Chapter 51: Business
It was a really good day, sunny and there was no wind. Yu Xiaocao made a weak appearance and let the stone help her to bask in the sun in the courtyard. You have to do a full set of plays!
The winter sun is shining on your body, and the warm feeling is like a mother's gentle hand, gently caressing your face. Yu Xiaocao was so comfortable that she was about to fall asleep, and even the Li family, who was peeping through the window, didn't feel so annoying.
As soon as the sun set in the west, Yu Hai and Xiaolian returned. From Xiaolian's bright smile, it is enough to see that today's harvest is good.
Yu Hai took the little girl back to the house from the somewhat cool yard, touched the temperature on the kang, filled some firewood into the kang hole, smiled and looked more and more like the sisters, biting their ears and whispering, and said: "You two sisters are chatting, and Dad will go to the mountain to chop some firewood and come back." An experienced old man in the village said that this year is a cold winter, and it is definitely not wrong to stock up on more firewood. ”
"Dad, I'll go with you!" Little Stone, who had been bored at home for most of the day, followed his father with his little attendant, the roe deer named Little Budian.
When Yu Hai went out, Xiaolian looked in the courtyard with her head probed, carefully closed the door, then took off her shoes and went to the kang, came to Xiaocao's side, took out an ingots of five taels from her arms, quickly stuffed them into her sister's hand, and whispered:
"Put it away, don't let grandma and auntie see it! There are really a lot of prey caught today, plus yesterday's, it was sold for five taels of silver! At the time of checkout, the shopkeeper of Zhenyulou didn't give the silver to our father, but let me keep it, don't you say strange? ”
What's so strange about that? In the past, when doing business with Zhenyulou, Xiaocao received the money in his pocket. The last big order of fifty taels is no exception, not to mention a small amount of five taels?
Xiaocao naturally put away the silver and asked casually: "Xiaolian, is it worth being so happy just for these few taels of silver?" ”
"What do you mean, 'just a few taels of silver'? Before today, there were no more than ten copper plates that had passed over my hands. This is white silver! Five taels of silver ingots!! Xiaolian realized that she was louder, and hurriedly covered her mouth and looked out of the window.
"Uncle is so annoying, and she wants to eavesdrop on our house! I don't know if she heard what I said just now. If you learn to listen to our milk, it is estimated that the chickens and dogs will jump again! Xiaolian saw that Li was holding a broom, and the more she swept, the closer she got to the West House. It seemed that he saw that the window was open, so he went to the direction of the chicken pen again.
Yu Xiaocao said indifferently: "If you hear it, you can hear it, what can you do?" We owe a few taels of silver to my grandfather! And for my illness, I have to take medicine a few times and recuperate well to not fall into the root of the disease! What can this money be? ”
She deliberately lowered her volume when she said these words, obviously for the Li family in the courtyard.
Li waited for the window of Westinghouse to be lowered before he straightened up, spat in the direction of Westinghouse, and said, "Phew! A money-losing goods, but also like a treasure. A few taels of silver is enough to marry a daughter-in-law, but now it's good, and the medicine jar in the second room has been filled. It's a bottomless pit, and if you are born, you should throw it on the south slope, and it's a scourge to raise it! ”
The southern slope is on the south side of the West Hill and is a mass grave. Children in nearby villages who died young, or who died and could not enter their ancestral graves, were buried there.
The Li family was talking behind their backs, of course, they didn't dare to make a loud noise, and the two sisters in Westinghouse naturally didn't hear it. Xiaolian is talking about her meeting with the little proprietor of Zhenyulou with great interest.
"Little sister, you don't know how funny it is. The young master of the Zhou family, when he saw me, pulled me and called me 'Xiaocao', and said that I was asked if I was interested in a business. I was blindfolded at that time. When I was about to pretend to be you, my dad sold me very honestly! When the young master of the Zhou family heard that I was twins with you, his face was full of surprise, and he said, 'Like, too similar!' You don't even know how funny his face was! ”
Yu Xiaocao waited for her to have a good time chattering before she said, "Xiaolian, don't you say that you have business to talk to me about on Wednesday?" Did you mention what kind of business it is? ”
"Not really! I guess I found out that I wasn't you, and I was afraid that it would be useless to tell me. That's right, little sister! Zhen Yulou's oyster sauce specialties are really all learned from you? Dad said that it was Hades who received compensation from the wrong person. I'll hear what's going on! ”
Yu Xiaocao knew that the paragraph he made up would be known by the closest people sooner or later, so he polished the underworld of Hades that he had fabricated, and told Xiaolian a story. and told Xiaolian not to talk outside, lest others treat her as a monster.
Xiaolian puffed out her mouth and raised her eyebrows and said, "Didn't you remember much when you first woke up from your injury?" Our good aunt, I am talking everywhere outside, little sister, you have been detained by a ghost, and you will forget the past if your soul is not complete. I also said that people with incomplete souls are the easiest to recruit ghosts, and many girls in the village are far away from me......"
