Goldfield
Chapter 50: Giving Money

Yu Caidie ruffled Xiaocao's hair and her smile deepened: “For so long. you don't blame me, it's okay. Rest now, tomorrow I'll send you more sugar water with eggs again. ”

Aunt Bungsu has a soft personality like flour. At first glance one could tell that it would be easy to grasp it in the palm of one's hand. It was hard to tell whether she would be bullied in the future by her in-laws. Madam Zhang had a shrewd and fiery personality; how did she end up raising a daughter as weak and sweet as her?

Yu Xiaocao thought: Did they bring home the wrong baby? Ehhh.. during this time, all deliveries at home with the help of midwives. There's no way for someone to bring home the wrong kid, okay!

Out of boredom, Yu Xiaocao teased the little egg deer, Tiny. This little egg deer is pretty weird. They've been raising him for a few months and feeding him consistently. In fact, from time to time, it was even given mystical stone water to nourish it. But why didn't the height increase at all? It was small and looked adorable. Its increasingly small size makes certain people, who want ‘kill it so big to eat meat’, feel very disappointed.

However, as a pet, this miniature-sized roe deer is really so cute that it can explode. In addition, the little creature loved cleanliness and was full of intelligence. It never poops itself indoors and does not have the distinctive roe deer smell. In fact, it faintly smelled the smell of grass.

Little Shitou was happy to hug the animal and would take it wherever she went. The village children became envious. Wuzi, who has the best relationship with Little Shitou, does his best to convince Shitou to lend him a small egg deer to play for a few days. However, Tiny completely refused to follow. Even when the animal was forcibly brought back to Wuzi's house, the creature always managed to ‘out of jail’ and run back home.

Once, when the door of the house was shut, the little creature stood foolishly in the snow and froze all night. The next morning, the statue almost became an ice sculpture due to the cold, and Little Shitou felt really bad. Since then, Tiny has never been lent to anyone else.

At this moment, the little egg deer was neatly lying beside Xiaocao and had no ill intentions towards the hand that was ruffling his hair. Instead, from time to time he would stick out his warm, moist tongue and lick Xiaocao's hand.

In his previous life, he had kept a small dog that would rather lick people than this creature, so Xiaocao did not think too much about it. However, the small holy stone on his wrist had another thought: [Hey, can you push the beast away? That rock is my body, so how can I suffer if it is stained by that lowly beast?]

Yu Xiaocao ignored the stone and deliberately placed the colorful wrist closer to the mouth of the little egg deer. The colorful stone inadvertently emitted a hint of spiritual energy, which made the delicate and clever roe deer become extremely happy. His weight increased clearly.

[Go, go now!] A small sacred stone erupted in anger and the spiritual form of his golden kitten flew towards the little egg deer's head. He unceasingly scratched the deer but did not have enough energy to manifest into physical form. After her revenge was thwarted, the kitten hissed and expanded to look like a hedgehog.

“Small Ketan Dumplings, ah, Small Ketan Dumplings! Why haven't you learned how to be obedient? Your fate is in my hands because I am your master. Therefore, you should respect me more and be more courteous! Do you understand?” Yu Xiaocao was bored of being silly so he deliberately teased the arrogant little holy stone.

[You are not allowed to call me with ‘Little Glutinous Dumpling’! This name is not impressive at all! Please call me ‘Lord Divine Stone’... yeouch! Go quickly! I'm covered in saliva and it's disgusting!]

The small holy stone was like a tiger coming out from its original territory. There was nothing he could do against the evil humans and the weak creatures before him. In the past, it could resolve the two of them without even moving a single finger.

[Good! Sir, my dear Lord! I admit, please push and help me take a shower!] As the stone of the god Goddess Nuwa who loves cleanliness the most, Little Ketan Dumpling finally admitted defeat from her vile master.

Little divine stone biting a small handkerchief: ‘Goddess Nuwa, did you know that your favorite stone is being tortured in a nameless corner of the world? Please save me immediately! ‘

Although the little sacred stone was unwilling to admit it, yet Goddess Nuwa also gave it a name very similar to the one given by her current master's sister! This was also why when Xiaocao had previously asked her name, she refused to tell him. As a majestic heavenly stone, having the name given by a weak human with mucus coming out of his nose made the stone feel extremely embarrassed. ( Author's note: Little Shitou protest: When I was very young, I didn't have a cold, okay!)

By the time Yu Xiaocao was about to fall asleep from boredom, the door to the western room opened again. The plump figure, which looked almost exactly like a ball, slipped through the gap in the door. Behind her was a little servant girl who repeatedly said, “Little master, be careful in the doorway. Don't fall! ”

“Memile! Tiny, Doudou wants to play with Tiny! ” Little boy Doudou sees a little roe deer on a kang bed and rushes to climb it. However, his little legs were too weak. His hand pushed the bed as he tried to climb, but still failed after some time.

Xiaocao chuckled at the place and did not intend to help the boy. Little Doudou's eyes held back tears as he looked at her with accusations.

In the corner of his eyes, Yu Xiaocao could see a graceful figure walking into the room. He hurriedly coughed a few times and pretended to be weak and helpless. She calmly said: “Doudou, your older sister is sick right now. You shouldn't climb up here and breathe the air full of Disease. If you want, you can bring Tiny back to your room to play.. ”.

Before Little Doudou agreed, he was bullied by his mother's cough: “This is no big deal. Let Doudou sit with Shitou at the head of the bed and play. Me, your aunt, want to talk to you. ”

“Xiaocao, your grandmother was on a rampage yesterday. As her daughter-in-law, I can't intentionally disobey her wishes, right? ” Lady Zhao sat on the side of the bed and pulled Xiaocao's hand. He looks full of sincerity.

