Gu Chao, the reborn little brother

spare time.

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Song Wei left, but Gu Chao still had something on his mind. Just now, Gu Huai went out of the house alone, as if he knew there was someone outside, and there was a flash of light in Gu Huai's eyes at that time, like Gu Chao's eyes. In the animal world, when you see wild wolves locking on their prey, they are normal and fierce.

"Come here, Xiao Huai, sit on the stool."

In the small mud room, Gu Chao and Gu Huai each sat on a bench, Gu Chao lowered his body and looked at Gu Huai level.

"Did Xiao Huai know that there were people outside just now?" Gu Chao asked.

"En." Gu Huai responded.

"How did Xiao Huai know there was someone outside?"

"Smell, someone else's smell."

Gu Chao believed that Gu Huai was telling the truth, but he didn't expect such an answer. He thought that Gu Huai saw Gu Yong's figure flashing by the window, so he wanted to go out and have a look.

Smell... Through the door, Gu Huai could actually smell it. This child doesn't look like an ordinary child. Gu Chao's heart was a little messed up, and he remained silent for a long time without speaking.

"That person was squatting, Xiao Huai just kicked him." Gu Huai stepped forward and grabbed Gu Chao's hand anxiously, "The brother who was pushed by that person is a bad guy."

Seeing Gu Huai looking at him so timidly, as if he was afraid that he would not want him, Gu Chao stretched out his hand and hugged him into his arms.

"Brother doesn't mean to blame Xiao Huai, but kicking someone is wrong. What if that person falls down, bumps his head, and bleeds?"

Gu Huai leaned against Gu Chao's chest, feeling his body temperature, but didn't make a sound.

Gu Chao sighed in his heart, and said to himself that the days to come are still long, and some things can be taught slowly.

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After the two brothers talked, Gu Chao found the basket of things that Gu Yong brought and hung it on a rope in the kitchen. The lunch at noon was still pancakes.

When Gu Chao was busy in the kitchen, he heard someone shouting in the yard outside.

"Gu Chao, Gu Chao, is brother Chao from the Gu family here?" A middle-aged man's voice said.

"Hey, I'm here~"

Gu Chao took a plate and put it in the pot, and put the half-cooked pancakes on the basin, so that if he stayed outside for too long, he didn't have to worry about the pancakes being burnt. He wiped his hands and walked out of the stove.

Gu Chao knew the person who came here. He was the shopkeeper Qin of "Xiangyun Cloth Village" in the town next door. Some of the handicrafts that Gu An did were entrusted to the shopkeeper Qin to sell them.

"Shopkeeper Qin, why are you here?"

"I just came back from the south. As soon as I came back, I heard that your mother was gone, and you fell into the river. You almost lost your life. I was really worried, so I came to have a look." With some traces of wind and frost.

"Let shopkeeper Qin worry, Ah Mu has been buried in the ground three days ago."

"Seeing that you can walk and talk like this, I feel relieved. I didn't expect your mother to leave so suddenly. I found all the silk threads he asked me to bring last time. It's a pity that these silk threads are gone." Qin The shopkeeper said with regret in his tone.

Gu Anhui's handicraft is embroidery, and the weather in the north is too cold to raise sericulture, so no one knows this delicate handicraft; silk and embroidery are expensive goods in the south, and they are sold at sky-high prices in the north.Gu An didn't know why he knew this handicraft, so he used plain cloth to embroider some purses, and occasionally he also took on some custom-made clothes for wealthy families.

Gu Chao thought of Gu An's previous works, both in terms of design and color matching, they were extremely exquisite and delicate. Even though Gu An once grew up in the south, such exquisite patterns are not something ordinary people can do.

Shopkeeper Qin took out a money bag from his pocket and stuffed it into Gu Chao's hand, "This is the money from the purses that your mother consigned last time. After deducting those silk thread money, there are still three taels of silver left. You can keep it." gone."

"I will, thank you Manager Qin."

