Fields of Gold

Chapter 17: Father loves mother love

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Yu Xiaocao glared at him: "Brother, you are so stupid! Why did you let grandma know? Can't we learn from my aunt and eat it secretly?"

Their eldest aunt, Mrs. Li, never came back empty-handed every time she went back to her mother's house. The delicious food she brought was always hidden in the east room secretly, and she ate it with her son when no one was around.

Yu Xiaocao asked the steamed bun vendor to wrap ten steamed buns in oiled paper and stuff them into broken earthen jars. When the earthen pot came, it was covered with a rag for fear that people would see the abalone inside, and it is the same now.

The two came outside the city gate and saw that Ma Dafu was already waiting there. The aunt who sells vegetables, the baskets are all empty, and she looks happy.

"Xiaosha, Xiaocao! Hurry up, I'll be waiting for you!" Ma Dafu stood up and greeted the siblings.

"Where's the egg seller? You haven't come back yet?" Yu Xiaocao jumped into the donkey cart and asked casually.

The aunt selling vegetables smiled and said: "Her, the eggs have been sold out long ago, so I asked me to take the basket back to her, and she left first! Xiaocao, what are you putting in this jar? The weight doesn't seem to be reduced much." !"

Yu Xiaocao let out a long sigh, and said with a mournful face: "It's my mother's soy sauce inside, and I was looking to sell some copper coins to buy a few catties of coarse grains back, but who knew that I didn't sell a penny, and four copper coins were posted upside down. Car money!"

When she heard that it was dried bean paste, the aunt said a few words of comfort without interest, and then fell asleep on the cart.

Yu Hang looked at the little girl running with her mouth full of horses, and couldn't help being a little dumbfounded. Who did the little girl learn from, to tell a lie as soon as she opens her mouth? No, I must remind my mother when I go back, teach her well, don't grow crooked.

When the brothers and sisters returned to the village entrance, they saw a tall and familiar figure waiting anxiously by the side of the road.

"Father? Daddy—we're back!!" Yu Xiaocao staggered towards Yu Hai holding the earthen jar.

Yu Hai put down the prey in his hand, greeted him, hugged the little girl who was flying over, and taught his son with a straight face: "You are quite brave, huh? Take your sister to the town without saying a word. See if you are given to me!" Yes!! There are no adults to accompany the two children, what if they encounter Pai Hanako?"

When he turned to the younger daughter, his voice was much gentler: "Cao'er, I want to go to the town and tell daddy, and daddy will take you there. It's past meal time, are you hungry? Dad left you three noodles The steamed buns are still hot. Eat them quickly!"

have to! Proper patriarchy, a daughter slave!

Yu Xiaocao, who was picked up by her father with a shy expression, twisted her body to get down, and said after her feet touched the ground:

"My brother and I ate in the town. We ate two big meat buns. We were so full! Dad, I bought you buns too, take them with you to eat on the way!"

Yu Xiaocao is well aware of grandma's stingy temperament, if her father saves the steamed buns, she must be starving. Going up the mountain to hunt early in the morning, and then going to the town to deliver the prey, how can I do it on an empty stomach

Stuffing three big meat buns for Dad, Yu Xiaocao looked at the bloody prey on the ground, and her heart skipped a beat: "Father, I want to eat roast pheasant, can I save one of this prey?"

Yu Hai only harvested a few small prey today: two pheasants, three hares, and two fat wild birds whose names he doesn't know.

Yu Hang tugged at her sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Daddy's prey has surpassed grandma's eyes today, and she knows exactly how much it can sell! If the money brought back is less, she will be in trouble again." Yes. Didn’t we eat meat buns today? Let’s eat pheasant meat later!”

Yu Hai still had a smile on his face, and said in his mouth: "It's okay to leave you a pheasant! But your brother is right about one thing, Cao'er, you just recovered from a serious illness, and your stomach is still weak, so you can't eat roast pheasant. In a few days, your body will be fully healed, father will definitely leave you a fat pheasant, eat it as you like!"

Although Yu Xiaocao thinks that her body is already great, but the people who care about her at home don't believe it! It seems that it will take time to prove it! !

Next, the two ran all over the village to find out the whereabouts of Niang and Xiaolian's siblings. Mother was washing sheets by the stream, and Xiao Lian was picking firewood at the foot of the West Mountain with a small stone.

The foot of the West Mountain is sparsely populated, and it is a good place to sit on the ground and share the spoils—ahem, to share the buns. The brothers and sisters split up, Yu Hang went to call Liu Shi by the stream; Xiaocao went to Xishan with the earthen pot holding the steamed stuffed buns.

"Mother! Mother! Younger sister...you go and have a look!" There were many women washing clothes by the stream, Yu Hang didn't dare to speak directly, this honest child didn't know how to make up nonsense, so he had to say half a sentence and leave half a sentence.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu stood up hastily, and the quilt in her hand fell into the stream and almost went with the waves.

Seeing this, Yu Hang felt very guilty, and hurriedly said, "Mother, don't worry! Little sister is fine!"

"You're not a doctor, how can you say that the little girl is fine? No, I have to go and see! Aunt Futian, please help me read the sheet. If I come back late, please take it back for me." Liu Muyun wiped her hands. , followed his son in a hurry, and went to the west mountain.

"Oh... Xiaocao must be sick again! Dahai's daughter-in-law is also a hard-working woman..." The woman washing clothes by the stream seemed to be used to Liu leaving without finishing her laundry. Every time, eight or nine out of ten it was because of her medicine jar daughter.

Yu Xiaocao's search for Xiaolian and Shitou did not go so smoothly. Xishan is so big, there are many places to collect firewood. Fortunately, Xiao Lian and her brother are small and single, they dare not go to the mountains, they just linger at the foot of the mountain. Although it took some effort, Xiaocao found it.

"Ouch! I'm so exhausted, you two will make it easy for me to find for a while!!" Seeing Xiaolian and the others, Xiaocao collapsed on the grass and beat her legs in exhaustion. This small body really needs to be exercised, no matter how far it takes, it won't be able to hold on.

Liu Shi, who followed her son, saw it from a distance, trotted over anxiously, took Yu Xiaocao into her arms, and asked repeatedly: "Cao'er, what's wrong? Mother will take you home...Xiao Sha, come on!" Go ask Doctor You."

Yu Hang didn't move, but asked with concern: "Little sister, are you really uncomfortable?"

"What's really uncomfortable? Could it be that there are fake ones?? Hurry up and get a doctor!!" Liu Muyun bent down and was about to pick up her little daughter.

Seeing that Mrs. Liu was so anxious that her face turned pale, Yu Xiaocao hurriedly got up, jumped on the spot twice to show Mrs. Liu, and said, "Mother, I'm fine! Who told you I'm not feeling well, I'll help you." You beat him!! Brother, did you scare mother?"

"No discomfort?" Mrs. Liu looked her daughter up and down carefully, and seeing that she really didn't look sick, she reassuredly spat on her son and scolded, "Then why did you ask me to come here? What are you making trouble with?" Huh? My sheets haven’t been washed yet!”

Yu Xiaocao hurriedly helped her brother out of the siege: "Mother, aren't we going to town today? I decided to buy a few meat buns. How do you taste them?"