Chapter 5

"fish."

A clear word came out of Sibao's mouth.

Aunt Yu was stunned, looked at the Four Treasures in disbelief, opened her mouth, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Excited is one thing, Aunt Yu feels sour in her heart. For so many years, Sibao never laughed or laughed at the beginning, and then slowly laughs, eats by herself, and responds to others. Speak up.

Feeling the tears wet her eyes, Aunt Yu raised her hand and wiped her face, stroking Sibao's head soothingly.

Aunt Yu knew in her heart that some things cannot be rushed, but if the Four Treasures can speak, it means that they can grow slowly.

Combining Sibaobi's gestures and the words she said, Aunt Yu searched for this person in her mind with some effort.

But now Si Bao started to feel drowsy after eating, and Aunt Yu couldn't ask any more questions, so she had to wash Si Bao and let her go to sleep.

Yu Wuya had already fallen asleep under the quilt, perfectly missing what Si Bao said and Aunt Yu's excited look.

The next morning, Aunt Yu got up early as usual to prepare breakfast for the whole family.

But today is different. There is no need to do more today. Yu Dabao's daughter-in-law Liu Xiulian returned from her parents' house with her three-year-old son Yu Xiaoqing.

There are two more people to eat, and one more helper to help with the cooking. The most important thing is that someone delivered the meal at noon.

The old man of the Yu family couldn't walk when he saw his grandson. He hugged Yu Xiaoqing and played with him in the main room, while Yu Dabao was with him.

Liu Xiulian and Aunt Yu are busy in the kitchen.

Liu Xiulian, who has a round body and quick hands and feet, picked up a large pot of rice noodles from the pot and put it in a clean basin to dry.

The bowls were neatly packed and brought to the table in the main room.

Yu Erbao and Yu Wuya were both sleepy-eyed sitting at the edge of the table, yawning so much that Old Man Yu glared at them for a few times before they calmed down a little.

The men who have eaten should go to work, and they should go to work. Even Yu Wuya followed her second brother out. After a while, the yard became quiet.

Aunt Yu didn't go out until late, and before going out, she had to put away the dried lotus leaves in the yard, lest it would be too late to collect them when it rained.

Liu Xiulian was feeding her son in the house, looking at Sibao's house with a bowl in her hand, and asked Aunt Yu, "Did you not frighten Sibao last night?"

"It's alright." Aunt Yu bundled up the dried lotus leaves and said without turning her head, "I wasn't frightened, and I even ate a sweet potato."

"Sweet potato?" Liu Xiulian was puzzled.

Aunt Yu didn't know what to say to her, and she herself hadn't figured out who was so kind, so that the Four Treasures could remember them.

"Yeah, I was so anxious last night that she actually came back with a roasted sweet potato like this."

Liu Xiulian nodded in surprise, and even stopped feeding her son, so she didn't ask any more questions.

Just said to the Four Treasures sitting in the yard: "It's fine, I know that our Four Treasures are lucky."

Sibao sat in the yard on her own and ate the breakfast that Aunt Yu made for her, sweet corn batter.

Facing the conversation between her mother and sister-in-law, she turned a deaf ear, as if the person they were discussing was not herself.

Only after hearing the word sweet potato, did the hand scooping the batter stop, and then showed a longing expression.

The corn batter is delicious, but Sibao really wants to eat sweet potatoes again.

Ugh.

After feeding her son, Liu Xiulian put the bowl on the stove, waiting to wash the bowl with the Four Treasures later.

Aunt Yu, who had packed up, was about to go to work in the lotus pond. Before going out, she instructed Liu Xiulian to be optimistic about the Four Treasures and not let her run around.

When Aunt Yu left the door, Sibao glanced at him from the corner of his eye, then withdrew his gaze and sat in the yard again.

Liu Xiulian was washing dishes in the kitchen, and three-year-old Yu Xiaoqing walked into the yard and seemed to want to play with the Four Treasures.

