A peaceful night.

The next morning, as soon as Zhang Li got up, went to the back of the house to get water, and was about to go to the stove room to make breakfast, he heard someone knocking on the courtyard door.

Putting the bucket down, Zhang Li greeted "This is coming", while muttering to himself, it is so early in the morning, the sky has not completely brightened, who will come over at this time.

When I opened the courtyard door, I saw that it was white.

"Yo, it's white! Why aren't you in town? Zhang Li asked in surprise while letting people go.

A few days ago, the bookkeeper who taught Bai to take care of the accounts had something at home, and he thought that he was old, so he quit his job with the owner.

The proprietor didn't want to bother to find another bookkeeper, so he simply promoted Bai Qi directly.

All of a sudden, he became a bookkeeper from an apprentice, and he was in a hurry, and he lived directly in the shop these days.

"I didn't hear that the school in the village was going to start accepting apprentices on the sixth day of the fifth month, thinking that the children didn't have books yet, so I borrowed some old books that people didn't use, so that I could use them for a while." Bai Qi replied with a smile.

Only then did Zhang Li see that Bai Qi was still carrying a small burden on his back, which looked like he had to contain more than a dozen books.

"You're a godsend!" Zhang Li was overjoyed and praised with a smile, "Yesterday, I heard Shu Yu and them talking about going to Hanmo Zhai in the town to buy books, or buy paper and pen to write by yourself, but it happened that you sent it!"

"Wait, auntie, I'm going to call someone for you!"

When Bai Qi heard this, he immediately became happy, it was great to be able to help Shu Yu.

Seeing Zhang Li let him into the room, he hurriedly stopped and refused with a smile: "Thank you, auntie." I'd better wait for her in the courtyard first. ”

Although the outer room and the inner room are separated by cotton curtains, and the kang bed is set up behind the wall to cover it tightly, but Shu Yu is a girl's house in the end, and he hasn't gotten up yet, so it's not appropriate for him to rush to the outer room to wait at this time.

Zhang Li's family is not so particular, who is not crowded together like this in the mountains and wilderness?

That is, the Han family is wealthy, married a daughter-in-law, and has a granddaughter, so it is not good for everyone to be crowded together anymore, so they have two separate houses to live in.

"What are you doing out there?" Zhang Li smiled and let the person in, "It's still cold now, you go sit inside for a while and have a cup of tea." It's time for them to get up, too! ”

As he was saying this, he heard Shu Yu's voice coming from the west.

"Mother, who's coming?" After that, without waiting for Zhang Li's answer, he asked again, "Why can't I find Xiao Wangzhi's clothes?" Where are you? ”

Zhang Li responded in a loud voice: "I'm out there, you go and get it yourself, and hang it on the rope!" ”

Before the words fell, I could hear the coughing sound of Zhang Orion in the eastern room, and Han Yan's concerned greeting.

Zhang Li greeted Bai Qi with a smile: "Everyone has gotten up to speak, you better go in and wait." ”

Seeing this, Bai Qi no longer shirked, responded with a smile, and followed Zhang Li into the house.

As soon as he untied the burden and spread all the books on the table, Shu Yu led the lively Xiao Wangzhi out of the west room.

At first glance, when he saw that there was a living person in the house, Xiao Wangzhi paused, stared at Bai Qi for a while, tilted his head and thought about it, as if he was an acquaintance, and then walked over with a smile and a jump.

"You're not in the shop?" Shu Yu was also taken aback when he saw Bai Qi.

"That's it." Bai Qi hurriedly got up and replied with a smile, "I borrowed some unused books from someone last night, thinking that I would send them to you in the morning to see if they were useful." ”

Shu Yu followed Bai Qi's point, and saw about a dozen books spread out on the table.

Xiao Wangzhi also saw it, threw away Shu Yu's hand, trotted all the way over, and climbed on the edge of the table to look through.

Shu Yu glanced at the book on the table, and when he heard this, he looked at Bai Qi again, and said in surprise: "You just rushed back from the town this morning?" Just to send these books? ”

Bai Qi nodded with a smile and explained: "The bookkeeper in the shop suddenly quit his errand and returned to his hometown, and I was suddenly taking care of the accounts alone, so it was inevitable that I would be a little overwhelmed. I didn't dare to delay my work during the day, so I could only send the books back at night, so that I could rush back in time and open the door on time to do business. ”

Shu Yu was moved in his heart, and sincerely thanked Bai Qi: "Thank you for working so hard to deliver this book." ”

Bai Qi waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "It's not hard, it's not hard!" This is all what I should do, all for our badger village! ”

It's also for you to be less embarrassed.

Han Yan lives in Zhang's family, and the Zhang family has always treated him kindly, Han Yan encountered difficulties, and the Zhang family didn't have to worry about it the same.

Of course, Bai Qi didn't dare to say the latter sentence, so as not to surprise Shu Yu and save him from embarrassment.

Zhang Li came out with a dry handkerchief from the west, handed it to Bai Qi, and urged with a smile: "Wipe it quickly, this is dew and sweat, don't catch a cold again." ”

He said with concern: "Tell me, you are really a child, you want to send the book back, find someone to give a message, can we just go down and get it ourselves?"

"No more, wait until the first day of the next month is the market day, and the people in the village will have to go to the market to sell furs and exchange things, and then they will take it back together?

"It's worth your hard work!"

Bai Qi smiled and did not refute.

Aunt Zhang cares about him, he can hear it!

As he was talking, Han Yan came out of the east room with a neatly dressed curtain.

Bai Qi instantly suppressed his smile and looked over, his eyes were always arrogant and unconvinced.

Han Yan smiled, didn't bother with him, and greeted, "Brother Bai Qi." ”

It was not good for Bai Qi to keep a straight face now, so he had to smile stiffly and respond: "Brother Han!" ”

Zhang Li listened to it and asked with a surprised smile, "When did the two of you get on such a good footing?" It's 'brother' and 'big brother' again! I haven't seen you meet a few times before......"

After that, without waiting for anyone to answer, he laughed first and quipped: "Are they all people who have read books, so they can say that they can go together?" It's like people say, 'It's like love at first sight'! ”

Han Yan smiled heartily and said, "Auntie is right, Brother Bai Qi and I are 'old at first sight'!" ”

Bai Qi stiffly echoed and laughed twice, but in his heart, he scolded Han Yan's "shameless behavior" of "slapping the horse" and "talking nonsense with his eyes open".

"I'll have to go down the mountain to the shop in a while, Brother Han should first see if these books are useful, see what is still missing, and then I'll find a way to get it." Bai Qi forcibly diverted the topic.