Days of farming with bamboo horses

Su Zipei nodded obediently, her almond eyes were filled with anticipation: "Chengyu, is there anything you can do for me? I can help, it's very powerful, don't make trouble!"

Zhou Chengyu thought for a while, and then nodded: "Except for corn, you are not allowed to touch anything in the kitchen, and you are not allowed to use fire. But you can scoop up some water and some rice to feed your little chickens, big water The water in the tank is full, and when you want to play, you can take a spoon to water the vegetable field by yourself. If the sun is too strong, just stay indoors and draw pictures, don’t come out.”

"Yeah, okay!" Su Zipei happily agreed, "Then can I go outside to dig sweet potatoes?"

Although his hands are relatively clumsy, it is obvious that Su Zipei has shown great interest in doing farm work, but Zhou Chengyu shook his head righteously: "You are not allowed to sit under the sun, if you are bored, go to the vegetable field to pick your favorite cabbage, and take it to the well Wash it while you're at it, or you can just paint, just stay in a cool place."

Zhou Chengyu went out with a basket on his back after thousands of reminders and orders. If it was before, who told him that he would be so patient to treat someone, he would definitely laugh it off. I know, sometimes I rush, and I don't want to bother to accommodate anyone, but I just let him meet Su Zipei.

When Zhou Chengyu walked into the field, he met many people from the village who congratulated him one after another. He also smiled and agreed, but he was a little surprised to see his elder brother coming back from the field.

"Brother, why are you in the field? Shouldn't you be working? I heard that you took over the job." Zhou Chengyu asked with a smile.

Zhou Chengzhi nodded: "I'm going, just come to see how the crops are growing in the field, and then I will hire someone to do the work. Your brother-in-law is in poor health, so we won't let him out to dry."

"Oh~" Zhou Chengyu made it clear, and responded with a wave of dog food, "Then I'm going to pick corn, the one at home has to eat corn every day."

Su Zipei was squatting by the well, with corn in his mouth, and a pot of cabbage in front of him, still soaked in the water, green and shiny, it looked good at first glance, Su Zipei splashed water while gnawing the corn, it was cool and refreshing.The little chicken grew up and became very ugly. Su Zipei's head went down a lot, and she usually just went to feed it, instead of going to see it every day like before.

Mu Ling: This family is all face control!

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a knock on the door of the yard, Su Zipei looked up, a little strange, Cheng Yu had only been there for a short time, and Cheng Yu would ask him to open the door.

Standing outside the door was a young man, dressed as if he came from a wealthy family.

Cui Sheng's father will celebrate his fiftieth birthday soon, and he originally wanted to buy gifts from Boss Shui of Ruyi Xuan. Monthly new availability.

He knew Boss Shui very well, and Boss Shui didn't want to earn his intermediary fee, so he told him that if he wanted to make a congratulatory gift, the woodcarving was too petty, so he could come to Zhoujia Village to find the woodcarver to order, so he told him Zhou Chengyu's address.

It's just that he came to Zhoujia Village as promised, but found that the village was so big that he couldn't find his way, and he didn't even know where the woodcarver mentioned by Boss Shui lived.Moreover, it is the busy farming season, and there are few people on the road, most of them have gone to the fields. He happened to meet a brother who went out to buy salt at the head of the village, so he asked him to lead the way.

There was no response from the door for a while, Cui Sheng asked: "Are they not at home? Are they gone to the ground?"

"No way." Zhou Li shook her head, her expression darkened, and she said, "There must be someone at home—" At least he had never seen Su Zipei go out in such a hot weather.

"You guys, what's the matter?" Before he could finish speaking, the door opened, and Su Zipei knew from Mu Ling that Zhou Li and a stranger were outside the door, so he didn't worry anymore.

Zhou Li pursed her lips, not knowing what to say, and explained dryly: "This young master is here to find your family Chengyu."

Su Zipei looked at the stranger suspiciously: "Do you have anything to do with Chengyu?"

The brother standing at the door only used a wooden hairpin to tie up his hair, and that wooden hairpin was also finely carved, so it is not difficult to see that it was the handicraft of this man.The hair below is hanging down by him. He is dressed as a married man. He is wearing a light blue gown with bamboo leaves on it, making him even more elegant. He doesn't look like a farm worker at all, but looks like he is being served The excellent son-in-law.

But his eyes were as ignorant as a boy's, and he still held a half-gnawed corn in his hand, and his voice was soft, which sounded extremely comfortable.Cui Sheng's heart missed half a beat, and he coughed lightly to cover it up: "Excuse me, is this the home of the woodcarver Zhou Chengyu? I'm here to ask him to order woodcarvings."

"Well, yes." Su Zipei slightly bent his lips, someone came to ask Cheng Yu to do wood carving, does this mean that Cheng Yu is very good, and many people will know about it in the future?

"Is he at home? I want to order a wood carving, and I want to discuss it with him." Seeing his smile, Cui Sheng was a little moved. This guy smiles really nicely.

"Chengyu is not at home." Su Zipei replied, "Do you have any requirements for the woodcarving? How big do you want it to be, what it is used for, and what shape it is? It's the same if you tell me. I can tell Chengyu."

