Chapter 70: The Turtle Shell is Also Available
Feishui Village was also in an uproar because of the bounty issued by the Emperor of Dakang.
Feishui Village is a small, remote village in Cangchenzhou, Dakang State. It is far away from the capital and relatively isolated from news.
Unless it is a particularly important matter or an order passed down from above, these villagers basically have few opportunities to come into contact with news from the capital.
At this time, a large group of villagers from Feishui Village were gathered around Liu Lizheng, listening to the gossip about the big turtle.
Liu Lizheng was over sixty years old, and this was the first time he had seen a reward of one hundred taels of silver for a turtle thief. However, since the person who did this was the emperor, there was nothing strange about it.
After all, as the ruler of a country, you can do whatever you want.
"Tsk," Wang Cailian smacked her lips as she squeezed through the crowd. "Five hundred taels, just to find a turtle? With that much silver, there are so many turtles she can't buy."
He Chunxiu took Baoya and originally planned to pick sweet potatoes in the field, but was pulled over by Wang Cailian to listen to gossip.
Baoya, holding a small basket in her hand, thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps the emperor has raised this turtle for a long time and has developed a deep affection for it over the years. In that case, no other turtle can replace it, right?"
After hearing what she said, Wang Cailian also felt that it made sense. She smiled and said, "That's right, that's possible. But I really don't understand how people like them with such great power and status act. They can develop feelings for a turtle."
"Auntie, of course I can," Baoya pulled her sleeve, "I have a bond with my friends!"
"Bangbangs?" Wang Cailian looked confused.
"It's those big river clams she raised." He Chunxiu said from the side.
Wang Cailian was immediately amused. "What kind of relationship can you have with those giant river clams? Their shells just open and close all day long. How can they possibly listen to you?"
Baoya didn’t know whether the boys could listen to her, but they did listen to her.
"But when I ask them to clap, their big shells open and close with a click."
The three of them squeezed out of the bustling crowd. Baoya took He Chunxiu's hand and swayed playfully: "Mom can testify for me, Mom saw it!"
He Chunxiu met Baoya's bright eyes and smiled, "Yes, Baoya can really make those clams clap, and in a very orderly manner."
"That's amazing," Wang Cailian smiled and took Baoya's other hand. "Then let's show it to my aunt tomorrow."
"Okay!" Baoya agreed very readily.
Now her aunt no longer hates her. She feels that the atmosphere at home is particularly good.
The three of them chatted and laughed as they arrived at the field. Yun Chenglu, Yun Hua and Yun Yue were waving at her at the edge of the field.
"Sister Baoya, come quickly! There are so many sweet potatoes in the field!" Yun Chenglu shouted at her.
"Baby, look at the big sweet potato I picked up!" Yunyue held a big sweet potato in both hands and shouted excitedly at her.
"I'm coming!" Bao Ya responded, let go of He Chunxiu and Wang Cailian's hands, and ran towards Yun Chenglu and the others.
I don’t know if it’s the effect of the rain a while ago, but the sweet potatoes are growing particularly well this year. They are big and have red skin.
However, the sweet potatoes of the two households next to the Yun family did not grow as well.
Although the harvest has doubled compared to the famine years of previous years, the size of the sweet potatoes is just average, and most of them are small.
The two families nearby watched with envy as the Yun family dug out one big sweet potato after another from the ground.
The Chen family's land is two acres away from the Yun family's. Zhou Cuihua went to the town to sell tofu, and Chen Changshui was busy alone.
He looked at the Yun family's sweet potatoes with envy, but because of his dull and honest nature, he sighed and continued to dig his own sweet potatoes.
Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue were running around in the fields, imitating Wang Cailian and He Chunxiu, using small shovels to dig sweet potatoes and then putting them into their own small backpacks.
Yun Chenglu is older and better at work, so the three girls just run around and play with him. Yun Hua is only responsible for taking care of the two little sisters. They pick up as much as they can, and no one says anything.
But the three little girls were very quick and coordinated the work very well. Yunhua was digging in the front, while Yunyue and Baoya were picking up the trash at the back with small baskets on their backs.
As they were picking up the trash, suddenly a clear and long whistle came from the depths of Tiger Tooth Mountain.
Baoya paused while picking up the sweet potatoes, and quickly raised her head to look towards Tiger Tooth Mountain. Yun Chenglu did the same. After looking, the two of them looked at each other with a clear expression.
The others had never heard Jingzhen's whistle before, so they just thought it was a bird's call and were not surprised.
Baoya frowned, then suddenly had an idea. She covered her stomach and shouted that she wanted to go to the toilet.
Yunhua quickly put down the shovel and was about to take her back, but was intercepted by Yun Chenglu.
"Let me do it. I can run faster while holding Baoya!" Yun Chenglu said.
Yunhua thought so too, so she took Yunyue to continue picking sweet potatoes.
Yun Chenglu picked up Baoya and ran towards home. Halfway through, he suddenly changed direction and took a shortcut to Huya Mountain.
The two of them went all the way up Tiger Tooth Mountain, and sure enough, on the way into the mountain, they saw Jing Zhen who was waiting there with the lonely king.
"Brother Xiaojing!" Baoya smiled, her watery almond eyes curved. "Are we here quickly? We're digging sweet potatoes today. We're in the fields at the foot of the mountain!"
"Hurry." Jingzhen still had a cold face, but answered Baoya's question very seriously.
Baoya still had her small basket. She jumped out of Yun Chenglu's arms and counted the sweet potatoes in the basket.
He said happily, "I picked up six, I'll give them all to you!"
Jing Zhen touched the lonely king who was looking up at Bao Ya, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Okay."
Yun Chenglu finally remembered the important matter: "Jingzhen, why did you call us here?"
He felt that with Jingzhen's personality, he would not call them over for no reason.
Jing Zhen nodded and said, "We've found the tortoise shell. Come with me back to Peach Blossom Spring to get it."
"Peach Blossom Spring?" Baoya keenly noticed this somewhat unfamiliar word.
"Yeah," Jingzhen nodded, "The name that Master gave his courtyard is nice, and he thinks it sounds good."
"Oh~" Baoya nodded.
The three men and the wolf walked deep into Tiger Tooth Mountain, passed through the misty bamboo forest, and soon arrived at Peach Blossom Spring.
Nan Xuan was standing at the gate of the courtyard with a big soup spoon in his hand, smiling.
Seeing Jing Zhen coming with Bao Ya and Yun Chenglu, he waved and said, "Come quickly, my Chinese yam and old turtle soup is just ready."
"Old turtle soup?!" When Baoya heard it, she felt her saliva was about to flow out.
Several people stood at the gate of the courtyard. Before they walked in, they smelled a fresh and fragrant scent.
This made Yun Chenglu swallow his saliva.
A few people followed Nan Xuan into the yard and saw a purple clay pot on the stone table in the yard. The fragrance was wafting from the pot.
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