At the dinner table tonight, Yang Huiyun sensed that something was wrong.

Gu Huai'an Cheng was eating with his head down, and the dishes were only sandwiched between the two plates in front of him, and his head was about to be buried in the rice bowl.

She looked at Gu Changning again and found that she was also distracted, and the dishes in front of her were directly unclipped, and she only used chopsticks to unconsciously dip a few grains of rice into her mouth and send them to her mouth, and her absent-minded appearance made her even more confused.

"Today...... Is something going on? Yang Huiyun frowned.

It will take her at least a month and a half to move around the village normally, and she has been living in her house these days, either making small clothes for her unborn children, or running around the stove in her backyard, and she has not heard anything about the village for a long time.

She saw that the brother and sister both looked distracted, and she was rarely aroused.

"A-Niang, let me ask you, what do you think of Yunshan Academy (the academy is empty, so I use it if I think the name is good, please don't sit in the right seat)?"

"Yunshan Academy? I heard that this academy is not bad, the masters who teach there are all famous scribes, the academy has a strong reading atmosphere, and most of them are excellent students......" Speaking of this, Yang Huiyun noticed that something was wrong, she looked at her daughter in surprise, "What are you asking for?" ”

"No, just ask." Gu Changning smiled sweetly, and then continued to bow his head to eat.

Although Yang Huiyun also continued to eat, when she asked this, a small flame suddenly rose in her heart, burning faintly.

Yunshan Academy? Could it be that Ning Ning wants to ......

The meal was eaten in the minds of the three of them.

When Gu Changning was cleaning up the stove, Gu Huai'an was also helping on the side.

After being silent for a long time, he couldn't help but ask: "Ning Ning, what did Fang Cai say...... Are you serious? ”

"What's wrong? Do I look like I'm joking? ”

"That's not ......" Gu Huai'an hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that the bundles of the academy are not cheap, especially Yunshan Academy, where most of the gentlemen who teach are famous Confucians, and there is no need to say more about the silver taels needed, our family can't take it out at all." ”

If he can get that silver tael, Daddy doesn't need to take over the work of the neighboring town, and he can directly push the three rooms of the South House back up, let alone encounter robbers on the road and lose his life.

When Gu Changning heard this, the movements in his hands slowed down, and he remembered that A-Niang was not allowed to tell his brother for the time being, so he could only explain in a concealed manner: "Now, there must be no way...... But who can say what will happen in the future, if we can't keep it, our family will be able to make a fortune, and we can send you to study in the academy? ”

Hearing this, Gu Huai'an chuckled, knowing that his sister was really comforting him, deliberately ignoring the faint disappointment in his heart, and said with a smile: "Well, maybe one day our family will be able to make a fortune, and then give Ning Ning a dowry." ”

Gu Changning wrinkled his nose at him with a dark face, made a grimace again, and said, "Brother, you always mention the dowry, people are girls, how embarrassed you are to mention this!" ”

At this time, Gu Huai'an couldn't help laughing, and said, "Okay, it's my brother who said the wrong thing, my brother apologizes, don't mention it in the future, okay?" ”

Gu Changning pretended to be unhappy and thought for a while, before he nodded his little head, indicating that he would let him go.

Although she didn't show it on her face, she scolded herself to death in her heart.

Originally, going to the academy to study was just an idea of hers, but now that there is nothing at home, she thought about waiting until this winter to see the situation, and if she could earn more than two silver, she would go to Ah Niang again.

Who knew that when she heard what happened to her brother in the school, she couldn't hold it back, and she was about to say it for a while, but she disappointed her brother, and she blamed herself!

Gu Changning made two slapping movements in his mouth, intending to remind himself that he couldn't be so reckless in the future!

But soon, Gu Changning remembered one more thing and was a little puzzled.

"Brother, there are so many students in the school, why does the master ask you to stay every day?"

Gu Huai'an was stunned, he thought that this matter was over, but he didn't think that his sister would think about it again at this time, and hesitated for two seconds before he said lightly: "Left...... Nothing was prepared......"

Nothing to prepare? What does that mean......

Gu Changning was just about to ask carefully, but a flash flashed in his mind, and he glared at his brother and said, "Are you saying that there are no students who give gifts to the master?" ”

Gu Huai'an pursed the corners of his lips and nodded slightly.

How can it be!

Gu Changning's hands were trembling, and she tried her best to restrain the anger in her heart, but she couldn't stop the flames of anger.

How can a gentleman of such conduct be worthy to teach!

However, she also knows that there is no solution.

Gu Changning hung his head and said sadly: "Brother, I will definitely find a way to let you go to the academy to study!" ”

The gentleman of the academy is also a famous scribe, and his reputation is the most important, so why would he not do such a thing to give people authority?

Of course, Gu Changning is not so naïve as to think that every gentleman is high-spirited, but with such an obvious stain like this, they don't bother to lower their taste, right?

