Chapter 151 Treasures at Sea
Xiao Wu looked at the cow swishing its tail, his eyes widening: "Is this, an ox cart?"
"Yes." Ye Yun'an put a bundle in the car and called Uncle Yan with a smile.
Uncle Yan also showed a smile on his face and nodded.
Aunt Jiang and Ye Mingzhu both came out. Uncle Yan's smile faded a little, and he turned around and sat down beside the carriage.
Ever since Jiang Hongyu and others saw him having dinner with Aunt Jiang last time, he always had an evasive expression on his face when he saw Aunt Jiang again. He seldom spoke to her, and Aunt Jiang did the same.
In fact, Jiang Hongyu had privately met with Uncle Yan and expressed that he had no objection to their relationship.
But Uncle Yan shook his head at the time and said that it was not what he thought. The two of them were just companions and there was no such love as he thought.
Jiang Hongyu was confused at the time. Did he misunderstand? Uncle Yan and Aunt Jiang obviously looked very harmonious.
What he didn't know was that Uncle Yan had no way of speaking out his grievances, not because he didn't want to, but because Aunt Jiang didn't agree.
Before this, Uncle Yan had already approached Aunt Jiang and wanted to marry her, but Aunt Jiang refused. She said she only hoped to live a peaceful and quiet life in Yuanshan Village for the rest of her life.
Uncle Yan is not a man of good words, he always listens to Aunt Jiang.
Jiang Hongyu obviously misunderstood Uncle Yan's meaning. He thought Uncle Yan didn't want to marry Aunt Jiang and just wanted to have a private relationship with her, so he simply unilaterally cut off contact with Uncle Yan. However, Uncle Yan was still as nice to them as before.
This time, asking Uncle Yan to pick them up was considered a concession by Jiang Hongyu, so Uncle Yan came very early and rushed to the town before the hour of Mao. After he arrived, he did not knock on the door and waited until almost the hour of Si before coming.
Ye Mingzhu also noticed something wrong between Aunt Jiang and Uncle Yan, but she didn't say anything. She asked Ye Yun'an to sit next to Uncle Yan, Aunt Jiang to sit next to her, and Xiaowu and Yu Jiaming to sit on the other side.
Xiao Wu's eyebrows knitted together, and he stuttered a little: "Shall we go by ox cart?"
Ye Mingzhu wanted to laugh at his expression and turned her head to the side. Jiang Hongyu explained, "My family only has an ox cart."
Xiaowu thought that we could rent a horse carriage, but Yu Jiaming had already sat on the ox cart and pulled Xiaowu on board.
When they were at the village, both of them had ridden in the ox cart. They both knew that in the village, a family with a cow was considered a wealthy family. However, the two of them only had the impression that the carts were horse-drawn carts, so they didn't react at first.
Jiang Hongyu waited until they were all seated before he got on as well. This time he was also going back to the village and would be back before noon.
Along the way, Xiaowu held on tightly to the shaft of the cart, fearing that he would be thrown out.
In fact, he was worrying too much. Uncle Yan was a very good driver. Although the speed was not fast, the car was not bumpy. He would try his best to avoid stones and small potholes on the road.
Yu Jiaming was not as nervous as Xiaowu. He was looking at the scenery on both sides along the way and occasionally talked to Jiang Hongyu.
When they entered the village, only some children playing at the entrance saw them, as most of the villagers had gone into the sea.
Uncle Yan drove the ox cart directly to their doorstep.
Xiaowu couldn't wait to jump off the ox cart, looked at the brand new house and nodded. Comparing this house with the one next to it, it seemed that the Jiang family was in good condition.
Ye Yun'an opened the door next to him and said, "Brother Xiaowu, let's live here."
Xiao Wu looked at the houses on both sides, said nothing, picked up the bag in his hand and followed Ye Yun'an to the Ye family.
Jiang Hongyu helped Aunt Jiang down and helped them carry all the things into the house.
Although she was away for a short time, Ye Mingzhu always felt like she hadn't been back for a long time. She fetched some water and wiped all the furniture in the house, with Jiang Hongyu helping her.
By the time everything was cleaned up, a quarter of an hour had passed.
She found the things she was bringing to Uncle Ye's house and prepared to go there.
Jiang Hongyu followed her with something in his hand. Both of them wanted to find out about the latest situation in the village.
Unexpectedly, Uncle Ye was at home and was very happy to see them.
"Are you back? Come in."
Fang put down her work and went to pour water for the two of them.
"Why did you take so long this time? Yunli said yesterday that he hadn't seen Yunan for a long time. Your third uncle wanted to bring them to see you in the next two days."
Ye Mingzhu put down what she was holding.
Fang's face was full of bright smiles: "Look at you, every time you come here you have to buy things. We are all family, you can't buy things anymore in the future."
Ye Mingzhu didn't take it seriously. She smiled and said, "It's not something expensive. I bought it for my two younger brothers to eat and play with."
This was true. Every time she gave something to Uncle Ye's family, it was mostly food. Although it was not expensive, it was the two children's favorite.
"You, these cakes are not cheap, and they are not even edible. You should buy less in the future." Fang's smile was more sincere than when Ye Mingzhu saw her before. "You haven't been back for a while, so I made a pair of shoes for each of you. I wonder if Yun'an's feet have grown longer."
Fang stood up and asked Ye Mingzhu to go into the house with her to get some, while Jiang Hongyu stayed outside to talk to Uncle Ye.
When they entered the house, Uncle Ye's smile fell and he frowned: "Why are you back at this time? The village has been in turmoil recently."
"Those people in the village haven't left yet?" Jiang Hongyu made a special observation when he entered the village just now, but did not find any outsiders.
"Well, some have left, and a few more have arrived. Now there are two groups of people in the village, seven in total. We rented a house at the end of the village. We go to the sea every day and come back in the middle of the night."
"These people often follow the pearl-diving boats out, but they don't really go fishing. They just wander around the sea and visit small islands when they come across them. The villagers say they are looking for treasure. During this period, many people follow them out, and fewer people are working seriously."
The most infuriating thing is that one of them fell in love with a girl in the village. He gave her ten taels of silver and asked the girl to cook for them. He touched her all day long, but had no intention of marrying her. This has brought a bad atmosphere to the village.
Jiang Hongyu now had a headache when he heard the word "treasure hunting": "Uncle San, is there really a treasure in the sea near us?"
"Well, if there was a treasure nearby, it would have been discovered long ago. Why would our village be so poor?" Uncle Ye asked back.
Jiang Hongyu also didn't believe that there was a treasure nearby. He had lived here for so many years and had never heard of this news. But what were those outsiders doing here?
Ye Mingzhu came out of the inner room with two pairs of shoes in her hands and listened to half of the sentence: "What treasure?"
Uncle Ye and Jiang Hongyu looked at each other and said nothing.
Fang curled her lips and said, "It's those people who often rent boats to go out to sea. I don't know who said there is treasure in the sea nearby."
Ye Mingzhu's eyes lit up. It was a treasure. She liked it.
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