In an ordinary house in Chang'an City, the fern is busy in his own small courtyard.

Her age is placed in the next generation, which is the age when she is cared for by her parents, but in this era, she has to shoulder the burden of supporting her family like an adult.

The fern chopped the wild vegetables with a stone knife, mixed them with grass seeds, poured them into a wooden trough, and fed them to the hens in the fence.

The fern looked at the sky, carried the large clay pot to the well in the city, and returned with great difficulty.

When he got home, the fern skillfully lit a fire and boiled water.

Looking at the golden corn in the clay pot, Bracken smiled happily.

"Mother and brother will be happy."

At ten o'clock in the evening, smoke curls in Chang'an City.

After a day's work, people greeted the setting sun and returned to their humble courtyards tiredly.

"Mother, I see that our mushrooms will be able to receive in a short time, and the agricultural officer said that after planting a season of mushrooms, the millet will grow very well next year, and when the harvest is over, our family will not have to go hungry."

The boy carried the hoe and said excitedly.

The woman's legs seemed to be disabled, and she limped slowly with her shoulder.

"Alas, our family has no grain in store now, how can we survive until the harvest."

The boy was silent for a while and said, "Mother, in the future, I will keep the rice and meat that will be distributed at noon in the school, and I will give you and the fern to eat. ”

The woman sighed, her wrinkled face full of sorrow.

In silence, the two returned to their small courtyard, asked about the bursts of rice fragrance in the air, and looked at the fern who was busy in surprise.

"Fern, where did all this rice come from?"

He asked with a serious expression.

Fern was taken aback by the stern expression and whispered, "Fern picked mushrooms in exchange." ”

He glanced at the fern suspiciously, walked to the clay pot containing rice on the side, opened it, and saw that the clay pot was almost full, and his face suddenly turned cold.

"Tell me honestly, where did this rice come from, it is impossible to exchange so much for picking mushrooms."

At this time, the woman said, "Get!" Since the fern can get rice, you don't care so much about what to do, let's eat quickly! ”

He said in a deep voice: "Mother, we are dignified people, we are no longer slaves, if the little sister steals, then our family still has the face to live in this Chang'an City, our family still has me, after I get out of school tomorrow, I will go to the river to fish, and I will not starve us." ”

When the fern heard the words, she was immediately aggrieved, and tears rolled in her eyes.

Seeing this, he squatted in front of the fern and said in a voice as soft as possible: "Little sister, tell my brother where this rice came from, and if it is someone else, let's go and return it to others." ”

Fern choked up and said: "The mushrooms I collected today are enough to exchange for a copper coin, I know that there is no rice at home, so I want to change some acorn noodles for our family to eat, Fern heard my brother say that acorn noodles are cheap."

The shopkeeper of the grocery store said that the acorn noodles were not good, and he knew that the fern was his brother's sister, so he said to lend a copper coin to the fern.

These.... These rices were bought for two copper coins, not stolen by ferns.

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Hearing this, Zou frowned, sighed lightly, and touched the fern's head, "Brother blames you, our fern has grown up, and my brother apologizes to you." ”

Fern wiped her tears and said, "Mother, brother, let's eat, I'm hungry." ”

He nodded and said, "Okay, let's eat." ”

The rice is soft and the marinated meat is delicious, but it is bitter in the mouth.

His mother and little sister may not know, but after studying at the school for so long, how could he not know how two copper plates could be exchanged for so many meters.

He was very grateful to the grocery store officials, and blamed himself for not being able to support his family.

The crops in the field cannot be used as food, and the so-called far water cannot quench the thirst of the near, although there is currently this jar of rice, but it is not easy to survive until the harvest.

I made up my mind that after school tomorrow, I would go to the river to try my luck, and if I could catch a fish and turtle, it could be regarded as a way to make up for the troubled family.

The next day, the fern only ate a fist-sized rice ball mixed with wild vegetables, and then carried a rattan basket out of Chang'an City again.

The mushrooms at the edge of the jungle have been almost exhausted, and the fern has worked hard for a long time, looking at the harvest that is less than half a basket, and his heart is lost.

Without mushrooms, she would have no source of income and would not be able to help her mother and her brother share the pressure.

Bracken crouched on the ground and wanted to cry, but instead of crying, she looked at the deep jungle, and thought of something terrible, and her face turned a little pale.

"Just go inside, it'll be fine!"

With constant self-comfort, the fern mustered up the courage to carry the rattan basket on its back and cautiously stretched out towards the jungle.

The unpicked jungle is filled with tempting mushrooms, and the ferns are overjoyed.

Picking it up in a hurry, but she didn't notice that in a dark corner, a pair of cold eyes were already staring at her.

Fern smiled happily as he looked at the rattan basket that was gradually filling, and just as he was about to walk back, he froze on the spot.

I saw an adult lynx suddenly come out of the grass, and this fern came.

The young fern was so frightened by the sudden appearance of the beast that it forgot to run away.

The rattan basket fell to the ground, and the fresh mushrooms were scattered all over the ground.

At this time, a slightly immature voice suddenly came.

"Get down!"

The fern subconsciously squatted down with her head in her hands.

I felt a strong wind whistling overhead, and the lynx leaped nimbly to dodge the flying weapon.

He roared at the man who had interrupted his hunt.

Seeing this, the young man drew his bow again and shot an arrow at the lynx.

The lynx dodged again, glanced at the prey where it was crouching, paced back and forth, and saw that there was no chance to make a move, and a few jumps disappeared into the dense forest.

"Damn, I actually let him run!"

The boy said hatefully.

"Kang Guiren, do you want the villain to catch that lynx!"

The guards on the side said.

When the boy heard this, he said, "No need! Sooner or later, I will hunt a beast with my own hands and make a hat out of its fur. ”

With that, he put away his bow and arrows, and glanced at the little girl who was squatting there trembling.

With his status and status, he would not look at such a lowly civilian on weekdays.

At this time, for some reason, I was very interested in the girl.

For him who is not yet mature, it is naturally not the kind of sexual interest that sperm has in the brain.

Ren Kang walked to the fern's side, squatted down, picked up a mushroom scattered on the ground, looked at it, and pouted without cutting it.

"Hey!"

Bracken hadn't recovered from her fright, still holding her head and trembling.

Seeing this, Ren Kang picked up a wooden stick and poked the fern's shoulder.

"Hey! Are you scared silly! ”