Before Xie Zhao could speak, Cheng Yaoyao ran to him happily and said, "The book my father sent has arrived!"

Her fair cheeks were smudged by the sun, and she looked up at him obediently, her peach blossom eyes filled with intimacy that she herself was not aware of.

Xie Zhao's rising anger was easily wiped out. He nodded to her and said gently, "Are you sunburned? Go drink some water and take a rest."

There was no intimate action between the two of them, but the atmosphere when they stood together was indescribably harmonious, making it difficult for others to get in the way.

Lin Jiaqi took in everything, holding a few packages and smiling nonchalantly said, "These are quite heavy, where should I put them?"

Cheng Yaoyao said, "Please let me have it in my room."

Before Lin Jiaqi asked which room she was in, Xie Zhao held out his hand: "I'll go."

Lin Jiaqi looked at his arm, which was still in plaster, and said, "Your injury has not healed yet, let me do it."

"You are a guest." Xie Zhao said in a light tone, and without waiting for Lin Jiaqi to refuse, he picked up the two heaviest packages with one hand.

Cheng Yaoyao immediately picked up the smallest package and ran into the house behind Xie Zhao.

Cheng Yaoyao instructed Xie Zhao: "Put it on the table."

Xie Zhao placed it on the table and asked, "Do you want to take it down now?"

Every time Cheng Yaoyao received a package, he couldn't wait to open it on the spot, otherwise he would be restless all the way, wondering what was in the package.

This sentence reminded Cheng Yaoyao, and she immediately said, "If I open it now, my father must have obtained a lot of reference materials. I wonder if he has the one I want!"

Xie Zhao nodded calmly and closed the door when he went out.

Cheng Yaoyao found a pair of scissors and opened the package. One package contained new clothes, one package contained food, and the largest package was indeed study materials. Cheng Yaoyao searched through it and found three volumes of review materials with light green covers!

Cheng Yaoyao held the three books, his eyes sparkling. This was the review material that Grandpa mentioned back then! Cheng Yaoyao hugged the reference material, threw himself on the bed and rolled over happily. He couldn't wait to flip through a few pages, and it was indeed that book! Some of the knowledge points and question types involved in it were not reviewed by Cheng Yaoyao and Xie Zhao yet.

By the time Cheng Yaoyao remembered Lin Jiaqi, Lin Jiaqi had already been warmly entertained by Grandma Xie and had said goodbye and left.

Cheng Yaoyao held two books and asked, "Why did Second Brother Lin leave?"

Grandma Xie was clearing the table and asked, "He just left. Do you have anything to do with him?"

"I have two books here that I can lend to him." Cheng Yaoyao said, "It's okay, I'll give them to him some other day."

Cheng Yaoyao put the book away, but saw Xie Zhao staring at her with an ambiguous look in his eyes. She smiled and said, "Come quickly, my father sent some good things!"

Studying is a serious matter. Xie Zhao suppressed his thoughts and studied the review materials carefully with Cheng Yaoyao. Then he made a new review plan with a clearer goal.

That evening, the weather was unusually cool, and the whole family sat in the yard to eat porridge. The millet porridge was soft, sticky and sticky. There were a few side dishes on the table: pickled cucumber, stir-fried pumpkin flowers, cold mixed wood ear vegetables, and pickled pepper snail meat.

Cheng Yaoyao said, "How can pumpkins grow if the pumpkin flowers have been pinched?"

Grandma Xie smiled and said, "The vegetables in the yard have been growing like crazy lately. If you don't pinch your pumpkin vine, it will crawl out of the yard."

If Grandma Xie hadn't mentioned it, it would have been fine. Everyone turned around and saw that the pumpkin vines had grown fat, strong and sturdy, climbing high along the Chinese toon tree and the courtyard wall. The flowers and flower buds were blooming luxuriantly, and the whole field was bright yellow. The cucumbers and tomatoes were also full of fruits, and the branches were broken several times. The Xie family couldn't eat them all, so they often picked some and gave them to the neighbors. Recently, the relationship between the Xie family and the villagers has been broken, and this move has made the Xie family more popular.

