It had been three days since he came to this place where chickens don't lay eggs and birds don't poop. Yan Xiaoan finally understood. This time he really hit the wall.
What she often does in the past two days is stare at the sky in the yard in a daze. Two words can be used to describe it as boring, three words can be described as very boring.
"Second uncle, I have prepared the oxcart. Didn't you say you would take Xiao An to visit the town? Let's leave early tomorrow morning so that we can get home before the moon."
Zhang Dashan was an acquaintance, and he was very attentive to the master and his apprentice. Oh, by the way, Yan Xiaoan just found out that the dark-skinned young man was called Zhang Dashan. I heard from him that his father named him so that he could make a living.
Winter has just passed, and the fruit trees surrounding the house have just sprouted. On the first day here, Yan Xiaoan was curious and picked at them twice, but the next day he had no energy.
The snacks he brought were all dried up in a short time. Fortunately, Yan Xiaoan's master made a good meal and was not willing to starve his good apprentice.
"Zhang Dashan." Yan Xiaoan called out during dinner, but his master looked at him before changing his words, "Brother Dashan, are you usually so free?"
Zhang Dashan was a little embarrassed to be called "Brother", especially when he heard "Brother" from such a fair baby, his dark face turned red, "Chengzi's family is not busy at the moment. When my family gets busy during the autumn harvest, I won't Why are you here?"
"Ouch~" Yan Xiaoan lengthened the syllables and calculated the time. It would take several months.
"Xiao An, eat and go to bed quickly. You have to get up early tomorrow. The town is far away."
Yan Xiaoan didn't take it seriously. In the past, when she lived in Duhun Division, she couldn't move anywhere without passing the customs token. She didn't know the concept of time.
Yan Qiuyu said little and watched the two of them finish their meal. He only took two bites before losing his appetite.
Just as Zhang Dashan said, he won't be busy until the autumn harvest season. He was afraid that he would have to wait until then, just because the little guy wouldn't get used to it.
The country boy was very diligent. Yan Xiaoan finished his meal and went out to count the insects. Zhang Dashan cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks and found some other work.
Yan Qiuyu was in the study, looking out the window he could just see Yan Xiaoan in the yard.
The little guy poked there for a while, then touched elsewhere, not knowing what he was curious about.
Yan Qiuyu can't blame her for this. He only blames himself for not thinking of raising her as a girl at the beginning. Now he has a wild temper. Not to mention, because he has lived in Duhun Division all year round, he has developed a mentality of not knowing anything. Little fool".
When Yan Xiaoan had enough fun and went in, his hands were full of plaster and his face was disgraced.
"Hahaha." When Zhang Dashan came in to deliver hot water, he saw such a little clay figurine and burst into laughter.
"Why are you laughing?" Yan Xiaoan put her hands on her hips and glared at her. Yan Qiuyu pulled her, not caring whether it was dirty or not, took the towel from Zhang Dashan's hand and threw it into the wooden basin.
"Wipe it yourself."
Zhang Dashan was just curious about the way the two got along and stood there watching.
"What are you doing here if you don't go out?" Yan Qiuyu rarely had a bad tone, and it was because Zhang Dashan always stared at Yan Xiaoan.
"Oh, I'm going out right now. Second uncle, if you run out of hot water, just call me."
After a brief scrubbing, Yan Xiaoan climbed onto the bed in the study. There were many rooms in this thatched house, but Yan Xiaoan was not used to having a room by herself, so Yan Qiuyu left it to her.
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Before the rooster crows the next day, Zhang Dashan packed up, fed the cows, and waited for the master and apprentice outside the door. He waited around but didn't see the master and apprentice coming out.
In the room, Yan Xiaoan turned over. Yan Qiuyu, who was used to meditating on one side, would open his eyes slightly and then close them every time he turned over. This was how the whole night went.
When he opened his eyes again, he heard Zhang Dashan's movement outside and called the apprentice on the bed, "Xiao An, wake up."
In the end, it was impossible to summon the disciple, so Yan Qiuyu could only be carried out even with his leader wrapped up in his arms.
Zhang Dashan looked like this again with grass in his mouth on the bullock cart, but Yan Xiaoan slept so peacefully.
"Second uncle, this..." Zhang Dashan knew that she was lazy, but he didn't expect that the second uncle could spoil someone like this. If he fantasized that he couldn't get up early in the morning, his father's stick would have hit her on the butt a few times. A ditch.
Halfway through, the sun had just begun to rise. The ground was uneven and the cart was unstable. The soft bunk underneath Yan Xiaoan was quite comfortable, but the cool breeze that occasionally poured in when she raised her arms woke her up.
"Master, there is a demon wind, there is a demon wind..." Yan Xiaoan almost sat up, and then realized that he was on the bullock cart. Beside him was the master who was concentrating with his eyes closed, and in front of him was Zhang Dashan, who was humming a tune.
"You're awake, little lazy pig." Zhang Dashan joked.
Yan Xiaoan glared at him, and stuffed warm pastries and a bamboo tube of water into his hands. They were still warm at the moment, but Yan Qiuyu hugged them all the way. Zhang Dashan was greedy when he saw them.
"Second uncle, you are so kind to little Anke, like your own child."
Yan Xiaoan ignored him, and Yan Qiuyu scolded him, "Look at the road ahead."
The soft and glutinous pastry exudes a fragrance in your mouth, and coupled with such fresh morning air, it feels like a living person compared to the cold Tohunji.
Yan Xiaoan took two satisfied breaths and whispered: "Master made it this morning?"
"Um."
Zhang Dashan listens to small talk in the front, but the master and apprentice in the back are really annoying. They have their own share of work, but why does it have nothing to do with him when it comes to delicious food?
But Yan Xiaoan is still a good person. After eating, there are still two left, "Brother Dashan, thank you for your hard work, eh..."
Zhang Dashan had eaten two or three pastries before he could taste any of them. He drank them in two mouthfuls, and his mouth was full of flavor, and he didn't know anything else.
"Second uncle hasn't said what he's going to do in the city yet?"
"Buy some daily necessities for Xiao An." As a man, it is indeed inconvenient no matter what. Now that Yan Xiaoan is older, he is no longer as easy to deal with as he was when he was a child.
Zhang Dashan nodded, "That's right, by the way, I saw you two days ago, second uncle, and you were halfway up the mountain, but what's the matter?"
"Well, I took a look at the land of my ancestors and found something to do to pass the time."
My ancestors called this village Zhangjiagou, and people from all over the country relied on this crop land to make a living. In recent years, the harvest has been poor, and many people have moved away, leaving a lot of land abandoned.
Zhang Dashan's father was a grain seller. He had a small stall in the city and the family lived a pretty good life.
I heard that the second uncle with a foreign surname was coming back, so I arranged for Zhang Dashan to take care of him. This simple countryman was not as good as a philistine businessman, and he valued favors very much.
In addition, knowing that the second uncle with his surname was a scholar, his father thought that it would be better for a wild boy like Zhang Dashan to live with a scholar for a few days and learn some culture than to imitate the dandy in the town.
