After the old man and his party left, the weather became hotter and hotter.

Gu Yao had stayed in a hotter summer, but that was once after all. Now she has spent the summer in the cool Liaodong in the past few years, but she only adapts to the summer of Wanping with her soul, but her body can't keep up with the Tao. Brother Shang is even more unsuccessful, his body is not good, and this time it is even more difficult.

Gu Zhixian saw a pair of children like this, so he said, "Let's go to live in another courtyard for a while." ”

Only then did Gu Yao know that there was a separate courtyard at home, and it was in Ruanjiazhuang. Thinking of Song Haitang in Ruanjiazhuang, Gu Yao immediately began to pack up his things, with the posture of going to live in another courtyard. plus Aunt Qin and the maid's mother-in-law, there are a total of ten people, and the Gu family only has one carriage, so it is necessary to go to the carriage and horse shop to hire a car.

Gu Yao hurriedly asked, "How much does it cost to rent a car?" ”

Gu Zhixian didn't know the details, so he asked Gu Xi, and Gu Xi replied: "Ten miles of road, the donkey cart costs twenty yuan, and the carriage costs one hundred yuan." If the frame is better, the price is higher. ”

Gu Yao thought that although the donkey cart was slow, he could see more scenery, so he said, "Then let my brother make the carriage, let's rent three more donkey carts." ”

Guzhi County: ......

Although she was speechless, Gu Zhixian relied on her in the end.

On the day of departure, Gu Yao got into the donkey cart with great interest. The roads in the city were flat, and it was as interesting as she expected. Going out of the city is a different situation, the potholed country road, the donkey is one foot deep and one foot shallow, like four lame people carrying a sedan chair, there is not a moment without bumping.

After only five or six miles, Gu Yao shouted to stop.

The car was not very stable, Gu Yao jumped off the short donkey cart, and held on to the small tree on the side of the road and vomited wildly. When Gu Zhixian saw her like this, he wanted to ask her to get into the carriage, but when an old farmer drove an ox cart by, his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked the old man: "Where is the old man going?" ”

Seeing that there was business, the old man hurriedly stopped the ox cart, wiped his sweat, and stepped forward and said, "My family lives in a pine forest. If you go elsewhere, not too far, give a few extra dollars, and the old man will give you a ride. ”

Gu Zhixian discussed with Gu Yao: "The ox cart is stable, and you can see the scenery outside." The pine forest and Ruanjiazhuang are next to each other, if you want, your father will accompany you to make an ox cart, okay? ”

Gu Yao nodded hurriedly, Han Xiang also wanted to follow the ox cart, and asked Gu Zhixian to stop him, he said, "You go first, clean up the house a little, and we'll talk later." ”

Aunt Qin, who was in a car with Brother Shang, threw down the curtain of the car, and muttered sourly, "I have never seen such a habitual girl", the maid Qiushui just didn't hear it, and lowered her eyes to hide her envy for Gu Yao.

The flatbed truck is quite large, and after sitting on the old farmer and the Gu family's father and daughter, there is still most of the gap, Gu Zhixian said directly: "Old man, send our father and daughter to Ruanjiazhuang, and I will pay you twenty dollars." ”

The people who ride the car should ask for money first, and the old man saw that these people were dressed richly, so he said "Okay" and whipped the car to catch the car. Wanping's trees are tall and straight, and sitting on an ox cart in the open air, the sun is uncomfortable. However, Gu Yao wears a bamboo fence on his head, which is more comfortable than Gu Zhixian.

The ox cart was only slightly faster than walking on foot, and after swaying for nearly an hour, crossing a small bridge, Gu Zhixian began to show the way. After another quarter of an hour's journey, the ox cart stopped in front of a house with green bamboo at the door and a stream on the side.

Gu Zhixian took out the money bag and turned it upside down, there were only a few pieces of broken silver in it, and there was not a penny. It was the silver, and the youngest was also two taels.

