Yoshida Mii

Chapter 42

Dong Bao wants to laugh but is a little stunned. People in ancient times were really precocious. They began to think about major life events at the age of 12. In the world of the previous life, 12-year-old girls only read manga and novels, chasing handsome idols at an innocent age.

No matter what Zhaodi said, Lin Shi always had a brisk and warm smile, answering Zhaodi's words one by one.When the group of people reached the ditch, the ground was muddy and wet, Lin Shi told everyone to be careful, and he walked to the front immediately.

The weather is still gloomy, the humidity in the ditch is heavy, the leaves are still wet, and water drops drip from time to time.On the dead wood on the ground, many places beside the tree roots are full of mushrooms.The four of them were busy picking mushrooms, bent down to pick them off, put them in the basket, and then straightened up and walked forward. At first they found it interesting, but after picking them up for a while, they got tired. Even the most noisy move Di shut his mouth and concentrated on his work.

Dongbao doesn't know much about mushrooms, so she only dared to pick oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms that she knew. As for matsutake, she couldn't find it after wandering around all morning, so she had to give up. Fortunately, she picked all oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms alone. A basket is enough to feed several meals at home.Beside a dead tree, she also tore a large handful of black fungus.

A few people wandered around and found the wild peach tree that Dongbao and Li Shi had picked two days ago. Many people in the village also went to the ditch to find something to eat, and all the peaches that were slightly lower in the wild peach tree were picked. , there are only a few peaches hanging on the top branch, probably because it grows on the top and receives good light, so the peaches grow plump and rosy.

Quanzi glanced at it, took off his shoes, and like a dexterous monkey, he climbed to the highest tree branch after a few strokes, reached the few peaches without too much effort, picked them up and threw them to Dong with a smile on his face. Bao, Dong Bao hastily put down the basket, holding the front of the gown to pick up the peaches that Quanzi dropped.

At this time, there was no pesticide residue on the fruit. Dongbao and the others casually wiped the fine hairs on the peaches, and they couldn't wait to nibble on them. The peaches were moist and juicy, with a hint of sweetness. The ones I picked were much tastier.

Quanzi gnawed the peach until there was only a smooth core left, and spit it out in one gulp. Seeing Dongbao biting the peach, he pulled Dongbao and said enthusiastically: "After two days, the peaches from my grandma's house will be ready." It's ripe, but it's delicious, Sister Dongbao, come to my house to eat peaches."

"How delicious?" Dong Bao teased him with a smile. The ten-year-old Quan Zi's round head and fat face are very cute. Every time Dong Bao sees him, he has to hold back his little chubby who wants to pinch him. The impulse of the face.

Quanzi blinked his eyes and thought for a long time, but couldn't think of how to describe the delicious peaches at grandma's house, so he said: "Anyway, they are delicious. You will know when you taste it. I guarantee you will think about it after eating it." Eat next year! That peach sapling was brought over by my uncle's friend from outside, and it's different from ours here!"

Dong Bao smiled and nodded, sighing inwardly, when she and Mrs. Li can leave the Song family, it would be nice to have a separate yard to live in. At that time, buying some good fruit tree saplings and planting fruit trees in the yard will not only be enough for yourself To eat, but also to give away.Planting fruit trees now, I'm afraid it's not big enough for two spoiled demon kings.

When it was almost noon, the four of them came out of the ditch and walked to the flat ground. Dong Bao looked back at the ditch in the lower part and thought that this place was really a treasure. There are fruits to eat, and you can hunt hares and pheasants in winter.

As soon as the group reached the entrance of the village, they saw a small green cloth sedan chair carried by two people in front of it, and a young man carrying a load followed beside the sedan chair.

Tagouji is a quiet and somewhat closed-off village, with few new faces appearing throughout the year, besides, the sedan chair is a rare thing, only the wealthy elders in the city take it.As soon as the green cloth sedan chair entered the village, many people stopped to watch.

"Who is this?" Song Zhaodi tiptoed to look and look, with envy on his face.

The little sedan chair walked steadily in front of them, and when it was almost at the door of the Song family, the sedan chair slowed down. A man carrying the sedan chair smiled at Dashi and asked, "Little brother, our Song Xiucai's family here where?"

Lin Shi pointed to the Song family ahead and said, "This is it."

The bearer thanked him, walked a few steps forward, and parked the sedan chair firmly at the gate of Song's house, removed the straps from his shoulders, and said to the people in the sedan chair: "Guest officer, would you like The place has come."

Standing behind Dashi, Dong Bao stretched her neck and watched curiously. She didn't remember any rich relatives in the Song family.

After the bearer finished speaking, he opened the sedan chair curtain with a white hand, and a young man came out of the sedan chair, wearing a fine white cloth robe, tied with a belt, and his hair tied on the top of his head with a piece of blue cloth. Scholar's most popular attire, a pair of black cloth shoes on his feet are clean without any dust.

Looking at the muddy road under his feet, the scholar was disgusted, his brows were so wrinkled that he could kill a fly.

