Yuan Yuan saw that Xiao Yao was holding the red envelope and not putting it away, and was still playing with it in his hand, so he hurriedly persuaded him to put it up and not to be found in his hand.

"Yuan Yuan, do you know why I say poor and happy?"

"Trapped in the middle of this fruit lake, you can't leave, do you still have the heart to say witty things here? You have never been poor, of course you will say that you are poor and happy. ”

Although Yuan Yuan couldn't see the panic on the surface, her heart was very anxious at this time. Seeing that Xiao Yao still had the heart to joke, she glanced at him angrily. But Xiao Yao didn't see it, and then said:

"We can't go away, we don't have the slightest way now, it's not something we can care about, it's better to chat and have fun here." ”

Xiao Yao's biggest advantage is that he can be at peace with what happens, and he doesn't think much about things that don't belong to him to worry about.

"Once upon a time, there was a poor man who worked in the landlord's house, and after doing farm work every day, he would hum a little song and go in and out of the landlord's compound, and he was very happy. On the other hand, the landlord's mother-in-law was very angry when she saw that her husband was always counting her daily income and expenses with a sad face. ”

Xiao Yao said this, paused deliberately, and saw that Yuan Yuan had been aroused, and continued:

The landlord's wife scolded the landlord and said, look at you, the family does not worry about food and clothing, and there is countless money, but you sigh all day long. Don't you look at it, we are family workers, tired and tired all day long, there is no penny in our pockets, and we have been singing all those little days, so you can't learn from him?"

The landlord listened to it and was not convinced, and replied that he was full alone, and the whole family was not hungry, where was it like me, to take care of this and think about that, the harvest was not good, and to think about saving food and frugality, and the harvest was good, and he was worried about raising rent and raising interest rates, and handed over additional money. I am working hard, and he is calling him poor and happy. ”

The landlord's wife was even more unconvinced, so the landlord said to her, "If you don't believe me, I'll try to show you, as long as he has ten oceans, he will not be happy." When the landlord's wife heard this, she became more and more unbelievable, this has no money and is happy and free every day, and there are ten oceans, then he is not happy like a fairy?"

The landlord no longer debated with his wife, and he took advantage of the fact that Changgong was going out, and secretly came to Changgong's residence, and buried ten oceans in the rice fence of his house. When the long-term worker returned, he asked him to load some rice to grind rice. ”

Changgong readily agreed, but when he came to pick up the rice, he found the ten oceans. He was stunned for a moment, thinking that this ocean must have been accidentally dropped in by the owner when he was inspecting the rice, and he wanted to tell the owner, but he felt that he had worked here for so many years, and he did not have two oceans of savings. Where are you willing to give up this flying windfall?"

Changgong became greedy for a while, so he secretly concealed these ten oceans. He silently took the rice to grind the rice, and he didn't have the heart to sing anymore. In the evening, he collected ten pieces of ocean everywhere, feeling that it was not safe to put it here, and it was not safe to put it there. ”

"When he went out to the farmland during the day, the ocean was in his pocket, and the sound of his walk was so frightened that he hurriedly sent the ocean back to the rice fence to hide. When I come back at night, I take it out and put it under my pillow to sleep. That is, from that day on, the landlord's wife never heard the song of the long-term worker again. ”

Xiao Yao finished telling this story in one go, but Yuan Yuan was angry, which was obviously referring to Sang scolding Huai, saying that she didn't dare to take the red envelope home.

"Xiao Yao, you're too bad, I'll let you help collect the money, you just make up a story to laugh at me, I don't want the money. ”

"Whether you want it or not is yours, I will keep it for you first, and when you get married, I will buy you a dowry, even if it is my brother's dowry for my sister. Hahaha, it also saves me more money. ”

"What sister? beautiful to you, I know, you are a year younger than me, if you want to be a sister, how can there be any disorder between the young and the old, regardless of size?"

Xiao Yao was speechless for a while, his feelings for his own bottom had been found out by her, and he didn't know her bottom yet, and he was pinched to death now, but he still quibbled:

"You look smaller than me, you're not as tall as me, why are you a sister? Forget it, I don't care about you, I don't let you call me little master, it's cheap for you, let's all call each other by name." ”

Xiao Yao looked at the petite Yuan Yuan in front of him, and felt that it was really difficult to call her sister, or it was better to keep it as it was.

"Brother Xiao, it's time for dinner. However, for the sake of everyone's follow-up, the captain will have porridge tonight, and it will be rationed, one bowl per person. ”

Just when Xiao Yao and Yuan Yuan were talking enthusiastically, Qin Manjiang came over and asked them to go to dinner, his mouth full of apologies.

He didn't talk about dinner, Xiao Yao didn't feel hungry yet, he said this, Xiao Yao was really hungry, after all, he didn't eat a little bit at noon, but when he heard that it was just porridge and rationing, the boss in his heart was not happy.

"What do you captains mean, don't you have food on board?"

"Alas...... We set out on the boat, and each time we basically prepared an extra day's food according to the destination. For example, if you go to Wuyang Town, you can arrive in one day, and prepare food for two days at most. ”

When Xiao Yao heard Qin Manjiang say this, his heart was half cold. The mystery revealed in these words does not mean that it is possible that you will not be able to return to Wuyang Town tomorrow.

