Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 84
On Tuesday, the girl stammered, "Miss Xiaoyu, you, you don't have to help me."

"It's okay, it's easy to talk like this." Du Xiaoyu is also used to picking up vegetables, and teased her, "Why haven't you come to me after so long, if I don't come, will we never see each other for the rest of our lives?" Are you here? Or do you not want to see me?"

"No, no." Ya Zhou shook her head like a rattle, whispered, "Mother forbids me to come out, my eldest sister hurts her leg, and I have to stay home to watch my younger brother."

What a poor baby, Du Xiaoyu sighed, "You have to grow up quickly."

"Why?" Zhou Ya didn't understand.

When she grows up, finding a good family may not need to be controlled by Mrs. Hong, but it seems difficult. Will Mrs. Hong find a good husband's family for her?The more Du Xiaoyu thought about it, the more she felt that it was impossible. Their family was too patriarchal, and marrying a daughter was probably a way to support her son. She felt uncomfortable thinking about it.

Zhou Ya is considered her only little friend in the village, but at the moment she feels a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Sister Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you?" Zhou Ya asked.

"It's okay." Du Xiaoyu lowered his head and picked off a vegetable root.

The two chatted for a while, and she asked again, "What's the matter with your sister? I heard that it can't be cured?"

"I don't know either." Zhou Ya shook her head, "The doctor keeps giving her needles, she's so sissy."

"Erya!" A call came from the room at this moment, commanding, "Come and help me!"

On Tuesday, Ya put down the work at hand and went in. After a while, he helped Zhou Daya out. The latter was stunned when he saw Du Xiaoyu, and smiled slightly, "Sister Xiaoyu is here, Erya, you are really too. Don't tell me." Then he explained, "I'm twisted, otherwise I wouldn't have Erya doing so many things."

Du Xiaoyu smiled and said nothing.

The two went to the toilet, Zhou Daya came back and said, "Sister Xiaoyu, can you come to my room?"

"What's the matter?" Du Xiaoyu was very surprised.

"You just come." Zhou Daya said without Er Ya's help, and jumped in with one leg.

Seeing this, Mrs. Hong scolded, "It doesn't hurt anymore this time? The doctor squeezed your leg and screamed like a ghost, saying that you can't go anywhere, and it hurts when you go to the ground. I think you are doing well! You Damn girl, are you lying to me?"

"Mother, I don't want to delay Er Ya's work, it hurts a lot," Zhou Daya cried out "Oh, ouch", "Why do I want to lie to my mother? Are you stupid?"

Mrs. Hong snorted, "If it's not good in a few days, I won't care about you anymore. It's like offering to a Bodhisattva all day long. You two girls are annoying. You should marry me!"

Du Xiaoyu was very speechless outside.

Seeing Mrs. Hong taking her youngest son to play in the backyard, she asked Erya where the lower bedroom was and then went in, mainly because she was curious about Daya Zhou's intentions.

The room was very simple, with two wooden boxes in the corner, and a bedside table in front of the Kang. Zhou Daya was sitting on the Kang, with an apricot red pillow behind her, which was the only eye-catching thing in the room.

Seeing that she really came, Zhou Daya showed joy, waved her hand, grabbed a handful of peanuts from the cabinet and handed them over.

"I don't want to eat." Du Xiaoyu immediately refused, and only asked, "What did you ask me to do?"

Zhou Daya withdrew her hand in embarrassment, looked outside the door and said, "Isn't your second brother good at silver needles? My leg is sprained now. Can you ask your brother to come over and show me?"

Du Xiaoyu couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, is there such a rumor?
"My second brother won't."

"Why not? Wasn't Widow Qiu able to move because of his pinching?" Zhou Daya groped in the quilt for a while, took out a few copper coins, then lifted a layer of quilt under her body, and took out a letter. , and handed it to Du Xiaoyu, "You give the letter to your second brother, and use the money. You can buy anything you want. If your second brother comes, I have something good for you."

Came to bribe someone again, but Du Xiaoyu refused to answer, "My second brother is not at home." But I was really curious about what she wrote in the letter, and whether the leg was intentionally hurt for his second brother to see or something. Seems mysterious.

"Didn't he go home once every few days?" Zhou Daya tossed the copper coin in her hand twice, looked at her and said, "You don't have to give it away, anyway, there are a lot of kids around here, I'll just find one and give it to her." It's the same, otherwise let Erya go."

"Then why didn't you send it over earlier? My second brother has only left for a few days." Du Xiaoyu said.

Zhou Daya didn't answer, her forehead was dripping with sweat, she stared at her for a while and said, "Are you going to see her or not?"

"You ask someone else to deliver it." She turned around and left.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard a few clatters inside, and when I turned around, I saw Zhou Daya scattering peanuts on the ground, her eyes were full of unwillingness and resentment.

It seemed that something happened, Du Xiaoyu came out and asked Erya, "How did your sister twist her leg?"

On Tuesday, the girl turned her head and thought, "I went to the county with my mother that day, and when I came back, my sister was twisted."

I still don't know the cause and effect, but that's all, it has nothing to do with her, Du Xiaoyu stayed there to help Zhou Ya with some work, and came home after about an hour.

The Spring Festival is getting closer and closer. Du Xian took Du Xiaoyu to Wanjia to deliver some souvenirs. Du Wenyuan's academy will be on vacation in a while, and Du Huanghua will also come back for the New Year. The family will finally start to be lively.

