Goldfield
Chapter 187: Interrupting Endlessly
Lady Fang hugged the petite body of her delicate goddaughter and felt her maternal instinct emerge from within her heart. As if he was coaxing a baby, he gently patted Xiaocao on the shoulder. Xiaocao, who had originally planned to rest for a while, actually fell into a deep sleep under the gentle claps of her godmother.
When they arrived at the city, Xiaocao was still asleep, but Madam Fang couldn't bear to wake her up. In the end, it was peddling outside the carriage that woke up the sleeping Xiaocao. He sat down and used his small hands to rub his eyes. He blinked sleepily and had a confused expression on his face, as if he did not know where he was. Seeing the confused Xiaocao, Lady Fang's heart melted into a puddle of water.
“Ah! Are we in town? ” Xiaocao's large and abnormal pair of eyes returned bright. As soon as he turned his head, he saw an unknown water stain on the front of his godmother's clothes. He blinked his eyes twice in confusion. When he finally realized what a water stain was, his face immediately reddened.
Miss Fang lowered her head to look at the saliva trail her goddaughter left on her clothes, and then she calmly said, “It's okay. I brought spare clothes, so I could change in the room in the watermelon shop. ”
Linglong showed the small bag in his arms to the young miss. When honorable mistresses went out, they would always carry a change of clothes to avoid being disrespectful when facing an accident in someone else's home.
In the watermelon shop, Xiaocao's eldest maternal aunt, Madam Han, had been busy working since morning. The watermelon was transported yesterday afternoon, so there was no queue outside the store this morning. However, even after the madness of opening a new store, there were still endless customers in the watermelon shop.
After Lady Fang changed clothes, she went to buy necessities with Linglong. Xiaocao stayed in the store to help his eldest maternal aunt. After all, Li Li was the assistant imperial envoy. He could not leave his post and stay to help them for a long period of time. Seeing that someone was helping out at the shop, he returned to the dock. These past two days, Wu Yun had been very busy at the dock because the imperial envoy had gone to the prefectural city to work and Li Li was helping out in the city!
Unlike the first two days, today's watermelon does not sell out before noon. It was three to four in the afternoon, there were still five or six small watermelons left. Right now, Yu Hai and Yu Xi were sending out two watermelon carts.
Xiaocao moved the remaining small watermelon to the table at the entrance. He picked up a small wooden board and wrote: ‘Obral Special For Watermelon! One Tael Each! ‘ Although the size is smaller, the taste is still very sweet and fresh. Usually the price is two taels each.
There were no customers in the cloth shop next door, so Shopkeeper Feng's boss walked over while swinging his hips. Looking at the notice on the board, he looked around and said with a smile, “Why are you doing this special sale for watermelon? Is that the rest of the last two days? ”
The people in the nearby shop peeked curiously as they saw Xiaocao take out a watermelon. They had also seen the words on the wooden board, and some of them were eager to move. But, when they heard Madam Feng's question, they held back.
Yu Xiaocao took out a fresh watermelon seedling and showed it to her. The smile on his face remained unchanged as he explained, “Sister Feng, look at this watermelon, it doesn't seem fresh, does it? As you can see, the watermelons in our store were all shipped here on the day or afternoon of the previous day. They will definitely not be placed in our store for more than a day. The size of this watermelon is smaller, but it will certainly feel the same when eaten. If you don't trust me, I can open it so that everyone can see it! ”
Xiaocao swiftly split the smallest watermelon with a knife. The red watermelon flesh and black seeds appeared in front of everyone. A strong sweet taste then floated into everyone's nose. Xiacoao gave a piece to Madam Feng, and then he invited some shopkeepers at a nearby store to sample it.
The shopkeeper of the two shops of the watermelon shop was pale and fat, and he had a bright smile on his face like a Buddha. He slowly walked over, unconditionally picked up a piece of watermelon, and said with a grin, “Little girl, you really want to do this. It costs one tael ah! ”
“Of course, I am willing! One had to give up on some things to get more !! Isn't everyone skeptical about buying special offers at our store? After tasting it, you can be sure! ” Seeing everyone coming to taste the watermelon, Yu Xiaocao heart felt very comfortable now. He is very confident in the taste of watermelon.
Sure enough, after tasting it, Madam Feng immediately plucked one of the remaining watermelons and gave one tael of silver to Xiaocao. Of course, the taste of watermelon sold in the Yu Family watermelon shop was incredible, but it was not sold at a price that was affordable to everyone.
Most of the shopkeepers on this street are wage earners. It is fine to buy them occasionally, but they will not be able to eat them regularly. Currently, there is a special sale for watermelon. Moreover, the price was lowered by half. Only a fool would not take advantage of this discount ah!
All of the remaining watermelons, no matter big or small, were quickly picked up by some store owner in a neighboring store. Those who did not manage to buy a discount watermelon ask in frustration, “Small girl, when will you hold a special sale for watermelon?”
The fat shopkeeper from the silver shop looked at Xiaocao with narrowed eyes and laughed, “Little girl, you are quite good at business! Pretty, decent. The abilities of young people should be respected ah! ” In his mind, he pondered whether he should also make special sales for unsellable jewelry in his shop. This way, they can quickly regain his capital — Yes, he should go back and discuss this matter with his boss!
