Chapter 58 Dad praised Sister Afu for being sensible and acting like a sister

People in Nantuo Village suddenly discovered that the Yu family had sent four of their sons to school at once.

When asked, Bai Xiaofeng was beaming with joy, and said according to what they had agreed upon before, that Xingxing had picked up a pearl and sold it for six taels of silver, which was at least enough to pay the first year's dowry for several children.

No one else was suspicious and they were all very jealous.

Previously, Xingxing picked some burning heart grass and sold it for four taels of silver. Mrs. Liu spread the news in the village. The villagers, when they had nothing to do, would go to the mountains to turn over stones to see if there was any burning heart grass or something like that in the cracks between the stones.

Once the story of finding pearls by picking up river clams became known, there started a craze in Nantuo Village of turning over rocks by the stream to pick up river clams.

Luo Yiniu also found out that although there were no crabs under the stone that Xingxing pointed out to him, there were large river clams, and a huge pearl had opened!

He was so proud of himself that he even went to his friends to refute the rumors about Xingxing in a serious manner - Xingxing did not "miss"! She was a lucky little girl!

The name Xingxing, the little lucky star, is known throughout the entire Nantuo Village.

As the days grew hotter, the Yu family became busier.

Huai'er and his friends, whether they were willing or not, had to cross mountains and ridges every day to go to school in the next village.

Yu Sanbao decided on the business he wanted to do - when he went to the state capital to sell pearls before, he found that many cloths in the state capital were even cheaper than those in their small county town, but the quality varied greatly, and he had to carefully select the patterns and dyeing craftsmanship.

When he was young, he worked as a clerk in a cloth shop and he was quite good at choosing.

Yu Sanbao plans to test the waters first.

The work on the farm to the west became more and more urgent. Old Man Yu, along with his three sons, Yu Daniu, Yu Erhu and Yu Siyang, often went out before dawn and came back under the stars.

Mrs. Wei takes care of the household affairs with her three daughters-in-law. In her spare time, she also makes new clothes for everyone in the family, big and small. She is very busy.

Suddenly, it seemed that Ju Ge'er and Xing Xing were the only idle people in the house.

But Ju Ge'er is a boy after all, and sometimes he prefers to play with boys who are older than him.

Xing Xing often plays with Ya Mei'er.

Previously, Yamei'er and Xingxing Ju'er went to see her future stepmother, but she was not watched and got lost. After returning home, she was given a bowl of "Stir-fried Bamboo Bamboo Shoots with Pork" by her father, and she was very well behaved for a while.

Two days ago, Ya Mei'er's stepmother got married - it was called marriage, but in fact it was the stepmother Mao, who wore the flowery dress that Ya Mei'er's father had just bought for her, carried a bundle in one hand, and held the daughter she had with her previous man in the other, and came to Ya Mei'er's house amid the sound of firecrackers. The ceremony was completed and she got married.

The daughter that Mao brought with her was three years older than Ya Mei'er. After Mao entered Ya Mei'er's home, her daughter took Ya Mei'er's father's surname, Xiang, and her full name was Xiang Fu.

Yamei'er was young, and there were suddenly two more people in her family, and they were here to share her father's place with her. Naturally, she felt uncomfortable.

At this moment, Yamei was depressed. She sat on a rock, holding her chin and complaining to Xingxing: "...Sister Afu also called my daddy "Daddy". Daddy is no longer my daddy alone."

Xingxing is young, and she has no parents in her memory, so she doesn't really understand Yamei's mentality.

But she still tried to comfort Ya Mei'er: "...but your father is still the same father. He hasn't changed. You see, there will be two more people who like you in the future."

Ya Mei'er looked hesitant: "Is that really the case?"

"It must be!" Xing Xing nodded her head hard, as if this could increase Ya Mei'er's confidence.

"But..." Yamei was a little confused and didn't know how to describe it to Xingxing.

After all, she is just a little girl under six years old, how can she explain it so clearly?

Xing Xing waited for a long time but got no response from Ya Mei'er. She rubbed her cheek and suggested, "Ya Ya, how about we play tossing the ball?"

Yamei'er's face sank: "...The rattan ball was given to Sister Afu." She sniffed and felt like crying, "Daddy said he would make me another one in a few days."

Xing Xing saw that Ya Mei'er was in a bad mood, so she quickly changed the subject: "...Then, how about we go to the creek and pick up small stones to play with?"

Yameier was now interested and nodded: "Okay!"

However, considering the previous meal of "Stir-fried Bamboo Shoots with Pork", the two kids decided to go home first and say goodbye to their elders at home.

Mrs. Wei repeatedly reminded Xingxing: "You can play by the creek, but you can't go into the water, understand?"

Xing Xing nodded her head solemnly: "Yeah, Xing Xing knows!"

Xingxing came out of the house and waited for a while under the big elm tree at the door of her house before she saw Yameier running towards her.

But Ya Mei'er did not come alone. There was a thin little girl following her, holding a rattan ball in her hand. Xing Xing recognized that rattan ball. It seemed to be the one made by Ya Mei'er's father for her.

Yamei ran a little faster, so she walked slowly behind her, not forgetting to shout: "Yaya sister, you run too fast! I walk slowly!"

Unlike the little kids like Xingxing and Yamei, this little girl is obviously older.

Xing Xing had never seen this girl before, so she was a little confused. She looked at Ya Mei'er and asked, "Who is this?"

Yamei'er looked a little confused: "...This is Sister Afu. When my father heard me say that I wanted to go to the creek with you to play, he was worried that we might be in danger. So mother said that we could let Sister Afu come with us and keep an eye on us."

She whispered, "Dad also praised Sister Afu for being sensible and acting like a sister."

Xingxing suddenly realized, and obediently called out "Sister Afu" to the little girl who had just approached.

Xiang Fu first complained: "Sister Yaya, why are you running so fast?"

Ya Mei'er said "Oh" honestly: "Well, I'll go slower next time."

Xiang Fu looked at Xing Xing, sized her up and down, with a look of scrutiny in her eyes: "Are you Xing Xing?"

Xingxing nodded obediently.

Xiang Fu stared at Xing Xing: "My mother said that you picked up a river clam, opened a pearl, and sold it for a lot of money, is that right?"

This is something everyone knows, Xingxing nodded.

Xiang Fu smiled and said as a matter of course: "Well, take us to pick some more river clams today."

She smiled and glanced at Xing Xing, "They say you're a lucky star, you can't be unable to do even this little thing, right?"

Xing Xing was a little dumbfounded.

Yamei felt that it was not so good, but she was young and couldn't tell what was wrong.

She could only protest to Xiang Fu: "Sister Afu, please don't say that."

Xiang Fu got angry when she heard Ya Mei'er talking to her like that: "What's wrong with what I said?!"

"I……"

Yamei didn't know how to explain, so Xingxing hurriedly pulled her arm, not wanting Yaya to quarrel with her sister because of her.

Seeing that the two little ones were speechless, Xiang Fu curled her lips and said, "Let's go."

She said this, but she didn't move.

Xing Xing and Ya Mei'er looked at Xiang Fu strangely.

Xiang Fu frowned: "I have only been in your village for two days, how can I know the way? You lead the way in front."