When the spring seasonal vegetables came down, he was really shocked by the account. One winter, he not only earned back the funds that Uncle Yu lent him, but also used the money to buy donkey carts, and earned more than three hundred taels of silver.
Before he could rest for a few days, the early-ripening watermelons on Uncle Yu's village ripened again, and a new round of busy work began. Watermelons can be sold until the end of summer and into autumn, and grapes, pears, and apples, which the Yu family can't eat, are on the market again. Immediately afterwards, the busyness of Xinyi*shed vegetables and fruits...
Now is the time to sell vegetables and fruits in the greenhouse. Every day, a cart of fresh vegetables and fruits is sold out before noon, and there are still many people who have made an appointment to pick up the goods in the afternoon. No, Zhuang Xiaomo drove his little black donkey to replenish a cart when there was no one in the shop just after noon. Unexpectedly, Xiaocao came back at this time.
Yu Hai hadn't seen his little girl for almost half a year, and he was worried and missed her at the same time. At the end of autumn, someone from central Beijing came to report the good news, saying that the youngest daughter was granted the title of princess because of her meritorious service in saving the eldest prince during the autumn hunt. Everyone else only saw the glory that the little girl earned for them, but they didn't know the worries of being a father.
There are so many masters around the eldest prince, if the credit for saving the prince falls to Cao'er, how dangerous is it, and how urgent is the situation? The youngest daughter is defenseless. I don't know if she was frightened or hurt? She always reports good news but not bad news, how can a parent not worry about it
In the past few months, Yu Hai and Liu Shi have been tossing and turning at night and couldn't sleep. If it wasn't for the people in the vegetable shed, the couple would have packed their luggage and rushed to the capital to have a look. Fortunately, the youngest daughter is caring, and soon sent a letter, saying that she will come back in the twelfth lunar month, and spend a lively reunion year with her family. The couple forcibly resisted the idea of going to the capital, and anxiously waited for the arrival of the twelfth lunar month.
Hearing the faint and clear voice of the little daughter in the cold wind, and looking up to see the distant figure of the little daughter, the couple could no longer bear the longing and anxiety in their hearts. Yu Hai smiled apologetically at Zhuang Xiaomo, before taking off his gloves and sleeves, he went up to his little daughter who had turned into the entrance of Zhuangzi. In order not to delay the client's business, Mrs. Liu called her father-in-law and eldest son over, and they weighed the scale and kept the accounts one by one. Then she followed the man with peace of mind and hurried to her youngest daughter.
"Father!" Yu Xiaocao jumped off the horse, and a suckling swallow threw herself into the warm and familiar embrace of her father.
"Slow down, slow down!" Yu Hai watched in horror as his little daughter jumped off such a high horse, and hurried up to catch the little girl's petite body that was rushing towards her.
Touching his little daughter's cold face and red nose from the cold, Yu Hai said distressedly: "It's winter, why did you come back on horseback? How nice it is to come back by car, it's warm and comfortable..."
"The car ride is too slow, I want to see my father and mother sooner!" Yu Xiaocao saw Liu Shi running over panting, and turned towards her. Hugging her mother's soft body, she couldn't help rubbing against her like a baby.
Mrs. Liu nodded her little head, and said angrily, "You! Parents don't know how to run away. What does it matter if we see each other sooner or later? If it's freezing, parents won't feel bad—oh, this little hand and ice It’s like a bed, it’s icy cold. Come on, come in with your mother to warm up. The kang is always burning!”
Mrs. Liu took her daughter's little hand, and kept putting the cold little paw to her mouth, breathing hot air. Yu Hai took off the gloves, held his daughter's other little paw with his big warm hand, rubbed it non-stop, and it became warm after a while.
The largest courtyard in Zhuangzi is where the Yu family lives. Simple courtyard shape, three main rooms, two wing rooms on the left and right. Yu Hai and his wife led their youngest daughter into their room and asked her to sit on the kang with her boots off. Seeing the four girls, their faces were flushed from the cold and their lips were blue, Liu Shi also said: "There are not so many rules in the countryside, you guys should go to the kang to keep warm."
Wutong and Yingchun have the experience of sitting on the same kang with their masters. Chunhua and Qiushi have undergone strict training, and they have a strong sense of master and servant. No matter what, they don't want to go to the kang, and they are only willing to sit on the edge of the kang with a pony .
Wu Tong saw the stubborn appearance of the two of them, and persuaded him: "There are no earth dragons and warm walls in the house here, only a hot kang to keep warm. If you are sick from cold, you can't serve the master, let alone worry about it. King Yangjun If he was there, he wouldn't say anything."
Yu Xiaocao hugged the warm hand stove, raised her eyes pretending to be angry and said: "Chunhua, Qiushi! If you recognize me as the master, come up and sit! Otherwise, when you return to Beijing in the spring, you will still return to Beijing. Hidden guards! I can't handle slaves who don't listen to their master's orders!"
When Chunhua and Qiushi heard this, they knelt down in panic and pleaded guilty. The hidden guards who were sent back either committed an unforgivable mistake, or were caught betraying their master. Its fate can be imagined!
Mrs. Liu came over with two bowls of ginger syrup. Seeing the two girls kneeling on the cold ground, she hurriedly persuaded them: "Cao'er, even if they are wrong, you can't let them just kneel like this! Let them get up, be careful!" Frozen knees."