"Third Uncle!" Song Zhaodi was the closest to him, recognized the person, and shouted, "Why are you back?"

Song Bai, the third child of the Song family, turned his hands behind his back and looked back at the children, flicked off the dust that didn't exist on his body, hummed indifferently, turned around and told the porter, "Pick up my things into the house." .”

As he said that, he continued to frown with his hands behind his back, and lowered his head in disgust to pick up a slightly clean place, fearing that his shoes would be dirty.

The Song family had heard the voice and came out to greet him. Uncle Song opened the curtain of the west wing and came out to see Song Bai. He smiled in surprise and said, "Third brother, why are you back?"

Uncle Song said "hmm", without raising his head, he lowered his head and picked up the clean place and walked forward.

Seeing her youngest son come back, Mrs. Huang couldn't close her mouth with joy. She looked at Song Bai with incomparable kindness in her eyes. She came out of the main room and pulled Song Bai to the main room. The wrinkles on her face turned into a chrysanthemum. "Hey, this kid, why did you come back without making a sound? Are you homesick? Ask the people from the village who went to the town to go to the market to come back and send a message. The road is so difficult. Ask your second brother to pick you up in the town. !"

"Hey, guest officer, don't go!" The bearer at the door was anxious, stretched out his hand and shouted: "Did you forget? Our brothers haven't been paid yet!"

Hearing this, Song Bai turned his head and said to Mrs. Huang, "Mother, go and pay their wages." After finishing speaking, he walked into the main room with his hands behind his back.

Dong Bao, who was hiding behind Dashi, looked at her third uncle Song Bai in amazement. Why did this young man act like someone else owed him 800 taels from the beginning to the end? To put it bluntly, the same rice feeds all kinds of people.

Mrs. Huang was stunned for a moment when she heard her son's words, then looked back at the porter at the door, walked to the door with a cold face, and asked, "How much is it?"

The bearer was getting impatient, and asking for wages was such a hassle. Hearing the old woman's tone of asking for debts, she became angry, "The two of us are 35 Wen, this elder brother..." The bearer pointed to the porter, " It's fifteen words."

Huang was startled, and immediately stared, "Why is it so expensive? Who is it?"

The bearer was not a good-tempered person either, so he rolled up his sleeves and said loudly, "Hey, old sister-in-law, this is the price your son agreed upon when he hired our brothers. I didn't ask you for a penny." It’s so much, it’s so far from the town, why? Want to renege on your debt?”

The two people yelled too loudly at each other, Song Bai turned his head and shouted impatiently: "Mom, what are you doing so much? Just give him money and send him away! My head hurts from the noise."

Dongbao and Dashi's four and a half children watched silently from the sidelines, and many villagers followed the sedan chairs to watch the excitement. Everyone was smacking their tongues in their hearts. It is estimated that the only people in the entire Tagouji who dared to yell at Mrs. Huang were Song Bai alone.When he came back, he hired porters to pick up things and sedan chairs. He spent fifty yuan, which was enough for a middle-level family's monthly expenses.There are so many people in the village who go to the town every day, and I have never heard of anyone sitting in a sedan chair. After all, scholars are different, and they are much more expensive than peasants.

The youngest son spoke, Huang was reluctant to argue in front of the youngest son, went back to the house, counted the copper coins, and gave them to the porter with a bad face.After all, it was fifty yuan, which was enough to buy salt and soy sauce for the family for half a year. Huang's heart ached, and he couldn't help curling his lips and said: "It's a blackmailer! It's sincere to bully us country people!"

The bearer didn't bother to talk too much with the old woman, so he took the money and counted roughly, lifted up the sedan chair and left, and the porter followed suit. A few people walked all the way angrily and said, "If you give a sedan chair money, it's like this. How can you pretend to be a rich young master if you don’t have money? My brothers are also unlucky!”

Huang hopped her thin body and spit in the direction of the bearer, "What! Isn't it the lowly life of carrying the sedan chair to serve others, and carrying the sedan chair for my son is the blessing you have cultivated in eight lifetimes! Wait for me When my son becomes a high official, I will cut off the heads of you bastards!"

Lin Shi and the others watched silently.

Mrs. Huang was still puzzled and wanted to swear a few more words, but suddenly remembered that her youngest son was still waiting in the main room, so she hurried home, and when she entered the main room, she saw her son sitting on the stool with his legs crossed, squinting his eyes in displeasure. readily.

"Bai'er." Huang's face was full of love when she looked at her younger son, but when she thought of the fifty cents she had just left, her heart ached again, and the words came to her lips, "Why did you hire a sedan chair to come back? "

Song Bai said impatiently: "The road is so difficult, how can I come back if I don't take a sedan chair?" He is not a country boy.

Seeing that his son was very angry, Huang did not dare to ask any more questions, so he smiled and said, "Then why are you back at this time? The schoolwork is not tight?"

Song Bai became even angrier, put down Erlang's legs and sat up straight, glaring at Huang Shi angrily, "What will I do if I don't come back? I'm going to starve to death outside! I don't have any money on me, so tell me to drink northwest wind?"

(End of this chapter)