Chapter 44: Keep your word
Li Jiaojiao was walking when she suddenly stopped, turned around and ran back.
"Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you?" Li Zimo was shocked and hurriedly chased after her.
Li Jiaojiao ran back to the place where she had dug up the ginseng, and lay on the ground, looking for something.
Then, he slid down the hillside again and continued to look on the ground: "No! Why is it not there?"
Li Zimo looked puzzled: "Jiaojiao, what are you looking for?"
Li Jiaojiao was startled: "I, I don't know either..."
She just felt that there was a void in her heart. Besides this ginseng, she deserved something more important, and it was right here!
"I always feel like... I lost something very important..."
Li Zimo sighed softly, his eyes gentle: "Then let's look for it together!"
The brother and sister searched the steep slope up and down, but found nothing valuable except rocks and weeds.
Li Jiaojiao was confused and felt empty inside, but she had to give up.
…
Dashu Town——
Old Mrs. Ye and Ye Huan'er were running around in the stall in a panic.
Old Lady Ye said, "I think we should report to the county government."
Auntie Pang comforted her, "Don't worry, Auntie. Butcher Chen just said that he saw the girl selling spicy soup leaving on the ox cart from your village."
Ye Huan'er said, "Butcher Chen is very familiar with Uncle Bajin, he won't make a mistake. Mother has already gone after him, there will be no problem."
As he was speaking, a burst of shouting was heard.
From a distance, Ye Bajin was seen driving a ox cart over, with Ye Caiping, Ye Jiner and Daquan on the cart.
"Grandma, it's mom and my sister! I told you that mom would definitely find my sister." Ye Huaner said excitedly.
The ox cart stopped in front of the stall, and a few people got off. Old Lady Ye rushed over and grabbed Ye Jiner's ear:
"Where did you go, damn girl?"
“Ouch…it hurts!”
"Disappearing without a word is outrageous!"
"Grandma, I know I was wrong..."
Ye Caiping stood aside with her arms folded across her chest, watching Ye Jiner having her ears pulled and her arms twisted.
This girl should be taught a lesson.
Ye Bajin was confused. What was going on?
When he was about to take the villagers back to the village, Ye Jiner suddenly ran over and said that she had something important to do and had to go home early.
After sending the villagers back, he was about to go to the town to pick up Ye Caiping, when he saw Ye Caiping's brother and sister pulling Ye Jin'er over, saying they were going to the town.
Old Lady Ye stopped beating him until she was almost done. “Tell me, what’s going on?”
Ye Jiner glanced at Ye Caiping, and when Ye Caiping nodded, she spoke:
"I...no one in town was willing to lend me land...I just happened to see Uncle Bajin preparing to return to the village, so I just went home..."
As she spoke, her face turned red.
When going down the mountain, Ye Caiping discussed with Jin'er and Daquan that they should not mention the ginseng matter and just find an excuse.
After all, ginseng is so valuable that anyone would be unwilling to see the wealth that is within reach being lost.
It's enough for them to suffer themselves, there's no need to make Old Lady Ye and others suffer with them.
"What do you want to borrow the land for?" Ye Bajin was puzzled.
Old Lady Ye was unable to react for a moment, and Huan'er leaned over to whisper in her ear: "Sister, you can't borrow a toilet, and you can't hold it any longer. You can't just go anywhere... just go home."
Old Mrs. Ye was startled, and touched Jin'er's ear distressedly: "Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? You got beaten by me for nothing."
Ye Jiner's face was so red that water was about to drip out.
Ye Bajin thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it and said with a smile: "Brother Daquan, let's move the things!"
Ye Daquan agreed and the two men started to get busy.
Ye Caiping stuffed a bunch of money into Auntie Pang's hands: "Thank you so much, Auntie Pang. Otherwise, my mother and Huan'er would be so worried. And we have wasted so much of your time."
"What are you doing!" Fat Hong glared at him. "It's only natural for neighbors to help each other. It's meaningless for you to give me money. Besides, if anyone wants to thank you, it should be me who should thank you. Otherwise, how could my business be so good?"
Ye Caiping couldn't continue to stuff money into the bag, so she smiled and said, "How about this, I'll treat you guys to a meal."
"middle!"
Auntie Fatty's husband came over and said, "We have something else to do later, so we don't need to eat. Just some plain noodles will be fine."
Ye Caiping nodded. She was hungry and tired at the moment and wanted to eat something quickly so that she could go home and rest.
"Mom..." At this time, Ye Huan'er pulled her sleeve and blushed: "Can I eat wontons?"
Ye Caiping was startled, her face full of kindness: "All right, let's eat wontons. Fatty, is that okay?"
"Tokugawa!"
Ye Jin'er's eyes lit up.
Ye Huan'er grinned with joy. Neither she nor her sister had ever eaten wontons.
Grandma used to scold them, saying that wontons were precious things and that they were not worthy of eating them.
In the past, when I went to town, I could only watch others eat with envy.
Ye Caiping turned around and called Ye Bajin to join her, and Ye Bajin agreed with a silly smile.
A group of eight people came to the wonton stall.
Because there were too many people, we divided the table into two. Ye Caiping and four other people sat at one table, while Aunt Pang and her husband and Daquan Bajin sat at another table.
The wonton stall owner glanced at Ye Caiping and asked, "Are you selling spicy soup in the front?"
"Um."
The proprietress was a little annoyed. Ever since the spicy soup guy came, fewer people were eating wontons.
But seeing eight people sitting neatly in front of him, he felt happy again: "How big can you eat? Small is five cents, big is eight cents. If you want noodles, add one cent."
"Give everyone at that table a large portion, and an extra side dish."
"We each have a large portion here."
Soon, the wontons arrived. It was a large portion with only ten wontons in a bowl. There was only a little meat filling, but the skin was thin and smooth, and the taste was okay.
Old Lady Ye whispered, "It's not as delicious as our spicy soup."
Ye Caiping smiled and glared at her.
Jin'er and Huan'er also felt that it was not as good as their Huo La Tang, but they looked very happy while eating it.
They ate the wontons that the little girls were not worthy of eating.
…
When the group returned to Lao Ye's house, they saw the ground covered with cassava chips.
The moisture on the surface has dried up, it seems that it has been exposed to the sun for a whole morning.
Old Man Ye and the first and second wives had just finished their meal and were digesting the food in the main room.
"Little sister, why did you come back so late? The food is warm in the kitchen. I'll bring it to you right away." Ye Erquan jumped up from his chair and said enthusiastically.
"No, we were late today, so we just had a quick bite in town."
Having said that, Ye Caiping went back to her room.
As soon as Old Mrs. Ye sat down in the main room, she felt so tired that she didn't want to move.
Mrs. Du hurriedly served her tea and water, showing her filial piety.
Ye Caiping came over from the room again and handed a bunch of money to Old Lady Ye: "Mom, wages."
"You kid..." Old Lady Ye gave her a look of disapproval, "Do you really need to be so anxious? Take a rest. It won't be too late to give it to me when you feel better."
Ye Caiping smiled and said nothing.
Mrs. Du's eyes lit up, and she became even more attentive to Old Lady Ye, and even started to beat her legs. She was counting on the old lady to find a daughter-in-law for her son.
Old man Ye had a smile on his face, and his daughter was becoming more and more filial.
"Sister-in-law." At this time, Ye Caiping suddenly called out, "Spread your hands."
Mrs. Du looked puzzled: "What's wrong?"
He stretched out his hand and spread it out.
Ye Caiping put something in her hand.
Mrs. Du was stunned. When she looked carefully, she found that it was actually one or two taels of silver!
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