Only this green, not disappointing the spring

On the way to Old Man Liu's house, Zhou Xiaoxi couldn't help but mutter:

"Xiao Huahua, what do you think is wrong with Mr. Yuan? He has a cold face all day long, as if everyone owes him something, but he also likes to meddle in other people's business..."

Donkey Xiaohua: Humph~

"You think so too, right? By the way, I still don't know what his identity and background are! Ah, I'm not sure about the genius doctor grandpa either, but that Nanrong family seems to be very powerful.

But my mother should know about it, and I didn’t even think of asking her.”

Huff~

She was talking happily to herself when she turned around and was startled to see several children from the village following behind her.

"Kids, why are you following your sister?" She looked like a wolf.

A brave man summoned up the courage to say:

"Sister Xiaoxi, can I ride your donkey? It looks so fun! In exchange, I can pick delicious wild fruits for you."

Zhou Xiaoxi's eyes lit up when she heard this, she liked this!

"No problem, but my sister has something else to do right now. How about we meet in half an hour? You can go to Grandpa Liu's house to find me.

Each of you should prepare a handful of reeds. Our donkey Xiaohua likes to eat reeds the most. If you can make him happy, each of you can ride on him for a while."

Several children immediately cheered, laughed and jumped, shouting:

"Oh, let's go and gather some reeds! Let's go..."

When they arrived at Old Man Liu's yard, before Zhou Xiaoxi could greet them, Donkey Xiaohua started to bray happily. Donkey Deshui and his wife Donkey Meili also responded happily.

For a moment, the whole yard was filled with the sound of donkeys braying one after another, which was not a pleasant feeling.

Old Man Liu said unhappily:

"Don't bring Donkey Xiaohua here again in the future. My yard is about to explode. It's so annoying to hear it."

"Please bear with me, old man. We can't delay Xiao Huahua's return home because of this!"

Old man Liu snorted, not wanting to waste time talking nonsense with this girl, and said directly:

"Just tell me what you want to say, don't keep wasting time."

Zhou Xiaoxi smiled and handed the charcoal branch to Old Man Liu.

"Can you help me figure out how to make a charcoal pencil out of this? I don't want to get my hands dirty if I use my hands to make it, but it's too much trouble to wrap it with a piece of cloth."

Old man Liu took it in his hand, looked around, thought for a while and said:

"Ask your grandmother Zhang to find you some suitable bamboo, hollow it out and put the carbon strips in. At most, you can make a cork at the back and push it out when it gets short.

It's too troublesome to make charcoal with wood sticks, and it's hard to control the thickness. Leave it to me, I'll make some charcoal sticks for you."

Talking to smart people is easy. Zhou Xiaoxi felt that she had made another step forward in learning "sketch". She just couldn't believe that she couldn't draw a straight line with this kind of pen similar to the one in her previous life!

Speaking of Grandma Zhang, Zhou Xiaoxi couldn't help but ask:

"Grandpa Liu, you haven't made up your mind yet? Grandma Zhang is making more and more money now. There are so many people with bad intentions waiting to take advantage of the situation. Why don't you take action?"

Old Man Liu chuckled. This kid is really persistent.

"You don't have to worry about it..."

"How can I not worry? You have helped our family so much, and we all hope that you can live a good life in the second half of your life!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? I went to the city a few days ago to ask someone to calculate. The second day of May is a good day. Your grandmother Zhang and I will have a simple banquet, and the matter will be settled.

People in the countryside don’t have so many rules, so I won’t bother with the invitations. Just bring your whole family when the time comes!”

"What kind of banquet? A banquet?! Are the lovers finally getting married? Hahaha, that's great. I'll go back and tell my family today!"

Old man Liu also showed a long-lost smile on his face. This Xiangxue Village has a really good feng shui. Once you come here, you don't want to leave. No wealth and glory can compare to the beautiful mountains and clear waters, singing birds and fragrant flowers here.

Soon, several half-grown children gathered outside the gate. The youngest was five years old at most, and the oldest was only seven or eight years old.

They were afraid of disturbing Zhou Xiaoxi's work, so they kept silent and squatted at the gate, like little rascals.

Old man Liu was facing the gate. When he saw this, he pouted at Zhou Xiaoxi.

"Is he looking for you outside?"

Zhou Xiaoxi turned around quickly and saw several children grinning at her.

She smiled and nodded:

"Yes, we agreed to go to the mountains to pick wild fruits together. I was so busy before that I just remembered that I didn't have a chance to go to the mountains for a walk."

Old man Liu got up from his stool, walked to the wall, found a machete and a backpack, and said:

"I'm with you. There are so many children. How can you, a half-grown man, take care of them all?

Didn't you tell me before that you wanted to plant redthorns? Now the time is right, I'll go cut some branches and plant them in the yard, and you can transplant them when they grow well."

She had completely forgotten about it! She said gratefully:

"Thank you, Grandpa Liu. I had forgotten about this matter a long time ago! You are really reliable and you care about everything you do. Grandma Zhang will definitely live a good life with you! Hehehe..."

So an old man led a group of children up the mountain.

The children had a lot of fun along the way. They took turns riding on the donkey Xiaohua's back and feeding it reeds as they walked.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, Zhou Xiaoxi took Donkey Xiaohua to a place with abundant water and grass, let it frolic freely, and then went up the mountain with everyone.

The villagers all knew that it was their mount, so they were not worried about it being stolen. Besides, Xiaohua the donkey was very human-like, and would run away even if he encountered someone with bad intentions.

There was no place in the village that it was not familiar with, and it could easily run back home.

After walking for about quarter of an hour, the group of children began to get excited.

"Sister Xiaoxi, we are almost there. There is a large area of ​​red wild fruits in front of us. They are fragrant and sweet. They are delicious!"

Zhou Xiaoxi was also getting impatient. She hoped that what they said wouldn't be too exaggerated. After all, children have a relatively narrow field of vision, and they would think that a very small place was very big.

Just like her in her previous life, she clearly remembered that the yard of her hometown in the countryside was very large and could grow lots of fruits and vegetables.

But one year after I started working, I went home to visit my elders and returned to the courtyard where I used to live. I felt a little restrained and depressed after entering.

As I was walking, I was suddenly brought back to reality by the cheers of the children.

There was an open space in front of him, and everywhere he looked were small red fruits. Zhou Xiaoxi walked closer and took a closer look.

This, this is a strawberry? Wild strawberry? !!!

At this time, Zhou Xiaoxi regretted bringing only a small basket. Who understands the joy of picking, my family members!