"Go back to the dark guard, or obey orders unconditionally, you choose one!" Yu Xiaocao took the ginger syrup from her mother's hand, and drank it all in one gulp. After drinking the warm ginger syrup into his stomach, there was a hint of sweat on his temples.
Chunhua and Qiushi expressed that they would obey their master's orders. Yu Xiaocao pointed to the vacant place on the kang, and said, "Okay, let you come up and sit down now, won't you keep pushing?"
The two maidservants looked at each other, obediently got up and got on the kang, and sat with their legs tucked up at the end of the kang. A faint smile appeared on Yu Xiaocao's face, and she said, "Erya, pass the ginger syrup in your hand to the two elder sisters. Drink it while it's hot to relieve the cold!"
Wu Tong pursed his lips and smiled to see the two obediently took the rough porcelain bowl, poured it in a few mouthfuls, and drank the ginger syrup in his hand, saying: "Of course there is no need to doubt the loyalty of the two of you, but you must recognize your own Status, whether it is the servant of the king of Yang County or our young lady. Following the young lady, one must naturally obey the young lady's orders. Our young lady is kind and generous, and the rules are not so strict. As long as you do your job well, you don't have to be trembling at ordinary times .”
Chunhua and Qiushi nodded and thanked her for the suggestion. Not long after, Mrs. Liu brought two plates of dim sum, put them on the kang table, and said to them: "It's been a long journey, let's eat some dim sum first. There are small pheasants stewed in the pot, so eat early and rest early at night." , I will go back to Dongshan Village with you tomorrow."
Seeing Madam turning around and entering the kitchen, Yingchun hurriedly got off the kang, put on thick fur boots and chased after her, "My skills are not as good as Madam's, so it's okay to lay hands on me."
Mrs. Liu shook her head at her, pushed her into the room, and said: "No need, our family rules are not so strict, let's talk about it after you get back to the room and get warm enough!"
"Then... the servant will help Madam to light the fire! It's much warmer in front of the stove than on the kang, and the servant has taken advantage of it!" Yingchun smiled happily, making Liu Shi unable to refute.
Yu Xiaocao was protected by the Sky-Mending Stone along the way, but she didn't feel too cold. When the girls drank water every day, she added spirit stone liquid, and there was nothing serious about her body, and she soon became warmer. Seeing Madam working in the kitchen in person, the maids couldn't sit still. Helpless, none of the four of them passed the cooking skills, so they had to follow up in the kitchen to do some manual work of washing and cutting vegetables. Mrs. Liu thought they were in the way and kicked them out.
Yu Xiaocao rolled up her sleeves, took the spoon by herself, made a boiled fish fillet, spicy chicken diced and pepper paste, and ate them hot and warm in her stomach. The four maids felt quite panicked, it was really treason to ask the master to cook for them. Back in the capital, they practiced their cooking skills hard. Although their cooking was not as good as that of the cook at home, they could still eat it. This is something.
After living in Zhuangzi for a few days, Xiaocao saw that the sales volume of vegetables in the greenhouse in Tanggu was no worse than that in the capital. The vegetables sold in wholesale every day amounted to tens of thousands of catties, which means that there were several thousand taels of income in a day. It is estimated that Yu Xiaocao herself is not very clear about the Yu family's family background.
In the past few days, Yu Xiaocao and four maidservants have also followed to help, Chunhua Qiushi and the two are worthy of martial arts practitioners, their strength is stronger than that of a mature laborer, and they can easily pick up a basket of more than 100 catties of vegetables. The eyes of a group of men dropped in shock. Wutong and Yingchun cooperated with them, one watched the scales and the other settled accounts. The cooperation was quite tacit, which saved Yu Hai's family a lot of trouble.
As the days approached the Spring Festival, Mrs. Liu completely freed up her hands and handed over the work to Yingchun girl. She took her daughter and the remaining girls to frantically buy new year's goods. This year, my youngest daughter finally came back to celebrate the reunion at home, so I have to prepare well for the new year.
In fact, vegetables, melons and fruits are ready-made at home, and chicken, duck and fish can be bought in the village, and there is not much to buy. However, shopping is a woman's nature. Every day when the mother and wife go out empty-handed, they will come back with big bags. Chunhua and Qiushi have become veritable bag-carriers, and they are full of New Year’s goods every day, and they return with a full load.
On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, Mrs. Liu returned to Dongshan Village with her daughter and a donkey cart full of new year's goods.
When Yu Xiaocao came back this time, she didn't put on any pretense of being a county lord or princess, she was easy going, and the villagers were much more enthusiastic when they saw her. Seeing familiar faces, enthusiastic smiles, and unforgettable local accents, Yu Xiaocao sometimes felt that this simple and unpretentious life might be what she wanted. Prosperity, wealth, gold and silver treasures cannot buy family affection, sincerity, and simple nostalgia...
"Little Grass!" Liu Huifang is already a slim cardamom girl. She just accompanied her father to deliver a cart of eggs to the egg-changing workshop. She didn't expect to meet her little girlfriend at the entrance of the village. Now Liu Shuanzhu's family is a professional chicken farmer. There are thousands of chickens in the family. Although the hens don't like to lay eggs after winter, they can save a lot of eggs every few days and sell them to Zhou's workshop. It's also a good job.