Quick Wear: True and False Life

Chapter 418: The Peasant Girl of Qinghe Village 13

Gu Nan's route down the mountain this time was the same route that Lian Cheng Jinghao took when he came up the mountain, so naturally he had to pass through Qinghe Village.

This is the hometown of the original owner, Chen Liuxu, and this is her first time here.

Recalling the death of Chen Liuxu and Chen Shinan's escape, it all started from this village.

"Nannan, Qinghe Village is right in front of us, but it's getting late, so we might as well stay here tonight." After arriving at the foot of the mountain, Lian Cheng Jinghao estimated the distance to the county and said to Gu Nan.

"Okay! You have the final say!" Gu Nan replied after coming back to his senses from his memories.

So the two of them went to find the village chief, gave him money and stayed at his house for one night.

Because there was money to be made, the village chief immediately ordered his wife to clean up the rooms of his eldest grandson and youngest daughter.

Afterwards, he enthusiastically killed a chicken and even cut out most of the bacon that he usually didn't want to eat. There were a total of four dishes and one soup.

This was considered a luxurious meal for a farmer, but the only ones at the table were the village chief and his wife and their grandson, and the rest were seated at a separate table.

The other table only had a small amount of chicken, one dish and one soup, but there was quite a lot of porridge and black-faced steamed bread, but there were twelve people, including adults and children.

After Gu Nan sat down, he looked at the difference between the two tables and asked the village chief to divide half of the porridge between them before he started to drink it.

This porridge was added with wild vegetables, so it was a little bitter, but that was okay. For someone like Lian Cheng Jinghao who had been away on business and traveled all over the country, this little bitterness was nothing, so he was quite satisfied with the meal.

After they finished eating, they asked the village chief's grandson Shitou, whose full name was Chen Jiaming, to lead them around the village.

When they arrived at Chen Daming's house, Gu Nan saw apricots hanging on the branches extending from the wall. He suddenly wanted to eat some, so he wanted to go to his house to exchange some.

"Jinghao, look at the apricots on the wall, they are growing so well. I want to go and exchange some." Gu Nan pointed at the wall of Chen's house.

"Then I'll go take a look." After hearing this, Lian Cheng Jinghao looked in the direction she pointed. It was really nice, big and round, so he replied.

"I'll knock on the door."

After Gu Nan finished speaking, he took a few steps forward and knocked a few times. He then heard some noise in the yard. After a while, a child came out to open the door.

"Is there anything wrong?" the little girl asked with some fear after opening the door and seeing the stranger.

"Lihua, there's a big sister who wants to buy apricots from your store." Chen Jiaming followed behind Gu Nan and leaned out to say.

When the little girl saw the village chief's grandson, she felt relieved and thought that it was good that he was not a bad person.

"Grandma, Shitou brought a brother or sister who wanted our apricots." The little girl turned around and shouted towards the house, and let the people into the yard.

"Coming!" the woman in the house answered when she heard someone selling apricots. She quickly dropped her needlework and left the house.

"Hello, young lady. You are from another village, right? If you want to buy apricots, it's thirty cents a basket." A short woman answered readily as she came out of the house.

"Auntie! Can you give us the thirty cents to bring a basket? We didn't bring any tools with us." Gu Nan was not surprised to hear this. After all, in ancient times, fruits were always expensive, and she was probably going to take the basket away, so she asked this question unnecessarily.

"If you bring the basket, you have to give me five more cents." The woman thought for a moment and said, after all, the basket was new and still worth some money, and she would feel bad to give it away for free.

"Okay then! You pick them all. Except for one basket that will be sent to the village chief's house, the rest can be sent to the foot of the back mountain. If someone comes to pick them up, you can pay for them together then." After hearing this, Gu Nan looked at the apricot tree, estimated the quantity, and then said to the woman.

"Okay, girl! You've helped us a lot. In previous years, we had to send them out to sell, and a lot of them were wasted." The woman smiled when she heard it, and said happily in her heart.

"That's because your apricots are growing well." Gu Nan could naturally hear her joy. After all, farmers don't earn much.

Lian Cheng Jinghao followed Gu Nan and watched her chatting and laughing with the peasant woman. He thought that Nan Nan had a really kind heart. From her attitude towards the farmers, it could be seen that there was no arrogance in her eyes that she was superior to others.

When the two were about to leave, Gu Nan was still in a good mood and took out a few candies and stuffed them into the little girl's pockets.

After walking out of the door, Chen Jiaming, who was following behind, kept looking at Gu Nan's cuffs, his mind full of candy, but he was too embarrassed to speak.

Gu Nan, who was walking beside him, had no idea what he was thinking. Look how greedy the child was.

"Here, eat it!" Gu Nan looked at Chen Jiaming's little eyes and said with a smile.

Soon, they arrived at the river, where there were many children fishing. Apart from the fish, no one wanted the shrimps or anything else in the river.

Gu Nan was in a hurry again. He broke off a lot of willow branches from the shore, made a basket on the spot, and took Lian Cheng Jinghao to catch shrimps and conchs.

On Chen Jiaming's side, he met some good friends and they shared a candy together. You take a lick, I take a lick, and they enjoyed the treat very much.

Coincidentally, the scene of Gu Nan catching shrimps was seen again by Chen Xia who was washing clothes by the river. Because Gu Nan's body looked like his mother and was 70% similar to Chen Jiang when she was young, it attracted attention.

So she thought about it and while Gu Nan was not catching shrimps, she went to Chen Jiaming who came with them.

"Shi Tou, are there guests at your house?" Chen Xia softened her expression and asked with a smile.

"Yes! It's that big brother and big sister. The sister even gave me candy." Chen Jiaming replied boastfully when talking about this.

"That person? How come he has never been to the village?" Chen Xia said jealously when she saw the boy's expression, and thought to herself, it would be great if the candy was hers, as her son hadn't seen candy for a long time.

Moreover, she glanced at it and saw that the sugar was white and delicate. Now that she got closer, she could smell the sweet milky flavor. It was obvious that it was very expensive. It would be a waste to give it to this boy.

Now hearing him bragging, if she hadn't been concerned about the village chief, she would have wanted to snatch it and taste it, and she was drooling at the sight.

"My eldest sister's surname is Gu, and my brother calls her Nannan. My eldest brother's surname is Liancheng, and my sister calls him Jinghao. My brother's name is very special, it actually has four characters." Chen Jiaming thought for a moment before replying.

"Then where did they come from? You don't know, you're so stupid." Not hearing where they came from, Chen Xia asked again unwillingly.

"You are stupid. Grandpa said he came down from the back mountain. Humph!" Chen Jiaming was irritated. He said this angrily and left.

After listening to this, Chen Xia was 60% sure that this Gu Nan was the second daughter of Chen Jiang who had escaped.

She was calculating in her mind. Just looking at Gu Nan's attire, she knew she was not short of money. But if she was that damn girl Chen Liuxu, why did she look so strange when she entered the village?

No, she had to go back and find someone to take a letter to the child to find his father and see if there was any way to confirm the matter. That way, he would have money to pay for his next exam.

Thinking of this, she quickly got up, went back to the river bank, picked up the basin, and hurried home.

Gu Nan was busy catching shrimps and didn't notice this. Even if she had noticed, she wouldn't have taken it to heart.

At this moment, they had caught a basket full of shrimps and snails and were very happy. They called Chen Jiaming and went back.