Chapter 108 Baoya's eloquence
Baoya and He Chunxiu picked up Yun Chengfu together. Yun Sanlang happened to come over driving a ox cart and picked up the three of them and took them back together.
Because of running a shop recently, the soybeans that my family bought before are not enough, so I'm going to buy some more this time.
The four of them stopped by the grain store and bought about 100 kilograms of soybeans and put them on the ox cart.
When I was leaving the city gate, I heard the two gatekeepers chatting again.
"I heard that the prince returned to the palace safely yesterday?" asked one of the guards with a scar on his face.
"Well, it seems that he was rescued by a mysterious man wearing a black mask." Another tall and thin guard spat out the hay leaves in his mouth and spoke excitedly.
"Do you know? I heard that the people who attacked the prince's carriage were a group of vicious bandits from the North Mountain. They specialize in killing the rich and helping the poor. They are all bloodthirsty villains."
Scarface was indeed surprised: "Those bandits were so powerful, and the mysterious masked man was able to take them all out by himself?"
"Of course. Haven't you heard the rumors about the Black Ghost Mask in the martial arts world?" The tall and thin guard became proud and talked about the gossip he knew.
"I heard there's a ruthless, bloodthirsty character in the martial arts world who prefers to wear white clothes but a black, demonic mask. It's said that the leaders and elders of the top ten martial arts sects have all died at his hands!"
"Ah!" Scarface seemed to remember something. "He had a very famous nickname. I think it was called Xuan Gui!"
"Yes, yes, yes! It's him!" The tall and thin guard suddenly became excited. "I don't know why he suddenly wants to help the court. The Crown Prince is safe, the emperor is at peace, and us small soldiers, even ordinary people, feel at ease."
"Who knows?" Scarface sighed. "Yesterday, Prince Heshun suddenly brought some men to our town, and I was scared to death. He said he was here to suppress bandits, but Beishan is dozens of kilometers away from us."
"Maybe it's because our area is so mountainous, so the bandits took refuge there. Anyway, we can't guess what the people above us are thinking." The tall and thin man looked around and said, "Just do your duty well, the boss will be here for inspection soon."
As Baoya and the others walked by, they heard a few conversations, which were actually connected to what they heard the day before.
Yun Sanlang was driving the carriage in front and was amused. He turned around and teased Baoya, "Baoya, you see, we two are really good at talking. The prince is really fine!"
"How could that be possible?" He Chunxiu laughed at him. "It's obviously our Baoya's eloquence that's the reason. You're just taking advantage of it!"
"Hahaha," Baoya was amused by her parents, "but, I was just talking."
"The one who saved the prince should be the more powerful one!"
One person fighting a group of people, if the second brother knew about this, he would probably admire him to death. I wonder if he would kick Nan Xuan out and change his target, letting this Xuan Gui be the master?
The three of them were chatting and laughing, but Yun Chengfu frowned slightly.
The prince was assassinated yesterday, and Mr. Xiao Qi was gloomy the whole day, muttering to himself that things were going to change. It was not until today when he heard the news that the prince was safe that he cheered up again.
However, this little episode was soon exposed, and when it was dark, the four people arrived home.
Yun Dalang and Yun Erlang came out and helped them move the two bags of soybeans from the ox cart. Wang Cailian and Zhao Zhilan followed behind, and surrounded the three children, Yun Chenglu, Yunhua and Yunyue.
"I'm finally back. It's getting dark now." Wang Cailian wiped her hands on the hem of her clothes and walked towards the ox cart with a smile on her face.
Yun Chengfu knew that his mother had always been like this. Every time she saw him, she would come to greet him enthusiastically, running around to carry his book basket, massage his shoulders and back, etc.
He just couldn't get used to it. He felt like he was already fifteen or sixteen years old, so how could he continue to be spoiled by his mother like this?
So when he saw Wang Cailian rushing towards him, he jumped out of the car quickly, intending to slip away in the chaos.
Unexpectedly, when Wang Cailian arrived in front of the ox cart, she didn't even look at him. She picked up Xiao Baoya from the cart and gave her a kiss.
Yun Chengfu: ...
There's something wrong with him.
It has been so long since he came back. Could it be that his mother has been bewitched?
Wang Cailian didn't know what Yun Chengfu was mumbling in his heart. She just picked up Baoya, called the children, and went to the main hall to have dinner.
There was still a lot of wild boar meat. Zhao Zhilan planned to keep 300 kilograms for her own consumption and sell the remaining 300 kilograms in town. With the money from the sales, plus the earnings from the shop and tofu making during this period, her family had almost saved up nearly 100 taels of silver.
Zhao Zhilan planned to build a two-story building for living, then convert the east wing into a small mill, get two or three stone mills, and buy a donkey.
After all, the supply of tofu is large now, and Ke Laixiang and their own shop both need tofu, tofu pudding, soy milk, etc.
Moreover, Zhao Zhilan also said that after the house was built, she would send the remaining children in the family to school after the New Year, and then the three families would make a living separately. They could do as Baoya had said before, hand over half of their earnings and keep the other half for themselves.
Wang Cailian was really happy. She even felt that she was a little stupid for treating Baoya like that before.
As the saying goes, harmony brings wealth. Now that the whole family is united, things are really getting better and better. The price of tofu ordered by Ke Laixiang and her family has increased from 300 yuan per day to 500 yuan per day.
Wang Cailian pinched the little bun on Baoya's head and breathed a sigh of relief: "Baoya, auntie made you some braised pork with shredded bean curd and preserved plums today. Come and try it and see if it's delicious!"
Baoya said sweetly: "It smells good. It must be delicious made by my aunt!"
Wang Cailian was very surprised when she heard this. Look at how good Xiao Baoya is at talking. Her two little brats, one talks nonsense all day long, and the other is like a monkey, jumping around all day long, without any honesty at all.
Zhao Zhilan invited her three daughters-in-law into the house to eat. The four children had already sat around the table, eating braised pork with white steamed buns in big mouthfuls.
After the three Yun brothers unloaded the car, they fed the cows, washed their hands, and went into the house to eat.
Chen Chengcai, who lived next door to the Chen family, left school early and rode a bullock cart halfway when he met a so-called good friend from the academy whose family had some money. The two of them wandered around the town, eating and drinking for a long time, and only returned home after dark.
The yard was quiet. When Chen Chengcai opened the door, Zhou Cuihua did not come out to greet him happily as usual.
He was a little puzzled and walked into the main room, where he ran into Chen Xiaojuan, who was holding a basin with a hot towel on her wrist.
"What's going on?" He was a little puzzled, and instinctively felt that something was wrong at home.
Chen Xiaojuan ignored him, bit her lip and rolled her eyes at him.
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