Mrs. Fang hugged her goddaughter's delicate and soft body, and the motherhood deep in her heart was seduced. She patted Xiaocao's shoulder lightly as if coddling a baby. Xiaocao, who was only going to squint at first, fell into a deep sleep under the pat of her godmother.
When we arrived in the town, Xiaocao was still soundly asleep, and Mrs. Fang couldn't bear to shake her up after seeing it. It was still the sound of hawking outside the carriage, which woke Xiaocao up after a nap. She sat up, rubbed her eyes with her small hands, her eyes were sleepy, her expression was blank, as if she didn't know where she was. Seeing such a confused grass, Mrs. Fang's heart softened like a puddle of water.
"Ah! Are you in town?" Xiaocao's strangely big eyes lit up again. Turning her head, she saw an unknown spot of water on the front of the godmother, and blinked her eyes twice. When she realized what the water stain was, she blushed immediately.
Mrs. Fang looked down at the saliva left by her dry daughter on her clothes, and said calmly: "It's okay, I brought a change of clothes and went to the inner hall of the melon shop to change."
Pearl brightened up the little bundle she held in her arms and showed it to the young lady. The wives and young ladies of rich families always bring a replacement set of clothes when they go out, so as not to be rude when they are guests in other people's homes.
In the melon shop, Xiaocao's eldest aunt, Mrs. Han, got busy early in the morning. The watermelon was delivered yesterday afternoon, so there was no waiting in line outside the store this morning. However, even after the upsurge of new openings, there is still an endless stream of customers in the melon shop.
Mrs. Fang changed her clothes and went shopping for necessities with pearls. Xiaocao stayed in the store to help the eldest aunt. After all, Li Li was the deputy of the imperial envoy, and he couldn't leave his job for a long time to help. Seeing that there was a helper in the shop, he went back to the dock. In the past two days, the imperial envoy went to Fucheng for business, and Li Li was helping out in the town, but Wu Yun was too busy!
Today's watermelon is not like it was sold out before noon two days ago. By Shen time (three or four o'clock in the afternoon), there were still five or six smaller watermelons left. At this time, Yu Hai and Yu Xi's cousins brought over two more carts of watermelons.
Xiaocao moved the remaining small watermelons to the table in front of the door, took out a small wooden board, and wrote on it: Special watermelon, one tael each! Although these watermelons are a bit small in size, they still have some sweetness and freshness, and they usually cost two taels of silver each.
The cloth shop next door had no customers at this time, and the lady proprietress Feng Niangzi came over twisting her waist. Looking at the message on the board, she rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Why are these watermelons getting a special price? Are they left over from the previous two days?"
Several nearby shops saw Xiaocao carrying out the watermelon, and they all looked over curiously. They also saw the writing on the wooden board, and a few of them were eager to do something, but when they heard what Feng Niangzi said, they suppressed it again.
Yu Xiaocao showed her a fresh melon seedling on a watermelon, the smile on her face remained unchanged, and explained: "Sister Feng, look at this melon seedling, doesn't it look stale? The one in our store As you can see, the watermelons were all delivered on the same day or the afternoon before, and they were never stored for more than a day and a night. These watermelons are smaller in size, but they taste absolutely the same. Don’t believe me, I Let's open one and try it!"
Xiaocao neatly cut open the smallest watermelon, and presented the red flesh and jet-black seeds in front of everyone. A thick sweet fragrance spread into everyone's nostrils. Xiaocao handed a piece to Feng Niangzi, and invited several nearby shopkeepers to taste it.
The shopkeeper of Yinlou, who was two doors away from Guapu, was white and fat, with a smile on his face, like a Maitreya Buddha. He walked over slowly, took a piece bluntly, and said with a smile: "Little girl, you are willing to part with it. This is only one tael of silver!"
"Be willing, be willing! Only those who are willing can gain!! Don't you have doubts in your heart and dare not buy my special products? After tasting it, you should be at ease!" Yu Xiaocao was completely relieved when she saw everyone coming to taste in twos and threes down. She is full of confidence in the taste of her own watermelon.
Sure enough, after tasting it, Lady Feng first picked the biggest one from the remaining watermelons, and gave Xiaocao a tael of silver. Of course, the watermelon sold by Yujia Guapu has the same taste, but the price is not affordable by ordinary people.
Most of the shops on this street are paid shopkeepers, it’s okay to buy one once in a while, but if you eat it often, you really can’t afford it. Now, there is a special price for watermelons, and the price has been reduced by at least half. Wouldn’t it be silly not to take advantage of the bargain
The remaining watermelons, no matter how big or small, were quickly snapped up by several nearby shops. Those who didn’t get the special watermelon asked with some reluctance: “Little girl, when will there be special watermelon?”
Yu Xiaocao said with a smile: "In the future, we will launch special watermelons from time to time every day. Please pay close attention to our melon shop!"
The fat and fat shopkeeper of the silver shop squinted his eyes at Xiaocao, and said with a smile: "Little girl, you really know how to do business! Not bad, not bad, you are awesome!" He was thinking in his heart that some of the unsalable jewelry in the shop, Is it also possible to display a special offer, which can quickly withdraw funds-well, discuss with the owner when you go back!
