The wood mage and the native brother

As soon as Ji Deng went out, he went straight to the dug traps, but when the traps were untied one or two, they were all empty.I had already been mentally prepared, and Ji Deng didn't feel disappointed at all. He walked down in a circle, holding a dozen or so fruits in his arms. .

After all, it's not long since spring began, and many fruits are only finger-sized. There are only a few early-maturing fruit trees, and there are not many mature fruits.

There is a palm-sized spring outside the hut, which is a living spring flowing down from the mountain. Because the spring is small, I don’t worry about large beasts coming to drink water, so Ji Deng dares to occupy this hut, and usually washes hands and drinks water. It's also cheap.

"Here, let's eat."

Ji Deng handed the green-eyed man the reddest one, with sweet drops of water on it, making him appetizing just looking at it.

Ignaz reached out to take it without hesitation, perhaps because he was hungry, he opened his mouth and bit off a small piece, chewed it casually for a few times, and swallowed it. There were about ten fruits in a handful, and he slowed down after eating five or six .

Ji Deng stood aside and quietly looked at the green-eyed man, feeling a little guilty.He was in a hurry to go down the mountain yesterday, so he forgot to feed this man, no wonder the man is so hungry now.but…

Even if this person eats in such a hurry, he is still handsome, not to mention that he is not at all different from the five big and three thick guys in the village, even the Ji family man who claims to be a literati is far behind.Not to mention that he still has a tall nose and deep eyes, green eyes, which are also quite weird.

Taking such a careful look, Ji Deng discovered that not only the man's eyes were green, but even his hair was faintly blue in the sunlight.

Who is this?

Ji Deng couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

He walked round and round outside, but still couldn't figure it out.Not so much curiosity as worry.Worried that the man will have nowhere to go in the future, then the relationship between him and this man will be even deeper.

For an unmarried young brother, it's not a good reputation to be too involved with a man, let alone if he doesn't know if the man can support himself, look at his weak appearance.In case... Ji Deng is afraid that in the future, he will not be able to resist paying him again.

Noticing Ji Deng's eyes, the green-eyed man who was busy eating fruit looked over suspiciously, his gaze was right on Ji Deng's eyes, his dark green eyes were like deep pools with gentle ripples.He picked the reddest fruit from his hand and tentatively handed it over.

Ji Deng hastily waved his hand to reject it, then turned his eyes away uncomfortably, and secretly spat at himself.What happened to others has nothing to do with him, and what he thought was all fabricated, he guessed randomly what he was going to do here.

Seeing that the green-eyed man finished eating the fruit, Ji Deng gestured and said,

"It's time for me to go home. You can rest here. There is a spring on the west side of the house, and the water is drinkable."

Ji Deng picked a handful of fruit and put it on the wooden bedside,

"Eat this pad if you're hungry, I... I'll come to see you later, and I'll bring you... something to eat."

"%*&$%*%&*"

Although he didn't understand Ji Deng's entanglement, Ignaz understood the meaning of Ji Deng's departure, so he put down the fruit in his hand, spoke a language only he understood, and waved to Ji Deng with a smile.

"Then I'll... go."

Ji Deng didn't know what to say, and he didn't dare to look directly at the man's deep green eyes full of trust. After slurring a few words, he lowered his head and went out of the room regardless of whether the man understood or not.

On the way down the mountain, Ji Deng's mind was involuntarily occupied by the green-eyed man. While regretting that he had been obsessed with saving his savings for him to take medicine and eat, he couldn't help but quietly aroused the desire to repent.

Anyway, the man can't understand what he said, so there is no such thing as "repentance".

But Ji Deng couldn't help remembering the man's trusting and pure eyes with a guilty conscience, so he secretly spurned himself.Heaven and man are at war in my heart, entangled endlessly.

He walked in a hurry all the way, but his mind was full of thoughts.It wasn't until he stepped on the dirt road in the village that Ji Deng suddenly came back to his senses, remembering the excuse he made with Granny Fang before going out.So he took out a thin copper chain from his bosom and put it on around his neck, then walked to Ji's house.

