Xu Xiaoyao knew nothing about Lu's discussion.
She pushed her bicycle slowly up the hill.
There were many thorns, but it was difficult to walk on them, so she made a path.
Walk and stop.
Finally arrived at the place.
She put her bike away and took out the snakeskin bag: "There are about ten of them. Do you know if that's enough?"
"It should be much different." Xu Jiajia put the dug yam into a snakeskin bag, and continued digging after putting it in the bag.
Xu Jiajia handed Hu Daya three snakeskin bags: "Young man, come to me for more."
Hu Daya looked grateful: "Sister Jiajia, you are so nice!"
Xu Jiajia curled her lips. She was not so nice to everyone, but she was willing to make friends with the Hu sisters because they were so annoying like Hu Yitao and Old Lady Hu.
Five hours of digging.
Only then were all the yams dug out.
Five days.
Xu Jiajia dug the least.
The amounts dug by the other two are quite different.
It belongs to whoever originally dug it.
But the Hu sisters took care of Xu Jiajia, a weakling, and they had to count the benefits.
According to the number.
Xu Jiajia was the only one who made the most money, because she dug the least.
"Well, you guys dug so much, if we divide it by the number, you will suffer a loss."
Hu Daya knew in her heart that if Xu Jiajia had led the way, they would definitely have found such a good thing: "Sister Jiajia, it's you who are at fault, not us!"
After some debate, Xu Jiajia finally agreed to divide the yams according to the quantity.
There are ten snakeskin bags in total.
Three bags per car.
Several people worked together to secure the snakeskin bag with a rope.
The road down the mountain is easy to walk.
He Hua pushed from the front and Hu Daya pulled from the back, so that the car could be controlled and rushed forward.
She works in the fields all year round and is very strong, so it is safe for her to pull from behind.
The other three stayed on the mountain.
Xu Jiajia drank some water and took a rest. She let Xu Xiaoyao and Hu Erya look after the yam while she continued to go into the mountains to look for treasure.
Xu Xiaoyao was afraid that she would encounter wild animals, so she pulled her away and said, "It's very dangerous inside, don't go."
Xu Jiajia knew that Xu Xiaoyao cared about her, so she smiled and said, "I'm not going into the mountains, just wandering around."
Xu Xiaoyao wanted to go with them, but when she thought about the guys she saw when she entered the mountain, she was afraid that they would bully Hu Erya: "Can you go with me?"
Xu Jiajia shook her head: "Okay."
Xu Xiaoyao: “…”
"Only for one hour."
Xu Xiaoyao was more stubborn than Xu Jiajia, so she could only settle for second best.
Xu Jiajia nodded: "Okay——"
Xu Jiajia carried a backpack and Jun's water bottle and continued to walk inside.
It hasn't rained in the past few days.
There are not many mushrooms on the mountain.
But as she went further in, she dug up a lot of medicinal herbs and also shot three pheasants and two rabbits.
Go a little further inside.
Xu Jiajia started to activate the scanner.
After a while, three ginsengs were dug out.
One is one year old, and two are fifty years old.
Xu Jiajia plans to keep the ones that are 50 years old for Old Lady Xu, and she will sell the ones that are 50 years old if they are cheap.
Finish digging ginseng.
Xu Jiajia continued to look for treasure.
Walking and walking.
Suddenly I heard crying coming from inside.
She walked towards the sound.
From a distance, I saw a child wrapped in a red swaddle. The child had fair skin, a red mouth, and eyes that were swollen and red from crying.
She thought it was a girl.
Open it and take a look.
Only then did I realize I guessed wrong.
She lowered her eyes and looked at the child in her arms. Nowadays, those who are abandoned are usually girls, and boys are very rare. For a situation like this little boy, it may be that something happened in the family, or the child may have been stolen by his mortal enemy.
Two situations.
Xu Jiajia is more inclined towards the latter.
If something unexpected happened at home, they would definitely be put in the deep mountains and forests.
After all, the mountains are dangerous, and if you do something wrong, the wild beasts will eat you till nothing is left.
Seeing such a lively life, Xu Jiajia would definitely take care of it, so she carried the child out of the mountains.
Xu Xiaoyao looked at the child in her arms, completely confused: "Is this yours? When did you get pregnant? Why doesn't it show at all?"
Xu Jiajia's forehead was covered with black lines. She rubbed her forehead, gnashed her teeth and said, "This is mine. I picked it up."
"What? Picked up? Who would throw such a small child into the mountains? What if he was eaten by wild animals? Who killed him? He favors sons over daughters. As the saying goes, even a tiger will eat its own cubs. I think those parents who favor sons over daughters are worse than animals!"
Because Xu Xiaoyao's original family also favors boys over girls, she particularly resonates with this.
Xu Jiajia swept the little guy who was sleeping soundly under the bed and said slowly, "It's a boy."
Xu Xiaoyao was stunned while cursing: "What? A boy? Could he have a physical defect?"
This is Xu Xiaoyao’s first response.
After all, these days, very few people abandon boys.
Xu Jiajia gave the child a simple checkup and found that his feet were normal. As for the rest, she found out after going to the hospital: "My sixth sense as a woman told me that there was nothing wrong with the little guy."
He Hua pushed the cart into the mountain and saw Xu Jiajia holding a child in her arms. She had the same expression as Xu Xiaoyao and asked exactly the same questions: "Is this your child? When did you get pregnant? Why is it that you don't show your pregnancy at all?"
Yes.
