Mrs. Fang hugged her goddaughter's delicate and soft little body, and the motherhood in her heart was seduced, and she gently patted Xiaocao's shoulder and back like a little baby. Xiaocao, who was only going to squint, fell asleep under the patter of the godmother.

When she arrived in town, Xiaocao was still asleep, and Mrs. Fang couldn't bear to shake her up. It was still the shouting outside the carriage that woke up the grass that had made up for sleep. She sat up and rubbed her eyes with her little hands, her eyes were misty and her expression was stunned, as if she didn't know where she was. Seeing such a confused grass, Mrs. Fang's heart softened like a puddle of water.

"Yikes! Got to town? Xiaocao's strangely big eyes lit up again. Turning his head, he saw an unknown water mark on the front placket of the godmother, and blinked his eyes twice. When she realized what the water stain was, she immediately blushed.

Mrs. Fang looked down at the saliva left by her goddaughter on her clothes, and said calmly: "It's okay, I brought a change of clothes and went to the inner hall of the melon shop to change." ”

Pearl lit up the little burden she was holding in her arms and showed it to the young lady. When the lady of a large family goes out, she always brings a change of clothes, so as not to be rude due to accidents when she is a guest at someone else's house.

In the melon shop, Xiaocao's aunt Han's got busy early in the morning. The watermelons were shipped yesterday afternoon, so there was no queue outside the store this morning. However, even after the boom of new openings, there is still an endless stream of customers in the melon shop.

Mrs. Fang changed her clothes and took the pearls to buy necessities. Xiaocao stayed in the store to help her aunt. After all, Li Li was Lord Qincha's deputy, and he couldn't leave his post for a long time to help, so he saw that there was a helper in the store, so he went back to the dock. In the past two days, Lord Qin sent Lord to Fucheng on a business trip, and Li Li helped in the town again, but Wu Yun was too busy!

Today's watermelons are not sold out before noon two days ago. By the time Shen arrived (three or four o'clock in the afternoon), there were still five or six smaller watermelons left. At this time, Yu Hai and Yu Xi's cousins sent two more carts of watermelons over.

Xiaocao moved the remaining small watermelons to the table in front of the door, took a small wooden board, and wrote: Special watermelons, one or two silvers! Although these watermelons are a little smaller, they still have sweetness and freshness, and they usually have to be sold for two taels of silver.

The cloth shop next door had no customers at this time, and the proprietress Feng Niangzi twisted her waist and came over. Looking at the information on the wooden board, she rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "These watermelons, why did they get a special price?" Is it left over from the previous two days? ”

A few shops in the neighborhood saw Xiaocao move the watermelon out, and they all looked at it curiously. The words on the wooden board, they also saw it, and a few of them were about to start, and when they heard what Feng Niangzi said, they pressed it down again.

Yu Xiaocao picked up the fresh melon seedlings on a watermelon and showed her it, the smile on her face did not change, and explained: "Sister Feng, look at this melon seedling, it doesn't look like it's not fresh, right?" The watermelons in our store, as you have seen, are delivered on the same day or the afternoon before and are never left for more than a day and a night. These watermelons are a little smaller, but they definitely taste the same. If you don't believe it, I'll give you a try! ”

Xiaocao neatly cut the smallest watermelon, and the red melon pulp and black melon seeds were presented in front of everyone. A strong sweet fragrance also entered everyone's nose. Xiaocao handed a piece to Feng Niangzi, and beckoned several nearby shopkeepers to taste it.

The shopkeeper of the silver building, who is separated from the melon shop, is white and fat, and he is full of smiles, like a Maitreya Buddha. He paced over slowly, took a piece unceremoniously, and said with a smile: "Little girl, you are willing to do it." That's a tael of silver! ”

"Willing, willing! There is a give-and-take!! Don't you have doubts in your heart and don't dare to buy my specials? After tasting it, you should be able to rest assured! Yu Xiaocao saw that everyone came to taste it in twos and threes, and her heart was completely relaxed. She is confident in the taste of her watermelon.

Sure enough, after tasting it, Feng Niangzi first picked the largest one from the remaining watermelons and took one or two pieces of silver to Xiaocao. Of course, the taste of the watermelon sold by Yujia Melon Shop is not said, but the price is not something that ordinary people can consume.

Most of the shops on this street are paid shopkeepers, and it's okay to buy one once in a while and try it, but if you eat it often, you really can't afford it. Now, there are special watermelons for sale, and the price has been reduced by at least half.

The remaining watermelons, large and small, were quickly sold out by several nearby shops. I didn't buy the special watermelon, so I asked a little unwillingly: "Little girl, when will there be a special watermelon for sale?" ”

Yu Xiaocao said with a smile: "In the future, we will launch special watermelons from time to time every day." Please pay close attention to our melon shop! ”

The white and chubby silver shop shopkeeper squinted at Xiaocao and said with a smile: "Little girl, you are really good at business!" Not bad, not bad, the future is terrifying! He wondered in his heart whether some of the unsalable jewelry in the store would also be displayed as a special item, so that he could quickly return the funds - well, he would discuss with the owner when he went back!

