Chapter Twenty-Five: The Day of No Money
"This son, I don't have time to accompany you to the mountains and rivers, my family is poor, do you still have a lot to do." As he spoke, he ran home regardless of Pei Yan's words behind him.
Seeing his son-in-law's gloomy face, Chu Yi silently shrunk his neck.
He swore he definitely didn't mean to.
"The first year of junior high school, I'm almost finished reading the books in that room." Pei Yan sighed, looked at the petite figure who was leaving quickly, and spoke softly.
Hearing this, Chu Yi's eyes widened, and he only felt that he was unlucky, "Childe, don't, I was wrong......"
Every time Childe said this, he was going to copy those books, and seeing Childe so angry, he was afraid that he would have to copy dozens of books.
It's over, his hand is gone.
"Well, then you should help even more." After saying this, Pei Yan also left.
Chu Yi, who was stunned in place, quickly came back to his senses and quickly followed, only to say that he really owed something, and he shouldn't have reached out just now.
Qiao You, who returned home, put the dishes and chopsticks on the table and went back to the house, Qiao Ying followed and came back from Aunt Li's house, and when she saw that her sister's clothes were wet, her round eyes were stunned, and she was worried. "Sister, did you fall into the river?"
Hearing this, Qiao You frowned, thought of that delicate face, and gritted his teeth, "Don't say it, I'm suffering from a neuropathy." ”
"Huh?" Qiao Ying didn't understand her words, and her little face was a little puzzled.
Took out two clothes from the wardrobe and closed them quickly, Qiao You couldn't help but yawn, this weather is still spring, and it is naturally uncomfortable to fall in the water.
"Sister, I'll go get you ginger soup." Qiao Ying said this and immediately went to the kitchen.
"Thank you Xiaoying, then you help my sister make ginger soup, and my sister will help you make some delicious food." Looking at the ten-year-old doll playing with ginger in the kitchen, Qiao You's heart warmed a little inexplicably.
In this rural area, it is common for ten-year-old dolls to do it, after all, they are all poor families, and naturally they can't support a young lady.
Just no matter how she looked at it, she felt distressed, this little girl was as thin as a bamboo pole.
"Ahh She sneezed, rubbed her itchy nose, and went to the warehouse to find rice and noodles.
The family didn't have any savings, her father sold the tavern and lost money to Zhang Ping, and left one or two pieces of silver, and in the past few days, he bought some rice and noodles and tools to work in the field, and there were only two dollars of silver left.
There is not much rice in the jar, and if it goes on like this, their Qiao family will probably have to go out to beg for food.
When Qiao Youfu came back in the evening, he kept listening to Qiao You's sneezing.
"Xiaoyou, what's wrong with you?" The weather outside is also good, and looking at the thick clothes on her body, why do you keep sneezing?
"Dad, my sister had a nervous breakdown today, and then fell into the river." Qiao Ying replied honestly.
Qiao You: "......"
As soon as he heard this, Qiao Youfu panicked, and subconsciously thought that someone had bullied his daughter, and immediately slapped the table and shouted, "Which person who is not long-sighted dares to bully my daughter, Xiaoyou, you tell your father, which bastard in the village, Dad is going to beat him." ”
"I'll go too, beat that bastard." Qiao Ying also followed to help.
Looking at this big and stingy appearance, Qiao You couldn't help but sneer, he didn't tell the truth, no, you think too much, it's just that the road is crowded, and when I let the way, my feet slipped, and I fell into the water. ”
"That's good." Qiao Youfu breathed a sigh of relief and thought about it, his daughter is not easy to bully now, and if she is bullied, she will not hold back.
The meal was on the table, it was still pickled vegetables and white rice porridge, Qiao Ying sandwiched a piece with chopsticks, her little face wrinkled, and finally put it in her mouth.
Qiao Youfu saw the appearance of the two daughters in his eyes, and suddenly felt uncomfortable tight, "Girl, I will go and sell a few bottles in the warehouse in two days, and buy you some meat to eat." ”
Those vases were brought back from the tavern last time, and there were originally more than a dozen of them, but unfortunately they were all smashed by Zhang Ping's bastards.
There are only five or six left, and it can be worth two taels of silver, the last time I passed by a shop, I originally wanted to be it, but people only gave one or two silver, he felt that he was losing, so he didn't want to sell.
Now that there is almost no rice to eat in the house, he can only sell that thing.
Xiaoying said with a smile, "No, dad should buy rice, let's eat pickles." ”
Qiao You nodded and did not speak.
Seeing his two daughters like this, he felt even more uncomfortable, and without saying a word, he skipped the soup in the bowl and drank it, lowered his head, and wiped the tears on his face.
"Dad, I also want to go to the city tomorrow, you can take me Xiaoying with you." It's not a way to make a living just by selling the vases in the house, and one day after eating, there is nothing in the house to sell.