The three-year-old doll has a head and a head, and has a very cute round face. Sibao looked at him with a smile, with two shallow dimples on her thin cheeks.

Yu Xiaoqing also has a dimple on his face that looks exactly like the Four Treasures, but unfortunately only the left cheek has it.

The plump Yu Xiaoqing held two blunted wooden swords in his hands, which were the wooden swords his father Yu Dabao made for him.

Yu Xiaoqing stretched out the one held by his right hand in front of the Four Treasures: "Here, little aunt, play."

Because of his young age, Yu Xiaoqing speaks slowly, but his words are clear.

Four Treasures reached out and took the small wooden sword, which was no bigger than her hand, and laughed even more happily, this little doll, let's play with her.

After washing the dishes, Liu Xiulian came out of the kitchen and saw at a glance the young and old who were having a good time in the yard, and laughed along with them.

A family in the west of the village builds a yard. The owner’s surname is Shen. He is a scholar who has read a book. His family is from a good family. He hired many middle-aged laborers from the village to help work here, including lunch. Each person is paid 20 cents a day.

Yu Erbao works here.

At this time, he and Yu Wuya were arguing about what happened yesterday.

For no other reason, Yu Erbao couldn't quite understand why Yu Wuya secretly unlocked the door.

"You've already drank Yu Sibao's rice porridge, why do you have to open the door? Do you know that if something happened to Yu Sibao last night, it wouldn't be as simple as asking me to go over and ask questions. "

Yu Erbao stared at Yu Wuya with a look of hating iron, and questioned her sternly.

This made Yu Wuya lowered her head in fear, and her voice was buzzing: "I'm sorry second brother, I just want her to suffer a little bit, and besides, isn't she all right?"

"Don't tell me I'm sorry, you really need to change your temperament. If you do something like this next time, don't expect me to help you fool your mother again."

Yu Erbao reluctantly left such a sentence and left. If you continue to talk to her like this, today's wages are estimated to have to run away.

Yu Wuya, who was left in place, looked up and watched her brother walk away, and pursed her mouth very depressed.

"Yu Wuya!"

Suddenly, a child's voice sounded behind Yu Wuya, which made her shudder, and turned around in a hurry.

"Shen Jiaqi, why are you making fun of people like this?"

Standing behind Yu Wuya is Shen Xiucai's son Shen Jiaqi. If you look closely, you will find that it is the boy who smashed the four treasures.

"You're standing here like a piece of wood, what's the matter when I call you?" Shen Jiaqi's mouth was open, and he looked at the thin Yu Wuya with disdain, and asked her: "Your sister Did you almost lose it last night?"

"how do you know?"

Yu Wuya was surprised. Could it be that even the people in the west of the village knew about this kind of thing?

Hearing her question, Shen Jiaqi's expression became mysterious, and she whispered, "Because your mother's voice is really loud."

"..."

The corners of Yu Wuya's mouth twitched slightly, and she was speechless for a while, but she didn't show it on her face.

"My mother's voice is really not small..."

Shen Jiaqi is the little overlord among the children in the village. His father is educated, and her family is from a good family. Most of the children are headed by him, and Yu Wuya is no exception.

Even if she taunted her own mother in front of him, she didn't blink.

Shen Jiaqi thought it was extremely boring, so she didn't say anything about it, and went to play elsewhere by herself.

Yu Wu Ya Pi Dian Pi Dian followed behind him.

On the other end of the village to the east, Aunt Yu and a few old women were working in the lotus pond of the Jiang family.

Now is the season of digging lotus roots, and what Aunt Yu and the others have to do is to help the owner of the lotus pond to dig out all the lotus roots in the pond and put them in the basket.

Although the lotus root in the mud has matured, the lotus leaves and stems on the top are still green. The lotus leaves are fine, and they can block the sun.

Aunt Yu bent over to dig lotus roots in the mud, her exposed face and neck were red with small thorns on the stems, and her sweat was burning hot.

