It's a beautiful day today, with a sunny day and no wind. Yu Xiaocao pretended to be weak and asked Shi Shi to help her to bask in the sun in the yard. You have to do a full set of acting!
The winter sun is shining on your body, and the warm feeling is like a mother's gentle hand, gently stroking your face. Yu Xiaocao was so comfortable that she was about to fall asleep, and even Li Shi, who was peeping through the window, didn't find it so annoying anymore.
As soon as the sun set to the west, Yu Hai and Xiao Lian came back. From Xiao Lian's bright smile, it is enough to see that today's harvest is good.
Yu Hai carried the little girl back to the house from the somewhat cool courtyard, felt the temperature on the kang, and filled some firewood into the hole of the kang. The two sisters, who looked at each other with a smile and looked more and more alike, whispered to each other, then said: "You two sisters were chatting, and Dad went to the mountain to chop some firewood and came back. The experienced old man in the village said that this year is a cold winter, and it is definitely a mistake to store more firewood."
"Father, I'll go with you!" Little Shitou, who had been bored at home for a long time, brought his little follower—the little roe deer—following behind his father.
When Yu Hai went out, Xiao Lian poked her head around the yard, carefully closed the door, then took off her shoes and got on the kang, went to Xiaocao's side, took out an ingot of five taels of ingot from her bosom, and quickly I stuffed it into my sister's hand, and said in a low voice:
"Put it away quickly, and don't let grandma and uncle see it! There are quite a lot of prey caught today, and yesterday's ones were sold for five taels of silver! Give it to our father, but let me keep it, don't you think it's strange?"
What's so strange about this? In the past when doing business with Zhenxiulou, Xiaocao always took the money into his own pocket. The big order of fifty taels last time was no exception, let alone five taels of small money
Xiaocao naturally put away the money, and asked casually, "Xiao Lian, is it worth being so happy just for these few taels of money?"
"What do you mean by 'just a few taels of silver'? Before today, the total number of copper coins that passed my hands was no more than ten. This is a lot of silver! Five taels of silver ingots!!" Xiaolian realized that her voice was loud After a while, he covered his mouth and looked out the window.
"Auntie is really annoying, and she wants to eavesdrop on our room again! I don't know if she heard what I said just now. If I learn to listen to our grandma, I will probably be in trouble again!" Seeing Li Shi holding a The broom, the more you sweep, the closer you get to Westinghouse. Seeing that the window here was open, he concealed himself and headed towards the chicken coop.
Yu Xiaocao didn't care about it and said: "If you hear it, you can hear it. What can we do? We owe grandpa a few taels of silver! Besides, I have to take medicine several times for my illness, and take good care of it so that I can recover from it. Falling to the root of the disease! What can this little money do?"
She deliberately lowered the volume of these few words, obviously speaking for Mrs. Li in the courtyard.
Mrs. Li waited for the window of the Westinghouse to be lowered, then straightened up, spat in the direction of the Westinghouse, and said, "Bah! A piece of money-losing product is like a treasure. A few liang of silver is enough to marry a wife, and now it's good." , have already filled the medicine jar in the second room. It’s a bottomless pit, it should be thrown to Nanpo when it’s born, and it’s a disaster to raise it!”
The south slope is in the south of Xishan, and it is a mass grave. Children in the nearby villages who died young, or died so violently that they could not enter the ancestral graves, were all buried there.
Mrs. Li was muttering behind her back, so of course she didn't dare to speak loudly, and the two sisters in the Westinghouse naturally didn't hear it. Xiao Lian was talking about her meeting with Zhenxiu Restaurant with great interest.
"Little sister, you don't know how funny it is. The young master of the Zhou family pulled me when he saw me, called me 'Xiaocao', and asked me if I was interested in a business. At that time, I was fooled. I was When I wanted to pretend to be you, my father sold me very honestly! Master Zhou heard that I and you were twins, his face was full of surprise, and he said, "Like, so much alike!" You didn't even know, at that time What a playful expression he has!"
Yu Xiaocao waited for her to have a good time chatting on twitter before saying, "Xiao Lian, don't tell me you have business to talk to me on Wednesday? Did you mention what kind of business it is?"
"That's not true! I probably found out that I'm not you, and I'm afraid that it would be useless to tell me. By the way, little girl! The oyster sauce specialties of Zhenxiu Restaurant really all learned from you? Dad said, it was the king of Hades who made a mistake. The compensation someone gave you. Let me hear what's going on!"
Yu Xiaocao knew that the part she made up would be known by the closest people sooner or later, so she polished the Hades Hell she made up and told Xiaolian like a story. He also told Xiao Lian not to speak out, lest others treat her as a monster.
Xiao Lian puffed her mouth, raised her eyebrows and said, "Didn't you not remember much when you woke up from the injury? Our good auntie, said everywhere outside, little girl, that you were imprisoned by a little ghost, and your soul is incomplete." I will forget the past. I also said that people with incomplete souls are the easiest to recruit little ghosts, and many girls in the village are scared away from me... "
Mrs. Liu was trembling with anger outside the door: Mrs. Li, gossiping everywhere and corrupting the second wife is not counted, but this time he actually made up such vicious words. If this gets out, what will the second girl say about her husband's family in the future? How frightened and helpless her poor girl was to be taken to the underworld by mistake!
