MTL - Approach-Chapter 3

The next day Jin Zhexi got up early.

While washing up for a delicious breakfast, he found that there were two more fried eggs in his bowl. Jin Zhexi looked up at the mother and daughter, and Ayun smiled and said, "Breakfast needs more nutrition, so that you can work hard." Although Zhexi It's great, but Ayun has heard people talk about how hard and dangerous the work in Houshan is, otherwise he wouldn't be paid nearly 300 yuan a day. Ayun can't help her with anything, he just hopes to give her more nutrition, replenish her physical strength, and pay more attention to safety.

Zhexi felt warm in his heart. They were not relatives, but Ah Yun treated her very well, and she kept this love in her heart.

"One is enough for me." Zhexi gave Ayun another fried egg.

"I'm just going to the field, it doesn't take much energy, you can eat it all." Ayun wanted to give her the fried eggs again.

"The work in the field is also very heavy, and you are growing up now, so you should supplement your nutrition." She has thin arms and legs, and she is skinny. I carried it home from the stream by myself.

"Ayun, eat it," the woman's eyes were slightly red, she was sorry for this poor and sensible child, not to mention suffering with her, and her future was delayed, "I made a glass of sugar water for Zhexi, when I left Let her take it with her, she can drink it when she rests."

Hearing what his mother said, Ah Yun ate the fried eggs with peace of mind. It was crispy yellow and full of fragrance, and Ah Yun narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

After dinner, Ayun sent Zhexi out, while the woman stayed behind to clean up the dishes.

"Be sure to pay attention to safety." Ayun's small face was wrinkled with worry.

"Know."

"Come back at night, I have something for you." Ayun pretended to be mysterious.

Zhexi couldn't guess what she was going to give, but she still agreed with a smile.

Zhexi left, Ayun didn't hurry to go to the field, but went to the market.

Zhexi went to Xiaohu's house first, and followed Xiaohu's father to get a set of work clothes. Everyone has to wear work clothes (one set per person) when they work, and they have to return them if they quit. These are public property.

It was still very early when we got to the place, and before the real work started, a group of men gathered together to smoke and joke.

So when Zhexi came over, the men all stopped laughing, the curiosity in their eyes couldn't be concealed, a woman came from the back mountain? Is the sun out in the west today?

As if he couldn't see the surprise in the men's eyes, Xiaohu's father briefly introduced Zhexi, and then led people to the side to introduce her to the situation in the back mountain. As soon as the two of them left, the men got together and started joking around, taking Zhexi's arrival as a joke and not taking it seriously.

The traffic here is relatively blocked, and the economic development is backward. If the local government wants to develop tourism culture, the first thing to solve is the traffic problem.

Zhexi looked around and found that the mountain was really steep and difficult to work on.

But for Zhexi, the difficulty is only 0.3.

Those who didn't pay attention to Jin Zhexi before were dumbfounded when they really started working. This woman is really amazing! Not to mention her flexible body, her movements are neat and beautiful, and most importantly, while others are sweating and dirty while working, she is dry and relaxed.

Working here follows the principle of more pay for more work. Zhexi asked to take the initiative to increase the amount after finishing the work for one head. In the end, the money he got was two heads, twice that of ordinary men.

This was done when she didn't want to be too conspicuous and kept a lot of strength.

Zhexi's outstanding performance made the men very depressed, and they doubted themselves for a while, and their self-esteem was greatly hit.

In fact, it was completely unnecessary, after all, Zhexi was an excellent Alpha, and they... were just ordinary men.

After earning money, Zhexi thought about improving the food for the mother and daughter. Zhexi deliberately asked Xiaohu's father, only to find out that there is a butcher in the village who sells meat. It's just that everyone buys some meat during the morning market to satisfy their cravings, but few people buy meat at night.

Under the guidance of Xiaohu's father, Zhexi abducted to the butcher's owner, Touwang, and bought some pork belly with spare ribs and fatty meat. On the way, Xiaohu's father wanted to inquire about Zhexi's personal identity information, but she blocked them back with all his might.

The men who worked in the back mountain came back one after another, but they still didn't see Zhexi. Ayun stood outside the door, looking up in that direction with his neck raised.