Yu Hai, who was unloading watermelons next to him, saw that his daughter quickly disposed of the watermelons that might be left in the store. He couldn't help praising in his heart: "As expected of his daughter, she was born to be a businessman." master!
Since the watermelon has ripened, the family has been busy without touching the ground. The girl's godmother came again, and his precious daughter returned to the village after a busy day and had to take care of her godmother. The only time when father and daughter can get along is at night. But everyone was tired all day, and fell asleep without saying a few words. Yu Hai hadn't kissed his daughter for several days, and after the watermelons were finished unloading, he stayed in the store to talk to his daughter about the daily routine. In the evening, I picked up my daughter and went back together.
The freshly picked watermelons are so fresh that water can be squeezed out. Just as the watermelon was unloaded, it also attracted many customers to the store to buy. At this time, there were two or three customers in the store, picking watermelons on different shelves.
Yu Xiaocao sat by the store door to collect the money, and Yu Hai stood beside her, watching happily. Just as a guest was handing a five tael small ingot to Xiaocao's hand, suddenly a figure rushed over quickly.
Yu Hai thought that someone was going to grab the money, so he took a step forward and stood between his daughter and the figure.
"What the hell! You are an unfilial son, you still want to do something!!" Zhang's harsh face appeared in front of Yu Hai like a nightmare. She rushed over so quickly that she almost missed her feet and plunged into Yu Hai's arms.
Yu Xiaocao knew that the visitor was not kind when she saw the cheap grandma's expression. Her father is the most stupid and soft-hearted, and he is definitely not that Zhang's opponent. After locking the cash box, he walked out from behind him: "Grandma, who is the son of unfilial piety? We should honor your food every month, don't we give you all on time?" Did you send it?"
Mrs. Zhang raised a pair of hanging eyebrows, stared at triangular eyes, and said bluntly: "When my son eats delicious and spicy food all day long, but makes my parents eat bean cakes all day long, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
In the past two days, the melon shop was too busy to cook, so all the food was delivered from Zhenxiu Restaurant. Although there are no expensive dishes, they are not affordable by ordinary people! The helpers in the store all ate the food from Zhenxiu Restaurant, but my parents could only eat bean cakes... The eyes that looked at Yu Hai's father and daughter from nearby became contemptuous.
Yu Xiaocao said without changing her complexion: "Grandma, when you cleared our family's identity, it was written in black and white: The second son will donate fifty catties of coarse grain every month. Even if we live in an old house that is ventilated and snowy, we have to pay for it." When we were starving, we never missed you. Since we sold our vegetables and planted watermelons, we replaced 50 catties of coarse grains with 50 catties of white rice and noodles, and took 5 catties of pork for a month. Send it over when it doesn't land. Why do you still give my grandfather to eat bean cakes?"
Before Mrs. Zhang could speak, she continued: "Oh! I remembered!! I heard Brother Heizi said that you took the white rice, white noodles, and pork we sent over to the town to exchange for money. Uncle bought pens and paper! The family is not so difficult that we need to sell food to exchange for pens and papers! Before the separation, the blind bear that my father hunted when he was seriously injured was exchanged for three hundred taels of silver Have you? It’s only been less than half a year, where did the money go?”
There are more and more onlookers, and a lot of exciting content has been extracted from the words of the little girl: the second son of this family was injured by a bear while hunting, and the money for selling the bear was deducted by his mother; When the family left home, they still left the house cleanly; when they first separated, they could only live in a dilapidated house, and they couldn’t eat enough, and had to save food from their teeth to honor the elderly... This is not my own mother, who is not a mother? Do you want to make things worse for your children and grandchildren
"What nonsense are you talking about! Where did you get the three hundred taels of silver? You're a dead girl, you lose money, don't be fooled here!!" Seeing the onlookers pointing at her, Mrs. Zhang's eyes wandered, and she sternly pointed at her. Xiaocao yelled.
Outside the crowd, Mrs. Fang, who came back from shopping, quietly looked at everything in front of her. Linglong said with a little worry: "This woman is too vicious and arrogant, I'm afraid Miss Cao'er will suffer!"
Mrs. Fang, however, saw from the calmness of the goddaughter that she was able to do things with ease, smiled, and said: "This is Xiaocao's best step-grandmother! Seeing that the son who separated from the family is doing well, she came here to mess around and seek benefits. It really is enough Excellent!! However, my daughter-in-law is not a vegetarian either, just wait and see what happens!"
Xiaocao was almost sprayed by her saliva, took two steps back, picked out her ears, and said, "Grandma, there is no reason to speak loudly, why are you shouting so loudly? You said you didn't accept the three hundred taels sent by Uncle Zhao?" Yin Zi? No way? I, Uncle Zhao, didn’t say that!! The majestic fourth-rank military general, wouldn’t lie in front of us, would he? If you insist, I’ll write to Beijing to ask, Uncle Zhao hasn't left for the frontier yet, so he should be able to receive my letter..."