None of Uncle Yu Hai's family knew how to fish, so they lived on more than five acres of barren sandy land. Yu Xi and Yu Jiang occasionally went to the town to help, or to carry work on the docks. The family is not well-off, Yu Jiang went out empty-handed this morning, but when he came back, he had more than a tael of silver......

Yu Lichun and Yu Xi looked at him in surprise, as if waiting for him to explain.

Yu Jiang was slightly excited, and stumbled and said: "This is the income from today's purchase of seafood......

"Nonsense!" Yu Lichun was stunned for a moment, and his beard was so angry that he turned up, "Didn't you say okay, we only account for forty percent of the molecules?" You...... You're getting all your cousin's money back? Send me back quickly!! ”

Yu Xi also looked at his younger brother with disapproval, and said, "Little brother, I didn't say you!" You will take as much as the sea gives you? Don't have a number in mind? ”

"No, no!" Facing his father and eldest brother, Yu Jiang had a kind of indescribable distress, and he tried hard to distinguish, "This is forty percent of them, I read the account book!" "It's a little hard to understand, Khan!

Yu Lichun and Yu Xi still didn't believe it: "You mean, today the two families earned almost four taels of silver a day?" Impossible, right? Is there so much profit in collecting sea goods? ”

Yu Jiang analyzed it for them: "Zhenyulou gave the second brother a hard fee of 10% of the purchase price. Do you know what the volume is today? It's more than 1,000 pounds! On average, it costs about 30 taels for a catty, and isn't more than 1,000 catties 30 or 40 taels of silver? Our two families have to pay three or four taels of hard work, and I take more than one or two silver, there is nothing wrong with it! ”

Hearing his son's reckoning, Yu Lichun finally believed it. The son earns silver a day, which is the income of their family going out to do odd jobs for a month! Thinking about a month's or a year's income, he suddenly felt dizzy. With a year's income, you can buy more than a dozen acres of fertile land, or buy a very good house in the town. In a few years, hasn't his family become one of the richest families in Dongshan Village?

Yu Lichun swallowed his saliva hard, and said in a trembling voice: "Jiang'er, you must remember your brother Dahai in the future." Without him, our family would never have imagined that we could make so much money in a day! You've got to do a good job!! ”

"Daddy! You can rest assured!! My cousin is my second brother, and Xiaocao is my nephew and niece!! "In the past, when there was no return, Yu Jiang was able to lend a helping hand when the Yu family was in trouble, let alone the two of them partnering to do business!

Yu Lichun suddenly frowned and said, "Remember, don't talk about this matter!" lest your third uncle find out and cause chaos to the Dahai family! ”

Yu Jiang also thought of the heart-warming profits, the second brother did not look for the mountains over there, but found him, which was a trust in his personality. He must not cause trouble to the second brother's family!!

Everything that happened in the grandfather's house, Yu Xiaocao didn't know at this time. She was carrying her small bucket of "fertilizer" with an exclusive recipe. Yu Hai carried a load of water and followed behind his little daughter, reminding her to be careful from time to time.

After watering, Yu Xiaocao walked around the melon field, and under the reminder of the small mending stone, he found two early-maturing watermelons. These two watermelons are big and round, each at least ten or twenty catties, and the skin of the melon is emerald green, so fresh that you can pinch out the water.

"Daddy! These two watermelons are ripe, let's pick them back and taste them! Yu Xiaocao picked one of them, held it in his arms, and staggered towards the ground. Yu Hai saw it, hurriedly strode over, and caught the watermelon in his daughter's hand.

The two watermelons, which add up to less than forty catties, are just a piece of cake for Yu Hai. He grabbed one in one arm, carried the watermelon to the ground, and asked Xiaocao softly: "I'll send you home first, and then come back to build a melon shed." ”

Watermelons are very rare objects for Dongshan Village and the surrounding villages. When it was first planted, it attracted waves of curious people to watch. Now, the melons in the melon field are about to ripen, and it is indeed impossible to look at them without anyone. Yu Hai has already cut down some bamboo trees and is ready to build the melon shed today.

"Dad, you're busy! After a while, the godfather will come back, and let him help bring it back! Yu Xiaocao watched her father build the shed neatly beside her, and she did a little favor next to her and handed over some small things. Before noon, the melon shed had begun to take shape.

Sure enough, as Xiaocao expected, he ordered a mao on the dock, and hurried back to the house town, and heard that the godgirl was helping to build a wooden shed in the melon field, and she was very distressed: The little girl should be pampered, how can she do that rough work? No, I rushed over to help in a hurry!

With an extra strong labor force, the melon shed, which was originally completed in two days, was completed in less than a day. Yu Xiaocao also asked the two fathers to make a bamboo bed in the melon shed, for fear that his father would suffer from the cold when he looked at the melons.

At night, it is another day of rest for the small stones. The family sat around after dinner, ready to share the first two ripe watermelons.

At this time, the cultivation of watermelons was not fully popular. Not to mention the Yu family, even the house town rarely eats fruits like watermelon in the capital.