Gu An is a low-key person, and only shopkeeper Qin and Gu An know about embroidery and purse sales. Gu Chao once heard Gu An say that if the purse sells well, there will be three liang of silver in the account at the end of the year, so that this winter Don't worry about running out of food, when the time comes, you can make new winter clothes for Gu Chao and Gu Huai.

The money came, but Gu An was gone.

Gu An once said three or two, but he is no longer there, and there is no evidence to prove it, but shopkeeper Qin still gave Gu Chao three or two, and Gu Chao was relieved. Shopkeeper Qin is a reputable person, and he can continue to cooperate in the future .

Shopkeeper Qin untied his burden again, and took out the silk thread that Gu An told him to bring from the south when he was alive. Although Gu Chao is not as knowledgeable as Gu An, but in terms of color, these silk threads are just like the north. The commonly used cotton threads are very different.

"When the new year is over, I need to trouble shopkeeper Qin to come back and pick up some things." Gu Chao touched those silk threads, and had some other plans in his mind.

"Brother Chao can also embroider?"

"Although it's not as good as mine, it's still a little bit better."

"Okay, after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, I will definitely come over."

7|007 Radish Potatoes

"Em and I have been friends for more than ten years. Now that you are well, I am relieved. There are still many things in the shop, so I will go back first." The shopkeeper Qin also looked at it. , the things were also brought, and he even made an appointment with Gu Chao to pick up the goods. This trip was worthwhile, so he stopped bothering and planned to go back to the town.

"Shopkeeper Qin, please wait for me a little longer."

Gu Chao moved a bench from the house and greeted Shopkeeper Qin to sit down for a while, and walked back to the kitchen. Shopkeeper Qin came in a hurry, carrying only the things that Gu An ordered, and it was already noon. The journey to the town was nearly an hour, and shopkeeper Qin might not be able to catch up with today's lunch.

Gu Chao felt sorry for bothering others like this, the two breads he baked just now were the only thing that could be eaten at home, which really seemed a bit shabby.

Gu Chao was worrying about this, when suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind.

He cut off a corner of the bacon sent by Gu Yong, chopped the meat into pieces, then poured some oil on the meat and stir-fried it, then sliced ​​the hot noodle bread from the middle, and put more than half of the oil on it. The minced meat is stuffed in the middle of the noodle cake, so that the original Roujiamo is ready.

It would be even more perfect with some chopped green onion and gravy.

Shopkeeper Qin was sitting outside the kitchen, watching Gu Chao make "roujiamo". There has never been such a meal.

Gu Chao found a piece of clean sackcloth to wrap the bread, "Shopkeeper Qin, there is nothing to sell at home, this meat... You can take the meat cake with you to eat on the road."

"Brother Chao, did you come up with the idea of ​​making this meatloaf?" Shopkeeper Qin looked amazed. People only know how to wrap meat in dough like a bun, but they never thought of steaming the dough. When it is cooked, fry the meat, you can also stuff two things together, and it is more simple and convenient, and it is also good for preservation.

"No, it was my mother who taught me." Gu Chao had already made a quick calculation in his heart, and he didn't intend to take the matter on himself.

"Your mother is indeed well-informed, so it's not surprising."

Shopkeeper Qin was amazed like this, while holding the meatloaf, looked left and right, and walked away.

Gu Chao re-baked two pancakes, stuffed the leftover minced meat into one of the pancakes, and called Gu Huai out to eat.

Gu Huaiyi usually took a bite out of the bread, but he didn't expect to taste the meat, his round eyes lit up.

"Is it tasty?"

Gu Huai nodded vigorously, opened his mouth and took several bites of the bread, to make sure that he really tasted the meat.

"If Xiao Huai likes it, I'll make it for you every day."

Gu Chao looked at Gu Huai's stupid look and smiled heartily, maybe life in this world is poor, but the missing piece in his heart seems to be made up.

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After lunch, the sun was very good, shining on the snow, refracting the light, and it was bright everywhere.

