Then, he told the story of how he saved the county prince and how he sent him across the rocky beach last time when he went to sea.
After hearing this, Old Yu finally raised his drooping eyelids, nodded slowly and said: "Yes! You are right, it is our duty as fishermen to save those who fall into the water. It is rare that the nobleman still remembers this. We can't do something to repay your kindness. In the future, don't mention it again."
Unexpectedly, her old man had such knowledge. Yu Xiaocao had a new understanding of this grandfather who was usually taciturn but had the highest right to speak at home.
Yu Dashan's complexion finally turned bright, and his tone softened: "Second brother, I didn't expect you to have such a blessing. You can save a prince even if you go to sea. Although we don't want to return the favor of the noble, but the kindness of the family is not good. It’s good to refuse, isn’t it? Take a look, what good things did the prince give you?”
Old Yu's gaze also turned to the baggage in Yu Xiaocao's arms.
This is a thank you gift from the chief executive to my father. What's the matter with you? Yu Xiaocao was very dissatisfied, but also full of helplessness. No matter how good something is, if it passes the eyes of two people, what else can it do
Sighing secretly, she opened the small but quite heavy package in her hand—inside were ten ingots of white and colorful silver neatly stacked, and a jade pendant that she took off casually. It seems that this thank you gift was also hastily prepared. Although the quality of the jade pendant is good, it is not top-notch. It is estimated that it is usually used to reward decent people.
"A nobleman is a nobleman after all. Once you make a move, it's worth a hundred taels of silver. Look at this jade pendant, it's worth at least a hundred and eighty taels. Tsk tsk! The third child will have Shuxiu for the next ten years!"
Yu Dashan was dazzled by the white silver and the jade pendant like grease, which is not something people like them can see.
Yu Xiaocao curled her lips, was it her father who braved the storms and dangers to save people in exchange for this money? How come among these people, it has become my uncle's ten years of cultivation
Old Yu stroked the mutton fat jade pendant with his rough hands, glanced at his second son, and made a decision: "This jade pendant cannot be bought with money. From now on, no matter how difficult the family is, it is not allowed to sell it. Just treat it as a family heirloom and pass it on to the eldest son and grandson of Lao Yu's family, leaving a memory for the descendants."
The expression on Yu Dashan's face froze. The eldest son and grandson of Lao Yu's family? But nothing happened to him! No one in the family knew that although Yu Dashan had changed his surname, he was not a member of the Yu family.
Zhang's family is old Yu's house filler, and he and Yu Hai's deceased mother are cousins. When Zhang's new widow was kicked out by her husband's brother-in-law, it was Yu Hai's mother who kindly took her in. Later, after Yu Hai's mother fell ill and passed away, old Yu continued to fill in the house with Mrs. Zhang.
The eldest Yu Dashan was brought over by Mrs. Zhang, only two months older than Yu Hai.
The eldest son and grandson? Bypassing him isn't Yu Haiwei the leader? Such a fine jade pendant, didn't it end up on the second hand
Yu Dashan was full of unwillingness, but he had no position to say anything. It is better for the jade pendant to fall into the hands of Yu Hai who has no blood relationship with him. But he knew very well in his heart that even his powerful mother, Mrs. Zhang, could not change the decision made by the old man.
Yu Xiaocao has a lot of psychological balance at this time, the eldest son and grandson of Lao Yu's family, isn't that her eldest brother! At least this good deed was not in vain, at least there is a jade pendant as comfort.
It's a pity that the one hundred taels of snowflake silver, if only she was quicker and took out one or two ingots. In Yu Xiaocao's heart, the little man bit her little hand and Juan'er burst into tears: One hundred taels of silver is not a small sum.
When she got home, Yu Xiaocao saw that all the money fell into the pocket of the cheap grandma, and she was so distressed that she couldn't lift her spirits. Seeing the child's wilting appearance, Liu couldn't help touching her forehead, for fear that the child would get sick again.
To say that these three or four months have been the happiest days Liu has lived in the past seven or eight years. Although there is no shortage of work at home, even though the scolding every day has not diminished. But my daughter, who has always been ill, has not had a single illness in the past few months. She can run and dance like other children in the village, and she has also learned medical skills from Dr. You.
Now, regardless of how well you eat, you can always fill your stomach. The children learned to catch prey with traps, and occasionally they caught one or two, and they barbecued and ate them outside. The children are also filial, and they never forget to secretly leave a mouthful for her and their father.
Looking at the children's increasingly rosy faces and their fleshy bodies in the bath, she felt that life was getting more and more exciting.
"Dashan's daughter-in-law, Dahai's daughter-in-law. It's frosty today, and it's time to take out the sweet potatoes and put them in the cellar tomorrow." After collecting the hundred taels of silver, Mrs. Zhang finally had a smile on her face.
Feeling sorry for his wife, Yu Hai put down his job and said, "How about we don't go to sea tomorrow, and the gentlemen can pick up the sweet potatoes and go home in a day."
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, her face suddenly fell down again: "There is only three acres of dry land at home. When I was young, I could clean it up by myself. Why should I delay the business of fishing at sea? Hurry up before it freezes. Several times the sea."