Gu Huai'an's eyebrows and eyes were soft, the corners of his mouth were curved, he felt warm in his heart, and responded warmly: "Hmm." ”

He knew what the current situation was at home, and he also knew that it was impossible to go to the academy to study, but Gu Changning's words still made him very useful.

This is the family that can face and bear together no matter what difficulties they encounter!

The brother and sister quickly cleaned up the stove and went their own way.

The next day, the sky was slightly bright, Gu Huai'an had eaten morning food, and when he was about to go to the study, he was startled by his sister's sudden request.

"You want me to go with you to harvest white wicker?" Gu Huai'an's eyes widened slightly, "Why?" ”

"I'm going to make wicker weaving." Gu Changning said confidently.

"...... "So my sister has an idea of willow weaving after chopping wood, learning to embroider, taking care of the vegetable garden, and hatching chickens?"

"While the sun is not drying now, I just went to harvest the wicker, and it will be uncomfortable to harvest it when the sun comes out later!"

Gu Huai'an followed his sister with a wooden face to harvest the wicker at the place where the willow trees were piled up.

The willow tree has two crops a year, the first is harvested in the summer and the second is harvested in the winter.

Because the first crop is just in time for the busy agricultural period of planting crops, there are not many people who come to pick wicker, Gu Changning and Gu Huai'an saw a dense patch when they came to the willow tree, and the appearance of the willow was like saying to them, "Let you pick and cut".

If it is the second crop to harvest, it is estimated that there will not be so much.

After all, everyone is nested in the house in the winter leisure time, can not go out to visit the door can not work in the field, this willow weaving is the village people in the winter leisure to talk about the use of boring, and this thing can also sell a few copper plates by the way, the right to supplement the family.

Therefore, after the autumn harvest, there are many people who harvest the willow, and they are eager to pick up the skin on the willow tree and sell it for money.

Wicker needs to be picked on a sunny day, otherwise it is easy to become moldy and discolored.

So after they brought a bunch of wicker home, they began to prepare to peel and dry.

The wicker branches were dry, and the peeled skin could not be wasted, so Gu Changning boiled them all and prepared to put them in the compost bin for composting.

The land must be fertile to grow well, she has not forgotten the acre of land in the backyard of her home, if you really want to plant something, you have to pay attention to fertilization.

Fortunately, she used to follow Gu Shan when he was composting, and sometimes when she ran around the village with her little sisters, she would pay attention to whether there were any materials suitable for composting from time to time, and if she did, she would pick them up and throw them into the compost bin when she went home.

She is still relatively experienced in composting, and she doesn't feel any confusion when she does it now, and she has done it quickly, and now she just needs to wait for a while to turn over the materials underneath.

When she started to cook the bark, Gu Huai'an was driven back to the room by her, the main thing is that this job does not need two people to guard at the same time, and it is useless for him to stay here, so he simply let him go to the study to do his own work.

Yang Huiyun was originally surprised that Gu Huai'an didn't go to school today, but later Gu Huai'an said that Mr. had something at home and gave him a five-day vacation, so he was blinded and didn't continue to ask.

Gu Changning went to pick wicker in the morning, and a lot of work had not been completed, so she thought that if Yang Jin and the others came to call her, she would not go out with them today.

As a result, not long after this decision was made, the sky was suddenly shrouded in a layer of black clouds, and a sudden wind blew around, blowing the leaves of the jujube trees in the yard falling wildly, looking like a storm, and the frightened Gu Changning hurriedly put away the wicker branches that had just been dried for a long time, put them in the firewood room, and waited for them to dry.

The wicker branch has a great effect on her, although Ah Niang has not let go of her mouth to agree to grow vegetables in winter, but she is sure in her heart that Ah Niang will not refuse, so from now on she has to prepare utensils for loading soil.

It is impossible to buy, according to her estimates, if the remaining three rooms are used to grow vegetables, it will need dozens of utensils, and if it is at the market price, it will cost a penny of silver.

This is the price at which the shop is sold to the outside world, if it is calculated according to the price sold by the farmhouse to the shop, the amount of willow weaving utensils that can be bought with this money and silver will at least double, she is stupid to buy it in the shop, anyway, she doesn't know how to make it, she just does it herself, but it takes more time.

Anyway, the last thing for her now is time.

Of course, the amount of these wickers picked today is definitely not enough for her to realize her plan, and it is conceivable that Gu Huai'an will not be easy in the next five days.

If the sun is good, she plans to pick it in the morning and again in the afternoon until she has all the necessary amounts.

After all, the best harvest period is only about half a month, if you don't take advantage of the current harvest to harvest a little more, after this time, you will have to wait until the second harvest in October and November, and there are many people picking at that time, and how much she can pick at that time depends on their own ability.

So try to prepare it completely at the time of the first crop.

Gu Changning looked at the dark weather, hoping that God would give her some face, at least not too much rain in the past few days, so that she could have time to dry the wicker.

However, God fully told her with his actions-

Excuse me, who are you?