When Gu Jiao and Xiao Jingkong went down the mountain, Xiao Liulang had already returned from the academy.

Gu Xiaoshun recently lived in the academy, firstly, he had a complete falling out with the Gu family, and secondly, he was obsessed with the knives that Xiao Liulang brought him, and he carved with lamps in the dormitory every night.

As for Xiao Liulang's safety, he doesn't have to worry about it, recently Second Uncle Luo broke his foot, and the one who drove the ox cart was replaced by his son Da Zhuang.

Da Zhuang has an iron relationship with Gu Xiaoshun and guarantees to take care of Xiao Liulang.

Xiao Liulang was fetching buckets of water into the house, and he could see that he was struggling.

His legs and feet were inconvenient, Gu Jiao rarely let him do this kind of heavy work, Gu Jiao walked over and took the wooden barrel from his hand: "I'll come." ”

"I can." Xiao Liulang said.

"You go and make a fire, and I'll cook in a moment." Gu Jiao didn't give him a chance to refuse, so he decisively took the wooden bucket, picked it up with a flat pole, added an extra wooden bucket, and turned around to go to the village entrance to fetch water.

Xiao Jingkong patted his little chest and said, "I also want to help Jiaojiao fetch water!" ”

After that, he found his own exclusive tools from the backyard - a mini flat pole and two mini wooden barrels, picked them on his small shoulders like Gu Jiao, and went to fetch water majestically!

This set of tools was made by Gu Jiao for Xiao Jingkong, the reason was that he wanted to help, but he couldn't pick up the big wooden barrel, so Gu Jiao made him a pair of small wooden barrels that were light and small and could be sealed without sprinkling, and equipped with a small flat pole.

The water he picked up in one trip added up to less than a big bowl, but Gu Jiao spent a lot of time and energy making tools for him.

After arriving at the ancient well, Gu Jiao first fetched water to fill the small wooden barrel with a small empty space, although he was allowed to carry water, Gu Jiao explicitly forbade him to draw water in the well.

Xiao Jingkong is very obedient and never approaches the ancient well.

One big and one small brought the water home, and Gu Jiao's two large buckets of water went down, and the water level in the water tank suddenly rose a lot.

Two small buckets of water with a small clearance go down...... Well, like no water.

But Xiao Jingkong looked at the full water tank, and still felt that his two handfuls of water played a great role, and he was very proud!

"Silly fun?"

It was Xiao Liulang who came over.

As soon as Xiao Liulang entered the stove house, he saw a little monk stepping on the bench and looking at the water tank with pride.

It's just a matter of watching the water waves, and I don't know if he is observing the small rivers and mountains he has laid down with his own hands!

Hearing the voice of the bad brother-in-law, Xiao Jingkong's little face became serious, raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, and snorted coldly: "I'm working, I'm working!" ”

Xiao Liulang was amused by him and wanted to laugh a little: "Do you still know about labor, what can you do as a three-year-old child?" ”

Xiao Jingkong jumped down from the small bench and said angrily: "I can do a lot!" Much more than you! I'll fetch water! Will feed the chickens! I will also help Jiaojiao with laundry! Half of the clothes in the house are washed by me! I do more work at home than you do! I'm not a little hairy kid! You are! ”

Xiao Liulang glanced at his toy flat pole and toy wooden barrel, and said, "Then you are really good at work." ”

Let someone else do the work.

Tossing these things is so tiring.

"Humph!" In order to prove that he is indeed a little expert in the work at home, Xiao Jingkong decisively walked to the wooden basin soaked in clothes, lifted his trouser legs, kicked off his shoes, and jumped into the basin with a whoosh, and the little feet slammed on the hospital uniform that Xiao Liulang had just changed!

Xiao Liulang was simply stunned.

Clothes in the house...... That's how it's all washed?

The little feet of the little empty space are happily stepped on.

He can enjoy the fun of treading water without rain, and he can also wash his clothes by the way, he is really a smart and hardworking child!

