Time flies by like a white horse passing by. This is the winter of the 60th year of Dayan.
Gu Chengyu sat in the ox cart driven by Gu Chengli and walked unsteadily on the way back to Shangling Village.
Today is the third day of the twelfth lunar month, the last day of school this year. Although there are still some days before the New Year, as the saying goes: after the Laba Festival, the New Year begins. In addition, here is located in the north, and it snows early. If you want to go to school,
It's not easy to walk on the road either.
The cow's hooves clicked on the solid snow, making a "crunch", "crunch" sound. Gu Chengyu opened the curtain and saw a mountain forest and wilderness covered with snow. Walking a little further,
You can see the village of Shangling Village.
Breathing the cold air in the mountains and forests makes my head hurt from the cold.
"Brother! Are you cold? If it's cold, come in and take a rest. It's really cold today!" Gu Chengyu opened the curtain in front and talked to Gu Chengli, who was driving the car.
"Haha! How can this be considered cold? You little kids can't help but feel cold. The fur gloves, clothes, and kneepads you bought me last time were very warm and not cold at all." Gu Chengli turned around and laughed at Gu Chengyu.
He took out the fur clothes, kneepads, and gloves from the space, but changed the style. After all, Father Gu was getting older, and he couldn't bear the winter pick-up and drop-off, so he changed it to Gu Chengli.
Gu Chengyu thought of the leather he saw in the town two days ago. With his current internal strength and martial arts skills, he should be able to walk further into the mountain. He decided to rest at home and took his third brother with him.
hunt.
Yes, it was his third brother. As early as two years ago, Gu Chengyu had mastered the martial arts skills. Unexpectedly, no one in the Gu family had such talent. He was either too old or weak, so Gu Chengyu could only put it away.
The internal skills and mental methods allowed them to learn a few external skills.
That's it, only the third brother is interested and works extra hard. The other boys just want to go to school because it is impossible to achieve anything in martial arts, so they don't want to spend time on it.
But the third brother didn't like it. Of course, firstly, he was too old to sit with a group of kids, and secondly, he was only interested in martial arts, so he didn't go to a private school. He only wanted to teach the son of the family after he came back.
He knows some words.
Gu Chengli drove the ox cart quickly and steadily, and soon passed through the mountains and forests, and the villages ahead were already vaguely visible.
It gets dark early in winter, and by the time the oxcart enters the village, the silvery gray dusk has already enveloped the entire village. The oxcart walked further in and arrived in front of the Gu family's courtyard.
The Gu family is now the only large brick house with large bricks and tiles in the village, except for Landlord Zhao's house. Although the two-entry courtyard is not as good as the two-entry courtyards in the town and county, it is not too small.
Gray-black tiles cover the roof, and the wall paved with blue bricks looks out of place with the adobe house next to it. The courtyard wall is made of large stones and is two meters high. Looking in from the open courtyard door,
You can see the flat stone road.
Originally, Gu Chengyu wanted to use blue bricks to make the courtyard wall, but Father Gu and the others disagreed. The courtyard was so big that if they were all made of blue bricks, how many bricks would be used? That would be all money! Later, Gu Chengyu had to compromise, and now
Looking at the courtyard wall made of big stones, I don't think it's ugly at all, but it doesn't look very good. In two years' time, I'll have his father tear it down and build it with blue bricks.
The current layout of the Gu family says that Father Gu and the others live in the main house on the second floor. There are two main rooms in total, and one wing on each side. Gu Wan lives in the east room, and Gu Chengyu lives in the other room.
To the south is the kitchen room.
The first and second bedrooms still live in the east and west wings respectively, and his third brother also got married last year. Considering that there were many brothers in the Gu family, an additional wing room was built in the east and west wings respectively. Originally, there were two wing rooms in the east and west wings.
A larger house was built, so that when the third brother and the fourth brother got married, they could each have a room. A woodshed and livestock shed were also added to the west.
There is no space on both sides of Gu's house, but the back can be extended, so it is much longer vertically. However, it is smaller when you first enter. In addition to a study room, there is only one room for entertaining guests.
, a guest room.
This layout is a bit small, but fortunately there is still a lot of open space behind their house. When the grandchildren get married, it can be extended further.
When the bullock cart passed by the study, Gu Chengyu first picked up the schoolbags and food bought for the family from the cart. Gu Chengli waited for Gu Chengyu to get off, then drove the bullock cart to the livestock shed in the inner courtyard.
The elder sons of the Gu family were all in Xia Sang Village. The private school in Xia Sang Village was run by an old scholar. Although Mr. Qian was not as famous as Mr. Wen, he still had some knowledge if he could be admitted as a scholar.
Under his persuasion, Father Gu did agree to the matter of Erlang of the Gu family. However, he put forward a condition, that is, he would only study for three years. If he felt that he had acquired the knowledge, he would give it a try. If he felt that he could not pass the exam,
If so, then learn a trade, or find some work in the town.
In fact, three years is actually a short time. There are many people with outstanding knowledge who did not become scholars within three years.
Gu Chengyu felt it was a bit unfair, but Father Gu had made up his mind and said that the family could not support so many people all the time. It would cost a lot and it would be difficult to provide for just one child, let alone so many children.
Later, Mr. Gu told him privately that he said this to encourage everyone to study hard and how well they studied would be determined by themselves at that time. If they studied well, of course they could continue to study, and if they didn't study well, they would naturally not be able to.
Keep supplying.
In more than two years, Gu Chengyu has grown a lot taller. The Gu family's life is much better now, and the food is good. Not only him, but Da Lang and the others have also gained some weight.
After placing the plum blossom cakes and pine nut candies brought back from the town in the study, Gu Chengyu went straight to the backyard.
Mrs. Lu had already taken Mrs. Fang and the others to put the food on the table, waiting for Gu Chengyu to serve it. Xiasang Village had announced a holiday five days ago, so Gu Chengyu was the last one to arrive.
"Xiaobao! Come in quickly, isn't it cold? You master, it's true, other private schools have already left, so why are you still studying today? Isn't it dangerous to get up so early and there is such thick snow on the road?" Lu
Gu Chengyu entered the main room and hurriedly pulled Gu Chengyu to sit on the hot Kang.
"Mom! I'm not cold. I'm wearing plenty of clothes! Today is the last day of the year. You don't have to go to private school tomorrow. You can just study at home." Gu Chengyu smiled at Lu and said.
Lu was seen wearing a lake blue muslin jacket with a cross-collar and narrow sleeves, and a sapphire blue pleated skirt. The lake blue made her complexion fair and smooth. Looking again, she saw two silver hairpins on her head.