"Sweet potatoes! There are so many, are they all ours?" Gu Jing pulled out a sweet potato and asked happily.
"Yes, let's pick the sweet potato leaves later, mix them with some noodles, and steam them at night."
"Okay! Can we steam some sweet potatoes tonight too!"
"sure."
Ye Qingyi looked at the forty or fifty sweet potatoes in front of him and couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Jiu, where did you dig all these?" There are people on the mountain every day, how could they get so many sweet potatoes without any movement!
"I went to dig in the foggy area." Gu Jiu said truthfully.
Hearing about the foggy area, Ye Qingyi quickly checked Gu Jiu up and down: "You haven't been bitten by a snake! It's not a fun place to go to!"
"Mom, it's okay. I've investigated and it's safe to go at noon." Gu Jiu patted Ye Qingyi's hand and continued: "It's just that from now on, you and Xiaojing should not go out together, no matter what time Make sure there's someone in the house."
Ye Qingyi frowned: "Xiao Jiu, you are afraid...but we lock the door when we go out."
"It's better to guard against gentlemen than against villains. It's better to be prepared just in case than to suffer the consequences later. Gu Zheqi dislikes raising chickens and ducks, so we don't have to do it. Then we can catch two little rabbits and raise them for the New Year. You can also exchange some money for some meat.”
"Little rabbit!" Gu Jing ran over after hearing the little rabbit: "Sister, I can take care of them!"
"good."
Gu Zheqi was so frustrated that he kicked open their door with his clothes in his arms that night.
"Where's Tudou? I didn't see that my clothes are dirty. I'm a useless thing. I can't even be a book boy!"
Seeing Gu Jing, Gu Zheqi threw his clothes forward, but before he could take off his clothes, he was kicked out.
"Gu Zheqi, if you want the scholar to go out and buy it yourself, my brother Gu Jing is not your servant!"
With an ouch, Wang, who was hiding behind the door and peeking, ran out immediately.
"Gu Jiu, are you crazy! Why are you still resisting me! Isn't it just asking you to wash clothes? Why are you going to fight your brother over such a trivial matter?"
Mrs. Wang came over and carefully helped the man up, and carefully patted the soil on Gu Zheqi's body.
"Grandpa made it very clear back then, we should live our own lives without interfering with each other! This time it is just a warning, and the next time, Gu Zheqi, I will let you read the books of the past nineteen years in vain!"
When he heard this, Gu Zheqi immediately pushed Wang away and came over to reason: "Gu Jiu, who are you? You dare to threaten me? I haven't settled the accounts with you for what happened during the day!"
"You asked for it! My father died for your father. Not only are you ungrateful, but you are also proud of it. Next time you dare to talk to my father about something, I will tell you everything about the situation at home. Everyone in the village!”
"you……"
"That's enough! The blathering and whirring at night is a joke!" Mr. Gu's voice came from the house. Upon seeing this, Wang immediately picked up his clothes and pulled Gu Zheqi away.
She asked the old man carefully about the power behind this. It didn't matter whether a girl who was incomparable with her was dead or alive, but if it affected her precious son, it would be more than worth the loss!
I originally had the attitude of giving it a try. If I can't wash it, I can't wash it. As a mother, she can still wash her biological son's clothes once!
After the people left, Gu Jiu glanced in the direction of the main room and closed the door calmly.
"Sister, are we still going to steam sweet potato leaves?"
Gu Jing asked as she picked up Ye Zi who had hidden it in a hurry.
"Go! They are being honest right now. Mom, just Xiaojing and I will go."
In the kitchen, Gu Jiu was sticking cakes on the pot, and suddenly he remembered Gu Zheqi's white dress. The material of that dress was obviously better than theirs.
There is only one teacher in the town. He is an old scholar in his seventies. He has more than a dozen students under his name, and Gu Zheqi is one of them.
But since Gu Zheqi is so greedy for fame and shows off, the other dozen or so people are pretty much the same.
Gu Zheqi looked for a scholar and maid to learn from the rich children in the city. Since I can afford to hire a book boy and a maid, I think the clothes will be made of better materials.
She vaguely saw mulberry trees in the foggy area today, and wondered if there would be silkworm chrysalises on them. If she were there, she could definitely take her to the city and go gambling!
The more Gu Jiu thought about it, the happier he became, and he even saw the white money: "Xiao Jing, do you know how to get to the city?"
"City? Then you have to go to the town. When I was running errands for my cousin, I heard someone say that there is a carriage to the town at the end of every ten days, and each trip costs five coppers."
The end of ten days? Isn’t that the day after tomorrow? It just so happens that I will go to the back mountain tomorrow. If I can really pick it, I will go to the city the day after tomorrow.
"Sister, are you going to the city?"
"It's still tentative at the moment. If you go, I'll bring you delicious food."
Silkworms are divided into spring silkworms, summer silkworms and autumn silkworms. The three silkworms spin silk in April, July and October respectively every year.
It was now August, and the silkworms had not yet had time to emerge from their pupae, so she happened to collect silkworm cocoons.
…
"Xiao Jiu, bring more food. You didn't come back for lunch yesterday." Ye Qingyi said as he stuffed another cooked sweet potato into Gu Jiu's arms.
"good."
"That place is indeed dangerous. Why don't I go with you?"
