Allure of a Country Maiden

"Auntie, please don't bring your children to such dangerous places again, especially now when there is a flood. Huzi, please go home with your mother!" Xiaoer also said at this time.

"Mom, let's go home, I want to give it to Sister Tang!" Huzi raised a bag of candies in his hand.

"Huzi, you can't have these candies!" They saved their children's lives, so they could forget about it if they had nothing to repay them with. How could they take something from their saviors?

Huzi glanced at the bag in his hand reluctantly and hesitated whether to return it to Xiaoer. They were still children after all, and candy was an irresistible temptation for them.

"It's okay, just to calm the kid down! Huzi, go home quickly and share some candy with your sister!"

"How about some of you come to my house for a casual meal?" Someone saved her son's life and gave such a precious candy to her son. She felt that she had to treat others to a meal no matter what.

But she didn't have much money to go out to a restaurant, so she invited them to go home to eat, and she was worried that her home was too shabby and would offend the nobles.

Not to mention the big ship, even the clothes they wore were very luxurious.

Huzi remembered that his mother had said that when you take other people’s things, you must remember to reciprocate. He took so many candies from them, so he should invite them to his home for dinner. He also invited them to eat the lychees grown by his father: "Sister, brother , you come to our house for dinner! I treat you to lychees, which my father grows, and they are delicious! Let me tell you, my father is the best at growing fruits, and the fruits he grows are all delicious."

Xiaoer originally wanted to refuse, not wanting to disturb them, but after hearing Huzi say that his father was the best at growing fruits, she changed her mind.

When she came back to Zhenyang County this time, she wanted to find someone to grow unicorn fruit.

It is naturally better to find someone who knows how to grow fruits than someone who cannot.

Moreover, seeing that Huzi has something to eat, he can remember to leave it for his parents and sister. I think his parents are also of good character.

Xiaoer wanted to visit Huzi's house to see if Huzi's father could really grow fruit, so she nodded: "Excuse me then, I happen to be hungry."

Jingrui was just about to refuse, but he didn't expect Xiaoer to actually agree. He looked at Xiaoer in surprise.

Shangguan Xuanyi knew that Xiaoer wanted to find someone to grow the unicorn fruit, so he was not surprised that Xiaoer would agree.

"What?" The woman didn't react for a moment. Did she agree to go to her house for dinner? Don’t they dislike themselves for being poor?

Huzi pulled on his mother's sleeve: "Mother, my sister said she was hungry. Let's go home and cook!"

"Oh, okay, okay, I'll go back to cook right now. Please come over here." The woman came to her senses and quickly stretched out her hand to make a gesture of invitation.

It's the first time you go to someone else's house for dinner. You can't go empty-handed. Xiaoer winked at Yang Mei.

Yang Mei understood and hurried back to the cabin to get the gift.

Huzi's home is still a bit far from the pier. Huzi's mother led everyone to the market. She turned back and said to Xiaoer: "Young madam, our home is a bit far from the county. Let's go back by carriage!"

She originally wanted to ride in an ox-cart, but she just wanted to come for noble people like them. I'm afraid they have never ridden in an ox-cart!

Fortunately, the fruit grew well this year, and their family made more money from selling it than in previous years, so they still had enough money to pay their savior for a carriage ride.

"Zhao Yong, go and rent two carriages. Auntie, we happen to need carriages in the county right now. I'll ask my people to rent two carriages, so you don't need to hire another carriage." Xiaoer knew. Riding in an ox-cart cost one or two pennies per person, but riding in a horse-drawn carriage cost a hundred pennies per car.

If Hu Zi Niang was allowed to pay for the carriage ride, this hundred cents would probably be a month or two's expense for their family.

"That's okay." Hu Ziniang was relieved to be able to save a hundred coins.

Her family only has an orchard and no fields. The family's food and clothing expenses throughout the year depend on the fruit harvest in the orchard in summer.

If the year is bad and the fruit flowering period coincides with the rainy season, the fruit harvest will be poor and their lives will be very sad that year. Therefore, she is very frugal in years with good harvests and saves some. Money is needed in case the harvest next year is not good and food becomes a problem.

Zhao Yong quickly went to the carriage house and rented two carriages for 600 yuan a day.

Yangliu, Yangmei, Zhao Yong, Huzi and Huzi's mother rode in a carriage.

Xiaoer, Shangguan Xuanyi and Jingrui rode in a carriage.

After the group got on the carriage, they headed to Rongshutou Village.

On the carriage, Jingrui asked about the island, and Xiaoer explained to him, including how he got the island and what he encountered after taking over the island.

"Second Prince Nangong is a shameless person! I don't know if he has the plague!"

Xiao'er shook his head: "He has caused trouble for thousands of years, but he luckily escaped!"

Fei Ge, a spy from Nangong Kingdom, sent a letter saying that the second prince Nangong was still alive and well and nothing had happened to him.

She deliberately spat on his face and even used her inner strength to sneeze. There was probably no one else in the world but herself!

"Then there will be radiation in Ji'er Island within three years, so we can't send many soldiers to guard it!"

"We won't send many, only fifty soldiers, but we will be prepared to transport twenty cannons."

Fifty people need to be given fifty pills every year, which means one hundred and fifty pills in three years. If there are a few more people, her pills won’t be able to hurt them!

"This Ji'er Island is like a hot potato." Jingrui couldn't help but comment.

"It will be good if you survive these three years. There is no winter there, and you can grow three seasons of rice a year. It is also good to grow fruits there. After three years, Ji'er Island will be a treasure island. Although it is a bit troublesome now, it is still possible. It’s worth it.” Xiaoer is still very much looking forward to what Jian’er Island will look like three years from now.

The two talked about some issues about the development of Ji'er Island in three years, and then the carriage turned down the official road.

Rongshutou Village is named because there are three banyan trees in the village that are over a hundred years old.

Huzi was a little excited when he rode in a carriage for the first time and couldn't help but look around.

When he arrived at the village, he opened the curtain and said to Yangliu and the others: "Sister Yangliu, Sister Yangmei, look, there are three very big banyan trees in our village. The oldest grandfather in the village said that when he was as old as me, those three The trees are so big! They have been growing for hundreds of years! They have been blessing the people in our village."

"It's really big!" Yang Liu took a look outside and saw that it was indeed big, but she had also seen bigger banyan trees than this one, so she didn't find it strange.

Soon, they arrived at the door of Huzi's house.

"We're here!" Huzi's mother said.

The carriage stopped in front of a dilapidated yard.

Several people got off the carriage one after another.

Then the carriage driver drove the carriage to find an open place to park and wait.