Du Xiaoyu was worried that the money in his hand would not be used, so he pulled Du Wenyuan to talk, "Didn't you say that you helped me find a way to go to Qidong County, why is there no movement?"

Hearing her complain, Du Wenyuan smiled, "Anyway, it's nothing to say, it's definitely okay with Master Wan, but father and mother will not agree with you to go, one is far away, and second, you are young and afraid of being ignorant, please trouble Master Wan, So it’s useless even if there’s a chance.”

"Now you are young, but when you grow up, you have to say that the girl's family can't show her face!" Du Xiaoyu angrily said, "I have some money on hand that I wanted to go to Qidong County to buy things, but now it's good, it's going to rot in my hands .”

"What's the hurry, your watermelon fields and rabbits aren't enough for you? There will definitely be opportunities in the future." Du Wenyuan comforted her.

Du Xiaoyu thought for a while, accepted the fact, and said, "Then I have to let someone do it for me." Seeing Zhang Zhuoyu walking over, he quickly went up to him, "I was looking for you, can I go to the market with me?"

"Want to buy something?" Zhang Zhuoyu asked.

"That's right, I'll lend you the title of Master Wanjiabiao." She stretched out her hand to pull Du Wenyuan again, and the three of them went out.

"The baby rabbit at home is one month old, but the weather is cold and it's not easy to feed. I want to send it over in two months. You can tell Miss Wan."

Listening to her explaining about the rabbit, Zhang Zhuoyu only said it was okay.

When we arrived at the market, we still looked for the peddler who sold rabbits in the same place. He and Du Xiaoyu had a business relationship twice, so he knew each other. When they chatted, when they asked how the business was, the peddler had a sad face, saying that now a rabbit The rabbit has been reduced to 120 Wen, and sometimes it still cannot be sold.

Sure enough, selling it to others as a plaything won’t work. Rabbits can live for several years if they are well-raised, and then they will have several in a litter. The traffic in this place is not developed, and saturation is a matter of time. It seems that it is better to eat it Good money, after all, people have to eat every day.

Du Xiaoyu thought about it and said, "Apart from white rabbits and blue rabbits in the caravan, do they have any other rabbits?"

"Sometimes." The peddler said with a smile, "The little girl wants to buy other rabbits to play with because of her greed for freshness? But what's so good about those black and black ones? They're not as good as hares."

White rabbits have been regarded as auspicious since ancient times, so the dealers only sell white rabbits?Du Xiaoyu said, "Then can you bring me some?"

The peddler frowned, "Those rabbits are ugly and expensive."

"How expensive is it?"

The peddler didn't answer for a moment, but rolled his eyes at the two teenagers before saying, "At least one or two taels of silver."

"So expensive?" Zhang Zhuoyu was surprised when he heard this, "You can buy several fat hares for a tael of silver! Even if it is this kind of white rabbit, can't it be worth eight or nine?"

Du Xiaoyu naturally knew what the peddler was thinking. She and her second brother rescued his little rabbit earlier, and because of the favor she sold the white rabbit to her at a low price, but she was unwilling in her heart.Now that he was asked to go to Qidong County to buy rabbits on his behalf, why didn't he want to pay for it?She smiled and patted Zhang Zhuoyu, "You are the cousin of the Wan family, do you think it is expensive?"

"Wanjia?" the peddler asked, "Wanjia who runs the drugstore?"

"That's right." Du Xiaoyu replied on his behalf, pointing to Du Wenyuan, "He and my second brother are both scholars who studied in Gaojing Academy," and said proudly, "By the way, do you know the hero who fights the tiger? Where is my second brother's master!"

The peddler grinned, "Is Hero Lin the master of this young master?" He cupped his hands, "I was lucky enough to meet Yingxiong Lin that day, and he was really majestic and magnificent," but he was also a little puzzled, "But young master He looks gentle, but he is also a martial artist? Isn't that good at both civil and military?"

"Don't you believe it?" Du Xiaoyu pointed to the direction of Yuelou, "The tiger that Uncle Lin killed was given to our family, and the shopkeeper Mao rushed over to buy it that afternoon, and the tiger meat was sold for 100 taels. As long as Uncle Lin goes to the restaurant to eat, he won't charge any money, just ask."

The peddler no longer had any doubts, and immediately changed his attitude, and said with a smile, "If you want to buy it, little girl, I'm willing to bring it for you. But even if it doesn't cost a tael of silver, it's still more expensive than the white rabbit, after all, it's less. "

"If it doesn't cost more than [-] Wen each, I'll buy one or two of various varieties. Then please give me more advice and lower the price as much as possible. As for how to choose a rabbit, the method is the same as that of the white rabbit." Du Xiaoyu took out four taels of silver as he spoke, "Twenty taels of this is a deposit, you accept it, and the other two taels are considered as errand expenses. After all, it is a long journey, so I will trouble you anyway," paused and said, "I will buy it at that time If you arrive, you can go to Wanjia to find my second brother or Mr. Zhang."

As soon as she explained it, the peddler nodded repeatedly, thinking that this little girl is careful, she has already thought about everything, plus she is going to Qidong County to buy goods and earn some money by the way, so why not do it.

Saying goodbye to the peddler, Zhang Zhuoyu looked at Du Xiaoyu and smiled, "Seeing what you did just now, you are somewhat similar to my uncle."

"That would be the best, your uncle is my goal!" Du Xiaoyu joked.

Du Wenyuan had seen her style before, so there was nothing to be surprised about. The three of them went back to Wanjia talking and laughing.

(End of this chapter)