Cheng Yaoyao felt a little disappointed. Recently, she often used the spiritual spring to bathe Xie Zhao, and the remaining water was poured into the courtyard and flowed into the vegetable garden. She didn't expect that it would make the vegetables grow so well.

Xie Zhao saw Cheng Yaoyao in a daze, picked up a piece of pumpkin flower with chopsticks and put it into her bowl, saying: "There are too many pumpkin flowers, so it can't bear fruit. I saved a few pumpkin knobs for you, and they will bear big pumpkins."

Cheng Yaoyao said happily: "The pumpkin seeds I planted will definitely produce big pumpkins!"

Grandma Xie smiled and said, "Yes, yes, Yaoyao chicken is well fed. Recently, it has laid a lot of big eggs. Last month, Lin Gui's family sent me a laying hen, and I couldn't bear to kill it. It has laid nearly 20 eggs in the past ten days."

Cheng Yaoyao was so proud that his nose was raised to the sky: "I have collected twenty eggs!"

Now there are four hens at home, and on average they can lay eight or nine eggs a day. Cheng Yaoyao's egg basket is finally filling up.

Xie Fei smiled and said, "The hens in our house eat cicadas and grasshoppers every day, so of course they can lay a lot of eggs."

Grandma Xie also said happily: "I will go to the market tomorrow and bring the 100 eggs I collected. I can exchange them for more rice and grain."

Cheng Yaoyao asked curiously, "Gather? Can we open the market now?"

The market is still strictly regulated against speculation. Once caught, the lightest punishment is a fine, the worst is labor reform. The villagers can only take some eggs and food to the black market to exchange for some money. Cheng Yaoyao also asks the monkey to resell the food he makes. At this time, can there be a market?

Receiving Cheng Yaoyao's puzzled gaze, Xie Zhao answered her question. Bashang Village is close to the mountain people's residence. The mountain people and nearby villagers exchange cloth, dried meat, food and other items. No one dares to control the mountain people, so a small market is formed. The team leader of Bashang Village is smart and opened the team's mill to grind tofu. Every time he gathers, he can earn a lot of extra money for the team.

After hearing this, Cheng Yaoyao hurriedly said, "Then I want to go too!"

"What are you going to do?" Grandma Xie rejected it outright: "You and Zhao'er should stay at home and study hard."

Cheng Yaoyao pouted in grievance and looked at Xie Zhao. Xie Zhao didn't help her this time: "Be good, I'll take you there next time."

Grandma Xie said, "Those mountain people are very fierce. If they see that you are pretty, they will capture you and take you back to the mountains to marry you."

"Stop scaring people." Cheng Yaoyao snorted, but he didn't make a fuss about leaving.

The mountain people are tough. Cheng Yaoyao knows that she is eye-catching and Xie Zhaoshang has not recovered yet. If she follows Grandma Xie, she might really get into trouble.

Grandma Xie said, "Be good, I'll bring you some rice cakes when the time comes. The rice cakes made by the mountain people are really delicious."

Cheng Yaoyao said "Oh", and seeing Xie Fei's pitiful look, he said, "Then you can take Xiao Fei with you. Xiao Fei has never been to the market, right?"

Grandma Xie asked, "Xiao Fei?"

Xie Zhao also said, "Grandma, take Xiao Fei with you. You will be fine if you stay with the others."

Xie Fei's eyes lit up and she looked eagerly at Grandma Xie. Grandma Xie hesitated for a while and nodded in agreement.

Xie Fei was so happy. She had never left the village since she was a child, but now she could go to the market! She spent the whole night talking to Cheng Yaoyao about this and that, looking forward to what the market would be like and what delicious and fun things she could buy.

The pink cloth that Cheng Yaoyao bought for Xie Fei was already made. Xie Fei had never been willing to wear it, so she ironed it flat at night, just waiting to wear it to the market tomorrow. Cheng Yaoyao took out a banknote and said, "We'll need money to go to the market tomorrow."

Xie Fei waved her hands and said, "I have money."

