Chapter 38: A Couple from a Distance
Gu Xixi lingered under the trees, and couldn't let go of every tree.
She had never studied these ancient trees, nor had she even seen relevant data.
Because in later generations, some ancient varieties were either lost naturally or eliminated with the changes of the times.
Compared with the tree species that existed in later generations, they are obviously more suitable for the current climate and water and soil environment.
Gu Xixi was so engrossed in it that she didn't notice that Shi Tou was staring at her.
"Sister Gu, your family sells pearls, how come you also know how to grow fruit trees?"
Gu Xixi was startled, and in line with the principle of not lying to children, she said truthfully, "I like farming and planting. I like fruit trees, tea trees, grains and vegetables."
"Because I like them, I naturally want to think about how to make them grow better and stronger. How to make them produce more and more delicious fruits."
Shitou's eyes were full of emotion, "Sister Gu, you are so awesome!"
"We fruit tree growers think the same way, but I don't know as much as grandpa and dad."
"Sister Gu, when you are free in the future, can you come to my house often to teach me?"
"Okay." Gu Xixi agreed happily.
It was getting late, so Gu Xixi had to say goodbye for today.
Shitou saw them off to the gate and insisted on giving Gu Xixi a few fresh peaches wrapped in dry lotus leaves.
"Sister Gu, this is the sweetest peach I picked out. Go back and try it."
Mu Nanzhao, who was ignored, pulled the reins and the little black donkey pulled the cart forward.
Gu Xixi had no choice but to take the peach, turned around and waved to Shitou, "Take care of yourself, I'll come to see you in a few days."
"If your relatives come to cause trouble again, you can go to the Treasure Pavilion and ask for help from Madam Meng."
Shitou followed the cart for a few steps reluctantly.
He finally had to stop and watched Gu Xixi walk away.
The car drove onto the street.
Gu Xixi looked at the setting sun that was disappearing rapidly in the sky and said, "There is no afterglow of sunset today. Maybe you are right. It will rain tomorrow."
Mu Nanzhao said, "You like that child and his family property, so why not just take him in as your brother."
Gu Xixi rolled her eyes and said, "Are you testing me?"
"Although I am interested in those fruit trees, I would not resort to any means to take advantage of a child's feelings, especially family affection."
She paused, glanced at Mu Nanzhao and asked, "But you, first you got injured while looking for Zhenzhu, then you went to look for Qing'er with the injury, and you took the trouble to accompany me to the Zhang family nursery."
"Are you going through all this trouble just to put on a show?"
Mu Nanzhao remained silent, but just asked the little black donkey to run faster.
The woman sitting on the carriage tilted her head and smiled, and the man driving the carriage in front also raised the corners of his lips.
Among the pedestrians, a couple couldn't help but stop to look, then smiled at each other.
The couple who just drove over should also be a happy couple, right?
It was already evening when we returned to Huachidu Village.
Calls for children to go home for dinner could be heard everywhere in the village.
Mu Nanzhao had just turned in front of his house when an old man's sigh suddenly came from the darkness, startling both of them.
"Finally I'm back."
Mu Nanzhao recognized the old doctor and sighed, "Mr. Jiang, why are you out?"
The old doctor only said his surname was Jiang, and he had no name.
He sighed again, "Of course I'm waiting for you!"
"You are acting recklessly. If something goes wrong again, you will destroy my business sign before I even open it!"
The old doctor dragged Mu Nanzhao out of the car without saying anything and walked inside.
"I didn't take any medicine all day and I was running around all over the place. I don't know how my wound is doing."
Mu Nanzhao explained helplessly, "I took the bus today, which was much easier than before. I'm fine."
Gu Xixi stood outside the door and shook her head. Her master only had eyes for the patients and couldn't see her, his disciple, at all!
She took great effort to unload the cart and patted the little black donkey on its back.
"Thank you for your hard work today. I will take you back after you have eaten your fill."
The little black donkey was only in Zhang's nursery, eating some weeds and drinking half a basin of water. It should be given something good to eat at night.
A mixture of hay, wheat bran, beans, and a basin of water.
Gu Xixi used to watch her classmates majoring in animal husbandry mix feed, and after trying it herself, she found it interesting.
She was busy feeding the donkey and when she turned around she noticed someone peeking outside the gate.
"Who's there?"
A slender figure walked out from the door, "Sister Xixi, it's me."
It was dark and she couldn't see clearly, but Gu Xixi recognized Gu Qingye from his voice, "It's you, come in and sit down?"
Gu Qingye smiled and said, "It's time for dinner, so I won't go in."
Gu Xixi asked, "Then you have something to talk to me about?"
Gu Qingye hesitated for a moment before saying, "The jujubes and kiwifruit in the mountains should be ripe now."
"In previous years, Sister Xixi always took me to pick them..."
The jujube is also known as the longevity fruit. It tastes sweet when the fruit stalk is ripe.
The fruit of a certain type of myrtle is sweet, sour and juicy.
Both are edible as fruits and have medicinal value.
Although Gu Xixi didn't know how to farm in the past, she was good at picking fruits in the mountains.
So Gu Qingye always followed Gu Xixi, which not only gave him a lot of gains but also ensured that he would not get lost.
Gu Xixi understood and said, "You want to ask me to go into the mountains tomorrow?"
Gu Qingye nodded hurriedly.
In fact, she had been there this morning, but unfortunately the places she could find had already been picked by others.
After working for most of the day, she only picked two handfuls of jujubes, and when she got home, Liu complained to her a lot.
There was no choice, she had to come to Gu Xixi again.
Gu Xixi thought for a moment and said, "I was planning to go into the mountains tomorrow morning, so you can follow me."
Aunt Zhang loves to eat jujubes. The jujubes can be used to make fruit wine, which she can save for drinking during the winter.
Gu Qingye was very happy, "I knew Sister Xixi was the best!"
After she finished speaking, she was reluctant to leave. She looked around the yard and asked with hidden anticipation:
"Why don't we see Brother Chen? Will he... go with us tomorrow?"
Gu Xixi pondered in her heart, she had been working hard to match the male and female protagonists, and now it seemed that the female side had a chance, so shouldn't she work harder?
She looked back at the west room and whispered, "If he has nothing to do tomorrow, I will definitely ask him to come along."
Gu Qingye went back satisfied.
Aunt Zhang came over and asked Xixi who she had been talking to just now.
Gu Xixi then told them about going into the mountains tomorrow.
Aunt Zhang curled her lips unhappily, "I really don't understand this family."
"If I had a falling out with someone, I would be too embarrassed to visit her for the rest of my life, but she, on the other hand, is so shameless that she can still talk to you when she needs you."
Gu Xixi hugged Aunt Zhang and walked back, "I want to go by myself anyway, just let her follow me."
"Today I met a kid with the same last name as you, Zhang. Let me tell you, he..."
Aunt Zhang was attracted by the story told by Gu Xixi, and naturally put aside her dissatisfaction with Gu Qingye.
After a while, Aunt Zhang wiped her tears and said, "Poor child."
"Didn't you want to buy fruit trees before? Why didn't you buy a few saplings from him? You could help him out."
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