Joe's Farming

When Gu Xi got up in the morning, he habitually asked his apprentice to fetch him some water.

I waited in bed for a long time before I remembered that I was no longer in Haitang Town.

What should I do? I feel a little regretful.

Begonias don't lack water.

Gu Xi had no choice but to get up quickly and go to the well to fetch water.

Some people have gathered by the well. Although the villa is not open recently, everyone still gets up on time every day to do other things required by Qiao Yu and Gu Feng.

Gu Xi greeted them with a smile and heard them say that they were going to dig potatoes in a while.

“This year the time is much earlier.”

"The boss said that since it won't rain and won't grow any more, we might as well dig it up early."

"Oh, it's such a gloomy day. I heard that the price of food in town has gone up."

"Fortunately, we are with the boss, so we can have meat from time to time."

"Yes, the boss and the second master are good people. Hurry up, there will be no food if it's any later."

Gu Xi saw them rushing towards the lobby of the villa, and after washing her face, she went over to take a look.

There were two large wooden barrels, several winnowing baskets, and a large bowl of pickles on a table in the villa.

There was still a steamed bun left in the winnowing basket, and there was only a little bit of multi-grain porridge left in the wooden barrel.

Gu Xi scooped up the porridge in a bowl, picked up a plate of kimchi, and then ate quietly at the table.

Halfway through the meal, I saw Bai Ming appear in the lobby.

He came to buy steamed buns. The breakfast at the villa was provided for people who had to do physical work.

Bai Ming would sometimes come over to visit, and if there were any leftover steamed buns he would buy them and take them home to eat with his parents.

He had to get up an hour earlier to steam the buns, and he didn't want his mother to be too tired.

"Good morning! Bai Ming!"

Gu Xi greeted him warmly. He had specifically asked Li Xin's name last night.

And the most important point is that Bai Ming is not married, so if he greets him like this, no one should talk about him.

Bai Ming frowned unconsciously when he saw him.

But because Gu Xi is the boss's friend, he can't just ignore him.

"morning."

Bai Ming nodded slightly at him.

"Come and eat with us! It's so boring to eat alone."

"No, I want to go back to be with my parents."

Bai Ming put the steamed buns in a bowl, added some pickles, and then went to the counter to put two copper coins.

Gu Xi watched the man walk away coldly and looked at himself for the first time. Did this guy dislike him?

Otherwise, why do you always leave in such a hurry?

Gu Xi felt that his self-esteem was severely hit. He thought that no matter in his previous life or in Haitang Town, he had always been surrounded by admirers.

It's a pity that he has very high requirements for his future partner. It's not that he requires the other party to be 1.7 meters tall, beautiful, and have a car and a house.

But he is a person who only talks about feelings.

I feel that this thing is imaginary, but I only realized its existence when I encountered it.

So he has always been the one who attacks others, but he has been attacked so intensively in the past few days that he feels a little depressed.

The point is that he didn't do anything inappropriate to Bai Ming...

Forget it, let nature take its course.

After breakfast, Gu Xi went to find Qiao Yu. He wanted to buy a servant. His time was precious and he didn't want to spend it on daily housework.

His time happened to be the breakfast time at Qiao Yu's house. Looking at the sumptuous breakfast in front of Qiao Yu, Gu Xi felt extremely regretful.

Since meals are provided anyway, we should climb up early and have breakfast at Qiao Yu’s house.

Qiao Yu was considerate and asked him, "Have you eaten?"

Gu Xi said embarrassedly: "I have eaten, but I can still eat a little more."

Qiao Yu smiled: "Then sit down and eat something, you're welcome."

Gu Feng made room for him and asked, "Doctor Gu, are you used to living here?"

"Fortunately, my apprentice stayed in Haitang, and I was short of help, so I wanted to go to the dental clinic."

Qiao Yu understood and suggested, "Why don't you just take in another disciple?"

Gu Xi shook her head: "The apprentice still needs to look at the aptitude, and the medical students still need to be selective."

His previous apprentice was more like his assistant, so when he was about to leave Haitang, his apprentice decisively chose to stay. He thought he would look more carefully before accepting a disciple next time.

"Okay then, I'll let Da Zhuang take you there later."

"Uncle Gu, I want to study medicine."

Gu Xiaoxue suddenly spoke.

Normally, when there are guests around, children would keep quiet on their own, so when Xiaoxue spoke, all the adults looked at her.

Gu Xiaoxue was not afraid either, and said with shining eyes: "Can I study medicine? Doctor Jiang is also a woman, so I can study medicine, right?"

Gu Heng rolled his eyes and said, "I want to learn too!"

Qiao Yu patted his head gently, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "What are you studying? You don't even know what medicine is!"

"Why does Xiaoxue want to study medicine?"

Gu Xi asked solemnly.

Gu Xiaoxue: "I think doctors are great. They can cure diseases and save lives. I also want to be a great person."

Gu Xi nodded.

"But studying medicine is very hard. You have to memorize a lot of medical books and do a lot of scary exercises. Aren't you afraid?"

Qiao Yu felt something was wrong when he heard this. This man was actually planning to take his daughter as his apprentice.

"You're not going to let her learn anatomy or anything?"

“Isn’t that the most basic thing?”

Gu Xiaoxue didn’t know what they were talking about, but her intuition was not good.

Sure enough, Gu Xi asked him, "Can you kill rabbits?"

Gu Xiaoxue's voice trembled: "Do you want to ~kill~ the rabbit?"

Gu Xi made a scissors gesture: "Not only do we have to kill it, we also have to cut open its stomach and then sew it up."

He deliberately made it sound bloody.

Gu Xiaoxue looked at Qiao Yu and Gu Feng helplessly, and Qiao Yu comforted her, "It's okay, our family doesn't need you to study medicine."

Gu Xiaoxue finally gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not afraid."

When Gu Xiaoyan looked at Gu Xi again, there was a hint of fear on her expression.

Only Gu Heng was confused: "I'm not afraid either!"

Gu Xi smiled and said to Gu Xiaoxue, "Don't be afraid. You are still young now. If you still want to study medicine in two years, come and learn from me." Then he looked at Gu Heng and said, "Forget about you. You are not old, and you are the best for joining in the fun."

Gu Heng tilted his head, not understanding.

Qiao Yu was amused by his son's cute appearance and comforted him: "It's okay, our Hengzi is still young, he just needs to play now, he doesn't need to learn anything."

Gu Feng also nodded, and Hengzai just needed to stay at home and make everyone laugh every day.

-

After breakfast, Gu Xi went to town, while Qiao Yu and Gu Feng took the children to the fields to dig potatoes.

In the potato field, the people from the villa have been working for a while.

The dug potatoes were piled in small piles on one side, and on the other side were the withered potato vines.

Due to lack of water, these potatoes are not even half the size of normal potatoes, but Qiao Yu is already very satisfied.

In the following month, they hardly watered the potatoes, as all the water was used for the rice.

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng worked together. Gu Feng used the hoe to dig, and he was responsible for picking out the potatoes and putting them in the backpack.

Logically speaking, there are enough people in the villa now, so there is no need for them to come and dig potatoes.

But every time the potatoes were ripe, Qiao Yu would go with Gu Feng and the children to dig potatoes.

The children dug slowly but seriously, and every time they harvested a potato, you could see their little faces filled with joy at having harvested food.

Qiao Yu thought that this kind of parent-child activity was not only needed by the children, but he also needed it.

From then on, every time they dug potatoes, it became a beautiful memory for the family.