Cheng Yaoyao was surprised and asked, "Where did you get the money?"

Xie Fei touched the money in her pocket and smiled, "My brother gave me five dollars and told me to buy whatever I wanted."

Xie Zhao is such a good brother.

Cheng Yaoyao smiled and stroked her braid: "Then bring me some rice cakes tomorrow."

"Yes!" Xie Fei nodded vigorously. "When I buy something fun, I'll buy one for you, Sister Yaoyao!"

Grandma Xie had not left the village for many years. Since the mountain road was blocked, the villagers had not eaten tofu and fresh pork for a long time. Grandma Xie wanted to cut a few pieces of tofu and bring them back for Xie Zhao to replenish his body. Fei Fei's mother in Bashang Village and the parents of the children saved by Xie Zhao invited Grandma Xie several times, so Grandma Xie took Xie Fei and asked Jin Nier and several women she had recently become friends with to set off together.

Cheng Yaoyao was woken up early to eat breakfast and eat a few eggs. He was so sleepy that his head was nodding. Grandma Xie packed up her things with Xie Fei and went out.

The hundred or so eggs were left behind at Cheng Yaoyao's strong request. Just kidding, those were eggs fed with spiritual spring water, and they would only cost eight cents at most if sold, which was a waste of natural resources. Besides, the family didn't need that little bit of money recently, so Grandma Xie had no choice but to take the money with her.

Xie Zhao sent them to the village entrance, and Cheng Yaoyao stayed at home alone.

Grandma Xie smiled and said, "Believe it or not, we step out of the door and lie back in bed the next moment?"

A smile flashed across Xie Zhao's eyes. Xie Fei defended Cheng Yaoyao, "Sister Yaoyao wouldn't do that. She has been studying very hard with her brother these days."

When the three of them reached the entrance of the village, they saw Zhang Xiaofeng walking past them without even noticing them. Zhang Xiaofeng often came to play with Cheng Yaoyao and had a good relationship with the Xie family, so his distraught look was very unusual.

Xie Zhao frowned and didn't ask any more questions. After watching Grandma Xie and Xie Fei leave with the women in the village, he turned and walked home.

The Xie family's yard was quiet, the pumpkin vines and leaves rustled in the wind, and the hens lowered their heads to peck at the water in the basin. Cheng Yaoyao's door was closed, and there was no sound.

Xie Zhao pushed the door open slowly and walked in. There was no one in front of the desk.

Cheng Yaoyao lay comfortably on the bed, even changing into her nightgown, looking fearless.

Xie Zhao woke her up: "Sister, don't sleep anymore."

Xie Zhao lifted her blanket, and she covered her eyes with a whimper, and said fiercely: "It's so noisy, go away!"

"It's time to study." Xie Zhao said sternly, pinching Cheng Yaoyao's pretty little nose.

Cheng Yaoyao suddenly had difficulty breathing. After struggling for a while, he finally opened his eyes and started to cry out: "I won't get up, I won't get up!"

Xie Zhao was no longer as patient and talkative as usual today, and he just watched her making a fuss. Cheng Yaoyao was a little scared, and said coquettishly: "I really want to sleep today, you should sleep a little longer."

Xie Zhao said in a declarative tone: "You have been very naughty recently."

Cheng Yaoyao was furious. Whenever Xie Zhao spoke in this tone, it meant that he was going to "settle accounts" with him.

Although Xie Zhao was usually silent, he was actually very mean! Cheng Yaoyao suspected that he had a small notebook in which he recorded her misbehavior, and when it accumulated to a certain extent, he would teach her a lesson.

Cheng Yaoyao struggled to decide between being afraid and staying in bed. He pulled the quilt over his face so that he could no longer see Xie Zhao's face. He became bolder and shouted, "You're not a good boy!"

After Cheng Yaoyao finished speaking, Xie Zhao fell silent. Cheng Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief, and then he heard the door latch click.

Cheng Yaoyao's heart skipped a beat. She lifted the quilt and saw that Xie Zhao had locked the door and turned to stare at her.