It took a lot of effort to go up and down the mountain, and when they returned to Ji's house, Mrs. Fang and the others had already finished their meal and went back to the house to rest.

Ji Deng went to the fire room first, but just scooped up two bowls of cold water and went straight back to his own room.When Ji Xiaomei saw Ji Deng coming back, her eyes lit up, and she said joyfully in a low voice,

"elder brother!"

Ji Deng stepped forward and touched Ji Xiaomei's stomach, and asked,

"Have you had lunch yet?"

Ji Xiaomei nodded,

"have eaten."

Ji Deng asked again,

"Are you full?"

Ji Xiaomei shook her head aggrievedly, tugged at the corner of Ji Deng's clothes and whispered,

"Grandma won't let me bring you dumplings."

Ji Deng was not at all surprised by what the old lady said, but moved a stack of firewood in an inconspicuous corner of the house, and Mao Yao dug in it, and took out a greased paper bag.

The oil paper was wrapped intact, and when it was opened, there were more than a dozen egg-sized glutinous rice balls inside. This stuff was full and durable, enough for the Ji Deng brothers and sisters to eat for seven or eight days.

If it weren't for the fear of being discovered by Mrs. Fang, the hole in the corner should not be too big, Ji Deng really wanted to buy more, so that he and Ji Xiaomei could have enough to eat every day.

Ji Deng picked up one for Ji Xiaomei,

"Eat quickly, you will go to the field with me in the afternoon."

Just now, Ji Xiaomei only ate a few mouthfuls of wild vegetables and a bowl of clear porridge, and she was just hungry.

Ji Deng took out another one, wrapped it in oil paper and stuffed it back into the hole, then blocked it with firewood, and then gnawed on the dumpling.The Wunuo dumplings are soft and glutinous when they are hot, but once they are cold, they will be as hard as a rock. If it is a person with bad teeth, half of the teeth may be broken.

Ji Deng's chewing cheeks were sore, he couldn't chew anymore, so he picked up the bowl and took a big sip of water to try to swallow the dumpling.

However, Ji Deng actually has the ability to buy some delicious and filling food.

Both Ji He and Qi's brains are shrewd and flexible. They know that they are not favored by Mr. Ji and Mrs. Fang, so they are not as honest as Ji Jiang and always want to hand over all the money they earn to Mrs. Fang.

Ji He often went to work in the county town in winter and earned a hundred wen, but when he came back he lied that he only had seventy, so he quietly cut off thirty.

The Qi family knows some incense recipes, but because Ji's family has too many eyes, they can't get them, so they can only make a few copies every now and then, and make some sachets on weekdays, and sell them in the county. The price is higher than ordinary purses Go several times higher.At Ji's house, he only made it clear that he was selling purses, so he also cut off a lot of money.

Even after Ji He and his wife left, Ji Deng had no choice but to give up part of it and was discovered by Mrs. Fang, and she still saved a tael of silver in her hand. .

But now that Ji Deng is used to being vigilant, if one day Mrs. Fang or someone finds out that he has hidden food and sees that it is Wu Nuo Duanzi, they will not guess that he has hidden money.

Secondly, the eldest brother is like a father, even if Ji Deng is just a brother, he still has to consider Ji Xiaomei.Ji Xiaomei's future dowry, etc., Ji Deng has to save up from now on, so how dare she spend it extravagantly.

Thirdly, Ji Deng has to keep some emergency money in his hands, in case he and Ji Xiaomei are injured, like Ji He, Ji Deng does not hope that Ji's family will pay for it, after all, Mrs. Fang is also good. , or the big house, they don't have a corner of their brother and sister in their eyes and hearts.

Although the third uncle was concerned about them, he couldn't even get a steamed bun, let alone money, under the eyes of Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Fang.

Therefore, it is better to ask yourself than to ask others.

What's more, there is such a person on the mountain waiting...