Yu Xiaocao took a look at Grandma Cheap and thought: This old lady loves money so much! With that one hundred taels, even if you don’t go to sea for a year, you won’t be hungry! This stingy skill is about to catch up with Yan Jiansheng and Grandet.
In the early morning of the next day, Yu Xiaocao shivered in Zhang's sharp voice and put on the patched padded jacket. It's only October (lunar calendar), and the frost has already fallen heavily. I don't wear cotton clothes sooner or later, and I feel that I can't stand the cold.
"Little sister, you can go back to sleep, I'll help mother dig sweet potatoes." Yu Xiaolian got up quickly, seeing that she didn't wake up, she hurriedly tucked her into the bed again.
The temperature in the quilt is really nostalgic, but the real eight-year-old girl has already got up and went to the fields. She, a person who has a heart of 30, really has no face to rely on the kang.
After washing her face and rinsing her mouth, Yu Xiaocao, who was yawning profusely, followed her mother listlessly. Turning her head to look at the chubby aunt Li Shi who was also yawning with eyeballs all over her face, she immediately felt a lot more balanced. Look, it's not like we are the only ones who can't get up.
After walking along a narrow and winding path for about two quarters of an hour, I saw my home's world covered with green sweet potato vines. The eyes are full of dark green, against the blue sky, coupled with bursts of earthy breath, take a deep breath of cold air. Yu Xiaocao immediately became much more energetic.
"Sister-in-law Dashan, second sister-in-law, come up with sweet potatoes!" A simple face greeted the group with a warm smile.
"Uncle San Tang, good morning! You are also here to dig sweet potatoes, right?" Yu Xiaocao had a good impression of Uncle San Tang of her grandpa's family. When she first wore it, she was carried home by him.
Yu He patted her head with a smile, looked at the small hoe in her hand, and joked: "Yo, our little grass can also be used by a young adult. Uncle Santang's sweet potatoes have already been harvested, so we can find another I'll come over here to help you."
"No, it's just three acres of sweet potatoes, and it can be finished in one day. Her third uncle, go and do your work." Liu Shi declined in front of Li Guihua. Grandpa Xiaocao has a lot of land, and he is busy at this time, so how can he delay others
Mrs. Li gave her sister-in-law a hard look, and said she deserves to be tired if she has ready labor to spare. You said you were troubled, why did you bring me along
Yu Xiaocao saw the sweet potatoes dug up by others piled up on the roadside, and remembered the sweetness of roasted sweet potatoes, sweet potato balls, and sweet potato cakes in her previous life, so she couldn't help but want to try them. She picked up the small pick that her father specially prepared, and was ready to start work!
Taking advantage of the gap between Mother and Uncle San Tang talking, she pushed aside the green vines of sweet potatoes, looking for thick vines, and went down, and sure enough, she saw half-grown sweet potatoes. Yu Xiaocao was so excited. In her previous life, although her family had land, they grew wheat and soybeans, but never sweet potatoes. I only occasionally go to the field where other people have grown sweet potatoes, looking for some fish that slipped through the net.
Yu Xiaocao carefully used the hoe to hollow out the soil around the sweet potatoes. The deeper she dug, the bigger the digging became. In order not to damage the sweet potatoes, she simply gave up the hoe and used her hands to dig the soil. Finally, she felt that the sweet potato was a little loose, so she hugged the sweet potato, which was as big as a volleyball, and with a sudden force, she pulled out the big sweet potato like pulling a carrot.
Yu Xiaocao sat down on the ground. Fortunately, there was sweet potato vines as a cushion, so her butt didn't hurt much. She didn't bother to smack the dirt off her butt, and hugged the big sweet potato she dug out with her own hands: "Mom! Look!! I dug up a big sweet potato!!"
Uncle Santang followed suit and showed a surprised expression: "Hey! Xiaocao is really capable, and he dug out such a big sweet potato in the first time. Not to mention, this head can be called the first sweet potato. king"
When Yu Xiaocao hugged her "trophy" happily, the voice of Xiaobutianshi tugging appeared in her mind again:
[What are you talking about? you forgot? The first two months were a bit dry, you took my bath water and diluted it, and watered the field again. Without the credit of the god stone, how could such a barren sandy land grow such a large sweet potato?]
"It turns out that Lingshi water can promote the growth of crops!" Yu Xiaocao, who was born as a farmer, was moved. If we grow some off-season vegetables in the future, wouldn't we be able to make a lot of money
[Off-season vegetables? what is that? ] Xiaobutianshi, who received the message in her mind, was full of surprise in his tone.
While digging sweet potatoes, Yu Xiaocao said, "Even...you can grow vegetables in spring even in winter."
[It's not difficult! As long as there is no heavy snowfall, the god stone can ripen a batch of vegetables in ten days.]If the little butian stone had a tail, it would have been up to the sky long ago. Although the mana of the stupid god stone has only recovered one meter, it is more than enough to speed up the growth of plants.
Yu Xiaocao dug out the small sweet potatoes around the big sweet potato one by one, suppressed the joy in her heart, and said, "I'm sorry for you, the spiritual energy in the medicinal materials of Grandpa You's family is for you to inhale."