"Is there any news from the academy?"

"There is no shortage of people for the time being, but I left the address of our home, and he will come and notify us if he needs someone."

Xia Ting nodded. I looked down and teased the chick, and looked closely at her eyes, but found that she seemed to have something on her mind.

"Ah Bong...... Can you tell me about him? ”

Gu Yu bumped into Xia Ting's eyes eager to know the truth, smiled very healingly, and touched her head: "Of course! It was our negligence that we forgot to tell you. He was actually born with a bitter ......."

learned the news of Su Feng from Gu Yu's mouth.

Xia Ting couldn't help but sigh, no wonder his personality was so obedient and gloomy, if it were her, she would probably collapse.

Imagine, in this era of many restrictions on women, his mother was raped, and in desperation, she married the rich and powerful person as a concubine, and after giving birth to Su Feng, she was forced to drive away by her wife, she took the child back to her hometown, and was rumored since childhood. Fortunately, Su Feng's mother took away some silver coins and jewelry before leaving, and she had the capital to study for Su Feng. It's just that a few days ago, there was an epidemic in them, and his mother broke her body when she gave birth to him, and she couldn't survive it, and she died. In the place where that person's family hated, now that he was the only one left, naturally there was no reason to stay anymore. So Su Bong fled and came to them.

"So, you might have to bear with him more. Ah Bong ...... Very well-behaved when I was a child. Auntie was also very nice to us. Gu Yu looked at the road ahead and said a little distractedly.

Xia Ting nodded, "I know." I'll understand him more. ”

Then, she didn't take the ugly words he said before to heart, and the grievances between them were written off.

After all, if it were her, she would definitely not be able to accept such a life and life. is pointed out and blamed every day, no playmates and no love, she can't stand such a day for a moment.

"Thank you." Gu Yu turned his head and smiled at Xia Ting, the breeze blowing, and the soft hair brushed his face. At this moment, it was a little unreal.

Thank you, thank you for accommodating our family situation, thank you for bringing us warmth.

When they got home, it was already afternoon. The eldest brother is still busy with farm work outside, and only Su Feng is left at home. When she went to fetch water in the water tank in the backyard to wash her hands and face, she saw that the window of Su Feng's house was open, and she could see him from her angle, but he couldn't see Xia Ting.

He sat alone on the bed, staring blankly out of the window at a certain place, feeling like a soulless man.

"Huh!" Xia Ting walked to his window and waved his hands at him, "I have something to do in the next two days, and I am short of manpower." Can you help me? ”

Su Feng blinked and looked at her, as if he had just come back to his senses, "I can only read and teach." ”

The implication was that he might not do what she told him to do.

This means that Xia Ting realized it after learning about his life experience, otherwise it would be easy for people to think that his words would be very arrogant.

"It's very simple, you just have to do what I say." Xia Ting smiled, with a "please" expression.

"Cut. I can't stand you. Su Bong turned his face to the side and showed a faint smile.

This is rare. Every time, it is the face that others owe him millions, but this time the corners of his mouth have risen.

"Hee-hee, then it's an appointment."

Xia Ting walked to the kitchen happily and looked at the two jars of sauce again, if you sell it, you can earn half a penny.

She looked at the sun, and it wasn't yet time to set. Taking advantage of this time, she hurried up the mountain to pick it up, and it was gone after the season.

Knowing that she was going out, Gu Yu also hurried over.

"Aren't you going to be a carpenter? Busy with my own business, leave me alone, I can take care of myself. Xia Ting had a helpless point, that is, they never worried about letting her go out alone, especially after that incident.

Over time, the people of the village will make fun of them, alas.

"It's okay, carpentry can be done at night, I can go up the mountain with you to help, and besides, I know the situation better than you."

Xia Ting squinted at him, "Didn't you say that picking sour fruits is a matter for women and children?" ”

Gu Yu touched her nose a little embarrassed and said, "I also have a child." Besides, a lot of people are gone at this point. ”

Therefore, he is not afraid of others seeing him.

Xia Ting said that he couldn't, so he had to let him follow. However, he grew up here and was indeed more familiar than her.

After talking to Su Feng, they went out with confidence. When the eldest brother comes home, if the two of them haven't come back yet, don't worry.

"We have to go down before dark, otherwise it's dangerous at night."

Xia Ting was a little surprised, isn't this all near the mountain? They usually come up, how can there still be wild beasts?

As if sensing her doubts, Gu Yu said to herself: "Although we often go to the near mountains, there is a smell of human beings, and generally wild beasts will not come. But now it's early spring, and they're hungry......"

Xia Ting didn't say anything after hearing this, but she immediately took out the insect repellent powder that her eldest brother had bought for her before from her arms and applied it. Peppermint paste is also used.

Seeing her as if she was facing a great enemy, Gu Yu wanted to laugh a little: "You don't have to be so afraid, with me, I won't let you be in danger." ”

"Who said that?" Xia Ting said seriously, "You are not a big brother, you often go up the mountain to hunt." If there is an accident, we must prevent it from happening. "Why......" she put the insect repellent powder in front of him, "you apply it too." ”

"I don't! I ......"

"Tu Tu!"

Gu Yu was just about to talk about his heroic deeds, but was interrupted by Xia Ting.

"I ......"

