The two of them quickly put aside the matter of Gu Tinghua. They now had more important things to do, which was to keep an eye on Gu Tingwu, find out his affair, and prepare to catch him in adultery.
The task of surveillance was given to Gu Tingzhou.
Li Qingyun was tidying up at home when someone knocked on the door. It turned out to be Erniu bringing firewood.
During this period, he delivered many bundles of firewood, all of which were thin branches that were not too thick, filling half of the firewood shed.
These branches are fine for cooking, but when they are used to heat the kang in winter, they have to be burned as a stumbling block, otherwise you have to add more firewood later, which is very troublesome and not durable.
In the autumn, the villagers would prepare to make traps for the winter. Usually, several families would join together to make traps. Thinking that Erniu would be alone, he would definitely not have anyone to help him, so she asked, "Erniu, your uncle, your aunt Qiuju's family and I are going to the mountains to make traps in a few days. Would you like to join us?"
"Is it okay?" Erniu's eyes lit up. He was worried about this matter. There were many things he could do by himself, but he couldn't do the job of making tripwires by himself. Without tripwires, he couldn't heat the kang in winter.
"Why not? I'll have Dabao go talk to you in advance. It'll probably be next weekend. Dabao doesn't have school, and your Uncle Cheng will be home too. We can go together then."
"Okay, thank you, auntie." Erniu smiled shyly.
"By the way, do you still have any pine nuts you picked? Leave me fifty pounds and I'll pay for them."
"I asked Grandpa Gu, who drives an ox cart, to take the dried pine nuts to the supply and marketing cooperative to exchange them for me. I went into the mountains to pick some more a few days ago. I'll give them to Auntie after I dry them. No charge."
"How can you not want money? You look down on me, don't you? I'm rich, how can I take advantage of a little kid like you?"
Erniu wanted to explain, but he was too tongue-tied to know what to say.
Li Qingyun quickly called Dabao to settle the account.
Before, when Erniu delivered firewood, Dabao insisted that he would keep the accounts himself and then settle the accounts with Erniu. Li Qingyun thought that this would also train him, so she agreed.
Dabao did it very well and opened the notebook and turned to a page.
Li Qingyun saw that the numbers written on it were all crooked, but she could still understand what they meant.
A sequence number, each sequence number is followed by a number.
Dabao pulled Erniu and said, "Brother Erniu, look, the first time you delivered four bundles, the second time you delivered eight bundles, the third time you delivered six bundles, the fourth time you delivered four bundles, and this time today, you delivered eight bundles."
After Dabao finished speaking, he started doing addition on the paper again. Within a minute, he told Erniu, "We delivered 30 bundles in total. If each bundle costs 5 cents, the total is 1.5 yuan."
Seeing that his calculation was correct, Li Qingyun said nothing more. Giving children more opportunities to do things on their own will help them grow.
Li Qingyun took out one dollar and fifty cents from her pocket and handed it to Erniu.
Erniu blushed and said, "Auntie, can Dabao teach me how he calculates it? I don't want money. Using firewood to pay for tuition may not be enough. Can I help you chop firewood when I have time?" He knew that Dabao went to school in the commune and had to pay tuition.
Erniu was shocked when he saw that Dabao could quickly get the result that took him a long time to calculate just by writing and drawing on a notebook. He wanted to learn it so that he would not be blind and would not be deceived.
Every time he delivered firewood, he would carve a mark on the stone at the door of his house. One mark represented a bundle of firewood, and one bundle of firewood cost five cents. Then he would add up the cost of each mark.
In short, it takes a long time to calculate, and sometimes he makes mistakes. The old man who drives the cart helps him sell pine nuts, and he always asks him for advice on the calculation method, but their methods are not as fast and convenient as Dabao's just now.
Li Qingyun was somewhat surprised at the young man's quick wit and eagerness to learn.
How can a golden fish stay in a pond? It will turn into a dragon when it encounters wind and clouds.
It was rare that he still had the will to improve himself after being in such a state of poverty. Li Qingyun wanted to help him, but she still lowered her head and asked Dabao: "Dabao, are you willing to teach Brother Erniu?"
Dabao thought for a while and said, "Dad said that reviewing the old can help us learn the new. I am willing to teach Erniu so that I can learn again. But, my teaching may not be as good as the teacher's." He looked a little embarrassed.
Erniu quickly waved his hands: "It's okay, I'm already very satisfied that you are willing to take the time to teach me, thank you Dabao, thank you Auntie."
Li Qingyun forced the money in her hand to Erniu. It was a total of thirty bundles of firewood, enough for her to use for two or three months if she didn't use it for heating the kang and only for cooking. An adult would have to work for a long time to get this firewood. It was really hard work, and she couldn't exploit the labor of children.
Dabao moved a stool, took a new notebook and pen, and the two of them sat under the eaves and began to "lecture". They looked very serious and it was quite funny.
Li Qingyun ignored them and started to busy herself with her own things.
The lard at home is almost gone. She uses lard no matter whether she is cooking meat or vegetables, so it is consumed very quickly.
She took out some lard from the space and refined two jars of lard. With the remaining basin of lard residue, Li Qingyun decided to make dumplings.
I cut a small piece of wild boar meat from the space and mixed it in. Just as I finished preparing the dumpling filling, Gu Tingzhou came back from outside.
In order to hide his tracks, he carried a backpack when he went out, and now he has returned with a full basket of mountain products.
He placed the backpack in front of Li Qingyun and asked playfully, "Look what this is?"
There were a few rabbits and pheasants buried under the mountain products.
"Why are you going to the mountains again? Didn't you say you were going to follow Gu Tingwu?"
"Gu Tingwu went up the mountain to collect mountain products this afternoon. I observed him for a while and found that he used the excuse of going to the bathroom to secretly talk to the village widow Wang. I think it's almost certain that his lover is the widow Wang.
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