Facing three pairs of resentful eyes, Li San seemed to be living in another time and space, squatting by the wall and eating his own.

Li Er gritted his teeth and said, "This kid, it's really good." ”

Li Yi smacked his lips: "Alas! If I could be like him, I wouldn't be hungry. ”

Li Si snorted coldly: "He has always pretended to be simple and well-fed. ”

"Then our brother is not as good as a fool!" Li Yi muttered to himself.

John doe:......

Li Er: ......

Lin Tao didn't speak, and no one dared to call his brother over for dinner.

It wasn't until everyone finished eating that Lin Tao got up and said, "Five kilometers, load the weight." ”

"Huh?" Li Yidu shouted and broke his voice.

"Mother! We haven't even eaten! Where did you get the strength to run five kilometers with weights! ”

Li Er glanced at Li Si and moved to the side without moving.

Visually, this kid is going to be beaten.

Li Ran, in the next second, a straw shoe flew over, hit Li Si's face, and landed where he was standing just now.

Looking at the straw sandals on the ground, Li Erxin went straight and dangerous.

When Lin Tao turned around and was about to pick up the small strips on the broom, Li Er had already taken the back basket out of the door, squatting on the ground outside to pick up stones in the back basket.

Li Yi, who came back to his senses, followed with a back basket: "Second, you still have experience." ”

Li Er hurriedly urged: "Hurry up, don't wait for my mother to take a strip and come up, our ass will suffer." ”

Li nodded, picked up half a basket, and wanted to carry it on his back.

"Big brother, I advise you not to be cautious with your mother, lest you come back in a while and be punished for running away." The main thing is that no one can say whether they will be implicated again.

A five-kilometer load, gritting your teeth, can still persevere.

Two words......

Li Er only had to think about it, and his knees and head trembled unconsciously.

Li Yi swallowed his saliva, obediently filled the back basket, and carried it on his back.

Over there, Li Si rubbed his face that was hurt by the straw sandals, and hurriedly sent the straw sandals back to the old lady: "Mother, don't be angry, I'll run, I can't run!" ”

After speaking, he shouted at the figure who fled outside the door: "Big brother and second brother, wait for me!" ”

Li Er not only did not wait, but accelerated his pace.

"Every time you kid calls me big brother, it's probably not a good thing!" After speaking, Li Yi chased Li Er and ran away.

Li Si, who was hurriedly picking up the stones, panicked: "Hey! Li Yi and Li Er, are we still not brothers? ”

I heard a response from the night: "If you don't have a choice, you and I are willing to be brothers with you kid!" ”

John doe:......

In the small courtyard.

Lin Tao, who was wearing straw sandals, raised his eyes, and there was no one at the gate of the courtyard.

Looking at the small bamboo strips in his hand, isn't this for nothing!

Over there, the old lady took a bamboo broom and said, "Dad, this broom is bald, let's make a new one tomorrow." ”

The old man in the stove readily agreed.

I discussed it with Gong Chengliang before, had a meal, and sent the three little ones to learn literacy.

Lin Tao called the third child and led the three babies over together.

Here, almost everyone in the village eats at the same point.

When he came to Gong Chengliang's house, several daughters-in-law of his family were busy cleaning up the big wooden table in the courtyard.

"Yo, why did even the village chief come over today?" As soon as Wang Qiuyue sat them down, her second daughter-in-law brought water up.

Lin Tao thanked him, and Gong Chengliang also sat down.

Although Gong Chengliang deliberately behaved naturally, Lin Tao still noticed something unusual.

So he took the initiative to explain what happened during the day.

Regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Lin Tao only said that he was in middle school with Tulang in his hometown when he was a child.

"It's not what they say, what kind of fairy is angry. This means that she found it early, and her breath has not fallen before she can be saved. ”

After seeing Gong Chengliang breathe a sigh of relief, he returned to his previous expression.

This is why the third child will say the ideas proposed.

Throughout the whole process, Lin Tao kept staring at the expression on Gong Chengliang's face.

