When the seasonal vegetables came down in spring, a plate of accounts really shocked him. One winter, he not only earned back the money lent to him by Uncle Yu, but also made more than 300 taels of silver from the money he used to buy a donkey cart.

Before he could spare for a few days, the early-ripening watermelons on Uncle Yu's Zhuangzi were ripe again, and a new round of busyness began. Watermelons can be sold until the end of summer and autumn, and the grapes, pears, and apples that the Yu family can't eat are on the market again. Followed by the busyness of a new shed of vegetables and fruits......

Now is the time to sell greenhouse vegetables and melons and fruits, a car of fresh vegetables and melons and fruits every day, before noon to sell a fine fine, and there are many scheduled to pick up the goods in the afternoon. No, Zhuang Xiaomo took advantage of the noon just after noon when there was no one in the store, and drove his little black donkey to make up a cart of goods. I didn't expect Xiaocao to come back at this time.

Yu Hai hasn't seen her little girl for almost half a year, and she is worried and missed. At the end of autumn, someone in Beijing came to report the good news, saying that the youngest daughter was crowned the county lord because of her meritorious service in saving the eldest prince during the autumn hunt. Everyone else only saw the glory that the little girl had earned back for them, but how did they know the worry of being a father.

The masters around the eldest prince are like clouds, how dangerous should it be to save the prince if the credit for saving the prince can fall on Cao'er, and how urgent is the situation? The youngest daughter is defenseless, I don't know if she is frightened, if she is injured? She has always reported good news and not bad news, how can parents not worry?

In the past few months, Yu Hai and Liu's couldn't sleep at night, if it weren't for the fact that the greenhouse vegetables were inseparable from people, the two would have packed their luggage and rushed to the capital to visit. Fortunately, the youngest daughter was considerate, and soon brought a letter, saying that she would come back when she entered the wax moon and spend a lively reunion with her family. The two of them stubbornly resisted the idea of going to the capital, and anxiously waited for the arrival of Layue.

Hearing the faint and crisp voice of the little daughter in the cold wind, and looking up and seeing the little daughter's figure in the distance, the two of them could no longer hold back the longing and anxiety in their hearts. Yu Hai smiled apologetically at Zhuang Xiaomo, and before he had time to take off his gloves and sleeves, he greeted his little daughter who had already turned into the entrance of Zhuangzi. In order not to delay the customer's business, Liu called her father-in-law and eldest son over, and they weighed and kept accounts one by one, so she followed behind the man with confidence and ran quickly to her little daughter.

"Daddy!" Yu Xiaocao jumped off the horse, and a milk swallow threw herself into the forest, and threw herself into the warm and familiar arms of her father.

"Slow down, slow down!" Yu Hai watched in horror as his little daughter jumped off such a high horse, and hurriedly went up to catch the petite body of the little daughter who pounced.

Touching the cold little face of the youngest daughter and the red nose from the cold, Yu Hai said distressedly: "In the winter, why did you come back from horseback?" How nice it was to come back by car, warm and comfortable......"

"It's too slow to take the car, people want to see their father and mother early!" Yu Xiaocao saw Liu running over panting, and turned to pounce on her. Holding his mother's soft body, he couldn't help but rub it like a coquette.

Liu nodded her little head and said angrily: "You! Daddy can't run, what does it matter if you see you one day earlier and one day later? If it's frozen, my father and mother won't feel distressed - oops, these little hands are like ice ballast, cold and cold. Quick, go into the house with your mother to warm up. The kang burns all the time! ”

Liu Shi took his daughter's little hand and kept putting his cold little paws to his mouth and breathing hot. Yu Hai took off his gloves, held his daughter's other little paw with his big hot hand, and kept rubbing it, and it was hot after a while.

The largest courtyard in Zhuangzi is where the Yu family lives. Simple courtyard shape, three main houses, two wing rooms on the left and right. Yu Hai and his wife led their youngest daughter into their room and asked her to take off her boots and sit on the kang. Seeing the four girls, their faces were red from the cold, and their lips were blue, and Liu Shi also said: "There are not so many rules in the countryside, so you can also go to the kang to warm up." ”

Wutong and Yingchun have the experience of sitting on a kang with their masters, Chunhua and Qiushi have undergone strict training, and the concept of master and servant is very strong, no matter how they say it, they are not willing to go to the kang, but they are willing to take a small horse to sit on the edge of the kang.

Seeing the stubborn appearance of the two of them, Wutong persuaded: "There is no earth dragon and warm wall in this house, only hot kang to keep warm." If you are sick with frostbite, you can't wait for your master to stop talking, and let your master worry about it. If King Yangjun was here, he wouldn't say anything. ”

Yu Xiaocao held the warm hand stove, pretended to be angry and pricked up her eyes and said, "Chunhua, Qiushi!" If you recognize me as your master, come up and sit down. Otherwise, when you return to Beijing in the spring, you should go back to the dark guard! I can't afford to call a slave who doesn't listen to the orders of my master! ”

When Chunhua and Qiushi heard this, they knelt down in panic and pleaded guilty. The guards who were returned either committed an unforgivable mistake or were caught betraying their master. The end can be imagined!

