Goldfield
Chapter 226: Raise Your Precious Legs

Some golden corn seeds were quietly lying on the sand that had been stirred up from the activity. Suddenly, a large foot thatched with straw shoes began to head towards the golden-colored seed. Yu Xiaocao's mouth was open and closed but the words to stop that person did not come out. The giant foot had already pressed the seed into the sand.

Yu Xiaocao no longer cared that the dock was under martial law and rushed over. He was squatting near the big footprints. Old Hao, who came from behind him with a giant bag, could barely change his direction in time and barely stumbled on him.

How dangerous! If Old Hao had fallen, a man who weighed about eighty kilograms and also had a bag that weighed about a hundred kilograms, he might have killed him from the impact or at least severely injured him. Old Hao staggered a few steps and then caught his footing. Just as he was about to shout at the perpetrator, he saw who the little fellow in front of him was. He swallowed the dirty words that would overflow and declared with concern, “Little girl Xiaocao, this is not a safe place for you to play around. Quickly and go!”

The man behind Old Hao almost hit him as well. The worker raised his head to look at Old Hao and then circled the two of them to walk past him. The other workers behind them also followed in his footsteps, working hard to carry the burden on their shoulders.

Today, the boss told them that after they finished unpacking everything from the ship, they would earn double the salary. Although they will be home later than usual, this job is worth it!

Yu Xiaocao raised his head and smiled at Old Hao. He continued to use his small hand to push the sand on the tread until some corn kernels appeared! Xiaocao was very excited, 'Corn is a plant with high yields! Unlike sweet potatoes, which cause heartburn when a person eats too much, corn can actually be a staple food to eat every day!' The childhood memories of eating golden and crisp roasted corn cakes and soft and delicious grits passed through his mind.Yu Xiaocao suddenly had to swallow his saliva.

Despite Old Hao's warning, he followed in the footsteps of his eldest maternal uncle and searched for corn. The hole in the burlap sack must be very small. He had to walk a few steps before he could find another corn seed.

After drinking the mystical stone water every day, Yu Xiaocao's five senses became extremely sharp. Although the color of the corn kernels was almost the same as that of the sand grains, he could still find most of the corn kernels in the ground. Sometimes he passed one, but the little holy stone would remind him.

The thought of that little divine stone was related to the thought of his master. Therefore, he also knew how important these corn kernels were to Xiaocao.

When the squadron of imperial guards finished eating the delicious zhajiang noodles and boiled pork head meat, they wanted to return the bowl and equipment. However, the little girl had left and they had no idea where she was going. The guards were not nervous about his departure. All the merchants at the pier had checked his background before and all of them were innocent people making a living. Even so, just how big of a problem could a little girl, who had yet to reach ten years of age and did not even have the strength to bind a chicken?

Yu Xiaocao continued his journey in search of corn with his head bowed. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. Up ahead, not far from him, there were four to five corn seeds! If he added it to the one in his hand, he already had around twenty seeds. The weather was getting better, so he could start planting corn in the backyard to get a good supply of seeds. Next year, he will have enough money to plant about two to three mu of corn fields. If two more years passed, then he would become a corn tycoon! Yep! For the sake of planting corn, he needed to buy a few more fields in the fertile land!

His pale and delicate little hand hastily grabbed the few seeds of corn. Suddenly, a foot-shoe of black brocade boots with a cloud pattern stepped on the corn on the ground. Before Xiaocao could think of everything, his tiny hand had grasped the foot to lift it up and left a striking sandy trace on the black boots.

Zhu Junyang grimaced as he looked at the annoying dirty prints on his feet. The atmosphere instantly became awkward. Both Steward Liu and Commander Fang, who were behind the prince, felt as if there was a storm cloud flowing towards them! However, the small and burly figure crouching on the ground did not detect this change at all. He was still trying to move the young royal prince's feet with all his might.

"You——Do you know what you're doing?" Zhu Junyang asked a question. His voice had a clear gloomy tone as if he was gritting his teeth in anger.

Yu Xiaocao did not even raise his head as he replied, "What a bitch, please raise your precious legs, you step on my things!"

No matter how much strength he tried to use, Zhu Junyang's feet remained firmly planted on the ground. The young man was so angry he wanted to laugh. His handsome face, which originally had a cold expression, revealed a thin smile. Commander Fang felt the fur on the back of his arm lift up when he saw the abnormal-looking smile on Prince Yang's face. He immediately had the desire to be far, far away from this man.

“I wonder why these seeds, which I, this prince, have passed in the ocean, suddenly belong to you, hmm?” Zhu Junyang crossed his arms across his chest and tilted his head at a forty-five degree angle to look at the little boy who had not even turned around to interact with him. This was the first time in his life that someone had the guts to treat him disrespectfully. Zhu Junyang felt a desire to play cat chasing mouse at this moment.

