Chapter 271 It's Coming
Shanzi sat on the large bluestone at the door.
Duanwu drove a carriage slowly towards us and finally stopped in front of the door: "Are you the servant that Madam Ye bought?"
Shanzi jumped up: "Yes, who are you looking for, little brother?"
Duanwu stuffed a fish basket into Shanzi's hand and said, "Here, this is for Madam Ye. You will understand if you give it to her."
After saying this, he drove away in the carriage.
Shanzi stared blankly at the fish basket in his hand, and saw a desperate little grass carp fry lying in it. His face turned pale and his hands were shaking.
It’s coming! It’s coming! This legendary little fish finally came!
What kind of poison could this be, or the ultimate killer move?
Shanzi didn’t understand, and of course he didn’t want to understand.
Now I just want to get this mysterious little fish to Ye Caiping as soon as possible.
He walked into the archway and saw the maid Guixiang coming out. Shanzi said anxiously:
"Sister Guixiang, tell Madam Ye that I have something to ask her."
Gui Xiang: "If you have something to say, just go in and answer. Why would you ask the master to come and see you in person?"
Shanzi was nervous and looked serious: "Tell Madam Ye that something serious has happened... Anyway, let her come alone. Quietly, don't let others notice anything unusual."
Guixiang's heart skipped a beat. Did something really happen?
Thinking of this, he quickly walked through the second gate, crossed the courtyard, passed by Old Lady Ye and Mrs. Zhao who were gossiping, and walked into Ye Caiping's study panting, lowering his voice:
"Madam Ye, Shanzi has said something important and asked you to go to the gate."
"oh."
Ye Caiping walked quickly to the gate, only to see Shanzi looking around and then secretly handing a fish basket to her:
"Madam Ye, someone brought some fish."
Ye Caiping lowered her head and looked at the small grass carp inside, and the corners of her lips couldn't help but curl up.
The fisherman has had bad luck recently. He only caught one fish after half a month.
Speaking of which, she hasn't seen him for a long time. She has been very busy recently. Why not go fishing with Shen Zhiyan to relax?
"Hey, Caiping, your family is going to have fish tonight!" Mrs. Zhao came over.
Ye Caiping's face froze; the fish basket could no longer be hidden.
Mrs. Zhao stretched her neck to take a look and continued, "Hahaha, such a big basket only holds a small fish fry? Do you buy a basket and get a fish for free? Hahaha!"
Ye Caiping stood there awkwardly: "..."
At this moment, hearing the word "fish", Old Mrs. Ye rushed over at the speed of a 100-meter sprint. When she saw the familiar fish basket, her eyebrows lit up.
Shanzi huddled in the corner and trembled: Shura Field!
Mrs. Zhao laughed non-stop: "Where did this little fish come from? Caiping, where did it come from?"
Ye Caiping: "Shanzi...picked it up."
Shanzi took the blame very professionally: "Yes, yes, yes... I just saw a guy passing by with a string of fish, this one is dropped. Pick up the small ones and put them in the basket..."
Ye Caiping said anxiously: "Didn't mother say last time that she wanted to eat mixed fish stew? I'm going to go fishing now."
After saying that, he ran out with the fish basket.
Mrs. Zhao looked puzzled. Mrs. Ye said, "Daughter-in-law of Fortune, didn't you say you wanted to go back?"
"Okay, I'll leave now."
After Mrs. Zhao left, Old Lady Ye pulled Shanzi over and said mysteriously:
"Who sent this fish?"
Shanzi felt that it was too difficult for him: "Really, really, the little one picked it up."
Seeing that he was unwilling to speak, Old Lady Ye didn't want to embarrass him. Forget it. If there’s really something wrong with my daughter, she’ll tell me sooner or later.
In the evening, Ye Caiping caught a basket of small fish and two big catfish.
Ye Caiping didn't like eating catfish, so she gave one to Ye Er's family and took the remaining one to Ye Da's family.
