Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 36
As soon as the cow was brought home, Du Xiaoyu impatiently carried the bundle of grass and put it in the shed. She was relieved when she saw the calf lowered its head and started to eat. The woven straw garment was draped over the cow.

Mrs. Zhao groaned beside her, "Look at this baby, are you willing to use it to cultivate the land?"

"Why don't you give it up, just don't hit it." Du Xiaoyu patted the cow's back, "Mother, see how well-behaved it is, and it will be obedient in the future."

Mrs. Zhao sounded funny, but after all, he was a child, and the cow would work hard if he didn't fight.

"By the way, mother, Aunt Qin said my flowers are beautiful!" Du Xiaoyu immediately showed off her cloth flowers, "She told me to spare some time to make more and sell them in her grocery store later!"

"Oh?" Zhao asked in surprise, "You can still sell this flower for money?"

Seeing that expression, knowing that she still doesn't appreciate it, Du Xiaoyu pouted, "You don't know anything, but fortunately there is Aunt Qin, hmph, I'll do it!" The money I earned will not be handed over to my family this time. , Hiding it as private money by themselves, no one told them to be optimistic about it!She thought about it and became happy again. When the time comes, she will use the money to buy some materials. She still has many things to experiment with slowly.

Still angry, this kid, Mrs. Zhao laughed, "Don't leave in a hurry, just now your second brother's classmate came and is in his room, it seems that he wants to give you some books, go and have a look."

It should be Zhang Zhuoyu who came, Du Xiaoyu hurriedly walked inside.

The door was not closed, she saw Zhang Zhuoyu as soon as she stepped into the door, he was wearing a dark blue tufted cotton robe and a white scholar towel, he looked very refreshing, and he seemed to be a little taller than he remembered, seeing her He showed a gentle smile.

"I heard from your second brother that you went to raise the cows?" Zhang Zhuoyu said, the blushing face in front of him was always full of joy, which made people feel better unconsciously.

"That's right, that calf is very strong, I'll take you to see it later." Du Xiaoyu asked, "My mother said you have something for me, did you borrow a book?"

"Yes." Zhang Zhuoyu pointed to the table in the room, "It's put there. I took a good look at it last night. It's really hard to understand."

They don't also farm at home, so why do they find it difficult to understand?Du Xiaoyu said strangely, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Zhang Zhuoyu was probably the same as Du Wenyuan, who was spoiled so much that he didn't care about anything and just studied. What should I do!It is said that you are a scholar who is useless, and there is indeed a little truth in it. If you can't get on the official career, you will be finished.She picked up the book and flipped through a few pages. The pages of the book were a little yellow. It seemed to be several years old, but it was not worn out. It was estimated that no one would read it on weekdays.

How could Zhang Zhuoyu know what she was thinking, and said with a smile, "Your poems are so good, better than mine, so you can definitely understand them."

Hearing this, Du Xiaoyu felt very guilty. In fact, how could she really know how to compose poems? Literary poems are almost the same. She hurriedly said, "I stumbled across it last time. I will definitely not be able to do it next time. Really, if you don't believe me, just ask." My second brother, I actually don’t know how to compose poetry, can I?” She stared at Du Wenyuan, she made him lose his mind last time, but this time she has to make up for it, she doesn’t want to continue to lie.

Du Wenyuan didn't make things difficult for her this time, and said, "That's true. I actually took Xiaoyu's test with the topic of spring, and she was just prepared. If you want to come up with something else, she may not be able to do it."

This explanation is very good, Du Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief, if Zhang Zhuoyu really wanted to take the exam again, she would definitely say no.

"It turned out to be like this." Zhang Zhuoyu was inevitably a little disappointed, but quickly said, "Xiaoyu, you are still young, I believe that in a few years, none of these things will trouble you."

Such a kind person, Du Xiaoyu smiled at him, "Well, I will read the book carefully, and I will inevitably trouble you in the future."

"It's okay, just ask me to borrow it, anyway, my uncle's book is still there." Zhang Zhuoyu said and glanced at Du Wenyuan, "Actually, there is something else I want to tell you today," he paused, "My uncle only has my mother and one sister, and my father is gone, so he plans to let us live with him. He will move to Feixian Town in a few days, and he may not return to the village in the future."

Du Wenyuan nodded after listening, "Your mother is always sick, it's better to live in the town, and the doctors over there are better at medicine."

"Well, you can ask me if you need help when you come to Feixian Town in the future." Zhang Zhuoyu said, "However, if we are all admitted to the scholar, we can meet each other from time to time when we study in the same library." He is also a child student, However, he was admitted this year, which is quite remarkable. He was only ten years old. If he was admitted as a scholar, he would be a scholar younger than Du Wenyuan.

Du Wenyuan was very confident, "I can do it myself, you have to work hard."

Du Xiaoyu glanced at him, this man is really arrogant.

But Zhang Zhuoyu seemed to be used to it, and said with a smile, "That's natural, I'll go back to read in a while."

"By the way, did your aunt say which day she will be free to see my sister?" Du Xiaoyu never forgot about it.

"Should be free after the Lantern Festival." Zhang Zhuoyu said, "I'll pick you up then."