Yu Hai, who was taking down the watermelon beside the shop, saw his daughter quickly take care of the remaining watermelon. She couldn't help but proudly praise her in her heart, ‘She must be my daughter. He was born with an innate talent for doing business! ‘
Since the watermelon is ripe, the whole family is busy with no time for rest. Her daughter's godmother also came, so after working all day, she still had to look after her godmother when they returned to the village. The father-son couple can only interact at night. However, everyone was exhausted all day, so they fell asleep without much talk. It had been a few days since Yu Hai had bonded with his daughter. After dropping off the watermelon, she stayed at the store to chat with her daughter. At night, he would pick her up and go home together.
The spout from the freshly picked watermelon is so fresh that one can get the water out of it. Previously, the time of watermelon dismantling attracted many customers to shop at their stores. Currently, there are two to three customers picking watermelons on different shelves in the store.
Yu Xiaocao sat at the entrance of the store and counted the money, while Yu Hai stood beside him, looking at him with a smile. Just as a patron gave Xiaocao a small bar of five taels, a figure suddenly rushed towards him.
Yu Hai thought that someone wanted to rob them, so he stepped forward and blocked his daughter from everyone else.
“What are you doing! You, this unfilial child, even want to hit me !! ” The cruel face of mistress Zhang appeared in front of Yu Hai like a nightmare. He rushed too fast, so he could barely contain himself and dove straight into Yu Hai's embrace.
With a single look at his grandmother's expression, Yu Xiaocao knew that he had come with malicious intentions. Her father was a gentle and foolish hearted person, so she was definitely not Madam Zhang's opponent. After she locked the money box safely, she walked out from before her father and said, “Grandmother, who is unfilial? Have we not sent you the grain that we are to give you every month, in honor of you? ”
With her brows curled sideways, Madam Zhang glared at them with triangular eyes and rigidly replied, “As a son, you eat and live well every day, she said, but your elderly parents can only eat away at peanut cakes. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning! ”
The watermelon shop had been too busy for these past two days, so she had no time to cook. So, they had eaten the food sent from Zhenxiu Restaurant. Although there were no expensive dishes, it was not something an ordinary person could afford! All the workers in the food store were sent by Zhenxiu Restaurant, while his own parents could only eat peanut cakes. Everyone around them all looked at Yu Hai and his daughter with looks of disdain.
Without changing expression, Yu Xiaocao said, “Grandmother, when you forced my family out of the house with nothing, it was written in black and white: ‘As a tribute to the child, second son should send more than fifty catties of coarse grain every month.’ Even when we lived in a rundown house that could barely contain the wind and snow, and did not eat enough, we still gave everything as promised. After we started selling vegetables and growing watermelons, we had turned fifty catties from coarse grains into fifty catties of white rice and wheat flour, with an additional five catties of pork. We send it to you every month without fail. Why do you still give my grandfather bean cakes to eat? ”
Without waiting for Madam Zhang to speak, she continued, “Oh! I remember now!! I've heard from Brother Heizi that you sold all the white rice, wheat flour, and pork that we gave you to earn money, which you used to buy papers and brushes for Young Uncle !! His family is not so poor that you have to sell your food rations to buy paper and brushes ah! Before we separated from the main family, my father was seriously injured from bear hunting. Didn't you take all of the three hundred taels? It hasn't even been half a year, where did all that money go? ”
More people gathered. From the words of this little girl, they got a lot of explosive content: The second son of this family was injured while hunting bears, but the money to sell bears had been confiscated by his mother. His injured son was forced to separate from the main family, moreover, he had to leave with nothing. After separating from the family, his family could only live in a rundown house and not have enough food. However, they still need to store food while starving to send them to an older person in honor. Which mother doesn't care about her children and grandchildren? Moreover, he made things worse for them and added to their burden?
“Omong empty what are you talking about !! Three hundred taels what are you talking about? Goddamnit! You are wasting money! Stop talking nonsense here !! ” Seeing the spectators pointing and gossiping about her, Madam Zhang's eyes glanced around and shouted at Xiaocao with a fierce appearance.
Outside of the crowd, Madam Fang, who had just returned from shopping, quietly looked at the scene before her. Linglong said with a little attention, “This woman is too fierce and unreasonable. I'm afraid Miss Caoer will be harmed! ”
Lady Fang, on the contrary, felt that her goddaughter could handle this situation easily based on her calm appearance. She smiled and said, “This must be Xiaocao's grandmother who is ‘remarkable’! Seeing the son who had separated from the family living well, he came to annoy them with unreasonable demands. She really is ‘extraordinary’ ah !! But my goddaughter is not obedient either. Let's wait and see how it works! ”
Xiaocao was almost sprayed by his saliva. She took two steps back, rubbed her ear, and said, “Grandmother, making a loud voice does not mean you are on the right side. Why are you shouting so loudly? Are you saying that you did not receive the three hundred taels that Uncle Zhao sent? Are you sure That's not what Uncle Zhao said ah !! He was a rank four military official, which was a title personally bestowed by the emperor. So he's not gonna lie to us, is he? If you insist, then I will write a letter to the capital asking. I guess Uncle Zhao hasn't left for the border yet, so he should be able to receive my letter .. ”