"You’re hoeing, it's almost Chinese New Year, let's take a rest."

    Hearing the voice, Xu He raised his eyes and glanced at the man in front of him. He was the son of the Wang family in the village. The Wang’s mother boasted so much about him that he even had heard of it.

    "What's the matter?"

    Although Wang Lang was displeased with Xu He's indifference, his thoughts were not on him after all. He couldn't see Xu Shaochun on weekdays. Liu Xianglan stared at her daughter like a pearl in her eyes, so he could only start with his younger brother. It was something that all men in the village knew.

    "It's a holiday in the city, and I got paid some wages so I bring back some gadgets for your sister, can you hand them over to her for me?"

    Xu He said, "Why didn't you give it to her yourself?"

    "Oh, good He ge’er, you understand better than anyone else."

    Xu He continued to hoe the ground, calmly said: "Why should I run around for you?."

    Wang Lang said very politely: "This matter is easy to talk about, easy to talk about."

    He quickly took out a few copper coins from his pocket and said, "It's troublesome."

    Xu He accepted the money without blushing, and said, "It's one thing to run for you, but I can't guarantee if she wants it or not."

It's not the first time that Wang Lang gave something to Xu Shaochun, he knew the way very well, and Xu He was indeed very honest, if Xu Shaochun didn’t want it, he would take it back and return it: "I know, I know, your sister will like it."

    After Xu He accepting the things, he answered and dug the ground again.

    Seeing that the matter was over, the man didn't talk to Xu He anymore. He said that the business was fine, and even if it was a small talk, he couldn't squeeze out a word for a long time. Who would ask for trouble to talk to him? He went happily with his hands behind his back.

    Zhang Fangyuan in the distance couldn't help but laugh, this youngest Xu, looked quite honest, and had a lot of schemes in his heart.

    "Busy?"

    Hearing the voice, Xu He thought that business was so good today? He raised his head again, seeing the approaching burly figure, his eyebrows twitched.

    "I didn't expect you to be good at doing business."

    Facing the teasing of the visitor, Xu He was not angry: "I have to pay back the money."

    Zhang Fangyuan laughed again, very interested: "Hey, Do people often send things to your sister?"

    "Yeah."

    "All of them for you to transfer?"

    Xu He raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter, you also have something you want me to forward?"

    Zhang Fangyuan smacked his lips and said: "What about our friendship, can I not have to pay the travel expenses."

    Xu He said angrily: "Deducted from the medical money."

    "Your abacus is really smooth." Zhang Fangyuan thought it was very interesting: "I see the third son of the Wang family is so upright, how long have you been doing this?. Everyone in the village wants to ask your sister to come home as a wife, so you don’t make less money from it.”

    “The government’s collection of taxes is not as strong as you when it comes to investigate.” Xu He said: "I didn't show kindness enough to run around for others."

    Zhang Fangyuan couldn't close his mouth and smiled from ear to ear, and it took him for a while to remember about his horse. He pulled the rein: "Look, how is it?"

   Earlier Xu He had noticed the strong black horse behind Zhang Fangyuan, snorting.

    It seemed that only the landlords in the village had horses, and the price was very high. A few years ago, his father also wanted to buy a cattle and use it to farm. Where did Zhang Fangyuan get this horse?

    He said sincerely: "Very good."

    "The horse is injured and needs to be fed for a while before it can be used. When the horse is ready, I will use a cart and I can take you when you go to the city."

    Xu He thought that he was going to carry people for a living, he started soliciting customers early, so he responded.

    Seeing that he was speechless, Zhang Fangyuan couldn't help but scratched the back of his head, thinking of breaking something, but couldn't find anything. Instead, Xu He said first, "You were just looking  the horses these days?"

    "How do you know I’m not in the village?"

    Xu He lowered his eyebrows slightly: "I passed by your door when I went to the mountain to collect firewood."


    "Oh. I went to the other villages to slaughter pigs." After Zhang Fangyuan finished speaking, he emphasized: “Got some money."

    Xu He didn't know why he told himself this, didn't they always say that the money shouldn’t be exposed. But after thinking about it, he was not in the village for a while, and there were rumors. The villagers said that he went to the city to mess around. Two days ago, Fourth Uncle Zhang almost got into a fight with someone.

    "That's pretty good, do you still want to go?"

    "It's the New Year, so I won't go, and I will do some small business in the village from now on."

    Xu He was very envious of men who could make a living by themselves, and could do whatever they wanted , all the money they earned is their own, unlike him who was born as a ge’er, who had to rely on his parents at home, and obeyed men when he got married. Burnt some charcoal, weaved chicken coops and sold them, all the money would be confiscated by his mother. It was more difficult to save some private money than to go to heaven.

    Fortunately, he was thick-skinned, and behind his family's back, he could earn a couple of copper coins for the travel expenses for bringing messages and things to his second sister. It would accumulate over time, not to mention that it would be of great use. He wanted to take a cart when he went to the city, he could pull some money.


    "It's almost Chinese New Year, and all the people working in other towns are returning to the village, so it's good not to go out."

    "Yes."

    "It's getting late, and I'm going back too."

    Xu He put away his hoe, he wanted some winter cabbage, before he left, he kindly told Zhang Fangyuan: "There are a lot of winter grass at the end of Haitang Bay, which can be cut to feed the horses."

    Zhang Fangyuan responded, and after watching Xu He walked away, he happily led the horse back home.

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