Liu Shulai thought about it for a while, as if his own black heart lotus really didn't have to let him eat it.

Having said this, where does he still not feel that he has been fooled? So, Liu Shulai, who consciously fell for it, chased after the second brother who had just fooled himself and beat him a few times.

On weekdays, Liu Shuyan has never been presumptuous, let alone playing.

Now that he has been troubled by his eldest brother like this, he feels that his whole body is happy. Even his neat clothes were soaked with sweat, and even his heartbeat was a little short from playing, he felt that he was still unsatisfied.

In fact, Liu Shulai didn't want to take his second brother to have fun before, but he also knew that the places he went to were not serious, and they were really not suitable for the second brother who only read the books of sages.

Moreover, he really couldn't bear to listen to the second brother talking in his ear. I don't want to be caught and beaten by his mother for taking my second brother to fool around.

So most of the time, he just cares about the second brother's body, and when he encounters fun and delicious food, he remembers to send some to the West Courtyard.

Of course, if he heard that someone was bullying Liu Shuyan, then he would naturally secretly make up for it.

It is precisely because of this that even though Liu Shuyan is a little out of place among the students who can run and jump, and often get together to eat, drink and play, he has never encountered anything that has lost face.

Of course, Lin Youzhi was an accident that time, and Lin Youzhi was not repaired by Liu Shulai in the end.

Cai He and Cai Ru, who were picking wild peaches on the side, saw that their brother-in-law and the second young master of the Liu family were making a big fuss, so they simply kept cheering on the side. As for who to cheer for, Lin Baoru didn't hear it, but this did not prevent her from watching the excitement on the side.

In fact, the scale of this peach grove is not large, but the yield of peach gum in peach trees is not low, according to her rough estimate, how can a tree have a yield of more than a catty. If it is picked normally, it should be able to pick forty or fifty catties when picking all over the hillside.

Except for the beauty soap and balm that she can use from her own workshop, the rest can be resold as an input, whether it is sold as medicinal herbs or tonics.

It's just that she doesn't know about the peach gum market, but she can't rush to settle this matter.

Lin Baoru pondered the value of peach gum in her heart, and used the sickle in her hand to remove the weeds under her feet, thinking about walking behind the mountain to see if there were still patches of peach trees inside.

If this place is indeed suitable for growing wild peach trees, then in addition to picking peach gum, she can think of some effort and find someone to graft these peach trees into suitable peach trees. Not to mention how much money those peach trees can make, at least they can produce a season of sweet peaches every year in the future, and selling them can be regarded as a long-term income.

Even if he has married into the Liu family, and even started to manage several shops, in the depths of Lin Baoru's heart, there is a difference between his own family and the Liu family.

In the final analysis, she is just helping the Liu family take care of the shop now. And what is here in Taoxi Village is what really belongs to her, and it is her confidence that she can do whatever she wants.

It's not that the Liu family treats her badly, and it's not that the Liu family is worried about what the Liu family has to do with her. It's just that Lin Baoru knows in her heart that she has no sense of belonging to the Liu family and no sense of dependence on Liu Shulai.

It can be said that from the very beginning when she decided on this family affair with Liu Shulai, she was always prepared for the result in case she couldn't stay in Liu's house one day.

At the beginning, she told Liu Shu that if he met someone who wanted to live a lifetime in the future, as long as he made it clear to her, she would naturally not be uninteresting and unsightly, and it was not a whim to say it casually.

At that time, and even now, she still thinks this way.

As far as she is concerned, as long as she is strong enough in the future, she is not afraid of being abandoned, let alone leaving. On the contrary, the little things she buys will become the confidence for her to live a free life.

Now Lin Baoru, I probably can't remember that she once thought that if Liu Shulai was a greedy and lustful person, she would find something to put in his yard.

After all, after knowing that Liu Shulai didn't have that mind, she really didn't want to find some women to put on her own.

Liu Shulai didn't know what she was thinking, and if he knew, he was afraid that he would have to jump again.

A few people fought and walked up for a while, and when they were halfway up the mountain, Lin Baoru was completely deflated. Although there are a lot of wild peach trees here, it is not the kind of peach forest she imagined, even if it can be turned into sweet peaches and sold after grafting, the input is limited.

As for peach gum, at best, it should only be able to pick hundreds of catties after the sky. If you think about it carefully, it is estimated that it is better to buy a mountain to pick it than to let the villagers pick it by themselves, and then it is cost-effective for the Lin family workshop to buy it.

At least, more than two hundred taels of real money, relying on these peach gums alone is afraid that they will not be able to recover their roots in ten or eight years. V3 Academy

In addition, there are many rocks on the front side of the mountain compared to the back mountain, and there is no water source or river nearby, so it is more arid. It is precisely like this, when the sun is just on the hillside, the wild peach trees can still be sparse and self-contained, but the farther they go, the fewer the wild peach trees become, and occasionally a few small saplings are no different from those that have not grown.

