Farmhouse Green Plum

Chen beside her nodded in agreement: "Da Ya is indeed capable. My daughter Yu Lan is three years older than her and can't even remember a single herb. It was only because of Daya's insistence that I dared to give it to Da He.

I was worried this morning, so I took it to the county and asked Doctor Ma, and he confirmed that he was correct. "

Lai Di Niang, who was sitting next to Daya, took her hand and patted it, and advised her earnestly: "You must respect your uncle and aunt in the future. Without them, you would not be who you are today.

Your mother was weak when she was pregnant with you, and it was your second uncle who caught eels for her to nourish her body. Later, when she gave birth to you, she had a difficult delivery, and it was your second uncle and your father who carried her to the county in the middle of the night, a journey of more than ten miles. Their straw sandals were even worn out from running!

If your second aunt had not been pregnant with Song Tian at that time and had no milk, you would not have been sent to your second aunt's house. She would have taken you back to feed you right after she gave birth to Song Tian."

Thinking back to those difficult days, Yang couldn't help but complain: "I was already very busy with my first child because I had no experience, and now I had to take care of two babies, coaxing one and coaxing the other. During the entire confinement period, I didn't get a good night's sleep.

At that time, Daya was about to turn one year old and could be weaned. I told her to let her second aunt feed her until she was weaned, but she refused to agree. I also asked her to wait until I was out of confinement and then send her back, but she still refused, as if she was afraid that she would become dependent on her family.

Our Daya didn't drink her milk for nothing. She gave us rice when she threshed millet and flour when she harvested wheat. She gave us whatever the land produced.

I never went to her house empty-handed. I would first give her chickens, ducks, eggs, and vegetables. If there was nothing else to give, I would pick up a basket of firewood and carry it back to her.

In addition, during the busy farming season, we had to go to her house to help her with the work before returning home to do our own work. After a hard day's work, her family wouldn't even give us a meal, so we had to come back to eat..."

"It's not easy." Lai Di Niang sighed and looked at Daya, "Did you hear that? It's not easy to raise you. You must be filial to your grandmother and your second uncle and aunt in the future."

Ever since she could remember, Daya had heard these words countless times, sometimes from Yang, Li, or Uncle Song, and sometimes from outsiders, over and over again.

At first, she felt that she was very lucky. Although she lost her mother at birth, her family was willing to spend a lot of money to raise her, and she also had a father who treated her like a treasure. Unlike some girls, she was not drowned at birth.

But slowly, she would think, if there had been two lives lost and one corpse, wouldn’t that have been a good thing?

There will be no endless farm work to do, and you don’t have to live in fear every day.

She smiled at Lai Di Niang, then turned to Yang and said, "Second Aunt, I'll carry it back first. I still have some grass to carry back."

Yang looked kind and concerned, "Pour the pine needles inside. Don't pour them at the door. When it rains, the rain will drift in."

"understood."

Daya picked up her backpack and walked away quickly, secretly wondering whether it would be feasible to go down the other side of the pine forest slope and bypass the village entrance.

"Mom, I'll carry it back first too!"

Seeing Daya leaving, Lai Di, feeling guilty, quickly informed her mother and hurriedly followed her.

After returning home, Daya hid the cloth bag containing the ground tiger deepest in the pine needles, and then hurried to Wanwan to fill a basket of grass and carried it back.

After dinner, Li called Daya, who was about to wash the dishes, and said, "Come and count the duck eggs for me."

Daya was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Going to the county to sell eggs tomorrow?"

Li nodded and went into the house to get the duck eggs.

thump! thump!

Daya felt her heart beating like a drum. Afraid that Li might hear it, she subconsciously covered her chest with her hands.

Li was terrible at math and was once cheated when selling vegetables. After that, every time he sold eggs, he would find someone he trusted to help him calculate the numbers.

After Daya calculated the money she could make from selling eggs correctly one time, Li would ask her to accompany him whenever he sold eggs, and he would even calculate how much he could earn at home the night before.

In other words, she can go to the county tomorrow!

After a moment of excitement, she fell into distress again. How could she take such a big bag of herbs without telling Li?

Before she could figure it out, Li came out. Daya had to put aside her worries for the time being and help Li calculate the price of the eggs: "Two duck eggs are 1 wen. This time there are 30 eggs, which can be sold for 15 wen."

After listening to her, Li frowned and went to the house to get a basket of eggs, "What about these?"

Daya counted them and said, "There are 12 in this basket, 6 wen, a total of 21 wen."

Li sighed softly and said to Uncle Song, "Fu'an, weigh the eel and tell me how many kilograms it is."

It turns out that my second uncle is also going to sell eels tomorrow.

Daya was even more troubled. It was already difficult to hide it from Mrs. Li, and how could she hide it from Uncle Song as well?

She was so anxious that she didn't sleep for most of the night. She finally came up with a solution at three o'clock in the morning. She went to find Lai Di early in the morning and said, "My family is going to the county to sell eggs today. My grandma knows exactly what should be in my backpack. It would be unreasonable to have an extra bag. Can you think of a way to go with us alone?"

"Let me try."

Lai Di ran home, "Mom, Daya's family is going to the county, is there anything we need to buy?"

“Buy two pieces of tofu.”

Lai Di said excitedly: "Then I'll go first. I'll come back in the afternoon to pull out the remaining grass in the field."

Daya was also happy.

Unexpectedly, Lai Di Niang came out from the main room, glaring at her: "Where are you going? You went there in person to buy two pieces of tofu? You have nothing to do, come back and clean up the house after you finish pulling the weeds."

As she spoke, she walked to the gate of the courtyard and handed two copper coins to Daya: "Please bring back two pieces of tofu for Auntie."

"Okay." Daya took the coin dejectedly.

After Lai Di Niang entered the room, she lowered her voice and said, "Don't go out yet. I'll go ask Xiao Xiang. If it works, I'll let Xiao Xiang come to find you."

Lai Di wanted to say a few more words when she heard her mother yelling from inside the house: "What are you doing standing in the yard, you little girl? Come back to work."

Lai Di curled her lips and silently said, "I'll wait for you."

Daya quickly ran to find Xiaoxiang and explained the reason. Xiaoxiang turned around and started shouting, not giving Daya a chance to discuss.

"Mom, Daya's family is going to the county. Should I go with them to buy meat?"

It’s all over? This reason is almost the same as Lai Di’s. