Chapter 6

Thinking of how happy Si Bao was eating that night, Aunt Yu also knew that Jiang Er treated Si Bao really well.

So Aunt Yu handed the still-warm wages to Jiang Erli: "Since you helped the Four Treasures that night, then the Auntie will not have the wages for today. It is also Auntie's thanks to you."

Jiang Er didn't answer, but glanced at the copper coins handed over by Aunt Yu with disapproval, took a step back and said, "It doesn't matter, you deserve these wages. As for your thanks, I take it with my heart."

"That's embarrassing, I just wanted to..."

"Go back early, I still have something to do, let's go first."

Aunt Yu opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but Jiang Er interrupted the conversation directly.

After speaking, Jiang Er didn't care about Aunt Yu's reaction, and left first with a group of big men pulling ox carts.

Leaving Aunt Yu by the pond, she squeezed the copper plate in her palm, but she didn't care.

Right now, this Jiang Er is really a difficult master, but he didn't expect to be so kind to the Four Treasures.

Back at home, Liu Xiulian was preparing dinner. Four treasures and Yu Xiaoqing were frolicking in the yard. A few men didn't come back, but Yu Wuya, who had never been home, came back.

After the sun went down, there was no light in the room, and it was very dark. Yu Wuya hid quietly by the corner of the table, which scared Auntie Yu who went into the room to get her clothes so much that her heart almost jumped out of her throat.

"You damn girl, what are you doing hiding here, trying to scare your mother to death?"

Aunt Yu patted her chest and looked intently at Yu Wuya, seeing Yu Wuya sitting on the ground with her head buried in her body, her thin body shaking.

It looks like crying.

Aunt Yu didn't know why, so she reached out and scratched her face, wanting to see what was wrong with her, and when she took it and turned around, she saw the mud on Yu Wuya's face, her whole face dirty.

"What's the matter with you, tell your mother, why are you hiding here and crying?"

Yu Wuya raised her head abruptly and saw Aunt Yu crying even louder. She cried and said, "Everyone else's children have candied haws to eat. I don't have to. They still have to greedy me in front of me."

After listening to Yu Wuya's cry, Aunt Yu patted her back with some distress. Although this little daughter is not very obedient and sensible, in the final analysis, Yu Wuya is only ten years old, and it is normal to be greedy.

There is no candied gourd to sell in the village, so they have to go to the town to get it. The Yu family only goes to the town once every two weeks to buy some things. In addition, the family can't earn a lot of money all year round, and the money is in the hands of the old man of the Yu family. It is impossible to have spare money to buy snacks for the children at home.

Candied gourd is a bit expensive in the eyes of Aunt Yu, who has saved half her life, so the children of rich families can often buy it and eat it.

"What's so delicious about that stuff? You might as well eat a few more bowls of rice to grow your body."

"I knew you wouldn't buy it for me. If you don't buy it and pull it down, I won't look for you anymore." Yu Wuya said to Aunt Yu angrily, sniffling her nose.

Madam Yu was annoyed by her, she raised her hand and patted her on the shoulder, and said angrily, "How delicious can the sugar skewers be? Isn't it still something boiled with rock candy, you have to spend this money? Is it comfortable to go shopping?"

Yu Wuya turned a deaf ear and buried her head in anger.

Seeing her like this, Aunt Yu didn't bother to talk to her, and went out without even taking out her clothes.

When Sibao saw her mother come out of the house, she walked quickly and headed towards the kitchen, which made Sibao a little puzzled to look inside the house and her mother's back.

Why are they so fierce, and they have to quarrel, it's really troublesome.

Sibao glanced at Yu Wuya in the room, and thought of the candied haws that they had just mentioned. She had never eaten it before, so she didn't know what it looked like, or whether it was delicious.

I kind of want to eat it.

It didn't take long for Yu Dabao and his father to come back from work in the fields. As soon as the old man from the Yu family entered the door, he picked up the chubby Yu Xiaoqing and teased him with a smile.

Yu Dabao glanced at his father strangely, but didn't speak.