With the three taels of silver from shopkeeper Qin, Gu Chao's heart is bright and secure, at least he doesn't need to worry anymore this winter.

Gu Chao took out the dried vegetable leaves from the stove and threw them beside the chicken coop as feed to the chickens.Since there are chickens that lay eggs, there must be chickens. The chickens in the countryside are all free-range, and Gu Chao is not worried if he can find his way home.

Then Gu Chao began to think about the acre of vegetable land behind the house. Although he was not a farmer and had never planted a field, he had never eaten pork or seen pigs run away. Gu Chao still had a good idea of ​​the basic steps of planting plants. .

The vegetable field is now covered by thick snow, and what was originally planted underneath cannot be seen. Gu Chao decided to clear the snow as the first step.

Two brothers, one with a bigger hoe and the other with a small iron catalpa, Gu Chao taught Gu Huai how to deal with the snow on the vegetable field.

But Gu Huai is still just a child after all, he is very playful, he is already playing with making a snowman.

When Gu Chao woke up, Gu Huai saw a mature and sensible appearance, it was rare to see some childlike innocence in him, and he didn't stop him, letting him have fun.

About a third of the time, after the snow was pushed away layer by layer, it was finally no longer brown soil, and finally saw a touch of turquoise.

Gu Chao's eyes lit up, and he became more energetic, and the movement of swinging the hoe became faster.

He moved forward another five or six meters in unison, and the "treasure" buried under the snow finally revealed its true colors, a touch of green and a touch of white, plump and round.

It's a carrot!

Gu Chao was so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist, but suddenly he wanted to look up to the sky and laugh.

Yes, just for these radishes!

It's not how much Gu Chao likes radishes, but that any kind of vegetable is precious in winter here.

Gu Chao suddenly remembered a mobile game that had been popular for a while in modern times, called Defending Carrot, and what he experienced now was the real version of Defending Carrot!

Gu Chao carefully looked at the radishes back and forth. Some were completely white, some were still green at the root, and some were exposed too much and were cracked by the frost. He dug out the cracked radishes. In the winter, it is not a problem to leave it for more than ten days.

When the sun was slightly westward, Gu Chao stopped his hands, and went home holding Gu Huai, who was already sweating a little and had a great time playing.

Gu Chao didn't take Gu Huai back to the back room, but led Gu Huai to the stove, and after lighting the stove, he asked Gu Huai to sit inside and watch the fire.

"Are you going to make dinner so early?" Gu Huai asked curiously.

"Yes and no."

What Gu Chao said meant he didn't say anything, Gu Huai was confused by what he heard, so he simply turned his head and concentrated on watching his fire.

After seeing shopkeeper Qin being so surprised and interested in the "roujiamo" at noon, Gu Chao had another plan in his mind.

He took down the bamboo basket with dough pancakes and counted them. There were still sixteen in it. He took twelve out of it and put them aside, and hung the rest back to their original places, and then sent Gu Yong to the basket. The piece of bacon that came to make amends was taken out.

This time, Gu Chao did not chop the meat into pieces, but sliced ​​the bacon into thin slices.

Minced meat that has been chopped and dipped in oil and fried has a much better taste than bacon if eaten right away, but the minced meat dipped in oil should not be kept for too long, as it may go bad in a few days.

Bacon is meant to last for a long time, and the baked dough can be kept for a long time if it doesn’t get wet. With various considerations in mind, Gu Chao planned to make a simple dough sandwich with sliced ​​meat this time.

After the noodles were baked, the slices were opened to cool, and then two slices of bacon were sandwiched between them. Gu Chaoshun also washed a handful of clean bamboo sticks, used the bamboo sticks as toothpicks, and strung up the cut mouth of the noodles. It looks a bit like a western style hamburger.

Gu Huai sat at the mouth of the stove, poking his head, staring at Gu Chao curiously, and swallowing faintly, the smell of minced meat at noon still lingered between his lips and teeth, seducing the glutton in his stomach. .