An aunt who worked together couldn't take it anymore, hid under the lotus leaf and rested, holding the lotus leaf in her hand, while fanning the wind, she said to Aunt Yu: "This sun is really vicious, aunt Yu, why are you working so hard? ?"

Aunt Yu was not very good at dealing with these women, so she worked hard for a while before returning to her: "No way, there are too many mouths to eat at home, how can I do without work."

When the aunt heard the words, she said to Aunt Yu, "If you are lazy for a while, the Jiang family will still pay less for us, right?"

"Besides, with such a large lotus pond, you can dig it out with a little extra effort alone?"

That's right, but Aunt Yu is a sincere person, she just smiled at the Aunt when she heard the words, and didn't say anything.

On the other side, an old lady dressed in blue and gray carried a basket, glanced at Aunt Yu, and said to the lazy lady, "You can rest on your own, why do you need to call someone else, I can tell you, I'm here to supervise the work today. It's not Jiang Shuyun who is gentle and talkative, but Jiang Er."

"Who? Jiang Er? Isn't she staying at the fishing boat on the east side of the village? Why did she come to the village?"

The aunt heard Jiang Er and asked curiously, but she got up and didn't dare to be lazy anymore.

"Her sister went to the county town, she'll come over and say hello." The old lady with the basket didn't seem to know much about these things, so she was fooled by a few words.

Aunt Yu couldn't help feeling a little contemptuous when she heard the words of the two of them. The aunt and the good-natured Jiang Shuyun, the boss of the Jiang family, were lazy when they were bullied. The next time they heard that Jiang Shuxin, the second child of the Jiang family, who had a quirky temper and a vicious temper, was coming, she got up as fast as she could. was chased by a dog.

But for now, it's still work.

At noon, Liu Xiulian carried a food basket to deliver meals to the Yu family members who were working outside. She locked Sibao and Yu Xiaoqing at home, and they could take care of each other.

After Aunt Yu asked about the Four Treasures, she asked Liu Xiulian to go back quickly.

In the end, still don't worry about the Four Treasures, and the little grandson who is only three years old.

Liu Xiulian didn't dare to delay any longer, and rushed back with the food basket on her back.

Several other women ate lunch one after another and resumed their work.

until evening.

The sun was gradually setting, and there was a warm glow on the horizon, imprinting a warm glow on people's faces.

Aunt Yu was cleaning the mud on the shoes and socks by the pond, and the rest of the people were also packing up.

Working in the Jiang's lotus pond to settle wages once a half month, but Jiang Er, who was supposed to settle wages today, hasn't come yet.

Aunt Yu and the others waited for a long time before Jiang Er arrived late.

The thin and thin figure turned against the afterglow of the setting sun, with a big hat on his head, walked to the group of aunts, and took out a few copper coins from the purse around his waist with a blank expression.

"It's a bit late, this time the wages are all here."

After speaking, Jiang Shuxin didn't have any extra actions, just stood by and watched a few big men load the baskets of lotus roots onto the ox cart.

The other aunts were gone. Aunt Yu glanced at Jiang Er, who was standing tall and straight. Something suddenly occurred to her mind, she scratched her head hesitantly, and stood still.

The next second, Jiang Shuxin, who was standing by the pond, said to Aunt Yu, "You are Aunt Yu, right?"

When suddenly asked, Aunt Yu nodded hurriedly and looked at Jiang Er in confusion.

"Forgive me for taking the liberty to remark, next time, you can't let that Four Treasures of your family run around outside alone."

Jiang Er looked at Aunt Yu who was a little embarrassed because of the day's work in front of her, and her tone was light.

Aunt Yu was stunned when she heard this, thinking of Sibao's gesture yesterday and the word "fish" she said.

Jiang Er is a fisherman, and naturally it has something to do with fish.

Why didn't you think about it yesterday?

But looking at Jiang Er with a cold expression and distant eyebrows, he really doesn't look like the person who bakes sweet potatoes for the Four Treasures.