"Tomorrow I'll find some thatch, and I'll patch up the roof of these holes." Gu Dashan walked around several rooms and found that the roofs of several rooms were rotten and had to be repaired quickly.

Gu Jinli was smoking the rat hole in the house with wormwood, and when he heard this, he said, "Dad, use the weeds in the yard to make up for it." ”

The weeds in the yard grow more than half a man's height, cut them all off, tie them into slabs of grass, and tie them up on the roof to repair the missing roof.

"Huh." Gu Dashan also took a fancy to the weeds in the yard.

While talking, one of the rats could not stand the smoke, ran out of the hole, rushed into the sack she was covering at the mouth of the hole, and ran in three at once.

She hurriedly put away the sack, tied the mouth of the sack, slammed the sack to the ground a dozen times, and after throwing the rat to death, poured out the mouse carcass, and continued to smoke a mouse hole.

was busy until it was almost dark, and finally smoked the rat holes in several rooms, and blocked the holes with the stones that Cheng Ge'er picked up.

"Second sister, there won't be any rats crawling out when you sleep at night, right?" Brother Cheng squatted next to Gu Jinli, looked up at her and asked.

Gu Jinli nodded: "Well, the rats in the house are all cleared, and there will be no rats crawling on Cheng Ge'er when you sleep at night." ”

"Xiaoyu, don't always scare Brother Cheng." Gu Jinan carried a hoe, took the sack containing more than 20 dead mice, carried the sack out of the yard, and took the dead rat to a distance to bury it.

When I came back, there were three more grandfathers by my side.

The third grandfather said: "I have seen the old well with Qin Lao, and the water is still coming out of it, as long as the silt in it is cleared and raised for a few more days, the water can be used." ”

They will take a fancy to this old house, in addition to the fact that these old houses are connected together, and they can live together, but also because of the old well more than ten meters away.

With this old well, the women and girls of their families do not have to go to the village to fetch water and wash clothes, and they can avoid the scoundrels in the village and be safer.

"Eh, I'll go to the well tomorrow to clean up the mud after I finish the roof." Gu Dashan has done a lot of work, masonry, well drilling, carpentry, iron, anti-sack, cleaning the silt of the old well, it is not a problem for him.

The third grandfather said: "Don't worry, wait until tomorrow to discuss with a few families, and after setting a charter, we will work again." ”

"Don't talk about it yet, come over and eat." The third grandmother and Cui Shi had already made dinner and brought it to the hall.

Dinner was a pot of old rice porridge, a big bowl of stewed soybeans, and there was not even a little oil star, but everyone ate happily.

The third grandfather sighed: "We can be regarded as having tiles to cover our heads." ”

Compared with the time when I fled the famine before, sitting in the open field and eating boiled grass roots and leaves, today's life is simply a fairy.

The third grandmother looked at this big family and cried while eating. She has no sons in her life, and now she lives with the Dashan family, and she can be regarded as living a life full of children and grandchildren.

When the third grandfather saw it, he scolded: "You mother-in-law, what are you crying about, today is a good day for us to move to a new house." ”

The third grandmother hurriedly wiped away her tears and said, "Eh, don't cry, you should be happy!" ”

After everyone finished eating, Gu Jinli took the opportunity to say: "Third grandfather, third grandmother, father, after the New Year, let's send our eldest brother to study in a private school." ”

"Studying?" Gu Jinan was surprised: "Xiaoyu, why did you suddenly say this?" It costs a lot of money to go to a private school, where can our family afford it? ”

Gu Jinan wanted to study very much, but he was unwilling to drag down his family for the sake of his own study.

Gu Jinli said: "Big brother, why do you want us to pay three taels of silver in the village today?" It's not because we don't have a backer, if there is a talent or a person in our family, they dare to bully us like this? ”

Gu Jinli was angry about giving Dafeng Village three taels of silver today, but she knew that they had no power, no power and were poor, so they couldn't be tough, so they could only endure it first.

"If we want to turn over, we can only take two paths, the first is to study and test for fame, and the second is to make a lot of money."

She doesn't want to live a poor life, money must be earned, and the ancient people were afraid of officials, so they can't fall behind in studying and taking fame.

Gu Jin'an has been smart since he was a child, Gu Dashan and Cui's have always wanted to send him to study, but when he was in his hometown, Mrs. Gu didn't let him, and he was not allowed to read, as soon as he saw him writing on the ground, it was a beating, and the couple always felt very sorry for Gu Jin'an, and now when they heard that Xiaoyu wanted to send Gu Jinan to study, they would not object at all, they would only support: "Brother An, my father will go to a private school after the year, let's go to study." ”

The third grandfather also nodded and said, "Brother An, you should go to school." ”

Gu Jinan was very moved, but he looked at the skinny family, and still hesitated: "If you want to be famous, there is no one who can't do anything in three years and five years, our family only has thirty-two taels of silver left, and these silver money still have to be used to buy things to live on, and we don't have land, even if we open up the wasteland and farm the land, if we want to harvest it will be after June next year, and in the middle of half a year, we have to buy food to eat." After a pen of calculations, this money is not enough at all, how can there be money to study? ”

Gu Jinan really wanted to go to school, when he was in his hometown, he went to inquire about the money for a year's private school, that is the old money, just a year's bundle costs five taels of silver, and the New Year's festival for Mr.

The worst ink strip in Da Chu costs 200 wen, and the worst yellow paper costs 50 wen a piece, these are all consumable things, and they have to buy them every month, their family has no income, where can they afford him?

"We can make money without money, but we can't stop reading this book!" Gu Jinli's attitude was very tough, she pointed at Gu Jinxiu and said: "Big brother, you also heard the words of the three lepers today, there are such bad people in this village, if you want to protect the sisters in the family, you have to have a good reputation, and you have to make them afraid of us." Otherwise, with the appearance of the eldest sister, someone will rob her one day, and our family will have no place to cry. ”

She is young and not afraid of being robbed. But Gu Jinxiu is different, she will be fifteen years old after the New Year, and she looks good, and those bastards who can't keep it look at them are fleeing from the wilderness, and they want to bully people, so they have to guard against it.

Gu Jinxiu saw Gu Jinli talking about herself, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Xiaoyu, I remember what you said to me." I don't leave the house alone, I carry a knife with me, and I practice the tricks you taught me, so I won't let myself get into trouble. ”

Xiaoyu said that she can't be lucky to be saved by her every time, if she wants to be safe for a lifetime, she must learn some self-defense tricks and protect herself, and she has worked hard to learn.

Gu Jinli nodded: "Well, we know, the eldest sister is working hard." ”

looked at Gu Jinan again and asked him, "Big brother, the situation of our family is here, do you want to read this book?" ”

Gu Jinan looked at Gu Jinxiu, then at Gu Jinli, and at Brother Cheng with an ignorant face, gritted his teeth, and said, "Read!" ”

No matter how hard and tired he is, he has to make a name for himself, and only in this way can he protect his family.

Gu Jin'an's study is settled, and the family is very happy.

Before dawn the next day, Gu Dashan's family got up, cut off the weeds in the yard, found some branches, split them into soft tree strips, tied the weeds into grass boards one by one, and then Gu Dashan climbed to the roof, tied the grass boards with the beams and pillars of the house, and repaired the roof in less than half an hour.