I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl
Chapter 43-1 Let's fetch water together
After all the prey was loaded onto the cart, a group of people drove the ox cart towards Liulin Town.
On the way, Gu Yongming took out the remaining steamed buns, sugar cakes, and egg pancakes that Jia's grandmother had prepared for them this morning and distributed them to the Jia family members who were traveling with them.
His family had the most stuff on this trip, so Gu Yongming did this to express his gratitude to everyone for helping to escort the car.
When they got to town, he also planned to pay for fodder for the cows, as well as dinner for everyone tonight and breakfast for tomorrow.
He and Jia Guizhi have always been like this. Although life at home is tight, they will never treat those who help them unfairly.
It’s not that no one talked about them behind their backs, saying that they were too obsessed with face and suffered, but their good popularity in Jia Village and Bai Village proved how right they were to be kind and grateful.
On the other side, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou, who followed Jia Guizhi back to her mother's home, were all happily drinking honey water.
When Lady Jia heard Jia Guizhi say that she was going to send a few live rabbits to her fifth cousin's house in exchange for honey, she immediately took out the little honey left in the house and made a bowl of honey water for each of her granddaughter, granddaughter-in-law, and grandson-in-law.
Jia Guizhi couldn't bear to see her putting others before herself, so she snatched the jar of honey and made a bowl of honey water for her mother as well.
Upon seeing this, Grandmother Jia immediately scraped the last bit of honey in the jar into a bowl and also made a bowl of honey water for Jia Guizhi.
Gu Wenxuan secretly shook her head as she watched these two. It would have been better if they had just drunk together from the beginning.
Of course, she also understood that Grandmother Jia was both thrifty and caring towards the younger generation, so she only made honey water for her, Jia Yuelan and Bai Jingzhou.
After all, it's all because of poverty. They are used to being poor, so even though they know that new honey will be available soon, they still don't want to use up the old honey.
If even Lady Jia, whose family was relatively wealthy, was like this, her grandmother would naturally become even more frugal.
When she first came here, she was often stunned by her grandmother's frugality.
For example, they don't use oil when cooking, but only use water to cook, and when they occasionally stir-fry, they don't pour oil into the pot, but take out a piece of "oil cloth" and quickly wipe the pot. All these things always open Gu Wenxuan's eyes.
That is to say, the only people who stayed at the Gu family for a long time were her and her two younger brothers, as well as her grandmother who was busy every day and had no time to pay attention to the expression on her face. Otherwise, she would definitely be suspected by the Gu family.
"Can we have mixed noodles tonight?" After everyone had finished their bowl of honey water with great cherishment, Grandmother Jia smiled and asked for everyone's opinions.
Everyone nodded, and Jia Guizhi said, "It just so happens that I brought a piece of pork belly with me. We can cut a little less and put it in the noodles."
Grandmother Jia smiled and said "OK", "Then I'll cut some minced meat and put it in the noodles later."
Jia Guizhi rolled up her sleeves and said, "Let me do it. It's rare for me to be at home. You should at least take a break."
Jia Yuelan is not talkative, but the girl is just as hardworking as Jia Guizhi.
Jia Guizhi rolled up her sleeves and walked to the kitchen. The little girl immediately picked up the basket to prepare the wild vegetables.
Seeing this, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan also split up to find work to do. One of them went to get dry firewood, while the other took out a shoulder pole and a wooden bucket and went out to fetch water.
Grandmother Jia wanted to stop her, "Hey, Wenxuan, what are you doing? You are just a little girl, how can I let you fetch water!"
Bai Jingzhou leaned over to take a look, then quickly put the firewood he had brought outside the kitchen door, "Grandma, I'll go too."
Before Jia's mother could even say anything to stop him, Bai Jingzhou had already trotted after Gu Wenxuan and said, "I'll go with you."
He naturally reached out to take the shoulder pole from Gu Wenxuan's shoulder. Gu Wenxuan thought that the empty barrels and the shoulder pole were not very heavy, so she followed his force and gave the shoulder pole with two empty barrels hanging on it to Bai Jingzhou.
Bai Jingzhou carried two wobbly buckets and went to the public water well in Jiajia Village with Gu Wenxuan.
On the way, they met a few people from Jiajia Village. They didn't know each other, but they seemed to be very familiar with Gu Wenxuan. Before Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou could take the initiative to say hello, they were already talking to them from a distance with a smile.
Fortunately, the other party did not have the urge to reminisce about the past with Gu Wenxuan. He just praised them for being "filial" and "hardworking", and then talked to them about their harvest in the mountains today, as well as the spring plowing situation at Gu Wenxuan's home.
Gu Wenxuan was still able to follow up on these topics which only required general discussion very smoothly.
When they reached the well, Bai Jingzhou put down the empty bucket and the shoulder pole and said, "Wenxuan, stand further away."
Gu Wenxuan was very brave. Not only did she not go away as she was told, but she took two steps forward to the well, poked her head and looked into the well with curiosity.
Bai Jingzhou took a deep breath and said, "Don't come over here, or if someone sees you, they will think you are suspicious."
Gu Wenxuan had seen a well before, so she would not be curious about such a thing.
Gu Wenxuan had lost interest in the unimportant well. She took a step back and stood next to Bai Jingzhou. "Okay, I won't look at it anymore."
After a pause, she asked Bai Jingzhou, "Can you use that windlass to draw water?"
Bai Jingzhou nodded, "I've observed others using this."
Gu Wenxuan said "Oh", "Then you start."
In fact, she had secretly observed the villagers using the windlass to draw water several times. If Bai Jingzhou didn't know how to do it, she wouldn't mind trying it herself.
It's a pity that Bai Jingzhou's technique was quite skillful, and people couldn't tell that it was actually his first time using this thing. Naturally, Gu Wenxuan didn't have the opportunity to do it herself.
After Bai Jingzhou filled both buckets with water, Gu Wenxuan picked up the carrying pole and prepared to take over.
Bai Jingzhou hurriedly stopped her, "Let me do it, otherwise my reputation in Jia Village will be ruined before tomorrow."
Gu Wenxuan felt amused and helpless. She said, "There's no one around here right now. I'll give you the carrying pole when there's someone around."
Bai Jingzhou wanted to fight for it again, but Gu Wenxuan had already picked up the two large buckets without saying anything, "Okay, it's decided."
Unlike Gu Wenxuan, who was a power evolver, Bai Jingzhou was just an ordinary twelve-year-old boy. It was actually difficult for him to carry two such large buckets after filling them with water, not to mention that after carrying them, he had to carry the water back to Gu Wenxuan's grandparents' home along the previous route.
Gu Wenxuan doesn't mind Bai Jingzhou helping her, but she won't let Bai Jingzhou do things beyond his ability.
Bai Jingzhou couldn't persuade her, so he could only sigh and follow Gu Wenxuan's footsteps.
As an evolver, Gu Wenxuan has the natural advantage of keen five senses that all evolvers have. Every time a villager appears, she can rely on this advantage to detect them in advance.
Then, the carrying pole would be transferred from her shoulder to Bai Jingzhou's shoulder.
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