Gu Jiao walked out, originally planning to rub her clothes, but she didn't go over for the time being when she saw that Xiao Jingkong was stepping on it.

Xiao Liulang asked incredulously, "Is this how the clothes at home are washed?" ”

Gu Jiao snorted: "Not only the clothes, but the pickles you eat every day are also stepped on by him like this." ”

Xiao Liulang was stunned: "......!! ”

"Haha!" Gu Jiao laughed all of a sudden.

She rarely laughed so hard, but Xiao Liulang's expression as if she had swallowed a fly really hit the laugh of her two lifetimes.

"Lie to you." "How could I let him step on pickles," she said. ”

Xiao Liulang secretly breathed a sigh of relief: It's okay, it's okay.

Gu Jiao continued: "His strength is so small, he can't step on it well." ”

Xiao Liulang again: "......"

Isn't it that the feet are not clean and cannot be eaten?

In this way, when the little monk has a lot of strength in the future, won't he be able to step on the pickles and give them to me?

The picture is so beautiful that Xiao Liulang can't bear to look at it directly......

Gu Jiaoxiao bent over.

"Whew! Call! "After stepping on the small clearance, I was so tired that I was sweating profusely, and I went back to the house to drink water.

Only then did Gu Jiao step forward and wash the clothes that were crumpled by him.

Xiao Jingkong has the heart to work, Gu Jiao never discourages his enthusiasm, the big deal is that every time he finishes it, she re-cleans up.

Gu Jiao didn't rise to the level of scientific parenting, she just felt that he was having fun.

At this time, Gu Jiao didn't know that all the bravery and strength of a certain god general who would fight in the Six Kingdoms in the future came from the powerful childhood that Gu Jiao gave him.

"You don't have to be so used to him." Xiao Liulang said expressionlessly.

"I'm used to you, too." Gu Jiaowan smiled, took a clean wooden basin, took out Xiao Liulang's clothes separately and put them in, and then gently rubbed them with his small hands.

"Your clothes are not usually washed like this, but today you put them in the basin by yourself and were bumped into by him."

The clothes of the three of them are all coarse linen clothes, it doesn't matter if you step on them casually, but Xiao Liulang's hospital clothes are silk and cotton clothes, and Gu Jiao uses a special wooden basin to clean him, and the force is also very light.

Because it is light, it is slow, and washing one of his clothes is worth washing the clothes of the whole family.

But these Gu Jiao never said it.

Xiao Liulang was still immersed in the huge impact of her sentence "I'm also used to you", and then saw her carefully and seriously wash her clothes, and the little hands that were white from soap horn blisters seemed to grasp not his neckline, but his heart.

For a moment, he felt as if their relationship was moving in an uncontrollable direction.

Xiao Liulang broke out in a cold sweat.

No.

They are only husband and wife in name, and one day they will have to be separated.

The two of them...... There must not be anything that should not be produced.

During the meal, Xiao Liulang sat on the bench, and the dried white hospital uniform was waving in the wind, which made him a little upset.

After dinner, Xiao Liulang took a bath for Xiao Jingkong, and then took an axe to chop wood in the backyard.

Gu Jiao was cleaning up the stove house.

The old lady was secretly eating dried bayberry in her own room.

It was raining in the sky.

"Jiaojiaojiao!" Xiao Jingkong suddenly ran out of the West House with a small pillow, "The roof is leaking!" ”

Gu Jiao went to the Westinghouse with him.

It wasn't raining much at this time, it was probably the afternoon rain that had accumulated on the tiles, and it was only leaked out when the wind blew it.

The leaking place is facing the bed of the two, and it is not easy to connect, and it may cause the tiles to break in the middle of the night, and the roof is not honest, and it will not be good to let the heavy rain collapse.

Gu Jiao said: "I can't sleep here tonight, sleep on my side, and I'll fix the roof when the rain stops." ”

Xiao Jingkong hugged the little pillow and happily went to Gu Jiao's house.

Of course, Xiao Liulang could only sleep together.

Fortunately, Gu Jiao's bed is big enough, and the three of them can actually lie down.

