Goldfield
Chapter 104: The Robbery
Xiaocao and Madam Liu, who were staying at home, were also not lazing around. Making use of the warm sunlight after the snow, they lifted the straw and put the snow on it. The smile on the mothers-daughter's faces was even brighter than the sun as they looked at the green vegetables, which were bathing in the sun and unaffected by the spring snow.
Madam Fang, who had come to visit her daughter, was startled by the greenery in front of her as she entered the courtyard. He felt as if he had entered the spring before. Madam Fang is blabbering nonstop, your “Vegetables are growing really well! Brother Muyun, we also made straw and tried to grow a vegetable garden according to the way you taught me. Some rare seedlings had just sprouted, but they withered due to the heavy snowfall yesterday. I don't even know if they can survive .. ”
Madam Liu could not help the excitement on her face and said with a smile, “Dad Xiaocao let her do whatever she wanted. I couldn't stop them, so I let them plant vegetables with the thought that we were just throwing away a few bags of seeds. Unexpectedly, the vegetables that the little girl had grown were completely sprouted. Your plants are not growing well, could the soil not be fertile enough? As you know, our yard has been abandoned for many years and has piled up a thick layer of leaf fertilizer. ”
Xiaocao quickly said, “Seed for vegetables and mustard is spread more densely in our backyard. As the weather gets warmer in a few days, Auntie Zhou can pick up some to plant in your garden. ”
Madam Fang's youngest daughter, Zhou Shanhu, was no older than her and had an agile personality. Every time he came, he would envy the greenery of the Xiaocao family. When he returns to his own home, he will water and fertilize his family's vegetable garden. He wanted the vegetables in his yard to grow faster so he could eat them as quickly as possible. When she woke up this morning, she cried sadly at the miserable state of the vegetables, which were all frozen.
When Zhou Shanhu heard Xiaocao smiling and asked, “Really? Did you really give it to us? But.. aren't you guys going to sell vegetables in town? ”
Xiaocao held his hand and walked towards the backyard. As they walked, he said, “Shanhu, you should also know that if the plant is planted too densely, its growth will also be affected. If you and Big Brother Linglong come take some tomorrow, it will benefit our family as well. We got two free workers! ”
“Hei! So that's what you're planning! ” Zhou Shanhu laughed and tried to pinch her soft cheeks, while Xiaocao smiled and dodged. The two young girls chased and toyed beside the vegetable garden, while Zhou Linglong followed behind them, smiling softly.
In the main house of the Yu Family, Madam Li was complaining to her mother-in-law.
“Mother, I think Second Sister-in-law's family makes over ten copper coins every day from selling boiled food! No matter what they might get over a hundred copper coins. So that means they get three taels a month, which is more than the revenue we get from our fishing boats! ” As Madam Li thought of the shiny silver, she felt as if there were twenty-five kittens hiding in her heart — there were a hundred claws scratching her heart!
Of course, Madam Zhang was also envious of the income of the second branch, but she couldn't just take it from them. The old man would not agree. Last time, when he got the food recipe boiled from the second branch, the damned old man was angry at him for a few days!
When Madam Zhang thought about how the old man ‘sided’, he slammed the coarse ceramic cup in his hand violently onto the table and vented his anger at Madam Li, “What's the point of talking about this? Can you get the money? It's all your fault! You can't even clean the pig's innards properly and offend all the customers. Now, even if we steal the boiled food Xiaocao made and sell it, no one would want to buy it !! ”
Madam Li's face changed from blue to white after being scolded. He thinks inwardly: ‘How do I offend a customer? Aren't you the one who's so greedy that you refuse to give them a refund? You even shamelessly throw a tantrum! Even the rude people on the dock avoid you every time they see you. ‘.
Her eyes glanced for a moment, and then she quietly changed the topic to direct the anger of her mother-in-law, “Mother, I can't believe Second Sister-in-law would act like this! He made so much money every day, but he didn't even think about his parents. He seemed like a good boy in the past, but who knows, he was never sincere and just pretended all along! ”
Madam Li was seriously stirring up trouble for no reason. Before the Yu Hai family separated from the household, they had to give up all their income. If they also gave up all their money now that they lived apart, what would their families eat and drink with?
Madam Zhang snorted and angrily replied, “She's a good child? He completely ignored the life or death of his parents, while his own family ate and lived well! How is he good? He deserves to be paralyzed! It's karma! ”
Inside the room, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came out and made Yu Hai a worthless person. However, they did not expect that an evil idea would appear in the heart of the dark figure under the window, who had heard them.
The sky was clear and boundless the next day. The snow from a few days ago had melted and seeped into the ground. Xiaocao and his sister were walking home with baskets in their hands.
