The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 148 Seeing Senior Brother Sun Again

Seeing Gu Wanhua at the side, he didn't take it seriously. He was really a kid, and he was bluffed by the lump candy.

Although the taste was so-so, Gu Chengyu still refused the other piece offered by Gu Chengzhong. Watching Gu Chengzhong put some melted candies back into the oil paper bag, Gu Chengyu thought to himself, when he comes back tomorrow, he will also ask his father to buy it in the town Bring back some maltose and give it to the juniors in the family to taste.

When the bullock cart returned to Shangling Village, Gu Chengyu saw that his house had been pushed halfway, and several people were busy in the yard.It seems that all his family's belongings have been moved into the house at the foot of the mountain, but he did not expect to demolish it today.

Looking at the half-collapsed mud-brick house, Gu Chengyu had mixed feelings in his heart.Reminiscing back then, he was born in this small courtyard. In a blink of an eye, he has lived there for nearly five years. Every plant and tree in the courtyard has special feelings for him.Gu Chengyu put down the curtain silently, without asking Father Gu about the situation of building the house, the ox cart went straight forward, and Gu Chengzhong's house had to go a little further.

"Third Uncle! You are fast enough, I can see that the house will be cleaned up tomorrow!" Gu Chengzhong also opened the door curtain in front of the car, and saw that more than half of the Gu family's house had been taken away.As early as a few days ago, I heard Brother Hua talk about the current situation of the third uncle's family.well!The third uncle's house has really risen, and now they even live in a big house.

"Hey! It should be sooner rather than later! We have already read the almanac and said that the day after tomorrow will be a good day. Don't you want to dig the foundation in time for the day after tomorrow?"

After dinner, Gu Chengyu and the others went up to the mountain to pick fungus and honeysuckle. The honeysuckle is the last flowering period. After picking this time, it will have to wait until next year.The last batch is definitely not as good as the previous ones. Papa Gu and the others don't plan to sell them in the county town. They will sell them directly to the Renhetang in the town when the flowers are dry.

The fungus was brought back, and all of them were weighed, and a total of 140 three catties was picked. Father Gu looked in a good mood, but when he was about to dry the fungus, he felt worried.The houses here have not been used for a long time, and the kang is not open. If you want to burn the kang, you have to open the kang first.Let alone whether it makes sense or not, a lot of time has to be wasted.

In the end, I had no choice but to decide to hang out in the sun for a few days and say hello to Shopkeeper Liang.

The next day, when Gu Chengyu passed by the yard of his house in the bullock cart driven by his father, he found that everyone was already working.However, among the people working, he found a familiar figure.

"Senior Brother Sun?" Gu Chengyu opened the curtain and looked at Sun Xian who was working hard.

Sun Xian was sweating profusely at the dilapidated house, but suddenly he heard someone calling him, this name made his hand holding the hammer stop, and his expression was a little dazed.It seemed that he hadn't heard such a title for a long time. He looked at the hammer in his hand, and then at the dusty Duan Gua on his body, and he gave a wry smile.

"Father! Stop for a moment, I really want to see the senior brother who was studying in the private school, I'll go say hello." Gu Chengyu was a little unsure about the figure with his back turned to him, after all, he and Senior Brother Sun had only met once.

As soon as Sun Xian turned around, he found that it was the little boy he met at the bookstore that day, and a smile appeared on his face.

Putting down the hammer, he cupped his hands at Gu Chengyu and said, "So it's Junior Brother Gu!"

Gu Chengyu got out of the bullock cart and walked forward happily, "It's really Senior Brother Sun! What a coincidence, it's been a while since we last saw each other."

Seeing that Gu Chengyu was smiling when he was talking to him, Sun Xian didn't look down on him because of what he was doing now, so he felt a little relieved.

"It's also my fault that Brother Wei left in a hurry last time, please forgive me for being negligent!"

"Senior brother is serious, I think it's because senior brother is in a hurry!" Although Sun Xian is in the chaos at this time, and what he is doing now is not related to a scholar, but Gu Chengyu looks at him without a trace of embarrassment, which makes him feel uncomfortable. His affection for Senior Brother Sun has doubled, and he can make friends with such a person.

"Young brother is from Shangling Village? He must be going to a private school right now?" Sun Xian asked as he looked at the ox cart that Old Gu was driving.

"That's right! Brother, it's getting late at this time, so I'll take my leave first. When I come back from school, let's talk about it, so I can invite brother!" Since Gu Chengyu intends to make friends with him, he needs to move around more. walk around.

"It's out of the question to ask for advice, it's just that I have studied two years longer than my junior brother! I won't keep my junior brother, lest my junior brother miss the time for school."

After Gu Chengyu got on the bullock cart and left, Carpenter Sun who was busy on the side came up.

"Brother Xian still knows the fifth child of the Gu family?"

"Uncle! You know him too? I met him at the bookstore in the town, and he is now studying in Master Wen's private school, so he can be regarded as my junior." Sun Xian picked up the hammer and smashed it at the adobe brick again. the walls.

"His family is the owner of this house, and it is his family who wants to build a house. Speaking of which, his family's life was not good for the first two years! Now it is getting up, this man! 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, You might wake up one day." Carpenter Sun seemed to have thought of something, patted Sun Xian on the shoulder, and sighed.

Seeing that Sun Xian was pensive because of his words, he went back to his work.Speaking of which, the life of his nephew is also suffering!If it wasn't for the sick mother at home, why would life be so difficult?Look at those hands holding the pen holder, now they are doing heavy work like these craftsmen, what a pity!

However, he decided to help her because he saw his filial piety to her old mother.Otherwise, if it wasn't his brother's baby, how could he think of pulling it?After all, it is several generations away.

Over there, Father Gu asked Gu Chengyu who was sitting in the carriage: "That baby looks familiar, a bit like the one I met at the bookstore last time."

"Father! That's him! His surname is Sun. I heard from my classmates that he has a very good academic qualifications, but he was dragged down by family affairs. If he can continue to study in the past two years, there is hope for this year's exam." Gu Chengyu I feel that it would be a pity to give up like this.

Gu Chengyu thought that it would be hard for him to support himself alone. If he finds an opportunity to help Senior Brother Sun, maybe he can support each other in the future. Stand your ground.

Even putting these things aside, he still admired Senior Brother Sun's personality, and he was mostly a pity for him.

It suddenly occurred to me that life at home is not difficult now, so the matter of Dalang and the others' studies can also be brought up.

"Father! Now that the family is not short of money, and Dalang and the others are not young, why don't they go to a private school too! Even if it's not for the imperial examination, it's good to learn some characters."

(End of this chapter)