It's just that Xiao Qingkong doesn't want to give the bed to the bad brother-in-law, after all, the bad brother-in-law is so big, he has to occupy a large area, unlike his small one, it is enough to nest in Jiaojiao's arms.

"It's fun to be able to sleep with Jiaojiao!"

The joyful little clear space lay on Gu Jiao's bed as he wished, and he arranged himself into a big character - his body was covered with a delicate quilt, and under him was a delicate mattress, as well as a delicate pillow, a delicate pillow towel, a delicate Jiaojiao Jiaojiao......

Xiao Qingkong rolled around on the bed in excitement.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a clutch reached out to him, grabbed the waistband of his trousers, and lifted him up.

Xiao Jingkong was so shocked that his hands and feet fluttered: "Auntie? ”

Old lady: "You sleep with me tonight." ”

Little Clearance: "I don't want it!" ”

Old Lady: "You want it." ”

Little Clearance: "Why?" ”

Old lady: "For my little great-grandchild." ”

The old lady mercilessly took the little one back to her house.

The dream of a small empty space has been disappointed, there is an unreasonable brother-in-law in the front, and an even more unreasonable aunt in the back, the child is really miserable!

When Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang were busy with the business at hand, Xiao Jingkong had already exhausted his strength in the battle of wits and courage with the old lady, and his head was crooked and he snored.

Gu Jiao didn't say anything, took a shower and went back to the house and lay down.

Tired all day today, she slept quickly, and after a while, she let out even breathing.

Xiao Liulang came over after taking a shower, and she was already asleep on the pillow.

An oil lamp was left for him in the house.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, the thick quilt can't cover it, so she covers it half and kicks it half.

Xiao Liulang hesitated, walked over and pulled the quilt on her.

Then he turned off the lamp and lay down slowly beside her, at first with his back to her, but his body was prone to numbness after a long time.

He then turned around.

But what he didn't know was that Gu Jiao happened to turn around and moved her head on his pillow.

His lips brushed against her face without warning.

His mind buzzed for a moment, and immediately went blank.

Outside the house, the rain was falling heavily, and the knocking on the tiles was tinkling, but he didn't hear anything, all he could think about was the sound of his own heartbeat.

He subconsciously raised his hand, intending to push her away, but he didn't push the place, the touch was unfamiliar and soft, and his mind exploded with a bang......

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Gu Jiao slept very well this night.

Xu is golden sore medicine and the herbs that Xiao Liulang grabbed had an effect, and when she got up, she felt that her wound was not painful at all.

However, she found a few drops of dried blood on the pillow.

"Huh? Whose blood? ”

Xiao Liulang had already risen, and he was on the fire in the stove house.

Gu Jiao also went to the stove house after washing.

Now the sky is brighter than winter, and the stove house is no longer dark, so Gu Jiao can see Xiao Liulang's face clearly.

She looked at it for a long time, blinked her eyes and asked, "Didn't you sleep well?" ”

Xiao Liulang had two huge dark circles under his eyes, and his face did not change: "It's a little late to read the book." ”

"Oh." Gu Jiao went to bed early, and there was no way to verify what time he saw when he read the book.

Thinking of something, Gu Jiao said again: "By the way, are you injured?" There was blood on the pillow. ”

Xiao Liulang said with a straight face: "It's not my blood." ”

Gu Jiao was puzzled: "Is that mine?" My wound has healed a long time ago. ”

Xiao Liulang glanced at her deeply, and said solemnly: "You are on fire, nosebleeds, I have seen it." ”

Gu Jiao was very puzzled: "I drink Houttuynia cordata tea every day, how can I still get angry?" ”

Xiao Liulang said expressionlessly: "Then who knows?" ”

Xiao Liulang's expression was so serious that it was difficult to make people suspicious, Gu Jiao sighed, went to the hall and pinched his nose and poured a big bowl of Houttuynia cordata.

Drink so much, you finally won't get on fire again!

Xiao Liulang closed his eyes weakly and broke out in a cold sweat.

