At this time, everyone has just finished working in the fields and is heading home for dinner, so there aren't many people on the road.

Su Yan and Su Yu drove to the hilltop and found that half of the walls on the two hilltops had already been built, with a messy area left, which seemed to be where a gate was to be installed, showing how much importance the captain attached to it.

Su Yan and Su Yu remained silent, tacitly agreeing to keep quiet.

Su Yu opened the carriage door and carefully took the seedlings out from inside.

Su Yan was in charge of sorting.

Because there are many varieties of medicinal seedlings, she didn't sort them very precisely; she just roughly sorted them and arranged them neatly.

After sorting them out, the two of them placed the seedlings inside the wall of the bare hillside where nothing had been planted yet.

As for the hillside next to it where fruit trees were planted, Su Yan didn't go in to take a look. Firstly, there wasn't much to see, and secondly, the entrance was blocked by something. She was exhausted right now, so she decided to wait until she got back from school to take a look.

After most of the seedlings were unloaded, the truck bed still contained nearly half of the various medicinal herbs. In reality, these were all things that had been taken from the cellar; the herbs were just there to cover up the rest of the cargo.

Just as Su Yu was about to close the door and leave, the captain's voice suddenly rang out: "You haven't even finished moving the medicinal seedlings yet, why are you closing the door already?"

The brother and sister looked in the direction of the sound.

Sure enough, the person who came was the captain.

"Why are you here? Weren't you going back for dinner?" Su Yan asked without changing her expression.

The captain said, "I thought you wanted to go into the orchard to take a look, so I came over again."

Su Yan said "Oh," and then explained, "We've brought all the seedlings down here, there are probably several hundred of them. You can plant them all and see how many survive. The rest of the plants on the truck are medicinal herbs, which I'll take back for use. I won't go to the orchard now; I'll go in next time I come back. I'll have to trouble the brigade leader to take care of it for me."

The brigade leader didn't doubt Su Yan's words. Hearing half of Su Yan's "hey," he said irritably, "Why are you being so polite with me? Why call me brigade leader? From now on, just call me Uncle Li. Don't worry, with me here, I will definitely take good care of this orchard."

Guarding the orchard is also about guarding one's days.

Since he started working for Su Yan, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his family's standard of living has risen dramatically. This girl trusts him so much, he certainly can't let her down, and he also has to live up to the salary he's paid.

"Alright, go back now that you're done. Have a good meal and get some rest."

Su Yan and Su Yu responded, said goodbye, and drove away.

After the car drove out of Lijiaping, Su Yu said, "You're just planning to keep those things at home? What if someone steals them when neither of us is home?"

"It's fine, just lock it in the storage room." Su Yan wasn't too worried about the problem, but then something flashed through her mind, and she hesitated, "Brother, are you on guard against Xie Jiaxi?"

Su Yu's younger sister was smart, and he didn't want to beat around the bush with her. He frowned and said, "I always feel that Xie Jiaxi is not right. He doesn't seem like an ordinary teacher."

Ordinary teachers are busy at school every day, but Xie Jiaxi often goes back to Lijiaping. How did he know there was a secret on the mountain?

Moreover, in that situation just now, his words and actions were impeccable, which means he either has a problem or he is very cunning.

Between the two, Su Yu prefers the former.

Su Yan paused, then raised an eyebrow and asked, "So, you're going to investigate him?"

She didn't think too much about it, nor did she have the same level of suspicion as Su Yu.

Su Yu nodded, "It's better to check it out for peace of mind. It would be bad if it turned out to be some dangerous element."

"Alright, but since you're on vacation, let someone else investigate."

Su Yan didn't want Su Yu to go through all that trouble for someone like that.

Her brother had been working hard for several days, and she was going to make him medicinal cuisine to help him recover.

Su Yu thought about it and realized he only had about twenty days of leave left.

Let someone else investigate.

When they arrived at the door, Su Yan got out of the car and opened both doors, and Su Yu drove the car directly into the yard.

"Luckily the door is big enough, otherwise this car wouldn't be able to get in," Su Yu said as he got out of the car.

Li Juan, who was inside the house, was rushed out by her grandparents upon hearing the commotion.

Seeing that the brother and sister were both dirty, Li Juan said, "Have some water and take a shower. I've left some food for you."

With the protection of the mountain god, Su Yan is no longer too worried about going up the mountain.

Su Yan responded, then locked the gate, and instructed, "Mom, don't touch the things in the car, my brother and I will move them in a bit."

Upon hearing this, Li Juan assumed that she had discovered some valuable medicinal herbs on the mountain again, and nodded cautiously, saying, "Okay, Mother won't move."

"I'm going to take a shower first," Su Yu said.

Su Yan nodded, then looked around and asked, "Where's Xiao Lei?"

“He went back to his room to do his homework after eating.” Li Juan had a terrible headache when she mentioned Su Lei. “That kid has been really grumpy lately. Sometimes he won’t even talk to me when I call him. Also, his test results came out yesterday, and his homeroom teacher came straight to the store and said that he failed all of his tests. She asked me what happened. Everything has been fine at home lately, so what could have happened to him?”

Su Lei used to be so obedient and sensible, how did he become like this?

Li Juan felt a little tired.

The shop is very busy, so Su Lei usually goes to and from school by himself. When he gets home, he does his homework, eats something, and then goes to the shop to help out. But he hasn't gone out these past few days. Instead, after eating and taking a shower, he locks himself in his room and can't be called out.

Su Yan frowned and sighed, "I'll talk to him, Mother, you don't need to worry about it."

Then, remembering something, she added, "Oh, right, Mom, could you help me clear out the storage room? I need to put some things in there later."

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