Abilities Farming and Benefiting from a Well-off

Chapter 3 Brother Peng

Xiao Miao looked at the sweet potato in his hand, then looked at the sweet potato in the bowl and shook his head: "No, I have to wait for my sister to eat with my brother. Xiao Miao is not hungry yet!"

Miao Miao's milky voice was particularly loud in this silent yard, Mu Lian pulled him to sit on her lap, and silently looked at the sun that had already slanted.

I don't know when Brother Peng will come back, Mulian looked at the distance and thought in her heart.When the dusk was getting darker, I saw a little man carrying a betel basket walking towards here with difficulty. Mu Lian stood up from the stool, startling the half-asleep Miao Miao, but when he saw When he saw the figure in the twilight, he happily jumped off Mulian's lap and headed in that direction.

"Brother, you're back! My sister has been waiting for you for a long time!" Xiao Miao shouted and danced around Peng, with a very happy face.

Brother Peng wiped his dirty hands, then patted his head, and asked in a childish voice: "Xiao Miao, be good at home! Are you taking good care of your sister?"

When Xiao Miao heard Brother Peng's words, she immediately responded, "Xiaomiao took good care of her sister."

Mu Lian listened to the conversation between the two of them with a smile on her face. Brother Peng stopped talking when he saw her at the gate of the courtyard, and then asked with a choked tone, "Sister, are you finally healed?"

Mu Lian nodded with a bright face, and then said to him: "Go home first!"

Brother Peng nodded, and the three of them entered the house side by side. When Brother Peng saw the sign on the bench, he asked Mu Lian, "Is Auntie here today? Thanks to her care! Sister, your head is not hurting, you should rest first, what will you do if your head hurts again?"

Brother Peng recalled that time, when he saw his sister fall from the mountain, he was so scared by the blood on the ground that he didn't dare to move, it was only when the adults shouted that he woke up from his stupor.The family had no money to hire a doctor, so Brother Peng invited a wandering doctor from the village to treat him. At that time, there was no money for him, so Brother Peng gave all the copper coins saved at home to the wandering doctor.

Although the money was still not enough, the traveling doctor sympathized with brother Peng's poor family and forgave the rest of the money.

"Brother Peng, what are you thinking about? I didn't hear you when I called you a few times just now." Mu Lian gently pushed him until he came back to his senses and continued: "My head doesn't hurt anymore. , let’s put down this wild vegetable first, let’s have dinner first!”

After regaining his senses, Brother Peng put down the betel basket on his back, walked to the stove, took a flint stone, skillfully lit the thatch, then fetched water to wash the wild vegetables, and then waited for the water to boil Then fell in.Although there are a lot of wild animals picked, there are not many that can be cooked, and even less can be kept until tomorrow.

"Sister, wait a minute, I'll cook the wild vegetables first. Sister, sit on the bed and rest, I'm here, don't worry." Brother Peng raised his arm and wiped his face, then stepped on the small stool Shang looked earnestly stirring the wild vegetables in the pot, and when the wild vegetables were cooked, the three of them ate a meal with sweet potatoes and wild vegetables.

Mulian chewed the wild vegetables with a bitter taste in her mouth, while thinking about what to do tomorrow, the fertile land is to be rented out, and she can ask the renter for some food to survive.

But if you don’t have money at home, you can’t do it. If someone has a cold, you can’t go to someone else’s house to borrow it!Mu Lian took a bite of the sweet potato, then asked Brother Peng, who was buried in his food, "Second brother, sister wants to rent the land to others, do you think it's okay?"

Brother Peng raised his head and looked at Mu Lian strangely, thinking that usually this matter is not decided by his sister, why did he suddenly ask himself today, but his sister could ask himself, and he didn't know why. Feel a little happy. "It's up to you, sister. Also, I have to go into the mountains tomorrow."

When Mu Lian heard that he was going to enter the mountain, she immediately asked nervously: "I have to go to the mountain tomorrow! My sister will go with you too! I will have someone to take care of me when the time comes." Mu Lian thought about her younger brother , no matter how sensible she is, she is only eight years old. When something happens on the mountain, at least she will be there to help out.

When Brother Peng heard what he said, he immediately shook his head and disagreed. Her health hadn't recovered yet, so how could she do things so quickly! "No, no, sister, you can take a good rest at home these few days, and leave other things to me. If you are bored, you can go to your aunt's house for a sit-down!"

Seeing that he didn't agree, Mu Lian could only use reason to persuade her: "I'm cured of this disease, and staying at home is just a waste of time. Besides, brother and you are so young, you don't feel at ease going out alone. Ah! Let's go to the mountains together, and if we really can't stand it, my sister will tell me."

Mu Lian coaxed and lied for a long time before she persuaded Brother Peng. "Then if your health is really bad, you must tell me!" Brother Peng talked with Mu Lian for a long time, and then cleaned up the dishes contentedly.

After dinner, the three of them bathed in the cold water outside, washed their feet and fell asleep. Mulian lay on the bed and listened to the sound of breathing next to her, her impetuous heart seemed to gradually calm down.

"Sister, when we have money in the future, we must buy a complete set of beautiful bowls and chopsticks. In this way, we don't have to borrow bowls from our aunt all the time." Brother Peng who was sleeping on the bed suddenly said such a sentence.

After Mulian responded softly, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.The two children slept quite well, but Mu Lian kept her eyes open and looked at the roof for a long time, but she didn't fall asleep. Maybe it was because she slept too much during the day, so she couldn't fall asleep. She didn't close it until the middle of the night. Some sore eyes fell asleep.

Early in the morning, the roosters in the village crowed to wake people up from their warm quilts. Maybe other people’s quilts were warm, but Mu Lian’s quilts couldn’t get warm even if three people crowded together.

Just because there is only a layer of straw on the bed, and the quilt is only a thin layer, and it is still winter, it would be a ghost if only this quilt can be warmed up!

"Xiao Miao, Brother Peng, hurry up and get dressed." Mu Lian glared pretendingly angrily, and the two children jumped off the bed to the ground, kicked off their shoes and ran to the well.

(End of this chapter)