Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 76

Liu Ya waited until Liu Dacheng had finished eating and cleaned up the dishes before returning to the house to eat.Xiao Shu'er and Liu Xu'er didn't eat either, they were waiting for her.

Liu Ya sat down and said: "You don't have to wait for me from now on, the family doesn't care that much." Then she said to Xiao Shu'er: "Hurry up and eat, aren't you going to go up the mountain with Second Sister later?"

"Oh, good." Xiao Shu'er was obedient, and quickly stuffed food into his mouth.

Liu Xu'er took two bites from the bowl, looked up at Liu Ya, and pursed her lips again.

With a glance, Liu Ya knew that Liu Xu'er had something to say, and she could roughly guess what Liu Xu'er wanted to say.Then he said directly: "Sister, Xiao Shu'er and I are earning hard money now, and we still have to climb mountains and resist things, so don't follow us. When the days are better in the future, we will call if there is any good business." You go and watch."

"Well, I know, even if I said so, you wouldn't take me with you." After Liu Xu'er finished speaking, she lowered her head to eat again.

Liu Ya felt that Liu Xu'er was thinking wrong, but she didn't want to explain anything, so she also lowered her head to eat and didn't mention this matter again.

After eating, Liu Xu'er washed the dishes, and Xiao Shu'er went to tidy up the things up the mountain.Baskets and hatchets must be brought along, so Xiao Shu'er ran to Liu Ya's hut and jumped onto the kang to dig through the hanging cabinets.

Liu Ya followed into the house and asked, "Xiao Shu'er, what are you fussing about in my house? I don't hide any private money here."

"Who wants your private money. I'm looking for a box to collect money." After Xiao Shu'er finished speaking, he opened the door on the other side and looked into the wall cabinet with his feet.Then he laughed "hehe" and stretched his arms inward, and it was obvious that he was digging out something from the innermost part.

"I found it, this is it." Xiao Shu'er said, took out a small box from the innermost part of the hanging cabinet, turned around and handed it to Liu Ya.

Liu Ya took it over and took a look, it turned out to be a mahogany box one foot long and half a foot wide, with mother-of-pearl patterns of flowers and birds embedded on the lid.Although due to poor preservation, several pieces of mother-of-pearl have fallen off.However, it can be seen from the material and workmanship that it is a good thing, and the age is not short.

Liu Ya couldn't help but be surprised that mahogany has been a good material for making furniture since ancient times, and it is not affordable for ordinary people.Erliu's family is so poor, not to mention mahogany boxes, even ordinary wooden boxes are eaten by moths and rats, why is there a box inlaid with mahogany here?

Liu Ya asked: "Xiao Shu'er, where did this box come from?"

"It's my mother's. I saw that my mother used this to hold things before. There was a hairpin, a small silver mirror and an ivory comb. But then everything disappeared, and after that, it was empty." Yes. But mother has kept this box in this hanging cabinet, I heard mother told you that when the second sister gets married in the future, she will put the dowry on the second sister."

"Tell me?" Liu Ya was surprised, but after thinking about it, it was probably the gentle and kind mother who said these words to her silly and cute daughter back then.

Xiao Shu'er nodded, jumped down from the kang, took the box back from Liu Ya's hand, and said: "Anyway, according to what mother said at the time, it was for your dowry, why don't we bring it now It’s useful, isn’t it good to use it as a box for collecting money. If someone rewards twenty or thirty cash every day, the box can be filled in less than a month. Then change the copper coins into silver, and when it is full, it will be filled. Give it to Second Sister as a dowry."

Liu Ya understood what Xiao Shu'er said.This box should be a jewelry box, but because Liu's family is poor, it is estimated that those jewelry have been sold by the mother.Later, I could only leave a box for my daughter as a thought.

"Go, go, bring it here, this one can't be moved." Liu Ya snatched the jewelry box back from Xiao Shuer's hand.While stroking the oily mahogany with his hands, he murmured: "Since it belongs to mother, please keep it well. It would be best if you can find mother's things in the future. When you come back, try to buy some of the same good things, and put them back for your mother."

After speaking, Liu Ya found out a small gown that Ya'er wore before, although it was torn, it was washed very clean.Wrap the mahogany box carefully with a small gown.Jumped onto the kang again, and put it in the hanging cabinet again.

"Second sister, look at how stingy you are. Mother said it was for you, so you'll take it as a baby?" Although Xiao Shu'er said this, she didn't intend to take it anymore.He is very sensible, from Liu Ya's eyes, he can already see that Liu Ya cares about the box, so naturally he won't touch it anymore.

In fact, Liu Ya didn't know why she would suddenly treasure such a box.But then I realized that I was an orphan since I was a child, and was selected as a killer. I have undergone so much rigorous training, and I face death and betrayal every day. No one can believe it, including the coach who taught me and trained with me. teammates.Even the boss who issues tasks to himself may be the enemy who raises his gun at you the next moment.

But now that I suddenly have a home and a care, my heart is always softer.Now there is a mother who doted on her so much, even if the mother has passed away, it is a blessing to have something that the mother left for her.

It can be said that Liu Ya felt that she had stolen the warmth of a silly girl, and she was secretly thankful for herself.So this thing has really become a part of her thoughts, and it can be regarded as keeping a part of affection for the silly girl Ya'er.

Liu Ya put the box away, looked back at Xiao Shu'er, and smiled a little embarrassedly.Then he pulled him and said: "Let's go, turn around and find a big money box for you to put copper coins in. This is left for me by my mother, and no one can touch it."

"Well, let's go. Let's see if we can pick more mountain products today. Second sister is going to the town tomorrow." Xiao Shu'er also held Liu Ya's hand with his backhand, and a pair of siblings went out with their baskets on their backs, smiling.

It's just that they just went out, and before they reached the mountain, they heard the commotion in the village, mixed with intermittent crying.

Both Liu Ya and Xiao Shu'er were puzzled. I don't know which house had the accident?

Looking at each other, Xiao Shuer said: "Second sister, let's go back and have a look. There are some good families in our village. If any family encounters difficulties, they should also take care of each other and help each other."

Liu Ya knew that Xiao Shu'er had a good heart, even though she had a cold temper, she was already warmed by Xiao Shu'er.He nodded and said, "Then go and have a look."

The siblings walked back, following the messy voices, and found that it was the direction of the third aunt's house.Go a little further, and see that the crying woman who is almost out of breath is actually the third aunt Liu Wang.

(End of this chapter)