This was not a big dedication, but in Su Jinyao's opinion, Gu Xuebin was so careful and serious, he was serving himself from the bottom of his heart, and the feeling of being cared for made Su Jinyao, who had always been accustomed to being alone and used to being strong, soften her heart again.

Gu Xuebin fed Su Jinyao a fish, and saw that Su Jinyao didn't speak. looked at her still thin body, and couldn't help but feel distressed. immediately tore off the two thighs of the roast pheasant, handed it to Su Jinyao and said, "Not enough?" Chicken thighs are given to you. ”

"Huh? Oh, that's enough, it's full. Su Jinyao came back to her senses and blushed. She was only interested in enjoying the sweet feeling, but she was completely distracted, and now she touched her stomach and realized that a fish had been full.

"No, you have to eat both chicken legs, you're too thin." Gu Xuebin stuffed the chicken leg hard, and it almost didn't fit into Su Jinyao's mouth.

"Cut, and said me. You don't have a few taels of meat on your body. Su Jinyao was not hypocritical, she simply put the chicken legs one by one, and said, "Okay, don't be humble anymore, it's not that you don't have to eat." If it's not enough, wouldn't there be a pheasant and a fish? ”

"Well, let's eat it. I'm hungry too. Gu Xuebin was no longer humble, took a chicken leg, and nibbled on it with Su Jinyao.

Neither of them is a person without rules and cultivation, but they eat happily and eat happily. It's like this with the person you like, you don't need to worry about any image and face at all, as long as you are completely relaxed and even not afraid of self-blackening.

It wasn't until the sun set in the west that Gu Xuebin said that his clothes were dried and he planned to go back.

In fact, Su Jinyao already knew that his clothes were dry, but the two of them didn't want to go back early, so they kept pretending to be stupid with each other.

Gu Xuebin said: "Jinyao, I'll send you back." ”

"No need." Su Jinyao pulled Gu Xuebin's wrist again, checked his pulse, and made sure that the poison in the stream water in his body was cleared, and then he was relieved. Then he said, "I'm going straight down the mountain from here, and it's my backyard." After you send me back, it's a detour, and I can walk by myself. It doesn't matter if you have the poison in the stream water on your body, it's best to take a hot bath and get a good night's sleep when you go back. After all, my clothes got wet all afternoon. ”

"Okay, I remember." Gu Xuebin nodded, and did not insist on sending Su Jinyao back. He also knew that no matter how insistent he was, it would be a waste of Su Jinyao's mind. If he is completely well, he will not have to worry about this.

After walking a few steps apart, Gu Xuebin turned around and said, "I forgot to bring you the money to buy medicine again." Or you'll come here tomorrow and I'll bring you the money. ”

This was not a big dedication, but in Su Jinyao's opinion, Gu Xuebin was so careful and serious, he was serving himself from the bottom of his heart, and the feeling of being cared for made Su Jinyao, who had always been accustomed to being alone and used to being strong, soften her heart again.

Gu Xuebin fed Su Jinyao a fish, and saw that Su Jinyao didn't speak. looked at her still thin body, and couldn't help but feel distressed. immediately tore off the two thighs of the roast pheasant, handed it to Su Jinyao and said, "Not enough?" Chicken thighs are given to you. ”

"Huh? Oh, that's enough, it's full. Su Jinyao came back to her senses and blushed. She was only interested in enjoying the sweet feeling, but she was completely distracted, and now she touched her stomach and realized that a fish had been full.

"No, you have to eat both chicken legs, you're too thin." Gu Xuebin stuffed the chicken leg hard, and it almost didn't fit into Su Jinyao's mouth.

"Cut, and said me. You don't have a few taels of meat on your body. Su Jinyao was not hypocritical, she simply put the chicken legs one by one, and said, "Okay, don't be humble anymore, it's not that you don't have to eat." If it's not enough, wouldn't there be a pheasant and a fish? ”

"Well, let's eat it. I'm hungry too. Gu Xuebin was no longer humble, took a chicken leg, and nibbled on it with Su Jinyao.

