Bamboo Horse Cultivation Manual [Rebirth]

"Why did you come back so late?"

When Qiu Mu arrived home, the old man was sitting at the dining table waiting for him.

Qiu Mu apologized, and then said: "I went to my classmate's house. He doesn't have a phone there, so I can't tell you in time."

The old man nodded and signaled Qiu Mu to go to the table to eat first.

Qiu Mu sat on the seat well-behaved.Picking up the bowls and chopsticks, the food on the table is sandwiched in a good way.From the eyes of outsiders, the movement and demeanor are very pleasing to the eye.

While tasting the food, he recalled the pale food he had just seen at Ye Li's house, and felt Ye Li's difficulty again.

He said: "Do you still remember the classmate I mentioned earlier who couldn't afford the meal?"

Old man: "Remember."

"I went to his house just now." Qiu Mu said: "He slept on the table early this morning, because he doesn't usually do this, so I think it's very strange."

The old man listened carefully: "Yes."

Qiu Mu: "Then I followed him to his house after school, and I saw his mother—his mother made a mess of the house, and she couldn't do anything in bed. As soon as Ye Li came back, he had to tidy up the house and then go to heat up the meals For his mother. I think he's a little... pathetic."

The old man said, "Because his family's condition is not good?"

"The family background is not good, and there is another reason. He was helped several times before, and then he was abandoned by those people. Now he doesn't trust anyone, and no matter what he does, he depends on himself." Qiu Mu said : "I don't think this kind of experience is better than family difficulties."

The old man nodded: "Well, that's right."

"I helped him a few times before, and he seemed very impatient and resisted. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I think about the reason." Qiu Mu said: "In order not to let him think that I am also the kind of person who gave up halfway. He is a fake good person, so I think that in the future, no matter what, I can’t say ‘annoyance’ to him, and then suddenly change my attitude and don’t contact him. Isn’t that playing with people’s feelings.”

The old man laughed: "It's good that Mu'er thinks so."

Qiu Mu said: "By the way, grandpa, if I invite him to come to our house for tutoring lessons, can you help me treat him better? I find that he doesn't know why, he seems to be particularly helpless with older people , He is more likely to accept anything you say to him.”

The old man smiled kindly: "Yes."

Early the next morning, Qiu Mu came in from outside the class with her schoolbag on her back.

His eyes caught Ye Li's eyes in the distance and quickly turned to him, and then quickly moved away the moment his eyes met.The way he hastily lowered his head and raised his pen to cover up his homework made Qiu Mu couldn't help pursing his lips and laughing.

He saw Ye Li's discomfort, so he didn't bother to talk to Ye Li, and kept the usual distance, so he passed the class time without saying a few words at the end of the day.

After school was over in the afternoon, the students on duty in the class took turns and came to Qiu Mu and the others again.

Qiu Mu said: "Do you want to sweep the floor for me?"

Ye Li said: "I am also a student on duty today."

"It's okay for one person to sweep the shares of two people."

Ye Li thought about it too, and said cheerfully, "Okay."

Qiu Mu took out 50 yuan from her pocket, avoided the eyes of her classmates, and quickly stuffed it into Ye Li's schoolbag: "I gave it to you in advance."

Ye Li's gaze was taken away by the huge sum of money, and he nodded vigorously: "Yes."

Then he was afraid that Qiu Mu would forget, so he hurriedly said: "You can let me do things ten times, today is the first time, don't forget."

For some reason, Qiu Mu wanted to laugh seeing Ye Li like this.Nodding: "I will never forget, let's remember together."

Thinking about it, he should be able to leave directly. He picked up his schoolbag and just took two steps, then suddenly turned around and said to Ye Li, "Think about the weekend tutoring."

"..." Ye Li didn't answer.

Seeing him like this, Qiu Mu didn't say much, turned around with a smile and left.

Looking at Qiu Mu's back, Ye Li looked down at his schoolbag.

It contained 50 yuan...so much money, enough for him to buy food for several days, or buy a new barrel of gas.A month's utility bill doesn't even cost that much...

Although there were classmates and adults who were willing to help him in the past, no one had ever offered money so easily and positively.Ye Li didn't know what was going on with Qiu Mu's family, but to be honest, Qiu Mu's actions made Ye Li feel more relaxed and comfortable.

It wasn't the little favor who came over to give him a piece of bread, and then secretly expected to get his grateful eyes; it wasn't the one who pretended to say "what a poor boy" regretfully in front of him, turned around and left after venting his inner feelings.Ye Li only needs money now, and with money, he can live a better life. He doesn't have the idea of ​​eating what is cheap, and he is willing to do anything if he can.Qiu Mu's actions hit Ye Li's weakness completely, and he couldn't say anything to refuse at all.

This kind of "help" has never been seen by Ye Li.So for a while, he couldn't even find a suitable "historical experience" as a reference to tell himself how to react in this situation.

reject?Can't say it.Do not refuse?Knowing that the other party is "giving alms" to him, I feel awkward.

In the end, I can only accumulate this troubled and irritable emotion in my heart, turn it into the motivation to sweep the floor, and work hard.

Soon it was Saturday again.

It's rare that I don't have to get up so early, so the hour hand points to eight o'clock, and Ye Li is still sleeping hard.

"Kang Bang Bang Bang".One after another noises rang in his ears, Ye Li frowned, and got up from the bed in a daze, with his messy hair, his hazy eyes began to search for the direction of the sound.

