Joe's Farming

Although Gu Sanxi was driven away, Gu Feng and Gu Gang still looked unhappy.

At first, Da Zhuang and others thought that it was really the boss's third uncle, but after listening to Gu Gang's words, they felt that their third uncle was a good-for-nothing.

"And that cousin, he had to borrow money from others to get married. He wouldn't get married if he didn't have money." Da Zhuang said angrily.

Just now, Xiaobai and the others were in the next room, and they came out only after hearing the noise, so they didn't know the specific situation. Now that they heard it, they felt that the boss was unlucky to have such a relative.

Qiao Xing clenched his fists angrily and said to Gu Feng, "Dad, next time they come, I'll beat them out for you."

The two younger brothers and sisters also nodded quickly: "Yes, fight back."

Gu Feng was amused by the children's indignation and said softly, "Daddy won't let them bother us anymore. Has your little daddy not checked your homework for a long time?"

Qiao Xing and Gu Xiaoxue immediately stepped back a little.

Gu Xiaoyan raised his hand happily: "Yes! I know a lot of words! Little daddy, please test me."

Gu Gang looked at Qiao Yu in surprise: "Can your brother-in-law read?"

Although Gu Gang had lived at home for a while, he was always busy after he recovered his memory and didn't pay any attention to Qiao Yu reading the storybook. He thought Qiao Yu would just look at the words in the account book.

Hongxiu poked him from the side and said, "Qiao'er's handwriting is so beautiful."

Qiao Yu lowered her head in embarrassment: "I can recognize it, but I can't write it well. My sister-in-law praised me too much."

If he had written well, he wouldn't have had to buy ready-made Spring Festival couplets in town.

Qiao Yu patted the heads of the three children one by one and said, "Go and get the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone. Daddy will test you."

Paper and ink were too expensive, so the grandfather made a simple sand table for the children to learn to read. After repeated practice, they used paper and pen to write. The children prepared the pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and the grandfather ground them for them.

Qiao Yu randomly picked words from everyone's names and asked them to write them down.

"Steel, steel that has been tempered hundreds of times, is also the name of your uncle." Qiao Yu said the first word.

Gu Gang knew this character himself, and learned it from someone when he was doing corvée labor. Qiao Xing was scratching his head, unable to figure out how to write this character.

He always felt that he had never learned this character. How come his brother and sister could write so fast?

Qiao Xing blushed with shame, and said to Qiao Yu embarrassedly: "Little Daddy, I don't remember how to write it."

"It's okay. I'm just testing you. Just write whatever you want. Don't be afraid."

Qiao Yu looked at the handwriting of Gu Xiaoyan and Gu Xiaoxue. Although it was immature, it was still possible to tell what the words were. Especially Yan Bao, although he was the youngest, his handwriting was the most beautiful.

Seeing Gu Xiaoyan puffing out her chest, Qiao Yu almost wrote "Praise me" on her face. She gave him a thumbs up and praised him, "Great!"

"The next word is: words. In short, words that are firm and convincing. They are also Gu Xiaoyan's words."

Gu Xiaoyan wrote even faster this time. When he finished, he raised his hand and said, "Little Daddy, I'm done!"

Qiao Xing had also finished writing by then, and said shyly, "I've finished writing too."

Gu Xiaoxue also said immediately: "Little Daddy, I've finished writing it too."

Qiao Yu went forward to check one by one: "Well, everyone was great this time. Next..."

The Gu family, whose joy was disturbed by Gu Sanxi, returned to their usual laughter and joy after watching the three children write.

Qiao Yu took the test on ten words in total. Gu Xiaoyan got all of them right, Gu Xiaoxue got nine right, and Qiao Xing... only got half right.

Qiao Xing lowered his head and stepped forward, holding out his hand: "Little Daddy, please hit me. I didn't learn to read well, and my brothers and sisters are more serious than me."

Qiao Xing was not lying. He did not like learning to write. As soon as he saw the words, he wanted to do other things. However, when Qiao Yu taught them arithmetic, he listened very carefully.

Qiao Yu patted his little hands gently: "Who did you learn this from? Everyone is good at different things. Look at your brothers and sisters, who can cook better than you? You learned arithmetic very well when I taught you before."

Gu Xiaoxue immediately nodded and comforted her brother: "Yes, yes, big brother is very smart, big brother can fry dough sticks."

Qiao Xing withdrew his hand embarrassedly and scratched the back of his head.

Everyone laughed and started to praise others. At first it seemed that they were just praising the children.

Later, Qiao Yu began to praise Gu Feng: "Brother Gu is really good at hunting."

Then Gu Feng replied: "Qiao'er's cooking is the best."

Not wanting to be outdone, Gu Gang also praised Hongxiu, and gradually expanded the scope of people he praised. Da Zhuang blushed and said to Xiao Bai, "Xiao Bai's paper-cuts are beautiful."

Xiao Bai was so praised that he was incoherent. He happened to see Su Qing and Bai Lan talking, and blurted out: "Qing... Qing has a good temper and can talk to anyone."

Da Zhuang looked at him in disbelief: "Are you serious? Brother Qing has a good temper?"

Xiao Bai blinked and asked him back: "Isn't it?"

Bai Lan couldn't help laughing. Da Zhuang glanced at Su Qing, who had a cold face, and sighed, "If you say so, then so be it."

Soon it was evening and the snow outside showed no sign of stopping.

Qiao Yu looked at Xiao Bai and said, "Don't leave tonight. Yan Bao likes to sleep with you anyway."

Xiaobai shook his head: "If we don't go back now, the chickens at home will starve to death. We also need to sweep the snow in the yard."

Qiao Yu nodded and called Da Zhuang over, "Send the person home carefully. Don't go into the yard. Come back as soon as you've sent him home, okay?"

"Hey!" Da Zhuang nodded vigorously.

Qiao Yu went to the kitchen to cut some meat and packed some leftover food for Xiaobai.

"Then I won't keep you here. Just stay safe at home."

Xiao Bai smiled and said, "Okay, Qiao Ge'er, don't worry. I have a pair of scissors under my pillow now. And the village chief has said that no one dares to mess with me recently."

"That's great. Come to our house on New Year's Eve and we'll celebrate the New Year together." Qiao Yu invited.

Xiaobai will definitely not go to her mother's house to celebrate the New Year, as it would be too lonely to be alone. Anyway, she has a big family and will not need any food to feed.

Xiaobai opened his mouth, his eyes reddened. "Hmm!" Xiaobai responded muffledly.

Da Zhuang was so happy to hear that Xiao Bai could come and celebrate the New Year together that he kept grinning at Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu couldn't stand it anymore and said, "That's enough, stop it. I'm drooling."

Su Qing was a little dazed as she looked at Da Zhuang's back as he happily followed Xiao Bai away.

Bai Lan asked him softly, "What's wrong?"

Su Qing smiled and shook his head: "Nothing, I'm just a little envious of that silly boy."

Bai Lan was a little surprised. She thought Su Qing was a person who was out of touch with the world and was not interested in anything. How could she actually envy Da Zhuang?