Mu Qing couldn't help pinching his little face again, bluffed his face and pretended to be angry: "If you are disobedient in the future, I will beat you hard with a broom!" Noble couldn't help but giggle when he heard her words, Mu Qing saw him laughing, and couldn't help laughing for a while. For a moment, the kitchen was filled with the laughter of the two. Chen lay in the room, listening to the laughter coming from the kitchen, his eyes widened and he was panting heavily.

"Mother, why do you bother to be angry with her, she is just a little girl, and after a long time, Noble will forget her. And that Wang is too, why bother, it's not that you don't know who she is. You said that you are so old, if you are angry again, I can't take care of you at home all the time, and Noble is small, who do you let him find. Tian Jizu arrived at a cup of warm boiled water and brought it to Chen's bed, and gently persuaded him.

With a snap, the glass fell to the ground and shattered. Chen raised his voice and said hatefully, "You will go back to the school for me tomorrow!" Those people just watched you have no fame now, and they bullied our mother and son like this, and when you have fame in the future, I see what those people say. After a pause, Chen slowed down his tone and said, "Son, my mother is counting on you now." Noble is still young, my mother is old again, and your eldest brother is gone, so this family will depend on you to support it in the future. You must fight for your mother, get a reputation for those people, and let those people who want to see our jokes slap them in the face. ”

Tian Jizu was a little helpless, in the past, when his eldest brother was still there, although Chen was also very concerned about his studies, he did not require him to take the test to make a name for himself as he does now. At that time, what Chen said to him the most was that this family was supported by his eldest brother, and he only needed to study hard, regardless of where he learned, as long as he didn't have to work as hard as he did in the future. But since the death of his eldest brother, Chen's requirements for him have changed.

"Mother, don't be angry. I'll go back to school tomorrow. After all, she has lived in the town for many years, and she has opened a grocery store at home, and she knows more people than us, so I am afraid that she will have to help with the girl's affairs. Tian Jizu sighed and continued to persuade the Chen family gently.

Hearing him say this, Chen slowed down his tone, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Tian Jizu saw her behaving like this, so he got up and packed up the fragments of the water cup, and went out with a light step. Standing under the eaves, he could clearly hear the laughter of Mu Qing and Tian Laibao in the kitchen, his eyes couldn't help but look in the direction of the kitchen, and the corners of his mouth hooked.

Until after dinner and bathing Xiao Laibao, Mu Qing didn't see Chen's figure. Tian Jizu's expression was faint, and he only said that Chen's body was uncomfortable and didn't mention it again. Mu Qing wanted to ask about the Chen family, but after thinking about it, he still didn't speak.

After dinner, Tian Jizu said a word to let Tian Laibao sleep with her, and then went into his house and didn't come out. Chen's door was closed, Mu Qing took Noble back to the room, told him a mythical story, and he fell asleep quietly.

The moonlight that poured in through the window, Mu Qing fanned it gently, and Xiao Lai Bao made an even breathing sound beside her. Let's go to Houshan tomorrow to cut more mint, and by the way, see if there are any other things that can be exchanged for money. Chen's brother is dead, I guess she hasn't even paid attention to herself recently, so let's save more money during this time. Mu Qing thought of what she had to do tomorrow, yawned, and the movement of the fan in her hand gradually stopped.

Outside the window, the bright moon hung high, and the cries of grasshoppers came from time to time.

The next morning, when Mu Qing was washing her face with Noble in the room, Chen was in the courtyard, accompanied by a banging knock on the door. Mu Qing handed the towel in his hand to Noble and asked him to wipe his face, and he simply pulled his hair and opened the door. Chen stood at the door with Zhang in the dark, and saw that Mu Qing did not scold as before when he opened the door, but said stiffly: "Go and cook, my step-ancestor will rush to the school after eating." Then he turned and went back to his room.

Mu Qing raised her eyebrows, Tian Jizu is going back to town? Why didn't you want to drop out of school before, but now you have changed your mind? But that's okay, the township test is in August, according to Tian Jizu's previous results, if he really wants to get results in the township test in August, he must have to go all out in these two months, so he won't have time to worry about his own affairs. This way, I have more time. Mu Qing felt a little happy because of this analysis, and she was not so disgusted with Chen's instructions.

Breakfast is a simple rice porridge, with multigrain steamed buns and pickled vegetables made by the Chen family. Tian Laibao was still young, and it was the time when he needed nutrition, so Mu Qing specially boiled an egg for him. Chen didn't say anything when he saw it, just chattered to Tian Jizu. Tian Jizu didn't raise his head and snorted in a few bites, put down the porridge, hurriedly coped with Chen's words, took out a burden from the room that had been packed up a long time ago, and hurriedly went out of the house. He made an appointment with Tian Laoqi, and went to the school early today, and he could still have a half-day class when he arrived at the school.

As soon as Tian Jizu left, the Chen family lost their appetite for food. He put down the dishes and chopsticks, got up and went back to the room, and closed the door with a bang. Mu Qing slowly sandwiched some pickles for Tian Laibao, and then sandwiched a steamed bun herself.

By the time the little stone arrived at the back mountain, Mu Qing had already cut half a bundle of mint.

Xiao Shi rolled up his sleeves without saying a word, and cut it behind Mu Qing. When it was mid-noon, Mu Qing stopped first and took out a small basket containing water and a few unknown wild fruits, which he picked on the side of the road when he went up the mountain in the morning.

"Sister-in-law, let's go to the other place later, see if there are any other medicinal herbs, dig them up together and sell them to the pharmacy." Xiao Shi took the water handed by Mu Qing, drank two sips, and then proposed.

"Okay. Anyway, if you think it, Noble and I will just follow you. Or, I'll give you a little more of the money from selling mint this time, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't know if I could sell this mint for money. Mu Qing agreed to his proposal after a little thought. They are now taking the lead in this thing, and when the word spreads, the nearby mint will be almost dug up. Like their group, the oldest is Mu Qing, but Mu Qing is only a twelve-year-old girl now, and they can't go any farther. Not to mention that they also have a little doll called Tian Laibao.

After a short rest, Mu Qing put the basket and the cut mint in one place, and followed behind the small stone with a sickle and shovel and began to walk around the foot of the mountain.