Seeing Gu Huai's gluttonous appearance, Gu Chao squeezed a slice of bacon into his mouth, and watched those beautiful dark green eyes instantly shining like stars in the night sky.

"It's almost there, don't need to add more fire, go out and wash your hands, and then come in with a basin of water."

Gu Chao ordered, Gu Huai chewed the meat carefully with his mouth in his mouth, and let Gu Chao command with satisfaction.

When the water boiled, the work in Gu Chao's hands was finished. Two breads stuffed with sliced ​​meat were placed on the plate, which was Gu Chao and Gu Huai's dinner today, and the other ten were wrapped in cloth and put aside. .

Gu Chao scooped up hot water and mixed some cold water. After testing the temperature, he asked Gu Huai to take off his clothes. Taking advantage of the fact that the burnt stove was not very cold, Gu Chao quickly took a bath for Gu Huai, and then wrapped himself in a cotton coat. Wrap Gu Huai, carry him to the next room, and stuff Gu Huai into the quilt to cover him tightly.

Then he found out Gu Huai's clean underwear and stuffed it into the quilt together, and asked Gu Huai to put it on under the quilt. Gu Chao was about to go out, so he asked Gu Huai to stay in obediently. At home, when he comes back, there will be meat slices sandwiched with noodles just now.

When Gu Chao went out, the sky was already dark, and with yesterday's experience, Gu Chao couldn't help but quicken his pace, and the direction he was going to was Chu Ming's house.

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Chu Ming's house is at the end of Gujia Village, very close to the back mountain.

When Gu Chao first arrived at Chu Ming's house, the fence gate outside their yard was closed, indicating that the owner of the house was not at home.

Gu Chao stood at the door and waited for a while, only to see Chu Ming came back with a basket on his back, a bow and arrow in one hand, and a peeled and washed pheasant in the other.

"Is there something wrong?" Chu Ming glanced at Gu Chao lightly, and his tone was neither cold nor hot.

In fact, Chu Ming's heart was full of surprises, thinking that this little brother who would usually run away and hide in fright when he saw him, would still take the initiative to come to him one day, it was really strange.

In the past, Gu Chao was timid and introverted, but Chu Ming was unusually tall and fierce, and often carried some dead birds and animals on his back. Just seeing these, Gu Chao was so scared that his legs and feet trembled.

Even if it is replaced by the current Gu Chao, some physiological reactions still cannot be overcome.

Gu Chao didn't like the smell of blood, so he took a few steps back subconsciously.

"I brought some things, thank you for saving me that day, and thank you for what happened this morning." Gu Chao was holding a cloth bag in his hand, which contained the ten meatloaves he made in the afternoon.

Chu Ming put down the pannier on his back, then dumped the contents of the pannier on the ground, squatting on the ground as if he didn't hear what Gu Chao said.

Chu Ming lived in Dr. Gu Ning’s house for a while when he was young, and he learned a lot of herbs in medical books with Gu Ning. Today he was lucky. Although the mountain was covered with snow, he killed a pheasant. Found a lot of useful herbs.

"I don't need anything, take your things back." Chu Ming coldly refused again, still lowering his head and sorting out the herbs. He planned to send them to Dr. Gu Ning after they were cleaned up.

Gu Chao looked at the big man squatting on the ground, with his back turned to him the whole time, just like what Song Wei said, "Usually he looks indifferent and ignores others, but I didn't expect that there would be a person who would be desperate to save himself." human heart".

Being rejected by Chu Ming, Gu Chao didn't feel embarrassed, he hung the cloth bag on the fence of Chu Ming's house and said.

"These are not all my things. Some of them belong to Gu Yong. If you don't want to take them, you can give them to Gu Yong when you see them."

Hearing what Gu Chao said, Chu Ming fell silent all of a sudden, and concentrated on arranging the herbs on the ground, throwing the unwanted weeds aside.

