Xu Jing didn't sleep deeply. When he woke up, he found himself by the river, with Qi Yunzhi beside him.

"Brother Qi, we haven't been seen, have we?"

Qi Yunzhi shook his head.

It was already dark, Xu Jing hid the bowl and salt, carried Qi Yunzhi to the Liang's house quickly with a basket on his back.

Liang Xiaobao had already returned, and the Liang family was eating lunch. Seeing Xu Jing coming back thin and small with a basket on his back, the Liang family finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Yingzhen asked: "It's been so long, where have you been?"

Xu Jing lowered his head and whispered: "I don't remember the way."

"I asked you to follow Xiaobao and the others in the afternoon, why didn't you follow?"

Xu Jing didn't answer.

Guo Yingzhen was angry and didn't want to punish him physically, so she stepped forward and reached out to take his basket, and let him go back to the room, "Don't eat today's dinner, I will remember it long after I am hungry."

Xu Jing didn't come back until he was full today, and it was okay if he didn't eat dinner. He obediently went back to his room under the watchful eyes of Liang's family, and closed the door.

After returning to the room, Xu Jing rubbed his eyes and said to Qi Yunzhi, "Brother Qi, let's go to bed. We won't go out to find something to eat tonight. I'm so sleepy."

Qi Yunzhi lay beside him quietly.

There are no street lights in Renyuan’s living area, and it’s dark after dark. Xu Jing’s room has only one small window, and the lighting is not good.

This environment is not easy to live in, but it is very comfortable to sleep in.

Xu Jing was tired all day, and the Overwatch was fully charged. He let go of a big stone in his heart, and fell into a deep sleep within 5 minutes of going to bed.

He came back too late that night, the Liang family was worried about him, and detained him at home for several days to peel peanuts, and never let him out.

Although Xu Jing would go out to look for food at night, the mountainous terrain was too complicated. It was too dangerous for him to go up the mountain without lights, so he had to wander in the wild for a while.

In fact, there is not much food in the wild. After more than ten days of rummaging, they can't find anything that can be eaten.

You can catch some fish in the river, but in fact, river fish are fishy and have many parasites, so they must be cooked before they can be eaten.They can only put a little salt in boiled fish now, and the boiled fish is not very tasty.It's okay to eat one or two meals, but Xu Jing and Qi Yunzhi can't eat a few more meals.

Xu Jing was a little melancholy, clasping his fingers every day to find a new source of food.

The Renyuan living area is the same as the whole country, and the school starts on September [-]st.Liang Dashi and Liang Ermei walked to Luyu's living area to go to school with their schoolbags and rice grains on their backs.

One of them is in high school and the other is in junior high school. They both need accommodation and come back every Friday.The school does not have a cafeteria, and only provides rice steaming service. Students need to bring rice grains, and when they arrive at school, they wash the rice and put it in a drawer for steaming.

Not only rice, they also need to bring their own food when they go to school.

Generally speaking, they will bring more durable dishes.Those with poorer family conditions will bring chili sauce, fried dried radishes, sauerkraut, and dried vegetables, etc., while those with better families will bring extra bacon, sausage, salted duck eggs and other more durable meat, and sometimes add meals for themselves.

These dishes have to be eaten for a week, from Monday to Friday, and must be durable.

Compared with middle and high school students, Xu Jing and the others are much happier. There is an elementary school in the Renyuan living area, and the journey from home to school does not exceed 10 minutes.

Guo Yingzhen took Xu Jing and Xiao Bao to sign up, and Xu Jing had already said hello on the other side. He was in the fourth grade as soon as he started school.

Xiaobao started studying in the first grade. He was also in Renyuan Primary School in preschool and was very familiar with the campus.

Most of the school's teachers are residents of the Renyuan living area. Guo Yingzhen knew them all, and after a brief greeting, Guo Yingzhen put Xu Jing in the fourth grade classroom and took Xiaobao to the first grade to sign up.

The children in the class had long heard that the idiot of Liang Xiaobao's family had recovered from his illness, but they hadn't had much contact with him, so they were very curious.Seeing Xu Jing come in, they secretly looked at Xu Jing, hoping to see a flower on Xu Jing's face.

The head teacher was surnamed Tan, a teacher transferred from above, seeing that Xu Jing was about the same age as the children in the class, he didn't particularly care, so he was assigned to the front row, and the class started after he was seated.

There are not many courses in elementary school, Chinese, mathematics, nature, and a small amount of music, art, and physical education. The physical education class is on the playground in the classroom. Usually, the teacher dismisses people after one click.

There are many children in the Renyuan living area, and life is difficult. Parents tend to the crops in the fields all day long, so it is inevitable that they cannot take care of their children. Most families adopt the form of free-range for their children. Running, jumping and playing wildly in the living area, the parents don't care much.

Xu Jing has memories from his previous life. At that age, it is impossible for him to play as crazy as elementary school students. However, he has good grades and can get [-] points for every homework. Within a few days, the eyes of the students around him have already disappeared. Faintly with reverence.

He didn't need to do much. Every day before handing in his homework, a large number of young students gathered around and asked him to copy the homework.

Xu Jing will not take the initiative to borrow homework for them to copy, but he will patiently teach anyone who can't write questions.

Teacher Tan soon discovered Xu Jing's behavior, and with a wave of his hand, he promoted Xu Jing to be the study committee member of the class.The original study committee members were downgraded to group leaders due to poor grades. They don't need to be cared by teachers every day. The former study committee members are quite happy.

