The road to Dongshan Village is not smooth, especially the mountain road, which is very bumpy. Xia Furong felt that her internal organs were about to come out. She had a tiger face, and she had infinite resentment in her heart: My aunt is really, she can't live in a good house in the town, and she has to run to the poor countryside. It's all that cheap girl, if it weren't for her saying that her uncle has always lived in Dongshan Village, her aunt might have settled down in the town at this time!

Oops! One didn't pay attention, and Xia Furong's head hit the window of the carriage, making a loud noise. The little girl clutched her sore head, and looked at her aunt, Mrs. Fang, with tears in her eyes.

Mrs. Fang, who had practiced with her own man, sat in the carriage with her waist straight, and sat motionless no matter how the carriage tossed.

Yu Xiaocao followed the bumpy trend of the carriage, shaking his body, but he kept his knees crossed, and his small waist twisted and twisted, as if he was dancing.

Hearing the sound of Xia Furong hitting the car window, Yu Xiaocao turned her head, looked at her with a smile, and said, "Cousin, after this mountain road, it is Dongshan Village." If you concentrate on it, you won't get hurt! ”

The smile on Xiaocao's face, looking in Xia Furong's eyes, was laughing at her. She covered the bag on her head and complained to Mrs. Fang angrily: "Auntie, look at her! I'm like this, and she's still talking cool things on the side. ”

Yu Xiaocao opened her big black eyes wide on the side, and looked at her innocently: This person really doesn't know the hearts of good people, and he is comforting her, okay!

Mrs. Fang patted her daughter's thin shoulder, and said softly to her niece: "Furong, your cousin is concerned about you, remind you to be careful, don't hurt again." ”

"Auntie! You're so eccentric!! She obviously has bad intentions, and you still help her speak!! Auntie, if you have a goddaughter, you won't love your niece, woo woo......" The little girl cried aggrievedly.

Yu Xiaocao pouted: How old is you, you still cry and compete for favor, is it interesting? We have a father and mother in our family, there is no lack of love, and we don't have the same knowledge as this little girl!

Mrs. Fang saw Xiaocao's small movements, and the more she looked at it, the more cute she felt. Look at the niece who cried a handful of snot and tears, she was thirteen or fourteen years old, and she was competing for favor with a little girl who was less than ten years old. This is also to blame myself, my love for my niece has raised her mind. After the wish is shattered, it is inevitable that there will be a psychological gap.

"Don't cry, you've reached the age where you can say kiss, and you're still competing with a little girl for favor, not afraid of people's jokes?" Mrs. Fang handed over the handkerchief in her hand and comforted her softly.

Xia Furong is a big girl after all, her face turned red when she heard this, she lowered her head and didn't forget to look at the opportunity to glare at Xiaocao fiercely, and said in a low voice: "Auntie, who will laugh at me here except her?" ”

Mrs. Fang said helplessly: "Xiaocao is my goddaughter, you are sisters now, you have to get along well, don't always be like a fighting, and fight as soon as you meet......"

The expression on Xiaocao's face became even more innocent, she flattened her mouth, and said, "Godmother, I don't have it!" ”

Mrs. Fang smiled and reassured: "Our Xiaocao is a good boy...... Your cousin has just arrived in a strange place, and she is not very comfortable, so you do your best to be a landlord. ”

"I will!" Yu Xiaocao looked at Xia Furong with ill will, thinking about whether to take her to the mountains to catch caterpillars, or go to the beach to dig sea intestines and fish sea cucumbers?

Xia Furong glared at her fiercely, and responded aggrievedly: "Auntie, don't worry, I will let my cousin!" ”

Just now, my aunt mentioned her family affairs, as long as she is obedient and sensible and doesn't make her aunt angry, her aunt will naturally plan for her. She endured this cheap girl first, and it was better to see each other less in the future, and her heart was pure!

In the minds of the two of them, the carriage drove through the most difficult mountain road, and saw the outline of Dongshan Village in the distance.

Xiaocao pointed not far away, and said with a smile: "Godmother, there is our family's melon field over there." It's not big, only more than three acres. However, watermelons grow very well, and one acre of land can bear thousands of catties! ”

Mrs. Fang looked at the small fishing village that seemed to be embraced by Cangshan, surrounded by green trees and fragrant birds. Where the grass is pointing, there is a lush verdant greenery, which makes people feel comfortable looking at it.

"There are ...... planted on both sides of this road," Mrs. Fang asked with a little confusion in the Zhuangzi where Mrs. Fang was married, who had never grown this kind of crop.

Yu Xiaocao glanced at the sweet potato seedlings on the side of the road, and said with a smile: "Dongshan Village is near the sea, and most of the land here is sandy, where wheat and soybeans are grown, and the yield is relatively low. Therefore, most of them are planted with crops that do not pick the ground, such as sweet potatoes. ”

"Sweet potato? Is it a new crop that can produce thousands of catties of land per acre? "When the emperor made his first voyage, he brought back sweet potatoes, a high-yield crop, and it was soon popularized. With this high-yield crop, more people would not die of hunger in the early Ming Dynasty, which was torn apart by war......

