When the group returned to Dongshan Village, the fiery red sun was gradually approaching Xishan, and a brilliant gold rim was inlaid on the top of the mountain. Most of the villagers in Dongshan Village had just had dinner, and many elderly people and women gathered under the old elm tree at the entrance of the village, playing chess and chatting.
Among them, the fat and frothy chatterbox is none other than Yu Xiaocao's eldest aunt, Li Guihua. She had a handful of melon seeds in her pocket, her mouth wriggled quickly, the skin of the melon seeds was flying around her mouth, her pair of mung bean eyes flicked around, and she didn't know who she wanted to speak ill of again.
Xiong Shi, who was beside her, bumped her with his elbow, pouted towards the entrance of the village, and said, "Osmanthus fragrans, look over there! Isn't it your uncle and his precious daughter? I heard that they met with Zhao the day before yesterday. Orion and I have gone to Fucheng! Tsk tsk, I’ve lived most of my life, and I haven’t been to Fucheng yet, Xiaocao’s little brother, Xiaocao, is like a treasure, and I take it around everywhere!”
"Tch~ what a treasure! In the end, isn't he a loser?" Since Li Guihua didn't get any advantage from going to the old house, and even had nightmares for a few days, she never dared to hang out in the old house again. She also talked about the evil nature of the old house and what happened to Yu Hai's family... However, everyone in the village knew her temper, and few people took her words seriously.
Xiong's eyeballs rolled, his fat body trembled with a smile, and said: "Isn't it your little uncle, seeing that the Zhao family is living well, do you want to have children and in-laws? Tsk tsk, I don't want to marry that girl Xiaocao." Ah, a sick child, I don't know when he will fall ill again!"
"Who knows! The second brother and Zhao Liehu are sworn brothers. Maybe the two of them have something to do in Fucheng. If Xiaocao pesters him to go with him, the second child is so fond of his daughter that he will not be willing to refuse! As for getting married, kiss him." It might not be impossible to get married!" Li Shi crackled the melon seeds, so many folks around him didn't know how to be polite, and they only cared about eating their own cannibals.
Xiong sneered and said, "Your uncle is good at planning. The Zhao family is one of the richest households in our village. Last time I went hunting with your uncle on the mountain, I heard that blind Xiong sold it for three hundred taels Yinzi. Your uncle was injured so badly, and he has a good relationship with Zhao Orion, so he must have shared a lot!"
When Mrs. Li heard that Xiong Xiazi sold so much money, it was likely to be distributed to the second child, Lian immediately changed his color, and said repeatedly:
"I said! The second child moved out with a limp, and the family didn't have a decent labor force, but the days are getting better and better! It turns out that they have spent so much money behind their parents' backs! No wonder they are repairing the house and building the yard at the same time." , and bought a lot of fabrics to make clothes... No, I have to talk to my mother! When Zhao Liehu sold Xiong Xiazi, the family hadn’t separated yet! You have to compensate us some way!”
Li stuffed the melon seeds in Xiong's hands, and hurried back. However, before she mentioned the money for selling Xiong Xiazi, she was scolded by the changed face Zhang and assigned a lot of work. In the next few days, it is absolutely impossible to come out and hide for leisure!
At this time, at the entrance of the village, the villagers saw that Zhao Liehu and Yu Hai were surrounded by a few more heroic men in silk and satin, and they all whispered about it. The things Yu Xiaocao bought were all hung on the horses of Zhao Han and the two subordinates of Fangfang Town. One is because the donkey is too small to fit so many things, and the other is that she is afraid that she will be jealous for buying so many things.
Fang Zizhen couldn't wait to see the master who had been away for thirty years soon, so he went straight back to Zhao's house with Zhao Bufan. Zhao Han took Li Li and the two of them, and gave the things to Xiaocao and sent them home.
When Mrs. Liu heard about the guests from Zhao's house, she enthusiastically picked some vegetables from the field and brought them back to Zhao Han. Although Zhao Han's family also opened an a la carte field, but no one in the family knows how to farm, and the vegetables are sparsely produced, which is not as fresh as Yu's vegetables.
Since Yu Hai's family moved out, their relationship with the Zhao family has become even closer. Zhao Han sent some prey here every now and then, and also helped grow and harvest vegetables, and he never spared any effort in his work. The Yu family also sent some home-grown vegetables over from time to time.
The Zhao family ate the vegetables sent by the Yu family, and they even disliked the green vegetables in their own vegetable field. Even Mr. Zhao Zimo praised Yu's family more than once for his ability to grow vegetables. The vegetables are juicy and tasty, and they can eat two more bowls of rice! He felt that his body was getting tougher and tougher, and even the dark wounds from previous battles seemed to be healed a lot!
Zhao Han accepted the vegetables without politeness, and handed two bright red tomatoes to Li Li and the others. Li Li followed the general to the various mansions as a guest, and he had seen Tomato before. However, they are all planted in pots as ornamental plants.
After tasting the sweet and sour taste of tomatoes, Li Li realized that tomatoes can be eaten as fruits! In the evening, when he ate a dish made of tomatoes, he suddenly realized—it turns out that tomatoes are not fruits, but vegetables!