After waiting for a while, Ah Yun saw the person. As the sun was setting, Zhexi came with a smile in the setting sun, and Ah Yun's frowning eyebrows instantly relaxed. Zhexi is so beautiful, Ah Yun sighed in his heart.

"Waiting for me?" Zhexi felt warm in his heart.

"Well," Ah Yun asked with a shy smile, "What did you buy?"

"Pork belly and pork ribs, I'll make you healthy." Zhexi waved her hand.

Ayun smiled and asked, "In addition to being good at pancakes, my mother also has two specialty dishes. Guess which two are they?"

"It can't be braised pork and stewed ribs, right?" Zhexi cooperated with her.

"Yeah, you know that, it's amazing." Ayun laughed even harder.

Zhexi earned money today and had meat to eat tonight, and the three of them were very happy.

Ayun is in charge of choosing vegetables and washing meat, Zhexi is in charge of chopping firewood, and the woman is in charge of cooking pancakes.

The three of them worked very quickly together, and it was only after seven o'clock in the evening when a meal was ready.

"It's really fragrant." Ayun twisted a piece of braised pork, and it was soft and glutinous in the mouth.

Meals cooked with firewood always retain the most original mellow aroma, and Zhexi also enjoys such delicacies.

"Eat more, the work in the back mountain should be very hard." The woman pushed the dish towards Zhexi.

"Fortunately, I'm not very tired." Zhexi pushed back silently, and then said, "Sister, I have an idea, you can see if it suits you."

"you say."

"After work at noon, we will have lunch there together." The staple food in this place is mainly rice. "Sister, the pancakes you baked are delicious. I was wondering if you would consider providing pancakes for lunch over there. This can increase part of the economic income.”

Ayun's mother is from the north and is good at pasta, but here is from the south and mainly eats rice.

"This... maybe they are not used to it?"

"Ayun grew up here. She likes to eat your pancakes, and I like them too. I think I can give it a try."

"Mom, I think Zhexi's idea is great. If it can be realized, it will be a good thing." Relying on the income from farming alone, I don't know when I will be able to pay off the debt.

The woman was obviously also moved, but she was still a little confused. The idea is worth a try, but how do you tell the person in charge there? Will people be willing?

Zhexi obviously saw what she was thinking, and suggested: "How about this, sister, don't go to work in the field with Ayun tomorrow morning, but bake the cakes first, and at noon, you take the cakes there, free of charge." Let everyone try it and see the reaction, if everyone likes it, I will be responsible for mentioning it to the head."

"This is a good way." The woman's brows and eyes relaxed a lot.

After dinner, Ayun mysteriously dragged Zhexi to the east room.

"What's wrong?" Zhexi asked after sitting down.

"I didn't tell you in the morning, I will give you something when you come back at night."

"what?"

"I'll put it in the bag under the pillow for you," Ayun said, his voice much softer, and finally said without thinking, "It's cleaned." After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Zhexi to respond. ran away in a hurry.

Zhexi shook her head and laughed, not knowing what this girl was doing.

When Zhexi took out something from the bag under the pillow, a few little red clouds appeared on Zhexi's face.

Inside the bag were two sets of brand new underwear...

I didn't expect Ah Yun to be so delicate and thoughtful... Zhexi felt a little more warm in his heart.

The material feels pretty good, it must have cost a lot of money, right? I don't know where she got the money from.

What Zhexi didn't know was that in order to buy these small clothes for her, Ayun spent all his belongings that he had saved for more than half a year. She is a sixteen-year-old girl, and she is too shy to buy these things, but she still bites the bullet and goes. The little clothes I wear on weekdays are all bought by my mother, but this time Ayun doesn't want her to help... Although Zhexi said that she doesn't need to be called her sister, in Ayun's heart he regards her as his sister. Get close to her and want to be nice to her.

After taking a bath, Zhexi tried it on, and couldn't help being a little surprised that the size was quite suitable. Recalling that she asked about her height and weight intentionally or unintentionally before, she must have been thinking about it back then, and the corners of Zhexi's mouth curled up.

