The road in the village is not easy to walk, especially the section to Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao's house, there are too many potholes, and it is easy to sink the car wheel into it.

The mule cart stopped at the entrance to the village.

"Brother Xiao." The classmate took the lead in jumping out of the carriage, stretched out his hand to help Xiao Liulang down, and took Xiao Liulang's burden down.

After Xiao Liulang stood still, he glanced back at Gu Jiao.

I saw Gu Jiao jumping out of the carriage lightly and carrying the basket on her back.

Xiao Liulang retracted his gaze and said to his classmates: "You go back, you don't need to send it anymore." ”

It was getting late, and the coachman was getting a little impatient.

The classmate then said: "Okay, I'm leaving, don't forget the exam in three days." The academy is not on holiday that day, so I won't come to pick you up, you remember to go yourself. ”

"Hmm." Xiao Liulang nodded lightly and took the burden.

The road was not easy to walk at night, and they didn't have a lantern in their hands, so Gu Jiao didn't move, and waited silently for Xiao Liulang on the side.

The classmate glanced at her coldly, pulled Xiao Liulang away, and whispered: "Brother Xiao, in three days, you will take the exam well, and if you are admitted, you will be able to live in the academy, and you don't have to be bullied by this wicked woman anymore!" You don't have to worry about the leg treatment, I will continue to inquire about Dr. Zhang's news. Oh, also, you eat the osmanthus cake yourself, don't be cheap to that wicked woman! ”

Gu Jiao was sweating when she walked back from the market with the basket on her back, but she was dried on the mule cart, and her red and fluttering little face was frozen white at this moment, and she was a little dazzling in the moonlight.

Xiao Liulang's afterglow swept over her, and the classmate wanted to explain a few more words, but was interrupted by Xiao Liulang: "Got it, you go back." ”

The classmate opened his mouth, but Xiao Liulang didn't pay attention to him anymore, grabbed the burden in one hand and the crutches in the other, and turned around and went in the direction of his house.

Gu Jiao stepped forward to follow.

Gu Jiao's distance from him was just right, not too close, but if she fell, she could also hold people in time.

However, Xiao Liulang is very familiar with this road, and nothing happened until he got home.

At this time, it was already dark, and the doors of every house were closed, only Xue Ningxiang came out to pour the bath water and was stunned at the door for a while.

"Ah Xiang, why don't you come in? What are you looking at? ”

Inside the house, Xue Ningxiang's mother-in-law was lying on the hospital bed and asked her in a hoarse voice.

Xue Ningxiang blinked in a daze and said, "No, it's nothing." ”

She must have seen it wrong, how could Xiao Liulang walk with that little fool? Although they are two people, they are more enemies than enemies.

The old house of the Gu family.

Today is cooking in the big house, and Zhou and his daughter Gu Yue'e bring the hot meal to the hall and set up the dishes and chopsticks.

In the Gu family, women don't eat at the table, and there are only old man Gu, eldest son Gu Changhai, second son Gu Changlu and three grandchildren on the table.

The old lady Wu took her two daughters-in-law and granddaughter Gu Yue'e and sat in the stove house with bowls to eat.

Old man Gu is Lizheng, more productive than most villagers who only know how to shave food in the field, and the big guys can't see meat a few times a year, but the Gu family can eat meat twice a month.

Today is the day to eat meat.

Pork belly stewed with cabbage, and even the soup exudes a rich meaty aroma.

But there is not much pork belly, and one person and two chopsticks can't eat it.

After Gu Changhai and Gu Changlu each sandwiched a slice, under the majestic momentum of their father, they didn't dare to fight the idea of this bowl of meat anymore, and turned their heads to pick pickles and pickles.

Old Man Gu didn't eat much himself, only sandwiched a small piece, and gave Gu Xiaoshun and Gu Ershun a piece of small and small each, and gave the rest to Gu Dashun.

Gu Xiaoshun counted carefully, there were five pieces, and all of them were big!

"Why do you give him everything?" Gu Xiaoshun muttered resentfully while picking up rice.

Gu Ershun said softly: "That's because the eldest brother is a scholar, and our family is pointing at the eldest brother." ”

When he said this, he actually couldn't help but glance at the meat in Gu Dashun's bowl.

He's greedy.

It's really gluttonous.

But he was used to this kind of differential treatment.

There are so many men in the family, only the eldest brother is a piece of reading material, and this autumn eldest brother was also admitted to the county school, which is higher than his grandfather's original achievements.