Neither of them is a person without rules and cultivation, but they eat happily and eat happily. It's like this with the person you like, you don't need to worry about any image and face at all, as long as you are completely relaxed and even not afraid of self-blackening.

It wasn't until the sun set in the west that Gu Xuebin said that his clothes were dried and he planned to go back.

In fact, Su Jinyao already knew that his clothes were dry, but the two of them didn't want to go back early, so they kept pretending to be stupid with each other.

Gu Xuebin said: "Jinyao, I'll send you back." ”

"No need." Su Jinyao pulled Gu Xuebin's wrist again, checked his pulse, and made sure that the poison in the stream water in his body was cleared, and then he was relieved. Then he said, "I'm going straight down the mountain from here, and it's my backyard." After you send me back, it's a detour, and I can walk by myself. It doesn't matter if you have the poison in the stream water on your body, it's best to take a hot bath and get a good night's sleep when you go back. After all, my clothes got wet all afternoon. ”

"Okay, I remember." Gu Xuebin nodded, and did not insist on sending Su Jinyao back. He also knew that no matter how insistent he was, it would be a waste of Su Jinyao's mind. If he is completely well, he will not have to worry about this.

After walking a few steps apart, Gu Xuebin turned around and said, "I forgot to bring you the money to buy medicine again." Or you'll come here tomorrow and I'll bring you the money. ”

"Does this make the nobles forget things?" Chunniu teased, "Didn't you tell us yesterday to come over after packing up the house?" Siping and I went to the field today, and the crops are growing very well, and we don't need to take care of them. The house has been repaired, and now there is really nothing to do, so I will come to you and ask you what we can do. Didn't Siping learn the craft of basket weaving with Brother Liu, what about me? ”

Su Jinyao smiled: "Are you in a hurry, or are you in a hurry to make money?" However, since I'm free, let's come over tomorrow. It's good that someone on my side takes over, but I have to help with other things. ”

"Okay, then Siping and I will come over early tomorrow morning." Chunniu agreed, turned her head to Su Xiangui and said, "Brother Liu, Siping will be handed over to you from tomorrow." His hands are skillful, and his mind is smart, but his mouth cannot speak, and his ears cannot hear. But he can read, and if you speak slowly, he can roughly understand. So you have to bother to teach him this craft well. ”

Su Xiangui hurriedly said: "Brother and sister, you are talking about foreign words." But don't forget, Siping and I are from the same village, and you only recently got married. Of course, I know that Siping is clever and willing to endure hardships. Don't worry, I promise to teach him well. And he's in my house, the wind can't blow, the rain can't shine, and the sun can't shine, so don't worry. ”

"Okay, then thank you Brother Liu, let's go back first." After Chunniu finished speaking, she said to Su Jinyao again: "Jinyao, I thank you too, I'll go first." ”

"I've heard you say this 'thank you' many times. Don't say it in the future, if you want to thank it, thank you with your heart. I'll see if you can do the job I've given you. If you can't do it, I won't use you. Su Jinyao spoke so directly.

Chunniu smiled when she heard this, and said, "Okay." I just like Jinyao, you are so refreshing. I also have a bottom in my heart, and I'm really afraid that if I don't do something good, you will hide it. ”

It's decided, Chunniu and Siping left. Su Jinyao didn't leave them to eat, because she knew very well that the two of them wouldn't eat if she kept Chun Niu, so she simply didn't make those hypocritical humilities.

After sending Chunniu and Siping away, Su Xiangui asked, "Jinyao, it's been so long, and you haven't told your father yet, what kind of deal did you make with Xiaocheng'er outside?" How can I have so much money every day? ”

Su Jinyao said: "Dad, I didn't want to hide it from you, but at the beginning, I felt that this method was unreliable, and I was afraid that you wouldn't understand it." Now that the business is stable, I'll tell you the truth. Xiaocheng'er and I opened a small water shop on the official road on the other side of the mountain, and brought a sip of water to the passing guests. All this money is kindly rewarded by the guests. But I'm going to send Xiaocheng'er to the school next month, so I'll leave this deal to Chun Niu to take care of for me for the time being. ”

As soon as Su Jinyao finished speaking, Su Fei'er took a plate of vegetables and sent it to Su Xiangui's house. After hearing this, he paused for a moment, and then said to Su Jinyao: "Jinyao, do you mean that what the small town has been taking care of these days is the small water shop on the official road?" I won't be able to go to the town in a few days, so I'll help you. ”

After Sophie finished speaking, Su Jinyao frowned slightly. She had always felt that it was not appropriate for Sophie to do this job.

