His son Xiaodoudou ate it with relish. The grasshopper sauce in front of him was specially fried by Xiaocao for the children, without adding chili peppers, with a little sugar, salty and slightly sweet, which was very popular with children. Xiao Doudou was served with grasshopper sauce, and ate a large piece of cake, and when he walked, he was almost unable to walk, and was carried back by his mother.

When he returned home, Yu Bo lost his temper at his mother, saying that he was working so hard in Fucheng, but he was dragged back by his mother. Now the prince of the county has a bad impression of him, and even if he is admitted in the future, it will be difficult to climb a big backer like Jingwangfu. After saying that, he cried like a child.

Zhang's claws were numb, her original intention was to help her son, but she didn't want to be smart but was mistaken by being smart. She looked at her little son who was crying uncontrollably, her eyes were red, she stomped her feet, and said, "My mother went to ask the prince of the county to ask for guilt, and she said that these were all her ideas, and it was her mother who dragged you down!" Mother is kneeling, and she wants the prince of the county to change her opinion of you! ”

Zhao was busy pulling his mother-in-law, resentful in his heart, and secretly scolded this pig teammate, but he had to persuade virtuously and virtuously: "Mother, don't follow and leave a way for the prime minister to live!" ”

"How are you talking, I'm here to help Xiaobo ......" Zhang stared at Zhao fiercely with red eyes.

Zhao Shi saw the thick eye feces in the corners of the eyes of this country mother-in-law, and hurriedly turned his gaze away, and persuaded himself in his mouth: "Mother, the prince of that county looks like a master who doesn't eat soft and hard." If you kneel in front of him and don't get up, instead of feeling pity for you, he will think that your mother is threatening him. I'm afraid it will be counterproductive. ”

Zhang was suddenly at a loss: "That...... What should I do? Just let him misunderstand our Xiaobo! ”

After all, Zhao is a talented girl, born in a family of poetry and books, she thought for a while and said: "For today's plan, there is only nothing to do!" After letting this matter fade away, Xianggong took the opportunity to see his father-in-law to show his excellent side more. After a long time, the prince of the county should change his opinion on the prime minister! Xianggong, the most important thing for you now is to study behind closed doors at home, and if you rely on the case or something next year, then the prince of the county will treat you differently! ”

Yu Bo wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, sniffed, looked at Zhao gratefully, and said, "It's still a lady with insight!" Yes, the prince of the county also said that real talent and real learning are the most important. I will definitely get a good score in the exam next spring to prove my talent! ”

After that, Yu Bo studied hard at home behind closed doors, except for eating and sleeping, and never leaving his books.

Zhao is a little smart, she saw that the second uncle's children liked Xiaodoudou very much, so she took her son to the second uncle's house for two days.

Xiao Doudou also likes the second uncle's house very much, and every time he goes over, Sister Xiaocao will bring him delicious food. Sometimes it's a plate of fragrant fried grasshoppers, sometimes it's a fragrant little roasted sweet potato, sometimes it's a piece of boiled corn, and sometimes it's a handful of salt-and-pepper sunflower seeds.

The seeds of the sunflowers were also brought back from the West by King Yangjun, and he gave a few pieces of grass for her to plant under the walls in the backyard. When the locust plague came, Yu Xiaocao matured with the help of the small mending heavenly stone, and after drying, he got four or five catties of sunflower seeds. After leaving some seeds for use, the others were fried by her one after another as snacks. After tasting the taste of fried melon seeds, Liu hid two catties of sunflower seeds, saying that he would wait for the Chinese New Year to fry them to entertain guests.

Zhao's female red is good, the embroidered flowers and plants are lifelike, and Xiaolian and Xiaocao are given a handkerchief. Xiaolian asked her aunt to teach her embroidery, she went out early and returned late every day, and only had time to learn at night. Zhao came over for an hour every evening and taught Xiaolian embroidery attentively.

The Yu family did not let her teach in vain. Because Xiaolian closed the stall a little late, the Yu family's dinner time was a little later than many families in the town. When Zhao brought Doudou over, it was just in time for the Yu family's dinner, so he asked the mother and son to eat dinner at the Yu family in the future.

At first, Zhao politely refused, saying that he had already eaten it. Zhang's side, like most villagers in Dongshan Village, eats two meals a day. One at ninety o'clock in the morning and one at three or four o'clock in the afternoon. When the Yu family had dinner at the old house, it was already more than seven o'clock in the evening. She said she had eaten it and there was nothing wrong with it.

Yu Xiaocao had already taken Xiaodoudou's mouth to find out when and what the two of them ate for dinner? Zhang's dinner is a bowl of gruel and a small plate of pickles for one person. I ate it at three or four o'clock, and by seven o'clock it was almost digested. Therefore, Xiao Doudou looked at the white noodles and less mixed noodles on the table, as well as all kinds of fragrant dishes, and he had already grown old.

Yu Xiaocao knows Zhao's temperament, and he doesn't like to take advantage of others like Li, and he doesn't have any ill feelings towards her. The little bean, which was originally white and fat, was starved into small bean sprouts, which made her feel a little unbearable. No matter how bitter you are, you can't be bitter about the child, right?

