Su Jinyao turned around again without giving up, but still didn't find a clue. Looking at the sky again, it was almost the time to make an appointment with the small city, so I hurriedly walked out of the bamboo forest and walked towards the mountain spring.

From afar, I saw that the small city was already waiting for me by the spring. Su Jinyao hurriedly walked over and said, "Xiaocheng'er, you've arrived." How are you today? ”

"Second sister, do you still care about our little water shop? How do I think you're coming out of the col? Xiao Cheng'er looked like a clever ghost, and deliberately put on an old-fashioned tone to question Su Jinyao.

Su Jinyao glanced back and found that she couldn't see the direction she came from at the height of the small city. Then he walked over and knocked a chestnut on Xiao Cheng'er's head, and said, "You dare to cheat me?" Are you easy to deceive or bully when you are the second sister? Honestly follow me home, remember what I taught you, my father and eldest sister asked, and said that I was with you all day today. ”

Xiao Cheng'er covered her head, showing a little grievance: "Second sister, how do you know that I am cheating on you?" I don't think you can go anywhere else except to find Daddy Gao's nephew. ”

Hearing Xiaocheng'er say this, Su Jinyao was very surprised. asked, "Then why do you say that I must go to find Daddy Gao's nephew?" ”

Xiao Cheng'er said seriously: "This doesn't need to be said, because that kid is handsome." ”

Seeing that Su Jinyao was silent, Xiao Cheng'er said proudly: "Second sister, Brother Changliang came to the house for dinner that day, didn't you bring back a shirt from Father Gao and his nephew to wash?" At dinner that day, you returned Brother Changliang's kindness, wasn't it all because of him? ”

Xiao Cheng'er's analysis made Su Jinyao not know how to defend for a while. But Su Jinyao has never been soft, and she has never been afraid of anyone. What's more, she and Xiaocheng'er are the closest, so she directly burst into the chest, and said, "You think your second sister is a person who only looks at the face?" The second sister's heart is big, not just anyone can see it. Your brother Changliang, I didn't take a fancy to it. ”

Xiao Cheng'er flattened his mouth and said: "Actually, there have been rumors in our village for a long time, saying that Daddy Gao's nephew is actually from the city and is a child of a rich family, otherwise he wouldn't be so good-looking with fine skin and tender meat." However, he is not the eldest son of the main house, but the concubine of the partial house. As a result, as soon as his mother died, he was not allowed to see the eldest lady of the family, so he was kicked out. I think it's not that the second sister thinks long-term and thinks about helping him snatch the family business back, and when the time comes, he is rich and good-looking, and the two of you will be compatible. ”

"Poof" Su Jinyao was almost angry and vomited blood by Xiao Cheng'er's words. I have to say, why is Xiaocheng'er's head melon so good? Well, no, it should be said that Xiaocheng'er's head melon has so many bloody plots. casually analyzed, and directed himself a house fight drama of his son-in-law and sister-in-law fighting for family property.

Su Jinyao raised her hand again. This time, seeing Xiao Cheng'er, she quickly covered her head, so she flipped her wrist and pulled Xiao Cheng'er's ears instead.

Xiao Cheng'er didn't dodge it, but Su Jinyao pulled her ears when she covered her head, so she had to say stupidly: "Second sister, you are so good, you use all those abilities on your brother, right?" Is this called 'the matter is exposed, and the shame becomes angry'? ”

"Yo, you've only learned a few words? I just learned to memorize a three-character scripture, so I dragged the text with me? Su Jinyao was laughed at by Xiao Cheng'er this time, and then said, "Okay, the second sister will tell you." I did go to the col to see Daddy Gao and his nephew. That's because he's sick and asked me to buy medicine for him. After all, no one in our village often goes to the city. ”

Xiao Cheng'er saw that Su Jinyao was serious, so he nodded and said, "So that's the case." But second sister, are you going to the city tomorrow? ”

"Of course, there's still business to be done." Su Jinyao said, "Let's go, if you don't go home, your father and eldest sister will have to worry." And your little black is also at home waiting for you to go back and feed him. ”

Hearing Su Jinyao mention the little goat Xiao Hei, Xiao Cheng'er suddenly came to his senses. He no longer asked Su Jinyao about going to see Gu Xuebin, but only urged Su Jinyao to go quickly, almost trotting all the way down the mountain.

