Chapter 25 Hey, where are you going, fourth brother?

Minghui is still young and doesn't really understand the adults' teasing.

He looked at his little aunt who was laughing so hard with her head tilted, and always felt that this happiness was different from his own!

Little Minghui couldn’t figure it out with his little head.

He sighed helplessly: Alas, adults’ thoughts are so hard to guess!
The little kid's appearance of acting like a little adult made Lingxi laugh even more happily.

Little Minghui: “…”

Forget it, it doesn’t matter. As long as my aunt is happy.

Because of this interruption, Lingxi no longer had the heart to go into the woods.

So, she took advantage of this time to dry the raisins, dried fruits and vegetables.
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Since her rebirth, Pei Fuzhu has arranged for herself the identity of God's biological daughter, but her family knows her own business. No matter how self-righteous and mysterious she appears in front of others, she is still a little weak in private.

But now it’s different!
With this precious pearl that even the big families in the capital would hold in high esteem, she felt confident and secure.

She feels that she is superior to others and she wishes to hang the words "you mortals are not worthy of this" on her head.

Uncle Pei, Pei Jin, Pei Yu, and Pei Xuan, who caused all this personally: "..."

Lingxi, who knew the truth: "..."

Okay, as long as you are happy.

a ha ha ha……

Uncle Pei and his two brothers Pei Jin, who never believed that Pei Bok Joo was God's biological daughter, and Ling Xi, who believed it but knew the truth, were all very happy watching the show.

Moreover, since Pei Fuzhu had 'cheated' the bead from Minghui, it was said to be handed down from the ancestors of the Pei family. If it was really handed down from ancestors, there would be a long line of people ahead of Pei Fuzhu who were qualified to inherit it!

Pei Fuzhu was afraid that the bead might change hands by some chance, so in front of the Pei family, she just acted as if she didn't want to talk to them, which made her seem more obedient.

For example, her habit of teasing and bullying Lingxi when she was jealous and envious was temporarily gone.

Lingxi had a rare period of quiet time, and there was also something fun to watch, so she was in a very good mood.
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That day, Gu Si took a day off, and Lingxi happened to have a letter to send, so they made an appointment to go to the town together.

Everyone in Gujia Village knew very well what Gu Qingbei's situation was.

At that time, the village had just joined the commune, and Gu Qingbei, who had never worked in the fields due to poor health, had to go to the fields to earn work points.

A grown man started complaining of being tired and unable to work after working in the fields for a while. Not only did he slack off and get dizzy after being exposed to the sun for a while, he fainted in the fields several times. The worst time was when his head hit the hoe and he nearly lost his life.

Since then, Gu Qingbei often wandered around and did not go to work.

A promising high school student turned into a lazy and greedy street thug known throughout the surrounding villages.

This time, Gu Si was the hero in catching wild boars in the village, and the villagers were very enthusiastic and full of goodwill towards him.

The team leader, who used to be annoyed with him, found him very kind this time. He took special care of him when assigning work and assigned him to the drying yard, where he helped the children chase away sparrows to prevent them from stealing food, and also turned over the wheat to dry.

Worried that he might faint, she told him to rest under a tree when he felt tired or hot.

Gu Si decided to work hard and perform well: "..."

Thank you so much!
He couldn't say that he could do heavy work, otherwise the villagers would not think he was capable, but would instead think he was possessed by a ghost.

Gu Si did just that, chasing sparrows in the drying yard with a group of seven or eight-year-old children for four or five days in a row.

Three work points a day, that’s amazing!

Lingxi was a little teasing when she saw Gu Si.

As promised, let’s go to work!
Gu Si was helpless. He walked beside her to block the direct sunlight for her and took the backpack she was carrying. The little girl laughed so hard that tears came out.

"I have some business to attend to. I have to go to town."

It is true that Gu Si is trying to save his reputation in a serious manner, but there is no need to continue. Chasing sparrows with children, how much better is his reputation than just doing nothing at work?
He thought of another way and took leave this time to do this.

He explained the situation to Lingxi in detail, and dug out a recipe from the corner of his memory, a recipe that the young men and women in ancient times used to catch birds to kill time. He thought, he would go and prepare the bait and try it out. If it works, he would hand it over to the village, and he would definitely get some work points!

He has earned work points, right?
"Fourth brother is right!" Lingxi felt sweet in her heart, but she held back her smile and nodded seriously.

Gu Si: “…”

Gu Si poked her little face unhappily and said, "Who is this for, Brother Si?"

"Ah!" Lingxi's expression changed in an instant, and she acted like a spoiled child: "Fourth brother is the best, I know Fourth brother is always doing this for me, I like Fourth brother the most!"

"Little liar."

While Gu Si was calling you a little liar, the corners of his lips were raised.

"Hey, where are you going, fourth brother?"

An empty donkey cart came up to them, and the young man driving it looked at the two of them with some amusement.

Lingxi blinked, feeling a little embarrassed.

Gu Si put the little girl behind him, and when he saw the person coming, he relaxed. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "You didn't go to herd sheep today, so why did you run out?

They even pulled out all the donkey carts of the brigade!"

Donkeys and cows are our treasures. Now is the busy farming season, and we rely on them to pull food!

At this moment, he can actually drive the donkey cart out, this is really...

Zhao Jianan waved his hand: "Hey, go pick someone up. My former classmate, who I haven't contacted for many years, sent a telegram two days ago saying that his sister ran away from marriage and wanted to hide here for two days, and asked me to help arrange her for two days.

I am very worried.”

Gu Si raised his eyebrows: "Classmates from the capital?"

Zhao Jianan was a member of the first batch of college graduates after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and graduated from the best university in the capital.

However, for some reasons, he had to return to the village.

He was the only son of a large landlord, and all the land in Gujia Village belonged to him.

When his class status was being determined, his landlord father revealed that he was purchased and not his biological son, and he severed all ties with him.

It is said that Zhao Jianan's biological mother was a widow who fled here.

Because she was worried that she could not support the child, she sold the child to the childless landlord Zhao, but she herself died within a few years.

The Zhao family has always been kind, and the villagers followed suit with vague words, laughing it off and bearing witness.

Then Zhao Jianan is the son of a poor peasant.

However, when the widow fled here, there was no man. It was a time of war and the movement of people was chaotic, so it was impossible to confirm who his biological father was.

Zhao Jianan was labeled as having an unclear background.

He could only return to his hometown to farm.

Fortunately, Zhao Jianan is a person who is open-minded. He herds sheep in the village and helps repair farm tools from time to time. Occasionally, he can also repair the water pump that the village borrowed from the commune when it breaks down.

People in the surrounding villages or even in the town would secretly look for him if someone had a rare watch, radio or something that broke.

Even so, he actually lived a pretty good life.

Gu Si met him in the mountains last year. When he met him, he was dying in a trap, with several animal traps hanging on his body and his thigh pierced by a sharpened wooden spike.

There was a lone wolf that had smelled the blood and was lurking around the trap, staring at it hungrily.

(End of this chapter)