The next day, after finishing his morning exercise, Gu Shouxin went up the mountain alone. To avoid his uncle following him, he didn't go to the old house, but instead went through the fields behind his house, taking a detour to the mountains.
Gu Shouxin was right. After waiting at home for a while and seeing that Gu Shouxin hadn't come over, Uncle Gu came over by himself.
"Sister-in-law, where's the second son?" Gu Shouxin asked, seeing Cai Xiaolian turning over the soil with her two children.
“Her uncle, her father, just went up the mountain!” Cai Xiaolian replied.
"Huh? I ate and waited at the door, but I didn't see him come by!" Uncle Gu scratched his head.
Now they also have three meals a day at the old house. In the entire Sanchakou Village, only the Gu family and Grandma Xiao and Lu Zheng's family have three meals a day.
“Uncle, Dad must have gone to the soil in the back ditch! He said he was afraid Grandpa would say he was ruining the orchids, so he took a burlap sack to put them in!” Gu Nian said.
"Hey, this second brother! He didn't even call me. When have I ever complained about him since I was a kid? Honestly, anyone who didn't know better would think he dumped me on purpose!" Uncle Gu scratched his head and chuckled a few times.
Mother and daughters 3: ...
Uncle, you're so perceptive! He deliberately dumped you!
"Hey, need my help? I'm free anyway, I'll help you till the soil!" Uncle Gu spat twice, rubbed his hands together, picked up a hoe, and started digging.
Fortunately, everyone in the Gu family now has a set of toothbrushes, otherwise Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian would definitely complain about him.
"Sister-in-law! What are you planning to plant on this land?" The actions of a skilled farmer are truly different; even those who joined later were faster than the mother and her two daughters.
"We got these seeds from Ah Yuan's great-uncle. We don't even know what they are. The vegetable garden here is empty, so we turned over the soil and planted them to see what we can grow!" Cai Xiaolian said.
"Tsk tsk, speaking of that Master Zhou, he's quite an extraordinary man. But for some reason, he just can't grow any rare plants these days! Before, when he was growing chili peppers, the late emperor was still on the throne. He liked spicy food and wanted to reward Master Zhou with some kind of title! Unfortunately, Master Zhou gave the reward to Miss Zhou. Miss Zhou married and moved to the capital," said Uncle Gu.
"Uncle, do you know the Zhou family?" Cai Xiaolian wanted to hear the story of the vegetable treasure chest.
Gu Nian was also very interested in this.
“Yes, I recognize them! I recognize the second brother too, and I recognize both Mom and Dad. In the past, Mom often took the second brother and me to play at the Zhou family’s house! Mom and Madam Zhou were very close. Back then, Sister Jia would take us to play together, climbing dog holes, climbing trees, and going out to fight. Oh, Sister Jia is Miss Zhou, the one who married into the capital.” Uncle Gu said.
"Is the Zhou family girl older than you, Uncle?" Gu Nian asked.
“Yes! She’s more than four years older than me. I remember when Jia was ten, she dressed as a boy and took me and my second brother horseback riding. When we came back, my mother almost beat us to death. I was not even six years old then, and my second brother was not even four. My mother said that we went to sharpen the horses’ hooves. Jia was also beaten. Her mother hung her up and beat her, and the worst part was that she wouldn’t admit her mistake. To be honest, Jia was really a remarkable woman! Just like our mother.” Uncle Gu’s face was full of reminiscence. She was the first girl who wasn’t family to appear in his life, and the memory was very vivid.
The mother and her two daughters had never heard Gu Shouxin mention these things, probably because Gu Shouxin was too young at the time and these things were not in his memory!
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