Chapter 42: Digging and Digging



Yuan thought about it for half an hour at night, and finally felt that the fragrant and smooth egg custard was more important than laziness!

So A Yuan not only got up diligently, but also tried to wake up his father.

Fu Dabai was very worried:...Shouldn't you just listen and then give up?

Wouldn't it be nice to use your free time to lie down and rest, like your father, your grandfather and your uncles?

It was of course good to take a rest, but Yuan was obviously more greedy in his heart, so he threw the clothes directly on his father and clenched his fist to encourage him.

"Dad, believe in yourself! You can do it! As long as you get up a month earlier, the delicious egg custard will be in front of you!"

Fu Dabai frowned and sighed:

"Can't you get up by yourself?"

A Yuan didn't agree: "Grandma said that a child can't go up the mountain alone. What if he gets lost?"

"Then call your sisters." Fu Dabai didn't want to accompany her at all.

Yuan shook his head: "It's too early, they are still sleeping, it will be so hard to get up now!"

Fu Dabai was shocked: "...Am I not sleeping too?! Your father is working hard too!"

That being said, however:

"You are my real father!"

A Yuan looked at him eagerly, looking pitiful.

Fu Dabai tried to struggle one last time: "How about, Daddy will just give you the money and you can just buy an egg and eat a bowl of it."

Yuan was not happy: "We have to eat together!"

Fu Dabai pulled Li: "Don't pretend! I saw you open your eyes! Just twenty cents can save your husband, and you pretended to be asleep!"

Li was even more unhappy than Yuan, and said without any emotion:

"Don't even think about it. If you start early, stay up late, and spend time with your daughter, you will be able to eat in a month!"

Fu Dabai got up sadly and said angrily while putting on his clothes:

"You are such a disloyal woman, and we are still husband and wife! Just wait, I will not separate you when the time comes!"

Li was too lazy to pay attention to him. He was a grown man, but he was lazy all day and kicked his feet all the time.

With his childish temper, she sometimes felt that now that she had an older son, she had to give him some face and that it was not worrying enough.

With his character, I don’t know how he managed to get such a group of brothers among them.

Li turned over helplessly, too lazy to look at the father and son.

Fu Dabai packed up his things angrily, and before leaving, he thought for a moment, then suddenly rushed back, pulled away Li's quilt, picked up his daughter, closed the door, and ran away.

You ungrateful woman! If you don't save me, I'll beat you!

Li was so angry that she laughed. She sat up and cursed:

"What a wretch! That's all you can do!"

As he said that, he covered himself with the quilt and lay back comfortably.

Fu Dabai rushed out of the door and quickly found two pieces of iron wrapped with cloth strips at one end, took two steamed buns from the kitchen, filled a bamboo tube with water, put two bamboo baskets, one large and one small, on his back, and ran away with his daughter in his arms.

He would look back from time to time, fearing that Li would chase him and beat him up.

After seeing all these operations, Yuan had to say:

"Why bother? We have to go back sooner or later. If you make your mother angry, you will be beaten if you don't go back!"

Fu Dabai sighed and said the most cowardly words in the bravest tone:

"Why do you care if I get beaten up when I get home? I just want to vent my anger now! Life is all about a short period of time!"

Yuan thought about it and felt that what his father said actually made some sense, so he patted his father on the shoulder and said:

"Don't be afraid! If you want to be beaten, I will persuade my mother!"

Yuan paused for a moment, and then felt that it was useless to persuade him, so he said:

"I'll try to let Mommy beat you gently!"

Fu Dabai: ...

Fu Dabai put her down, took out a small backpack for her to carry, and gave her a steamed bun and a piece of iron. He didn't want to hold her anymore.

A Yuan shook his head helplessly: "This temper is up to me!"

Fu Dabai: ...Who of us should follow whom? ! !

"You, you hurry up and eat! Then go dig up your mother-in-law's cloves!"

Fu Dabai handed the bamboo tube to her fiercely, and couldn't help muttering:

"What an unlucky child, so stupid and unruly!"

Either don’t come, or if you come you have to make sure it’s not in vain.

So Fu Dabai prepared to dig thoroughly. Of course, he was not the one digging, he didn't want to come at all. He mainly wanted his daughter to dig thoroughly.

He would take her back at breakfast time and they could have another meal.

Just prepare tomorrow's breakfast tonight, bring it up to eat tomorrow and dig a little longer.

Of course, it would be best if his daughter forgets about this matter tomorrow so he doesn’t have to worry about it.

A Yuan didn't know what her father was planning. Now all she had eyes for were mugwort, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, wheel grass, and purslane.

Although none of these things taste good when cooked as wild vegetables, they are no longer ordinary wild vegetables!

But the wild vegetables that can be sold to medicine shops are herbal wild vegetables, which are equal to money, money is equal to eggs, and eggs are equal to egg custard!

Thinking of the egg custard, Yuan felt full of energy. He quickly finished the steamed bread and then started digging in the kitchen.

Occasionally, I would pick some mushrooms that have not been discovered by others.

Fu Dabai had no choice but to accept his fate and pretend to dig around her. He knew more herbs than A Yuan.

But they are all common and worthless, and can be eaten as wild vegetables. A large bag of them, after drying, will only yield a few pounds, which cannot be exchanged for a few copper coins, and it is also time-consuming and laborious.

The most diligent families in the village were too lazy to bother, and Fu Dabai was even more lazy, so naturally he didn't tell his daughter and let her choose the ones mentioned yesterday.

While digging, Fu Dabai would take a break and occasionally look at his daughter. He hoped that his daughter would suddenly get tired and cry and ask to go home.

But Fu Dabai obviously underestimated the appeal of delicious food to Yuan.

Yuan was having a great time digging, and the amount of herbs in his small backpack was slowly increasing.

After digging one place, he moved to another. Before he knew it, Yuan had walked a long way.

Fu Dabai stood up and looked at her, confirming that although his daughter was a little far away, she was still in his sight and had no intention of looking back for him.

He simply brushed the dirt off his hands, carried the basket on his back, and walked to a place not far from her, openly lazing around.

A Yuan raised his little face, which was covered with dirt, unconsciously, and wanted to look to the left or right to see which side had more wild vegetables.

Something not far away suddenly came into view.

"Is that what I thought?"

Ah Yuan hesitantly rubbed his eyes with the back of his not-so-clean hand, and ran off to somewhere, muttering:

"Not sure, let's wait and see!"

Fu Dabai was resting against a tree with his eyes half closed. Unexpectedly, his daughter crouched down and ran out of his sight.

Fu Dabai suddenly became alert, and chased back faster than his brain:

"A Yuan! Where are you going..." He hadn't finished saying the word "going".

Suddenly I heard Yuan screaming:

"Dad! Come quickly!"

For a moment, Fu Dabai's mind was filled with jackals, tigers and leopards!

He picked up a fork from a dead tree and rushed forward.

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