Gu Chao suddenly saw a khaki-yellow round thing covered with a lot of mud rolled to his feet, at first he didn't see what it was, but when he saw it clearly, his eyes lit up.

He grabbed the earth ball-like thing, walked up to Chu Ming suddenly, squatted down, leaned in front of him and said.

"This, you don't want this?"

"kindness."

"Where did you dig this from?"

"In the dirt pit on the mountain that was arched by wild boars."

"Then can you give me this?"

Chu Ming nodded.

Gu Chao almost screamed in his heart, Tudou!This is a potato!

Although it looks different from the modern improved version of potatoes, and is much smaller in size, Gu Chao feels that he has not admitted his mistake, the thing he is looking for is definitely potatoes!The mountains were covered by heavy snow, and the wild boars would hunt for potatoes when they couldn't find anything to eat. This made Gu Chao confirm his guess.

Gu Chao happily held the original version of potatoes, with a big smile on his face, his eyes were crooked, his bright black pupils flickered, and a very shallow dimple appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Thank you, Chu Ming." There was sweet joy in his voice.

Chu Ming felt as if his heart had been poked by something, it was numb and itchy, could it be that he was sick?

8|008 Three Potatoes

Ever since Gu Chao got those original potatoes from Chu Ming, he was happy for several days, just like he found a great treasure.

The starch content of potatoes is very high, so it is especially suitable for satisfying hunger and satiety; secondly, the requirements for the growing environment of potatoes are very low, and even Northwest Lia, which is a place of extremely cold permafrost, can be grown. Definitely not a problem; in addition, potatoes are easier to preserve than ordinary vegetables and radishes, and it is not a problem to find a ventilated and shaded place for a month or two.

Gu Chao has small expectations in his heart. If he succeeds in cultivating potatoes and spreading the word, potatoes will definitely become the second staple food besides wheat. If he solves the food problem here, wouldn’t he become the leader of the world? Yuan Longping died.

Of course, the current Gu Chao is still far away from the ancient Yuan Longping, because as a person who has never been in the field, Gu Chao is not very clear about the specific cultivation techniques of potatoes, let alone improving them.

But relatively fortunately, the last movie Gu Chao watched before he was reborn was "The Martian". Although it was not very detailed, the movie screen basically showed several general steps of potato cultivation.Gu Chao thinks that although he is not a botanist like the protagonist in the movie, the environment he is in now is not Mars without water and air. If the first time fails, try again a second time and a third time, you can always find it. Fight for the way of planting!

Gu Chao still remembered that when he was a child, if the potatoes at home were kept for a long time, sprout eyes would appear, and the adults would teach that potatoes with sprout eyes were poisonous and should not be eaten.

Gu Chao recalled carefully, it seemed that it all happened in February and March, when spring began to warm up. It seems that one of the most important factors that determine the germination of potatoes is the temperature.

Right now, this is probably just the beginning of winter, and spring is still far away. The first thing Gu Chao has to solve is the problem of temperature.

He found a bamboo spatula, pulled out a bucket of stove ashes from the bottom of the stove, put them in it, and then buried half of the only three potatoes in the stove ash, usually exposed to the air, which was a simple heat preservation device. Well, at night, Gu Chao put the bamboo dustpan in the room where he and Gu Huai slept, and he didn't forget to spread a thick layer of straw on it. Taking care of these potatoes is just like taking care of his little ancestor.

Today's sunshine is good, after breakfast, Gu Chao went back to the house and took the bamboo spatula to the yard, turned the potatoes one by one, let them enjoy the sunbathing evenly.

Gu Huai is just like Gu Chao's little tail, following him in and out, Gu Huai is also calm, watching Gu Chao do these weird things without asking questions, just keeping his curious eyes open, without blinking. Blinkingly followed and watched.

On the contrary, Gu Chao couldn't bear Gu Huai's little eyes that were seeking knowledge, and often explained to him while doing it. After knowing that this thing Gu Chao called "potatoes" could be turned into food, Gu Huai's eyes became more more expectations.