When he got home, Su Xiangui's house was open to the courtyard window, and Su Xiangui looked out while weaving baskets. As soon as he saw Su Jinyao and Xiaocheng'er coming back, he greeted him with a smile: "Your eldest sister has gone grocery shopping, you wash your hands and face first, and dinner will take a while." ”

Xiao Cheng'er said: "It's just right, I took Xiao Hei to Aunt Niu's house to find a big sheep to feed." After saying that, Xiao Cheng'er led the little lamb out of the house.

Su Jinyao entered the door and asked, "Dad, are you thirsty?" Shall I pour you a glass of water to drink first? ”

"No need, your eldest sister will be ready for me when she goes out. Jinyao, come in and take a look, whether you like these baskets or not, I'll think of a few more styles when I go back, and I'll make them up for you. Then you pick and choose, and I'll make up more of which one you like. ”

When Su Jinyao entered Su Xiangui's house, she saw that there were already a lot of baskets on his clay kang. It's all the size Su Jinyao said before, but the style is different. There are oblate, tall, hexagonal pumpkin-style, and a few small animal shapes. Although the style looks very simple, the handiwork is very good, and each one is very small and exquisite.

Su Jinyao couldn't help but praise: "Dad, your handiwork is really ingenious." As he spoke, he picked up this and that, and said, "It's all good-looking, but it's too exquisite." ”

"Silly girl, isn't it good to be exquisite? Those who do handicrafts are meticulous, and they can't have a little flaw. Su Xiangui smiled on his face, knowing that Su Jinyao was praising herself in disguise.

Su Jinyao sat on the edge of the kang and said, "I'm just afraid that my father will be tired." Moreover, this kind of small basket is a rare picture for customers, and it may not be sold for a high price, so as long as the shape is good-looking and there are no burrs pricking the hands. The rest don't need to be too particular, the main thing is to have more. ”

After thinking about it, Su Jinyao said again: "It's better like this, I'll take these baskets with me first to see the market, and if it's good, I'll find someone to be an apprentice for my father." In this way, someone has helped my father, and I don't have to worry about running out of goods to sell. ”

Su Xiangui said: "Dad, the rough work of weaving baskets and baskets, and he is not a craftsman like carpenters and bricklayers, who is willing to come as an apprentice, it is almost the same to find a helper." However, if I find someone to help, I'm afraid that I will have to pay people's wages, so I'll do it myself. ”

Su Jinyao smiled: "Dad is wrong, if this is not craftsmanship, what is craftsmanship?" Do you have to be able to build a house and make furniture? I think my father's basket looks the best. In the future, the basket you made with your own hands will sell for a lot of money. ”

As he was talking, Sophie's voice came from the door: "Yo, Jinyao is back?" What about talking to Daddy? ”

As soon as Su Jinyao looked up, she saw Su Fei'er standing outside the window with a vegetable basket on her face, with a smile on her face, but her eyes were a little dim, her smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, and her smile was very unnatural.

Su Jinyao has always been sensitive, and she is good at figuring out people's hearts, so she can see at once that Su Fei'er probably has something on her mind. She turned to Su Xiangui and said, "Dad, you can rest, these baskets are enough, you don't have to rush to make them." I went to help my eldest sister cook. ”

"Okay, let's go. But you're tired all day, just pick the vegetables, and let your eldest sister cook the food. Su Xiangui still felt sorry for Su Jinyao, so he said.

Su Jinyao agreed, put down the basket in her hand and walked out. When I came to the kitchen, I saw Sophie squatting on the ground picking vegetables.

Su Jinyao took a small bench over, handed it to Sophie, moved the vegetable basket to her feet, and squatted down to pick vegetables.

Sophie took the small bench and was about to sit down, but seeing that Su Jinyao was still squatting, she pushed the bench back and said with a smile: "You can sit down." Didn't Dad say it all, you're tired all day? ”

"Eldest sister, do you have something on your mind?" Su Jinyao doesn't like to go around in circles. What's more, she felt that they were all family, and she had already regarded Sophie as a sister, so she asked directly.