Du Wenyuan said at this time, "Zhuo Yu, I heard you once said that the disciples accepted by your aunt seem to sign three-year contracts, don't they?"

And this?Du Xiaoyu was startled, and only heard Zhang Zhuoyu seriously answer, "Yes, my aunt said that learning Su embroidery is all about concentration, and if you really want to be accepted as a student, you have to study wholeheartedly with my aunt, which is stricter than our studies. The ones nearby are better, I see some older sisters in Hongxiufang who live far away only come home once a year."

No!Du Xiaoyu was speechless, so Du Huanghua is going to succeed in her apprenticeship, so why not go there for three years?She will be 15 years old after the Chinese New Year. Doesn't she have to be eighteen to complete her studies?She's an old girl in the village!
Several people talked for a while, and Du Xiaoyu really took Zhang Zhuoyu to see the cattle later, and when he was about to send him out, the sky was covered with snow, like fluff.

Zhang Zhuoyu hurried away, Du Xiaoyu said, "Wait a minute." Then he went back and took a coir raincoat, "It's not cold to wear this, my mother said that if it snows, it will be very heavy, you bring the book I can't let you catch the cold." She stood on tiptoe and put the coir raincoat on him, and tied it carefully.

"Okay, is it warm?" She asked with a smile.

In the snowy light, he noticed that her pupils were very pale, like tea. Thinking of this, the tip of his nose seemed to smell the fragrance of tea. Zhang Zhuoyu was startled, and then smiled, "Well, thank you, Xiaoyu."

Watching him leave, Du Xiaoyu smiled, he is really a very nice person, and it is very easy to get along with, the second brother seems to be able to make friends.

She thought about turning around and saw Du Wenyuan's back, and hurriedly chased after him.

"Second brother, I have something to ask you!"

"What's the matter?" Du Wenyuan turned around and said lightly.

"Did you already think about the contract that Zhang Zhuoyu mentioned just now?" At that time, Du Wenyuan told her not to tell her mother, maybe it was because of this reason.

Du Wenyuan didn't deny it, "Yes, mother must know it's not allowed."

"Then you still want me to go find Zhang Zhuoyu?" Du Xiaoyu was furious, this was not a waste of effort!
"Are you shrinking now?" Du Wenyuan raised his eyebrows, "I didn't know at first whether his aunt would appreciate my sister's craftsmanship. If he didn't, then naturally he didn't have to say anything."

"The problem is that now that I'm attracted to it, what if I really accept it as my disciple!" Du Xiaoyu stared at him, "Then shall I tell my sister or not? I can confirm it after the Lantern Festival, but if my sister succeeds, mother will not." Sure, wouldn’t it make my sister even more sad? Hey, but how can I persuade my mother? It’s not like you don’t know that my mother will definitely marry my sister in the past two years. I heard her tell Aunt Wu last time .”

She wanted to be poured cold water in her heart, and felt unspeakably sad, how much she wanted to realize Du Huanghua's wish, but the reality was always helpless.

"I know you love my sister, so I didn't stop you last time." Du Wenyuan rubbed her hair, his voice softened, "Don't worry, I will get my mother to agree to whatever I say this time, if not, even if I don't take the scholar exam .”

"This is impossible!" Du Xiaoyu said urgently, "Treat mother with this, she will not die of anger!"

"It's just an analogy." Du Wenyuan smiled, "You go and try your mother's tone first, and we will make plans when the time comes."

That's the only way, Du Xiaoyu was unhappy.

At night when she was making cloth flowers, Du Huanghua thought that Zhang Zhuoyu's eldest aunt would not appreciate her craftsmanship and would not be able to learn Su embroidery, so this sister was upset.

"Little fish, are you hungry? I'll fry two eggs for you." She said as she was about to get off the kang.

"No, I'm not hungry." Du Xiaoyu replied lazily.

"What about the scallion pancake, it would be delicious if you put some bacon in it, would you like it?"

Du Xiaoyu frowned, she was afraid that she would accumulate food at night on weekdays, why is it the other way around now, desperately trying to make something for her to eat?She glanced at Du Huanghua strangely, "Sister, what's the matter with you?"

Du Huanghua stopped talking, it seemed that this matter was really not going to happen, she didn't even want delicious food, she secretly sighed, it's a pity that she made her sister sad, and she couldn't comfort her by herself.

But Du Xiaoyu is not such a person who is easily depressed, she quickly forgot about her troubles and devoted herself to the cloth flowers in hand.

"Sister, take a look, which of these leftover materials are good and which are ordinary, help me tidy them up, okay?" Du Huanghua knows more about materials than she does, and she belongs to the kind of people who judge good or bad only by feeling , I don’t even know what kind of material it is, such as silk, damask, satin, silk, and silk, etc., and there are good and bad points among these types, which is actually very complicated.

Seeing that she would recover after a while, Du Huanghua was also relieved and concentrated on classifying her.

Soon those leftovers were divided into many piles, and Du Xiaoyu further divided them into several types according to the color.

Du Huanghua watched from the side and didn't know what she was thinking, but she was used to this little girl's behavior. Needless to say, it must be related to making money.

(End of this chapter)