The Liu family trembled with anger outside the door: What a Li family, it doesn't matter if you chew your tongue everywhere and corrupt the second room, this time you actually made up such vicious words. If this is spread out, what will the second girl say about her in-laws in the future? Her poor daughter was actually caught by mistake and taken to the underworld, how scared and helpless she was at that time!
I heard Yu Xiaocao in the house pouting disdainfully, and said, "The mouth of the eldest aunt was slapped with a broken sole!" I'm not afraid of dying and going to hell with my tongue pulled! Xiaolian, don't listen to her! I can't remember what happened before, probably because of curiosity, I tasted the relationship of Meng Po soup! ”
"Little sister, is the Hades Hall terrible? Did the king of Yama have four eyes and two mouths? "After all, Xiaolian is only an eight-year-old child, and she is still full of curiosity about new things.
Xiaocao pinched her little face and said with a smile: "Hades is just a god in charge of life and death in the underworld, and he looks similar to us, but he looks more majestic. The hall of Hades is a splendid hall, but the light is a little dim, and it looks eerie and terrifying. However, the eighteenth layer of hell is really terrifying, and I only looked at three layers, so I didn't dare to look at it...... But don't be afraid, it's all about punishing the wicked. ”
"Uh-huh!" Xiaolian nodded her little head convincingly, but she thought in her heart: The eldest aunt and the black brother always bully the mother and them, and they will definitely go to hell in the future.
Yu Xiaocao saw that Xiaolian was convinced, her eyes rolled, and she continued: "I am in the palace of the king of Hades, and I still see the God of Wealth!" Wearing a red and bright robe, wearing a God of Wealth hat, and always smiling on his face, he was playing chess with the king of Hades. When he heard that I had been caught by mistake, he smiled and touched my head, saying that it was compensation for me...... Sometimes some strange thoughts appear in my head, maybe they were instilled by the God of Wealth? ”
Xiaolian suddenly let out an "ah" and whispered: "My sister has never been in the kitchen before, and even oysters are rare, but you can actually make oyster sauce, is it also taught to you by the God of Wealth?" That...... Didn't my sister become the apprentice of the God of Wealth? ”
Yu Xiaocao smiled and said nothing, in Xiaolian's opinion, she acquiesced.
"That'...... Will the God of Wealth bring us fortune? Little sister, when we have money in the future, we will be able to make white flour steamed buns every day and buy meat dumplings every day! Xiaolian deliberately swallowed her saliva with a slight exaggeration and made a cute grimace.
Liu Shi couldn't help but push the door in, she hugged the two grass sisters, sighed, and said: "Mother doesn't want to be able to get rich, as long as Cao'er is no longer sick, you all grow up safely, and my mother will be satisfied!" ”
"Mother, did you hear everything?" Yu Xiaocao was a little frustrated, she didn't want to worry about this kind and loving mother.
"Silly child, don't keep everything in your heart in the future, tell your mother. Although my mother doesn't have any skills, even if she fights for her life, she will protect your brothers and sisters! ”
Liu clearly felt that her youngest daughter was afraid of her worries and was unwilling to let her know about the past, so she couldn't help but burst into tears. Her weakest little daughter, even if she is sick, she always thinks about her, is she too incompetent as a mother? No, she must be strong and be a good mother that her children can rely on!
Okay! The three main members of the family all accepted her slightly ridiculous statement. Mainly because she is young, and the scenes in the underworld are vividly spoken, which makes people have to believe it.
Naturally, Liu's advice again. I am afraid that the two children will not know the severity of speaking out, which will bring unnecessary trouble to the second daughter.
Before I knew it, another two days had passed. In the past two days, Yu Xiaocao, who has been restricted from going out, has been thinking about the business that Wednesday Shao said. Being able to do business with the third young master of the imperial merchant Zhou family cannot be said to be absolutely sure of making a profit, but he is also 80% sure.
Xiaocao's heart is like a kitten, scratching and scratching. Fortunately, Wednesday didn't let her wait long, and came to the door on the third day.
The little master in fancy clothes riding a tall horse, followed by a decently dressed little man, and a fifty-year-old man who looks very stylish, but obviously only the little master in fancy clothes. A group of people galloped into the village, making Dongshan Village boiling in winter.
"Who, this is?"
"How do I know? And they weren't looking for me. ”
"Looking for you? Just like you, don't even want to serve urinals to others! ”
"The little young master who is the leader is really handsome! It's good to be a rich man, the material on him is estimated to be enough for us to spend a year! ”
"Definitely the dignitaries of the town! You see that the retinue of other people is dressed more decently than the rich man of the neighboring village. I just don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing to come to our Dongshan Village. ”
"Who did he just inquire about? Yu Hai's family? Yu Hai has been sending prey to the town in the past few days, it can't be to offend a certain noble master, right? ”
"Don't be foolish, Brother Dahai has a good temper, how can he cause trouble casually? Looking at the expression of the young master, it doesn't look like he is looking for trouble. Don't think about it, just wait for someone to leave, just go and ask? ”
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