Chapter 31: The Knowledgeable Big Brother
Baoya looked up at the gentle boy, and the boy also looked down at her.
Yesterday, Chen Chengcai came back from Feishui Village after skipping school. As soon as he saw him, he started to speak in a sarcastic tone.
They said that Baoya, the little glutton of the Chen family, was lazy but ate a lot, and they couldn't afford to support her. So your third aunt picked her up, which saved their family a lot of food.
He wanted to see how long the Yun family could support this little glutton, and so on.
Yun Chengfu looked at the soft, fair and tender little girl, smiled, and then reached out to touch her head.
"Call me brother," he said.
Baoya blinked her eyes and called out obediently, "Big Brother."
Yun Chengfu's slender eyes narrowed: "Well, big brother prepared a gift for you."
As he spoke, he took out a beautifully bound book from his sleeve and handed it to Baoya.
Baoya looked at the book with a blue cover. There were three big golden words written on the cover, but she didn't recognize them.
"Brother, what book is this?"
"It's the Classic of Mountains and Seas," Yun Chengfu said. "It's full of pictures and words. You can learn to read by looking at the pictures."
Baoya opened the book and read a few pages. There were indeed many pictures on it, showing all kinds of strange-looking rare and exotic animals.
She blinked her eyes and when she looked at the pictures, she felt that these strange beasts were so familiar. Weren't they all the companions in the fairy-like garden in her dream?
But, although they looked familiar, she didn't know what these strange beasts were called.
After closing the book, Baoya carefully held the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in her arms.
She looked up and smiled at Yun Chengfu: "Thank you, big brother. Baoya likes it!"
Yun Chengfu saw her eyes curved with laughter and smiled too.
He also likes his little sister who likes reading.
Yun Chengfu took Baoya's hand and walked to Zhao Zhilan and the others. After chatting for a while, he told them about his recent situation to reassure his family.
Yun Dalang handed him the rations and said, "Don't save them. They're enough for you for next month."
"I know, don't worry, Dad." Yun Chengfu said.
After he finished speaking, he took out a string of copper coins from the pouch at his waist and stuffed it into Zhao Zhilan's hand. "The teacher gave me a lot of homework this month, so I earned a little less. Grandma, take it. You can't let my family support me for nothing."
Zhao Zhilan glared at him and stuffed the money back into his pocket. "I've told you so many times that homework is important and you're not allowed to copy books without permission. Why don't you listen?"
Yun Chengfu refused to accept it. He knew the family situation. Now Baoya had another mouth to feed. Although he couldn't earn much, he could still do his best to help.
Baoya watched Zhao Zhilan and Yun Chengfu standoff, tugged at Yun Chengfu's sleeve, and said in a crisp voice, "Big brother, you don't have to work so hard. Our family is making money now, and we can make a lot of money in the future."
Yun Chengfu thought she was joking. Zhao Zhilan took him aside and told him everything that had happened at home recently. She also showed him the three big buckets of tofu and the pearls wrapped in a handkerchief. Only then did Yun Chengfu believe her.
Speaking of pearls, Baoya thought of the big river clams at home.
She asked Yun Chengfu, "Brother, we have a big river clam at home, but unfortunately we don't know how to take care of it. Does Brother know how to take care of it?"
Yun Chengfu nodded. Raising river clams was very simple. He was well-read, so this kind of problem would naturally not be difficult for him.
"You can feed it some soy milk, once every four or five days. Or, you can catch very small earthworms and feed them to it."
"However, if you want it to produce pearls, you need to plant a nucleus. This is very complicated. I'll tell you when I get home from my rest in a few days."
Baoya listened very carefully and nodded frequently: "Okay, then I'll wait for Big Brother."
He looked at Baoya's rosy little face and big watery eyes and thought she was simply amazing.
His sister loves reading and studying, and she has such good fortune. If she is enlightened and puts her time into studying, and takes the entrance exam for a women's school, she will probably make great achievements.
It’s a pity that Xiao Baoya’s mind is still only focused on eating, and her future goals are also limited to eating.
Help the family make money and live a good life so that they can eat delicious food every day. In the future, she will also cook delicious food herself, open restaurants and hotels, so that people in Dakang Kingdom can taste the delicious food she cooks!
After Zhao Zhilan and her companions delivered food to Yun Chengfu, they rushed to a jewelry shop.
I wonder if the fifteen pearls wrapped in that handkerchief can be sold for a good price.
Zhao Zhilan and Baoya stopped at the door of Zhucui Pavilion.
With the experience of dealing with Mr. Zhu from Kelaixiang last time, she was not so timid this time.
Moreover, this time everyone was dressed cleanly and simply, and there weren't so many patches on their clothes, so they were naturally a lot more confident.
Zhao Zhilan led Baoya in front, while Yun Dalang led Yunhua and Yunyue behind.
Zhucui Pavilion is decorated magnificently, with a large porcelain vase as tall as a person placed at the door, and the counter is filled with various jade pendants and jewelry.
The three little girls were so overwhelmed that they couldn't see enough, but they stayed beside the adults and didn't touch or run around.
There were not many customers in the Zhu Cui Pavilion at this time. The waiter politely asked a few people when he saw them, "What would you like to see?"
Zhao Zhilan took out the handkerchief wrapped with pearls and said, "Young man, we are not here to buy anything. I have a few pearls here and I want you to take a look at them."
"Okay." The guy was not awkward. He was just looking at pearls. There were no customers anyway, so he was free anyway.
Seeing that he agreed, Zhao Zhilan was about to open the handkerchief.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a maid in a silk gown walked in from outside, glanced in their direction, and said in a shrill voice, "Shopkeeper, can you show me some gold jewelry, old sister? Are you free?"
When the shop assistant saw that there were customers, he naturally didn't care about Zhao Zhilan and the others. He said "wait a moment" a little embarrassedly and went to greet the maid.
Zhao Zhilan and Yun Dalang took their three children and sat down on the bamboo chairs in the store to wait. They were not in a hurry anyway.
The shop assistant took out a row of heavy gold bracelets, gold earrings and gold pendants. The bright golden light was really dazzling.
But the maid was not satisfied: "I don't want these. I'm not wearing them myself. I'm giving them to the little girl at home. So..."
As she spoke, she glanced at Zhao Zhilan and the others sitting there, pointed at Yunyue and said, "She's about her age, and about the same size."
"Okay," the shop assistant responded, and this time he changed to some more exquisite designs.
Things like the twined plum blossom bracelet and the gold-plated butterfly pendant are all very beautiful.
This time the nanny seemed satisfied. She stopped talking and started to choose.
Zhao Zhilan stared at the nanny's profile and suddenly frowned.
He muttered quietly, "Isn't this the nanny from the wealthy Wang family in Heishui Village next door? He only has one precious grandson, so why would he choose jewelry from a girl?"
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