Chapter 6: Money in Your Pocket

Here, Huiya saw that Mrs. Dong's eyes were shining, full of expectation and joy, but Mama Zheng felt that this Mrs. Dong was too strong, and she was so ruthless to her own children, if she couldn't wake up one day with her eyes closed, what would her own Miss Huiya do!

Thinking like this, Mama Zheng felt more and more that the matter of sending the letter to the capital was imminent, and she gently patted Huiya's back at the moment, seeing that she was not frightened, and hurriedly went to find the soft package.

Although Mama Zheng simply cleaned up in this room, it was still very dilapidated, with a kang, a board cabinet, and a brocade quilt. And in this thing at a glance, there is no small burden that Mama Zheng thought of containing all the soft baggage of herself and the young lady.

"This ......" Mama Zheng was a little stunned at the time, that little burden contained almost all of the current little lady's net worth, if she lost it, the consequences would be unimaginable!

She rushed to the kang head in a hurry, and saw that there was only a half-new kang mat on the bare kang head, and there was no trace of a small burden, only that her brain was buzzing, and she couldn't even stand on her feet. I remember that when I went out to make wontons in the morning, this little burden was still on the kang head, when did it disappear?

When Huiya came back to her senses from her thoughts, she saw Mama Zheng standing on the edge of the kang, her face was a little bad, and she hurriedly walked up to Mama Zheng and looked at her worriedly, "Mama, are you okay?" ”

"Little Miss...... Old Slave ...... The old slave ......" Mama Zheng looked at Huiya's white little face, shining apricot eyes, although no facial features were fully opened, but she already had the appearance of a beautiful embryo, and she couldn't help but cry, "The old slave can't help but miss it, the little burden with the soft is gone, I'm afraid it will be taken away!" ”

To say that before today, Mama Zheng still dared to put a big family on the shelf of the Dong family, and after seeing the force value of Mrs. Dong, Mama Zheng was a little afraid to show the little abacus in her heart. It was the little burden that was taken away by the Dong family, and Mama Zheng didn't dare to ask for it back, even if her old bones were beaten, it was nothing, but what should she do with her delicate little lady?!

"Mama don't cry, that little burden has been hidden by me!" Mama Zheng's tears made Huiya feel uncomfortable in her heart, for fear that Mama Zheng in this life would die early because of weakness like in her previous life. After hearing the reason for Mama Zheng's tears, Huiya's heart suddenly relaxed, looked at the three mothers and sons of the Dong family who were still making noise outside the window, and whispered in Mama Zheng's ear.

"Zang...... Hidden? When Mama Zheng heard this, the panic and helplessness that surged in her heart just now seemed to be frozen all of a sudden, and a look of ecstasy flashed in her eyes, "It's so good, it's so good!" ”

"Mama, don't make a noise, the sons and daughters of the Dong family are very black, we have to hide our things well, or they will turn them over, or they will not come back!" People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads, Huiya has already rolled in her heart thousands of times, and she is already cooked to the bones.

Now although he and his grandmother have silver in their hands, they are old and young, and their bodies are weak and have some scars, not to mention Dong Da and Dong Da Niang, I am afraid that even Dong Taoshu and Dong Taohua can't beat them. At this time, it is natural that you can't just think about your own momentary gains and losses, but also think about the long term.

Huiya thought so, so she pulled out the little burden from the brocade quilt roll, and comforted Mama Zheng softly.

"Okay, good ......" Mama Zheng naturally knew that what Huiya said was right, and nodded silently with tears in her eyes, and the pity for her little lady in her heart was even better. Miss Huiya is only eleven years old, and under this sudden change, she has more ideas than herself, and it is really rare to know how to protect your property.

Mama Zheng took Huiya two at the moment, and divided the property in the small burden into three parts, one was hidden by Mama Zheng, one was hidden by Huiya, and the other was still in the small baggage, as the property of the two on the bright side, saving the small burden and suddenly disappearing, which will arouse the vigilance of the Dong family.

However, the place in the house is really small, and the property that Mama Zheng is going to hide is ready to wait for when she goes out, and then she will take it outside to find a place to bury it. And Hui Ya was given mostly small things, so she thought about when she would sew them into her clothes with a needle and thread.

The two of them were busy dividing their things, and before they could say anything, they heard the movement outside suddenly became smaller, and looked out through the crack in the window, and saw that Mrs. Dong seemed to be tired from beating the child, and stood in place panting.

Huiya knew that this was Mrs. Dong who was angry, and it was time to make amends for herself and Mama Zheng. I was busy telling Mama Zheng to hide good things, but after a while, I saw Mrs. Dong holding Dong Taoshu's ear, followed by Dong Taohua, and entered the West House with a ashamed face.

"Don't kneel yet!" After Mrs. Dong pulled Dong Taoshu's ears and entered the house, she kicked Dong Taoshu's leg and said hatefully.

"Yikes!" Hui Ya didn't expect Mrs. Dong to be so cruel to her own son, she was very shocked, and couldn't help but exclaim softly. However, what surprised Huiya even more was that in her long memory, although Mrs. Dong was strict with herself, she did not really beat herself, which seemed to be different from the Mrs. Dong in front of her.

"Mama Zheng, I'm really embarrassed to ......" Mrs. Dong rubbed her hands and nodded to Mama Zheng and said, "The head child in the family is not sensible, so he stole the breakfast you made for the little lady...... Or...... Or I'll ...... the money you gave me."

When Mrs. Dong said this, it was very difficult, not because of anything else, but because of the one or two pieces of silver given by Mama Zheng, which was good for the next month's house money and food expenses.

One or two pieces of silver is not a small amount of property for the people in the mountains, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the hares and pheasants in the mountains, even if they are cleaned up and sold in the town dozens of miles away, a pound of meat is only ten cents. These two pieces of silver can buy more than 100 catties of meat, and if you put it in the house, you can pile up a pile like a hill, and you will soon catch up with a wild boar.

Ordinary bud rice noodles, sorghum rice and the like, one pound is only two or three cents, and the rations bought by one or two silvers are almost enough for their families to eat for half a year. Rice and white flour are only seven or eight yuan per catty, even if they are good, one catty is ten cents, and you can buy more than 100 catties.

Thinking of being able to buy so much silver to eat, just because the two loser children were greedy and wanted to be returned, Mrs. Dong's heart was dripping blood, her hands trembled slightly, her lips were squirming, but she couldn't say the words to return the silver.

"It's just that children are greedy, why scare children so much!" Although Mama Zheng is not very bold, she has been in a big family for so many years, so she naturally knows what this lady Dong is thinking in her heart, and she doesn't mention the matter of silver at all, she hurriedly pulls Dong Taoshu up from the ground and says gently.

"The children have also been beaten, so let's leave it at this today." Mama Zheng said with a smile, although she was very disapproving of Mrs. Dong in her heart, she couldn't really tear her face, "Little Miss is still hungry, if there is anything to eat at home, let's get some food first, and let Dong Da go out with me in a while, we still have a carriage in the mountains, and there is a whole dead horse next to the carriage!" ”

As soon as Mama Zheng's words came out, the eyes of the Dong family present lit up.