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Thanks to God, the weather has been fine these few days, and half of the snow on the ground has disappeared, so it will be easy for Gu Chao to organize the acre of vegetable fields.

"Brother Chao, I didn't see any of your brothers when I went to your house, so I guess you two must be busy in the field." Song Wei's face injury was almost healed, and he stood with a bamboo basket in his hand and smiled. On the ridge.

"Weiwei, you're here."

"I brought you a good thing."

"What fun?"

"Come here and have a look." Song Wei proudly shook the bamboo basket in his hand with Gu Chao.

Gu Chao put down the hoe in his hand, walked back to the edge of the field, and looked into Song Wei's bamboo basket. Inside the bamboo basket lay a neat row of wild leeks, with long green stems and leaves on top and small green chives underneath. White rhizomes like garlic.

"I dug these up on the mountain today. Tomorrow will be your first seven. I remember that Gu An's favorite leek dumplings."

"Thank you, Weiwei."

"It's okay, why are you being polite to me?"

Gu Chao and Song Wei smiled at their acquaintance, and put the bamboo baskets away. Song Wei also walked down the ridge to help Gu Chao tidy up the vegetable fields. Song Wei was used to doing field work in his own home, compared to Gu Chao, who became a monk halfway He became more proficient, so the scene of the field later evolved into Song Wei teaching the two brothers Gu Chao and Gu Huai how to plan the land correctly.

Under Song Wei's guidance, Gu Huai, who had been working hard with a small hoe, suddenly stood up.

Song Wei's sharp eyes saw a figure on the back wall of Gu Chao's house.

"Gu Yong, why are you sneaking towards brother's house again?"

"Who is sneaking around, you can come to Chaoge'er's house, can't I come?" Now that he was discovered, Gu Yong didn't hide, he went to the edge of the field and said to Song Wei.

"What relationship do I have with Brother Chao, what relationship do you have with Brother Chao, can you compare?"

"Aren't you just friends? Brother Chao and I are also friends. Brother Chao, don't you think so?"

Gu Yong turned his head and asked Gu Chao, Gu Chao nodded with a smile, and found it very interesting to see that the two of them were lightning-fast when they met.

"Brother Chao nods, you ugly bastard has nothing to say." Gu Yong snorted.

"Hmph, I'm here to help Brother Chao tidy up the vegetable fields, so why are you here?"

"I... I'm also here to help Brother Chao tidy up the vegetable plot!"

"You, the spoiled young master of the family, can do these jobs in the field? I don't believe it, go away, don't cause trouble for Brother Chao." Song Wei waved his hands like chasing a duck.

Unconvinced, Gu Yong strode to the field and snatched the hoe from Gu Chao's hand, "Chao brother, go rest and leave the rest to me, Mr. Gu Yong!"

Gu Chao wanted to take the hoe back, but was stopped by Song Wei.

"Since someone is willing to do it, brother Chao, you can go and rest."

At an angle that Gu Yong didn't see, Song Wei blinked at Gu Chao, Gu Chao understood, Song Wei must be thinking about how to fix Gu Yong in his heart, Gu Chao slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, and didn't follow Gu Yong. After arguing, listen to Song Wei and go to the side to rest.

Seeing this, Gu Huai followed Gu Chao to the side and sat down. He didn't see what was in Song Weizhu's basket just now, and he was just curious.

In fact, the work in the field is almost done, but Song Wei deliberately ordered Gu Yong to come and go, Gu Yong was not convinced, at most he just talked about it, and Song Wei said he worked very hard.

When the two were arguing with their faces flushed, Gu Yong suddenly fell silent, and Gu Chao couldn't help raising his head to see what happened.

I saw a large figure on the ridge, still the same as what Gu Chao saw that day, with the iconic tiger skin and bow and arrow,

"Chu...Chu Ming, why are you here?" Gu Yong's words trembled a little.

"You idiot, you can come, why don't you allow Chu Ming to come?" Ever since Chu Ming saved Gu Chao once, and then reached out to help him that day, Song Wei felt that the title of the book was actually a good person. The rumors here are simply unbelievable.