Liu Shi came over with two bowls of ginger syrup, saw the two girls kneeling on the cold ground, and hurriedly persuaded: "Cao'er, even if they are wrong, they can't let people kneel like this!" Get them up quickly, and beware of freezing their knees. ”

"Return to the dark guard, or unconditionally obey the order, you can choose one!" Yu Xiaocao took the ginger syrup in her mother's hand and drank it in one go. The hot ginger syrup was drunk into his stomach, and suddenly his sideburns had a hint of sweat.

Chunhua and Qiushi said that they must obey their master's orders. Yu Xiaocao pointed to the vacant position on the kang and said, "Okay, let you come up and sit now, you won't be pushed back again, right?" ”

The two maidservants glanced at each other, got up obediently and got on the kang, and sat with their legs curled at the end of the kang. Yu Xiaocao showed a faint smile on his face and said, "Erya, hand the ginger syrup in your hand to the two sisters." Drink while it's hot to beat the cold! ”

Wutong pursed his lips and smiled at the two of them obediently took the coarse porcelain bowl, poured it into it in a few sips, and drank the ginger syrup in his hand, and said: "The loyalty of the two naturally does not need to be doubted, but you must recognize your identity, whether it is the slave of the king of Yangjun or our young lady." Follow Miss, naturally you have to obey Miss's orders, our Miss is benevolent and generous, and the rules are not so strict. As long as you do your part, you don't have to tremble in peacetime. ”

Chunhua and Qiushi nodded and thanked her for the suggestion. After a while, Liu brought two plates of dim sum, put them on the small kang table, and said to them: "It's hard to come all the way, eat some dim sum cushions first." There is a little pheasant stewed in the pot, and I will eat early and rest early in the evening, and I will go back to Dongshan Village with you tomorrow. ”

Yingchun saw that Mrs. turned around and entered the kitchen, hurriedly got off the kang, put on thick wool boots and chased after him, and said: "My craftsmanship is not as good as Madame, but it's still okay to get started." ”

Liu shook his head at her, pushed her into the house, and said, "No, our family rules are not so big, you can go back to the house and warm up!" ”

"That'...... The slave maid helps the lady to light the fire! The front of the stove is much warmer than on the kang, and the slave and maid take advantage of it! Yingchun smiled with joy, so that Liu couldn't refute.

Yu Xiaocao was protected by the Heaven Replenishing Stone all the way, but he didn't feel that it was too cold. When the girls drank water every day, she added spirit stone liquid, and there was nothing serious in her body, and she soon warmed up. Seeing that the lady was in the kitchen herself, several maids couldn't sit still. Helplessly, none of the four people passed the cooking skills, so they had to follow up the kitchen to do some work of washing and cutting vegetables. The Liu family thought they were in the way, so they all drove them out.

Yu Xiaocao rolled up his sleeves, took charge of the spoon himself, and made a boiled fish fillet, spicy chicken and pepper paste, and ate it hot and spicy in his stomach. The four girls felt quite frightened, and they actually asked the master to cook for them, which was really rebellious. Back in the capital, they practiced their cooking skills hard, and although their cooking was not as good as that of the cooks at home, they could still eat. That's an afterword.

After living in Zhuangzi for a few days, Xiaocao saw that the sales of greenhouse vegetables in Tanggu were not worse than those in the capital, and there were tens of thousands of catties of vegetables wholesaled every day, that is to say, there were thousands of taels a day. Now that the Yu family's family background, it is estimated that Yu Xiaocao himself is not very clear.

In the past few days, Yu Xiaocao and four maids also followed to help, Chunhua and Qiushi are worthy of being people who practice martial arts, their strength is greater than that of the prime-aged labor force, and a basket of more than 100 catties of vegetables, they can easily pick it up. Shocked a group of men's eyes fell to the ground. Wutong and Yingchun, cooperating with them, one watching the scale star and the other settling accounts, the cooperation is tacit, saving Yu Hai's family a lot of things.

As the days approached the Spring Festival, Liu's hands were completely freed and the work was handed over to the Spring Festival girl. She took her daughter and the rest of the girls to buy New Year's goods frantically. This year, the youngest daughter finally came back once and spent a reunion at home, and the New Year's goods had to be fully prepared.

In fact, vegetables, melons and fruits are ready-made at home, and chickens, ducks, and fish can be purchased in the village, and there are not many to buy. However, shopping is a woman's nature, and every day when the mother and wife go out empty-handed, they will come back with a large bag. Spring flowers and autumn fruits have become veritable bags, and they are full of New Year's goods every day, and they return with a full load.

When entering the twentieth day of the lunar month, Liu took his daughter and returned to Dongshan Village with a New Year's goods full of donkey carts.

Yu Xiaocao came back this time, and he didn't put on any posture of the county lord and county lord, and the villagers were much more enthusiastic when they saw it. Looking at the familiar faces, the enthusiastic smiling faces, and the unforgettable local accents, Yu Xiaocao sometimes feels that this simple and simple life may be what she wants. Glory and wealth, gold and silver treasures, you can't buy family affection, you can't buy sincerity, you can't buy simple nostalgia......

"Grass!" Liu. Huifang is already a slim cardamom girl, she just accompanied her father to send a cart of eggs to the egg workshop, but she didn't expect to meet her little girlfriend when she was at the entrance of the village. Now Liu Xuanzhu's family is a professional chicken farmer, and there are thousands of chickens at home, although the hens don't love to lay eggs very much in winter, they can save a lot of eggs every few days and sell them to the Zhou family's workshop, which is also a good livelihood.