Take your childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality

Speaking of Old Liu's family, he hurried home, thinking that the two little bastards must be at home. He opened the door angrily and was about to speak when he saw that the kitchen was a mess. He hurriedly shouted, "Oh, who the hell is this, coming to my house to steal things?" and slapped his thigh in anger.

The neighbors heard the noise and rushed over to see what was going on. When they saw the mess in the kitchen, they immediately understood that it must be Old Liu's family that had been robbed. Could it be that one of the young men in the village saw that her old man was dying and came to her house to steal his money while he was gone? Thinking of this possibility, some people couldn't help but frown.

Old Liu brought Liu Wenwen back to the village yesterday after dark and left early in the morning, so most people didn't know about the existence of the two children. The few people who knew about it pretended not to know when they didn't see the children. After all, they were still there in the morning but disappeared in the evening, and Old Lady Liu didn't seem to be worried, so they must have been sold. These days, there are many people who sell their own children, let alone those who were picked up. Those who know would only envy Old Lady Liu's good luck.

Most of the villagers said a few words of comfort and went home to cook and sleep, while those who were close to them stayed to help clean up. The woman who had helped take care of Old Man Liu for the past two days saw that Mrs. Liu had not yet cooked, so she brought two bowls of thin oatmeal porridge from her own home to Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu thanked her and went back to the room to check on the old man. When she entered, she found that Old Man Liu had been gone for a long time. Mrs. Liu regretted it deeply. She had tried to harm two gods for the old man. This must be retribution.

In summer, the nights are short and the dawn comes early. Liu Wenwen stayed in bed and wanted to sleep but couldn't. So he thought about it and decided to get up and work.

They had no money and wanted to rent a house in the town, but they looked like children. Not only would they not be able to find a house, but they might also have ulterior motives like Aunt Liu, and it was hard to guard against them. They were lucky this time, but they couldn't guarantee it would happen next time. Shen Runze frowned and washed his face. Looking at the mountains, water and trees here, he decided to build a simple wooden house here. He discussed it with Liu Wenwen, and Liu Wenwen also said it was a good idea. The two of them did it as soon as they agreed.

Yesterday, we took a sickle and a shovel, but we couldn't cut down trees. We could only pick small trees and hit them with sharp stones. We didn't have enough strength, so it took us a long time to cut down a few trees. Fortunately, two of us worked together. By noon, we ate the steamed buns left over from yesterday and continued to cut down trees. We chopped trees for almost a whole day. First, we put up the roof, found a slightly steeper slope, cleared the weeds on the side of the mountain we were going to use with a sickle, and used a shovel to flatten the excess protruding parts of the mountain.

Roughly measure the width, use two thicker forked poles on both sides as load-bearing, find a pole of the same thickness in the middle as a horizontal beam, and stick the thin trees into the mountain, knocking them in with stones, and resting the other end on the horizontal bar. This is roughly the framework. Shen Runze's strength is still too small, and the direction is not convenient, so he called Liu Wenwen to help knock the trees on the roof in, and put more horizontal branches on it.

Then they spread the weeds that they had slept under yesterday on the wooden roof, and pressed some small stones on it to prevent it from blowing away. Looking at the wooden house that was finally completed, the two looked at each other happily, both sweating profusely, and had several big blisters on their hands. Although it was painful, they were very content because they finally had a place to live.

They cut a lot of grass and spread it on the wooden floor, which was only the size of a double bed and had extremely loose spaces between the wood. They then spread yesterday's sheets and quilts on top. The two were so tired that they lay in bed for a long time and didn't want to move.

"Gugu~" Liu Wenwen looked at Shen Runze awkwardly. She was really hungry. After working all day, she only ate the steamed bun left over from yesterday, which they shared.

Shen Runze had no choice but to get up and go to the woods to find some dry firewood. He took out the flint from yesterday and rubbed it back and forth. Finally, he saw some sparks. Liu Wenwen hurriedly brought some dry grass and continued to rub it for a long time. Finally, there was fire. He quickly took it to the pile of dry grass and put the branches picked up by Shen Runze on it.

"You watch the fire, I'll go wash the brown rice," Liu Wenwen thought guiltily as she had found it in Aunt Liu's kitchen yesterday and couldn't find any white rice.

Liu Wenwen washed the rice and vegetables by the river, added more water, and cooked dinner in the evening.

When Liu Wenwen washed the rice and vegetables in the pot and brought them back, Shen Runze had already built a simple stone stove. Seeing it, Liu Wenwen directly put the pot on it and started to light the fire. Shen Runze saw that there was nothing for him to do, so he cleared the weeds from the place where he would stay at night to prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants.

After dinner, Liu Wenwen and Shen Runze took a shower separately, and also washed the clothes they wore during the day. They both slept in their school uniforms.

The next morning, they got up early, washed, changed their clothes, and ate yesterday's leftover soup. One of them took a sickle and the other took a shovel to go into the mountains to look for herbs. For fear of danger, the two did not separate, and the harvest was good. They saw a large clump of honeysuckle that covered a large area. The two picked some and there were still many left. Looking at the sky, it was almost noon, and the two did not rest. Because they picked so much that they could not put it in the box, they pulled the bed sheet over and threw the picked flowers on the bed sheet. After picking them, they packed the flowers and went to sell them. It took them about an hour or two to finally finish picking the whole area.

After packing up and identifying the direction of the town, they hurried towards the town. Because the honeysuckle was delicate, they were worried that it would not look good if it was left for a long time. It took about an hour to reach the outside of the town. Before entering the town, they both consciously grabbed a handful of dirt and smeared their faces with black. When they arrived at the door of Baohetang where they had been yesterday, they saw the waiter dozing off. They patted him lightly and said.

"Brother, does the pharmacy accept honeysuckle?" Shen Runze asked anxiously

"I'm collecting them," the waiter asked doubtfully after looking at the two of them. After thinking for a while, he remembered who they were and his face lit up with eagerness. "Are you bringing in herbs to sell?"

"Yes, young man," Shen Runze said as he took down the bundle and opened it to show the clerk. White and yellow slender flowers were mixed together, and they were still very fresh and tender. The flowers were thick and looked of good quality.

"Well, the quality is good, but the raw ones are not as valuable as the processed ones. The raw ones are one cent per pound, and the processed ones are ten cents per pound." The waiter was telling the truth.

"Okay," Shen Runze agreed. If he didn't sell it to the pharmacy, there would be no other place to buy it. And the price they gave was also very honest.

Liu Wenwen and the other person picked a large area of ​​fruit for three or four hours and weighed 21 kilograms, which is 21 copper coins. The waiter gave the money to the two of them. Liu Wenwen counted it happily and gave five to Shen Runze, and winked at him. Shen Runze glanced at Liu Wenwen and stuffed the money into the waiter's hand.

"Brother, thanks to your care yesterday, my brother and I were lucky enough to get some money. I hope you don't mind it and use it to buy some water to drink," Shen Runze said politely with a bow.