The sky broke, Chen Changsheng lay quietly on the thatch, looked at the beam with his eyes open, his bloodshot eyes, and told that he had not slept all night.

The sun shone on his face, Chen Changsheng turned his head to look at Bai Ruoqing, who was sleeping soundly, stood up with his hands on the thatch, and came to the door lightly, carrying the old wooden door to avoid making a sound, and pushed it out.

"You're going out." A soft voice came from behind him, and Bai Ruoqing turned his head and asked in a slurred voice.

"Well, go get your medicine and sleep." Pushing open the door with his hand, Chen Changsheng turned around and took the door with him.

Walking out of the courtyard, the path is quiet, and occasionally encounters scattered pedestrians, who also bow their heads and walk towards the fields outside the village.

"Knock knock!" The courtyard and the second aunt's house were not too far away, and before the sunset had fully risen, Chen Changsheng knocked on the door.

"Who's early!" The irritable voice came out of the room, and the heavy footsteps gradually approached, the wooden door creaked open, and the second aunt with fried hair appeared behind the crack in the door.

"Come in, don't come so early next time." The second aunt's voice suppressed her anger.

With that, the second aunt turned around and walked towards the medicine cabinet, leaving a wide open wooden door.

Following behind the second aunt, Chen Changsheng came to the medicine cabinet, only to see the second aunt engrossed in pulling the drawers on the switch one by one, taking out one after another medicinal materials that she had never seen, and putting them on the scales to weigh them.

The second aunt's movements were very fast, but Chen Changsheng still noticed something strange and asked, "Why is this medicinal herb different from yesterday's." ”

The second aunt was stunned, but she quickly returned to normal, and her face was a little unhappy: "The patient's body is changing every day, and the medicine must also change, which is very profound." ”

As she spoke, the two sides of the scales were balanced, and the second aunt wrapped the medicinal herbs in yellow paper, bundled them and handed them to Chen Changsheng, and at the same time took the required fifty yuan.

"Thank you!" Chen Changsheng took the yellow paper bag and walked out of the wooden house.

Walking out of the wooden house, the sky in the distance has already revealed the white of the fish's belly, and there are many pedestrians on the country road, carrying hoes, walking towards the fields outside the village.

Most of them walked together, with a kettle hanging on their bodies, talking and laughing along the way, but in this hot summer, Chen Changsheng always felt that something was missing from them.

Chen Changsheng's mind came up with the appearance of the villagers near Tianlan City when they were working, and the answer was about to come out: "It's a straw hat!" ”

In hot weather, a straw hat can make people feel a lot cooler, which is a good business opportunity for Chen Changsheng, who is about to run out of money.

Thinking about it, Chen Changsheng unconsciously followed them to the edge of the field.

Chen Changsheng, who was standing on the edge of the field, looked at the field, looked at the people with bare heads and big heads, and couldn't help but have a smile on his face, so he turned around and walked towards the courtyard.

The courtyard was at the edge of the village, not far from the field, and it didn't take long for Chen Changsheng to return to the courtyard and open the gate of the courtyard with the key.

In the west corner of the courtyard there is a brand new medicine stove with a pile of fine wood on the side.

Locking the gate of the courtyard, Chen Changsheng put the medicinal herbs in the medicine furnace, took out the fire fold he carried with him, lit the fire, and boiled the herbs.

The flames were fierce, and the pungent smell of medicinal herbs went straight to his nose, Chen Changsheng suddenly heard a sound of the door opening, looked up, and saw Bai Ruoqing leaning on the door frame, looking at Chen Changsheng in the smoke with a pale face and said, "You're back?" ”

Large and small water vapors came out from the top of the medicine stove, blurring his vision, Chen Changsheng crowded to extinguish the flames, and poured the decocted medicinal juice into the bowl.

"The medicine can be drunk." There was a brown medicinal liquid in the brand-new pottery bowl, and Chen Changsheng picked up the hot bowl and put it on the bluestone table beside him.

Bai Ruoqing, whose body was a little shaky, sat on the bluestone bench, picked up the pottery bowl, blew, and swallowed the bitter liquid into his stomach little by little.

"Let's go back when you're done." Chen Changsheng picked up the firewood knife next to the firewood, cut down a messy thin bamboo next to the courtyard, cut off the branches three times and divided them by two, leaving only one main body, and said to Bai Ruoqing, who had finished drinking the medicine.

"What are you doing here?" Bai Ruoqing looked at Chen Changsheng, who had already pulled the bamboo down next to the coals, and asked.

The firewood knife has already split the thin bamboo, and the outer skin of the bamboo has been peeled off, and after doing this, Chen Changsheng said concisely: "People here don't wear straw hats, which is a good business opportunity." ”

As he spoke, the firewood knife in Chen Changsheng's hand kept making movements in his hand in an orderly manner.

Chen Changsheng's parents were engaged in weaving before they made a fortune, and Chen Changsheng was also very handy at doing this, and soon split out slender bamboo strips.

Bai Ruoqing, who had been watching for a long time, looked at Chen Changsheng, who was constantly weaving up and down with thin bamboo strips, and suddenly said loudly: "I also want to help." ”

"Okay." Chen Changsheng looked at Bai Ruoqing's sincere eyes, and had to agree.

Hearing this, Bai Ruoqing came to Chen Changsheng's side, picked up two thin bamboo strips, and learned from Chen Changsheng to stack them up and down.

"That's wrong." Looking at Bai Ruoqing, who wanted to keep up with his movements, Chen Changsheng's movements at hand couldn't help but slow down a little, and he corrected his mistakes while pointing out them.

"Is that so?" However, Bai Ruoqing's comprehension is also quite high, but he has initially learned the weaving technique in half an hour.

Later, it took an hour to make a decent straw hat.

"You just do it slowly." Glancing at the straw hat in Bai Ruoqing's hand, Chen Changsheng nodded with satisfaction, and the movements at hand also became faster.

In the following time, the two of them were either eating or making hats, and from day to night, they also made twenty-three straw hats.

There was still half a remnant in the sky, Chen Changsheng stopped the half-knitted straw hat at hand, and said to Bai Ruoqing, who was still weaving after his fingers were pierced several times: "Okay, it's time to sleep." ”

"Hmm." Bai Ruoqing responded, supported his numb feet with his hands, walked towards Xiaolou step by step, and finally lay down on the bed heavily, looking sideways at Chen Changsheng who was locking the courtyard gate.

After locking the gate of the courtyard, Chen Changsheng returned to the small building and locked all the doors and windows as he did before lying on his thatched pile, waiting for the only light left outside.

The afterglow slowly disappeared, the small building was silent, and after a day of hard work, any worries were pressed to the bottom of my heart.

Listening to Bai Ruoqing's slow snoring, Chen Changsheng's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he fell asleep unconsciously.