When he walked into the bedroom, Huo Duan was still sleeping soundly. It was about eight or nine in the morning, not too late. Gu Fengyan didn't want to wake him up, but the breakfast was rice porridge, which had to be eaten while it was hot.

"Ahem...Mr. Huo, the sun is shining on your butt, get up!" He walked quietly to the bed and whispered in Huo Duan's ear.

Outside the window, Father Huo let the chickens and ducks out and called them to the yard to peck at the bugs in the soil, chirping non-stop.

Huo Duan frowned uncomfortably but didn't open his eyes.

In the past, he would have gotten up before Gu Fengyan, but today it was strange...

Gu Fengyan didn't care much. He knelt on the bed and pushed the window open. The noise of chickens and ducks outside and the cool morning breeze poured in all at once.

"Mr. Huo, your father just called you a lazy guy...you can't sleep as well as a chicken." He pulled Huo Duan's quilt down a little and coaxed him with a smile.

Huo Duan heard a noise beside his ears, and finally opened his eyes a little, staring at Gu Fengyan dazedly, "It's you, Mr. Gu... What time is it?"

Gu Fengyan was both amused and confused... Who else could it be but him? Could it be that this guy was confused after sleeping?

"About eight or nine o'clock. The meal is ready, I'll call you, hurry up and wash your face and eat." He got off the bed and threw his clothes to Huo Duan. "I think someone will come to sell herbs in the afternoon, so we have to be busy."

Huo Duan stood up and rubbed the back of his heavy head, his whole body aching. "Well, we don't have a scale at home. I'll go to Brother Dashan's house to borrow one later. You can ask Jiang Xuerui to help you... The aunts and sisters-in-law in the village are all powerful people. It would be good to have someone to take care of them."

"Are you not feeling well? Don't tell me you got sick after taking a shower and waiting for me for half the night and then going out in the night breeze." Gu Fengyan saw that he was listless, so he reached out his hand to check the temperature on his forehead.

The temperature was normal except that his face was a little red.

When Huo Duan heard him mention last night, he was still upset and did not mention his own discomfort.

Gu Fengyan, a weak boy, is fine, but I, who am strong and healthy, got sick instead. If I tell others about it, they will laugh at me.

"Tsk... don't touch me, I'm fine. I'll get dressed now, you go first." He looked at Gu Fengyan and spoke in a hoarse voice.

The dead duck is really stubborn... Gu Fengyan wanted to laugh, and thought about making some ginger and scallion water for him to drink later.

"Tsk... You want money for touching you? Otherwise, I'll ask you to touch me back?" As he said that, he rolled up his sleeves and stretched his arm in front of Huo Duan.

Huo Duan was amused by him and smiled with his eyes lowered, his eyes full of the snow-whiteness of Gu Fengyan's arms... like jade.

He grabbed Gu Fengyan's wrist with his arm and pulled his sleeves up, "You're just being naughty... I'm really fine, I'll be out right away."

It's not a good idea for two people to stay in the house so early in the morning.

Gu Fengyan saw him smile and walked out, "Okay, I'll go set the table."

After he left, Huo Duan felt really uncomfortable. He stayed there for a while before getting dressed and going out.

…

At the dinner table, Gu Fengyan arranged his activities for the day while eating.

Father Huo stayed at home to look after the chicks and ducklings. Huo Duan went to borrow the scale back. He asked Jiang Xuerui to come and help and prepare the tools.

After dinner, Huo Duan was about to leave when Gu Fengyan hurriedly brought out a bowl of onion and ginger water from the kitchen, "Boss Huo, this is good for colds, drink it while it's hot."

Huo Duan pinched his nose. Normally he would pick out the onions, ginger and garlic from the rice, but now he was asked to drink onion and ginger water... He might as well die of illness.

"That's not necessary..." He looked embarrassed.

Huo's father was in charge of washing the dishes. He was just coming out of the kitchen when he saw him refusing. His face darkened immediately. "Yan'er cooked this for you out of kindness. Why are you pushing it back and forth?"

Gu Fengyan laughed when he heard this, but he also knew that Huo Duan hated onions and ginger... but he could only think of another way.

