"Brother Ning?" Bang bang bang, Su Liu patted Ning Guang's door, frowning: "Where has this person gone?"
After putting the basket down, Su Liu glanced at the buns in the basket and sat down with his chin in his hands. Did he go hunting so early?
After waiting and waiting, I tidied up the Ningguang yard, and then went to see the small vegetable patch. The two pepper plants were growing very well, and the scattered rapeseeds had sprouted, and each one was sprouting from the soil.
Come, I believe there will be food to eat in another ten days or so.
It was almost noon and Ning Guang still hadn't come back, so she had to put down the basket and go home.
It is the busy farming season, and the villagers are busy in the fields, harvesting and threshing. There are naked children carrying baskets to pick up ears of grain, laughing and chasing them in the fields.
Some people saw Su Liu passing by and pointed, and a few words floated in their ears. People were still talking about the haunted house where their mother and daughter lived.
"Sister Liu'er." Someone ran over. Su Liu took a closer look, but it was Su Xizi who ran over wearing a white coat, her pants rolled up to her knees, and she was sweating profusely.
"Brother Xizi." Su Liu greeted with a smile and said, "Are you harvesting rice? Are you busy?"
"Yeah." Su Xizi smiled and scratched her head, and said, "We don't have much land at home, just a few acres, which is okay."
"That's quite embarrassing. Brother Xizi should find a wife as soon as possible. There are many people who can help."
Su Xizi's face turned red, and she changed the subject and asked, "What are you doing here? I heard that you mothers moved to that haunted house?"
Seeing the worried look on his face, Su Liu felt warm in her heart, nodded and said, "It's been a few days since we moved here."
"How can I live in that place? I went to the county to work these days, and I heard about it when I came back. I thought I would go to your place after work today. Sister Liu'er, that place..." Su Xizi
Frowning his eyebrows, he felt that it was inappropriate to bump into Su Liu in front of the haunted house that day. He didn't expect that she actually paid attention to it, and he was a little too courageous.
"Brother Xizi, it's nice there. It's just a little off the beaten path and a little quieter, so there's nothing wrong with it." Su Liu interrupted him and said, "It's pretty good that our mother and daughter have a place to stay. How can we ask for that?"
How much? Where can I live if I don’t live there?”
Su Xizi was silent. No one in the village knew what happened to their mother and daughter. It was a bit sad to talk about it.
"So, have you, um, bumped into that thing?"
"No. We live quite well." Su Liu smiled and shook his head and said, "We still have land there, and we are currently clearing away the grass and preparing to plant some vegetables."
Su Liu didn't lie either. Apart from being a little scared the first day, they all feel pretty good now and believe they will get used to it soon.
Su Xizi said hurriedly: "You are all women and it is not easy to get the land. When I am free here, I will go and plead with you."
"Thank you, Brother Xizi, we can still be busy. But our house is a bit remote after all. It would be great if Brother Xizi could bring a puppy."
Su Xizi hurriedly agreed, and the two talked for a while, and then Su Liu said goodbye and left.
Su Xizi looked at her back for a while and pursed her lips. She had to finish harvesting quickly and then go to help her mother and daughter.
When they got home, Mrs. Chen and the others had already returned and were busy cooking. Su Liu then thought about finding an excuse to learn calligraphy when she went to school in the afternoon.
Mrs. Chen did not object when she heard this. Although it is a virtue for a woman to have no talent, she did not object to her daughter being able to read. If a person can read, he will never suffer. Unlike her, if she cannot read, she will only be beaten.
The weak part.
In the afternoon, Su Liu went to Widow Ping and bought a dozen eggs, filled half of the basket, and went to Sun Xiucai's house.
The school is run by the village. In addition to the children from Dayao Village, there are also people from the neighboring village who send their children to study. Although it is better to go to the town to study, the teacher's academic qualifications are not low. For people with average family backgrounds, they can only choose to send their children to study. I came to the village to study.
Sun Xiucai's family lived next to the school. There were only four members of the family, an old mother, a son and Sun Xiucai. They lived in the courtyard of three halls.
Sun Xiucai was really surprised to see Su Liu coming.
"Su Liu has no repayment for your help to our mother and daughter. This time I came here just to kowtow to you." Su Liu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, Mr., for showing mercy to us."
"Get up, get up." Sun Xiucai quickly raised his hand, and the scholar's wife, Sun Lin, came to help her again and said angrily: "This child is so polite."
Su Liu stood up and took the basket on the side and said: "Now that we are single, we have nothing to give to the husband. These few eggs are just for the young master to talk about. Please don't let the husband and the scholar lady." dislike."
"You can't do it, you can't do it." Sun Xiuci said hurriedly: "You are not going to have a good time either. Take it back as soon as possible."
"Sir, just accept it. Su Liu still has something to ask of you." Su Liu said with a smile: "If you don't accept this, Su Liu will not dare to come to your door again in the future."
Sun Xiucai and Sun Lin looked at each other, and the former nodded. Sun Lin took the basket of eggs and said with a smile: "In that case, I will take it. Miss Su will have a casual meal here tonight. I'd rather Make two dishes." He said and walked out.
Su Liu and Sun Xiucai were the only ones left in the main hall. She stood up, saluted Sun Xiucai again, and said: "Sir, actually I don't ask for anything else, I just want to recognize you."
Su Liu did not stay at Sun Xiucai's house for long. He refused Sun Lin's offer of a meal and left quickly, taking a copybook with him before leaving.
"What? Is there something wrong?" Sun Lin couldn't help but ask when she saw Sun Xiucai stroking his beard thoughtfully.
"Su Liu, this child, used to have a hard life, and God was gracious to her to grow up, but now she looks like she has great fortune." Sun Xiucai said after a long time.
Sun Lin was startled and did not say anything. Sun Xiucai added: "She will come here every day in the future. You don't have to entertain her. Just say that she is here to help you with some chores in return for my help."
When Su Liu said that he wanted to learn how to read, Sun Xiucai had a deeper understanding of this ill-fated girl. Judging from her words and deeds, she was actually much stronger than the humble and gloomy character before. No, if not, she would still be Su Liu's appearance made him really think he had become a different person.
And when I talked to her about instigating Chen and Li, what did she say?
"Parents are unkind, and if you just follow them and let them go further and further, that is connivance and foolish filial piety. It is not true filial piety, but silent strangulation."
Sun Xiucai was silent for a long time, and then asked her why she wanted to learn to read. She said something that shocked her: "But if you want to learn to read and understand, knowledge can change your destiny. Knowledge is power."
These few words shocked him deeply and made him agree to spend half to an hour every day teaching her how to read. He believed that this girl would change her destiny.
