After walking for a while, Gu Xuebin suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at Su Jinyao fixedly.

Seeing that Su Jinyao was in a panic again, she couldn't help but take a half step back and ask, "What's the matter?" ”

"Are you nervous?" Gu Xuebin took a step closer and asked her.

"Yes...... Have it? Su Jinyao flatly denied it. She won't admit it if she hasn't been in love.

"I'm telling the truth." After Gu Xuebin finished speaking, he put Su Jinyao's little hand on the placket of his clothes, wiped away the sweat vigorously, and then pressed it on his chest, and said, "I'm also nervous, but what I said will be counted." ”

"Hmm." Su Jinyao's face turned red again, she had never felt so shy and timid. But it's good to meet such a tsundere and domineering, but gentle guy for the first time in love.

"If you say yes, you have to remember." After Gu Xuebin finished speaking, he took Su Jinyao's little hand again and walked forward.

As the sun sets, the mountain road is not far away, but both of them walk very slowly.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, more of a silent surging affection between the two, a little green and completely sweet, an indescribable heartwarming taste.

Gu Xuebin cleared his throat before saying, "Remember to eat in the future." It's too late today, so if you don't want your family to be in a hurry, go back quickly. When is the next time you go to town? I'll send you. ”

"Three days later." Su Jinyao arrived directly, and there was still a faint expectation in her heart.

"yes, got it." Gu Xuebin nodded, looking quite attentive.

"You also remember to take your medicine on time and don't run around if you're fine. And ......" Su Jinyao thought for a while and said, "If your uncle asks you to practice, don't practice it yet." Tell him that you can't consume your body a lot now, and it's not too late to practice when you get better. ”

"Okay, I got it." Gu Xuebin replied naturally.

Su Jinyao and Gu Xuebin walked all the way to the village by hand, and they could already see the curling smoke rising in the village. Only then did Su Jinyao break free from Gu Xuebin's hands and said to him, "Go back." ”

Gu Xuebin's eyes were slightly gloomy, and he said: "When I'm ready, I'll grow taller, and I'll send you in a bright light." ”

"It's not that I dislike you." Su Jinyao hurriedly said: "I know that your uncle is a little taboo, and my father is also unwilling to tell me about my mother's medical skills." So it's not time for people to know that I'm helping you heal. ”

After listening to Su Jinyao's words, Gu Xuebin hooked his lips and smiled. The smile curled at the corner of his mouth was faint, but with warmth and doting, and then waved his hand and said, "Then I'll watch you back here." ”

"Okay." After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she turned around and left. She could feel that Gu Xuebin's clear gaze had been staying on her back, but she had the heart to turn back, but she felt ashamed, so she had to walk faster and faster, and almost ran back home.

As soon as he entered the house, Xiaocheng'er walked out with the goat Xiao Hei, and when he saw Su Jinyao, he said, "Second sister, are you back?" Did you see the driver go back? I also told him to meet you on the way and send you back. ”

"Nope." Su Jinyao thought, maybe it was because she and Gu Xuebin drove the carriage back when they walked up the hillside, otherwise they would have met each other, how embarrassing it would be.

Sophie heard Xiao Cheng'er and Su Jinyao talking and came out, and asked, "Jinyao, why did you buy so many bedding?" And it's all summer quilts, and you have to add cotton in winter. After speaking, he felt that it was wrong, and hurriedly added: "The eldest sister doesn't blame you, the eldest sister feels sorry for your hard work, so save some if you can." Our family is used to living a hard life, and we don't need everything to be new. In addition, there are two bags, I don't know what they are, so I put them on the kang in your house. ”

After the commotion the day before, Su Jinyao's things were directly placed in the house for her, and Sophie would not move a little.

"It's okay, it's still early in winter, and it is estimated that there will be more money than at this time, and then I will make a new winter quilt." Su Jinyao finished with a smile and entered the house. I said hello to Su Xiangui first, and then went to wash my face.