"Hurry up, there's no time." Xia Ting frowned at him, quite a sense that if you don't listen to me, I won't go up.

"Oh~" Gu Yu could only reluctantly paint a little, symbolically wiping it, he was reluctant to paint so much.

Walking on the mountain road, Gu Yu walked in front to split the wild stems and weeds.

Xia Ting waved a small scythe in the back, and occasionally saw a lone wild vegetable, and she went up to harvest it as if she saw gold. Sometimes Gu Yu has to stop and wait for her, "Little pavilion~ If you don't leave, it's too late." ”

"Come on, come on, wait until I'm done picking these."

The road that Gu Yu brought her to was not the one that ordinary girls walked, so many wild vegetables were not picked, and they grew fat and tender, and she was reluctant to go if she didn't pick them.

After all, saving a meal is a meal. She didn't want to live without a meal anymore. Although she had something to eat, she knew that it was saved by the two brothers for her and her eldest mother.

Just like that, when Xia Ting went to the sour fruit tree, he already had 2 meals of wild vegetables.

"Second brother, there are a lot of sour fruits in this."

There's only one here, but it doesn't look like it's been plucked.

Gu Yu put down the basket, pulled up his trouser legs, and went up the tree in twos and threes: "This is my secret place when I was a child." Whenever something is unhappy, I come here. There is food and drink, and no one has made a noise yet. ”

Xia Ting looked at it with his introduction, and sure enough, there were all kinds of fruit trees, which were eaten all year round. There is also a small ditch next to it, from which the water gurgles downward, and you can drink it as long as it is filled with large patches of leaves. There was food and drink, no one bothered you, and it was indeed a secluded place.

I think it's all here when he releases his other self.

“…… Even the eldest brother doesn't know here. ”

"Doesn't that mean I'm the first person you brought in? How do you feel so honored, hahahahahaha...... "Suddenly there is a sense of satisfaction and trust that a friend shares secrets for you to listen to.

In the end, it is the power of a man, Gu Yu's speed is much faster than the speed of her and Chunhua at the beginning. By the time the sun went down, they had finished picking the last bunch of sour fruits.

However, the time is more urgent, and I didn't pick it up like last time, and I picked it all when I saw it was ripe. So when I went back, there was one more process, which was to pick sour fruits. If it is a little rotten or moth-eaten sour fruit, it will affect the taste.

This time both of them had full baskets. Gu Yu still took the kind of basket used for hunting, extra-large. And hers is just medium.

It should add up to three or four hundred catties, and if you pick out the bad fruits and branches and leaves, there should be three hundred catties left. When I made the sauce, I should have a 500 pounds, which is absolute.

When they got home, the eldest brother also returned. At dinner he announced the good news that all the fields had been ploughed today, and it would be good to start sowing tomorrow.

"Do we grow rice?"

Xia Ting asked more, because she didn't seem to notice that there were rice fields.

"Species. But the quality of our family's rice fields is not good. Gu Lin said frankly. Although the harvest is definitely not much, it doesn't matter if they can pay some taxes, they are tired.

Xia Ting nodded thoughtfully, "Big brother, can we go and see it tomorrow?" ”

"Good. By the way, when we come back, we can see if we can catch fish. Gu Lin nodded, without any expression. He gradually accepted her, and slowly told her everything in the family to let her know.

Xia Ting's eyes lit up, needless to say, others could feel her leaping mood. No way, who made her curious about everything, especially something that might make money.

After dinner, when it was not yet dark and there was no need to light the oil lamp, I quickly processed the sour fruits picked in the afternoon.

Xia Ting also unceremoniously asked Su Feng to help, as if thinking of what he promised today, Su Feng stopped the pace of returning to the room, and followed Xia Ting to sit in the backyard with a small bench to do work.

Because there is a large water tank in the backyard, it is more convenient to work here. Moreover, the backyard is relatively private, so it will not be probed too much by the neighbors passing by and cause unnecessary discussion and jealousy. After all, their Gu family has always been very poor, and suddenly there is a way, and everyone wants to find out, and even jealous.

The back of their backyard is close to the lake and mountain, which ordinary people do not approach, and the fence is also very dense. Unless someone wants to snoop, I can't see anything.

However, if someone has a heart, it is also very difficult to come and take a look. Because the edge of the fence is a natural barrier flowing out of the lake and mountain ditch, sometimes some insects and ants will crawl out. That's why they sprinkle insect repellent powder on the edge of their fences.

Xia Ting put forward the idea of assembly line work, she was responsible for cutting off the branches and leaves, and then Su Feng was responsible for picking the bad fruits, picking the good ones to Gu Lin, and letting him be responsible for cleaning. And next to Gu Lin is a big water tank, which is also very convenient for fetching water.

Gu Yu also has something to do. He first boiled the hot water, and when Xia Ting finished his work, he had hot water to bathe, and then he made a nest for the chickens next to the yellow bark tree, which was covered with soft grass, and surrounded by a fence, and became runaway. Chicks are prone to scabies, so Gu Yu specially spread a few layers of grass when making a nest to ensure that they will not get cold.

After finishing the nest, he began to prepare for carpentry again. A few days ago, the village chief asked him to make a wooden cabinet, and he has never liked to mop work, so it is better to finish it as soon as possible.