The soil became a ridge, and the vegetable seedlings were planted one by one. Huo Duan took some water from a wooden bucket and watered it thoroughly. It is estimated that it will grow into a piece of emerald green in a few days.

The sky was getting dark, and the chickens, ducks, and chicks were huddled in the corner of the wall, looking very pitiful.

"It's done, let's make a circle for the chickens and ducks." Gu Fengyan patted the dirt on his palms and sleeves, "Make it more reliable for long-term use, we will not... Let me ask Is there any carpenter in Dad's village, please come tomorrow."

The two packed up their things. In the front yard, Father Huo was still awake, sitting under the eaves mending Huo Duan's clothes.

The lights were like beans, Huo father could only squint his eyes.Gu Fengyan looked at it and couldn't help but feel a little bit sorry... The other family is all done by the husband, but unfortunately he can still eat except for the food he cooks, and the female workers know nothing about needlework.

"Father, the lamp isn't on, watch carefully, I'll sew the clothes tomorrow." Gu Fengyan held the lamp closer.

Father Huo bit off the last thread, shook his head and said with a smile: "How can you do this? Although I'm useless, I can still do this little thing...the vegetable seedlings are all planted?"

Gu Fengyan nodded, "I still want to make a circle for chickens and ducks, does Dad know who in the village can do woodwork well?"

"It's finished, take it to the house." Father Huo folded the clothes neatly and handed them to Huo Duan, frowning and thinking, "For the carpenter, the second child of the Shen family on the other side of the river will meet. I saw him give it to your aunt's house a few days ago. The table is very beautiful. His husband, Lang Rui, is about the same age as you."

The time when Liu Laosan was beaten up on the mountain, Gu Fengyan saw the side of Rui Geer that Huo's father said... He was clean and handsome, and he didn't talk much when walking among a bunch of villagers, he was extremely outstanding.

He remembered it at a glance.

"I've met Brother Rui, I'll go and invite him tomorrow." Gu Fengyan helped Father Huo into the main room.

Father Huo said, "It won't work tomorrow, you tell Er Dan to tell him to go and say hello to him before it's too dark, and be careful to make the most of tomorrow."

The field is busy with farming, so when you ask someone to do the work, you have to say hello the day before, so that they don't have other arrangements the next day.

Gu Fengyan thought for a while, then smiled, "What Dad said is that it's getting late, Dad, let's rest first, I'll go with Brother Duan and I'll be back."

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The road is difficult to walk at night, and on the way to Liu's house, there is a section of small woods where you can't see your fingers... After all, Gu Fengyan didn't feel relieved to ask Huo Duan to go alone.

Huo Duan took out a paper lantern from the house and lit it, "What are you doing, I'll be back in a while, and the road is not easy to walk at night."

"I went because it's not easy to go." Gu Fengyan entered the house and put on some clothes, intentionally scaring Huo Duan, "Don't Mr. Huo know that there are many people buried in the small forest on the road, it's dark, and there are wild things Screaming... I'm afraid you'll see something you shouldn't see."

"Tch, coincidence, I am a firm materialist, and I never believe in ghosts and ghosts!" Huo Duan disdainfully changed the subject, "Could it be that you are afraid of the dark and dare not sleep alone?!"

Gu Fengyan snorted twice, "If you say that, then I won't go."

Immediately made a gesture of going back to the house to sleep.

Huo Duan hurriedly stopped him and coaxed: "I'm just kidding, let's go, the two of you can still talk."

During the day, he was busy with making a living, and at night he was so tired that he fell asleep on the bed, and finally had the opportunity to talk to Gu Fengyan alone... Huo Duan naturally wanted to make good use of it.

The Shen family separated long ago, Shen Zhuo and his husband Lang Jiang Xuerui lived alone, they were still awake at this time, and through the window they could see two figures sitting at the table.

Huo Duan knocked on the door, "Is Second Brother Shen asleep?"

The one who opened the door was Shen Zhuo, a handsome young man in his twenties, wearing a coat.

"So it's Erdan and Brother Yan. We haven't slept yet, come in and sit down." Seeing the two of them, Shen Zhuo moved the door away and greeted them with a smile.