'This prince? Don't tell me that the one who spoke to me was the young prince of the kingdom who had just returned home from his voyage? I can't possibly be that lucky, right?’ Yu Xiaocao's dirty little hands suddenly stopped moving on top of the black boots in front of him. 'Ah! Judging from the material of these boots, although I do not know much about the material of boots, I can say that they are quite expensive. What kind of ordinary person could afford to use something like this to make shoes? I'm fucked. I was too focused on picking up corn and I didn't realize it. What am I supposed to do? The empress had mentioned that her son's temperament was not very good. Will I be whipped with a wooden board? It won't work, my body is so weak and small, I definitely won't be able to endure the torment. I needed to find a way to pull this off long enough for my godfather to find me to come home ... '

He clung to what he thought was his most innocent-looking smile and opened his big eyes before he slowly raised his head to stare at the person who was the owner of the black boots.

'This is it?!' Zhu Junyang's bloated impatience and anger suddenly appeared by something. He felt his emotions slowly cooling down. A pair of plain large eyes in front of him overlapped with round eyes that haunted his dream.

The smile he used hundreds of times to get out of trouble didn't seem to work today! Yu Xiaocao looked at the expressionless handsome face in front of him and rubbed his nose in embarrassment. However, right now she was just a little girl pretending to be innocent. Although the royal prince's temperament was cold, he did not look like a ruthless person. He won't lower himself to the level of a child?

“Ah. May the young royal prince have a good life!” Yu Xiaocao hurriedly got up from the ground and bowed recklessly.

Steward Liu Fusheng also recognized the identity of this little girl and he could not help but shiver in his heart for the boy. Earlier, on the ship, he had accidentally said 'the young royal prince' and had been given the lightest punishment of being whipped twenty times as a 'gift'. This little girl not only fouled the shoes of the royal prince, who was a germaphobe, but also called him 'the young royal prince'! If his master accidentally executed this little girl in frustration, wouldn't the masses accuse him of 'biting the hand that feeds him'?

As Servant Liu Fusheng was considering whether he should plead for leniency for the little girl, his master finally replied, “Remove that disgusting smile from your face! How hypocritical!! Tell me, why is the seed that I, this prince, brought back now yours?”

Even though his master's voice was as cold as usual, Servant Liu had a feeling, 'It seems that my master isn't that angry! Looks like people can really change!’

"G ..." Is his smile really disgusting? Didn't everyone tell her that her smile was sweet and beautiful and capable of making one feel happy ah? The young royal prince really stood out from the masses because his taste was different from that of ordinary people. However, now was not the time to discuss whether her smile looked disgusting or sweet, she had to get out of this mess as quickly as possible!

“Then these commoners do not know that the objects on the ground are yours, young prince. I think that objects that fall to the ground have no owners. Since there is no owner, then it becomes a search guard! Yu Xiaocao explained using the excuse of a child.

“Searching guards? Hm? Who taught you this reason? Is that General Fang eh? Zhu Junyang had received quite a lot of information during the short period he was on land. However, he himself was not so sure why he remembered this particular information. It must be because it is related to General Fang, for sure!

The size of Yu Xiaocao's eyes when compared to the size of his pointed face was rather large, especially when it was opened wide. It actually made him resemble a small flying squirrel because most of the space on his face seemed to be taken up by those two eyes. He pouted pitifully, “Why should you blame my godfather for my mistake? I noticed that the seeds fell to the ground. If I don't take it, then they'll be buried by the sand. It would be so embarrassing!”

Zhu Junwang watched him in silence. Although his facial expression was gentle, it still made his scalp numb. He had trouble keeping a smile on his face.

The young royal prince seemed to feel his discomfort. He bent down and dug up the corn seeds from under his feet and generously broke the silence, “You, will forgive you from the crime of being rude.”

"really?" Songs flowed profusely in Xiaocao's heart and a brilliant smile flashed across his face. He almost said the word 'corn'. However, at the last second, he managed to master his calmness. This plant has just been brought back from a distant sea. If he could name her, then it would be truly astounding.

He pretended to ponder for a while before he carefully replied, "Young Prince, these seeds resemble jade pebbles, I think they should be called 'corn', what do you think?"

The corn? It was the same term the emperor used for this plant. From the little girl's expression earlier, Zhu Junyang was convinced that this was not a name that was taken for granted. Instead... she already knew what this plant was!!

However, how could the daughter of a rural farmer recognize a plant growing in the far western hemisphere? Zhu Junyang looked at this small-bodied girl in front of him with an incomprehensible expression as the doubts in his heart piled up. Apparently, this little girl had a secret that no one else knew about!

"Corny?" Zhu Junyang violently said this word, as if he had only heard it for the first time. He slowly nodded his head and continued, “This name is not bad. When I submit my report to the emperor, I will also use this name..”.

Yu Xiaocao panicked and hurriedly raised his voice to stop him, “Do not do that!!”

He was already quite certain that the current emperor was also a transmigrator like himself. In his past life, he had read many novels. In some places, people who had transmigrated to high positions would trap other transmigrants from leaking their own secrets. It was hard to tell if such a thing would also happen to him!