When it came to the back, not to mention Liu Shulai, Lin Baoru, who was full of joy at the beginning, was very disappointed.

If it were such a hill that was not suitable for cultivation and had no value, it was indeed not worth the price of two hundred and eighty taels of silver. If you buy it, I'm afraid it's very likely to smash it.

Lin Baoru breathed a sigh of relief, beckoned everyone to find a cool place to rest.

Liu Shulai and Liu Shuyan naturally had no strength at all, but Cai Ru took Cai He and looked around, wanting to see where they could still find some wild fruits, so that they could pick more and let their eldest sister make a snack together.

Lin Baoru didn't restrain the two of them, but just told them to slow down when they played, so as not to hurt themselves.

That is, half an hour's work, and the two little ones returned with baskets full of loads. In fact, there are no good wild fruits on this mountain, in the final analysis, they are just some wild peaches and unripe sour dates.

However, Cairu and Caihe were still very happy, especially when Caihe jumped in front of his eldest sister, they were all happy.

On the north slope, a few people didn't go again.

The first is that Liu Shulai is a little petty, and the second is that there are a lot of gravel on this hillside, and there are a bunch of weeds at the roots, even the road that was originally stepped out of is not easy to walk. In addition, Lin Baoru looked at it, there are indeed no good things on this mountain, even some wild vegetables are out of season.

When I walked back, although the speed was still not fast, I had to rest for a while, and it was a little brisker. Even Liu Shuyan didn't fall behind the chain.

As for Cai Ru and Cai He, they squeezed their brother-in-law away and gathered in front of Lin Baoru to talk about the objects in the basket. said that when they picked up a lot of big fruits and broke some ghostly branches, the two of them couldn't help but show off.

"Eldest sister, I'll weave a red rope for you when I go back, and I'll wear it on my hand when I see it, but it's beautiful." Cai Ru looked at her eldest sister with bright eyes, and said as if offering treasure, "Grandma used to say that those things were coaxing, so my mother never let me string, but some time ago, my mother bought a red rope and asked me to learn the technique of hand rope from Cai He." ”

The boundary of Taoxi Village is also a little particular about ghosts and sorrows, and in a year, when there is a temple in the town and a New Year's time, there are ghosts and sorrows to drive away evil spirits and keep peace. However, when the town held a temple fair, many vendors and jugglers would send ghost beads to attract popularity.

Don't talk about whether the ghost beads are useful or not, anyway, the appearance is always better than the ghosts you pick up at home, and there are fewer people who go up the mountain to pick up ghosts and worries over time.

Even if there were, most of them cut a few branches and went back to carve a small wooden knife or a small sword to ward off evil spirits for the children at home and hang it on the door.

But Rao is like this, a girl of Cairu's age often used a ghostly kernel bracelet in the first two years, which is a rarity.

At that time, Cairu and Caihe saw Xing'er wearing a few pairs, but they were not envious.

It's just that every time they didn't wait for them to find a piece of red rope with their grandmother, they were counted down by their grandmother and aunt. After many times, they naturally didn't dare to mention it.

I didn't even dare to ask for my own bracelet, let alone go to the temple fair, it was impossible. Every time they go back to the town to have a temple fair, most of them have to work at home and in the field, even if the work in the field is done, don't they have to help the eldest aunt and the little cousin!

Cai Ru still remembers that she begged her grandmother for a long time the year before last, and finally got her grandmother to promise that if she met someone at the temple fair, she would ask them for a few. But in the end, the beads were not seen, and they were said something unpleasant by the eldest uncle.

That is, now, their family is living comfortably, and the two children are also indulged in some cheerful appearances, which makes the two of them love beauty again.

Lin Baoru looked at Cai Ru's casual words and knew that she was not indulging in the past. It's just that after a little thought, she can guess what Liu and Zhang's thoughts were at the beginning, probably because they were worried that their sisters would delay their work by picking up the branches.

Of course, it may also be at that time, grandma Liu and uncle Zhang, who really looked down on them, didn't want them to be happy at all. Even a small, worthless trinket made of some white twigs was not happy to let them get it.

However, those things have passed in the end, and Cairu and Caihe obviously didn't take it to heart, so of course Lin Baoru won't mention it again.

She took the basket on Caihe's arm and said with a smile: "Okay, then the eldest sister is waiting for your bracelet." ”

As she spoke, she looked curiously at the so-called ghost in the basket. Originally, she just wanted to take a casual look, thinking of using an excuse to praise Cairu and Caihe, but she didn't expect that when she saw the contents of the basket clearly, she was suddenly surprised.

If she was disappointed at that time because she looked at the peach tree, then she was very surprised when she saw the ghost in Cai Ru's mouth now.

The branches were grayish-brown, with some emerald green. The leaves are long and narrow, the leaf shaft is slightly flattened, there are straight grooves on both sides, and there are no hairs. The leaves on both sides are nearly opposite, and they are quite thin. The key is that the few orange-yellow fruits on the top made Lin Baoru's eyes light up.