Yu Hai, who was unloading watermelons into the store next to him, saw that his daughter quickly disposed of the watermelons that might be left in the store, and couldn't help but praise with a little pride: worthy of being his daughter, she was born to be a good businessman!

Since the watermelon is ripe, the family has been busy with their feet on the ground. The girl's godmother is here again, and his baby daughter has returned to the village after a busy day, and she has to take care of her godmother. The only time that father and daughter can get along is at night. But everyone was tired of the day, and they all fell asleep without saying a few words. Yu Hai hadn't kissed his daughter for a few days, and when the watermelon was unloaded, he stayed in the store to talk to his daughter. In the evening, I picked up my daughter and went back together.

The freshly picked watermelons are so fresh that they can pinch out the water. At the same time as the watermelon was just unloaded, it also attracted many customers to buy in the store. At this time, there are two or three customers in the store, picking watermelons on different shelves.

Yu Xiaocao sat next to the store to collect money, and Yu Hai stood next to her, watching happily. Just as a guest handed the small ingots of five taels to Xiaocao's hand, suddenly a figure rushed over.

Yu Hai thought that someone was going to rob the silver, so he stepped forward and stopped between the girl and the figure.

"What's the matter! You are an unfilial son, and you can't do it if you want to!! Zhang's mean face appeared in front of Yu Hai like a nightmare. She rushed over just now and the speed was so fast that she almost didn't keep her foot, and she plunged into Yu Hai's arms.

As soon as Yu Xiaocao saw the expression of the cheap grandmother, she knew that the person who came was not good. Her father is the most stupid and soft-hearted, and he is definitely not the opponent of the Zhang family, and after locking the cash box, he walked out from behind his father: "Milk, who is the son of unfilial piety?" Shouldn't we pay tribute to your food every month and send it to you on time? ”

Zhang raised a pair of hanging eyebrows, stared at triangular eyes, and said bluntly: "When your son eats and drinks spicy food all day long, but lets his father and mother gnaw bean cakes all day long, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning!" ”

In the past two days, the melon shop was too busy to have time to cook, so the food was sent by Zhenyulou. Although there are no expensive dishes, they are not affordable for ordinary people! The people who help the store eat the dishes of Zhenyulou, but their own father and mother can only nibble on bean cakes...... The eyes that looked at Yu Hai's father and daughter nearby became disdainful.

Yu Xiaocao's face did not change: "Milk, when you separated our family, it was written in black and white: The second son will pay fifty catties of coarse grain every month. Even when we live in an old house that leaks through the wind and snow, and we are all going to starve, we have never been short of you. Since we sold vegetables and planted watermelons, we have replaced 50 catties of coarse grain with 50 catties of white rice and white noodles, and 5 catties of pork have been sent over regularly for a month. Why do you give my father back the bean cake? ”

Without waiting for Zhang to speak, she continued: "Oh! I remember!! I heard Brother Heizi say, you sent us over the white rice, white noodles, and pork, all of which were taken to the town to exchange for silver money, and bought paper and pens for Uncle Xiao! It's not difficult for the family to sell food to exchange for pen and paper! Before the separation, didn't the blind bear that my father hunted when he was seriously injured exchange it for three hundred taels of silver, and gave it to you? It's only been less than half a year, where has the money gone? ”

There were more and more onlookers, and from the little girl's words, a lot of exciting content was extracted: the second son of the family was injured by a bear while hunting, and the money from selling the bear was withheld by the mother; The wounded son was separated from the house, or was he left the house; When the family first separated, they could only live in a dilapidated house, they couldn't eat enough, and they had to save food from between their teeth to honor the elderly...... This is not a mother, which mother doesn't feel sorry for her children and grandchildren, and she wants to make things worse for him?

"What nonsense are you talking about!! Where did you get the three hundred taels of silver? You dead girl, lose money, don't be foolish here!! Zhang saw the onlookers pointing at her, her eyes wandering, and she yelled at Xiaocao with a fierce look.

Outside the crowd, Mrs. Fang, who had returned from purchasing, quietly looked at everything in front of her. Linglong said with a little worry: "This woman is too vicious and arrogant, I'm afraid Miss Cao'er will suffer!" ”

Mrs. Fang saw from the calmness of her goddaughter that she was at ease, smiled, and said, "This is Xiaocao's best stepgrandmother!" Seeing that the son who went out of the family was doing well, he came over to mess around and seek benefits, and it was really the best!! However, my goddaughter is not a vegetarian either, so let's wait and see what happens! ”

Xiaocao was almost sprayed by her spittle, took two steps back, plucked out her ears, and said, "Milk, you are not loud, why are you shouting so loudly?" You said that you didn't receive the three hundred taels of silver sent by Uncle Zhao? No way? That's not what my Uncle Zhao said!! The four-rank generals who are personally named by the people will not tell that lie in front of us, right? If you insist, I will write to Beijing to ask, Uncle Zhao has not yet opened the frontier, and he should be able to receive my letter......"