Brother Mu looked at him and smiled.
He finished the remaining three eggs and then pulled Brother Mu down the mountain.
Brother Mu asked doubtfully, "You go up the mountain just to pick grapefruits?"
Did he think there was something important that needed his help?
Ke Chu saw through his thoughts, "I have to watch you all the time to feel at ease."
He was afraid that Mrs. Min would bully Brother Mu while he was away, otherwise he would not be willing to let Brother Mu take this trip with him.
Brother Mu pursed his lips in shame and muttered after a while, "Husband, you are not ashamed."
Ke Chu laughed and compromised, "Yes, yes, I am shameless."
After coming down the mountain, there was no one in the Ke family.
Ke Tuo looked down on the people in the village and often went to the county to play with his friends. Min was probably really afraid that the work in the fields would be endless, so no matter how reluctant he was, he followed Ke Tuo to the fields.
Ke Chu pushed open the door and realized at a glance that the room had been turned over. His eyes turned cold. He closed the door and checked. When he saw that the things and money were still there, his expression calmed down.
He took the sugar from the beam and said, "Brother Mu, bring a bowl over here."
Brother Mu trotted to the kitchen to get a bowl. After Ke Chu smashed the door, Min didn't dare to lock the kitchen anymore.
Ke Chu poured out a whole bowl of sugar and put it back. He held the sugar in one hand and a grapefruit in the other and came to the kitchen. Brother Mu followed him, "Husband, what are you going to do?"
Ke Chu brought a stool for Brother Mu to sit on, "I'll make grapefruit candies for you to eat."
Brother Mu was surprised, "Can grapefruit be made into candy?"
"Yes." Ke Chu moved quickly with his hands and peeled off the grapefruit in a short while. He threw the pulp to Brother Mu, "Don't eat too much."
He was afraid that Brother Mu would eat too much and his stomach wouldn't be able to bear it.
Brother Mu was holding the pulp and eating it while watching Ke Chu busy.
Ke Chu put the sugar into the pot, and the white and tender grapefruit pulp was coated in sugar, exuding an alluring aroma.
He couldn't help but swallowed, and felt that the grapefruit pulp in his hand no longer smelled good.
Seeing how greedy he was, Ke Chu picked up a piece of grapefruit candy with his chopsticks, blew it cool and put it into his mouth.
He felt the sweet fragrance spreading in his mouth, and he didn't dare to move while holding the sugar in his mouth, for fear that the taste would disappear from his mouth.
Ke Chu poked his slightly bulging cheek and reminded with a smile: "Chew it twice and swallow it. This pot is yours."
Brother Mu flapped his cheeks and was reluctant to swallow the candy, but still stared at the grapefruit candy in the pot.
Ke Chu picked up another grapefruit candy and fed it to him. Watching him eat it, his eyes narrowed and his heart was full.
He found an empty jar in the kitchen, and a pot of grapefruit candy just filled the empty jar.
Brother Mu held a jar full of grapefruit candies, his eyes bright with joy.
Ke Chu tidied up the kitchen and opened the door to ventilate the kitchen to disperse the sweet smell.
Brother Mu suddenly asked, "Husband, can we sell these grapefruit candies?"
Ke Chu was slightly surprised.
He really wanted to sell grapefruit candies, but Brother Mu's idea of this was beyond his expectation.
He asked, "How much do you think it should be sold for?"
"A five-pound grapefruit can be fried to produce two pounds of grapefruit candy, but these two pounds of grapefruit candy use one pound of white sugar." Brother Mu did the math, "In other words, one pound of grapefruit candy costs ten cents. It’s about money, if you want to sell it, you have to sell it for at least twelve cents.”
Ke Chu rubbed Brother Mu's head and said, "It's missing. One pound will cost at least fifteen cents."
Brother Mu didn't include the labor cost. The candy sold outside cost at least 20 yuan per pound.
Brother Mu's hand holding Yuzu Tang tightened, his big round eyes bright and pleasing to the eye, "Then wouldn't we be able to make a lot of money?"
Ke Chu looked at Brother Mu's money-obsessed look and pinched his earlobe with a smile, "Yes, my husband earns money to support me."
Brother Mu pursed his lips and snickered, and he couldn't wait to ask: "Then when are we going to sell it?"
Ke Chu pulled him back to the house and said, "There's no hurry."
"Oh." Brother Mu put the grapefruit candy on the table. After thinking about it, he felt uneasy, so he handed the grapefruit candy to Ke Chu, "Husband, put it on the beam."
Ke Chu put the grapefruit candies casually in the corner. Seeing Brother Mu frowning, he said, "Don't be afraid. She just came here to search and won't come again in a short time."
Even if they were discovered, Min would at most think that the grapefruit candy was food they bought from the county.
"Be good, take a nap." Counting the time, Min and the others were almost back for lunch break.
He didn't want Brother Mu to be unhappy if he met them.
Brother Mu walked to the bed and looked at the grapefruit candy reluctantly.
Ke Chu pulled him to lie on the bed and said with a smile, "We'll eat after we wake up."
Brother Mu sheepishly stretched out a finger, "I'll just eat one more and keep the rest to sell for money."
Ke Chu wrapped his fingers and kissed the back of his hand, "No need to leave anything behind. I'll give it to you as promised."
Brother Mu pursed his lips and couldn't help but chuckle for a while.
An hour later, Brother Mu was woken up. Before he opened his eyes, he heard Min's scolding.
"Shit, shit! You only eat, drink, and poop every day. You don't do any work at all, and you don't even lay an egg! I don't know what the Ke family does to raise you!"