First, she is not as smart and clever as Xiaocheng'er, and whether the business of this small water shop is good or not really depends on the faces and moods of the guests. If the guest is happy to answer correctly, the reward will naturally not be less. But Sophie can't, she sometimes speaks with a bit of meanness.

Second, Su Jinyao felt that Sophie was not a generous person. If you feel that the reward given by the guest is less, or if someone simply does not give the reward, Sophie's face shows it, then this business will not be able to be done.

Su Jinyao said, "Eldest sister, Dad still needs someone to take care of me." And didn't you turn over the ground in our front yard and backyard to plant vegetables? There's a lot of work in this house, so you can work hard and stay at home. I handed the small water shop to Chunniu, she is still idle after all. ”

When Sophie heard that Su Jinyao still insisted on handing over the small water shop to Chunniu, she hurriedly said, "Jinyao, after all, we are a family." The reward given by this guest is more or less inaccurate. You let Chunniu watch, she is still short of money after all. After that, Sophie didn't say anything.

However, Su Jinyao also understood what Sophie meant. Su Jinyao shook her head and smiled, and said, "Eldest sister, don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people." Now that I've decided to use her, I'm going to trust her wholeheartedly. It's good to let Chun Niu try, if she can do it, I will make some fame on this official road in the future, and Chun Niu can help me keep this road. ”

"There must be a big name." Sophie listened to the astringency in her heart. But looking at Su Jinyao's meaning, she really didn't want to give it to herself at all. simply said: "Jin Yao, didn't you tell me before that you can't easily believe the words of outsiders." Why did it change to your own head today, and it changed its meaning? The eldest sister is really for your own good, for the sake of this family, and she doesn't want such a good deal to end up taking advantage of others. However, if you think Aunt Chunniu is credible, then believe her. If...... If she really can't do it, the eldest sister will go to help you and prop up this shop. ”

When Su Jinyao heard this, she felt a little awkward. However, Sophie is her eldest sister after all, not to mention that her stinginess is not the first day she has seen, so she has to nod and say: "That's for later, let's take a look first." ”

Su Fei'er still didn't believe herself when she heard Su Jinyao's meaning, and her heart was even more panicked. But remembering what her father had told her before, she sighed, relaxed her mind, and could only let Su Jinyao go.

Dinner was still eaten in Su Xiangui's house as usual. While eating, Su Xiangui asked, "Jin Yao, tomorrow Siping will come to learn art, what will I teach him?" Or you help your father figure it out and see what style of bamboo basket looks good. ”

"Let Siping think about fiddling with it first, and Dad will also see how his craftsmanship is. I think he doesn't have to stick to the form, he naturally has his own set of ideas. As long as Dad teaches him the craft of how to weave. As for what style he decides, if it is all carved out of a mold, it has no characteristics. ”

Su Jinyao thinks that if this craft is done well and her mind is lively, she can become a folk artist. But if it is too rigid to pursue a style, then the best craftsman is just a craftsman. If she was given a choice, she would rather cultivate an artist with her own ideas and be able to come up with good works, rather than a Seiko craftsman who would only work hard and make according to the style.