"Dad, it's okay. Even if Duan Ge doesn't like it, I won't force him. I'll go to Rui Ge's house later and ask for some loquat paste." He held the bowl and was about to pour it out.

Huo Duan suddenly realized what they were saying, "Hey, wait, did you cook this?"

"What else? I just saw that you were not feeling well, so I cooked a bowl," he said in a low voice, "I forgot that Mr. Huo hates onions and ginger. It's my problem."

Huo Duan perked up when he heard this and snatched the bowl away. "No, I'll drink it. It would be a waste if you pour it out."

This was made by Gu Fengyan himself, how could it just fall apart?

Gu Fengyan felt inexplicably distressed when he saw him pouring the liquid down his throat without blinking. He took a bowl of water and told him to rinse his mouth. "It will be fine after you drink it. Help me at home today and don't go out to the fields. Be careful not to get sicker."

Huo Duan felt a burning sensation in his throat and was not feeling well, but he still smiled and said, "I'll remember that."

In the afternoon, Huo Duan borrowed a scale. Unfortunately, Jiang Xuerui and Shen Zhuo went to the county, so only Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan set up a table in the yard and put down pens and ink, waiting for someone to come and sell medicinal herbs so that they could keep accounts.

Huo Duan drank the bowl of onion and ginger water in the morning, and listened to Gu Fengyan without getting up. He took a stool and sat in front of the table with his head down.

Fortunately, the weather is good today, with only a little sunshine, otherwise he would probably fall sick in bed tomorrow after a day of work.

"Is the onion and ginger water useless? Mr. Huo, why don't you go and take a rest?" Gu Fengyan said worriedly.

How could the anti-cold medicine that Gu Fengyan made himself be useless? It must be my own problem.

Huo Duanqiang cheered up and said with a smile: "Why worry about it? I'm much better now after drinking the medicine. No one will help you. How can you handle so many people?"

Gu Fengyan wanted to say something, but Huo Duan said hurriedly, "Someone is coming, get ready, I'm thinking about it myself."

Gu Fengyan thought he was trying to stop him from talking, but when he looked up, he saw that someone really came.

The courtyard gate was open, and Aunt Zhang and several aunts walked in, chatting and laughing, carrying backpacks and baskets filled with medicinal herbs of many kinds.

"Brother Yan, we brought the medicinal herbs. Where do we put them?" Mrs. Zhang said with a smile.

After being reminded, Gu Fengyan realized that he had been thinking about Huo Duan's illness and forgot to get some tools and ask someone to hold the medicinal materials.

Fortunately, Huo Duan reacted quickly and took out several large bamboo baskets woven by Huo's father from the house and placed them on the ground.

Gu Fengyan was busy, picking up the scale and said, "Auntie, wait until Brother Duan and I weigh the bamboo baskets and then pour them in. We'll just have to weigh them when the time comes."

The scale was a traditional beam scale, and Gu Fengyan didn't know how to use it, so Huo Duan had to hang the basket on it and teach him how to count.

The two of them fiddled with it for a long time and weighed out that the total weight of the herbs brought by the people was more than 50 kilograms. Gu Fengyan took the scale and asked the people to look at it, "Aunties, keep an eye on it."

Aunt Zhang said nonchalantly, "We trust Brother Yan'er to do his job, just decide on the price."

"Don't worry about me, sister-in-law. Brother Duan and I won't scare you." Gu Fengyan smiled and wrote down the names of several people and the weight of medicinal materials on the paper in front of the table.

Huo Duan took out some money from the drawer in the house and distributed it to everyone one by one. "Twenty-five cents to Aunt Zhang, twenty cents to Aunt Li, thirty cents to Aunt Zhao..."

As he was reading, Gu Fengyan was recording in the account book... Several villagers were overjoyed after receiving the money. Their men only earned a few dozen coins a day as working as servants in the county, but what they earned in a day was actually equivalent to that of a man.

You should speak more confidently at home in the future.

"Please keep them, aunties. Just send them back next time you need them." Huo Duanqiang said with a smile.