Gu Yao said: "I'll wait here, and my father will go back to get the money." ”

How could Gu Zhixian go to such great length, he directly picked up a piece of silver and came out, and then handed it to the old man, asking Gu Yao to intercept it. Gu Yao intercepted the silver, threw it into his money bag, took another three-point silver naked, and said to the old farmer: "This is a three-point silver naked, with a blessing engraved on it, which can be exchanged for three or four hundred dollars." ”

The old peasant pinched the silver nude and asked tremblingly, "Really give it to me?" ”

At this time, the Zhou steward of the other courtyard came out, and when he knew that the Gu family's father and daughter had no money to pay the fare, he hurriedly took out twenty yuan and handed it to the old man. The old man grabbed the money, and finally became more down-to-earth, and reluctantly returned the silver naked son to Gu Yao.

Gu Yao couldn't help but glance at him, and after retracting the silver nude, he said to him, "Please wait a while." ”

"Dad, let's have a bag of wheat with the old man."

Gu Zhixian was very relieved to see that although she was thrifty but not stingy, she asked Steward Zhou to do it.

A bag of wheat was loaded onto the ox cart, and the old man hurriedly opened it to take a look, and when he saw that it was really wheat, his eyes were amazingly bright, and he saw his daughter-in-law. The old man hurriedly tied the McDull, and despite everyone's obstruction, he kowtowed several times in one go.

After the old man drove away, Gu Yao took a light breath, smiled at Gu Zhixian, and said, "Daddy, let's go home." ”

After learning the words of the old man, Gu Zhixian smiled: "This is happy? ”

"Look at the old man, he is only a little younger than his grandfather. Just because he got a few bites of food, he wept with joy. I'm so lucky in comparison. My father hurts me again, why am I upset? ”

Gu Zhixian couldn't help but be silent, and only said after a while: "But it's that my father is useless, and I can't make the people on one side eat and clothe." ”

Gu Yaoxin said, it would be nice if there was corn. It's a high-yield, drought-resistant, and drought-resistant, just right for an arid land like Wanping.

It's a pity that there is no if.

There is no if in the world, and Song Haitang also thinks so.

After coming to Daming, she worked hard to adapt and improve her life, from starving to filling her stomach, it took less than half a year. Now, it's time to improve your home.

I don't want to think about brick houses, but the money to build a mud house is almost the same. Her father's leg, although the medicine is more expensive, but because of the saving of rent, there is still more than 600 yuan left; The salary given by the Gu family is one hang, plus the reward she received, less than four hangs.

After gathering a lot of money, Song Haitang discussed with his father: "Dad, while the farm is slack, let's build a few earthen houses, get a pigsty and raise a pig, and there will be meat to eat at the end of the year." ”

Song Erlang's eyes did not leave the pile of money, because he said: "I can already go to the ground with this leg, these few dollars, I can buy two acres of thin fields, and I can collect some rations during the autumn harvest." ”

Seven-year-old Qiu Ju quietly stood behind Song Haitang.

In recent months, while filling her stomach, Song Haitang has not forgotten to take care of this poor little girl. Yes, if Song Haitang wants to do it, she has nothing to disagree with.

Song Haitang touched his sister's head, smiled comfortingly, and said, "How can there be any selling land at this time?" How to get the spring of next year. It's only May, and there are still seven or eight months left, so it's good to save more money to buy land. But the house is built one day early, and the house is cleaned one day early. ”

Haitang Niang didn't want the family to squeeze into a room, but she was more conservative, because she said: "If the money is so easy to earn, our family will be sent early, right?" This is just in time to meet Old Man Gu, how can there be such good luck? ”

Song Haitang didn't say that the Zheng family had ordered a lot of persimmons, and gave a deposit. Hearing her mother say this, she just said: "If I didn't have to keep those persimmons, we wouldn't have met the old man in the spring." There's luck in it, and there's my strength. Dad, mother, believe me, before coming forward next spring, I will definitely save the money I can to buy the land. ”

Song Erlang didn't believe her at all, twisted his head, and asked Song Haitang with a straight face: "Since you have this ability, why don't you squeak first?" ”

I haven't come to the first place yet!