I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 37 Orchard Shelter 2
"Yes, I almost forgot about this. Sister Wanqiu, we will follow you today. You have to bring me and my sister back." Baoyu joked.

Zhou Wanqiu blinked her watery eyes and pointed in the north direction, "Sister Shen Yu, let's go this way."

"it is good."

Zhou Wanqiu led the way, and they followed behind, walking through the cold and dark forest path, and there was light at the end.

"Hey, there are summer solstice fungi here."

Zhou Wanqiu was walking in front and saw a wet ground under the grass. There was a dense circle of gray-white agaric mushrooms growing on it. There were almost twenty of them.

"That's quite a lot." Zhou Chenyu took off his backpack, but Baoyu didn't stop and slipped away to another place, "Hey, where are you going?"

Baoyu walked to the forest and stopped, "Sister, these summer solstice fungi are like the two ends of a pole. If there is one here, the other must be nearby. You pick it up here, and I will go look around."

Zhou Wanqiu agreed, "Baoyu is right."

"Look, it's not that I don't understand." Baoyu turned her head arrogantly, took the knife to carve out a path, and walked deeper into the bushes.

Zhou Chenyu and Zhou Wanqiu together uprooted the summer solstice fungi under their feet and put them into their backpacks.

Good news came from Baoyu, "Sisters, come here. There are a lot of fungi here. There are too many to pick up. Hurry!"

"Hey, Baoyu, we're almost done picking it up. Just wait." Zhou Wanqiu sped up after replying to him.

The more frizzy Baoyu became, the less anxious Zhou Chenyu became. After picking up the circle at their feet, they found new fungi in the bushes two meters away.

She said, "There are too many to pick up here. He insists on finding his own way and looking for trouble. Let's leave him alone. He has finished picking up and we haven't gone there. He will definitely come here to join us."

After a while, Baoyu finished picking up the fungi nearby, but no one came down, and he walked back dejectedly.

Zhou Wanqiu listened to Baoyu's footsteps, looked at the woman beside him with admiration, and couldn't help but smile: "Sister Chen Yu, you are really good at dealing with people. Not only can you cure Baoyu, but you can also make mountains of money for teeth." . It would be great if I could be like my sister."

Is she as brave as she is?
Didn't she have the same temperament as Zhou Wanqiu before?
Zhou Chenyu couldn't remember what happened so long ago. Her parents had just divorced that year, and she followed her mother to other cities. Her mother couldn't take care of her while working, so she had to send her to a boarding school.

There, she experienced the first bullying in her life.

With the past unbearable to look back on, Zhou Chenyu looked at her and smiled lightly, "It's a good thing for a girl to be kind-hearted, but she should also keep a little bit of edge so that she can protect herself in critical moments."

"Self-protection." Zhou Wanqiu murmured these two words and silently remembered them in his heart.

They were talking and laughing as they walked, and it was noon before they knew it.

Although there is no greenhouse effect, the summer temperature here is not low, especially at noon, it feels about [-] degrees.

Fortunately, the forest was dense and protected from direct sunlight. It was cool enough to rest under a towering tree.

Li Xiuju cooked some sweet potatoes for them, and she still had some flour from the last Qingming Festival, which she made into scallion-flavored pancakes for lunch. Together with the steamed buns she secretly brought out last week, the three of them sat under the tree and had a full meal. A meal.

After resting enough, continue to pick it up deep in the forest. The deep forest is inaccessible and the sounds of various birds are endless.

Zhou Chenyu peeled away the weeds covering the fungi and heard a roaring sound above his head, which seemed like thunder. "Did you hear thunder?" There was strong wind all around. Zhou Wanqiu raised his head and looked at the sky, half of which was blocked by black clouds. The sun was scorching, and the forest suddenly became dark without light. "It's going to rain."

"It's already cold deep in the mountains. If you get wet again, the human body will easily lose body temperature. You guys quickly bring your things and we'll take shelter from the rain!" Zhou Chenyu hurriedly helped Zhou Wanqiu put the backpack on his shoulders.

Baoyu was blown into his eyes by the wind and said, "Sister, let's go hide under the tree where we eat."

"When it thunders, hide under a tree. You are easily struck by lightning, so you can't go!" Zhou Chenyu glanced at the road. Fortunately, she had a hand in reserve when she came. She always paid attention to the situation on the road, just to prevent heavy rain. "I If you know where there is a place to take shelter from the rain, come with me!”

This time, Zhou Chenyu walked in front. Zhou Wanqiu was thin and almost fell down by the wind several times. Baoyu followed her silently and watched.

The three of them walked out of the dense forest. There was a small path going down to the bottom. At the bottom was a wide ravine sandwiched between two mountains. Although it was overgrown with weeds, there was a house in the middle.

The hilltop opposite is not overgrown with weeds like this one. Instead, it has been neatly repaired and planted with rows and rows of fruit trees.

That house should be where the owner of this orchard lives.

A few drops of water fell on Zhou Chenyu's face, and the heavy rain in the distance splashed down like a basin, "Run!"

"Ah ah ah." They screamed and ran towards the house. When they arrived at the door, a black dog hid behind the crack of the door and roared with its fangs exposed.

Zhou Chenyu couldn't care less and patted the door, "Is there anyone inside?"

A man's voice came from the room, "Who is outside?"

Ok?
Why is this voice so familiar?

"Who is here?" Zhou Chenyu and Baoyu glanced at each other at the same time. Baoyu reacted in advance and slammed the door: "Brother Chen, I am Baoyu. My sister and I are looking for a shelter from the rain. We found this Here."

Zhou Chenyu suddenly remembered and raised his voice: "Oh! Yes, yes, brother Chen, can you take in a few of us poor homeless people?"

"How could it be them?" Chen Tongsheng quickly put on his clothes, put on his bamboo hat and went out. When he opened the door, he saw three people huddled in the doorway like a drowned rat, so he quickly called into the house.

"You sit here and warm yourself up by the fire. I'll make you some hot tea to keep you away from the cold. Otherwise, you'll be in trouble if you catch the wind and cold."

Chen Tongsheng turned around and entered the kitchen. Zhou Chenyu, Baoyu, and Wanqiu stared at each other's embarrassment soaked by the rain, and laughed in unison.

"How can you still laugh when you are soaked like this?" Chen Tongsheng came back with a teapot and placed it on top of the fire. He boiled the water and added ginger slices, red dates and scallions. The fire brought out the smell and poured it for everyone. A bowl, "Here, drink it while it's hot."

Zhou Chenyu took the bowl and said with a joking smile, "Brother Chen, I didn't expect you to be so virtuous? Then I'd rather be respectful than obey."

Chen Tongsheng smiled helplessly, "Miss Chen Yu is joking, it's just ginger tea, how can you call her virtuous?"

"Brother Chen, my sister likes to talk nonsense, and I'm used to it." Baoyu complained, and Zhou Chenyu glared at him coldly.

Chen Tongsheng was so amused by the quirky siblings that he laughed from ear to ear. After a while, he noticed Zhou Wanqiu who was silent beside him and asked, "Who is this little girl?"

(End of this chapter)