The few people who got the money happily went out of the yard, waiting to go home to talk to their husbands, and then go to the county to buy two boxes of high-quality rouge for themselves and some delicious food for their children...

Aunt Zhang took the money but didn't leave. "Erdan, from the sound of your voice, you sound sick? Have you taken medicine?"

"Ahem... Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law. I'm fine. I'll be fine after a good night's sleep." Huo Duan put the herbs into the basket and wanted to drag it under the eaves.

"I'll do it." Gu Fengyan took over the work from him and said to Aunt Zhang with a worried look on his face, "He caught a cold last night. I boiled some scallion and ginger water for him this morning, but it didn't help. I was worried."

When Aunt Zhang heard this, she put down the basket in a serious tone and said, "That won't do... How about this, I'll help Yan'er, Erdan can go and have a rest, and we'll ask Doctor Liang to come and take a look in the evening."

Huo Duan wanted to refuse, but Gu Fengyan quickly said, "Wouldn't that be a bother to my sister-in-law? Otherwise, you can ask my father to help you."

Aunt Zhang has already started snatching Huo Duan's job of collecting herbs. "Uncle Huo is not feeling well. I don't have much to do at home. I'll come and help you."

The two of them were talking back and forth. Huo Duan seemed to want to say something but was hesitant and couldn't get a word in.

"Then I'll trouble you, Auntie. I'll ask Brother Duan to go and have some rest." Gu Fengyan hurriedly pulled Huo Duan into the house, "Boss Huo, you go and have some rest. Auntie Zhang will help me."

Huo Duan didn't want to sleep alone in the room, so he asked Gu Fengyan to do something outside so that he could struggle.

"Be obedient." Gu Fengyan suddenly held him, her voice so soft that it could squeeze water out of her.

Huo Duan's head was buzzing, just like King Zhou who was bewitched by Daji. "Call me if you are too busy. Do you hear me?"

"I know..." When they reached the bed, Gu Fengyan told him to go to sleep. After thinking for a while, he said, "You don't need me to take off your clothes, do you?"

Huo Duan really thought about it seriously, but his mind was a mess, and he blurted out, "Take it off for me."

After realizing what he had said, Huo Duan's face turned red.

"No...that's not what I meant. You go ahead and do your thing. I can do it myself." He hurriedly explained.

Gu Fengyan looked at him for a while and smiled maliciously, "It's just taking off clothes. What did Mr. Huo think of? Your mind is full of pornographic garbage all day long. This is not okay."

Huo Duan was speechless and said dryly, "Don't talk nonsense."

"It's not a big deal, don't be embarrassed..." Gu Fengyan unbuttoned his clothes, "I'm very experienced in taking off and dressing people's clothes."

Huo Duan had no strength in his body, almost like he was drunk. He stretched out his arms and let Gu Fengyan manipulate him. After hearing this, he suddenly sobered up and asked, "Who else have you taken off your clothes for?"

Gu Fengyan replied casually: "My baby."

"Your baby?! Who is it?" Huo Duan's blood froze.

To be honest, he had never asked about Gu Fengyan's past, and he didn't even know that he had a "baby".

It’s all about taking off clothes, most of them are girlfriends or something like that…

Huo Duan was going crazy.

Gu Fengyan was puzzled. "My grandpa's husky is called Gu Shuai and his nickname is Baby. He is very attached to me. What's wrong?"

Husky? ?

Huo Duan's mouth twitched...Gu Fengyan actually treated him like a dog? !

"It's okay, I'm fine." After thinking about it, he immediately relaxed, closed his eyes and asked Gu Fengyan to take off his coat.

A dog is a dog...at least she's not a girlfriend or boyfriend. Huo Duan was somewhat relieved, and the corners of his mouth were raised.

The author has something to say:

A bald monster: Mr. Huo, why are you so humble? Can you stand up straight? (disdainful face)

Mr. Huo: I am my wife’s big dog…big dog…hehe…hehe. (Eyes full of love, pink bubbles)

A bald monster: (Looking at Gu Shao)

Gu Shao: Don't look at me, I didn't do anything. (Spreading hands)

A bald monster: This child is hopeless.