Cluck cluck~~~
Cluck cluck~~~
Nie Qianqian woke up very early the next day and was awakened by the sound of chickens crowing all around her.
In my previous life, I lived in reinforced concrete. Apart from the occasional farmhouse experience, I had not heard the sound of roosters for a long time.
Nie Qianqian had been thinking about making money last night and didn't go to bed until late at night. She was so sleepy that she forced herself to turn on her phone and get up. She took out a bottle of coffee from the space and drank it down heavily.
After leaving the house, she found that Liu Yan was already lighting a fire and boiling water and preparing to cook. She said hello to Liu Yan and went out.
At this moment, it was just dawning, with a pale moon still hanging in the fish-belly white sky. Qinghe Village is backed by a mountain forest, its outline revealed in the morning light. The mountain is not high and stretches darkly to the north. The chirping of forest birds can be heard in the distance.
Nie Qianqian took a deep breath. The air was fresh and slightly cool, with the aroma of green grass. This was something that could not be experienced when living in the city. It made her feel happy.
She came to the river next to the old house, took out ten live fish from the aquatic product area of the Space Shopping Mall, beat them half to death with a stick, and placed them in the grass on the river beach along the river, or placed them in shallow water. place.
Nie Qianqian had thought about it last night. It happened that the old house was along the river, so she could take out some fish and sell them in the town to make money.
Nie Qianqian ran back to her old house quickly with a fish in her hands. She opened the door and shouted excitedly to Liu Yan: "Mom, look, what did I find by the river?"
Liu Yan turned around and saw the big, fat fish in Nie Qianqian's hand. She opened her mouth in surprise, "Qianqian, you, is this a fish you caught from the river?"
The water in Qinghe River is not deep, and you rarely see fish on the water bank. Even if you do, they are very small fish.
Nie Qianqian: "Yes, there's more than one. There are several more on the river bank. Mom, hurry up and get a basket and go pick up the fish with me."
How many fish are there?
Liu Yan's heart was beating with excitement. Last night she was worried about what she would eat in the past few days. With the fish, she would have more food for a few more days and could replenish Qianqian's health.
Gu Xiao heard the noise outside, opened the door and walked out.
Through the crack in the door, Qianqian could see several books placed on the desk in his room. It seemed that Gu Xiao had also woken up early and was reading in the morning.
"Mom, hurry up and don't get picked up later."
Liu Yan became anxious after hearing what she said. She wiped the water from her hands on her pants, took the bamboo basket and hurried out.
Gu Xiao followed over and silently took the bamboo basket from Liu Yan's back. The three of them groped along the river bank before it was fully light, and finally "picked up" 8 fish.
Although Liu Yan was wondering how there could be such a big fish, her head was already overwhelmed with joy and she just thought it was God's mercy and they were lucky.
Gu Xiao looked at the plump fish and frowned slightly.
How could a small tributary like the Qinghe River raise such fat fish? If it had rained these past few days, it would be possible that the big fish in the big river would have been washed away, but the sky has been clear these past few days.
Gu Xiao looked at Nie Qianqian. He was watching Nie Qianqian looking around, seemingly directionless, but he accurately walked to the right place and picked out a fat fish.
Gu Xiao's eyes narrowed, finding her pretense a bit funny.
Could it be that because he picked up the money, he had the confidence to move out of Nie's house?
Nie Qianqian didn't pay attention to the eyes on her. She searched all the places where the fish were kept based on her memory, and couldn't find the shadows of the remaining two fish. It seemed that she didn't knock hard enough just now, and two of them jumped. Back to the river.
Gu Xiao was carrying the fish basket, and Nie Qianqian pulled some weeds and covered it on the basket so that others could not see what was in the basket. She patted the bamboo basket gently, raised the corner of her mouth and smiled and said: "It's a great harvest early in the morning! "
The first ray of sunshine in the morning shone on Nie Qianqian's face. Gu Xiao's eyes stayed for a moment longer and then quickly moved away.
Nie Qianqian smiled and was in a good mood, but seeing Gu Xiao's poker face, her good mood was diluted.
When they met for the first time yesterday, she discovered that Gu Xiao's temperament was not aloof and indifferent, but like a silence after experiencing the world and looking down on everything.
Nie Qianqian couldn't help but wonder, what on earth had he experienced?
Liu Yandong looked around, fearing that someone would find out and take away this rare luck. Seeing that it was already dawn, she whispered: "Qianqian, let's go back quickly, don't let anyone see it."
