Chapter 54 What is a stepmother? Is there also a former mother?

Xing Xing stuck out her tongue and hurriedly tried to climb down from Boger's arms.

Ju Ge'er looked at Xing Xing with disdain, then he stretched out his legs and ran towards Yu Sanbao.

Then - he jumped and directly landed on Yu Sanbao!

Ju Ge'er hung on Yu Sanbao: "Dad, I miss you so much!"

Huh?

Xingxing tilted her little head.

Uncle Three and Brother Two said they were tired from the journey and wanted to take a rest.

Yu Sanbao smiled and patted Ju Ge'er's little butt: "Okay, go tell your family that we are back."

The young man was afraid that Xingxing would snatch the job away from him, so he slipped off Yu Sanbao and ran as fast as he could on his short legs. He was almost tripped by the threshold of Yu's wooden door.

He shouted to announce the news: "Grandma! Aunt! Mom! My dad and second brother are back!"

Mrs. Wei hurried out of the house: "Are you back?"

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Mrs. Wei looked calm and composed when she sent Yu Sanbao and Bo Ge’er away. But a mother always worries even when her son is away from home. Yu Sanbao and Bo Ge’er are both the apple of her eye, so how could she not worry?

Not to mention Li Chunhua.

Li Chunhua hasn't had a good sleep in the past few days.

Seeing that her son had returned safely, Li Chunhua cried and laughed. She held her son's arm and looked him up and down to see if he was injured.

Su Rouer also came out of the third room with some excitement. Their relationship had just recovered these days, and Yu Sanbao went out. How could Su Rouer not miss him?

Yu Sanbao winked at Su Rouer, signaling her to follow him. He put his arm around Mrs. Wei's shoulders and pushed her toward the inner room: "Mom, let's go inside and talk."

Li Chunhua hurriedly pushed Bo Ge'er towards the main house.

Bai Xiaofeng was also at home. Although her son did not go with them, she was very concerned about how much the pearl was sold for in the end, so she took the initiative to follow them.

The group entered the main house, and Li Chunhua hurriedly poured water for Yu Sanbao and Bo Ge'er.

"Did you encounter any trouble on the way?" Mrs. Wei asked concernedly.

Yu Sanbao just laughed, but Boger gulped down a bowl of water to moisten his throat, then began to describe in vivid detail the dangers they encountered on the road.

It turned out that although they didn't encounter any thieves when they went there, they did encounter a thief when they stopped at an inn on the way.

Fortunately, Yu Sanbao sewed the pearls and most of the travel expenses into his underwear, leaving only some copper coins and dry food in his luggage.

The thief sneaked into the room late at night and turned their luggage upside down, but found nothing except some copper plates and some dry food. The thief thought they were just two poor ghosts and left quietly.

Several female family members gasped when they heard this.

Yu Sanbao then explained, "It's okay to encounter such petty thieves. In this famine year, no one has much money. Leaving a few copper coins in the luggage can also give the thieves some gains, so that they won't get nothing and then kill people."

Bo Geer nodded beside him, his eyes shining: "I learned a lot from this trip with Uncle San!"

Li Chunhua didn’t know what to say!

She had originally decided not to let Boger go on long trips anymore, but no one knows a son better than his mother, and the sparkling look in her son's eyes showed that he loved him very much!

Li Chunhua is so entangled!

"By the way, third brother, you haven't told me how much you sold the pearls for?" Bai Xiaofeng swallowed and couldn't help asking.

Yu Sanbao sighed: "It was only sold for five taels of silver."

Why is it only five taels?!

Bai Xiaofeng was stunned, his expression unable to hide his disappointment.

Yu Sanbao looked at Ju Ge'er, then looked at Xing Xing, and coughed: "Alright, we adults have something to say, you kids should go out first."

Orange boy was not very happy.

Why let them out?

Xing Xing was very sensible, and she held Ju Ge'er's hand and said, "Ju Ge'er, we haven't finished playing sandbag throwing just now!"

Ju Ge'er's attention was immediately distracted. Although he still looked a little awkward, he was still obediently dragged out by Xing Xing.

After the two kids left the room, Yu Sanbao closed the door.

"I'm not worried about Xingxing, but Ju Ge'er... I know my son well," Yu Sanbao explained to everyone, "That boy is simple-minded, and others might know from him that we sold the pearls. So I told him in front of him that I only sold five taels of silver. If it is accidentally leaked in the future, the amount of five taels of silver will not attract too much attention."

Bai Xiaofeng finally understood and nodded repeatedly, praising: "Third brother is really thoughtful."

Yu Sanbao laughed and said approvingly: "This is not something I came up with. Bo Geer reminded me of it on the way."

Bo Ge'er shook his head embarrassedly.

"So, how much did you sell?" asked Mrs. Wei.

Yu Sanbao stretched out a hand and made the number six.

Li Chunhua didn't dare to think about it, and asked hesitantly: "...sold it for six taels of silver?"

Bai Xiaofeng took a breath of cool air.

If it had only sold for six taels of silver, I wouldn't have let the two kids go.

So, this is sold...

Bai Xiaofeng didn't dare to think any further and her whole body was shaking.

Yu Sanbao didn't keep the secret. Even now, he was a little excited, and his voice trembled slightly: "Sold for sixty taels! A full sixty taels!"

Sixty taels!

Because the surprise was too great, everyone in the room dropped their jaws in shock for a moment, and apart from that, there was no sound at all.

…

Ju Ge'er and Xing Xing ran outside to throw sandbags.

Xingxing was having a lot of fun playing, and her friend Yamei also came out with a sepak takraw ball to play with her.

The sepak takraw ball was made for Yamei'er by her father two days ago. She likes it very much and won't let it go wherever she goes.

Xing Xing noticed that Ya Mei'er seemed a little unwell, so she stopped and asked Ya Mei'er, "What's wrong with you?"

Although Yamei'er is two years older than Xingxing, she is still a child under six years old. She sighed like a little adult: "My father is going to marry me a stepmother!"

Xing Xing didn't know what a stepmother was, so she tilted her head and said, "What is a stepmother? Is there also a former mother?"

Ju Ge'er interrupted: "You don't know this! Ya Mei'er's father's new wife, Ya Mei'er has to call her stepmother!"

Yamei patted the sepak ball twice and nodded dejectedly.

Yamei'er's mother died when she was less than three years old, and Yamei'er only has a faint impression of her.

But people in the village said that stepmothers were not good things, and that if there was a stepmother, there would be a stepfather, which really scared her.

Yamei is an only child. Usually, there is only her and her father at home, so she can't even find anyone to discuss things with.

Yamei nervously held Xingxing's hand and almost cried: "They said that stepmothers are not good to children. They will not give them food or clothes, and will beat and scold them. Wuwuwu, Xingxing, I'm so scared."

Xingxing also became scared after hearing this.

Oooooh, so scary!

The two little girls hugged each other and shivered.

Ju Ge'er asked curiously, "Have you ever met your stepmother?"

Yamei shook her head, but suddenly thought of something and said excitedly, "I know where her home is. My father pointed it out to me. I'll go check it out now!"