Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 34

After dinner, Gu Yu took Xiaoman to wash the dishes together, "Sister, I'm very tired today, let's wash the dishes together."

Looking at her daughter, Wang felt distressed, "Xiao Man, go, Gu Yu has walked a lot this time around, besides, she is not in a hurry to embroider."

Xiao Man tapped her forehead and scolded her: "Mom, you will protect her, she is still spirited, just now she was flying all over the room like a butterfly, why are you tired now?"

Even though he said that, Xiao Man started to act in his hands, and he quickly cleared the dining table.Gu Yu took the chicken soup that he kept in his hand, feeling it was still quite hot, so he took it to the room where Jing Zhe and An Jinxuan lived, saw An Jinxuan sitting by the window alone, he didn't know what he was thinking , the dim light reflected on his body through the window lattice, looking at An Jinxuan's age, there was a bit of vicissitudes.

Gu Yu put the bowl in front of An Jinxuan's table, and he quickly stood up, "I, I've eaten..."

Gu Yu grabbed him and pressed him on the stool, "Brother Jinxuan, it's yours if you eat it, it's mine. If you eat it, you've eaten it. I didn't bring you a meal. It's just a bowl of soup. Hurry up." Order and drink quickly, I have to wash the dishes. You are really weird, second uncle asked you to eat with us when he went out, but you still want to eat by yourself, this person cooks too much firewood..."

An Jinxuan suddenly became a little embarrassed, as if he was not used to someone being so kind to him, and stared fixedly at the chicken soup.

Gu Yu didn't know what to say to him, so he laughed again, "Brother Jinxuan, you gave us a whole pheasant back then, what is this bowl of chicken soup, drink it quickly."

An Jinxuan was no longer polite, brought it over, his throat moved, drank it, handed the bowl to Gu Yu, and wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.

Gu Yu chuckled, "Drink quickly if you're told, you're not that stupid? Haha."

Gu Yu had already gone out, and An Jinxuan's mouth curled up, revealing an incredulous smile.

And here, Xiao Man was squatting on the ground washing dishes, Gu Yu put the bowl in his hand into the basin, his mind was still on the paper on the table just now, thinking that he just took a look at it while An Jinxuan was drinking chicken soup, but he didn't think about him Drink too fast, too late to start.

Xiao Man smiled: "Brother Jin, did you drink?"

Gu Yu nodded. Seeing that Xiaoman was about to wash the dishes, she squatted on the ground and whispered, "Sister, do you know how much money we made today?"

Seeing that Gu Yu lowered his voice and became a little mysterious, Xiao Man said, "You are amazing! Dad praised you just now, everything is sold out and there is still a lot of money left."

Gu Yu bit her lips with her teeth, then sneaked close to Xiao Man's ear: "Sister, what do you think of us as housekeepers?"

Xiaoman didn't wash the bowl anymore, and looked at Gu Yu with some surprise: "I've thought about this problem too, mother wants to bring Xia Zhi, father is not good at housekeeping, besides, if someone over there comes to ask for it, I was framed by others again."

This is exactly what Gu Yu was worried about, and she said confidently: "Sister, when I was sick, I often watched my master do business. Although I don't know how to make abacus, I can do some calculations. Besides, there is my brother. , let's take care of the house first, what do you think?"

Xiao Man was still a little worried, "Why don't we go ask Mother what she means?"

Gu Yu pushed Xiao Man: "Then I'll wash the dishes and pour water, you go discuss it with your mother."

Xiaoman flicked the water beads in his hands, wiped them on his trouser legs, went into the room to hug Xia Zhi, swayed and teased for a while, and then said: "Mother, let's discuss something with you."

Gu Yu washed the bowls in his hand twice, and ran over to see how Xiaoman and Wang's discussion was going, but Wang didn't say anything, went to the room and took out a handful of money, "Girl, do you think about it?" Well, this housekeeper is not a trivial matter, don't blame your father for being partial, he is suffering."

Just as he was talking, Li Dequan also came over, watched Xiaoman take the string of money, and heard Wang Shi say that Xiaoman wanted a housekeeper. He had no reason to object, but said without thinking, "Xiaoman, you are too old , can’t do that again next time, huh?”

Xiaoman blushed, knowing that Li Dequan was talking about her knocking on the door, she answered vaguely, and retreated into the room.

Gu Yu also came in, and took the string of money from Xiaoman, knowing that it was a hundred coins, she emptied a jar, and said to Xiaoman, "Sister, this is our money jar from now on, when I want to learn to write, I can do it." It's accounted for."

Xiao Man didn't smile, but said quietly, "I've never heard of writing before, just to keep accounts, Gu Yu, my mother told me just now that when Dad first learned the craft of carpentry, when he first started working with the master, he suffered a lot. Years are hard, and we can't do the work at home, and we all rely on the family to pay for it like a student, so Dad often feels indebted, and we don't blame Dad, huh?"