Zhexi got up early the next day.

While eating, Zhexi found that the girl Ayun was secretly looking at her intentionally or unintentionally.

When sister-in-law packed up the dishes and left, Zhexi said, "The clothes are very suitable."

Ayun was taken aback for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth turned up: "That's good." He was still worried before.

Zhexi smiled and reached out to touch her hair: "I'm leaving, you help sister bake pancakes at home."

"Yeah." It was rare for someone to touch his hair so gently, and Ah Yun was overjoyed.

On the way to work, I heard Xiaohu's father gossip about the family, and only then did Zhexi understand that Ayun had dropped out of school and stayed at home for several months because he couldn't pay the tuition...

"Actually, Ayun is a bit pitiful," Xiaohu's father sighed, "This child has good grades, but... her father is too disappointing..." No one in the neighborhood dared to lend them money.

Zhexi inquired about tuition fees and schooling in detail, thinking that it would be better for Ayun to go back to school as soon as possible.

At noon, Ajie and Ayun came over with pancakes.

Not all the people who come here to work are locals, there are also quite a few from other places.

When I heard that it was free to try pancakes, it was snatched up by everyone in a short while. After eating the pancakes, the men were still unsatisfied, clamoring for such pancakes in the future. The big head is a northerner (Zhexi only knew it, but it saved a lot of trouble), he loves pasta, and he is tired of rice every day, so he immediately decided to ask Sister to provide them with pancakes in the future, as much as they want.

This matter was settled like this, and it went much smoother than expected.

In the evening, when Zhexi came home, the dinner was almost ready, and it was very rich.

"Thank you, Zhexi." The woman smiled.

"Sister, you are too polite. If you want to say thank you, I am the one to thank you." Zhexi's accent is no longer as awkward as before.

Ayun chuckled lightly, and then said: "Don't thank you all over again, the dishes will be cold if you continue like this."

The woman blushed, and said dryly, "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables." The woman gave Zhexi a chicken leg, but Zhexi didn't give in. After returning from the back mountain, the mother and daughter did not go to the field. They went to buy chicken from the neighbor's house, made soup from the slaughtered chicken, and then stewed the pork ribs that Zhexi bought yesterday. It was a busy meal.

"You eat too, to strengthen your body and grow taller." The woman took another chicken leg for Ah Yun.

Ayun took a bite and narrowed his eyes: "It's really delicious." She is very easy to be satisfied.

The chicken was boiled in water to remove its feathers. After cleaning, it was simmered on low heat for more than an hour. The meat was tender and the soup was mellow. The pork ribs are also stewed thoroughly, and the meat is crispy and tender.

After eating, Zhexi called Ayun to the east room.

"Do you want to go back to school?" Zhexi sat on the bed, and Ayun sat on the bench.

Ayun was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "I don't want to."

"why?"

Ayun wrinkled her small face: "There is no money left at home for me to go to school... Besides, I don't like school..." She still liked it at first, but later on, her classmates would talk behind her back that she was the daughter of a gambler, intentionally or unintentionally. Some people even stopped her, forced her to pay back the money, and attacked her personally. The people who stopped her were the children of creditors, and Ayun didn't know how to deal with them, and gradually she didn't like going back to school.

"Can you tell me the reason?" I'm afraid something happened at school.

Ayun didn't hide from her, and said all the unhappiness with a wrinkled face.

Zhexi frowned and thought about it, and then said, "What if it's just learning knowledge? Do you like it or not?"

Ayun's eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously: "I like it." She likes reading and studying, so she often reads the old books in her free time.

"Then if I teach you knowledge? Are you willing to learn from me?"

"Of course I would."

In the current situation, Ayun is not suitable to go back to school. Zhexi thought that one day she would take Ayun to the town to buy some study materials, and then tutor her first. She, a person from the post-civilization era, should be able to tutor a child of Chinese civilization, right?

Later, Zhexi took Ayun to the town when she had time, looked through the books, and found that the knowledge was too old-fashioned and rigid, and she didn't want to teach it. Later, she added some useful knowledge and interesting things to Ayun as she wanted. Ah Yun learned quite happily.