After Gong Chengliang listened, he turned his head and asked, "Big sister, yes, you taught it?" ”

"You're thinking too much." Lin Tao shook his head: "I'm an old woman, I can recognize herbs and medicines, I never thought about this thankless thing." ”

Gong Chengliang didn't ask any more questions, and directly responded to the matter, and promised Li San that he would handle the rest of the matter.

The big stone that Lin Tao was carrying in his heart fell at this time. Gong Chengliang really chose the right person.

Even if there is a real famine this winter, she doesn't have to worry too much.

After the matter was finished, Lin Tao urged to leave.

Wang Qiuyue came over and pulled her aside.

"Big sister, it's better for the Zhou family to stay at home less. Ay! Don't you see it, it's at the door of the ancestral hall today......"

Wang Qiuyue whispered about Li San hugging Zhou Xiaohe. "Although the Zhou family has been cleared, no matter how you say it, she is also a widow! Less right and wrong, it's good for her and your third child. ”

Lin Tao nodded and didn't say anything. After thanking him, he shouted Li San to leave.

Before leaving, Lin Tao suddenly remembered Gong Xiaojiu.

"Patriarch Gong, can I send Gong Xiaojiu to learn literacy in the future?"

Gong Chengliang nodded and said "Okay".

After thanking him, Lin Tao led Li San away.

When he got home, Lin Tao opened the door wide and sat on the steps of the hall waiting for the boy to come back.

Taking advantage of the vacancy, Gong Xiaojiu waved to Gong Xiaojiu, who was sitting on the threshold of the east row house.

Because the little guy doesn't move around much for a long time, the muscles in his legs have atrophied a little.

Walking, shaky.

Xiao Li Qian was careful, and when he was there, he didn't say anything about accompanying and taking care of him, and he also found a wooden stick for Gong Xiaojiu to be a crutch.

After Gong Xiaojiu sat down next to him, Lin Tao asked in a low voice: "Xiaojiu, when you are well, is it okay to follow Li Gan to learn literacy?" ”

"Hmm!" Gong Xiaojiu nodded like pounding garlic, and finally showed the first smile of the day on his face.

"Grandma, thank you!"

Lin Tao shook his head: "Don't thank me, if you want to thank you, thank your mother." Grandma didn't send you to literacy for nothing. ”

After speaking, he called out to Zhou, who was passing in front of him.

"From tomorrow, you can teach Lan Lan and Youyou Nuhong during the day. is not taught in vain, when Xiao Jiu's body is well, Xiao Jiu will follow Qian'er to learn literacy. In addition to that, I will be paid some food every month, what do you think? ”

Zhou Xiaohe froze in place, his eyes widened.

"What? Don't want to? Lin Tao asked.

Zhou Xiaohe hurriedly shook his head and explained: "Auntie, you don't have to. Grain, grain is too valuable. Besides, you saved Xiao Jiu, and I still owe you money for consultation and medicine! ...... from tomorrow"

Lin Tao waved his hand to interrupt: "I, I can owe anything, but I don't owe favors." If you want, we'll just say it. If you don't want to, your son is well, and you two will move out quickly. ”

"Yes! I do! ”

"Then it's decided, from tomorrow, you don't care about the work at home, teach me the two granddaughters well."

Seeing Zhou Xiaohe nodding, Lin Tao waved his hand and sent it away.

When I turned around, I saw Li Er and Li Si panting outside the courtyard gate.

Their clothes were soaked, and their hair looked like it was raining.

Li Er was a little better, although his feet trembled, at least he could walk.

Li Si crawled back with a walk.

Only Li Yi was missing.

"Where's the boss?" Lin Tao asked.

Li Er, who put down the big character shape of Cheng Cheng and fell to the ground, pointed to the back.

It didn't take much effort, and in the moonlight, a dark shadow on the ground was faintly visible, squirming in the direction of the courtyard gate.

In that way, it looks like a fine maggot.

Every time it moved, there was the sound of stones falling to the ground.