"Cut." Gu Xiaoshun rolled his eyes, "My brother-in-law is also a scholar, why don't you call him to eat meat?" ”

"How can that be the same? The eldest brother has been admitted to the county school, how can he compare with the eldest brother? ”

"My brother-in-law just didn't take the test."

The two brothers were still fighting, and Old Man Gu slapped the chopsticks on the table with a bang, and the two of them shut up instantly.

The old man started a fire, not to mention that the three grandchildren couldn't bear it, even Gu Changhai and Gu Changlu were a little pestle.

The room was eerily quiet.

"Second brother, have I read the book to you? There are annotations made by me on it, you can read it carefully, and if you don't understand it, come and ask me. ”

It was Gu Dashun who spoke.

He is the only one who dares to speak up to the old man's anger.

His voice is clear, his tone is calm, unhurried, and he really has the demeanor of a reader.

Old Man Gu looked at how this golden grandson was pleasing to the eye, and his anger quickly disappeared.

Gu Ershun smiled flatteredly: "Then I'll thank my eldest brother first!" ”

Old man Gu taught all three grandchildren at the beginning, only Gu Dashun took the test, and the old man's knowledge couldn't teach him anymore, so he sent Gu Dashun to a private school in the town.

The private school is too expensive, and the Gu family can only afford the best one.

Gu Ershun dreamed of being the same as Gu Dashun.

Old Man Gu was not angry and said arrogantly: "Don't quarrel with your eldest brother these days, he has an exam." ”

Gu Ershun nodded respectfully: "Got it, grandpa." ”

Gu Xiaoshun didn't want to stay longer, so he left after eating three or two bites.

He wanted to go out, but he couldn't go through the front door of the hall house, nor could the back door of the stove house, and the Wu family was no easier to deal with than the old man.

Gu Xiaoshun decided to go over the wall.

But as soon as he climbed halfway, he was caught by Liu: "Gu Xiaoshun!" You come down for me! ”

Gu Xiaoshun was dragged down by Liu.

Liu slapped his head and said in a low voice: "Your grandmother is here, you don't want to live anymore, do you?" ”

"Don't hit me in the head!" Gu Xiaoshun said impatiently.

"What are you doing out so late?"

"My sister hasn't come to dinner for a day, so I'll go see her."

Liu snorted: "It's just right that she doesn't come, what are you going to see?" I became a pro-person and ran to my mother's house every day, what is it like! ”

Gu Xiaoshun pouted and said: "The third uncle and the third aunt didn't say that before they died, grandma promised the third aunt, my sister is going to recruit a son-in-law in our family, and the surname Xiao is the son-in-law who comes to the door, and my sister is still our family." ”

Liu couldn't say anything about him, so he pinched him hard!

Gu Ershun is obedient and useless, Gu Xiaoshun is neither obedient nor useful, she is blind and she gave birth to two children!

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Gu Jiao bought rice noodles at the market, she didn't expect Xiao Liulang to buy them too, and she also bought a few more white-flour steamed buns.

Gu Jiao went to the stove house to heat up the steamed buns.

It was Xiao Liulang's fire.

Gu Jiao is not pretentious.

When she went out, the injury to her wrist was not serious. But she did something in the bazaar, and her wound was torn. It was also a shame that she thought her home was not safe, so she carried a medicine box with her and bandaged it on the spot.

Neither of them mentioned the three cornmeal steamed buns in the morning, Xiao Liulang didn't explain, and Gu Jiao didn't question.

"Let's eat right here, warm." Gu Jiao said. She was so frozen that she was shivering all the time.

Xiao Liulang hesitated for a moment, hummed, and sat down on the small pestle beside Gu Jiao.

It was the first time that the two of them were so close, so close that he sat on Gu Jiao's left side, and he could clearly see the birthmark on the left side of her face.

In the past, Gu Jiao was covered with a thick layer of fat powder, but now she is facing the sky, and she has no cover.

The corners of Xiao Liulang's good-looking lips moved slightly, but he didn't make a sound.

Just as she wouldn't ask about him, he wouldn't ask her.

These are two unrelated people, and there is no need to be more deeply involved.

The white-flour steamed buns don't taste good, but Gu Jiao has been hungry all day, so she won't be picky about this.

Gu Jiao was a little choked on food, went back to the house and drank a sip of water, and when she returned to the stove house, Xiao Liulang was no longer there, and there was a bag of things on the small bench.

Gu Jiao opened it and took a look.

It is osmanthus cake.