After sending Zhao Han and the others away, while Liu was packing the things Xiaocao had bought, he asked how the father and daughter had eaten and lived in Fucheng for the past three days. Mrs. Liu is basically used to Xiaocao's extravagant spending of money. Fortunately, Xiaocao can also make a lot of money, so she didn't say anything more.
Mrs. Liu couldn't put it down because of the light-colored muslin cloth that Xiaocao bought for her. At the instigation of sisters Xiaolian and Xiaocao, they put the cotton cloth on their body, and it really suited her well, fully bringing out her demure and gentle temperament. Even Yu Hai repeatedly praised Xiaocao's good eyesight!
Xiaocao took out the jewelry bag she was wearing next to her body, first took out the lilac earrings she bought for Xiaolian, and helped her put them on her earlobes. The exquisite earrings set off Xiaolian's rosy little face more delicately.
Mrs. Liu smiled beside her and said, "Xiaocao chose a good pair of earrings. Girls should have a few pieces of jewelry. It was difficult at home before, so I should prepare some for you sisters in the future!"
What little girl doesn't like silver jewelry? Xiao Lian couldn't put it down to those earrings and beads, and she couldn't bear to take them off after wearing them on her head. Yu Hai and his wife looked at her smug look with a smile, it was funny and sad at the same time.
"Mother, I bought this for you. Quickly try to see if it fits!" Xiaocao took out the pair of silver bracelets and hairpins, and said as if offering treasures.
Mrs. Liu let her little daughter put a bracelet on her hand, but she said: "What are you doing with that money? Mother usually works, so wearing a bracelet is a hindrance?" Even so, she still felt very comforting in her heart. Having a daughter is sweet.
When she saw the magnolia flower silver hairpin, her eyes became hot, and the corners of her mouth trembled slightly. When she got married, her two elder brothers had just married, and the family was not well off. The magnolia silver hairpin that was used as a dowry was her mother's dowry, and usually she would not bear to wear it. Even though it had been decades, it was still as good as new.
When Xiaocao was five years old, she was very sick. Mrs. Zhang used the excuse that Shu Xiu's family had no money for the third child, and was unwilling to give Xiaocao medicine to see a doctor. In desperation, she used the silver hairpin as a dowry to ask for medicine for her daughter. Every time she thinks of that silver hairpin, she has regrets in her heart, but she doesn't regret it. The silver hairpin is just an external object, no matter how precious it is, it is not worth the daughter's life!
Now, a brand new magnolia flower hairpin appeared in front of her, which was bought for her by her sensible youngest daughter. The void in my heart seemed to have been filled. If there is a woman like this, what can a husband ask for? She was thankful again that she exchanged the silver hairpin for her little daughter's life!
Xiaocao saw her mother with tears in her eyes, holding the silver hairpin as if she was missing something, interrupted her softly, and said: "Mom! I have missed you in Fucheng for the past few days! Are you okay at home, there is no one over there. Come to embarrass you?"
Liu put away the silver hairpin carefully, blinked away the warmth in her eyes, and said with a gentle smile: "Your little mouth looks like it has been smeared with honey! Everything is fine at home... By the way, Miss Zhou today Let Xiaoduo send the watermelon seeds. How do you think it should be planted? Don't delay the farming time!!"
"No! Watermelon is a temperature-loving crop, so it won't be a problem later! Let's get the kang in the west room first, and the watermelon needs to be soaked to accelerate germination. It's still a bit cold in the morning and evening these days, and we need the kang to keep it warm." Yu Xiao Grass also has a lot of experience in growing watermelons. In her previous life, when her parents were alive, she planted two acres of watermelons in the vegetable field. She was already in junior high school, and she was already half of the family's labor force.
The whole family sat around the kang and put away the things they bought, and then Mrs. Liu went down to the kang to cook dinner. The Yu family has already adapted to the eating habit of three meals a day, and the meal in the evening is later than the evening meal in the village. Yu Hai's father and daughter ate dry food for lunch, and Liu's heart felt sorry for them, so she cooked a few more dishes.
Just after dinner, there was a knock on the door. Xiao Lian rushes to open the door, and Mao Shi is greeted by carrying a basket full of duck eggs.
Mrs. Mao entered the main room with a smile on her face, sat down cross-legged on the kang, put the duck egg on the edge of the kang and pushed it towards Mrs. Liu, saying:
"I'm here to thank you Xiaocao! Brother Qian from Zhenxiu Restaurant ordered 50 ducks from our family today, and will come to pull them tomorrow. If it wasn't for your family's face, how could it be possible to buy such ducks all at once? There are too many ducks, and we still don’t let us clean them up. You don’t know, those who ordered ducks in the past had to kill them. The feathers of ducks are hard to pull out. When will these fifty ducks be pulled out?”
Mrs. Liu is an honest person, and she said truthfully: "We dare not take credit for it! Today, Xiaoduo was helping in the backyard, and saw your Wuzi releasing ducks through the fence, so she said that your ducks were well raised, and asked who it was It belongs to your family. I just said that it belongs to your family, so I dare not accept this thank you gift."
"If it wasn't for your Xiaocao's ability, how could Zhenxiu Restaurant need so many ducks? If it wasn't for Brother Qian who came to your house to buy vegetables, how could he know that my house has ducks? After all, we are still in the glory of your Yu family. It's just a few duck eggs, why are you being polite!" Mrs. Mao took Liu's hand with an extremely affectionate attitude.
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