Wen He stood there blankly, roaring inwardly for more than ten minutes. Then, a mountain breeze blew, and his brain finally calmed down. Looking at the chicken paw prints that had just been imprinted on the ground, Wen He seemed to suddenly understand which way to go to the old house.
Sure enough, following the rooster's paw prints, it wasn't long before the shadow of the Gu family's old house appeared in Wen He's sight. Also appearing was the familiar rooster squatting in the field outside the old house, looking at him with its head tilted.
The bag of cherry tomatoes was scattered beside it. A bunch of fluffy yellow chicks were crowded in the bag. When they saw Wen He suddenly appear, they chirped in panic and stuffed themselves into the thick feathers of the big rooster. While running away, the little yellow chickens couldn't help but hold a fresh cherry tomato in their mouths, and looked in the direction of Wen He with their round black eyes.
Wen He couldn't help but take out the "bribe" again, a cantaloupe. To show his sincerity, Wen He took out a knife and cut it in half and placed it in front of him so that the big and small chickens could eat it.
Then, the big rooster tilted his head and looked at her with an even more satisfied look. He stretched out his neck and made a "cuckoo" sound. He shook his body violently and shook out the timid little chicks that were hiding in his feathers. The little yellow chickens were obviously still a little scared. After being shaken out by the big rooster, their fluffy feathers almost exploded with fright. However, they could not help being attracted by the halved and cut cantaloupe. They walked forward cautiously with their fluffy feathers exploding, and pecked at the cantaloupe carefully. Then, the little yellow chickens called "Zha Zha" excitedly and buried their heads in eating.
Wen He couldn't help but chuckle in her heart. She knew that cantaloupes tasted better than cherry tomatoes. Maybe it was because the fruit was larger. Wen He had to draw twice as many formations to make the cantaloupes keep up with the growth period of cherry tomatoes. Maybe for this reason, cantaloupes tasted better than cherry tomatoes. However, because cantaloupes were heavier and difficult to carry, Wen He didn't plant many of them before.
The Gu family's old house is very big. Although it only has one floor, it covers a huge area. After all, they were considered a wealthy family in the past. Just looking at the decoration of the exterior wall, you can tell that they spent a lot of money in the past, not to mention the interior. It's a pity that after such a long time of sun and rain, the exterior wall has faded a lot. No one dared to come in to take care of it for another year, so the house looks particularly shabby.
The house was large, so Wen He had enough time to clean out a room suitable for living, clean the bookshelves, and put away the ancient books collected by the old man of the Gu family. However, after turning over the box containing the jade token, Wen He hesitated for a moment, and finally found a rope to string the jade token on, and hung it around his neck to keep it close to his body.
But what surprised and excited Wen He the most was the large fields outside the old house.
In fact, after Wen He decided to break away from the Gu family, he had been thinking about his future financial resources. Although the 200,000 yuan he finally got from the Gu family seemed like a lot, Wen's mother's medical expenses cost 120,000 yuan at once. Moreover, as long as Wen's mother stayed in the hospital, he would have to pay the hospital fees and hospital fees every three months.
Apart from the remaining 80,000 yuan, Wen He only had the more than 10,000 yuan she had saved up. In this way, the future source of income became a top priority. Wen He had some ideas about this. She wanted to sell the fruits she grew online.
Unlike ordinary fruits, Wen He discovered this when he was tinkering with the orchard when the old man of the Gu family was still alive. After carving a formation around the plants, not only would the fruits taste great, but the growth cycle of the plants could also be shortened to about two to three weeks. Wen He wanted to use this to obtain an economic source.
Originally, she had to worry about spending a lot of money to rent a piece of land, but now, the field in front of the old house has helped Wen He a lot. The field should have been a flower field, but it was abandoned because no one took care of it. Now it is full of weeds. As long as the weeds are removed, it can be replanted and used.
Weeding is a very time-consuming job, so after simply tidying up the house, Wen He took out a barely usable sickle from the kitchen of the old house, rolled up his sleeves and started weeding. However, because his movements were too clumsy, the sickle accidentally cut a small cut on his finger, and blood oozed out and dripped onto the jade pendant hanging around his neck.
Suddenly, Wen He was startled. She quickly dropped the sickle and went to look at the jade token. Wen He cherished this jade token that her grandfather had been thinking of leaving to her.
But the strange thing was that Wen He had just seen a drop of blood accidentally dripped onto the jade token, but when she looked carefully, there was no trace of it. Instead, it felt warm for a moment when she touched it, but when she touched it carefully, it turned cold again. Wen He subconsciously frowned and was puzzled for a moment, but she didn't take it to heart. As long as the jade token was completely intact, it would be fine. After all, there was more important weeding work to do.
Perhaps it was because Wen He's weeding made a lot of noise that attracted the big rooster resting nearby. The rooster tilted its head and stared at Wen He's movements for a long time. Then it lowered its head to look at its own chicken claws and started to scratch the weeds next to its claws.
The big rooster was very strong and had sharp claws. With this one claw, he really dug up the weeds with the roots. This new thing immediately excited the big rooster. He excitedly let out a long "cuckoo", flapped his wings, and started to "cuckoo" and pull up the weeds with his claws. The little yellow chickens that had finished eating the cantaloupe also came over in a group, chirping and following the big rooster to pull up the weeds in the same way. Several little yellow chickens gathered together, and after a while they could really pull up a weed.
Thanks to the 'help' of the big rooster and the little yellow chickens, Wen He was able to weed much faster, but it still took him nearly four hours to finish weeding the field in front of the old house.
After washing his hands and simply cleaning the dirt off his face, Wen He took out the cantaloupe that he had previously placed in the well water to cool, cut it in half and gave one to the big rooster and one to the little yellow chickens. He also peeled one for himself as a reward. Wen He kept the last two to take to the hospital for his mother.
After eating the cantaloupe and taking a short rest, it was almost five o'clock. Wen He did not plan to stay in the old house tonight. She was worried about her mother's condition in the morning, so she had to go back to the hospital to check on the situation. After packing up simply, Wen He planned to go out, but when she looked up, she saw the white fog still surrounding the old house. She couldn't help but feel a little worried, and subconsciously looked at the big rooster that "brought" her in.
The big rooster seemed to understand the look in Wen He's eyes. He stretched his neck and swallowed the last bite of the melon flesh. He gave a soft "cuckoo" to Wen He, then strode in front of Wen He with his paws in high spirits, leading Wen He all the way out. When they were almost at the edge of the white mist, he stopped and "cuckooed" twice more at Wen He, as if to indicate that they had arrived.
Looking at the big rooster's proud and serious look, Wen He suddenly felt that the big rooster was not scary at all, but rather cute. Especially when he looked back after walking a few steps, he could see the big rooster looking at him calmly as he left. Wen He felt warm in his heart, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He actually waved goodbye, and a smile spread across his face.
Although Wen He felt that the way the big rooster looked at her at the end was almost like looking at a "fool", Wen He's depressed and numb mood that had lasted for the entire day finally improved.
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