Next door to the Xu family, Hao Yanzi lay on the bed and tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

Today, the taste of chestnuts is still in the mouth for a long time, and the sweet taste lingers in my heart for a long time.

Thinking of his mother's sparkling eyes when he ate this chestnut, Xu Zihao was very happy, and it was the right decision to go to the mountain.

I just hope that I will go into the mountain again at dawn.

The night was dark, and the twelve-year-old boy fell asleep with the hope of a better tomorrow.

As soon as the sky was bright, Ruyi woke up, got dressed and went to the stove to boil porridge, and washed the wild vegetables picked by Dabao and Xiaobao during the day, washed them with water, put some lard and fried them, and after doing these, Ruyi walked out of the stove room.

There was no movement in the village, and the sky in the distance had just revealed a bright color, and the four fields were silent.

Ruyi sat in the courtyard and looked at the Xu family's house, although it was dilapidated, there were many houses. Three rooms on the left, three rooms on the right, the main house is also three, in the shape of 'U', in the middle is a vast dam, you can dry the grain, if you build three houses on the other opening of the 'U' shape, you can barely count it as a courtyard.

Ruyi thought of the matter of finding his father and eldest brother mentioned by the Liu family last night, which is not only a matter of finding people, but also involves all parties.

First of all, there is the problem of this house, my body, in a blink of an eye, will be ten years old, and it is not a problem to always sleep with my two younger brothers, once my father and eldest brother come back, this house will definitely not be enough to live, and Liu's pregnancy is already six months, and she may give birth at the end of the year, and many things must be prepared in advance.

If the house is not enough, it must be rebuilt or bought, and the money is far from enough.

This home has a kang, and you have to play the kang again, and the stove room is not appropriate to share with the Xu family, once the new stove room is repaired, all kinds of appliances in the stove room need to be repurchased.

The thought of these wishes makes my head big.

Looking at the yard in a daze, Xu Zihao came out of the wing room over there, and saw Ruyi sitting in the yard stunned for a while, he was really confused, and thought that there was only himself and his mother in this courtyard before.

"But I'm up late?"

"It's not late, it's me who got up early, I boiled brown rice porridge, you and your mother stop by to eat some, let's go early today."

"Okay." Xu Zihao did not politely nod and agreed, it is a big deal to get chestnuts, and there is no need to ink on such a trivial matter.

Ruyi went into the house to wake up Dabao and asked him to get up and wash.

Ruyi scooped up the porridge and put it on the table, and there were a few steamed buns, all of which were eaten very fragrantly, and Hao Yanzi scooped a bowl of porridge and brought it to the Li family into the house.

Here Liu and Xiaobao were still asleep, and Ruyi set off with Hao Yanzi and Dabao.

It was still early, and the three of them didn't meet anyone in the village along the way, but Dabao was very excited, chattering non-stop. When he entered the mountain, Dabao stopped talking, pulled Ruyi's sleeve, and followed Ruyi.

Ruyi still walked in the front, Dabao followed closely, and Hao Yanzi was behind.

In the morning, Longfei Mountain is cloudy and mist, the scenery is picturesque, but it is unusually quiet, and even the lark, which loves to sing, is silent.

Along the way, only three of them knew the sound of Suosuo's walking.

Most of the beasts are day and night, and it is time to go back to the lair to rest, Ruyi is not very worried, just hurry. After walking twice, this mountain road is more familiar, and Hao Yanzi is quite calm, without the slightest look of death last time.

Because Dabao was begging for wishful thinking, even if his physical strength couldn't keep up, he gritted his teeth and insisted on it without saying a word.

When the sun's brilliance sprinkled the leaves on Longfei Mountain that were about to decay, and when the songs of various birds resounded in the corners of Longfei Mountain, Ruyi and his party had already arrived under the chestnut tree.

Dabao looked up and saw a huge tree full of chestnut fruit shining in the sun, and cheered excitedly.

Ruyi and Xu Zihao were also infected by his emotions, and in their eyes, what hung on this tree was no longer chestnuts, but glittering silver coins.

Today, Hao Yanzi carried a big back basket carried by an adult man, because the chestnuts were not heavy, and the big back basket was more loaded.

"Today we started at the top of the tree and picked the hardest part." Ruyi looked at the chestnut tree and thought.

"Why?" Dabao was puzzled.

"Because we have enough time and a lot of people today, we can take off the most difficult half, and next time I can pick all the good ones, and you won't use them."

Hao Yanzi and Dabao didn't speak, and quietly climbed the tree to pick chestnuts.

"Why don't we pick them all today?" Xu Zihao's voice came from the woods.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it, right?"

"Look at this, you and Dabao pick it, I'll carry it back, and then I'll carry it again, so that we can finish it and go home before the afternoon, and you don't need to come alone next time."

"This won't work, it's not safe for you to go back alone." Ruyi rejected the offer.

"It's okay, I'm not afraid." Xu Zihao said stubbornly.

"It's a good way, in this way, you two pick it here, I'll carry it again, and you two don't come down from the tree, no matter what you encounter, I'll come back."

Ruyi instructed again and again, and then went down the tree by himself.

"You're not safe alone......" Xu Zihao was not at ease.

"It's okay, I can kill the wolf, don't worry about me."

Ruyi found some firewood nearby and put it around the chestnut tree, and Dabao and Hao Lingzi were a little puzzled.

After doing this, Ruyi handed the flint and steel to Xu Zihao.

"If there is a wild beast attacking you, remember to light the firewood, and then stay in the tree, waiting for me to come, Dabao, listen to your brother Hao."

"Okay." It was not until this moment that Hao Yanzi and Dabao understood Ruyi's intentions, and they both nodded solemnly, and Ruyi left with the picked chestnuts on his back.

Ruyi is very fast this time, alone, her speed is much faster. Xu Zihao and Dabao were eating cakes on the tree, and Ruyi came back. Seeing Ruyi coming back, the two of them were relieved.

A few people put the remaining chestnuts in the basket and went home.

The next step is to deal with the chestnuts. The chestnuts picked back are spread all over the dam and dried in the sun, so it will be easier to open when you collect water. Looking at the chestnuts spread all over the dam, the faces of the three of them were full of smiles, full of harvest.

The rest is to think about how to deal with the chestnuts, whether to sell them after they are fried, or to sell them raw to the fried shops, new things, no one has eaten them, how to set the price, this also has to think carefully.

But there's no hurry, as long as you pick it back, the rest is just a matter of time.

The three of them had a good meal, rested for a while, and Xu Zihao went out to collect firewood.

Ruyi took Dabao to turn the chestnuts over a few times. In this way, the heating is more uniform. The turquoise chestnuts have been exposed to the sun for a while, and some of them have cracked their mouths, and it is naturally best to be able to open their mouths, and it is easier to save a process.

Ruyi had nothing to do, so he found an unburned firewood from the stove and calculated how to sell chestnuts on the ground.

Dabao and Xiaobao leaned over and looked at the words on the ground, very curious.

"What is this?"

"Numbers, multiplication vertically, are simple arithmetic."

"What's that?" Big Treasure and Little Treasure were confused.

Ruyi suddenly woke up to the fact that these two children had never read and could not read.