Lu Ziyi followed his sister to the front yard and saw the gifts all over the floor.

"Brother Lu, Sister Yan Zi." The young boy Lin Zhi touched his head and smiled silly at the Lu brothers and sisters.

Lu Ziyi said gently, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Hehe, it's not hard or hard." Lin Zhi grinned, "It's all prepared by my elder sister himself, and I'm only responsible for delivering it."

Lu Ziyan held three pairs of new shoes in her hand and said with a smile, "You drove five or six miles at a young age. You still said it's not hard? You are better than me. The farthest way I took to drive a ox cart is only to the other end of our village."

Lu Ziyi gently patted Lin Zhi on the shoulder and said, "Go into the house, eat something before going back."

Lin Zhi grinned, "It's so sir."

When he went to school for one day yesterday, he met many new friends.

A group of half-grown boys gathered together and talked about the topic of who is the best at hunting, who is the best at climbing trees, and who is the most powerful.

The boys talked all the time and compared it over and over again, and found that Lu Ziyi was the most powerful.

They said that Lu Ziyi's archery skills were the best in Jinzhu Township. He even killed a fierce wild boar with bare hands, and could carry a load of about 200 pounds.

Today he was even more happy to learn that Lu Ziyi was going to marry his sister. The hero in everyone's eyes is his future brother-in-law, how can he not be arrogant?

The eldest sister asked him to come and send the gift back, and he came singing along the way.

Lin Zhi followed Lu Ziyi and came to the backyard to meet Mrs. Lu.

Madam Lu is spinning.

He followed Lin Yuan's advice and walked to Madam Lu, bowed respectfully, and shouted, "Madam Lu, my family's return gift is here, are you here?"

When Madam Lu looked up, she saw a small face with an apple red look and a pair of big black eyes, with a gray cloth covering her head.

This little boy looked a bit like his lost elder brother. She pursed her lower lip and "I understand." Then she went to spin.

Lin Zhi blinked, unable to understand Mrs. Lu’s thoughts.

"Let's go, I'll take you to eat." Lu Ziyi put his shoulders on his shoulders and took him to the main hall.

"Thank you, Brother Lu." Lin Zhi nodded happily.

The Lu family was poor and had nothing to eat. Lu Ziyi guessed that Lin Zhi would come, so he couldn't ask the child to drink white water to go home. He went into the back mountain yesterday and found some bird eggs.

Birds can be seen everywhere in the countryside, but it is not easy to find bird eggs.

The place where bird nests are built is either on tall and thin tree forks or in dense forests. Most people dare not go to these two places.

Lu Ziyi climbed trees and slept in dense forests to catch snakes since he was a child, and he was not afraid.

On the beam at a corner of the main hall, a hemp rope as thick as a finger was tied, and a hanging basket the size of a sieve was tied at the end of the rope.

The hanging basket was taller than Lin Zhi. Lin Zhi stood on tiptoe and looked inside curiously, but unfortunately he could not see anything.

Lu Ziyi raised his hand, took out a small cloth bag from it, and handed it to Lin Zhi, "Give it, it's just cooked this morning."

Lin Zhi took the heavy cloth bag and opened it. He immediately opened his eyes widened in surprise, "There are so many bird eggs!" There were thirty or forty!

He goes to school tomorrow and must show off to his classmates.

The classmate who picked up the most bird eggs in the school only picked up eight, and there were dozens of them here.

Lu Ziyi smiled and pointed to the square table placed against the wall, "Sit here to eat. The bowl on the table contains salt powder. Peel it and dip it into the salt powder to taste, and it tastes even more fragrant."

"Okay, okay." Lin Zhi's eyes were so happy that he curled his eyes.

Lu Ziyi walked to the kitchen again, brought a bowl of water in front of him, "This is warm."

"Yeah." Lin Zhi nodded repeatedly with a mouthful of bird egg in his mouth.

Lu Ziyi smiled and touched his head.

However, Lin Zhike was reluctant to finish the meal. After eating three, he asked Lu Ziyi carefully, "Can I take some back to eat?"

"These are all yours. You can eat here, and you can take them home to eat." Lu Ziyi smiled.

"That's great, Brother Lu is so nice." Lin Zhi held the bird eggs, as if holding a bag of gems.

Lu Ziyan walked into the main hall with fabric in her hand, and Lin Zhi hurriedly waved to her, "Sister Ziyan, come and have a meal together."

Lu Ziyan was a sensible child. She shook her head and smiled, "You eat it, I've eaten it a lot."

Actually, she didn't eat much.

My elder brother occasionally found bird eggs, but my mother used them to stir-fry wild onions. Moreover, not many of them were found each time, only seven or eight, and the most was ten at one time.

The bird eggs were small, and they couldn't hold a plate after stir-frying with wild onions. The family of three was gone, and each of them picked up one or two chopsticks.

When my brother asked her to cook bird eggs early this morning, she knew that this was a gift and could not be eaten.

But Lin Zhi was trained by Lin Yuan. When there are good things, he cannot take them all by himself. He has to share them with his good friends. He held a handful and stuffed them into Lu Ziyan's pocket, "It used to be the past, but you don't have anything to eat now."

It made Lu Ziyan laugh.

It was almost lunch time, and Lu Ziyi asked Lin Zhi to have a meal before going back.

He called his sister Lu Ziyan, and the brother and sister cooked in person.

Madam Lu looked at the kitchen, no matter how hard she spun her own yarn.

Because of the rice sent by Lin Zhi, the Lu family made rice that they could only afford during the Chinese New Year.

Of course, Lin Zhi is the same.

He happily ate a big bowl of wolf bone soup.

When Madam Lu saw the rare rice on the table, she didn't look angry, but she didn't say much happily and kept eating silently.

Lin Zhi is a child, so he doesn't care.

After dinner, Lu Ziyi sent Lin Zhi to the avenue before he came home.

Seeing that his mother had no spinning and sat in the backyard without saying a word, he walked up and said, "Mom, Ayuan is a sensible girl. Look, she gave more gifts than other families."

"You gave a lot of it!"

"Mom, there are many families who just accept and don't care about the gifts. If she sends them back, she means she's kind. Besides, the six wolves were not all beaten by her son, half of them."

Madam Lu asked in surprise, "She has this ability?"

Lu Ziyi nodded, "It's no smaller than her son. She swept over with a shoulder pole, and a wolf's leg was broken. You know, she is only fifteen years old and thin."

Mrs. Lu pursed her lower lip and said, "Okay, the gifts from both families have been given, so you can find a matchmaker to come and ask about your days."

"Yes, mom." Lu Ziyi's brows stretched out.

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Lin Zhi held a bag of bird eggs in his left hand, raised his whip in his right hand and drove the cows in his face, sang songs, and walked home happily.

When he walked to the woods next to Xiushui Village, he heard a girl crying in the forest, listening to the sound, like Lin Cui.

He was shocked, jumped out of the ox cart and ran into the forest.

In the forest, three or four gangsters were laughing around Lin Cui.

Someone was still whistling, "I'm all familiar with people, don't be so embarrassed, sing a song and listen to it. I'll give you ten cents at least."

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