"Su Zipei, you should invite people in, the sun is so hot here, the visitors are guests." Zhou Li lowered her voice.

"No, Cheng Yu is not at home. If I let a stranger come in, Cheng Yu will scold him when he comes back." Su Zipei replied very seriously, then looked at Cui Sheng, hesitating, "Do you want to come in?" Looking at the sun, "It's really sunny here, or you can sit in the yard, but you are not allowed to enter the house."

"No, nothing." Cui Sheng looked at him and smiled, "I'll just stand here."

"Then wait for me, I'll get you a glass of water." Su Zipei hurriedly left after finishing speaking, poured two cups of tea into the house, and opened the door of the yard after thinking about it.

Cui Sheng and the others walked into the yard, only to see a bright red fruit tree planted in the corner, and a pot of soaking cabbage by the well, but the whole yard was very clean. Of course, the happy words posted a few days ago were not picked. Come down to show the host that the wedding has not been long.

Su Zipei handed them tea, brought paper and pens, and a small drawing board specially made for him by Cheng Yu. He spread the paper and looked up and asked, "Can you tell me your request? I'll write it down. Chengyu will make it, he is very good, he must do well."

"You can write?" Cui Sheng was a little surprised. It stands to reason that many brothers can only write their own names, and those from poor families can't afford to send them to schools. There are schools in the town, but most of them are men, so he Seeing this guy holding a pen so skillfully, I was a little curious.

"I will." Su Zipei said strangely, not understanding why this person was so strange, "You can just say what you want."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I lost my temper." Cui Sheng apologized, "I was just too surprised."

Obviously, Su Zipei didn't understand these pleasantries, he just held a pen and waited for him to make a request.

Cui Sheng was a little helpless and funny, this brother is really straightforward.

"What I want to do is to use it as a birthday gift for my father's [-]th birthday banquet. It should be bigger, which means auspicious." Cui Sheng didn't ask too much, "Just look better."

Su Zipei thought for a while, then took out two sketches from the bottom that he had drawn and handed them to him: "Look, one is an eagle spreading its wings and flying, and the other is a fairy giving peaches. The eagle in the front is more domineering, and the one in the back It is suitable for birthday celebrations, do you think it is suitable?"

After reading the two pictures, Cui Sheng found that they were all drawn with charcoal, and there were some detailed descriptions. They should be the sketches of the woodcarver. He personally likes the eagles, which are mighty and domineering, but they were given to my father. Let's buy peaches from immortals.

"Both are needed." Cui Sheng looked at him with a smile, "But the immortal should send peaches to celebrate his birthday as soon as possible. Next month will be my father's birthday, and the eagle can take a while."

"Okay." Su Zipei nodded, thinking about it quickly, "Chengyu is very powerful, there is still about a month left, he will definitely do it for you, but you have to pay a deposit first, and I don't know you, What if you renege on the bill?"

Cui Sheng couldn't laugh or cry, this was the first time someone said he would renege on a debt, he took out five taels of silver and said, "This is a deposit, I will come to pick up the wood carving early next month and pay the rest, is that okay?"

Su Zipei took it over, with frowned eyes: "Okay, I'll tell Chengyu, you can go."

Cui Sheng was "invited" out of the room helplessly, looked at his brother next to him, and apologized, "Thank you for leading the way today, but is this brother the newly married husband of the woodcarver?"

Zhou Li didn't understand, so she nodded: "Well, he was rescued by brother Chengyu during the flood, and he lost his memory. Brother Chengyu married him."

"Oh." Cui Sheng smiled, a little regretful, why didn't he save someone himself, such a brother is very interesting.

Zhou Chengyu turned over all the cornfields, oh, don't doubt it, he didn't turn it over, at most he only planted vegetables, if it really comes to turning the fields, he can only let the scalper at home do it.Zhou Chengyu looked at the loose soil with satisfaction, all right, then we only need to harvest the rice field, and then it seems that we can plant it for another season?

In Zhou Chengyu's memory, the climate here seems to have two seasons a year, probably because of the high temperature and a lot of precipitation, maybe it was the tropics in their era.

After finishing all this, he didn’t want to hang out in the sun anymore. Zhou Chengyu walked back with the ox, and unexpectedly met Zhou Chengxuan and Chen Lan on the road. He was a little surprised: “Chengxuan, didn’t you say you were going to run away? Why are you still at home? ?”

"I'll go the day after tomorrow." Zhou Chengxuan stretched out his hand to wrap Chen Lan's shoulders, smiling contentedly, "Isn't this the harvest of our family's Alan's land? I'm not willing to let him work alone, and go after finishing." Chen Lan was a little She blushed and lowered her head.

Zhou Chengyu suddenly realized, and joked: "Since you are so rare, when do you plan to get married?"

Zhou Chengxuan looked at Chen Lan and smiled: "Alan, when will we get married?" Chen Lan turned her head uncomfortably, her ears were a little red, and her voice was soft: "You can do it whenever you want."

Zhou Chengxuan was so happy that he was bubbling: "Then wait until I come back, I will definitely come back in half a month."