Why were you born in the mountains?
Grandma Xu knew you were pregnant, but she still let you go up the mountain? Come on, come on, get in the car, I'll take you back."
We are good sisters! We say exactly the same thing.
Xu Jiajia's mouth twitched for a moment: "No matter how much you show your affection, you can still tell that this child is mine. I picked him up."
"What? You picked it up? Where did you pick it up?"
"I picked it up from the mountains."
After hearing this, He Hua started to curse: "Which beast is so cruel to release a child in the mountains? Does he know that the mountains are dangerous?
When it comes to wild animals, there are fewer poisonous insects with venomous tongues. "
Xu Jiajia expressed her guess: "I suspect that the boy's parents' mortal enemy stole the child and threw him into the mountains, or it could be an enemy spy.
After all, the child has such good skin and is thin.
If his parents treated him well, he would have so much flesh on his face. "
Xu Xiaoyao and Hehua thought it made sense, and they looked at the child with a bit more pity.
"The child is innocent, how innocent he is."
Three bags at a time.
There are ten bags in total.
It took several transports to complete.
Ten bags of yam, one bag is divided into two bags.
Lotus and Xu Xiaoyao's items were also placed in the Xu family, with the intention of selling them together with Xu Jiajia's items.
Hu Daya thought for a moment and took out ten kilograms of yam. She planned to sell the rest together with Xu Jiajia's.
When He Hua made her second trip, she told Old Mrs. Xu that Xu Jiajia had picked up the child.
When she saw the clean little guy, she liked him at first sight: "Jia Jia, I'll take him to the hospital tomorrow to check if there is anything wrong with his body."
Xu Jiajia also had a plan: "Okay."
When Xu Jianguo came home from get off work, he saw a new baby at home and was confused: "Whose child is this? Could it be another adopted child?"
Mrs. Xu rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, this child was picked up by Jia Jia. Jia Jia will put an ad in the newspaper tomorrow to see if she can find the child's parents. If they can be found, this child will only be raised by us."
Xu Jianguo didn't want to raise someone else's child at all: "Mom, we can raise it.
Think about it.
Jiajia will have her own child soon. You will raise this child. Who will take care of Jiajia's child in the future?"
This question really stumped Mrs. Xu: "Yes, Jiajia, if the child's parents are found, what are you going to do with the child?"
Xu Jiajia was also confused by the question: "I know, just watch first!"
I saw the child abandoned in the mountains.
She can always take care of it.
…
When Hui Niang learned that Hu Daya and her sister had dug up a lot of yam, she was overjoyed: "You two are really lucky. You dug up so many good things on your first trip up the mountain with the army."
Hu Daya dared to take credit: "Sister Jiajia discovered the yam, and we two got a great deal. Sister Jiajia even gave us a pheasant.
Mom, let’s have stewed chicken and yam today. Sister Jia Jia said it’s very nutritious.”
Hui Niang, who followed the army, also had some experience. She felt that studying was useless, unlike in her hometown, and she was not as rigid in doing things as before: "Eat, you girls are too thin, you need to eat more.
Daya, I heard from the people in the family compound that Xu Jiajia next door is a high school student. She entered the Public Security Bureau with her own ability. Her two fellow villagers also passed the exam and entered the machinery factory. They are so outstanding, you should spend more time with them.
However, we can also take advantage of others.”
Hu Daya likes to play with educated people: "Well, Sister Jia Jia is very good. Those educated youth in my hometown think they are educated in the city and look down on us from the countryside.
Sister Jia Jia knows how to do it and understands it. If you ask her, she will answer you patiently. I like her very much."
Hui Niang patted Hu Daya's head and said, "I am kind to you. If I had a little ability, you wouldn't be illiterate."
Hu Erya knew that her mother had tried her best. She remembered that her mother secretly saved a dollar to pay for her sister's tuition. When her grandmother, the old hag, found out, she beat her mother half to death and said that she was being coquettish and wanted to learn from the city to send her children to school...
Since then, her mother has never touched money.
"Mom, it has nothing to do with you. It was Dad who did it. If he had paid more attention to the family, none of the five of us would have learned to read."
In fact, Hu Erya hated Hu Guang very much, but Hui Niang told her that she couldn't hate him because hating someone was too tiring.
"Da Ya, Er Ya, do you still want to study?"
The two sisters' eyes lit up and they said in unison, "Can we still read?"
Daya is already sixteen, so we can wait another two years before we can find a partner.
If we send a child of this age to the first grade, there will definitely be jokes.
"As long as you want to learn, it's never too late, but you have to withstand the rumors and gossips outside and endure the ridicule of others."
Hu Daya was worried about all this, afraid that Hu Guang would agree: "Will Dad agree? If he gives us money, how can we afford the tuition?"
Just as Hu Daya said, when Hu Guang learned that Hu Daya wanted to go to school, he agreed immediately: "You are going to find a partner right away, why do you still go to school? What a waste!"
Hu Erya was a straightforward person, she said whatever she thought: "You are the one who is ashamed, you only get one yuan a month salary, but you send your daughter to school. If others knew that your sister had never been to school, they would definitely say that you, as a father, are irresponsible and incompetent."
Hu Guang was so angry that he wanted to slap Hu Erya, but she was not afraid and stretched out her face for Hu Guang to hit her: "Hit me, hit me. If you are not afraid that your comrades will say that you hit a child, hit me hard. It would be best if you can kill me with one slap!"
It was such a rare opportunity, so Hu Erya took it.