"Ye Li - Ye Li -"

Qiu Mu's long, uninterrupted call, to Ye Li's ears at this time, was the haunting whisper of the devil, driving people crazy.

Hiding and being pretended not to hear, I thought to myself, "Call it whatever you like".Unexpectedly, Qiu Mu was full of patience and was completely exhausted.Calling one after another, it seems that I will not be tired.

Ye Li was finally too noisy to sleep.He threw off the blanket angrily, and before he even had time to put on his shoes, he rushed to the door and opened the door and shouted loudly to Qiu Mu: "Shut up——!!!"

A small, frightened voice came out: "Ah..."

what?

Ye Li glared viciously at him like a gangster.Seeing Qiu Mu raise her arms slightly, half encircling a boy's shoulders, as if she wanted to hold him in her arms, she lowered her head and whispered comfortingly: "Don't be afraid."

Ye Li became more irritable: "What are you doing? Who is this!"

Qiu Mu: "The voice is lower, so energetic in the early morning."

Who has the spirit?You are the one with the spirit!

I didn't sleep early in the morning, and ran to someone else's house to call my soul! ?

"Why are you still dressed like this? Didn't you agree to go to my house for class?"

Ye Li was in a hurry: "Who made an agreement with you!"

Qiu Mu waved her hand and said, "There's no need to explain any more, I know you want to go—change clothes quickly."

Ye Li still wanted to argue, but Qiu Mu said, "Ten yuan a day?"

Ye Li: "..."

"go?"

"..."

"Then it's decided."

"Hey!"

Qiu Mu finally understood what it was like for her parents to lure her with money in the past, telling herself to study hard and be obedient.

To be honest, it's kind of cool.

Ye Li's rude movements interrupted Qiu Mu's wandering thoughts.Grabbing Qiu Mu's collar: "I'm calling you!"

Qiu Mu came back to her senses, subconsciously smiled: "What?"

Ye Li was furious: "Why do you want to give me money? What good will it do you!"

Qiu Mu thought for a while and said, "Seeing you happy makes me happy too."

"..." Ye Li was confused by Qiu Mu's weird logic: "How can you tell that I am happy! Why do you have to pay me to read a book, you—"

"Is it so difficult to accept the money I get without labor?" Qiu Mu said: "Then you come to my house and help me with my homework? This is the head office."

"..."

"By the way, stay a few more hours in class and listen to the teacher's lectures. It's not difficult for you, is it?"

"..."

"Why are you dumb?"

Ye Li became angry from embarrassment: "Who are you calling dumb!"

"Then hurry up and change your clothes, it's time to go." Qiu Mu looked at his watch pretendingly: "The time is very tight, and I'm procrastinating."

He completely forgot that he and Gu Yu actually went out early in the morning. It was because he wanted to stay with Gu Yu for a while with ulterior motives, so he intentionally took a long way around and dragged along the street with Gu Yu after breakfast. It was a long time before I remembered the fact that the two of them came out together in a "business" and rushed here just in time.

Under Qiu Mu's urging, Ye Li boarded the thief boat, and when he recovered, he found that he had washed his face, brushed his teeth, changed his clothes and was standing at the door.

"No, that's not right!" He said in surprise.

"What's wrong." Qiu Mu put the textbooks on the table into Ye Li's schoolbag, carried it on his back and said to him, "Let's go."

"I haven't bought groceries yet, and I haven't cooked rice yet!" Ye Li said, "What does my mother have for lunch?"

It turned out to be this.Qiu Mu said: "My family can cook for lunch, so you should make another trip and bring the dishes."

"..." Ye Li really wanted to refuse, but since the matter was related to his mother, he couldn't refuse.

"What an awkward guy." Qiu Mu took Ye Li's hand, dragging and tugging him out of the house.He closed the door with a bang, blocked the door and said to Ye Li: "Now that things have come to an end, you don't even think about going back. Follow me carefully, do you hear me?"

The expression on Ye Li's face was wonderful, and the way he looked at Qiu Mu really expressed all kinds of emotions in the world.In the end, he broke the jar and gave up on himself: "Got it, got it, let's go!"

Only then did Qiu Mu nod in satisfaction: "Good."

After finishing speaking, he no longer cared about Ye Li, and showed Gu Yu a warm smile like a spring breeze: "Xiao Yu, let's go."

Gu Yu nodded: "Hmm~!"

Before the two set off, Qiu Mu and Gu Yu talked about Ye Li in detail.

Gu Yu is a very kind-hearted person, it is a bit exaggerated to say it, but in essence he belongs to the type of "it is better to sacrifice oneself than to hurt others".Having been with Gu Yu for ten years, Qiu Mu, who has taken all of Gu Yu's affairs into his eyes, understands this very well.

Therefore, Qiu Mu was not surprised at Gu Yu's attitude of contacting Ye Li and sending out friendly signals with all his strength.

It's a pity that Ye Li is a very stubborn "hard stubble", and he probably won't be able to accept Gu Yu easily for a while.

Seeing Qiu Mu and Gu Yu chatting and laughing, Ye Li stood behind them with a stern face that was out of place.Don't take the initiative to speak, and don't interrupt at will.

Just walking all the way back to Qiu Mu's house, the door outside the house happened to be opened by the nanny.

Qiu Mu turned around, just about to explain a few words to Ye Li, but saw that Ye Li was like changing his face, and instantly switched to the good boy mode.With a cute expression on his clean face, he politely said to the woman, "Hi Auntie, sorry to bother you."

Qiu Mu & Gu Yu who were coldly received along the way: "..."