Xiaocao sneered inside: ‘Who doesn't know that the person the old woman fears the most is you, Madam Zhao. The old lady will think even your farts smell good. Yesterday, had there been the slightest movement in the eastern room, Madam Zhang would have turned back. Younger Auntie, ah, Younger Aunt, you are trying to cheat a child! ‘ (Author note: You are still a child now!)

A blank expression in Xiaocao's eyes (Author's Note: Actually, only he got lost in his thoughts while looking at his aunt.) It made Madam Zhao feel a little helpless. He didn't try to solve this problem anymore and immediately said: “Xiaocao, your younger uncle and I are in town, so we need to rent a house, pay for his tutor, pay for him, and buy a brush and ink for your uncle. We also need to spend money to eat and drink. After trying to skimp and save, your younger uncle and I could only save one to two taels. How much money did your father borrow from Oldest Uncle? Take this first and pay now! ”

Xiaocao secretly coughed several times to show that he was ‘very weak’. He looked down at the silver piece in Madam Zhao's hand and couldn't help but sneer inside: ‘She really thinks others are stupid, eh! Every month, Madam Zhang would send more than enough money to cover the living expenses of her son and daughter-in-law. From Madam Li's wry comments, I know that the amount of money she gives to her youngest son in a month is more than equal to the amount of money our entire family spent in half a year. ‘

In a short three years, the couple not only did not have to worry about their food and living expenses, but also bought a servant girl to help them. With the rest of the money, they also bought a small stall on a rather remote street in the city to run a small wholesale business.

Outside they claimed that the shop stall was a dowry from the Zhao Family. However, as a dowry, why not give it to them when they are engaged and sent only three years later? Such a story could only fool a fool ah!

However, in front of ‘niat well’ Young Aunt, Xiaocao will not reveal her lies and wisely reject the offer: “Young Aunt, Doudou is still a child and Young Uncle needs to continue his schooling. You have to pay a lot of money. Xiaocao thanked Young Aunt for your goodwill; however, you should keep this piece of silver and take it home! ”

“Sister, sister! That money is for you to go to the doctor! ” Little Doudou crawled from the head of the bed and tried to take the silver pieces from his mother and put them in Xiaocao's hands. With great difficulty, he managed to stand up and stick his forehead to his forehead. Every time the little boy got sick, his mother would also treat him in the same way.

A child's attention is never cheap or ignored. Xiaocao felt his heart soften and he pinched the little man's chubby cheeks and said softly: “Doudou we are so sweet. The sister will be healed soon. When the snow melts from the mountain, I will go there to catch a little fish and boil Doudou's favorite fish soup! ”

“OK okay!” Little Doudou clapped his hands and jumped while screeching in excitement on the bed. Accidentally, he tripped over the blanket and fell head first onto the soft blanket. He bulged and struggled for a long time but could not pull himself up. Only with the help of Little Shitou could the little one finally be saved.

“Sister, fast healing! You need to catch fish and stew to eat Doudou! ” Little Doudou no matter his butt was still tender as it fell and instead sweetly came and put on Xiaocao's blanket. He looked at Xiaocao with his moist and dark eyes. The expression on his face looked exactly like the hungry expression of that little egg deer whenever he wanted to drink more mystical stone water.

“OK okay okay! I'll boil some fish soup for Doudou to eat! ”

After getting Xiaocao's promise, Little Doudou grinned happily and his attention was once again taken by the roe deer that was running around on the bed. The fat boy crawled and chased the little egg deer with a crowd.

Yu Xiaocao returned the piece of silver stuffed in his hand by the little boy and said: “Younger aunt, even though this time we borrowed a lot of money, we borrowed a lot of money, I overheard my father say that because of the snowstorm, the city was really short of game animals, so we could sell them for a good price. On the other hand, if there is not much snow, then the father can go to the mountain even more and can still return the money before the end of the year. If this one tael is given to the Eldest Grandfather, it will not be enough to return the money we have. Maybe it's better to sell some game animals and keep them until we can return all the money at once. ”

“What drugs are prescribed that cost more than two taels?” When Madam Zhao found out that some taels of money would not be able to repay her debt, she felt a little suspicious.

Yu Xiaocao sighed lightly and said: “Doctor Sun said that my innate constitution is really too weak. It should have been fed carefully but the food I got was not enough to compensate. So he needed to add some tonic boosters and so on to his medicine, because it was more expensive. He also said that after I finished the treatment, my father had to take me back to the city for another visit. If my body is still weak and not fed properly, then I may need to continue taking medication. ”

As he spoke, he furrowed his brows and frowned, as if he did not like taking medicine but was stuck with no choice.

After finishing this treatment, he might need to drink more? No wonder her mother-in-law said that this girl was a demon taking medicine! Madam Zhao took back the money in her hands without hesitation and said: “Xiaocao, don't worry about the money. It is very important to take care of your body. When I get back, I'll negotiate with your younger uncle and see if we can raise money, okay? Doudou, come back now, don't disturb your sister's rest. ”

“No! Doudou wants to play with Tiny! ” Due to the blizzard, Doudou is stuck inside and rarely comes out, so it's only natural that he doesn't want to go back to their room again.

Madam Zhao tried to convince the little boy to leave but saw that he was about to cry. Against his will, he could only agree to let Doudou stay in the western room and he went back to his own room.