Zhang and Xu Dahai couldn't help it.

Back at home, Zhang said angrily: "In the future, we must not let their family members enter the door." Let's treat them as relatives, kind-hearted, let Lan'er teach her to read and let her eat a few meals, how did she repay us? ”

Xu Dahai was also depressed in his heart.

In the end, he is to blame for this.

If he hadn't agreed to Xu Hui coming over to learn to read, he wouldn't have made so many troubles.

"Big baby, let's strengthen the yard again after eating." Xu Dahai said, "Get a kennel at the door, and let Da Hei live there in the future!" Whoever dares to steal from our house again will let Da Hei bite her! ”

"Good!" Xu Dawa clenched her fists excitedly.

He likes the black dog that Xu Lan brought back, and he often plays with Da Hei on weekdays.

Now it seems that Xu Dahai is willing to make a kennel for Da Hei, but he is very happy.

Zhang glanced at Xu Dahai and did not speak.

Xu Lan pursed her lips.

She knew that Xu Dahai was already a huge step forward to be able to do this.

It turned out that Xu Dahai suffered a loss in the big house, and he always thought of brotherhood in his heart, but he didn't dare to say a word.

Now that the bullying has reached the doorstep, Xu Dahai has finally woken up.

This dumb man lost Xu Lan and thought that he was decided.

As usual, she read the book for a while and then began to cook and clean.

It was busy until the evening.

When everyone in the family fell asleep, Xu Lan lit the oil lamp again and worked hard.

As soon as she entered the house, she was stunned.

The book that Xu Hui had taken was right on her desk.

What's going on?

Could it be that he missed it before and wronged Xu Hui?

No, that's not right!

Xu Lan remembers very well that she searched the entire house carefully several times, and definitely didn't read the book.

Besides, when she went to Xu Hui's house, Xu Hui hid the whole time and didn't dare to come out.

With her temperament, if she had been wronged, she would have jumped out to confront Xu Lan a long time ago.

This book must have been taken away by Xu Hui.

But why did it suddenly come back?

Xu Lan's heart moved.

He was the only one in the entire village who was able to sneak into Xu Hui's house and get the book back.

Is it really Brother Liang?

Thinking of this, she suddenly looked at the window.

The windows are open.

Xu Lan leaned on the edge of the window and looked at the darkness outside, but she couldn't tell if Liang Wei was outside.

"Brother Liang, thank you." Xu Lan didn't know if he could hear it, but she still spoke.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a small sound from the big tree next to him, and many leaves fell.

Xu Lan looked at the tree suddenly.

But there were so many leaves, and it was so dark that she couldn't see anything clearly.

Xu Lan sighed and closed the window again.

The lost medical book was put into the space by Xu Lan.

If this book is seen, Xu Lan's imperial examination will not be clear, not only that, but maybe they will be beaten up by the Liu family and say that they slandered Xu Hui. In order to avoid incidents, Xu Lan felt that it was better not to take out this book for the time being.

Anyway, she was able to memorize the contents of the book backwards.

Since returning the book, Xu Lan has had more things on her desk from time to time.

Sometimes it's a piece of pastry, sometimes it's a new headband, or a handkerchief, or it's fresh fruit.

Xu Lan knew that these were all secretly put in by Liang Wei.

She didn't know what the other party meant, but Xu Lan's heart was a little confused.

He returned the jade pendant to Brother Liang, wasn't he angry?

Xu Lan wanted to ask, but she didn't dare.

She had to focus more on her schoolwork.

Seeing Xu Lan studying day and night, it made Zhang feel distressed.

"Don't stay at home, get out and about." Zhang forced Xu Lan to go around a few times outside every day after reading a book, "I can also slow my eyes, otherwise I won't be able to see things clearly at a young age." ”

Xu Lan had no choice but to do as she was told.

She didn't hang out, but picked up a small bamboo basket and walked around the village.

If you see a fallen wild fruit or a small branch, you will pick it up.

On this day, Xu Lan was urged out by Zhang after reading the book.

She remembered that there were several bark trees at the entrance of the village.

The bark is edible, and every autumn the people of the village get some bark and change the taste.

When Xu Lan arrived at the entrance of the village, she found that the bark of the trees had almost been stripped away.

She searched for a long time before she got a few small pieces.

Suddenly, Xu Lan found that there were a few people with faces probing their brains nearby.

She knew everyone in the village, even relatives from nearby villages and Xu Lan, a small trader who came to the village to sell things.

She'd never seen these people before.

"Who are you looking for?" Xu Lan saw that it was still early, and she could see people in the village from a distance, so she dared to ask.

Seeing that it was a little girl who was asking, these people stepped forward and said with a smile: "We are here to collect grain from the county town, and we want to see if there is any surplus food in your village." ”

When Xu Lan heard this, she knew that these people were lying.

Generally, the grain harvest will be after the autumn harvest, but now it has long passed.

They didn't make a draft of the lie, obviously because she was young, and deliberately fooled her with nonsense.

Xu Lan's heart was like a mirror, but she pretended not to know and said, "Hey, you ran away in vain." ”

"This year, our village has a bad harvest, and we have suffered from insect plagues, and we don't have enough food to eat, so how can we sell it to you." Xu Lan shook her head and sighed and said, "Many people are going hungry, you see, I'm not picking tree bark, thinking about saving some for winter." ”

The people looked at the bark and a few wild fruits in Xu Lan's basket, and exchanged glances with each other.

Xu Lan was secretly happy in her heart.

Fortunately, I don't pay attention to what I wear at home, and I only wear my old clothes on weekdays. Recently, I have lost a little weight by studying hard.

Otherwise, if they were to be told the same thing in new clothes, they would not have believed it.

"Little girl, who is the richest in your village?" Actually, a man with a mustache asked.

"What are you asking for?" Xu Lan looked at him.

"Rich people must have a lot of food at home." "We want to ask him if he sells it." ”

"At first glance, you are a newly opened grain store, and you don't even know that our village is a well-known poor village." Xu Lan said, "Where are the rich people in our village, everyone is about the same, it's good not to starve to death this year, who still has surplus food." ”

She pointed to a few trees in the doorway and said, "You see, it's not winter yet, and the bark is gone." ”

When the people looked, they saw that the trees nearby were all bare.

They couldn't help but gather together and mutter.

Xu Lan turned to the side, pretending to pick up branches, but in fact pricked up her ears to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Tsk, this village is too poor, are we looking for the wrong place?"

"No, it's Lianzi Village, I asked several times, and the old woman is from Lianzi Village."

"She must have made a windfall, didn't you see, that day she rewarded the shopkeeper with a few taels of silver for nothing, without blinking her eyes."