Yu Xiaocao curled her lips in disdain and said, "Auntie's mouth was patted on the sole of a broken shoe! I'm not afraid of dying and going to tongue-pulling hell! Xiaolian, don't listen to her! I can't remember the past , maybe because of curiosity, I tasted Mengpo soup!"
"Little sister, is the Temple of the King of Yama scary? Does King Yama have four eyes and two mouths?" After all, Xiao Lian is only an eight-year-old child, and she is still full of curiosity about novel things.
Xiaocao pinched her small face that came close to her, and said with a smile: "The King of Hades is just the god in charge of life and death in the underworld. He looks similar to us, but looks more majestic. The Hall of King Hades is a magnificent hall, but the light is dim. It’s just a bit eerie. However, the eighteen floors of hell are really scary. I only saw the third floor, and I didn’t dare to look any further... But don’t be afraid, they are all for punishing the wicked.”
"En, um!" Xiao Lian nodded her head in conviction, but she thought in her heart: Uncle Niang and Brother Hei Zi always bully Mother and them, and they will definitely go to hell in the future.
Yu Xiaocao saw that Xiao Lian was convinced, turned her eyes, and continued: "I was in the Palace of the Underworld, and I saw the God of Wealth! Wearing bright red robes and a God of Wealth hat, he always had a smile on his face. I was playing chess with Hades. I heard that I was caught by mistake, so I smiled and touched my head, saying that it was my compensation... Sometimes some strange thoughts appear in my mind, maybe it is the God of Wealth Master instilled it?"
Xiao Lian suddenly let out an "ah" and whispered: "My sister has never been in the kitchen before, even sea oysters are rare, and she can make oyster sauce. Did the God of Wealth teach you? Then... Didn't my sister become the apprentice of the God of Wealth?"
Yu Xiaocao smiled and said nothing, in Xiao Lian's view, she was tacitly acquiescing.
"Then... will the God of Wealth bring us fortune? My little girl, when we have money, we can buy flour and steamed buns every day, and buy meat to make dumplings every day!" Xiaolian deliberately swallowed her saliva slightly exaggeratedly, and said: Made a cute face.
Liu held back her sadness and pushed the door in. She hugged the two Xiaocao sisters, sighed, and said, "Mother doesn't want to get rich, as long as Cao'er doesn't get sick, you can all grow up safely. Mother is satisfied!"
"Mother, you heard everything?" Yu Xiaocao was a little frustrated, she didn't want to worry this kind and loving mother.
"Silly boy, don't worry about things in your heart in the future, tell your mother. Although your mother has no skills, she will protect you brothers and sisters even if you risk your life!"
Mrs. Liu clearly felt that her little daughter was afraid of her worries and did not want her to know about the past, so she couldn't help but burst into tears. My weakest little daughter always thinks of her even when she is sick. Isn't she too incompetent as a mother? No, she must be strong and become a good mother that the children can rely on!
Well! The three main members of the family all accepted her slightly absurd statement. The main reason is that she is young, and the scene in the underworld is so vivid that people have to believe it.
Naturally, Mrs. Liu urged again. I am afraid that the two children will not know the importance of speaking out, which will bring unnecessary trouble to the second daughter.
Unknowingly, another two days passed. In the past two days, Yu Xiaocao, who was restricted from going out, has been thinking about the business that Young Master Zhou said. Being able to do business with the third young master of Huangshang Zhou's family can't be said to be absolutely sure of making money without losing money, but there is an 80% certainty.
In Xiaocao's heart, it was as if she had a kitten inside, scratching and scratching non-stop. Fortunately, Young Master Zhou didn't keep her waiting long this week, and came to the door on the third day.
The young master in Chinese clothes was riding a tall horse, followed by a well-dressed servant, and an old man in his fifties who looked very dignified, but it was obvious that the young man in Chinese clothes was the only one who looked after him. A group of people galloped into the village, making Dongshan Village boil in winter.
"Who is this?"
"How would I know? It's not for me."
"Looking for you? Just like you, no one wants to serve a urinal!"
"The young master who takes the lead is so handsome! It's better to be rich, the material on him is probably enough for us to spend for a year!"
"It's definitely a high-ranking official in the town! You can see that his attendants are all dressed more decently than the wealthy king in the neighboring village. I just don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing to come to our Dongshan Village."
"Whose family did he inquire about just now? Yu Hai's family? Yu Hai has been sending prey to the town for the past few days. Could it be that he offended a certain nobleman?"
"Don't be silly, Brother Dahai has a good temper, how could he cause trouble casually? Judging by the young master's expression, he doesn't look like he's here to find trouble. Don't think about it, wait for the person to leave, just go and inquire about it?"
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