The hen was clucked by Min's beating, and Brother Mu lowered his eyes.
He knew that Min was scolding him with these words.
"Leave her alone." Ke Chu had just woken up, and his voice was still a little hoarse, "Are you up?"
Brother Mu nodded.
After being woken up, he couldn't sleep either.
They got up and put on their clothes. When they walked out of the house, Mrs. Min was feeding chickens in the yard.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Mrs. Min glanced at them casually and said, "Can you finally bear it?"
Ke Chu ignored her, picked up the basket with a grapefruit on his back and walked out.
Min frowned and said, "Where are you going again?"
She had just seen it, there was a grapefruit in the basket.
Pomelos are not valuable, and sometimes no one is willing to pick them up if they fall on the ground. But Ke Chu would never go up the mountain with a grapefruit on his back.
If he didn't stay at home to help with the work, where else would he want to go?
Ke Chu pulled Brother Mu to his side and said, "Go to the Liang family."
Min's face looked a little ugly, "It's not the New Year or the festival, why are you going to the Liang family?"
Going to Liang's house was obviously an excuse for Ke Chu to be lazy.
"Forget it, you can go if you want, or go for a walk." She said softly, "My mother went to work in the fields early this morning. The sun was too strong, and she was so dizzy that she didn't dare to When I come back, I'm thinking about it. When I come back, there will be so much work in the fields. What will our family eat? I'll be fine if I'm tired. I can't let you starve with me, right?"
She couldn't be hard on Ke Chu, so she could only be soft.
Ke Chu was a man with a hard mouth and a soft heart. She didn't believe that Ke Chu would be indifferent after hearing her words.
"Mother, it's your son's unfilial piety that has caused you trouble." Ke Chu lowered his eyes to hide the sarcasm in his eyes, "But don't worry, mother, when I take good care of myself, I will definitely work hard and respect you."
He used to work in the fields every day, and he endured no matter how tired or miserable he was.
Now that Min had only done one morning's work, she couldn't help coming to him to complain, which made people feel as if Min was very tired.
Sure enough, the crying child gets candy.
Min's face twisted, and she suppressed the anger in her heart and asked, "I heard from the villagers that you took Brother Mu up the mountain this morning?"
Ke Chu said, "I'm bored after staying in the house for a long time. I'll take Brother Mu up the mountain for a walk."
Mrs. Min forced her lips to smile and said, "It seems that you are in good health."
Ke Chu said with a smile, "Thanks to my mother's hard work and generosity, I can rest at home to recover from my injuries."
Min was so angry that a mouthful of blood was stuck in his throat, unable to spit it out or swallow.
She stopped beating around the bush and asked directly: "Then when will your body be healed?"
Ke Chu shook his head and sighed, "I don't know either."
Min's face turned dark instantly.
Ke Chu turned a blind eye to her expression and pulled Brother Mu towards Liang's house.
The Liang family lives in the east end of the village, and the Ke family lives in the west end of the village. Xiaoyou Village is surrounded by mountains. There is a mountain between the east end of the village and the west end of the village. Therefore, there is less contact between the east end and the west end of the village, but after all, they are one From the village, occasionally people from both ends would still meet at the entrance of the village.
The closer he got to the Liang family, the more nervous Mu brother became. He unconsciously squeezed Ke Chu's hand, his face tense.
Ke Chu asked in a low voice: "Brother Mu, do you believe me?"
Brother Mu responded without hesitation, "Believe it."
Ke Chu wiped the sweat from his temples and said, "Don't be afraid if you believe me."
Brother Mu looked into his gentle eyes, and his violently beating heart gradually calmed down.
He said: "Husband, after arriving at Liang's house, can you let me see you all the time."
Ke Chu's heart ached, "Okay."
The Liang family's family background is average. Their house is very dilapidated, but their courtyard walls are high.
Ke Chu knocked on the courtyard door, and there was the sound of walking inside. After a while, the courtyard door opened a crack, and Ting's thin face was revealed in the crack.
"Mom." Brother Mu called out to Ting. Ting lowered her head and did not dare to look at him, her voice was weak, "Come in, come in."
Ke Chu frowned. In his previous life, he accidentally saw Liang Tingyu humiliating Brother Mu, so he unilaterally severed ties with the Liang family and did not allow Brother Mu to raise him with the Liang family.
He didn't expect that Ting would be like this at home.
If he hadn't still remembered Ting's face, he might have mistakenly thought that Ting was a slave of the Liang family instead of the mistress of the Liang family.
They walked into the courtyard, and Ting closed the door, bolted it and locked it.
Brother Mu trembled all over and turned pale.
He was very familiar with the sound of locking the door. Every time Liang Zong or Liang Tingyu wanted to beat him, Ting would lock the door and hide in the house.
He looked at Tingshi, who lowered her head even lower, walked past them quickly, walked into the kitchen and closed the door.
Liang Zong and Liang Tingyu walked out of the side room. Liang Zong had a bad look in his eyes, and Liang Tingyu smiled coldly.
"You are finally here, please let me wait."
Liang Tingyu walked over quickly and tried to hold Brother Mu's arm, "Brother and sister, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's get together in my room."
Brother Mu avoided her hand.
He knew that if he followed her into the house, he would never come out intact.
Liang Tingyu's face darkened, and Liang Zong said, "Ke Chu, it's rare for you to come. Come inside and have a cup of tea."
He glanced at Brother Mu with a warning in his eyes, "Brother Mu hasn't seen Ting Yu for a long time. He must have a lot to say to Ting Yu, so we won't disturb them."