The three of them walked back quickly, and when they arrived at the door of the house, they found that Tuantuan had woken up, lying alone at the door and looking out. When the three of them came back, the tension on their faces disappeared instantly, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
Nie Qianqian went over to hug Tuantuan and rub his little face, "Tuan Tuan, mother has gone to catch fish for you. You can eat fish tonight."
I felt my mother's warmth all over the place. When I woke up early in the morning, I couldn't see my mother's anxiety dissipating. My mother's arms were so warm and smelled so good.
Tuanzi grinned, and after hugging Nie Qianqian, he went to look at the fish in the bamboo basket. It was the first time he saw a live fish, and he was curious and a little scared. He stood in the bamboo basket and watched it non-stop.
When she got home, Liu Yan quickly prepared breakfast. She added water to the remaining rice from last night, added wild vegetables, and cooked it into a fragrant wild vegetable porridge. She also cooked a few sweet potatoes and an egg pancake.
Three people and one baby still ate the simple meals with gusto.
Nie Qianqian wanted to take the fish to the town and sell it. The person at the table who often went to the town was Gu Xiao. Just as she was about to ask how to get to the town, she was called the card owner.
Um, how should I call Gu Xiao? It's better to call him by his first name. In my memory, I can't think of how the two of them were called during the conversation.
Nie Qianqian thought for a moment and said:
"Ahem, sir, I would like to ask, how do you go to town on weekdays?"
Gu Xiao, who was drinking porridge, suddenly started coughing, and his face turned red due to the cough.
After waiting for a long time, he replied in a low voice, "Uncle Li's house at the entrance of the village has an ox cart that goes to the town. It costs 2 cents per person. It takes about half an hour to get to the town on the ox cart." As he spoke, he lowered his head and looked at everything. Don't look at Nie Qianqian.
Nie Qianqian didn't expect that he would react so much to the word "brother". Is his reaction shy?
Are you shy about poker face? Probably not...
She watched Gu Xiao quickly adjust his expression and resume his poker face, she couldn't help but slightly curved the corners of her lips,
He acted like a normal young man just now. Gu Xiao was usually too lifeless. He was just a teenager. Why did he act like an old man who has seen through the world? It seems that he will have nothing to do in the future.
"Mom, there are so many fishes that our family can't finish them all. Let's save one to eat tonight. Can the other fish be taken to the town and sold today?"
Liu Yan has always been a lackadaisical person. When Nie Qianqian said this, she nodded.
Gu Xiao: "I will also go to town today to copy books at the bookstore. I will be back in three days."
Nie Qianqian: "Which bookstore do you copy books at?"
Gu Xiao: "Tiande Bookstore."
Nie Qianqian has heard of Tiande Bookstore. It is a bookstore affiliated with Tiande Academy, the best academy in Fulin Town. Many poor students cannot afford the original books in the academy, so they go to bookstores to buy hand-copied versions, which are much cheaper. In addition to selling textbooks, bookstores also have a bank of past papers and test-taking guides passed down from provincial capitals and even the capital. Business has been good. .
She knew this academy because her good brother Nie Wenye studied in this bookstore.
Nie Wenye has been fond of studying since he was a child and is willing to work hard. At the age of fourteen, he passed the Tongshi Examination and became a Tongsheng. At the age of nineteen, he passed the college examination and became a scholar. This is rare in Qinghe Village. For generations of people like the Nie family, For a family with weak legs, Nie Wenye brought great face to Mr. Nie's family and was the light of the whole family's future.
The Nie family tightened their belts and sent Nie Wenye to a college in the county or town. It is said that he will take the provincial examination in the provincial capital next autumn, and if he passes the examination, he will be a master.
After Nie Wenye was admitted as a scholar, Mrs. Nie became so confident that she kept talking at home that she would be the grandmother of the number one scholar in the future. She hoped that Nie Wenye would become a high official in the future and take her to the capital to enjoy great blessings and change the fate of a family. .
This is also the reason why Mrs. Nie dotes on Nie Wenye from the bottom of her heart.
Nie Qianqian came to her senses and warned, "Well, you should do your best when copying books and don't overwork yourself."
When Gu Xiao heard this, he glanced at Nie Qianqian, nodded, and said nothing.
In the past, Nie Qianqian would never say this to him. Why did she start caring about him.