"Oh no, it's troublesome for two people. There were a dozen sweet potatoes in the field yesterday, and I happened to pick them all back today. Besides, you also saw that my cousin kicked the door open last night. It's hard for us to have anything now. If you ask for something to eat, if it is taken away, you will be hungry."
Ye Qingyi was still worried and kept talking to the person for a while.
"Okay, mother, if you delay any longer, I really won't be able to come back."
"Okay, okay, mom, stop talking, please be careful."
"Um."
With yesterday's experience, Gu Jiu quickly pulled out the sixteen sweet potatoes.
Looking for memories, I walked towards the mulberry tree.
Perhaps due to the environment, the mulberry trees here were taller than she remembered, generally over six meters.
Gu Jiu placed the backpack on the ground, picked up a one-meter-long stick and tied it to his back, and started climbing up the tree.
She probably never thought that the greedy tree climbing she learned as a child would one day become a life-saving skill.
That system is real, it actually made her an NPC! It would be better to let her die and go to great lengths to fulfill the happiness of others. That would be too painful.
Climbing up the tree, Gu Jiu made sure that there were no snakes similar in color to mulberry leaves among the branches, and then he sat down on the branches with confidence.
As expected, there are indeed silkworm cocoons on these mulberry trees. Maybe it’s because no humans have visited for a long time, but the number of silkworm cocoons is extremely impressive!
Gu Jiu shifted the branches back and forth and threw all the torn cocoons near the basket.
Just when Gu Jiu was about to change a tree, a green snake crawled in front of her at some point. The snake's body hung upside down on the branch, and the snake's head was only thirty centimeters away from her.
Gu Jiu instantly felt that all the blood in his body had gone cold. He forced himself to calm down and judge whether the snake in front of him was poisonous.
Fortunately, it was just a green snake and was non-venomous.
This realization made Gu Jiu breathe a sigh of relief. But it was uncomfortable to be bitten. For a while, one person and one snake stared at each other with big eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, the snake's head suddenly rose up and began to slowly climb to the top of the tree.
Gu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, and after the other party climbed out of a certain distance, he began to slowly climb down the tree.
After picking up all the cocoons on the ground, Gu Jiu followed the same pattern and climbed three mulberry trees, getting a total of about 500 cocoons.
In addition, Gu Jiu also found a lot of mushrooms and three bird eggs.
"Sister, I've never seen this mushroom before." Gu Jing took out a yellow mushroom from her backpack and said.
"This is called porcini. It's delicious when cooked. We'll have mushroom soup tonight."
"Oh, what is this? It smells so refreshing."
"Mint is used to suppress the flavor. We can use it when we cook the mushrooms. The mushrooms will taste better."
"Oh, sister, mother is coming back soon, let's go cook now!"
"also."
Gu Jiu got up and went to fetch water from the well, while Gu Jing lit the stove.
After the bitterness of the porcini mushroom itself was suppressed by the mint, the unique smell of the mushroom completely overflowed.
"Sister, it smells so good! Can I have a taste now?" Gu Jing asked, lying on the stove and smelling the smell in the pot. He hadn't eaten mushrooms for a long time.
Gu Jiu smiled and said as he took out the three eggs and cracked them into the pot: "If you wait a little longer, it may taste bitter if they are not cooked thoroughly."
As firewood was added one by one, the aroma of mushrooms mixed with bird eggs filled the entire kitchen.
"Ah, what are you eating? It smells so good! Second Aunt has smelled this fragrance from a long way away! Mushrooms! This thing may be poisonous. Second Aunt will give you a taste!" Mrs. Zhao squeezed over while speaking.
Gu Jiu looked at the bowl she had brought with her and quickly closed the lid.
"I won't bother you, Second Aunt. We only cooked three bowls in total. You'll be able to finish the whole thing with just one spoonful of it."
"Second aunt can eat so much. Second aunt will take a bite for you! What...are you doing?" Mrs. Zhao looked at Gu Jiu and asked in confusion as she stretched out her hand.
"Take the money! This soup is made with bird eggs, and it costs thirty coppers a bowl!"
"Thirty! Gu Jiu, the spicy soup in town only costs two copper coins a bowl! Don't forget that your eighth sister was approved by the fortune teller to earn ten thousand taels of silver! Are you sure you want to do it for the sake of this moment? A lot of money will come from throwing away a bowl of broken soup?"
"Sure."
Ms. Zhao was stunned for a moment, then twitched her lips in a preaching tone: "You have to think clearly, this huge amount of money can buy a whole house full of bird eggs!"
"Um."
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhao was too lazy to pretend, and raised her hand to push Gu Jiukai away: "You are a girl who knows what good and bad movies are. I can tell you that the second aunt is helping you."
Gu Jiu rolled his eyes speechlessly, pulled his arm, and kicked his leg.
"Hey, you bastard, you really dare to do something! I tell you, it's not over, if you don't give me all this soup today, I, I will lie here and not get up!" As she said this, Mrs. Zhao really went to He leaned back and lay on the ground.
"Sister..." Seeing this, Gu Jing pulled Gu Jiu at a loss. She didn't really want to give it to her second aunt, did she? He didn't want to give it, but what should he do if the second aunt really couldn't get up?
"It's okay. There's nothing we can do if Second Aunt likes to lie down. The soup is almost ready. Xiaojing goes back to get a bigger basin and takes it back all at once."
"good."
While filling the soup, Mrs. Zhao sat up suddenly, her eyes fixed on the basin in Gu Jing's hand, as if she would pounce on it in the next second.
