I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 75 Plum Wine 4
Zhou Chenyu put the braided bamboo basket aside and muttered boredly: "I used to find Baoyu noisy, but now that his voice is gone, I'm not used to it."

Li Xiuju pursed her lips and smiled, "When he was here, you two siblings were always arguing, but now my ears are much clearer."

Zhou Chenyu stuck out his tongue and saw Zhou Wanqiu running towards here from a distance, "Old lady, look, someone is coming, and your ears are going to be quiet again."

Li Xiuju looked up at the visitor and said with a smile: "Late Qiu, are you coming to play with your sister again?"

Zhou Wanqiu smiled and nodded, sat down next to Zhou Chenyu, and asked quietly: "Sister Chenyu, how is your foot injury?"

Zhou Chenyu saw the remorseful look on her face, swung his legs, pointed to the pile of bamboos in front of him, and touched the little girl's head, "Do you think something's wrong with me? I'll be fine by now. . And that’s the grudge between me and Qian Rushan, it has nothing to do with you, don’t take it to heart.”

"Yeah." Zhou Wanqiu sat aside like a well-behaved kitten and let Zhou Chenyu stroke her.

Li Xiuju watched the relationship between the two children getting better and better, and couldn't help but smile with relief on her face.She saw that the work in front of her was done, and the two children could not do much here. Instead of staying with her here, they might as well do something they wanted to do.

She smiled, "Chen Yu, late autumn, I don't have much to do here. It's rare for you two sisters to have free time together. Why don't you go and have some fun?"

Play?
When it comes to having fun, what comes to Zhou Chenyu's mind is either going shopping, eating, buying clothes and cosmetics with a few friends, or going on a casual trip. These are simply impossible here.

She looked at Zhou Wanqiu, who arched her eyebrows and smiled, "Sister Shen Yu, how about we go pick up river clams? When I came over, I happened to see a few girls going to the stream. They said that there were There are so many river clams.”

Li Xiuju raised her eyebrows, "That's okay too. Bring back some river clams and I'll cook them for you so you can have a taste."

Zhou Chenyu stayed here and getting to know Mother Nature's various free gifts has become one of her joys in life.She clapped her hands and said, "I will do as you say!"

Li Xiuju looked at the two people who were very interested and said: "Remember not to go to deep water.

"it is good."

Zhou Wanqiu had lunch here, and when the sun got a little weaker in the afternoon, the two of them held bamboo baskets, put on straw hats to protect themselves from the sun, and went straight to the stream where they washed their clothes.

When we arrived, there were already several girls of similar age by the stream, bending over to fish for river clams in the water.

River clams are not like water snails attached to the stone wall, but are hidden in the sand and stones at the bottom of the water. Some are as green as quicksand, and some are as green as moss. They are difficult to see with the naked eye. You need to use a dustpan to scoop up the sand and stones and wash them away. Only through tiny quicksand can you see its true face.

Moreover, the river clam looks like a sixty-year-old, but its size is different.A few large river clams can grow to the size of a sixty-year-old, while the smaller ones only reach the size of the tail nail.

They took off their shoes and placed them on the shore, rolled up their trouser legs to the top of their knees, and stepped into the stream with both feet. The stream water that had been exposed to the midday sun was like warm water, with a little warmth.

Unfortunately, river clams like water snails like cold water. You can only find river clams in the underwater sand and gravel in a cool place.

Zhou Chenyu and Zhou Wanqiu walked up the stream and walked upstream of the girls. Gradually, the scenery of the rice fields on both sides was replaced by patches of dense weeds and thorns. The higher they went up, the cooler the water became. The depth is also shallower. In some shallow places, running water can only pass through the gaps between pebbles.

"Sister Chen Yu, there is a lot of sand there, let's go and take a look." Zhou Wanqiu walked in front.

"it is good."

Zhou Chenyu and Zhou Wanqiu walked over on pebbles, and the stones on their soles were replaced by sand.Zhou Chenyu shoveled down the dustpan and swept away the sand and gravel with all his strength. One, two, three... countless fan-shaped river clams of different sizes were exposed.

"Sister Chen Yu, there are so many river clams here, so big." Zhou Wanqiu picked a river clam as thick as a thumb, and his smile became brighter under the sun.

Zhou Chenyu also picked one up, "Come on, let's compete to see whose one is bigger."

It was rare for Zhou Wanqiu to reveal his daughter's temperament, "I picked the big one!"

Zhou Chenyu smiled lightly, snatched the river clam from her and threw it into the basket, "Give it to me!"

Zhou Wanqiu looked at the big river clams in Zhou Chen's fish basket and said dullly: "I will definitely pick up a bigger one later."

Zhou Chenyu joked, "Pick it up. I'll take as much as you pick up. Anyway, it's all mine in the end."

"Sister!" Zhou Wanqiu stomped her feet dissatisfied, showing a bit of a girlish look.

After the two made a fuss for a while, they squatted there and picked up the clams one by one into the basket. After picking them up, they changed positions and shoveled. There were so many clams that they didn't even have to move their feet.

Zhou Chenyu watched the river clams in the basket pile up and felt her feet starting to feel numb. She thought about picking up this round and standing up to move around, but suddenly a stone flew into the water with a thud and a splash. Splashes of water flew onto her face.

Zhou Chenyu frowned, who did it?
Zhou Chenyu glared in the direction where the stone was thrown. He didn't see the figure of the naughty kid. He only saw Chen Tongsheng squatting on the bank holding the basket and smiling straight at him.

He was the one who threw stones just now!
Zhou Wanqiu looked at him and exclaimed happily, "It's Brother Chen."

"Late Autumn, we haven't seen each other for a long time." Chen Tongsheng sat down and slowly fanned himself with his hat.

Zhou Wanqiu counted the days since the last time he had roast chicken, smiling like a crescent moon, "It's been almost a month."

Chen Tongsheng and Zhou Wanqiu chatted happily without any sign of regret.

Zhou Chenyu wiped off the water droplets on his face, braced his back, stared angrily, and cursed angrily, "If you have the guts, come down here!"

Her roar made Chen Tongsheng laugh even more happily. He had already heard about Qian Rushan's destruction of the candy shop, but the fruit trees had a good harvest recently and he was busy picking fruits, so he never had time to visit Zhoujiacun.

Now when he saw them picking up river clams here, he became playful and threw a stone down.

Chen Tongsheng smiled and said, "Chen Yu, I wanted to care about your foot injury, but I heard your voice was full of anger. It seems that I was worrying too much."

Zhou Chenyu sneered angrily, found a rock to sit down and soaked his feet, and said gloomily: "The injury on my feet has healed, but all the ways of making money that I finally found have been blocked."

Chen Tongsheng frowned when he saw her sad face, "Qian Rushan is such a beast!"

Sitting down on the grass, he said in a deep voice: "Chen Yu, when you go to the market to set up a stall, you might as well tell me, and I will go and watch over you as soon as I have time. As long as I'm there, I can't see how much money there is. If he dares to cause trouble, if he dares to touch a hair on your head or Baoyu's, I will deal with him!"

(End of this chapter)