ”

While talking, the two returned to the village and broke up on the side of the road, Gu Qingzhu returned home, Qingying had already stood on the small bench and washed the dishes, and boiled a large pot of hot water, ready to bathe her.

"Sister, I'll rub it for you." At night, when the sisters were sleeping, Qingying sensibly took out the ointment.

"How do you know?" Gu Qingzhu smoothed his hair and half-faded his underwear, revealing his red and swollen shoulders.

"Brother gave it to me, and said that you were tired today, so I told me not to quarrel with you." Gu Qingying was half-kneeling, carefully smeared the ointment, and intimately blew on her, with distressed tears in her eyes.

"Qingying is the most capable, Sister Ah doesn't hurt, Ming'er will be fine." The ointment is cold and refreshing, relieving the hot pain.

Gu Qingzhu tucked the quilt corner for her sister, and there was a hot warm current in her heart, with such a brother and sister who knew cold and hot, it was worth it for her to do anything.

Early the next morning, Gu Qingzhu took the bamboo basket and hoe to the bamboo forest after breakfast, and met the big girl waiting for her on the way, the two of them re-covered the soil pit with soil, and picked up the discarded bamboo shoot roots and tender bamboo shoot clothes, which were kept to feed the chickens or feed the sheep to the big girl's family It is very good, otherwise the sweetness is easy to attract insects, and it will stink if it rots in the garden.

"It's almost half filled, what about your method?" The eldest girl couldn't hold back the doubts in her heart, and asked with a hoe.

"Didn't you see that?" Gu Qingzhu looked up at her and smiled like a flower.

"What nonsense, I only see you filling in the holes." Gu Daya widened, her round face was twisted into a bun, she looked back at the way she came, and she didn't see anything.

"Then you can take a closer look." Gu Qingzhu casually filled in another pit.

Hearing this, Gu Daya stopped what she was doing and stared at Gu Qingzhu, only to see that she turned over the fallen leaves with a hoe next to an adult bamboo, and she didn't know what to do, and after a while, she took a big step in the direction of the bulging underground bamboo whip, stood still, stepped on it with her feet, explored, and then looked up and nodded at Gu Daya with a smile.

Gu Daya was afraid that Gu Qingzhu's bamboo shoot digging stunt would be heard by people who had ears across the forest, so she approached and whispered, "This is considered to be found?" ”

"Let's dig and see." Gu Qingzhu gently scraped off the dead branches and floating soil with a hoe, dug the soil in a circle, and after a while, a golden bamboo shoot tip was exposed.

"You're amazing, isn't it, the soil around here is not cracked, and it's far away from the bamboo roots, how did you find it?" Gu Daya couldn't help but exclaim as she saw Gu Qingzhu effortlessly dig out a complete winter bamboo shoot with two pointed ends like a small boat.

"You go and look at that bamboo and think about it." Gu Qingzhu picked up the winter bamboo shoots and buried the pit with his hands.

Gu Daya raised her head and stared at the big bamboo for a long time, in the end, it was a baby who grew up in the mountains, she immediately saw the doorway, and asked in a low voice: "Are you looking for this kind of big bamboo with black green leaves, no yellow leaves, and double forks of bamboo branches in the lower layer?" ”

"Now that you've got a way, try to find it yourself." Gu Qingzhu didn't answer and continued to walk forward.

Gu Daya immediately looked like a treasure, learning from Gu Qingzhu's previous appearance to search for it, selecting an adult bamboo, learning from Gu Qingzhu's appearance to look for it, after hesitating for half a cup of tea, she carefully took a step, stood in the position she had repeatedly confirmed, and asked softly without confidence: "Qingzhu, is it here?" ”

"You dig it up and see if there are any bamboo shoots, don't you know." Gu Qingzhu only cared about filling in the pit and replied with a sullen head.

"I really dug it." Gu Daya waved her hoe excitedly, and soon dug out a pit, but there was nothing in it except a tender bamboo whip.

"Huh, why don't I have anything?!" Gu Daya was holding a hoe and snorting dejectedly.