Text Chapter 2 The kind-hearted Aunt Zhao and the strange black cloth bag
"This is the corn tortilla I just baked in the morning, thinking that you are still sick, you must not have cooked, and Le'er is still young and can't be hungry." Aunt Zhao lifted the basket in her hand as she spoke, and lifted the white cloth on it, and there were a few corn tortillas in it that were still steaming.
"It smells so good!" Le'er's glutinous voice and the expression of swallowing saliva made Yang Xiaotao take back the words that she wanted to thank her for a while, and then repay Aunt Zhao's family when she has money in the future.
"Trouble Aunt Zhao, your family is not rich, and you don't have to think about my family all the time." Yang Xiaotao took the plate with the corn tortillas in Aunt Zhao's hand, found a clean bowl and reluctantly put the corn tortillas in, and handed the plate back to Aunt Zhao.
"It's not easy for a woman with a child, we are all neighbors, and there is no time to take care of each other." Aunt Zhao touched Le'er's little head, then turned around and walked out, and didn't forget to turn around and say, "If you have any difficulties, come and tell your aunt, you eat breakfast first, and I'll go back first." β
"Thank you, auntie," Yang Xiaotao nodded gratefully to Aunt Zhao.
After Aunt Zhao left, Yang Xiaotao took Le'er's little hand and went into the house to prepare for dinner.
"Mother, the tortillas are so delicious, you can eat them too." The little hand grabbed a small piece of corn tortilla and took a bite, and did not forget to remind the mother who was in a daze.
"Hmm." Yang Xiaotao picked up a corn tortilla and took a bite gently, the aroma of corn was very strong, but there was no taste, which was not worse than what she had eaten before, but watching Le'er eat it was delicious, and I didn't feel a little distressed.
I secretly thought that I must hurry up and find a way to get some silver.
After eating, Le Er entertained himself in the small yard of his own house, which was not a yard.
And Yang Xiaotao was rummaging through the cabinets at home, because she didn't leave any memory of the original owner here, whether there were any valuable things left, or where to put them, I don't know.
This woman walked cleanly, Yang Xiaotao turned the house upside down, sat on the edge of the bed dejectedly, there was not too much at home, and there was no mess in the house after she tossed it.
This will make the young peach head bigger, do you really want to go up the mountain to dig herbs as in the novel? But I learned jewelry design, although I also know herbs, but the mountains behind are still the most primitive, and there are many dangers and many treasures.
"Ahh Le'er's exclamation just fell, followed by "Boom! It sounded like something collapsing.
Yang Xiaotao immediately jumped up from the bed and ran out, "What's wrong with Le'er?" Nervous calls arose.
"Mother!" The grizzled Le'er immediately ran to Yang Xiaotao's side, pointed to the collapsed ruins behind him, and said glutinously, "Collapse... It's collapsed, Le'er..."Le'er held a small wooden stick in one hand and kept stirring the patched corners of his clothes with the other hand.
Looking at the mess in front of him, and then looking at the little face full of grievances on Le'er's face, what collapsed was a storage room, which is usually used to store some surplus grain, but Yang Xiaotao and her mother have been empty since they moved in, because not to mention the surplus grain, it would be good for her mother to eat three meals a day, how can there be any leftovers.
It seems that the years are too long, Yang Xiaotao comforted the frightened Le'er, "Le'er, don't be afraid, it's okay to go to the house to play first." β
Yang Xiaotao coaxed Le'er back to the house, picked it up in the ruins, and got some things that could still be used back into the house, suddenly a black cloth bag caught her attention, the bulging black cloth bag was pressed underneath, it was not very obvious, Yang Xiaotao cleaned up the mud and debris on the cloth bag, and pulled the small black cloth bag out with great difficulty, and it was heavy inside.
Yang Xiaotao is full of questions, silver? It can't be, whoever hides the silver in this room and doesn't find it, then what will be in this cloth bag?
Looking at the sealed small black cloth bag, Yang Xiaotao curiously returned to the house and put the small cloth bag on the table.
Find a small pair of scissors to pick up the thread of the small cloth bag, and then pull it with your hand, the things in the small cloth bag are scattered, it is indeed some broken silver and there is something she is very familiar with, the dazzling light in the sun, it will not be wrong This is the diamond she used for marriage, but her fiancΓ© auctioned it for her at a high price at the auction, as a top designer, the moment she saw this diamond, she was shocked by its beauty, she personally hand-painted countless design manuscripts just don't want to cut a penny on this perfect diamond, but still can't hide its shine.
Why did this diamond appear here, could it have crossed over with me? But why is it only the diamond itself?
Or is it because of this diamond that it will pass through by itself, and a series of questions appeared in Yang Xiaotao's mind.
Sweeping away the messy thoughts in her mind, Yang Xiaotao felt that this was not the time to think about these questions, whether it was with her or because she had only crossed over by herself, it didn't matter.
The important thing is that she has silver, looking at the scattered silver on the table, Yang Xiaotao showed a sly smile on her face.
"Mother, you're smiling so scary." Le'er was also very happy to see the silver scattered on the table, "That's a lot of silver, can Le'er eat tortillas?" "Le Er's perception is that tortillas are the best food.