So, Xiaocao persuaded and said: "Little aunt, if you teach us female celebrities, you can count us as half a master." Entertaining the Master with a meal is what an apprentice should do. Don't say no. If you are so polite again, why are Xiaolian and I embarrassed to trouble you? ”

Zhao couldn't get rid of it, so he took his son to sit at the table and eat something. The next day, she came two quarters of an hour later, planning to wait for the Yu family to have dinner before leaving.

Who knows, as soon as she entered the courtyard gate, Yu Xiaocao touched her cooing belly and said, "Little aunt, can you come over early next time?" We're waiting for you until you're fainting from hunger. ”

Seeing that the Yu family was sincerely entertaining themselves for dinner, the Zhao family accepted it with gratitude. After a few dinners, the Zhao family had a new understanding of the foundation of the second uncle's family.

I have just experienced a locust plague, who does not tighten their belts, they can deal with a meal, especially dinner, they fall asleep after eating, and they don't need to do any physical work, most people eat a thin meal.

And Yu Hai's family is still full of big cakes, at least four dishes and one soup every day. Moreover, there is more white flour in the cake and less coarse grains, so sometimes it is simply rolled out with white flour. For three days, there will be a few plates of meat fried, which are said to be the game hunted by the king of Yangjun. Sometimes it's wild boar, sometimes it's wolf meat, sometimes it's hare pheasant.

After half a month, his son's thin little face was rounded and became cheerful. Every day, without her leading, he went to the second uncle's house early, caught grasshoppers and fed chickens with Brother Shi and Brother Fang Ping, fried snails and snails, or went to the sea with the children in the village to catch shellfish. When I dreamed at night, I shouted "Brother Stone, I dug up a clam ......"

Although my son is dark, his body is getting better and better, and his appetite is getting better and better. For the sake of her son, she was cheeky enough to have dinner at her second uncle's house. The second uncle's family is kind, and most of the time they will let her bring some food to her father-in-law, but there is one requirement: it must be eaten into the stomachs of the three of them.

After a month, the three of them have gained a lot of weight, and their complexion has improved a lot. When Li saw it, he pointed at Sang in the courtyard and shouted: "Some people, look at Qinggao." I didn't expect to hug other people's thighs and lick other people's feet! People eat leftovers, and they take the fragrant and smelly things home! ”

Although Zhang's complains about Zhao's old running to the old house, she can bring her son back some delicious food every time. Seeing that her son had grown some flesh, she turned a blind eye. Someone is willing to help her raise her son and grandson, and she has nothing to lose, so why not?

Hearing Li's sour words, Zhang shouted at her: "If you have the ability, you can also hug someone's thigh?" Just like you, before you even entered the door, someone kicked you out. If you don't have the ability, don't talk nonsense here! ”

Lee shut his mouth. What my mother-in-law said is also true, since she ran to Yu Hai melon field in the middle of the night last year, scourged many unripe watermelons, and trampled on a lot of melon seedlings, the Yu family's old house no longer welcomes her. Sometimes she is cheeky and wants to pick green onions and vegetables, but she will be driven out by the powerful Yu Xiaocao. After her mother-in-law and father-in-law left, she had a clear relationship with the old house, and she didn't want to get a penny cheap.

Every night, she secretly watched the Zhao family bring back the food through the crack in the door, and she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and secretly scolded the Yu Hai family in her heart, and she would slap the third child. must be thinking that the third child will become a big official in the future, and he can also be polished! What's the use of scolding again? As for her man who can't kick a fart with three legs, she can only watch people eat and drink spicy food.

Just when most families in Dongshan Village can only eat one meal a day, and I am afraid that some families will starve in a few days, there is exciting good news from the wharf - the fleet that went to the south to purchase cheap grain is back!!

After King Yangjun got the news, he hurried to the dock to preside over the overall situation. His guards had been on the docks for a long time to prevent the hungry from rioting.

The officers and soldiers of the house town with the guard also helped to maintain order. The port was halfway built, and the grain was moved by the stevedores on the wharf to the finished shops, and the next day they opened their shops to sell.

Another batch was transported by the officers and soldiers to the warehouse of the town's yamen, ready to be opened and sold at the same time in Tanggu Town and the port. The price of grain was set at about the same as before the disaster, with coarse grain being 5 wen a catty and fine grain being 10 wen a catty. The grain was sold strictly at the original price of the purchase, and the cost of transportation and the wages of the personnel were all borne by the imperial court.

After the news broke, many villagers came overnight and formed a long queue in front of the store. Dongshan Village, because of the relationship between the Yu family and the prince of the county, was the first to get the news, so it was able to rank in the forefront of the long queue that could not see the end of the line.

With a fleet of hundreds of ships, the food brought back is enough to supply the victims in the disaster area, so the purchase is unlimited. Some people are afraid of hunger and want to stock up on more food at home, so they use all they have to buy cheap grain at home.