Gu Wanhua saw it on the side, and was a little disapproving, as expected, he was still a little child, and he was bluffed by a piece of candy.

Although the taste was so-so, Gu Chengyu still refused another piece given by Gu Chengzhong, watching Gu Chengzhong put some of the melted sugar cubes back into the oil paper bag, Gu Chengyu thought to himself, when Ming'er came back, he also asked his father to buy some maltose in the town and come back to taste it for a few juniors in the family.

When the ox cart returned to Shangling Village, Gu Chengyu saw that his house was already halfway pushed, and several people were busy working in the yard. It seems that all his family's belongings have been moved into the house at the foot of the mountain, but he didn't expect to demolish it today.

Looking at the half-collapsed mud-brick house, Gu Chengyu felt mixed feelings in his heart. Thinking of the beginning, he was born in this small courtyard, in a blink of an eye, he has lived for nearly five years, and every grass and tree in the yard has a special affection for him. Gu Chengyu put down the curtain silently, and did not ask Gu Lao Dad about the situation of building the house, the ox cart went straight forward, and Gu Chengzhong's house had to go a little further.

"Third uncle! You guys can move fast enough, I can see that Ming'er can clean the house! Gu Chengzhong also opened the curtain of the car door in front of him and saw that most of the Gu family's house had been ripped off. As early as a few days ago, I heard Brother Hua talk about the current situation of the third uncle's family. Alas! The third uncle's family is really up, and now even the big house is lived.

"Hey! Sooner rather than later! We have already read the yellow calendar, and they all say that the day after tomorrow is a good day, isn't this trying to dig the foundation the day after tomorrow? ”

After having an overnight meal, Gu Chengyu and the others went up the mountain to pick fungus and honeysuckle, honeysuckle is the last flowering period, this time it is finished, and it will have to wait until next year. The last batch is definitely not as good as before, Daddy Gu and they don't plan to sell it in the county seat, and when the flowers are dry, they will sell them directly to Renhetang in the town.

The fungus was brought back, all of them were weighed, and a total of one hundred and forty-three catties were picked, and Father Gu looked in a very good mood, but when he was preparing to dry the fungus, he was worried. The house here has not been used for a long time, and the kang is no longer passable, if you want to burn the kang, you have to pass the kang first. Let's not talk about it, it doesn't make sense, and you have to waste a lot of time.

In the end, I had no choice but to decide to bask for a few days and say hello to Shopkeeper Liang.

The next day, when Gu Chengyu passed by his yard in the ox cart driven by Gu's father, he found that everyone was already working. However, among the people who worked, he found a familiar figure.

"Senior Brother Sun?" Gu Chengyu opened the curtain and looked at Sun Xian, who was working hard.

Sun Xian was sweating like rain in front of the dilapidated house, but suddenly heard someone call him, this title made him grab the hand of the hammer, and his expression was a little dazed. It seems that he has not heard such a title for a long time, looking at the hammer in the palm of his hand, and then at the short hexagram that is dissatisfied with the dust on his body, he smiled bitterly.

"Daddy! You stop, I really want to see my brother who used to study in a private school, I'll go say hello. Gu Chengyu looked at the figure with his back to him, a little unsure, he and Senior Brother Sun had only met once after all.

As soon as Sun Xian turned around, he found that it was the little baby he met in the bookstore that day, and a smile appeared on his face.

put down the hammer, arched his hand at Gu Chengyu and said, "It turned out to be Senior Brother Gu!" ”

Gu Chengyu got out of the ox cart and stepped forward happily, "It's really Senior Brother Sun!" What a coincidence, since the last goodbye, it has been some time. ”

Sun Xian smiled when he saw Gu Chengyu talking to him, and he didn't look down on him because of what he was doing now, and his heart was a little relieved.

"It's also to blame my brother for the hurry he left last time, and for the slackness, please forgive me!"

"Senior brother is serious, I think it's because senior brother is in a hurry!" Although Sun Xian was in the chaos at this time, and what he was doing now had nothing to do with scholars, Gu Chengyu didn't have a trace of embarrassment when he looked at him, which doubled his good impression of Senior Brother Sun, such a character can make friends.

"Senior brother is from Shangling Village? I guess I'm going to a private school right now, right? Sun Xian looked at the ox cart driven by Father Gu and asked.

"Exactly! Senior brother, it's not early at this time, so the younger brother will leave first, and when I come back from school, let's talk about it well, and I'll invite the senior brother! "Since Gu Chengyu plans to befriend him, he has to move around more.

"It's not okay to ask for advice, it's just that I have read two more years than my junior brother! I will not keep my junior brother, lest my junior brother miss the time of school. ”

After Gu Chengyu got into the ox cart and left, Craftsman Sun, who was busy working on the side, walked up.

"Brother Xian still knows the fifth child of the Gu family?"

"Uncle! Do you know him too? I met him at the bookstore in the town, and he is now also studying at Wenfuzi's private school, and he is also my junior brother. Sun Xian picked up the hammer and smashed it back against the adobe wall.

"His house is the house of the head of the house, and it is his house that will build it. Speaking of which, his family's life was not good in the first two years! Now he is up, this man! Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, maybe one day will get up. As if thinking of something, Craftsman Sun patted Sun Xian's shoulder and sighed.

Seeing that Sun Xian was contemplative because of his words, he went to do his work later. Speaking of which, the life of his nephew is also bitter! If it weren't for the sick old lady at home, why would life be so difficult? Look at the hands holding the pen, and now they are doing the same heavy work as these craftsmen, but it's a pity!

However, he also saw his filial piety to her old lady at the beginning, so he decided to help her. Otherwise, if it wasn't his brother's baby, how could he think of pulling it? After all, it's a few generations away.

Over there, Daddy Gu asked Gu Chengyu who was sitting in the carriage: "That baby looks familiar, a bit like the one I met in the bookstore last time." ”

"Daddy! That's him! His surname is Sun, I heard a classmate say that his reading qualifications are very good, but he was dragged down by family matters, if he could continue to study in the first two years, this year's exam is quite promising. Gu Chengyu felt that it would be a pity if he gave up like this.

Gu Chengyu thought that it was difficult to support alone, if he found an opportunity to help Senior Brother Sun, maybe they could support each other in the future, after all, they were the children of a peasant family, and they were not as well-connected as the sons of the family, so they had to rely on their own efforts to gain a firm foothold.

Just put these aside, he still admires Senior Brother Sun's personality, and most of them are sorry for him.

It suddenly occurred to me that now the life at home is not difficult, and the matter of the eldest man and their study can also be raised.

"Daddy! Now that the family is not short of money, and the eldest man is not too young, it is better to let them go to private school! Even if you don't take the imperial examination, it's good to learn some words. ”