Wang Er Gouzi didn't believe her at all: "Passing by? The land in our village is outside the village. What are you doing outside the village at night? Can you pass by Brother Dahai's melon patch?"
This Wang Ergou is also working hard enough! He has tasted the sweetness of selling melons in the past two days, and the net income in the two days is a full one hundred taels, which he never dared to imagine before! Looking at his daughter-in-law's slightly protruding belly, Wang Ergou's eyes became gentle, and his whole body was filled with the brilliance of fatherly love.
This is the money he earns through his labors, the family property he saved for his unborn son. In the future, his son will not be as poorly clothed and hungry as he was when he was a child, thinking about how to steal something and touch something all day long...
After a few days of serious work, he found someone to build five brick houses and bought more fields. His family can't grow it, so they can rent it out to others! Leave some family property for his son. If the son is willing, he will also send his son to school to study and get a reputation. If you don't want to, you can live on the land rent. From now on, he, Wang Ergou, will no longer be a bum who hates cats and dogs in the village, but will be able to puff up his chest and be an upright man! !
In Wang Ergou's view, Yu's melon fields are the magic weapon for him to make a fortune, and he has to take good care of them. Therefore, when he came back from selling melons today, seeing that Brother Hai was busy looking at melons all night, he took the initiative to share the responsibility of guarding the melon fields for him. Unexpectedly, as soon as it got dark, he was caught with a wicked person. Hey! It's still Brother Hai's worry-free relative!
Wang Ergou doesn't care about relatives or not, he regards people who steal melons as guys who block his way of making money. Brother Hai planted three acres of watermelons, and if he picked one, he would lose one, and if one was stolen, he would lose a few taels of silver. How can that be done! !
Li Shi, who was caught, cursed secretly in his heart. If Yu Hai was looking at melons in the field, she would not be spread if she said a few soft words. After all, in the simple Dongshan Village, those with dirty hands and feet will be cast aside and isolated by the villagers. But today, the one watching the melons is Wang Ergou, an incomprehensible thing, and he doesn't have a handle on his mouth. If she was yelled out, what face would she have to stay in Dongshan Village
"Brother Ergou, the melon belongs to my second brother's family. As a sister-in-law, it shouldn't be too much for me to eat a watermelon from my brother, right?" Li Shi knew that he was not stingy with Wang Ergou, so he couldn't force it, so his tone softened. .
Wang Ergou frowned. Among the relatives in the village, you picked me a handful of beans, and I took a few eggplants from you. This seems to make sense, but...
Yu Xiaocao let go of her godmother's hand, took two steps forward, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "Auntie, you want to eat watermelon, just ask Brother Heizi to say something! Why do you have to wait in the middle of the night without saying hello to yourself?" Running to the field to pick melons? Fortunately, our family doesn’t have a dog to watch melons, so what should I do if I bite you like a thief! You see, Uncle Ergou is not a violent person. Don, can you bear it?"
Since being warned with a black face by the majestic General Fang, Li Shi has been a little timid. Facing Xiaocao's gaze that seemed to see through everything, her eyes couldn't help but dodge, Qi Qi Ai Ai said: "That... I..."
"Auntie, you have always been thoughtful, but others are not stupid! In the future, it is better not to do such a thing—Mother, let you see a joke..." Yu Xiaocao is small, with an immature face, which can be said The words he uttered were powerful and weighty, so that Mrs. Li didn't dare to refute.
There is another reason why she is so honest, that is, she heard Xiaocao call the noble lady beside her "Godmother", isn't that Mrs. Fang's wife? Small people in the market are most afraid of dealing with officials. Li Shi is naturally quite honest in front of Mrs. Fang, and dare not play those petty tricks anymore.
Seeing that she had a good attitude of admitting her mistakes, Yu Xiaocao thought that one thing more is worse than one thing less, so she sent Li Shi home.
Mrs. Li came out of the old house disheartened, didn't get the slightest advantage, but made a fuss. She went home feeling extremely aggrieved, and seeing that the lights in the main room were still on, she rolled her mouse eyes and knocked on the door of the main room. At this time, Mrs. Zhang is worrying about her youngest son! The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law avoided talking about it for a long time. When Mrs. Li left, Mrs. Zhang had a calculated expression on her face, and her sorrow disappeared...
The next day, Mrs. Fang woke up to the singing of the birds. Outside the window, the breeze gently blew the leaf tips and made a soft "rustling" sound. A bird with bright feathers looked in curiously in front of the window and sang melodious tunes from time to time.
Linglong waited on his wife to dress and wash, looked at the beautiful bird outside the glass window, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that in this remote village, there are still people who are willing to use glass to frame windows!"
Mrs. Fang took the handkerchief in her hand, wiped the water from her face, and said softly: "Mr. Zhao is a former general, and he came from a famous family. Although he has been on the run for many years, after all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. I still have the family property. If it is not afraid of being too eye-catching in this village, it should not be a problem to build an exquisite villa on this mountain. You haven’t seen these furniture. They look very simple, but they are all made of mahogany and red sandalwood It’s made, and it’s worth a fortune!”
