Chapter 37 I Met Brother Xiaojing Again
Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue returned home. The three of them gathered around the big copper basin in the yard to look at the big river clams inside.
"Six large pearls," Yun Yue placed the pearls in her palm on a handkerchief and placed them on the ground. "How much would they sell for?"
Yunhua was two years older than her, so she knew a bit about arithmetic. "When we went to town, it seemed like Zhucui Pavilion gave ten taels of silver for one coin. Six coins would be sixty taels, right?"
"So many." Yunyue was very surprised.
Baoya also tilted her head to look at the round and smooth pearls on the handkerchief. After looking for a while, she looked up at the monotonous red hairbands on the two little sisters' heads.
She thought of Chen Xiaojuan's arrogant look just now. Although she didn't like Chen Xiaojuan showing off like that, she also didn't want the girls in their family to be outdone by others.
"Otherwise, let's keep these pearls." Bao Ya said.
"Stay?" Yun Yue looked at her in confusion. "What are you going to do here? Aren't you going to sell your silver anymore?"
"Keep it and make jewelry for you." Baoya smiled. "The big river clams will produce pearls again. We can keep these for ourselves."
"Really?" Yunyue had never thought that one day she would be able to wear pearl jewelry. Her big watery eyes widened.
"I think so," Zhao Zhilan's voice suddenly came from behind, "these pearls are of good quality. It would be a shame to sell them all without leaving a single one. Next time I go back to town, I'll make a pair of pearl earrings for each of you."
"OK!"
"OK!"
Yunhua and Yunyue both shouted happily.
Baoya turned around and glanced at Zhao Zhilan: "Grandma."
"What's the matter?" Zhao Zhilan looked at her with a smile. This little girl was very thoughtful and she didn't know what she was thinking about.
"The clams produced too few pearls this time," Baoya said. "Next time they produce pearls, I'll make some pearl jewelry for Grandma, Mother, and my two aunts!"
She spoke very seriously, her pair of purple grape-like eyes blinking and sparkling.
Zhao Zhilan smiled so hard that the wrinkles on her face smoothed out. "Hahaha, forget about the milk. What else does a person with half his body buried in the ground need jewelry for?"
"No way! You're so young, you could live for hundreds of years!"
"Hahaha, wouldn't that make her an old witch?" Zhao Zhilan was amused by Bao Ya so much that she fell backwards.
Baoya didn't think so: "No, grandma is a good person who will live a long life and will be blessed."
"Oh, look at our Baoya's sweet mouth!" Zhao Zhilan smiled and pinched the little hair on Baoya's head.
The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren chatted and laughed for a while, and then Zhao Zhilan went back to work.
Baoya looked at the pearls on the ground and thought of her brother Xiaojing in the secret cave.
It has been several days since she last went into the mountains. She had eaten Brother Xiaojing's apple and had not returned it to him yet.
Turning her eyes, she saw the braised tofu soaking in the basin at the front door. Baoya wanted to go into the mountains again. She had promised Brother Xiaojing that she would bring him some tofu to eat.
So, the action-oriented Xiao Baoya immediately found a small basket, put a clean fine cotton cloth in it, and then took out four pieces of white and tender tofu from the basin and put them in it.
After everything was packed, she happily went to look for Zhao Zhilan with her small basket.
Originally, Zhao Zhilan would never agree to let her go to Huya Mountain again no matter what. After all, every time Baoya went to Huya Mountain, there were always problems.
Although she was safe every time and brought back a lot of good things every time, Zhao Zhilan was still worried about her safety.
There was no other way, so Baoya had to say that she was going to thank the little fairy who rescued her from the cave last time, and only then did Zhao Zhilan give in.
However, Yun Chenglu must follow.
Baoya nodded happily, but Yun Chenglu was not very happy.
"Silly boy, he is definitely not a god. He is lying to you." Yun Chenglu said unhappily.
Bao Ya certainly knew that Jing Zhen was not a god, but since he had already said so, she had no choice but to hold on to it, otherwise she was afraid that she would not be able to go up the mountain to see Brother Jing in the future.
"But he's good-looking and can fly," Baoya said seriously.
Yun Chenglu: “…”
"Monsters are pretty, they can fly, and they eat people!"
He stretched out his hands and gestured in front of Baoya: "Ah! Ah! I only eat fair and tender girls like you!"
"Hahaha," Baoya laughed at Yun Chenglu's amusement, "Second brother, you look more like a monster that eats children!"
Yun Chenglu withdrew his hand, picked up a long branch from the roadside, and gestured with it: "Second brother is not a monster. Second brother specializes in beating monsters. If he dares to bully you, second brother will beat him away!"
Baoya giggled: "Second brother, you are so awesome!"
The brother and sister laughed all the way and soon found the place where Baoya fell into the cave last time. There was an old locust tree with all its leaves fallen, which was very conspicuous.
"It's right here." Baoya put the small basket of tofu under the tree roots and said.
"Then put your things down and let's go."
Baoya:……???
"No, second brother, you wait for me over there. I need to talk to the fairy brother." Baoya pointed behind a big rock and said to Yun Chenglu seriously.
She couldn't just leave like that. She had to at least find the cave she was in last time and send the tofu down to Brother Xiaojing.
Yun Chenglu was reluctant at first, but he couldn't persuade her, so he had to agree.
However, he was cautious and did not stand obediently behind the big rock. Instead, he secretly peeked over here.
He saw Baoya carrying a small basket and stomping around under the old locust tree, not knowing what she was doing.
He was wondering when suddenly a white shadow jumped out from the side and rushed straight towards Baoya.
Yun Chenglu was startled and cried out in a low voice: "Baoya, be careful!"
Unexpectedly, the white shadow jumped in front of Baoya, kicked the ground with its front legs, stopped suddenly and steadily, and sat upright in front of Baoya.
Yun Chenglu looked closely and found that it was a snow-white wolf. When it sat on its front legs, it was half a head taller than Baoya.
He was stunned, not knowing why a wolf would be so obedient, and was afraid that the wolf would suddenly pounce on Baoya.
Just when I was at a loss, I saw a young man in a moon-white gown walking out from the depths of the forest.
The young man had clear brows, a high nose bridge, and his thin lips were tightly pursed. When he saw Baoya carrying a basket and Gu Wang sitting obediently beside Baoya, his brows knitted together.
"Brother Xiaojing!" Baoya was very happy.
Jingzhen was not happy. Not only did this silly girl come alone, but she also brought a little tail with her and was recklessly stepping on the mechanism here by herself.
If he and Gu Wang had not come out just now, the mechanism on the top of the cave would have been broken by her.
"Didn't I tell you not to come to me again?"
Jingzhen frowned, put his hands under Baoya's armpits, lifted the little girl up and put her under the old locust tree.
He was also very puzzled. Why did so many people go to Tiger Tooth Mountain and pass by here, but no one had ever broken the mechanism? But this little girl could break the mechanism just by stepping on it casually.
Seeing this, Yun Chenglu, who was hiding behind a large rock not far away, suddenly became anxious and shouted, "Who are you? Don't touch my sister!"
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