As I entered the door, I saw Ye Daquan chopping wood.
Seeing the fish, he happily took it and said, "I was just about to eat fish, and my little sister brought it to me."
Ye Caiping asked, "Where's Xuan'er?"
"He's studying in his room. He has the college entrance examination on the third day of August. There are only 13 days left. He has been studying hard recently."
As he was talking, Ye Xuan came out of the room: "Auntie looking for me?"
"Yes. The furniture workshop will open on the first day of August. Tell your husband tomorrow and come over if you are free."
"good."
After delivering the message, Ye Caiping went home.
On the way, Ye Caiping threw the two "brothers in distress" in the space into the fish basket so that they could stew them together later.
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Hu family.
A family of six is eating around the table.
Today I bought a piece of lean meat to stir-fry, but before it was served, Xiuxiu's mother had already eaten most of the meat and sent it to the rooms of her two older sons.
Hu Xiaosi was too lazy to say anything to her because it was useless.
Even if I can win for a while, I will have to go out to work in 10 days, so I can't care about so many things.
Xiuxiu Niang picked up a piece of meat, glanced at Xiao Si, and said casually:
"You've sold all your stools today, haven't you? How much did you make? About three or four taels?"
Hu Xiaosi just focused on eating the brown rice porridge without saying a word.
Xiuxiu's mother was upset and continued, "It's easy for a child to lose too much money if he carries it with him. Take it out and I'll keep it for you."
Hu Xiaosi slammed his chopsticks on the table and said, "No! I will be the head of this family from now on! All the money will be kept by me!"
Xiuxiu's mother angrily said, "This is outrageous! I am your father's mother, when will it be your turn to be the head of the family?"
Hu Xiaosi rolled his eyes at her and said, "It's said that a woman should obey her husband after marriage and obey her son after her husband's death. Now that your father is dead, you should naturally obey me."
Xiuxiu's mother just felt that it was the opposite of Tiangang:
"Bullshit! Even if that's true, I don't have to listen to you. I have more than one son, and I only listen to the youngest and second sons! The youngest and second sons are the oldest! You have to listen to them too."
Hu Xiaosan and the three little kids turned pale and were too scared to say a word.
I only heard Hu Xiaosi say: "Okay, they are the big brothers, we have to listen to them, right?"
"Then let them go out to work. We won't do it and will just lie down. Not only will we not go out to earn money, we won't even take care of farm work. They are brothers and they don't do it, so why should we do it?"
Xiuxiu's mother choked.
If you want your two older sons to work, it would be impossible unless the sky falls.
Unfortunately, she couldn't control these little ones...
Then I heard Hu Xiaosi say, "Also, I will be working at the storefront of the furniture workshop in the city in August, earning one or two taels of silver per month. If you want the eldest and second brothers to be the head of the family, then I won't go. I'll just stay at home."
Xiuxiu's mother was so angry that she said in a trembling voice:
"Okay... You can take the money from selling the stools. But you have to take the 1 tael of salary you earn every month home. Even if you don't care about me, you have to think about Xiaowu and the others. You can't let them starve, right?"
"And your third brother, he used to be doing well in the workshop, but he lost his job because of you, you can't let him starve too!"
Hu Xiaosi said, "Don't worry, I will give you my monthly salary, 1 tael a month! This is for the family's meals."
As he spoke, Hu Xiaosi took out a few taels of silver from his sleeve and said, "This is the food for August."
After Xiuxiu's mother took the money, her mood improved a little: "Will you come home for dinner after you get to the capital?"
"No. You'll live and eat there, and come back three times a month. If you come back one of these times and find that Xiaowu and the others are starving, I won't let you go."
Xiuxiu's mother curled her lips and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Aren't they my sons?"
No matter how partial she is, she won't let the little ones go hungry. When dividing the meat, the two older ones eat half, and the remaining half is shared by the five younger ones.
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