Sophie was stunned, pursed her lips and lowered her head to pick vegetables, but did not answer.

Su Jinyao saw Su Fei'er like this, and knew that she had guessed correctly. Then he asked, "Eldest sister, you and I are sisters." If you have anything in your mind, you can talk to me and see if I can help you solve it? ”

"It's fine." Sophie said this, but she looked like she wanted to say something. In the end, he seemed to have made up his mind, and then asked: "Jinyao, eldest sister just wants to ask, why did my father give you the box left by my mother?" ”

"Huh?" Su Jinyao didn't expect that Su Fei'er was entangled in this, so she was stunned for a moment.

After a while, Su Jinyao said, "Actually, I asked my father for it." I used to be so stupid that I don't even remember what my mother looked like. So I asked my mother if there was anything left, I wanted to take a look, and I had a thought in my heart. Then I went and asked my father, and he showed me the box. There was nothing but a book. And that book is not the handwriting of some famous artist, it is a codex written by my mother. ”

Sophie pouted and said, "Jinyao, the eldest sister is not fighting with you for anything, but the eldest sister wants to remind you that we are girls after all, and we will marry in the future, and we are people with foreign surnames." Even if my mother left something behind, my father didn't give it to me, so it should be left to Cheng'er. Our family has such roots in the city. You can read this book, and you will return it to our city in the future? At least, you can't take it with you when you get married. ”

Hearing Sophie say this, Su Jinyao knew that she had done a little inconsiderate in this matter.

It stands to reason that this medical book was left by my mother, and it belongs to this family. Even if the eldest sister is illiterate, Xiaocheng'er is now beginning to read. If you show it to Xiao Cheng'er, with Xiao Cheng'er's cleverness, he may also become a famous doctor.

It's just that Su Jinyao has been thinking about her mother's concealment of her medical skills, and there must be something else hidden. Because I didn't want to cause trouble to this family, I didn't even say anything about Xiaocheng.

But now that Sophie asked again, she was still unhappy, and Su Jinyao didn't know what to do.

Let's make it clear, she is afraid that Sophie and Sioux City will not be able to take it. Because my mother knows how to heal, but even my father is trying his best to hide it.

If you don't make it clear, it's as if you're cheeky and monopolizing things at home.

Su Jinyao has always been straightforward, but it is the first time that she has been so nerve-wracking, and she feels that things are a little difficult to do.

But Su Jinyao's embarrassment, in Sophie's eyes, seemed to really want to monopolize the box and the books in the box. She thought to herself, maybe that book was really a treasure?

remembered that she was shopping for vegetables at Sister Qiuhong's house today, and told her about her father giving Su Jinyao a small box, and Sister Qiuhong blamed herself for not being literate.

Sister Qiu Hong also told Sophie: "Maybe that book is an ancient book, or it is from a famous artist, if it is sold in the city, it will be worth a lot of money." Besides, your second girl is not stupid now, but she's really shrewd. Didn't you say she could sell all the old things she picked up for a good price? Maybe there was some good thing about that book, so she thought about keeping it to herself. You don't want to think about it, if it weren't for a good thing, would your dad have been locked in a box for so many years? ”

Thinking about Su Jinyao being in a hurry to enter the city yesterday, the more Su Fei'er thought about it, the more aggrieved she became. She also frowned and pondered for a long time, and then said, "Jin Yao, you see if this will work." You take out that book and divide it into three points for our sister and brother, this is always something left by my mother, no one wants to forget my mother, I just want to leave a memory. ”

"Huh? How do you divide the book? Su Jinyao was a little stunned, she really didn't guess Sophie's mind this time, she didn't know that a Qiuhong had already blown a lot of wind in Sophie's ears outside.

Sophie said, "Doesn't that book have pages?" Sort by the number of pages. ”

Su Jinyao was anxious when she heard this. First of all, it is not to say whether the medical skills recorded in it can be passed on, and whether it is possible to expose the secrets of the mother's parents; Just tearing up the codex written by her mother was something that Su Jinyao couldn't accept.