Pearl, who is a good cook, presented the prepared breakfast, and said with a smile, "Old General Zhao's family is very generous, and they left all these to the Yu family."
Mrs. Fang sat down in front of the mahogany round table, rinsed her mouth with warm water, and said: "General Zhao and Xiaocao's father are siblings, and Xiaocao's father saved General Zhao's life again. Let alone this house, it is for the next generation." Lots of things, too. Where's Fu Rong? Haven't woken up yet?"
"It's probably because I was too tired yesterday. Miss Furong is delicate and expensive, how can she stand up to this kind of torture?" Linglong smiled and said, "Why don't I call her..."
"No need, let her sleep more!" Mrs. Fang was not the kind of person who likes to make things difficult, she picked up her chopsticks and prepared to eat.
The house has never had a fire here, and there are no other ingredients in the kitchen except for a few catties of white rice and noodles and a few vegetables that Xiaocao brought over yesterday. Therefore, compared with the General's Mansion, the breakfast is simple: a pot of porridge, a few oil cakes, and freshly fried vegetables. The portion of the second-class girl in the mansion is also richer than this! Pearl was very worried that her breakfast would be rejected by her master, so she lowered her head anxiously.
Mrs. Fang picked up a piece of green vegetable, chewed it in her mouth, frowned slightly and swallowed it. He lowered his head again and took a sip of porridge, which was so bland that he couldn't arouse people's appetite. She sighed softly, and put down her chopsticks—it really is hard to go from extravagance to frugality!
"Godmother—are you up?" Xiaocao's clear voice, like a lark singing happily, came from outside the door, and then the door was pushed open. A figure in an emerald green cross-neck skirt with playful buns hopped into the door, carrying a big food box that didn't match her height.
Linglong rushed up to greet her, took the food box from Xiaocao's hand, and said with a smile: "Miss Cao'er is really early, Madam just got up and is having dinner!"
Xiaocao's eyes were crooked, and she said with a smile on her face, "Then I came at a good time!"
After entering the main room, she glanced at the breakfast that was barely moving on the table. White porridge with green vegetables, even she has no appetite after seeing it, let alone a godmother who is used to being pampered.
"Godmother, I cooked preserved egg and lean meat porridge, crispy egg pancakes, leek pot stickers, shrimp custard, and sweet potato pancakes made from the sweet potatoes dug yesterday! Try it, it's still hot!" Pushing the white porridge in front of him aside, he replaced it with the hot and fragrant preserved egg and lean meat porridge that he made himself, and brought all the other breakfasts in the food box to the table.
Looking at the table full of delicious breakfast, Mrs. Fang was very moved. How early does my daughter have to get up to prepare such a hearty breakfast with her own hands! Although she doesn't know much about ordinary people's breakfast, she guesses it must be extremely simple. These seven or eight mouth-watering breakfasts were definitely prepared by my daughter specially for her. Her eye sockets are hot, and she feels like a filial daughter, which is great!
"Godmother, eat quickly! It won't taste good when it's cold!" Yu Xiaocao also took some porridge in a small bowl, and put a piece of sweet and sweet sweet potato cake for the godmother, watching her put it into the mouth , begging for praise with a full face of anticipation.
Mrs. Fang was amused by her expression. The sweetness of the dessert, which was different from other desserts, melted in her mouth, and the rich sweet potato aroma stimulated her taste buds. Well, this sweet potato pancake tastes really extraordinary. I don't know if this delicious sweet potato will become the food of the untouchables
After eating a piece of sweet potato pancake, she took another sip of the fragrant preserved egg porridge. This unique and fresh taste made her fall in love with it immediately. There are also crispy omelettes, soft and refreshing shrimp custard, delicious fried dumplings... Mrs. Fang felt that this meal was more satisfying than all her previous breakfasts. Especially the way her niece Xiaocao was eating with gusto, it whetted people's appetite.
Xiaocao brought a lot of breakfast, and there was still a lot left after the mother and daughter were full, and the breakfast that was taken away was rewarded to the two big girls. Pearl and Linglong were serving their master's meal, and they had long been seduced by the sumptuous breakfast, their index fingers were twitching. Well-trained, they didn't see anything on the surface, but they were already salivating.
When Xia Furong got up, there were only white porridge, pancakes and stir-fried vegetables made by Pearl. This eldest lady has never eaten such food, she lost her temper very much. However, because she didn't eat much last night due to fighting with Xiaocao, her stomach was already growling. If you don't eat, you will be hungry! Xia Furong thought that her aunt ate the same food, so she ate it until she was half full.
Mrs. Fang just came here and found that there are many things that need to be purchased. After learning that Xiaocao had eaten breakfast, he was going to visit the melon shop in the town, so they made an appointment to go on the road together. Xia Furong had lingering fears about yesterday's bumpy mountain road, so she asked to stay at home. She only brought a little girl to serve her, so Pearl, who was good at cooking, was also left at home.
To go to the town, I still take the carriage of the Fang family, which has been specially improved, so it goes without saying that it is comfortable. After passing that section of the mountain road, Xiaocao leaned comfortably in the arms of the godmother and squinted to sleep.