At noon, the educated youth came back from work.
"Brother! Wash your hands and eat!" Mu Qingli's clear and sweet voice sounded, making the educated youth hate her so much that their teeth ached.
Today it was Su Qingya and Li Shiyao's turn to cook. Li Shiyao was exhausted and hungry. She had to cook when she came back, while everyone else had already eaten. She felt very unbalanced and she slammed the pots and pans.
Su Qingya frowned while washing vegetables, looking very unhappy, but she didn't say anything.
"Li Shiyao! What are you doing? You have to pay for the broken pots and pans!" Lin Fang shouted angrily, "It's your turn to cook, who are you being so stubborn to?" Lin Fang is also a thorn in the side and will not tolerate her.
What she heard was very irritating. Those pots and pans were bought with everyone's pooled money and tickets. How could she smash them like that? If one of them was broken, it wouldn't be enough for a meal.
The old male educated youth remained silent and let Lin Fang take the lead. In fact, they also felt uncomfortable, but they did not want to conflict with the female educated youth.
Li Shiyao was also afraid of Lin Fang, the troublemaker who always tried to pick on others, so she kept silent and went to cook obediently.
Mu Qingli brought out their lunch, which made Wang Shuhui and the others jealous again.
"Fu Hongzhou! I'll treat you to a meal! Thank you for speaking up for me today! Wait, I'll serve you another bowl of porridge!" Mu Qingli brought a plate of cold dishes and a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and placed them on their table. She then went to get a stack of fragrant and sweet millet pancakes from a small basket.
Mu Qingli filled a bowl of porridge and placed it on the table for Fu Hongzhou. Bo Chuyan looked at the food on the table with a speechless look. If he had known this earlier, he would have said something for Mu Qingli.
Fu Hongzhou looked at the food on the table, moved his mouth, but did not say the word of refusal. The delicious food and the sweet smell of pancakes were too tempting.
The other educated youth had the same idea. If they had known this earlier, they would have spoken up for Mu Zhiqing. One word in exchange for a meal was totally worth it.
Zhang Yawei watched this scene with gritted teeth, thinking, he was so nice to the other person just for saying a word for her. It was obvious that he had taken a fancy to her and was deliberately trying to curry favor with her. There were many female educated youth who thought this way.
Wang Shuhui looked at Mu Qingli and the others eating like an abandoned puppy. She wanted to ask Mu Qingli to exchange food for hers, but when she saw that she had given some to Fu Hongzhou, she felt too embarrassed to ask.
After lunch, the educated youth who were about to go to work took the time to rest, while Mu Qingli sat under the shade of a tree, leaning against it and closing her eyes to rest. Although the adobe house was warm in winter and cool in summer, the house with seven or eight people living in it was messy and crowded, and it was extremely hot. It was not as cool as being under the tree.
Mu Qingli leaned against the tree and tried to communicate with the big locust tree with her mental power. It is said that the big locust tree is yin in nature. What if she could catch a female ghost to play with?
"Hi! Brother Huaishu!" Mu Qingli called softly with his mental power.
“…” The big locust tree was silent.
"Could it be that this tree is just an ordinary tree?" Mu Qingli muttered.
"Were you really talking to me just now?" The big locust tree suddenly spoke, and the leaves rustled without wind, which scared Mu Qingli.
"Huh? You are alive too?" Mu Qingli was surprised.
"...How can you talk like that! I have lush branches and leaves, how can I look dead?" The big locust tree became unhappy and said in a muffled voice.
"...No, that's not what I meant! It means that you can speak too!" Mu Qingli closed her eyes and said silently to the big locust tree in her heart.
"Of course...that's not right! You are a human! How can you understand what I am saying?" The big locust tree changed from taking it for granted to being astonished. If the big locust tree had expressions, Mu Qingli would definitely see its astonishment.
"...Because I am a special human!" Mu Qingli was very proud.
“…” The big locust tree remained silent.
"By the way, Big Locust Tree, how many years have you been here?"
"I've been here for hundreds of years, and I'm almost at the end of my rope!!"
"So, has anything interesting happened here?"
"Well... I'll tell you a secret!" The big locust tree pondered for a while and then spoke.
"What secret?" Mu Qingli started gossiping.
"There is a treasure on the Turin Mountain west of this village! When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Haiguo, our area was the only way to Beijing. Several landlords in the town sealed up their gold and silver treasures and transported them into the mountains to bury them! As for where they are hidden, maybe the flowers, plants and trees on the mountain can know." The big locust tree seemed to have an outlet to vent, and told Mu Qingli some of what it saw and heard.
"There are human bones buried in the northeast corner of this yard! There was also an educated youth who often climbed over the wall to go out in the middle of the night for two or three days..." The big locust tree knew everything and told everything. It boasted a lot to Mu Qingli and wanted to tell him all about its vicissitudes over the past century.
Mu Qingli listened, feeling sleepy. However, she clearly remembered in her mind that there were treasures in the mountains west of the village! Seeing that she was gradually becoming confused, the locust tree stopped talking. Amidst the breeze and the chirping of cicadas, there was only a faint sigh.
Mu Qingli closed her eyes and rested for a while in a daze. She came back to life refreshed. She stood up and patted the trunk, transferring her wood essence to the locust tree. The locust tree felt the surging vitality slowly entering its trunk, and couldn't help but shake its branches excitedly, and the leaves rustled.
"Fairy! You are a fairy from the sky!" The big locust tree murmured softly. With this wave of vitality, if nothing unexpected happens, it can live another thirty years!
After Mu Qingli transferred the wood essence, she smiled and gently stroked the tree trunk, said goodbye to the big locust tree, turned and left the Youth League Courtyard. She was going to search for treasure on the Dushe Mountain to the west of the village.
Mu Qingli walked through the village. The midday sun was shining brightly and the village was quiet. People were eating at home and took the opportunity to rest for a while.
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