The first week of school is coming to an end, and it's Friday.Xu Jing went out to look for food at night, and would sleep on the table during class during the day. After getting along with each other these days, everyone around him got used to Xu Jing's listless appearance.

Teacher Tan saw that Xu Jing fell asleep in self-study class. Xu Jing was thin and small, his height was far below the average level of children of the same age, and his grades were good. Teacher Tan, who had heard about him, felt a little sympathetic to him and closed his eyes. One eye, as long as he doesn't fall asleep in class, Teacher Tan doesn't care.

"Xu Shenghe." Liang Liangzi, who was sitting near Xu Jing, came over to push Xu Jing, leaned on his ear and asked, "Would you like to explore Biyoutan with us tomorrow?"

Liang Liangzi is considered the boss of the class. He is tall and strong. Although he doesn't study well, he is very smart and loyal. All the students in the class admire him.

Xu Jing yawned and asked, "Where is Biyou Tan?"

Liang Liangzi said in a breathy voice: "Over Mizi Peak, we have an appointment to cut bitter tree branches to make slingshots. Will you go?"

Xu Jing said: "I don't know if I have to work when I go home. If I'm left to work at home, I won't be able to get out."

Liang Liangzi was aware of Xu Jing's situation, and looked at Xu Jing with some sympathy in his eyes. He gave Xu Jing an idea: "It's okay, just say that you want to chop firewood with us, and when we come back from the expedition, carry a bundle of firewood back Just go home."

Xu Jing agreed.

People in the Renyuan living area use earthen stoves. The firewood they burn every day is mainly divided into two parts. One part comes from the crops in the field, such as peanut seedlings, corn stalks, straw, etc.; the other part comes from the surrounding mountains. Every autumn and winter, Renyuan People in the living area, men, women and children, will go to the mountains to cut firewood and store enough firewood for a year.

These days, cutting firewood in the mountains is entirely dependent on manpower, and the efficiency is not high. In fact, not much firewood can be cut in one winter.Many families are also busy with various tasks in winter, and the time to go up the mountain to cut firewood is limited. As a result, there is less firewood to cut.

The adults are not free, and the half-old children in the family have to go up the mountain to chop firewood for the family on weekdays.When a group of children go up the mountain, they can look after each other, and the adults are also at ease.

Both Liang Dashi and Liang Ermei went up the mountain to cut firewood, and the Liang family didn't mind sending their children out to cut firewood.

There is such a precedent, Xu Jing said it at the dinner table, Liang Guotao nodded in agreement, Li Yinxiu was dissatisfied, and couldn't refute his son's opinion, so he could only stare at Xu Jing.The peanuts at home haven't been peeled yet, so why go up the mountain to chop firewood?

Early the next morning, Liang Liangzi came to call Xu Jing with a water bottle and cloth bag on his back.

Guo Yingzhen was packing up her things and preparing to do farm work. Seeing him sitting in the corridor, she told him, "Liangzi, when you go up the mountain, you have to watch over Xiaohe, and don't let him run around alone."

"Understood, don't worry, Auntie, I will definitely take good care of him." Liang Liangzi patted his small chest and assured, "Not only me, but also Hua Yu and the others. There are so many of us, we won't let him wander around."

"That's good, don't stay on the mountain for too long, come back early."

"Hey."

After Xu Jing washed up, Liang Ermei hadn't started cooking breakfast yet. He ate the leftovers from last night alone, went to the kitchen to get a machete, and signaled Liang Liangzi to leave.

"Auntie, Liangzi and I went to chop firewood with them."

"Go, let's go." Guo Yingzhen waved her hand, and prepared to go to the field with a basket on her back.

Before the sun rose, there were farmers preparing to go to work everywhere. Seeing Xu Jing and Liang Liangzi going out, the adults joked, "Liangzi, where are you taking Xiaohe?"

"Go up the mountain to cut firewood."

"Hey, I don't usually see you so diligent! You should be careful when you go up the mountain to cut firewood, but you must not eat the food on the mountain."

"I know, I know, let's go up to eat with something." Liang Liangzi said, showing the other side the sweet potatoes he carried next to the kettle in a cloth bag.

When they reached the intersection, several other young boys were waiting there. Seeing Xu Jing and Liang Liangzi, the bored young boys hurriedly stood up, "Why is it taking so long?"

"Aunt Yingzhen's house is far away, hurry up, don't talk nonsense." Liang Liangzi stepped forward and put his arms around the other party's shoulders, leading the other party forward, turning his head and beckoning Xu Jing to follow.

Xu Jing smiled, and gently pulled Qi Yunzhi's hand, and the two followed behind the group of young boys.

During Xu Jing's first week of school, Qi Yunzhi stayed with him in the classroom most of the time, and sometimes went out for a walk alone. The two spent less time together, and Xu Jing was not used to it for a while.

Qi Yunzhi was not used to it either, and now that he had the opportunity, Qi Yunzhi followed Xu Jing all the time.

A group of people gradually separated from the farmers who were going to work in Ping An's fields, and walked towards Mizi Peak by the path.They usually go up to the mountains to cut firewood, mainly in several mountains near the living area of ​​Renyuan. Mizi Peak is the highest mountain nearby, and everyone seldom climbs it.

The road to Mizi Peak is far and steep, covered with dense shrubs and forests.Because of this, the scenery of Mizi Peak is much better than that of several nearby mountains.

Xu Jing struggled to climb up the tree branches and grass stems.Qi Yunzhi was below him to protect him, occasionally giving him a hand to prevent him from falling.

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