"Xiaosha, you go and bring another watermelon to your grandfather. Let your grandpa try it too! Yu Hai looked at the cut watermelon, revealing the red and bright melon pulp, the bright red juice flowed out along the kitchen knife, and a sweet taste came to his nose.

Yu Hang frowned, and said softly: "If my milk is well eaten, let's send it over every day, shall we give it or not?" ”

It is said that one a day, Yu Hai's side is not unaffordable. However, I heard from the house town that the price of watermelons sold in the capital is much more expensive than meat! A watermelon costs hundreds of dollars to say less, and if it is sent over one by one a day, what is the purpose of his family growing watermelons? Is there any money to be made?

The excitement in Yu Hai's eyes suddenly fell silent, and he slowly sat down on the stool and sighed deeply. The originally lively atmosphere was also silenced by the mention of that side.

Yu Xiaocao didn't want to see her father's entanglement, so she stood up and broke the silence in a crisp voice: "Or ...... I'll send it to my grandfather! ”

"No! What if your milk is hard for you? Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't send it, it's not impossible to invite your grandfather to come over and eat together tomorrow! Yu Hai was afraid that his daughter would be injured, so he immediately changed his mind.

"It's okay! With grandpa here, my grandma doesn't dare to do anything to me! Besides, if I give her a watermelon, it's too late for her to be happy, how can she do anything to embarrass me again? "Yu Xiaocao has made up her mind, and it will be difficult to change it.

The house town immediately stood up, bent down to pick up another big watermelon, and said, "Girl, the watermelon is sinking, I'll hold it for you." Let's go, let's go back quickly - you have to wait for us to come back to eat this watermelon! ”

Yu Xiaocao knew that her godfather was afraid that she would be wronged in that hospital, and this was to support her! Moved, I naturally accepted his kindness.

As expected, it was over there. After Zhang learned that this watermelon was a precious fruit, not only did he thank her, but he also disliked her for taking less. Old Yu glared at her several times before she stopped. In addition, there is a house in the town, so the Zhang family did not make a fuss.

When leaving, Yu Caidie sent her out and said with a little shame: "Xiaocao, my mother has that temper, don't take it to heart." Thank you for me, my second brother and sister-in-law, thank you for having good things and thinking of us. ”

Before the separation, this sister-in-law should be the only one who has good intentions towards them except for the old Yutou. Although the sister-in-law is cowardly and a little squeamish, Yu Xiaocao still has a good impression of her.

She took Yu Caidie's hand and said softly: "Sister-in-law, I heard that your good date has been set, I wish you happiness." When the time comes, my mother and I will come back and add makeup to you. ”

Yu Caidie blushed and patted her gently, and whispered: "Thank you for me, second brother and sister-in-law......" After speaking, she turned her head and entered the house shyly.

The house town smashed his mouth twice on the side, and said: "Your sister-in-law is similar to many ladies in Beijing, she is too shy and too twisted, not as good as my daughters, she is generous, and she has a temper with me!" ”

Yu Xiaocao pulled the sleeve of his official uniform, and smiled so much that his eyes were bent into crescents: "Godfather, you are my own daughter, how can you look good!" Maybe people look at me and think I'm not like a girl! ”

"Who says my daughter is bad? See if I don't beat him all over the ground to find his teeth! The house clenched his huge fist and swung it a few times.

The two walked into the courtyard of the old mansion with a smile, but saw two more people in the house. When I looked closely, it turned out to be Wang Ergou and his wife.

The second dog's daughter-in-law was holding the man's ears and said to Yu Hai apologetically: "Second brother Yu, I'm really sorry!" The second dog, he didn't say hello and picked a watermelon from your house...... You see how much it should be, count it as our family's purchase. ”

Because Liu is adjacent to Ergou's field, he has dealt with Ergou's daughter-in-law several times, and he has a good impression of her. Wen Yan said: "Neighbors, if you want to eat watermelon, you can open your mouth, and you can't make money!" ”

The second dog's daughter-in-law shook her head resolutely and said, "Sister-in-law of the Yu family, if you don't say it, I also know that this watermelon is a rare object, and it must be expensive!" Ergouzi, you too, how many times have you been warned! Our family is poor and has to be poor and backbone!! Didn't you promise me to straighten my back and be a man? Why did you make the same mistakes as when you were younger? You...... You let me down so much!! ”

Wang Ergouzi saw that his daughter-in-law was so angry that tears fell, and he immediately panicked, and kept apologizing: "Daughter-in-law, I know it's wrong!" This is the last time, and it will definitely not be in the future!! ”

"How many times have you said 'one last time'? I'm stupid to believe that you can change it again and again! Now it seems that dogs will never change to eat! I'll go back to my parents' house tomorrow, I'd rather the child have no father, and I don't want him to have a father who is idle and stealing chickens and dogs, so that he can't raise his head in front of people in the future!! The second dog's daughter-in-law looked discouraged, and pushed away the hand he helped over.