"Do you want more?" Chu Ming seemed to have not seen Song Wei and Gu Yong, just talking to Gu Chao.

"What?" Gu Chao was a little confused by the endless words.

"This." Chu Ming opened a cloth bag pinned to his waist, and took out a few green plants from it. The leaves, stems, and roots below were all intact. A small round ball.

It's a whole potato.

"I want it." Gu Chao took Chu Ming's cloth bag in surprise. He planned to go up the mountain to look for it after a while, but he didn't expect Chu Ming to bring it to him.

"It's just by the way when going up the mountain to hunt." Chu Ming no longer looked at Gu Chao, the focus of his eyes fell on the distance, and he said indifferently.

"Thank you for the same thing, this is what I want."

"Ah."

"Did you eat those biscuits?"

"ate"

"It's good to eat. I'm afraid that you will really give it back to Gu Yong."

When Chu Ming walked away with the bow and arrow on his back, Gu Yong couldn't help leaning over curiously and asked, "The cake you mentioned just now, what kind of cake, why did you give it to me?"

Gu Chao was about to explain, but Song Wei grabbed Gu Yong and dragged him back to the field.

"It's like being lazy after doing such a little work, come back to me and continue."

"you you you……"

"What are you, work quickly."

Gu Yong was so desperate that he couldn't speak, he could only wave his hoe vigorously and vent his anger on the ground.

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In addition to the daily food problem and the economic problem of expenses, there is another important problem in Gu Chao's mind, which is Gu Huai.

Maybe Gu An left too suddenly, Gu Chao often felt that Gu Huai would follow him like a follower because he was afraid that he would disappear like Gu An.

Gu Huai is now six years old. Gu Chao looks at this child with the eyes of a former modern person. He is mature and sensible, and he listens to adults. He doesn't need adults to worry at all.But six years old, isn't it the right age to make troubles and do bad things with a group of children of the same age?

During the few days that Gu Chao observed, Gu Huai never took the initiative to go out, not even a single friend.It may be because of this reason that Gu Huai's expressive ability is slightly insufficient, and he can rarely speak a complete long sentence, and most of them speak simple words.

Another thing that particularly worries Gu Chao is that on the day Gu Huai kicked Gu Yong, the animal-like light flashed in Gu Huai's eyes, which was a hostility that did not match his age. , but Gu Huai didn't seem to agree with his words.

This gave Gu Chao quite a headache. He is not an educator, so he cannot analyze the psychology of children at this age.

Gu Chao wondered in his heart, would it be better if he sent Gu Huai to school?

There is no school in the Gu family village, except for the village chief Gu Cheng and the doctor Gu Ning, there are not many people who can even read. Gu Chao remembers that Gu An is literate, because there were words on the purses that Gu An made.

But Gu An once said that "ignorance is blessing", so Gu An never taught Gu Chao how to read, let alone Gu Huai.

Fortunately, the characters used in this world are actually traditional Chinese characters. Some traditional characters are difficult for Gu Chao to write, but there is no problem with literacy.

Since there is no condition to go to school for the time being, Gu Chao plans to teach Gu Huai how to read and read by himself.

9|009 Village Chief Gu Cheng

On the day of Gu An's first seven days, Gu Chao woke up early in the morning, boiled water to make dumplings, and was very busy.

It refers to the seventh day after a person's death. It is generally believed by the people that the ghost of a deceased person will return home on the "first seven" day, and the family should prepare a meal for him before the ghost returns; if the ghost sees the family members, It will make him miss and change back to influence the ghost to reincarnate as a human being.

Maybe Gu Chao didn't believe in the theory of ghosts before, but he can be reborn into this world from modern society, so what is unbelievable?

So after the hot dumplings came out of the pot, Gu Chao filled two bowls, put one bowl on the small kitchen table, put a pair of chopsticks, and set up a small stool, and put the other two in the next room for storage. Woke up.