Su Jinyao put down the dishes in her hand, stood up and looked at Su Fei'er and said, "Eldest sister, I don't know why you suddenly said that you wanted to divide that book, it was really an essay written by my mother." If you think books are our stuff, then I'll just borrow them and read them. After I read it, I returned it to my father, so that my father could keep it well. As for whether it will be for Xiaocheng'er in the future, let my father decide. But tear the book apart, I don't agree. ”

"Jinyao, how can you call it a point if you don't tear it apart? Besides, don't you get a copy of it too? "Sophie is illiterate, and of course she doesn't know that books are meant to be read together. In her mind, the pages of the book are like the head of the cloth, and the words on it are like patterns on the cloth.

But of course Su Jinyao wouldn't think so, a good medical book codex would be destroyed like this, and she would be distressed.

Gritting her teeth, Su Jinyao said: "Eldest sister, I don't know how you have the intention of dividing the book, but this book is written by my mother herself, and it can't be destroyed no matter what." If you insist on dividing it, I'll go to my father and tell you. If Dad agrees to divide it like this...... Then when I beg you, sell me your share. I want a full copy, and the remaining two copies are worth to see how much they are worth, and I am willing to give them out. ”

Su Fei'er was also stunned when she heard Su Jinyao directly say that she would spend money to buy it. I don't think it's a taste anymore. If she hadn't mentioned it today, would Su Jinyao have taken up the book and kept silent? How can you say that you have to spend money to buy it?

Sophie smiled crookedly and said, "Then let's talk to my father." Anyway, I think that our family is not separated, and everyone has a share in everything. It was you who started such a head first and took up what your mother left behind. The eldest sister doesn't care about you, she thinks that you shouldn't do this, and she can't give you the bottom of this forcible seizure. ”

Su Jinyao's eyes suddenly darkened, and she felt that what Su Fei'er said was excessive. The matter was obviously picked up by her first, and she said that she was going to divide the books, so why did she crook her mouth and say that she took the things in the house. And looking at Sophie's posture, it is clear that she was instigated by someone. Otherwise, with her temperament, she would not have the heart to find trouble with herself.

Su Jinyao sneered and said, "Sophie, let me ask you, why didn't you say anything when you saw me carrying the box back to the house last night?" Why did you go out and come back today, not the low-eyed appearance of yesterday? Did someone out there give you the idea to come to me for this book? Let me tell you, an outsider is an outsider after all, not his own sister. If you are still stupid and believe in outsiders and not in your own sisters, I can't get used to you. ”

Hearing Su Jinyao say that she couldn't get used to herself, Su Fei'er was stunned for a moment. Immediately, she also remembered Su Jinyao's ruthlessness towards herself before.

But this time, instead of being afraid, Sophie was even more angry in her heart, and sneered: "You really haven't been used to me, talking to your eldest sister, you have always shouted and instructed, and I haven't seen you respect me as a sister that time." If you really have my eldest sister in your heart, why shouldn't you be in front of the whole family when you ask your father for a book? Why are you still thinking carefully, you have to say that you are going to wash your father's feet? I'm happy for my father, so I'm asking for something, right? Isn't it the same today, I'm going to buy groceries, and I'm going to cook when I come back. But what about you, when you come back early, you talk to your father in the house. Don't think I don't know your mind, you said that Dad is clever, coaxing Dad to make a basket for you, and then sell it for a big price when you turn around. ”

Su Jinyao blinked her eyes, she really didn't expect Sophie to say such a thing. She asked rhetorically, "Shouldn't I be right to sell baskets?" Am I not making money for this family? ”

"yes, how much did you earn? We said at the beginning that whoever earned the money was the family's money and would be handed over to my father for safekeeping. But what about you? A mind to save private money, right? ”

"What money have I saved? Sophie, you're tired of your good life, wondering what kind of moth you are up? You see, there is no good fruit to eat in a fight with me. "Su Jinyao is not a threat, but she is about to lose her fire.

"I didn't want to fight you, and I can't beat you." After Sophie finished speaking, she sneered and said, "Don't think I don't know, you have quietly saved a few taels of silver." ”