Gu Yuxin said, it's one thing to feel indebted, but it's another thing for people over there to ask for things with all sorts of excuses. Even if father didn't do anything for the family at the beginning, he wouldn't be hungry now Let's help there, thinking about it, she felt that it was a wise idea to keep the money in her hands.

When I got out of the room, I saw Jing Zhe and An Jinxuan locked in the room, the door was still closed, and I didn't know what was lit, some light came out, and in the main room, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xiaoman, and my fourth aunt, Mrs. Chen, were already in the room. In embroidery, Mrs. Wang taught her how to thread thread. Seeing that the already thick and thin thread was divided into two, Mrs. Chen murmured, but she couldn't learn how to do it.Muttering in his mouth: "Ah, my eyesight is not good, how can such a big thread be made so thin, I will watch you embroider first."

Gu Yu couldn't say how she felt about this fourth aunt. At the time when Aunt Wu saved her, she also thought that fourth aunt was very good, but seeing how she came to learn embroidery, she didn't concentrate on learning, but just talked with her, and she didn't know What is she going to do.This is like the child who has no intention of studying, the teacher standing on the stage knows it at a glance.

No, Mrs. Chen did it for a while, and Xiaoman and Mrs. Wang didn't pick up the words, just embroidering there. She felt bored and left, but she didn't want to go home, Gu Yu. Somewhat strange.After entering the door, Xiao Man said, "Mother, Fourth Aunt doesn't seem to be embroidering, but seems to be here to talk, can't you say it at home? It's really strange."

Mrs. Wang smiled, "Your fourth aunt will come here if she wants to learn. It seems that she can't sit still. Let's not worry about it so much. If she learns, we can teach her, and if she doesn't learn, it's fine." After finishing speaking, Xia Zhi in the room burst into tears, and Wang rushed in.

Xiao Man started yawning while she was embroidering, Gu Yu saw her prick her finger, and said, "Sister, let's embroider tomorrow, don't be in a hurry."

Xiao Man shook his head, "Embroidery is a laborious task, so it can't be sloppy, and the stitches and threads can't deceive people, otherwise why would people want our embroidery."

Gu Yu flattened his mouth, "Why, didn't grandma's house open an embroidery shop in the city? Take your things where have you seen such goods in this small town? It's not a rush to get them. You don't need to work too hard. , Dad’s things will sell better and better, and life will get better.”

Xiao Man didn't understand why Gu Yu said this: "It's not that you have never been poor, and now you have no food at home. I want to embroider more, so that when Xia Zhi grows up, I can have something good to eat."

Gu Yu chuckled: "No, these are what I want, you, just embroider with peace of mind, now my housekeeper listens to me, it will only get better anyway, let's go to sleep, just wake up early tomorrow. It doesn't even cost lamp oil."

Perhaps it was the last sentence that touched Xiao Man, she put away the things in her hands, and went to wash her face to get ready to rest.

The oil lamp was extinguished as soon as it was blown, but there was a smell of smoke coming out of the main room, it was Jing Zhe and An Jinxuan's room.

At this time, both of them were facing the table, writing something, and on a small bamboo stick that was already wet, there were a few round things on the sharpened end, which exuded a fairly pleasant fragrance. Bring a light.

An Jinxuan put down the writing brush in his hand, "Jing Zhe, they are all asleep, let's sleep too, the tung oil seeds are almost burnt out, next time we go to the mountains, we will pick some more."

Jing Zhe replied without raising her head: "Wait, I'll be ready soon." The speed in her hand quickened a little, and she finally put down the pen before the light from the tung oil seeds dimmed, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The two slipped out of the room, went to the yard to wash pens, and then entered the room. Jing Zhe asked, "Jinxuan, how much money do you think we can make from writing these recipes this time?"

An Jinxuan flipped through the pages, "The restaurant said to look at our writing first. This one is pasted on the door. If it can be used, it will give us ten dollars. In the future, those lists will be written for us. I guess You can also earn a little bit."

Jing Zhe looked at the piece of paper he had written, and nodded, "Ten coins is not too little, and there is a handkerchief embroidered on top of it, if I keep writing like this, maybe in autumn, I will be able to save enough money." The money for the private school is gone, so it won't hurt them, but thanks to you, Jinxuan, it's not convenient for me to go out of town, and I can't let my father know about it. You also got these phoenix seeds."

An Jinxuan grinned, a little embarrassed, "Why are you still telling me this? Didn't you still teach me those articles, and besides, your handwriting is better than mine, and I will look good when I take it out. Besides, you are a family, there is no saying that you are not involved, but don't let your father know and beat you again."

Jing Zhe's face was invisible in the darkness, but he sighed.

An Jinxuan said again: "Oh, the friend we talked about yesterday came from afar. After thinking about it, I think you're right. You can't just look at it on the surface and say that there are friends coming. I will be very happy. Thinking about it again, it is too lonely and desolate. There must not be many people around who can talk, otherwise I will be so happy when a friend comes... Jing Zhe, you are my far away friend……"

The voice became lower and lower, and I don't know how long they talked, but in short, the thatched house became quiet in the night.

(End of this chapter)