The other bowl, Gu Chao took it outside the house, found a clean corner to put it, he knelt down, kowtowed three times, this bowl, he was for Lin Jian, counting the days, today is also Lin Jian's first seven bowls. .

Lin Jian's soul did not know where it returned to. Although Gu Chao was thinking about it, there was nothing he could do.

After getting ready, Gu Chao took two pancakes and went out with Gu Huai, not going anywhere else but to see Gu An's grave.

When Gu An was alive, Gu Chao and Gu Huai were not allowed to read and write, and he must have considered it. Now, Gu Chao plans to teach Gu Huai to read and read, so he thought he should tell Gu An.

Arriving in front of Gu An's grave, Gu Chao simply cleaned up the fallen leaves and snow, then knelt down and kowtowed three times, and Gu Huai also followed him and kowtowed.

After Gu Huai got up, Gu Chao was still kneeling, with his hands folded in front of his chest, and he was muttering a lot of words in his heart, all for Gu An to hear.

Eminem, please allow me to call you Eminem too.I have already lived a good life as Gu Chao, everything at home is fine, and so is Gu Huai.

Ah Mu, I have cleaned up the vegetable field at home. The radish you planted has grown very big. We ate half of it yesterday. It is very sweet.

Eh Mu, all the purses you left at Shopkeeper Qin for sale are sold out, and Shopkeeper Qin sent three taels of silver, and those silk threads you dragged him to buy, he also brought them, which is very nice.

Eminem, starting tomorrow, I plan to teach Gu Huai how to read and write, I hope you can agree.

A gust of wind gently caressed Gu Chao's temples, blowing his black hair.

Gu Chao kowtowed again, and then took Gu Huai back to his home village. When he reached the entrance of the village, Gu Chao asked Gu Huai to go home first, and he planned to go to the village chief, Gu Cheng.

Since Gu Huai was to be taught to read and write, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone might be replaced by other things, but books were still indispensable. Gu Chao also wanted to see if the books in this world were the same as the ancient China he remembered.

And the only one in the Gu family village that has a collection of books is the village head Gu Cheng and his family.

Gu Cheng’s house is near the entrance of Gu’s Village. It’s different from ordinary people’s mud houses in a small courtyard with a fence. Gu Cheng’s house is a tile house with a wooden structure, which looks like a courtyard. Quite chic.

According to legend, the ancestor of Gu Cheng was the first person in Gujia Village to be admitted as a Jinshi. He also served as an official in the court for decades. After retiring, he missed his hometown and returned to Gujia Village. After all, he was an official, so his vision is naturally higher. There are many people in the village, and after a long time, the ancestor of Gu Cheng's family was respected as the head of Gu's village.

I don't know if it is the blessing of the ancestors of Gu Cheng's family. The descendants of Gu Cheng's family are all intelligent, pragmatic, and upright people, so the post of village chief has been held by Gu Cheng's family from generation to generation. , is already the fourth generation.

Speaking of the relationship between Gu Cheng and Gu An, they are actually cousins. Gu Cheng is older than Gu An, and they used to play with him when he was a child. Later, Gu An returned to the village alone, sick and weak, with a young man beside him. The young brother, he was able to quickly settle down in Gu's Village thanks to Gu Cheng's help.

Gu Chao knocked on the door, and it was Gu Cheng's aunt, Qu Hua, who opened the door.

"Brother Chao, hurry up and sit in the room."

"Auntie, is Uncle Cheng at home?"

"It's in the back room. It's almost Chinese New Year. The old yellow man from the village came to ask your Uncle Cheng to write a letter for his son who is out of town."

Qu Hua poured a cup of hot water for Gu Chao to drink, and he was able to warm his hands.

"Brother Chao, is your health better? Auntie has been thinking about you these days and wants to visit you, but the child at home has been sick for several days and has not recovered. I really can't leave." Qu Hua grabbed Gu Chao My hand is gone at such a young age