But Xiao Yao didn't ask, he didn't want Yuan Yuan to be in a hurry. Silently followed Qin Manjiang to the cafeteria, drank a bowl of porridge that could see people's faces, and returned to the cabin depressed.

"Xiao Yao, what should we do at night? I'm so scared. ”

After arriving at the cabin for a while, Yuan Yuan could no longer control her fear, and had to tell Xiao Yao what she felt in her heart.

"It's okay, I'm here. ”

"Brother Xiao, you two will rest in my room at night, and the captain and I will take turns on duty, so we will sleep with him. ”

Faced with Qin Manjiang's words coming in, Xiao Yao was furious.

"What do you mean? You can't sleep in this bed, and you let me sleep with her? Even if you can sleep, you can't arrange it like this, right? Don't you know my relationship with her?"

"Know, know, she's your apprentice's sister-in-law. However, there were no extra beds in this ship, only me and the captain's room were separate, and the other large room was collective, all the same small beds, who knew that they would freeze in the fruit lake. ”

Seeing that Xiao Yao was really angry, Qin Manjiang was very frightened. But what can be done? Space on the ship was tight, and the beds were only big enough for one person to lie down, and he couldn't imagine this.

"Xiao Yao, don't embarrass Brother Qin, he took us with good intentions. It's unthinkable for such a thing to happen, and you can't blame him. ”

Xiao Yao waved his hand at Qin Manjiang weakly, he knew that he was too impatient just now. When Qin Manjiang left, Yuan Yuan looked at Xiao Yao and smiled.

"You're still smiling? I warn you, it's winter, and it's not fun to sit overnight in the middle of this frozen lake. ”

"Of course I want to laugh, just now I said scared, I was worried that you would leave at night, leaving me alone. Well, now you have nowhere to go, and even sitting here all night is better than me sleeping alone and being afraid. ”

The prescription is different, and everyone thinks differently. Xiao Yao couldn't help it, so he turned around and went to find Qin Manjiang. Ask him to bring the kerosene stove for the hot pot in the cafeteria, and bring a small bucket of spare oil.

Qin Manjiang thought that Xiao Yao hadn't eaten enough porridge at night, and now he wanted to cook some private goods to eat, so he reminded him not to let others find out. Because the captain said that all private goods and food must be handed over, and arrangements will be made in a unified manner, and everyone must tide over the difficulties together.

Xiao Yao ignored him, how could he have private goods, he knew that he was trapped, so he bought more with him, but now it's good, he doesn't even have a candy in his pocket. There is no "regret medicine" in the world, and it is difficult to buy money "I knew it earlier", so he took the kerosene stove angrily and returned to the cabin.

Yuan Yuan saw Xiao Yao coming in with a small kerosene stove, he didn't know what he was going to do, and watched Xiao Yao's every move curiously.

Xiao Yao closed the small hatch, squatted on the ground, removed the bracket for the pot on the kerosene stove, and directly exposed a circle of burning cotton cores inside, he used a match to light each cotton core, and more than a dozen cotton cores burned together.

"This space is small, and you can make do with this heating, and a bald person is better than nothing. ”

Xiao Yao said as he took his schoolbag, put it under his buttocks, and sat on the small stove. Yuan Yuan also left the bed and wanted to sit down.

"You go to bed and go to bed first, and when you wake up, I'll go to sleep." ”

"I can't sleep this night, so I'll talk to you first. ”

Yuan Yuan couldn't bear Xiao Yao sitting on the floor alone, she didn't want to get up early alone, she was too unsatisfactory.

"If you can't sleep, you can lie down, it's warmer, I'll sit here and read a book." ”

Xiao Yao was in a more depressed mood and didn't have the heart to chat, so he sent Yuan Yuan to bed early. Yuan Yuan thought about it, he went to bed early and got up early, so that Xiao Yao could also go to bed as soon as possible. Thinking of this, Yuan Yuan didn't say much, and was about to strip and go to bed.

"You wait. ”

Xiao Yao got up with a bone. He came to the bedside, first shook off the quilt, shook it vigorously on his hand a few times, then handed it to Yuan Yuan to hold, and then went to check whether the sheets were clean, and then dusted the small bed back and forth several times with his hands. It wasn't until he felt satisfied that he let Yuan Yuan lie down and sleep.

This series of actions warmed Yuan Yuan's heart, it was a girl, and she would be grateful to Xiao Yao for such meticulous care.

After doing all this, Xiao Yao didn't speak, returned to the kerosene stove by himself, took out a book, sat down again, and read the book seriously.

Yuan Yuan looked at the fire reflecting Xiao Yao's face, and an indescribable feeling appeared in his heart.

Time back to Xiao Yao Soon after they got on the boat and set off, Ding Heimo inquired all the way and found the dock of the Su family brothers, and when he learned that Xiao Yao had left by boat, the regret in his heart was not to mention.

"It's all my fault, if only I had come earlier, it's too late now. ”

"If you have something to say, you can say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go. What the hell are you looking for my little master?"

Su Laosan was not polite to Ding Heimo, he knew the grievances between Xiao Yao and him, and when he saw him coming to Xiao Yao, he didn't give him a good look.