On the other hand, Yu Xiaoqing, who was being hugged, disliked him and pushed the old man Yu with his small hands, and said in a childish voice, "It's all sweat, don't hold it by grandpa."

The disgusted old man Yu had a worried expression, and unhappily put Yu Xiaoqing on the ground, causing Yu Xiaoqing not to stand firm and sit on the ground.

Yu Dabao on the side hurriedly reached out to help him.

Holding the person steady, Yu Dabao said to his father in a serious tone: "Dad, how old is Xiaoqing, and Tong Yan Wuji, can you treat him like this?"

"What did I do to him, I hug him kindly, how dare he dislike me for this little thing?"

The old man Yu's old face was flushed with anger, and he stared at Yu Dabao and his son and said with a stern tone.

The frightened young Yu Xiaoqing burst into tears.

Yu Dabao didn't care about arguing with his father, and hurriedly picked up Yu Xiaoqing, who was frightened and cried, and coaxed him softly.

Liu Xiulian, who was working in the kitchen, heard her son cry and ran out in a hurry. Seeing that her father-in-law and her husband both looked wrong, she didn't say anything. She only reached out and took Yu Xiaoqing from Yu Dabao's arms.

Aunt Yu's gaze swept around the old man Yu and Yu Dabao, and finally put it on the crying grandson, and sighed silently.

This made the old man Yu very dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to enter the main room by himself.

Yu Dabao also went to the backyard to feed the sheep.

Yu Xiaoqing stopped crying after being coaxed by his mother for a while, and there were still tears on his chubby little face, and his mother sat next to the Four Treasures.

Sibao leaned his head and looked at the hall, then looked back at her little nephew whose eyes were red from crying, raised his hand and gently touched his head.

What a pity, such a cute fat baby was frightened by such a fierce face of the old man.

Yu Xiaoqing wiped his tears with his little fat hand, and smiled at Sibao after wiping: "Little aunt, look, I'm fine, grandpa is fierce and ugly."

Yu Xiaoqing smiled, the expression on his face was still very disgusting, Sibao smiled after him, and also made a disgusting expression on his face, nodding at him.

Agree.

In the evening, the Yu family had an embarrassing dinner, and no one said a word at the dinner table.

Yu Erbao, who came back later, didn't know what happened at home, and he didn't dare to speak and eat quietly because of the atmosphere.

After the meal, the table quickly dispersed.

Yu Wuya was still thinking about the candied fruit, but she didn't dare to mention it in front of the angry old man of the Yu family, so she kept the words in her mouth and ran back to the room.

Aunt Yu had already lit candles in the room, but Aunt Yu was nowhere to be seen. Yu Wuya glanced at Sibao's bedside, and then looked at the couch where she and Aunt Yu were sleeping.

There was something pressing under the pillow, and Yu Wuya's eyes rolled restlessly.

Not long after, Aunt Yu brought the Four Treasures into the house, and the Four Treasures followed quietly with the wooden bowl in her hands.

After entering the room, Aunt Yu poured hot water from the tub in the cubicle and grabbed Yu Wuya lying on the bed to take a bath for her.

Yu Wuya reluctantly pushed Aunt Yu's hand away, snorted, and ran off the bed herself.

Seeing her like this, Aunt Yu knew that she was still arguing with her about the sugar gourd, so she went with this dead girl.

Sibao was eating her dinner spoonful by spoonful. Aunt Yu walked to her side, sat down and asked her in a low voice, "Sibao, was it Jiang Er who gave you the roasted sweet potato last time?"

"Um?"

Hearing Aunt Yu's words, Sibao snorted out of her nose with a big reaction, and stared at Aunt Yu blankly, her head twitching.

Delicious sweet potatoes were burned by Jiang Er who was fishing.

"Is it Jiang Er?" Seeing Sibao staring at her blankly, Aunt Yu couldn't help but ask again.

Only now did the Four Treasures nod, yes, it's Jiang Er, a good-looking person.