Sophie said outside the door again: "Jinyao, I went to Aunt Niu's house today to ask, she said that it is very easy to grow vegetables, I have roughly remembered it after talking about it, and if you don't understand, you can ask her at any time." However, her family has no vegetable seeds, and she will have to wait for a month to produce seeds. I think our family didn't just plant a little, they planned to buy some seeds for themselves. ”

"yes, okay. I remember that the next time I went to the town to buy it, I would pick up a few vegetables that we didn't have in our village. Su Jinyao finished washing her face, took out the ointment she bought before and came to Su Xiangui's house, and said, "Dad, this is the ointment I bought for you, your hand-woven basket is cut, and it won't hurt if you rub the ointment." ”

"Hey, yes, yes." Su Xiangui took the ointment, and the smile on his face was still moved. Then he asked, "How's the money you lent Chun Niu going?" You also left a tael of silver yesterday, so take it too. Our family is not in a hurry to use the money now, you have to do your best if you promise others. Dad can't help, he can't make it difficult for you. ”

"No, it's all raised, there's still something left. Didn't you even buy a new futon? And, ah, I added vegetables today, the delicious food I brought back from the city. Dad, our family will not be short of money in the future, so you can live a good life with peace of mind. I know it in my heart, and you can support me. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she looked outside and said, "I helped my eldest sister cook, but I didn't eat at noon and was hungry." ”

"You rest, the meal will be ready soon." Su Xiangui said.

Su Jinyao didn't stop laughing, and still went out. I went back to the house and got the oiled paper bag with the roast duck in it, and then went to the kitchen.

Sophie was stir-frying, and she smelled the smell of meat.

Su Jinyao asked, "Eldest sister, did you buy meat?" ”

Sophie said: "Well, the Wu family killed the pig, so I went to buy a piece of meat and two pig bones." The meat is fried with lentils, and the pork bones are also boiled. Put some spinach in the bone broth for a while, and then beat an egg into it to make egg drop, which is fine. ”

"Okay, it's soup and meat, it's quite hearty. It just so happens that I still have a dish here, wrap it and put it on the stove to heat it up, and then open it when I eat it later. Su Jinyao smiled and put away the oiled paper bag for the roast duck and went to pick spinach. Helping Sophie with her work, the meal was ready soon.

Xiao Cheng'er also came back with Xiao Hei, who had eaten milk, and ran into the kitchen and shouted: "Eldest sister, second sister, I'm hungry." What did you do, it smells so good. ”

Su Jinyao said: "I'll eat right away, the eldest sister bought meat and pig bones; I have a special dish here, and I'll show it to you later. There are good things for you after eating. ”

"What's good? Second sister, tell me now. Xiaocheng'er hurriedly came over and smiled at Su Jinyao, with a flattering face.

"Go, wash your hands, and tell you when you're eating." Su Jinyao ignored Xiaocheng'er's flattery. She estimated that if she took out the brush and paper now, Xiaocheng'er would have to fiddle with the pen and paper, and she would not eat properly.

But Xiaocheng'er saw that Su Jinyao didn't tell herself, so she pulled Su Jinyao aside, and then lowered her voice and said, "Second sister, you tell me something good, and I will give you a good thing." But it's a good thing. ”

"Aha, have you learned to tell me the conditions?" Su Jinyao smiled and pinched Xiao Cheng'er's nose, but she was also a little curious. Then he turned to Sophie and said, "Eldest sister, you work hard, bring the food to Dad's house, I have something to say to Xiaocheng'er." ”

"Well, go ahead. Hurry back and eat, or it'll be cold. Sophie told her to go and serve the soup again. Seeing Su Jinyao and Xiaocheng'er running out mysteriously and nesting into Su Jinyao's hut, Sophie smiled and said, "It's two children, muttering and carrying people on their backs." ”

Xiao Cheng'er came to Su Jinyao's house and asked anxiously: "Second sister, tell me quickly, what a good thing." ”

"Tell me first, what are you going to give me?" Su Jinyao was not convinced, and she definitely couldn't let Xiao Cheng'er hold herself, so she asked first.

"I won't say it, second sister, you say it first." Of course, Xiaocheng'er refused to show weakness, and carried a serious way with his little hands behind his back.

"Then let's guess the fist." Su Jinyao came up with a killer idea. But guessing boxing, she really hasn't done it for a long time, or she played with her little sister when she was in an orphanage in her last life, and then she was adopted by the organization, and she never played this again. Or rather, her childhood was nothing more than training and killing.

Xiao Cheng'er was in high spirits, and a small fist was stretched out inside, looking ready.

The two sisters and brothers guessed boxing, Su Jinyao had good eyes, quick reactions, and secret psychology, so she won two wins in three games.