Their baskets are completely empty. Xiaocao happily hummed as he touched his swollen wallet. Xiaolian also had a happy expression on her face and said to Xiaocao, “Adik, the restaurant manager at the dock asks you to help make food for the table in the morning. Are you going to prepare the same dish as before? ”
Xiaocao smiled and said, “This time, the guests from the south, so they do not like spicy food and prefer sweeter flavors and vegetable dishes. I will make a new dish based on ‘bola pearly’ and ‘meat pig milk with peanut sauce’. For fish, I plan to make ‘ikan asam manis’. Because of its sweet and sour taste, southerners will definitely love it. Bok choy and our family mustard should be ready to eat. Vegetable dishes are ‘tumis mushroom and bok choy’ and ‘chopper white chopped with mustard greens’. For staple food... ‘three delicious vegetarian crystal steamed buns’ will be a good choice. Very beautiful and delicious! To be able to eat bok choy and mustard during this season, guests will definitely enjoy the food! ”
While the two brothers were happily discussing the dishes to eat and how much they had produced with the two taels given to them, a dark shadow suddenly flew out from the shrub that withered by the roadside and blocked the way of the sisters.
“Give me your money! If not, I will kill you! ” The masked man tries to make his voice sound deeper and pretends to sound cruel. But there was still an immature feeling in his voice.
After hearing it, Xiaocao had decided that she was not too old and should have been at an age when her voice changed. They had obtained over two hundred copper coins from peddling this morning. In his wallet, he not only had the money they made this morning, but also a two-tael deposit from the restaurant boss. He was truly reluctant to hand it over obediently.
He was stalling as he tried to think of a way to escape, “Don't act recklessly! There are a lot of pedestrians on this street right now. Robbery on the road is a crime. If you are caught and sent to Yamen, you will first be punished with fifty strokes. Even if you don't die, your skin will be torn! ”
When the masked man heard it, all the flesh on his body trembled. He tightened his grip on the stick in his hand, pointed at the sister, and angrily said, “Stop the nonsense and hand over the money quickly !!”
Xiaocao looked around and quietly squeezed Xiaolian's palm. He suddenly looked surprised and loudly shouted behind him, “Uncle Zhao! Have you come to sell games? ”
As soon as he heard that it was a skilled fighter, Hunter Zhao, the masked man was so scared that the stick in his hand fell to the ground. He turned around and looked back, while he prepared to flee.
As he turned his head, Xiaocao pulled Xiaolian and ran in the opposite direction with all his might.
When the masked man saw the empty path behind him, he finally realized that he had been fooled. He scolded them, “Bad brats stink, I must have skinned you alive when I caught you!” After which, he quickly chased after the two men.
Although the sisters took the lead, their legs were short and weak, and were soon caught by the robbers. He angrily extended his hand and pushed Xiaocao very far. He said loudly, “You dare to deceive me! If I don't hit you until you cry for your parents, then I won't use the surname.. ”.
He was not that stupid as to tell them his surname, and quickly stopped himself before he revealed his own surname. He angrily sent a loud slap towards Xiaocao.
However, at this moment, Xiaolian suddenly stepped forward and blocked her younger sister. With a sharp clapping sound, Xiaolian staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground after being hit. Her beautiful and soft face instantly became swollen.
Xiaocao rushed towards him to help him stand up. His heart ached as he blew his red, swollen face. He always protects those close to him. For his younger siblings in his previous life, he often fought with people who had bullied them. She has ‘with majestic’ won the title of tigress!
He tightened his fists and clenched his teeth. Fighting directly with an opponent would be his last choice. Based on his reaction when he had tricked him earlier, he should know Hunter Zhao, Uncle Zhao. Moreover, he had an inherent feeling that there was a sense of familiarity from the robber. He suspected that he was someone he knew and was probably someone from Dongshan Village …
[Yaaawn. There is no one else but your father's oldest cousin, who is lazy, greedy, and useless!] The lazy voice of the small sacred stone sounded in his ears as the little golden kitten on his shoulder stretched his back.
Yu Ge, Yu Heizi? Xiaocao looked at the fat figure of the other person, who had a sharp rooster-like voice. She looked tough on the outside, but shy on the inside .. It was really her!
The Little Divine Stone nonchalantly said, [Little girl, do you want me, this Divine Stone, to use my power and teach that person a lesson?] Although the little heavenly stone recognized Xiaocao as its master, it usually did not treat him with high self-esteem.
Xiaocao knew that Yu Ge, looked fierce and evil, but he was actually a coward inside. He remembered how, the day he woke up, he became so scared that he almost wet his bed for a few words. A plan was forming in his mind…
Yu Heizi secretly eavesdropped on the conversation of her mother and grandmother. He learned that Xiaocao went to the dock every day and earned over a hundred copper coins. Ever since she was young, her stingy grandmother had always secretly given her delicious food behind the younger brothers from the back of the second branch, but she had never given her more than two copper coins as allowance. It was not even enough to buy a piece of candy from a seller.
To him, a hundred copper coins was like luck. He thought of all the things he could do if he had a hundred copper coins. He will be able to buy two fragrant sesame pancakes filled with a few pieces of beef and have a good meal in town. She could also buy pearl hairpins for Xiaoxiang, who liked to dress up, to make her happy.
The next morning, he heard that the two little girls, Xiaocao and Xiaolian, were the ones going to the dock today, and thus an idea formed in his mind.