Although she already knew that it was Jiang Er, seeing the Four Treasures nodding, Aunt Yu felt quite surprised.

Aunt Yu understood the question, but after Sibao was asked by her, she thought of the delicious sweet potato and Jiang Er who was kind to her.

That night that person clearly said that he wanted to play with him, why didn't he come?

The Four Treasures bowed their heads in distress, and even the food in the bowl did not feel fragrant.

The next morning, the weather was much cooler than the previous days. After breakfast, Aunt Yu took the Four Treasures to the lotus pond in the east of the village.

Four Treasures was very excited. She looked left and looked around, and when she was about to reach the entrance of the village, the big jujube tree caught all her eyes.

Compared with the previous days, the jujubes on the jujube tree today are much more mature, not as green as that day, and the jujubes are now white, green, white and green, with some inconspicuous yellow.

Four Treasures couldn't like it when they saw it, so they stopped there and refused to leave.

Aunt Yu didn't know what was wrong with her, she was pulling her to continue walking, but she couldn't move.

I had to follow her line of sight to the jujube tree, and saw the ripe jujube at a glance, so couldn't help asking her.

"Four Treasures want to eat that jujube?"

The Four Treasures nodded, thinking that yes, they want dates.

Aunt Yu understood, and while the sun was not yet bright, she took the Four Treasures to the bottom of the jujube tree.

"There is no bag, let's pick a few and taste it."

Aunt Yu raised her hand and tore off a clump of dense branches. The leaves were mixed with jujubes, which was very attractive.

The Four Treasures raised their hands high to reach the jujube on the top, not knowing if they heard Aunt Yu's words.

After picking one off, Aunt Yu pulled her hand away and put the branch back, leaving the Four Treasures looking up with their heads raised.

The Four Treasures held a total of two jujubes in their hands, one in each of their left and right hands.

Aunt Yu gave her all the things she picked: "Mother picked it for you, let's go, go to the lotus pond to wash and eat."

Having said that, he took the Four Treasures to the lotus pond.

Along the way, Sibao held the full jujube in his hand, not clamoring to eat it, but held it tightly in his hand.

When they arrived at the lotus pond, Aunt Yu changed her shoes and prepared to go down to the pond to start digging lotus roots, and she thought of washing dates for the Four Treasures.

Then he reached out to get the jujube in Sibao's hand, but Sibao refused, so he protected the jujube in his arms and shook his head at Aunt Yu.

Seeing that she couldn't rob her like this, Aunt Yu could only say, "You can't eat it without washing it."

Sibao looked at her mother's obedient nod, and shook her head slightly.

OK, then don't eat it.

Seeing her promise, Aunt Yu felt relieved and started digging lotus roots in the underground pond.

Several other aunties came one after another, all from the same village, and the neighbors knew each other. It was very strange to see Yu Sibao sitting under the willow tree by the pond.

The aunt who was lazy yesterday walked up to Aunt Yu again and asked her in a low voice, "Why did you bring your fourth child here today?"

There was some humor in her words, and Aunt Yu frowned and glanced at her, then turned her head quickly, and said unhappily, "I can rest assured that she is here, right?"

The woman had never seen Aunt Yu speak in such a tone of voice, she was unhappy at the moment, and said bluntly, "This can't get in the way." She was stupid and insane.

In the second half of the sentence, the aunt didn't dare to say it, and only muttered in her heart.

Aunt Yu was too lazy to talk to her. Looking at this large lotus pond, she estimated that it would take about two days to dig it out completely.

Finish the work here early, and the fields at home are also in harvest season.

Four Treasures sat in the shade under the tree, playing with the jujube in her hand. The white and tender fingers looked much better than the green and yellow jujube.

After looking around the jujubes in his hands, the Four Treasures stuffed them all into the pockets on the front of his clothes, and shook his head to see the green lotus leaves in the lotus pond.

The lotus leaf is so big, the sticky mud sticks to the feet and looks uncomfortable, and the things dug out of the mud should be hard to eat.

The Four Treasures thought so.