Xiao Cheng'er knew that there was no way to win against Su Jinyao, and he was embarrassed to play tricks, so he had to make a grimace at Su Jinyao. Then he took out a small money bag from his arms and threw it to Su Jinyao with a proud face.

"Silver!" Su Jinyao opened the money bag and saw that in addition to the copper plate, there were also a few pieces of broken silver, which added up to more than a penny. Su Jinyao frowned and asked in a low voice, "Is this the private money you saved?" Is the business of Xiaoshuipu so good? ”

"It's not." Xiao Cheng'er shook her head and said, "Second sister, don't you want to help Aunt Chunniu raise money, I will sell the snake you hit yesterday." It also happened that not long after I arrived at the small water shop with the snake yesterday, a passing guest came to drink water, and I saw the snake I was hanging on the side to peel the skin. He said that he wanted to buy it and make wine, so he gave me these pieces of silver, which added up to more than a penny, and gave them to you. I also plan to go to the mountains every day before going to Xiaoshuipu to pick some mountain delicacies and get some bird eggs to sell for money, so that the second sister doesn't have to work hard to make money alone. ”

Su Jinyao then remembered that she had to eat snake soup after hitting a snake. As a result, I had an unpleasant quarrel with Sophie, and I forgot about it all.

Su Jinyao stuffed the money bag into Xiao Cheng'er's hand, and said in a low voice: "The money lent to Chun Niu has been raised, and the second sister doesn't want this money." If you want to keep it, just keep it as a private money, don't make a noise, and keep it secretly. If you don't want to take it, give it to your father. ”

"Second sister, you take it, take it." Xiao Cheng'er stuffed the money bag to Su Jinyao again, and said, "I see that other people's girls all wear earrings or something, and neither do you and your eldest sister." Uncle Liu doesn't bring these things with him every time he comes, I can't buy them for you if I have the heart, you often go to the town and the city, and buy and wear what you like when you see something beautiful and like. ”

Su Jinyao listened to the warmth in her heart, touched Xiao Cheng'er's head, and said: "Okay, the second sister of this silver is collected, it is regarded as a gift from Xiao Cheng'er to the two sisters, go back to the city to buy two pairs of earrings, and the eldest sister will wear them on one pair and one pair." ”

After speaking, Su Jinyao took the bag containing pen, ink and rice paper from the kang, handed it to Xiao Cheng'er and said, "It's for you, open it and take a look." ”

Xiao Cheng'er took it and touched it first, probably touching the doorway, and there was a surprised expression on his face. Then put the burden on the kang, and divide it by two. When I saw that it was really rice paper and pen and ink, I jumped for joy. turned to hug the stack of rice paper and kissed it fiercely. turned around again, and came to kiss Su Jinyao again, Su Jinyao hurriedly pushed Xiaocheng'er's brain away, and said, "Okay, don't be happy, everything is yours, go and eat." ”

"Second sister, can you let me try to write a word first? Just dip it in ink and write a word. Xiao Cheng'er stretched out a finger pitifully and begged.

"Nope." Su Jinyao pulled up her face, saw Xiao Cheng'er's disappointed expression, and smiled again, and said, "Teasing you." It's not that the second sister won't let you write, it's that you have to start writing before you want to use the brush. You go get some warm water, it's not too hot, just drip warm on the back of your hand. This newly bought brush should be soaked first, and the tip of the pen can be softened before it can be used. ”

"Oh, I see. I'll go. After saying that, Xiao Cheng'er ran out. After a while, he came back and had already brought a small bowl with warm water in it.

Su Jinyao pulled out the cap of the brush, and both brushes were soaked in water. Gently turn the pen a few times, so that the pen tip is soft, and then lift the pen and swing the pen on the edge of the bowl a few times, and then soak the pen back into the water. Then he said to Xiaocheng'er: "Let's go, go eat first, otherwise it will be cold and not delicious." When I came back, the brush was almost soaked. Then the second sister will teach you to write. ”

"Just soak it like this? Would you like to add some ink or something? Xiao Cheng'er's eyes were fixed on the brush, and he didn't blink a blink, and he didn't seem to want to leave.

Su Jinyao pulled up Xiaocheng'er and said, "Okay, let's go." If you can't soak it, you can't fly, and the second sister will teach you well when you come back from dinner. Otherwise, I won't teach a word in the future. ”

"Okay, let's go now." Xiao Cheng'er hurriedly agreed. obediently followed Su Jinyao out to eat.

