Chapter 72: Aunt Cai sings folk songs
Gu Yuhe suddenly wilted.
This second sister is simply like a devil. No matter what she does, she can't do without studying. Can she still have fun?
He secretly felt regretful in his heart, thinking that it would be better if his second sister was a boy. Then she could study on her own and wouldn't have to force him to study all day long.
"It's not an article. It's called an observation report, or an observation diary." Gu Jiayue patiently explained to the two children why this arrangement was made, but she never mentioned that she would ask them to write a review after the rice was harvested.
After finishing her talk, Gu Jiayue, regardless of Gu Yuhe's mood, patted the two children on the shoulders and said, "Tomorrow everyone will start the busy farming season again, but you must not neglect your studies. From tomorrow until the busy farming season ends, you will come to study every morning and spend the whole morning, and then go to the fields to help with the work in the afternoon."
Children, don't blame your second sister for being strict. You can't be half-hearted when studying. If you want to stand out, you have to work hard day after day.
Zhang Chuyan had no objection to this arrangement.
Gu Yuhe's face was filled with frustration. No one was worse off than him, having to study and work at the same time.
"Yes, Master."
"Well, you two go out and have fun, but don't leave the village, or you'll run into a beggar."
In the southwest, the climate is as changeable as a child's temperament.
The previous moment, the sky was clear and sunny, the warm sun was high in the sky, and the azure sky was so pure that there was not a trace of clouds, as if all the troubles in the world had been washed away by the clear sky; but in the blink of an eye, fine raindrops fell like cow hair, gently caressing the earth, covering the mountains, rivers and all things with a hazy veil.
Gu Jiayue quickly grabbed the hands of the two children and ran home.
They ran faster and faster, and finally returned home before the heavy rain came.
Gu Jiayue breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she was not caught in the rain, otherwise her mother would doubt her intelligence again.
Perhaps God knew that the villagers were going to replant seedlings, so the drizzle like embroidery needles began to fall, as if to add some moisture to the farming work.
The villagers, who had lived here for generations, were already accustomed to such unpredictable weather. After breakfast, they donned their raincoats and headed out to the fields in groups of three or five. The light mist blurred their figures, making it difficult to see who was coming, but it didn't stop the villagers from chatting.
Seeing that Gu Jiayue was also about to go to the fields, Grandma Gu quickly reached out and held her back, saying with concern, "Don't go. Don't you have to teach the children later? It's really troublesome to go back and forth. After you finish your meal, go wake up Gu Yuhe. He's already far behind Goudan, so you have to make the most of the time to study more."
"Right, right, right," Grandpa Gu quickly agreed, "Right now, the most important thing for our family is Yuhe's studies. He's naturally talented, but he just doesn't work hard. Isn't that a waste of all your hard work? You must discipline him strictly."
"Okay, then I won't go. I'll bring you water after class." Gu Jiayue didn't insist.
"Well, remember to go to the kitchen to check the condition of the corn seeds. If there is less water, spray some." Grandma Gu was still worried and couldn't help but give one more reminder.
"Oh, I see."
After the meeting at the village chief's house that day, everyone unanimously decided to try growing corn seedlings first. If it works, they will plant corn. If not, there is no need to bother anymore.
Therefore, many families in the village followed the method of taking care of Jiayue and grew a lot of corn seeds at home.
Nowadays, all the teenagers in the village have received a task - to pay attention to the moisture of the seeds, which should not be too dry or too wet.
A while after the Gu family left, the sky slowly turned pale. The porcelain-white morning light was intertwined with drizzle, like a delicate ink painting.
Madam Cai looked up at the sky and couldn't help but sigh, "This southwest region is truly bizarre. It can rain and be sunny at the same time."
"Yes, there are many strange things in this world." Gu Jiayue agreed. Seeing that Madam Cai was busy picking beans again, she couldn't help but ask, "Madam, what are you doing?"