Yu Xiaocao nodded and said: "The yield of sweet potatoes is indeed very good, if it is planted well, it is possible to have two or three thousand catties per acre." ”

"Stop bragging! At this time, the wheat on the Zhuangzi has been tasseled, and the sweet potatoes still have only leaves and nothing to bear, and the remaining one or two months can produce more than 2,000 catties of fruits? Who are you coaxing? Xia Furong pursed her lips, and her tone was full of finding fault.

Yu Xiaocao saw a strange expression on her face, and said in surprise: "Cousin, you don't think that sweet potatoes are on vines, right?" Burst...... Don't get me wrong, I'm not laughing at you...... But it's funny...... The fruit of the sweet potato bears fruit in the ground. Uncle Coachman, please stop in front of you......"

Yu Xiaocao jumped out of the carriage, picked up a dead branch from the side of the road, and dug down the sweet potato vine in the field next to it.

"Hey! How can you just dig someone else's sweet potato? Isn't that a thief? Come up, what a shame to be caught! Xia Furong's voice was as if she was afraid that others would not hear her.

Yu Xiaocao ignored her, dug out a sweet potato weighing more than a pound from the sweet potato vine, and a few small sweet potatoes that were less than a pound, she broke off the mud on it with her hands, carried a few sweet potatoes into the car, and said to Mrs. Fang as if showing off: "Godmother, look, this is sweet potato." Sweet potatoes can be eaten boiled, steamed, or baked! The taste is fragrant and sweet, and if you eat it once in a while, it's still good! ”

Xia Furong showed a look of contempt on the side and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a person!" Don't tell you to be a thief, hasn't your mother told you about this truth? ”

The smile on Yu Xiaocao's face gradually faded, and her big eyes stared at Xia Furong with dissatisfaction, and she said word by word: "You can say anything to me!" Please don't get involved with my parents!! What do you know? That field belongs to my grandfather!! ”

Xia Furong was stared at by her, and she whispered: "Your grandfather's family can't dig ...... casually"

"Grandpa, what about you?" Before Xia Furong finished speaking, she was interrupted by Yu Xiaocao. Xiaocao, who was sitting on the wheel, greeted the figure not far away, smiling.

As soon as Yu Lichun looked up, Xiaocao sat in a strange carriage, first nodded to her, and said, "Yes, it's nothing to do idle, go to the field and have a look!" Whose carriage did you take to get back? ”

"My godmother, my godmother came from the capital, I'll take her to the house to rest first-grandpa, I'm hungry for roasted sweet potatoes, and I just dug a few sweet potatoes in your field......" Yu Xiaocao smiled hesitantly, without the slightest expression of embarrassment.

Yu Lichun knew that when the family was not separated, the Yu family had two meals a day, and Xiaocao had a weak stomach, so he had to add a piece of roasted sweet potato in the middle of the two meals every day. The little girl has eaten roasted sweet potatoes for so long, and now that her life is better, she still doesn't forget that taste!

He smiled and said, "If you want to eat your own things, you can dig them in the field!" Your family didn't grow sweet potatoes this spring, and when the harvest comes, I'll ask your third uncle to send you a few bags. ”

"Thank you, grandpa! I'll pick a watermelon for you in the field and send it to your home! "Yu Xiaocao understands the principle of courtesy.

Yu Lichun hurriedly shook his hand and said continuously: "I can't do it, I can't do it!" A watermelon is a few taels of silver, your grandfather and I can't afford it! Keep it and sell it......"

Yu Xiaocao smiled a flower on his face and said, "Grandpa, what's there to bear?" What you grow at home, can you still afford to eat it? Last winter, if you hadn't lent me money to see a doctor, I might have ...... You always have a life-saving kindness to me, what is it to eat a watermelon? That's it, you haven't tasted my watermelon yet! ”

Yu Lichun wanted to say something, but Xiaocao waved at him, jumped into the carriage, and drove past him. Yu Lichun smiled and shook his head, Xiaocao, this girl is really a lovely person, and she knows how to be grateful.

"Is this your grandfather? You two have a good relationship! Why did your godfather say in the letter that your family and your grandparents' family don't seem to deal with each other......" Mrs. Fang didn't treat Xiaocao as an outsider, thinking of the content of the letter, she asked with some concern.

Yu Xiaocao didn't hide it in front of her godmother, and said lightly: "It's because the relationship with my milk is not harmonious." My milk is this person...... I'm a junior, I'm not a good comment, you'll find out in a few days. My grandfather's family is very good, but it was so difficult last winter, and he lent me all the money in the family to see a doctor! ”

"What? Are you not well? I didn't listen to your godfather! Mrs. Fang looked at the little girl in front of her, who was slightly slender but quite energetic, and asked worriedly.

Yu Xiaocao hugged Mrs. Fang's arm, rubbed her little face on it, like a coquettish cat, and said softly: "I wasn't in good health before, but I was seriously ill last winter and almost died!" But now it's all good! People often say: If you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing in the future. Sure enough, thank God for letting me meet your godfather and godmother! ”

Mrs. Fang hugged the little girl in her arms and said with a smile: "You, this little mouth is as sweet as honey." Godmother has a century-old ginseng there, which should be regarded as a meeting gift for you. You asked your mother to use ginseng stewed chicken to replenish your body, you, you're too thin! ”