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

Chapter 90
Dinner is still black batter, but there is an extra pot of chicken soup on the table today.

Gu Chengyu took a sip of the chicken soup. Although it was a bit watery after adding too much water, this delicious taste was completely different from the artificially raised feed chicken in his previous life.Accidentally, there was an extra chicken leg in the bowl, and he looked up to see his second sister winking at him.

Knowing that his second sister still wanted to get close to him, he certainly had to appreciate it, and didn't want to let it go. He picked up the chicken leg and took a big bite. The tender taste made him squint his eyes.Seeing that the little brother ate the chicken drumsticks, Gu Wan buried her head in eating again.

Old Gu was also quite relieved to watch from the sidelines, the daughter is always sensible, she must have figured it out, and knew to take care of her younger brother.

When Gu Chengyu was eating, he saw that Gu Chengchi who was sitting across from him was a little absent-minded.Since the fourth brother came back from the outside before dinner, he seemed to have something on his mind, and he looked listless. Let's talk to him when he comes back from school tomorrow!There's still work to do later.

Mrs. He brought the chicken soup from the table below to the table. As soon as he put it down, he put several pieces of chicken into the bowl, including a few pieces for each of his two sons. The chicken was chopped relatively small, and a pheasant was only three Only four catties!Of course, all the meat on the table was snatched up. Seizing the opportunity, He poured out a big bowl of soup and drank it wheezingly.

"Father! The ox you bought today is strong! Can you plow the field tomorrow and bring the ox over there?" Gu Chengli thought about plowing the field tomorrow. It would be easier if he took the ox with him, and the plowed land would be better.

"Tomorrow, Niu is going to put on an ox cart to send Xiaobao to study, and also go to the town to see if there is any better land in Yazi. Tomorrow, the second child will go with me! What are you doing about building a house?" Say? Should it be added later or torn down and re-covered? Come up with a plan.” Gu Laopa finished his drink in a hurry, and after thinking about it, he still felt that the matter of buying land and building a house should be implemented as soon as possible.

"Father! There is too little open space in our house. There are houses on both sides. I am afraid that the layout is too small. Since we want to build a house, it is better to build it in one place. If we want to build it, we need to build a big brick house, and we have to reserve an open space next to it." , we have a lot of family members, wouldn’t it be more troublesome if we can’t live there when we are young?” Gu Chengyu heard that Old Gu had plans to build a house now, this was exactly in his favor, he wanted to sleep in a separate room a long time ago.

"Our house is a little narrower, and there will be more people in the future. The third and fourth children are going to get married, so it's not right to squeeze together." Mrs. Lu also thinks this is troublesome, but in fact, she just got married. At that time, I felt that the Gu family was too young.

"Then why don't our family choose a new piece of land in the village, so we don't demolish it here, and build an old house?" Gu Chengyi also spoke positively. Their west wing room has only two rooms, and one room is piled with sundries. The two sons arrived Now he is still huddling with them on the kang, but luckily Sanya didn't sleep in the west wing, otherwise he wouldn't know how to sleep with the five of them.

It's okay at the moment, but it would be really uncomfortable if it was a hot day. Everyone crowded together, feeling like their sweaty bodies would stick to the mats on the kang.After building a house, two children can always have one room, right?

"Father! On one side of our house is Zhang's house. Whose house is the other?" Gu Chengyu suddenly remembered that the other house on the right had never been lived in. The house was made of mud bricks, and the house was dilapidated. However, the area is not small, and the yard is quite large.If the land over there can be added in, the layout of the house will not be small.

"That belongs to your second grandfather's house. When there was a drought here, your second grandfather and the others went to his uncle. It has been 25 years, and there is no news so far. I don't know if they have arrived. South, how are you doing!" Papa Gu recalled that when his second brother left 25 years ago, they all cried with each other, reluctant to part, thinking, thinking, their eyes were a little moist.

It was an appointment at that time, and when they arrived in the south, they would write a letter back. The eldest brother and he would return to Shangling Village after the drought, but so far there is no news of the second brother's house, and they don't know the detailed address. They just want to find it. , and most likely he can't find anyone, he is not too young in this life, and I don't know if there is a chance to see him again.

Gu Chengyu saw that Father Gu was immersed in the memories of the past, and after thinking about it, he still felt that it would be best not to move. One is because he is used to living there; Divided into small pieces, only the fish pond behind has an open space, and it is big.But it was located in a remote place, and there was a grove, Gu Chengyu felt uncomfortable when he thought of what happened in the grove that day.

"Father! The second grandpa's house is empty there? Isn't that a waste?"

"That land has long been taken back by the village. There was a severe drought that year. Many people who fled from other places came to Shangling Village to settle down. The household registration in the village has been re-applied. There is no one in your second grandfather's family. The house was considered ownerless when applying for household registration. Of course, it was taken back by the village. At that time, the village wanted to sell the house to migrant households in the village, but how could the migrant households have money to buy it? They would rather build a shack by themselves It’s there! Isn’t it? It’s been empty all the time! It’s been more than 20 years, and even the second half of the house has collapsed.” Gu Lao also thought that this land should belong to the village, so why not spend some money to buy it? Come down to this homestead, so you don't have to worry about the small space for building a house like this.

"Father! Then go ask Lizheng tomorrow!" Gu Chengyi thought that the homestead would cost only a few taels of silver. Even with the matter of the fourth child a few days ago, he had some troubles with Lizheng's family, so he didn't know about it. Will Lin Lizheng make things difficult on purpose?

"Father! I'm going back to the house first!" Gu Chengchi finished his meal full of thoughts, and didn't participate in the building of the house, so he stood up and left.

"Fourth brother! What are you doing back home so early? Sit down a little longer, and I'll save a room for you when a new house is built." Looking at Gu Chengchi, who was a little worried and kept silent all day, he was really boring. What's the matter? I don't know what to say to my family.

Gu Chengyu originally wanted to finish dinner and make some preparations for making soap.Seeing his fourth brother like this now, I feel that I can't delay any longer.The purchase of the homestead has basically been finalized, and he can't help with the rest.

"Mom! I'm full, I'll go play with my fourth brother for a while!"

"Hey~ Xiaobao, there is still a chicken leg that you haven't eaten yet!" Shi Lu shouted behind Gu Chengyu.

"Give it to mother!" There was only fourth brother's chicken drumsticks, and his parents didn't eat them.

When He heard the words, he quickly swallowed the chicken soup in his mouth, oops!Damn!Burn her to death!It turned out that Mrs. He was drinking chicken soup when they were discussing building a house just now!
"Mom! If his uncle doesn't want to eat that chicken leg, give it to me! I haven't eaten a few pieces of chicken!" He stood up and looked at the chicken leg on the table above, and smacked her mouth. She hadn't tasted enough yet. Son!

"You've already eaten a bunch of bones in front of you, and you still want to eat? Why don't you say that you have to eat two chickens by yourself? It's really not enough to eat." Seeing He's I just wanted to stew one at night, but who would have thought that the old man would have to stew two, so I ate up two chickens for this night meal, and it hurts to think about it.

I gave the last chicken leg to the third child, and all four chicken legs were on the table above. Gu Wan had already got one, and the fourth child also gave one because his leg was injured. Xiao Bao ate one, and the four chicken legs were finished. .

Gu Chengli didn't even raise his head, he didn't dare to think about the chicken legs, it's good to eat meat; Gu Chengyi is used to it, anyway, it's not his turn to have delicious ones.

(End of this chapter)