Su Fei'er had already set up the food in Su Xiangui's house, and was waiting for Su Jinyao and Xiaocheng'er to come to eat.

When Xiaocheng'er entered the house, he sat down on the edge of the kang, grabbed the bowl and wanted to eat. Su Jinyao pressed his hand and said, "Wash your hands." Don't be in a hurry when eating, chew slowly to digest. ”

"Yes, I listen to the second sister." Xiao Cheng'er immediately agreed, put down the dishes and chopsticks and went to wash his hands.

Seeing Xiaocheng like this, Su Xiangui smiled. asked, "Jin Yao, what are you sisters and brothers doing mysteriously?" Xiaocheng'er, this little monkey is much more obedient than before. In the past, I fought with the Wu family's boys at every turn, and I was often bullied. ”

"I bought him some pen and ink and rice paper and taught him how to write well. He loves to learn, so he is obedient. Su Jinyao said truthfully.

Su Xiangui looked at the back of Xiaocheng'er washing his hands, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Okay, our Su family's children can also read and write, and they are out of breath." ”

Xiao Cheng'er washed her hands, sat back at the table while wiping, and said, "Dad, if the woman lets me take the exam, I think the second sister can also take the exam before coming back." The words I know are all taught by the second sister, and the second sister must be more promising. ”

"Okay, we just have you in our family. The second sister makes good money, you go back to take the top prize, I do business, and our family can collude with officials and businessmen. Su Jinyao said as she smiled and opened the oiled paper bag wrapped in roast duck.

This roast duck is full of flavor, when the paper package is not opened, it is fragrant, and now when the oil paper package is opened, the roasted duck skin oil is sizzling with a special burnt aroma.

Xiao Cheng'er lifted his nose and took a few breaths fiercely, and asked, "Second sister, this is a duck, it's so fragrant." Just look at ...... It's a little burnt. ”

"Well, this is a roast duck made by cyclamen in the city, which is famous far and wide, and I heard that there are guests in the capital who come to eat it. I'm going to get one back for everyone to try. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she pulled out the horn knife she had been carrying with her from behind her, washed the blade and wiped it dry with a white cloth, and then said, "Roast duck, you want to eat it in slices, look at my craftsmanship." However, the authentic way to eat should also have green onions, sauce rolled pancakes to eat, today is too late, try it like this first. ”

Su Jinyao's knife technique is dexterous and precise. These hands, which were once used to kill people, are now used to slice roast duck with real ease.

However, after slicing the outer layer of roast duck, Su Jinyao used a knife to cut the meat inside a few times, frowned slightly, and then her eyes lit up, thinking that she had guessed the right way.

After slicing the skin and meat of this roast duck and neatly placing it on the plate, Su Jinyao beckoned everyone to eat first, she went to wash her hands and the grease stains on the knife, and then came back and sat at the dining table.

"Hey, why don't you eat it?" Su Jinyao saw that no one moved their chopsticks, and couldn't help asking.

"It's not bad for a while, waiting for you to eat together." After Su Xiangui finished speaking, he first sandwiched two slices of roast duck meat for Su Jinyao, and then sandwiched lentil fried meat in her bowl, covering the rice in her bowl.

Su Jinyao smiled, sandwiched roast duck for her father, eldest sister and Xiaocheng'er, and said, "Let's eat something fresh." However, this duck is not very good, but the taste is okay. ”

"Isn't this a famous restaurant in the city, how can it be done well?" Xiao Cheng'er put a slice of roast duck meat in his mouth, chewed it twice, squinted his eyes and looked intoxicated, and then swallowed it hard before saying: "Second sister, you are lying, this roast duck is obviously so fragrant, you still say that the roast is not good?" It's a taste that can only be made in a big restaurant. ”

Su Xiangui and Su Fei'er also ate a piece, both of them showed surprised expressions, and nodded together.

Sophie also said, "I've never eaten such a delicious duck." This skin is oily but not greasy, and it is quite crispy. ”

"Yes, it's very fragrant, and the meat tastes good." Su Xiangui also praised the roast duck for being delicious.

Su Jinyao put a piece of roast duck in her mouth, chewed it carefully, and tasted the taste of this roast duck thoroughly, and already had a plan in her heart.