Ji Deng gritted his teeth thinking about the private house in his hand, he could raise this man for a month at most, after that he could only let the man ask for more blessings.It's already considered the utmost benevolence for him to do this to a man he doesn't know.

Ji Deng took a big bite of the Wunuo dumpling, biting his cheeks and chewing hard.

Going tomorrow must not be soft-hearted again!

……

The days passed smoothly, just like every day in the past.The men of Ji's family study as usual, Mrs. Fang still counts the family's belongings every morning and evening, Xu's and Fang's each have their own calculations and don't deal with each other, and Ji Deng follows Ji Jiang to the ground as always.

However, in the first month of March, Ji Hai had just finished dinner at Ji's house, and Ji Hai suddenly announced the news, causing a huge splash in Ji's house.

"real?!"

Granny Fang froze on the spot with her arms in her arms, and asked again in disbelief,

"Boss, you... really tried the county?!"

Sitting at the table, Ji Hai nodded calmly, his trembling tone inadvertently revealed the speaker's self-restrained excitement,

"Well, it's over, and after another government test, you will be Tongsheng."

Ji Shuo stood proudly beside Ji Hai, feeling honored.When he looked at Ji Huan beside Fang, he was proud.

Ji Huan cast a showy look at last Ji Shuo, and secretly bit his cheek.

"Okay!"

Granny Fang slapped her thigh excitedly, and stopped feeding the chicken, and Jiluo casually handed it to Brother Yan, who grabbed Ji Hai's sleeve excitedly and smiled so hard that she couldn't see her teeth.

"I knew that the eldest of my family was the most promising. Look, he just passed the county test! Whoever dares to say that our family is worthless in the future, I will slap him in the face!"

When Ji Deng, who was scrubbing the table, heard the news, his heart was at a loss, so he just put out the rag and wiped the table carefully.

Whether it's Ji Hai, Ji Shuo or Ji Huan, it's none of his business whether he gets the fame or not in the exam.Anyway, Mrs. Fang and Dafang, neither of them would ask Ji Deng to do less work and eat more just because Ji's family has an extra child.

Sister Xi, who was washing the dishes in the fire room, pricked up her ears and listened carefully, her dull eyes rolled around, looking thoughtful.

Old lady Fang can laugh freely regardless of the twists and turns in other people's hearts.

The Ji family offered five scholars, except for Ji Liao who voluntarily gave up his studies and became an accountant. Of the remaining four, only Ji Hai has a reputation.

Ji Hai also played several times in the past few years, but he was rejected every time in the county test, so that now he is in his thirties, and he is still white.There is no one in the village who does not gossip.Although Mrs. Fang was very angry, she didn't have the confidence to tell the villagers to shut up.

But now it's different!

Ji Hai passed the county test!If you pass another government examination, you can become a child student, and if you pass another rural examination in autumn, you will become a scholar!

At that time, their Ji family will read out two talented men, who would dare to say that they are crazy? !Who can't envy and please? !

After thinking about it, Mrs. Fang couldn't hold back and hurried to the village to rectify Ji Hai's name, and to relieve the depression that had been suppressed for so many years.

Ji Hai quickly reached out to stop him,

"Mother, I don't know if I can pass the government examination in April. If it succeeds, it won't be too late to talk about Tongsheng's name."

Mrs. Xu is also persuading,

"That's right, mother. Now is the time for Mr. Xiang to concentrate on preparing for the government examination, so it's not easy to distract outsiders' discussions."

When Mrs. Fang heard this, she turned her head, and immediately came back to the memory, took Xu's hand and smiled broadly.

"Yes, the boss's daughter-in-law is right. Boss is at a critical time now. The people in the village are talking nonsense, maybe they will talk nonsense. Let's wait until our family Ji Hai comes back from the Tongsheng exam and teach those people well. , envy them not to death then!"

Mrs. Xu was also full of smiles, echoing old lady Fang from time to time.Occasionally, Rou Rou turned her eyes and bumped into Ji Hai, and Xu smiled, with admiration and joy in her eyes, and Ji Hai's heart was so masculine.