While eating breakfast, Xiao Liulang suddenly remembered something: "I forgot to say it yesterday, I found a Mengxue in the town, and I can take my clearance to school today." ”

Suddenly, he was a little clear space for school: "......?!" ”

"So suddenly?" Gu Jiao gave the old lady and Xiao Jingkong a bowl of sweet potato porridge each.

Xiao Jingkong sucked the sweet potato porridge while looking at the bad brother-in-law vigilantly.

…… It always feels like a conspiracy of a bad brother-in-law!

"I forgot to say it yesterday." As soon as I got home, I was teased, and I really forgot about it.

Xiao Liulang continued: "The children of big families will invite Xixi at home at the age of five, and when they are six or seven years old, they will be sent to the clan or private school after reading the thousand-character text. ”

For the first time, he was praised by his bad brother-in-law for being smart, but Xiao Qingkong became more and more vigilant.

Conspiracy, proper conspiracy!

"Where's Mengxue?" Gu Jiao asked.

Xiao Liulang said: "Near Tianxiang Academy, it is a private school that has been open for more than ten years, and there is a Mongolian school class in it, and the class time is about the same as mine, and he can go to and from school with me every day. ”

It's coming, it's coming, the bad brother-in-law is going to start separating him from Jiaojiao!

Gu Jiao had a kindergarten in her previous life, so she was extremely receptive to her three-year-old child's schooling.

When Gu Jiao is not at home, the little clear space is the little trumpet essence, and the old lady is deeply affected by it, and she is happy to see him go to school.

Gu Jiao turned her head to look at Xiao Jingkong: "Does Qingkong want to go to school?" ”

Don't want to!

Xiao Jingkong's words came to his lips and left a heart, if he said that he didn't want to go to school, wouldn't he become a child who was tired of school?

Bad brother-in-law will really dig a hole for him!

Good thing I'm smart!

Xiao Jingkong said cutely: "If I go to school, Jiaojiao won't be able to see me for a day!" ”

Gu Jiao touched his little head: "It's okay, I will send you in the morning, and I will wait for you at the entrance of the village in the evening, if you are free, I will go to the private school to pick you up." ”

Speaking of which, if Xiao Jingkong refuses again, he is not a sensible child.

He swallowed the sweet potato porridge in his mouth without knowing the taste, and squeezed out a cute smile: "Okay, since Jiaojiao wants me to go to school, then I'll go!" ”

It is necessary to go to school, but in order to recover the loss of not seeing Gu Jiao all day, Xiao Jingkong asked for two parting little relatives for himself.

Mengxue is not cheap, two taels of silver a month, a lunch is in charge, and if you don't go halfway, you won't be refunded.

Gu Jiao put two taels of silver into the pocket of Xiao Jingkong, and he insisted on handing over his own clothes and not pretending to spoil his brother-in-law.

One big and one young take an ox cart to school.

Gu Jiao was thinking about how to repair the roof at home.

She went up to the roof to take a look, and found that there were really a lot of broken tiles, and it was estimated that three rooms would leak after a few heavy rains.

She decided to repair the entire roof, and by the way, build two small rooms on both sides of the backyard, so that Gu Xiaoshun would not worry about having no place to live when he returned to the village.

She had some silver on hand, but it was not enough to do so much, so she went to the Zhouji Money Village in the town, took twenty taels of silver, and asked how much money was left in it.

As a result, the treasurer of the bank told her, "One thousand and one hundred taels." ”

Gu Jiao was stunned for three seconds.

"Are you mistaken? Not one hundred and ten taels? Is it one thousand one hundred taels? ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "Our Zhouji Money Village is about credibility, but we can't blacken the girl's silver with a clear conscience!" ”

When Xiao Liulang gave her the pair of cards, she didn't think much about it, just thought it was one hundred and eighty taels, and she never expected it to be so much.

In fact, it was originally more, but it cost a full hundred taels to buy a brush for Gu Jiao, which is really a unique masterpiece in the whole Zhao Kingdom, and poor Gu Jiao has complained for his straight male aesthetics for a long time.