"I won't go in anymore. Dad sent me to ask, will my second brother have the time to build a chicken ring for my house tomorrow?"

Shen Zhuo's family is not rich, and they only live in three rooms. Apart from the kitchen, the main room is close to the bedroom.There's no way, you can see everything at a glance, Rui Ge'er is still inside, and it's not good for Huo Duan to go in in the middle of the night.

After hearing this, Shen Zhuo nodded, "Okay, I've finished harvesting a few acres of land, you go back and tell Mr. Huo that I'll come early tomorrow morning."

Huo Duan said with a smile, "Trouble second brother, you and Brother Rui go to bed earlier, we will go back."

"Be careful on the road." Shen Zhuo sent the two of them to the bottom of the courtyard and followed the road.

Thinking of something, Gu Fengyan turned around and yelled, "Second Brother Shen, take Rui Geer with you tomorrow, he will save himself from working hard, and I also want to learn from him as a female worker's needlework, by the way."

Jiang Xuerui was married from the next village, and she was timid and didn't like to chat with the brothers and daughters-in-law in the village. Shen Zhuo would go out for a day, and she was afraid that he would be bored.

Gu Fengyan took the initiative to mention it, and Shen Zhuo remembered that the two of them were about the same age, maybe they could really chat together.

In the future, if he goes to the field or goes to work again, his husband will not be bored.

"Well, I'll go back and talk to him." Shen Zhuo said loudly.

After walking far away, Huo Duan asked Gu Fengyan, "Do you know Jiang Xuerui?"

Gu Fengyan looked at the road carefully, "It's not considered acquaintance, I met it once in the mountains last time, but I didn't speak to each other..."

"Then you really want to learn needlework from a female worker? Isn't it the same as learning from Dad." Huo Duan raised his eyebrows in confusion.

"Do you think I'm someone who knows how to embroider?" Gu Fengyan pointed to himself, "Xinglin Academy has a large demand for medicinal materials, and there is not enough manpower. I think Brother Rui is probably free, so I want to ask him to pick them with me." Medicine, salary is fine... Rui Geer looks very good, delicate and handsome." He laughed a few times while talking.

Huo Duan gritted his teeth, "Look, anyone is fine."

"Trust my eyes, Mr. Huo." Gu Fengyan hooked Huo Duan's shoulder with a playful smile.

Huo Duan snorted coldly in disdain, but did not escape.

Early the next morning, Shen Zhuo came, followed by the timid Jiang Xuerui.

Gu Fengyan and Huo Adie happened to prepare the morning food, and knowing that Shen Zhuo was going to bring Jiang Ruixue, Gu Fengyan put in some thought, mixed some herbs that are good for the body into the white rice porridge, and spent all his money on oil and salt Several dishes were fried with seasoning.

After eating the morning food, Huo Duan and Shen Zhuo circled the chicken coop behind the house, while Father Huo weaved baskets under the peach tree.

Gu Fengyan pretended to hold a piece of cloth, and followed Jiang Xuerui to learn embroidery stitches.

"You are so amazing, can you teach me?" Gu Fengyan couldn't help admiring Jiang Xuerui's needle and fingers, embroidering a lifelike mandarin duck.

It's really amazing, these brothers seem to be proficient in eighteen skills, but it makes Gu Shao look like a waste material who can't take care of himself.

Jiang Xuerui was embarrassed by the praise, and nodded with red ears, "This is what my little daddy taught me, follow me to read it first, and then try it yourself..."

However, what Gu Fengyan looked at was misty, and he could only see the needles flying, but he couldn't find the tricks at all, but he didn't have the intention to learn embroidery.

"What pattern do you want to embroider? I have some here. You can choose one." Jiang Ruixue saw that he seemed to be distracted, so she took out some pattern paper from the sewing basket and asked him to choose.

Birds, orchids, peonies, green bamboos... are painted vividly.Gu Fengyan picked Zhang Qingzhu's, "You can also draw patterns, which is really amazing."

Jiang Xuerui lowered her eyes, her face was flushed, and she said with a sweet smile, "How can I do this, it's all done by Azhuo. He is so handy, he is afraid that I will feel bored when I stay at home alone, so he draws some patterns and asks me to embroider."

