Yingbao thought about it and it made sense.
I have attracted everyone's attention with this wave, and there will definitely be more people who will come to me for medical treatment in the future. If they all make the excuse that they have no money, should I still not see them or not
Not only is there no one to save, but I'm also in trouble.
"Well, you can go home now. My family will be harvesting cotton tomorrow, so you can come and help with the work."
The Jiang family's cotton is basically mature and is currently being harvested.
Because more cotton was planted this time, my parents were busy picking cotton every day, and even the meals were prepared by my second aunt Yanru.
"Okay, I'll definitely go tomorrow." Zhao Daqian thanked him profusely and went home with his son.
At this time, the crowd of onlookers gathered around and wanted to buy gourds.
"I'll just buy a small one and get some good luck."
"Give me the big one, five strings of cash is enough!"
"I saw it first, why are you snatching it away?"
A total of ten gourds were brought, and they were all quickly sold out.
Jiang Quan smiled so hard that his teeth were showing, and asked Yingbao to help him count the money.
There is no way. Many people pay with copper coins. If a few dozen coins are missing, it will be a big loss.
After I finished selling the gourds, the village official who was responsible for collecting market taxes arrived.
He looked Yingbao up and down and asked with a smile, "Did you really plant the gourds today?"
What could Yingbao do but to admit it with a pinch of her nose: "I planted it."
The township official asked again, "Will you come to the next market?"
Jiang Quan nodded quickly: "Yes, there are still some at home."
The township official said: "When you come, leave a gourd for me. Don't worry, you won't lose a penny."
Sakura: …
Jiang Quan narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Okay, don't worry, I will definitely save the best for you."
After returning from the market, the children began to divide the money.
Today Li Dao and Li He only brought five gourds. Assuming one gourd costs two strings of cash, that would be ten strings of cash.
It was agreed that 30% would be given to Jiang Quan, so Li Dao and Li He finally got 7 strings of money.
They made seven strings of cash from five gourds, which was several strings of cash more than they could have earned by selling them on their own. Li Dao and Li He were so happy that their mouths were crooked.
"I'll bring all the gourds from our home next time." Li Dao said excitedly.
His family also planted a dozen gourd trees, which produced thirty or forty gourds of varying sizes. The ones he brought this time were just mediocre.
Jiang Quan earned three more strings of cash for nothing, and he was not unhappy about it. "Okay, we'll go again next time."
Li Dao and Li He went home happily with the copper coins, and Jiang Quan began to split the money with Ying Bao.
The gourds he had collected, two large and three small, were sold for a total of sixteen strings of cash. Adding the three strings of cash he earned from Li Dao, the total amounted to nineteen strings of cash.
So Jiang Quan gave nine and a half strings of coins to his little cousin and took nine and a half strings of coins for himself.
Yingbao didn't hesitate to take the nine and a half coins.
At noon, Jiang Sanlang and his wife, Jiang Erlang, Jiang Chengdani, and Erni Chuchu came back from the cotton field to have lunch.
Yingbao picked two bunches of grapes, a dozen pears, and a basket of peaches, washed them, and put them on the dining table for everyone to taste.
The family sat around the table eating fruit.
Today Yanru made stewed fish, fried tofu, steamed glutinous rice and lotus root, vegetable soup, and boiled a few salted eggs.
In addition, rice was cooked, and the rice crust under the rice was scooped out and left for the children as snacks.
"Tomorrow I will hire a few people to help us harvest cotton, and I will also have to trouble my second sister-in-law to cook for us." Jiang Sanlang said as he was eating.
Yan Ru smiled and nodded: "What's the trouble? I don't have anything else to do at home, so cooking is my duty."
Chunniang: "There will be a lot of people eating tomorrow. You, sister-in-law, will not be able to handle it all by yourself. Let Da Ni, Er Ni and Chu Chu help you. They are not needed in the cotton field anyway."
When picking cotton, it is inevitable to be poked by the cotton feathers. The girl's arms are delicate, and even if she wears long sleeves, she will inevitably be poked by the cotton feathers. It looks very painful.
"Okay." Yan Ru knew that Chun Niang cared about the girls, so she agreed.
The next day, Zhao Da came as expected, bringing his wife and son with him.
The little boy had regained consciousness but was in poor spirits and was being carried on his mother's back.
Yingbao checked the boy's legs and saw that the bruises had mostly faded, so she gave him another bottle of medicine to drink.
He told the boy's mother: "Give him more water to help him get rid of the toxins in his body so he can get better quickly."
The woman responded in a low voice and went to the water tank to scoop water for the boy to drink.
"We have boiled cold water on the table. Give it to him." Yingbao said, "Drinking raw water will cause diarrhea, which is not good."
"Oh." Madam Zhao responded hesitantly and went to pour cold water.
Jiang Sanlang already knew about Zhao Da's situation. Without saying anything, he took him and several villagers to the cotton fields to harvest cotton.
"Yingbao! Yingbao! Mrs. Wen is back!" Erni jumped in from outside.
Yingbao was surprised: "You're really back? Is Sister Wen back?"
"He's back too, you should go and take a look." Erni was extremely excited.
Suddenly, I remembered that I had forgotten most of the words I had learned, and I couldn't help feeling guilty, "Yingbao...you go first, I'll be there soon."
Yingbao ran quickly to the yard, put the leather saddle on Youyou, stepped on the mounting stone and rode on the deer's back.
Yoyo spread out his four hooves and galloped towards the village.
Soon we arrived at the school and saw several carriages parked in the yard, with servants moving things downstairs.
"Sister Wen!" Yingbao got off the deer and ran towards Wen Shu.
Wen Shu was also very happy to see Yingbao, so he came over to hug her and smiled, "Yingbao has grown taller."
Yingbao stood on tiptoe and compared herself with Wenshu, giggling, "You've grown taller too."
Wen Shu pulled her to sit in a pavilion nearby and told her about his own affairs.
"Originally, my mother and I were going to the city, but something happened at home, so we had to rush from the city to Yuzhou."
Yuzhou is thousands of miles away from here. Not only is the journey long and difficult, but there are also robbers on some mountain roads.
Fortunately, they hired a team of dozens of escorts, and they arrived in Yuzhou safely.
Yingbao didn't know how to respond for a moment, so she asked, "Why don't I see Madam Wen and Wen Hengyin?"
Wen Shu: "Mother and Third Aunt are tidying up the house. My brother couldn't come this time. Grandpa asked him to stay in Yuzhou to study. I'm afraid he won't have time to come here in the future."
"Have your family's problems been resolved?" Yingbao was still worried about the Wen family's confiscation of their property. This period of time should have been the time when something bad happened to the Wen family in her previous life.
Wen Shu nodded, "Fortunately, nothing serious happened. My uncle was demoted and returned home. He is now recuperating in his hometown in Yuzhou. My mother and I still came back here, but my third aunt also came with us."
Wen Shu had no choice but to say that her third aunt had put in a lot of effort in competing with her mother for the trip to Qinchuan.
The Jiang family's golden ear and snow ear have significant effects. Our family almost got into trouble this time, and it was thanks to the golden ear that my parents brought back that we got out of the urgent need. That's why my third aunt insisted on coming here, and her purpose was obvious.
But how can I tell Yingbao about these things
"Third aunt also brought her two little daughters with her. They will go to school with us in the future." Wen Shu said softly, "They are eight years old this year, and should be three years older than you. One is named Wen Tian and the other is Wen Jiao. They are twins."
Yingbao: "Wen Tian? Wen Jiao?"
Why does this name feel a bit weird