"Of course! But there's something better than tortillas, don't you want to eat it? Yang Xiaotao smiled evilly and touched Le'er's little face.
"Is it better than a tortilla?" Le'er's little face was entangled, she didn't know whether it was better to eat tortillas, or to eat what her mother said was more delicious than tortillas, and Yang Xiaotao was amused for a while.
Yang Xiaotao was not amused, first put the diamond close to her, and then counted the silver on the table, no matter who hid it, at least it could solve her urgent need.
In fact, Yang Xiaotao is too worried, these houses are the old houses of the Li family, no one has been here for a long time, the Li family is actually a big family in the village, and the eldest son is a showman.
The old man of the Li family saved some money outside when he was young, and when he came back, he lived a good life, built a new house, and bought land.
Otherwise, how do ordinary people read books, and this silver should be used in the town house left by the customs of ancient times, in ancient times, people liked to use yang heavy items to town houses, and money is one of the big yang objects.
And this money must have been unknown to the Li family when they moved out of the old house, otherwise how could the old lady of the Li family stay.
Yang Xiaotao carried about seven or eight taels of silver, seven or eight taels of silver can be used for half a year for the people in their village, locked the door, led Le'er in one hand and a basket in the other hand and went to Aunt Zhao's house, Yang Xiaotao specially found a rag to cover the basket.
"Is Aunt Zhao at home?" The courtyard door of Aunt Zhao's house was not closed, Yang Xiaotao stood at the door and shouted with a slightly raised voice inside.
"Who?" As soon as the voice fell, I saw Aunt Zhao walk out of the door and look outside, "It's Le'er, her mother, what's wrong?" As he spoke, he beckoned, "Come into the house." β
"No need aunt, I still have to go out, I fell on my head two days ago, and I can't remember a lot of things." Yang Xiaotao began to make up nonsense, "I want to go to the town for a trip, and I don't know where to go, so I'll ask you." β
"What are you doing in town before you get better?" Aunt Zhao is a kind and simple person and asked with concern.
"A few days ago, I picked some things in the mountains and wanted to go to the town to exchange some money, but I'm not sick and I'm not in a hurry, I can get out of bed today, no..." Yang Xiaotao shook the basket in her hand, in fact, what was in this basket was just some weeds, she was afraid that others would be suspicious, so she covered the basket with a piece of cloth, and added, "There is no surplus food in this house, and the child is small." "I'm afraid that this enthusiastic aunt won't worry about her injuries.
Aunt Zhao also knew that her mother and mother were having a hard time, and it would be a good thing if they could exchange some money for subsidies, and she hurriedly said, "My son Zhuzi is just going to work in the town, just let him lead you together." "I heard Aunt Zhao say that all the people in the town went to the side of the road at the entrance of the village to take a ride on the ox cart, two copper plates for one person, Aunt Zhao knew that she had no money on her, so she asked her to leave Le'er at her house first, she helped take care of it, and stuffed five copper plates for her.
This made Yang Xiaotao very grateful, and she was also worried that she was full of broken silver and no copper plates, what to do later, this Aunt Zhao is really a good person.
Aunt Zhao greeted his son Zhao Dazhu and asked him to send Yang Xiaotao to the town, and bring Yang Xiaotao back when he came back from work.
The pillar nodded honestly, and said with a smirk, "Mother, don't worry!" βγ
As soon as she arrived at the intersection of the town, Yang Xiaotao saw three big characters written on the panel of a memorial arch: Xianghe Town
At the entrance of the town, the pillar said that Yang Xiaotao would come here to wait for him before the sun set, and just go back together.
Yang Xiaotao took the ox cart for the first time, and the taste was about to make her vomit, she hurriedly jumped off the ox cart and carried the basket, thanked the pillar and walked into Xianghe Town.
On both sides was the clamor of lively vendors, selling everything.
This can make Yang Xiaotao, as a woman in the 21st century, expose her true nature and want to go shopping whenever she sees anything, after all, shopping is what all women are born to like to do.
But Yang Xiaotao has not forgotten her current situation.
Yang Xiaotao walked into a shop with rice characters, and as soon as she entered the door, she ushered in a person who was not too old and second-year, and when she saw Yang Xiaotao's delicate appearance but wearing a very shabby coarse linen clothes, she stopped directly.
Yang Xiaotao's current conditions are already very good to be able to find clothes without patches, and today this body is already the best.
The person who looked like Xiao Er frowned and said, "What do you want?" She had a look of disdain for people, and her tone was also very bad, which made Yang Xiaotao very uncomfortable.
"Buy rice." Yang Xiaotao didn't want to worry about this person, so she said casually, her eyes swept over the label of the item, the type was very simple, fragrant rice was 80 wen a catty, rice was 50 wen a catty, miscellaneous rice was 30 wen a catty, and some flour and other things were sold on the side.
Yang Xiaotao reached out and grabbed a handful of fragrant rice and looked at it carefully.
The man saw Yang Xiaotao's actions and immediately said unhappily, "This rice is expensive, don't touch it if you can't afford it" But isn't it, this rice was shipped back by the shopkeeper yesterday, and other rice shops are not new.