"That's it... Then come to me when you feel bored at home. Anyway, once Brother Duan leaves, I'll be fine at home." Gu Fengyan answered with a smile.

Jiang Ruixue married all the way, and there was no one in the village who could talk, so Gu Fengyan's familiarity made him feel very kind.

"In the future, if you want to embroider anything, just come to me, and I will embroider for you," he said.

Then he took Gu Fengyan's embroidered bamboo like a tangled and wriggling caterpillar, and patiently disassembled it to fix it.

He could see that Brother Yan was not born to do this.

Gu Fengyan smiled embarrassedly, "Then I thank you. By the way, I have something else I want to tell you..."

"Well, tell me." Jiang Ruixue stopped working.

Gu Fengyan continued, "It's not a big deal, but a few days ago, I saw a lot of medicinal materials on the mountain, so I picked some and came back to process them. I wanted to sell them to supplement my family. I didn't expect to sign a list with the Xinglin Hospital in the county, but Not enough manpower..."

"I just wanted to ask if you have any ideas to help me harvest herbs, and I'll pay you." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Jiang Xuerui's expression, and added, "If the family is too busy, it's okay if you don't have time , I'll find someone else."

I heard before that Gu Fengyan's natal family opened a pharmacy in the next county. Jiang Xuerui didn't doubt the truth of the story, but... they all belong to the same village, and he's fine when he's idle, so how could he take his wages?

"Ah Zhuo usually has to go to work in the county. The Shen family has long since separated. I am very bored at home alone. Next time you are short of manpower, just call me..." Jiang Xuerui smiled shyly, "It's just the salary. Alright."

"Well, I'll call you next time." Gu Fengyan said.Naturally, he can't take advantage of others for nothing, and it's meaningless to push around at this time, he just needs to give Jiang Xuerui his wages later.

The two talked for a while, guessing that the chicken pens were almost finished, and Gu Fengyan went into the house to pack the food.

Cooked a pot of soup with the angelica and pheasants dug up a few days ago, and then fried a plate of wild onion and eggs, and cold thorn sprouts... Shen Zhuo and the others would sweat in the circle, and Gu Fengyan cooked another one. The pot of perilla drink is cooled by well water.

The rice was cooked with Rui Geer, and Gu Fengyan has already made him a friend.

"Okay, you go wash your hands too, I'll call Erdan and Second Brother Shen back for dinner." Gu Fengyan wiped his hands, untied his apron and put it on the pile of firewood.

Shen Zhuo's carpentry is indeed the best in Heqing Village. The chicken pens are neat and beautiful, and the small door is made with mortise and tenon technology, which is easy to open and close. Even the small vegetable garden next to it is fenced.

Huo Duan and Shen Zhuo are making the final finishing touches.

"Second Brother Shen, the meal is ready, wash your hands after cleaning up, Brother Rui and I also made perilla drink," Gu Fengyan walked over and joked, "I heard Brother Rui say, Second Brother Shen Take pity on him, this time I sent Brother Rui, so don't be angry, Second Brother Shen."

Shen Zhuo blushed, his mouth was too stupid to speak, so he could only pull Huo to the end, "Listen up, bastard, your husband has such a good mouth."

Unexpectedly, Huo Duan is also a follower of his husband, when he saw Gu Fengyan, his eyes were full of smiles, "I can't help it, Brother Yan is right, who in Heqing Village doesn't know about you, Second Brother Shen? I love Fulang the most."

"Who does our man's family not love Fulang love?" Shen Zhuo blushed for a long time and only muttered a word.

"I'll set the meal first, you guys come back soon." Gu Fengyan said with a smile.

There were five people in the family having dinner today. The stone table under the peach tree was a little small, so I took the rotten wooden table in the house and cleaned it up.

After eating, just as the sun was setting, a few people were drinking perilla on the courtyard ridge to enjoy the cool.

The sunset is on the west mountain, the mountains and forests are in the distance, the sky is red and cloudless, and the weather is good at first sight.

Tomorrow, we can go up the mountain to collect medicinal materials... Gu Fengyan thought in his heart.

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