She had to figure out a way to make money.
Qiao Youfu thought she wanted to buy something, so she agreed without saying a word.
For the whole night, Qiao Ying was very excited, she had never been to the city before.
Seeing the little girl picking up the gray clothes in the wardrobe, Qiao You didn't speak, thinking about things in her heart.
In the morning, Qiao Ying got up early and put on the clothes she had picked out last night, although they were coarse cloth clothes, but they were rusted with pink flowers, which was already the most beautiful dress of the little girl.
The two men rode the village's ox cart to the top of the town.
"Dad, you take Xiaoying, I'll come when I go."
"Okay, you go, Xiaoying and I are waiting for you at the city gate." Qiao Youfu nodded in response.
The vendors on the side of the street kept shouting, and it was obvious that Qiao You was wearing coarse cloth clothes in the crowd.
Soon, she arrived at the largest restaurant in the city, called Pilgrim, this restaurant was opened by the Yuan family, the largest merchant in the city, and it is said that the things in it were made by the chef from the Imperial City Palace, and the cheapest dish cost one or two silver, and the people who came here were either rich or expensive.
She walked in directly, wearing simple and cheap clothes in the eyes of the shopkeeper as if she had no money, she directly intercepted the person, looked at the beautiful girl in front of her, and said politely, "Girl, the food here is very expensive." ”
Qiao You nodded, she naturally knew that the food here was very expensive. "I want to see your shopkeeper, can you please introduce me?" She bent a pair of bright eyes, a smile on her beautiful face and felt comfortable when she looked at it, and her tone was soft.
The shopkeeper blushed inexplicably, all the nobles who came here, and those beautiful ladies and maids were all cold when they saw him, where would they smile at him like this.
"Aunt, girl, the shopkeeper is not something you can see if you want to see it, if you don't have money, let's go." Even in front of a beautiful girl, the shopkeeper still can't break the rules of the store.
Qiao You didn't speak, and the eyes around her kept falling on her, and they all looked at her with disdain.
Looking at the so-called "delicacies" on the table, she slowly curled the corners of her lips.
"Little second brother, I see that the food you eat here is called the world's deliciousness, but now that I look at it, it seems that I am not like this."
As soon as these words came out, the audience fell silent, and they all looked at the girl who was talking in the second brother shop.
"Girl, what are you talking about, if you are here to make trouble, you are welcome." Listening to her unkind words, the shopkeeper's face changed suddenly, and he looked at the person in front of him vigilantly.
The guests around her also echoed her, only to think that her brain was broken, and she dared to run to this pilgrim to find trouble.
You must know that the owner of the pilgrims is the Yuan family, and those who have relatives in the imperial city.
On the second floor, a young man in a green shirt opened the bamboo curtain in front of him, looked at the plainly dressed little girl downstairs, frowned slightly, and had a pair of dark eyes, obviously disdainful.
Being stared at by the people around him, Qiao You's face was calm, "What I said is the truth, your food here looks like it is full of color, flavor and flavor, even if it is delicious, how can you afford to say that it is the most delicious." ”
The shopkeeper was completely dumbfounded, this girl looks beautiful, why is she still a fool, is this to make trouble with pilgrims?
This young owner is still here, this girl is going to be unlucky if she continues to talk about this.
He was about to open his mouth to drive people out when a voice suddenly sounded behind him.
"Presumptuous!"
The middle-aged man walked in front of her with a cold face, it was Liu Qing, the shopkeeper of this pilgrim.
His raised eyes looked terrifying, his face was dark, and he stared straight at him, "Little girl, do you know what you're talking about?" ”
"Of course." Otherwise, what is she doing here?
"You say that our pilgrims are not the most delicious in the world, but you have never even eaten them, how do you know?"
"There are some things that you don't have to eat to know, just by looking at the appearance." Although she is not taboo or picky, whether these things are really delicious or not, just by looking at the appearance, she can almost understand seven or eight points.
After all, her family also started with food in her previous life, as an heir, she has been trained since she was a child and has become a top gourmet, whether it is Western or Chinese food, or desserts and drinks, as long as there are materials, she can give full play to the taste of those things and make them into top delicious.
"Oh, be a little girl who is not ashamed of your words, listen to what you mean, you will not be able to make this most delicious thing." The shopkeeper sneered, his tone full of disdain.
However, in the next moment, he was stunned.
Qiao You, who only listened, nodded confidently and said, "Naturally." ”
The audience was silent, and after a while, bursts of laughter rang out, and they all ridiculed her for being ashamed.
A teenage girl, who was not yet at the age of Xuan, said in the pilgrims that she could make the most delicious in the world, either their ears were broken or the little girl was crazy.
"If you don't believe me, call your cooks out." She was also not annoyed, these people did not believe that nature was understandable.
If she sat in this and watched a little girl from the countryside shouting in the restaurant, she probably wouldn't believe it.