Su Xiangui didn't quite understand Su Jinyao's words, but he felt that what Jin Yao said seemed to make sense, so he said, "Then I will teach according to Jin Yao's wishes." However, whether the weaving is good or not, and what style is appropriate, you have to choose it yourself. ”

"Okay, you do it first, and I'll check it out together when I get back. If there is really a high-quality product, I will also give Siping a bonus if it is sold at a good price. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she said, "Dad, don't you want to learn to keep accounts, I'll teach you after dinner in a while." Did you know how to write? ”

"No, it won't." Speaking of this, Su Xiangui's face was still red, and then said: "Your mother used to teach me, but I was busy all day at that time, and when I returned home, I was so tired that I fell asleep, but I didn't learn a big word." Now Jinyao, you teach me, don't think Dad is too stupid. ”

Su Jinyao smiled: "No, Dad won't be stupid." You see how smart Xiaocheng'er is, he is his father's son, and of course his father is not stupid. ”

"Jinyao, can I also learn bookkeeping from you?" Sophie heard that her father was also going to learn to keep accounts, and she wanted to join in the fun.

Su Jinyao smiled: "Of course." If you still want to learn to write and compose poetry, I will simply teach you together. Anyway, teaching Xiaocheng'er a person is almost the same thing as teaching three of us to say the same thing, and it's all the same thing. ”

Sophie hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I don't learn to write, I feel tired when I watch Xiaocheng'er write." I just learned to keep accounts. In a few months, the vegetables grown in our vegetable field will be sold, so I can also set up an account book. ”

"Well, I'll teach you the simplest and most convenient way to keep accounts." Su Jinyao smiled, thinking that she could use modern Arabic numerals and "borrow" and "loan" methods.

After all, Su Jinyao didn't know how to keep accounts in ancient times, but she felt that Arabic numerals were easy to learn and write; In modern banks, tens of billions of dollars of money are recorded by the loan method, and she taught this method to her father and Sophie, and they can learn it more easily. Moreover, Dad and Sophie could not read, let alone write, so they would certainly not find it strange to teach them modern numerical bookkeeping.

Thinking of this, Su Jinyao couldn't help but laugh. He added: "Actually, I haven't learned a serious bookkeeping method, but I have figured out a method by myself, and I remember it very accurately, and it is clear and organized." But if you show it to the real bookkeeper, you probably won't be able to understand it. You can use it yourself at home after you learn it, but don't take it out to others. ”

Sophie agreed, "Yes, it won't." We keep accounts for ourselves, but we can't show them to others. ”

There is no need to worry about Su Xiangui, he stays at home all day and will not go out at all. I remember that it is also the account of the money in and out of the family, how can anyone take their own savings to outsiders.

After the bookkeeping was settled, Su Jinyao asked Sophie again: "Eldest sister, do you know who raises ducks in our village?" It's not the kind that lays eggs, it's ducks that eat meat. It's the kind of duck we ate yesterday. ”

"Not really." Sophie thought for a moment: "You need a pond to raise ducks." We also have to eat feed and small fish, and there are not many chickens in our village, let alone ducks. Occasionally, whoever raises a few of them also lays eggs and does not eat meat. ”

Su Jinyao said: "Then where can I buy ducks for meat?" I guess there are a lot of them. ”

Su Xiangui said, "Why don't you go and ask Chunniu?" There is a pond in Lijiatun, her mother's house, and someone should raise ducks. ”

"Okay, I'll ask tomorrow." Su Jinyao pondered, this duck is not a few can solve the problem, it is best to find stable farmers to supply themselves.

After eating, as soon as the dishes and chopsticks were cleaned up, Su Jinyao went back to the house and brought pens, ink, and paper. cleaned up the small kang table, wiped it twice, and then spread a piece of paper to teach Su Xiangui and Su Fei'er to recognize Arabic numerals.

Because the two of them hadn't learned these things at all, Su Jinyao listened to them as much as they taught, and they really didn't have any doubts. It's just that Sophie is a little sluggish, and the numbers are memorized, but once the ten or hundred digits are passed, they can't read it accurately. She could count the number of money she had exchanged, but she couldn't put them on paper and write them down in Arabic numerals.

Although Su Xiangui is older than Su Fei'er, his receptivity is not bad. Su Jinyao taught him three times, he could basically understand, just say a number, Su Xiangui can still write clearly, even faster than Su Fei'er learned.

After writing for a while, Sophie put down the brush in her hand, rubbed her wrist and said, "This writing is really tiring, why is every word crooked, it looks really weird." ”