C9 Wild Chestnut Tree

"Okay, we'll work hard and live a better life than in the old house!" Fong Baitao said confidently.

"Mother, I will be the top scorer in the future. I will be even better than second uncle!" Fong Annkang looked up at his thin face and said firmly with his dark eyes.

Fong Baitao did not expect that her cheap son would say such a thing. She was a little shocked for a moment.

"Alright, you have a bright future. In my opinion, you will definitely be more promising than Fong Jianlin in the future. What does he have? He had taken the exam so many times, but he wasn't even Primary Scholar. What's so great about him? "

" Hsing, don't talk nonsense. It's not that your second cousin can't get it..."

Fong Baitao sneered in her heart. Actually, Fong Jianlin himself also knew that he did not have the talent to study, but if he did not continue to study, how could he always obtain the favoritism of his grandparents?

If he gave everything in the family to him, if he did not continue to study, what else could he do? So he made up excuses time and time again.

The first time he did not take the exam was because he was young and did not have sufficient preparation. The second time was because he happened to be "sick."

But seeing her son having such ambition at such a young age, Fong Baitao was also very happy. "Okay, you are the most promising. You will definitely make me look grand in the future."

Fong Annkang nodded his head vigorously.

"Dad, mom, before it gets dark, Hsing will stay at home and help me look after Ann. I will go up the mountain with you and Jianmu to cut down the books and build two thatched huts. Otherwise, our family will not be able to fit in."

Fong Baitao and her son lived in the straw house. There was only a small courtyard and a stove outside. There was also a very simple straw house.

This thatched cottage was built at the last minute five years ago. After so many years, it was built with the help of the original owner, Fong Baitao and Fong Shugen.

The earth wall needed to be squeezed with clay bricks first, filled with glutinous rice milk and straw mantises. It was impossible to build it at the last minute. The clay bricks had not yet been molded, so they could only go to the mountain to cut some wood and build two wooden huts for emergencies.

Fong Baitao and her son lived at the entrance of the village. They did not belong to any village, so it did not matter even if they built it around their house.

However, people always had a grudge against the rich.

Currently, the Fong family did not have anything, so naturally, no one said anything. If they had the money to build a house in the future, they would definitely look for Lizheng to buy the land deed. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome if they were framed.

Fong Baitao had always been very thoughtful when handling matters. She had already considered all of this.

"Mother, I can also go up the mountain with you. I will pick wild vegetables."

Fong Annkang tightly grabbed Fong Baitao's clothes. This child had just almost lost her mother, so she was very clingy to Fong Baitao.

"That's right, sister. I can also take Ann. Let me go with Ann." Fong Baihsing also said confidently. Fong Shugen and Madame Zhou, on the other hand, looked at Fong Baitao.

It was as if in an instant, the one in charge of the family was Fong Baitao. Fong Baitao knew that Fong Shugen and Madame Zhou were not people who had ideas, so she thought about it and agreed.

"Alright, let's go up the mountain together."

The family went up the mountain in high spirits. "Tao, I will go with your mother to dig there first." Sweet Water Village was not a very rich village. Most of the villages were made of clay houses.

If the family was better off, the clay bricks would also be burned. This way, the walls would be more solid. The soil used to make clay bricks was dug from the back of the mountain.

"Alright, you guys can go."

Fong Baitao turned around and said to Fong Baihsing and Fong Jianmu, "You two follow me closely. Hsing, you take Ann and don't run around."

"Sister, don't worry. Jianmu and I grew up here. This back mountain is as familiar as our backyard." Fong Baihsing's slightly dark little face blushed as she said straightforwardly.

"Okay, but you still have to be careful. Let's go and find some wild vegetables. After our parents dig the soil, we will go and chop trees together."

The two sister-in-law obediently nodded. Fong Baitao gave her son to her younger sister and was very at ease. She boldly walked in front and suddenly her eyes lit up.

"What is that?"

It was a wild chestnut tree! There were still a few more!

These few Chestnut Trees were not far from Sweet Water Village, but Chestnut trees were hanging on the trees, and the ground was littered with scattered Chestnuts. Fong Baitao guessed that the people here might not know that these were edible things.

"Sister? What is Chestnut?" Fong Baihsing held Fong Annkang's hand with one hand and the slightly awkward Fong Jianmu with the other. Fong Jianmu was already ten years old and thought that he was already a man. But because he was thin and small, he was not as tall as Fong Baihsing.