Chapter 014 Not a selfish person
Su Wan was comforted and finally stopped thinking too much about it.
The water tank at home was empty, so after taking a bath, Su Jing and the others each picked up a bucket and went to the well to fetch water. They had been used to doing these farm work since they were young. The three of them each made two trips and filled the two water tanks at home.
Su Wan was the last one to take a bath. Everyone took a bath casually, just carrying two buckets of water to rinse casually. Gu Yue was different. Her parents made a bathtub for her, which now became Su Wan's.
By the time she finished washing, the oil lamp in her brothers' room had long been extinguished. She hadn't slept well the previous night, and she had done some work today, so she almost fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed.
The next morning, when Su Wan got up, it was already bright. Her brothers had already gone to work, but the fire in the stove was still burning. They must have just left. The pot was still warm with her breakfast: a bowl of sweet potato porridge and two steamed buns made of two-grain flour.
Halfway through the meal, He Jiaolan came over with a basket.
"Sister Su Wan, are you okay? Let's go up the mountain early and come back early, otherwise we will suffer when the sun is too strong!"
“Here I come!”
After quickly clearing the dishes, Su Wan found a basket and closed the bamboo fence door.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting. Let's go! I have to come back to cook for my brothers at noon!"
Su Wan turned around and saw the He Jiaolan sisters and Chen Yinghong standing there. Chen Yinghong still had a sour face and looked down on her.
"Tsk, you're the only one cooking, can you eat it?"
Seeing that her eyes were not eyes and her nose was not a nose, Su Wan did not intend to indulge her:
"I didn't ask you to eat it, you're really meddling too much!"
"You!" Chen Yinghong's cheeks puffed up with anger. Seeing this, He Jiaolan quickly acted as a peacemaker.
"Okay, okay, it's getting late, let's go!"
She stood between the two of them, blocking out the electric atmosphere, and the four of them then walked up the mountain together. However, along the way, Chen Yinghong's look of disdain for Su Wan did not change at all.
The nearby mountains are full of towering pine trees. Today, He Jiaolan took Su Wan to the foot of a mountain to pick pine mushrooms. The mountains close to the village have almost been picked. Fortunately, it is the busy farming season now, and not many people in the village have time to pick pine mushrooms, so they thought of picking mushrooms to exchange for some pocket money. Of course, they are not worth much.
"Sister Su Wan, let's go pick the fruits separately. I'll call you from time to time. Remember to promise me that our village is remote and you must not go too deep into the mountains. There are wild animals in the mountains and it's not safe!"
When they reached the foot of the mountain, the four of them had to act separately, but they could not go too far. They had to stay within each other's sphere of influence. There were wild animals in the deep mountains nearby, including wolves and black bears.
"I understand, Sister Guerlain!"
Su Wan picked up a long branch and began to look for mushrooms seriously. She was lucky. Every time she swept away the fallen leaves, she could find many large pine mushrooms underneath, but she also always remembered He Jiaolan's instructions.
He Jiaolan would call out to her from time to time to make sure they were safe.
Soon, her basket was full. The mushrooms were fragile and could not withstand the pressure, but there were still many left to pick. Su Wan thought about continuing in the afternoon.
She was careful and used branches to cover the fallen leaves on the ground. She was narrow-minded and was counting on making money from these pine mushrooms!
"Sister Su Wan, are you okay?"
He Jiaolan, who had picked up half a basket, was a little puzzled when she saw Su Wan suddenly appear in front of her.
"Well, I have to go back and cook for my brothers, so I have to go first!"
"Do you remember the way back?"
"Remember!"
The way to get here is to just walk along the road in front of her house and go straight in. It will take half an hour to get there.
"Okay, then you go back first. Your brothers are all working in the fields, and you're the only one home. I don't know what happened today, but there are so few pine mushrooms here. I'm afraid they've all been picked. Look, it's been ages, and there's only this little bit!"
As He Jiaolan spoke, she showed her the pine mushrooms in her basket. After a quick look, she saw that there weren't many, and none of them were very big.
"How's yours?" She glanced at her basket, which she had covered with a rag for fear it would wilt in the sun.
"I have quite a lot over there, you can go and have a look. Look, I picked a lot!"
Su Wan is not a selfish person, and she still cannot deceive others for her own selfish reasons. Besides, He Jiaolan is a good person, and she doesn't want to lie to her. At most, she can come again in the afternoon and pick the flowers in a different place.
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It was almost noon when Su Wan returned home. He took the pine mushrooms to a cool place and quickly washed his hands to cook.
What should I eat for lunch?
Cook some porridge, make some steamed buns, and stir-fry some side dishes!
I just happened to pick some fresh pine mushrooms today, which are perfect for stir-frying. The mushrooms won’t taste as good without the meat, but they are fresh.
As soon as the brothers came back, they had hot meals and they already knew how to cook licorice water themselves.
I changed the dish today and had some white porridge with some side dishes and some steamed buns made from two-grain flour. It was very delicious.
This morning, Su Yun saw that Su Wan was still not getting up, and thought that she could only hold on for one day. In the morning, he complained to Su Jing that she couldn't even do a good job of pretending, but he was slapped in the face at noon.
"Wanwan, where did you get this mushroom?"
Su Jing saw a fried mushroom on the table and wondered who in the village gave it to her.
"This morning, I went to pick pine mushrooms with Sister Jiaolan from the village, her sister Jiaoxing, and Chen Yinghong. We agreed on this yesterday afternoon. They said we could take them to the market to exchange for some money. I saw that we didn't have much food at home, so I thought I'd pick some and sell them at the market later!"
Su Wan explained obediently, smiling sweetly, with clarity in her bright almond eyes.
When the brothers heard this, they were all stunned. They originally thought that she had a spoiled little girl's temper, couldn't stand hardship or hard work, or that she only knew how to eat and play every day, and would even despise their family for being poor.
Even Su Yun thought she was pretending.
"Wanwan, once the millet is husked, we will have food to eat. You don't have to think about making money to supplement the family income. Once the busy farming season is over, we brothers will naturally find a way!" Su Jing was the first to react. He felt a little sorry that Wanwan had to bear all this as soon as she came back.
"That's right, we men will take care of the money to support the family, you don't have to do anything!" Even Su Mu, who has always been taciturn, spoke.
Su Yun curled his lips:
"Do you look down on us men? We are still alive and well, why do we need you to earn money to support the family? Yueyue never cared about these things before!"
Yueyue is the only thing on her mouth all the time, and no matter how good Su Wan's temper is, she will still feel annoyed.
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