The other twenty taels are the travel expenses that Gu Jiao gave Xiao Liulang to stuff in the baggage, and Xiao Liulang didn't spend it, so he also deposited it in the bank.

Gu Jiao was a little skeptical about life: "Did he really go to the exam?" ”

Are you sure you are not going to Fucheng to carry out the book copying business?

Then Gu Jiao suddenly remembered the fraud in the college exam that Dean Li mentioned to her, Dean Li said that for some reason Xiao Liulang didn't retake the exam, Gu Jiao thought, she probably knew.

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After getting the silver, Gu Jiao went back to the village to start repairing the house, she invited a few village craftsmen, told them her requirements, and asked them to complete the repair of the house in the shortest possible time.

As long as the silver is given more, there is no worry about people working unhappily, not to mention that this is Xiao Xiucai's home, and they are also counting on Xiao Liulang High School in the future, and they can hang a few acres of free land under Xiao Liulang's name.

Gu Jiao's side was in full swing to repair the house, but Gu Jinyu's side suddenly fell ill.

The night she returned from Qingquan Village, she felt that something was not quite right, she just thought that she was tired and didn't go to her heart, and she started a high fever in the middle of the night.

The old servant woman of the cottage said that she had hit something unclean when she went to the grave.

The imperial doctor prescribed medicine, but the effect was very small.

Gu Houye was anxious: "If I knew earlier, I wouldn't have let Jinyu go to the grave!" ”

"Ahem...... Gu Jinyu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice, and asked weakly, "I'm fine, how is my brother?" ”

Gu Yan was not very comfortable in the past two days, mainly because he was born weak, and his body was overdrawn after a night of excitement.

In order to prevent him from running around, Yao had to stay in front of his bed every inch.

"He's fine." Mentioning this, Gu Houye is still very pleased, his son's body is really much stronger than before, if he dared to toss like this in the past, he would have lost his life, but now he is alive again after only lying in bed for a few days.

However, for the sake of prudence, he and Yao both felt that they should let their son recuperate in the room for a few more days.

"It's fine that my brother is fine." Gu Jinyu coughed and said.

Gu Houye said distressedly: "Oh, you are sick like this, and you are still worried about your brother." ”

Gu Jinyu smiled: "After all, he is my only younger brother." ”

Gu Houye thought of the unfilial girl Gu Jiao, gritted his teeth and said, "It would be nice if that girl could be half as sensible as you." I heard Huang Zhong say everything that day, she gave you a look on your face, didn't she? I don't think you ran into something dirty, you just made that girl angry! ”

Gu Jinyu hurriedly said: "Daddy, don't say that about my sister, my sister has grown up in the countryside all these years, and that family treats her badly, she just has suffered too much and doesn't know how to deal with people." If it were me, I wouldn't have done better than my sister. ”

Gu Houye said: "You, you are too kind-hearted!" ”

Gu Jinyu shook her head: "It's really not because of my sister that I'm sick this time, I blame myself." ”

After a pause, she told Gu Houye about losing the question paper.

"My aunt had high hopes for me, but I lost half of the problem that I had managed to solve, and I fell ill in a hurry."

Gu Houye patted the back of her hand: "Silly girl, what's the hurry?" Even if you can't do it, your aunt won't blame you. ”

"Really?" Gu Jinyu looked incredulous.

Gu Houye smiled mysteriously: "Your aunt has written again, do you guess what she said in the letter?" ”

Gu Jinyu thought about it seriously: "Let Daddy take me back to Beijing quickly?" ”

Gu Houye said: "This is nature, what else?" ”

Gu Jinyu frowned slightly: "My daughter can't guess." ”

Gu Hou Ye glanced at her dotingly, and smiled proudly: "Your aunt has prepared a big gift for you, I was going to give you a surprise when you return to Beijing, so it doesn't hurt to tell you earlier." Your aunt has asked Your Majesty for grace, and on the day you die, Your Majesty will personally decree that you will be canonized as the county lord! ”