"I thought of making some mung beans to cook and then send it to my elder sister to sweeten her mouth."
During the time she spent at the Gu family, Aunt Cai and Grandma Gu had become very good friends, simply because they shared the same hobby - gossiping.
Madam Cai was originally a servant in the Marquis's family. She spent her early years serving the Marquis's mother, and naturally, following the head of the household, she had seen a great deal of the world. Later, she followed the Marquis's wife into the Gu family, but war broke out, and she spent more than a decade wandering with the Marquis's family. After the situation stabilized, she first took charge of the Marquis's kitchens and later took care of Gu Jiayue's courtyard.
During those years, she had witnessed so many strange stories that she couldn't even finish telling them in eight or ten years.
Now, Madam Cai had only just told a few things about what she had encountered at the Marquis's family home, but Grandma Gu was already unable to stop listening.
Whenever they had free time, the two of them would get together, heads touching, and whispering.
Gu Jiayue smiled and jokingly said, "Mammy, do you want to listen to them sing folk songs?"
Aunt Cai has recently become obsessed with listening to folk songs.
People in the southwest love singing, and they hum a few lines while doing anything. Ever since she heard Grandma Gu curse someone with folk songs last time, Aunt Cai has become even more fascinated by folk songs, and whenever she has time, she pesters Grandma Gu to teach her.
Gu Jiayue couldn't help but imagine, if Madam Cai returned to the Marquis' Mansion that day, and everyone else was arguing with each other, their words were full of hidden meanings, but only she would speak "Ah Liu Liu" or "Lotus Falls", that scene...
Hahahaha, just thinking about it makes people laugh.
Seeing her young lady hunching her shoulders and shaking, Aunt Cai thought she had caught a cold and said with concern, "Although it's May now, it's still a little chilly in the mornings and evenings. Young lady should wear more clothes."
Gu Jiayue secretly complained about her "terrible" sense of humor. Not only did the images in her mind not stop, they even overlapped with a palace fighting drama she had watched before she traveled through time.
The ghost videos made by those talented netizens kept playing in her mind. She couldn't help but replace the character's face with that of Aunt Cai, and then imagined that someone reported Aunt Cai for having an affair with the prince, but she started singing Lotus Fall.
Hahaha, what should I do if I really can’t help it?
She didn't dare to look up, so she could only nod randomly and hurried into the room.
Aunt Cai was full of doubts. What happened to the young lady today?
If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it. Young people always have their own ideas.
Aunt Cai gave up trying to understand the young lady's strange behavior and instead lowered her head to pick up beans while humming a folk song:
"A mother with many children suffers the most,
Naughty children are difficult to educate (you),
Oh my god~~~~
Some parents spoil their children.
I want my children to be successful without having to work hard.
You have to take good care of yourself from childhood.
Don't put the long rope end,
First, we must manage well and not learn bad things.
Second, I have to teach her to read~~~~Oh my god~~~~~~~
..."
Listening to Aunt Cai's singing, Gu Jiayue could no longer hold back her laughter and rolled around on the bed.
The noise startled Gu Yuhe, who was still sleeping in bed. He felt the bed shaking in a daze, thinking it was a landslide. He jumped up and wanted to run out.
When he saw that it was his second sister, he breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help asking, "Second sister, what's wrong with you?"
Why...are you smiling like this?
Gu Jiayue waved her hand and pointed outside.
Gu Yuhe was confused, so he opened the door and looked outside. He saw Aunt Cai picking beans and singing folk songs there.
This is normal, what's so funny?
Gu Jiayue still didn't say anything, she really couldn't say anything.
What she was laughing at was not the folk songs, but the imagined scene of Aunt Cai singing folk songs during the house fight, hahahahaha...
Gu Yuhe looked worried: "Sister, did you take laughing drugs? Didn't grandma tell us not to eat anything at home? She put laughing drugs and crying drugs in them."
Humph, this second sister must have stolen the good things that grandma hid.
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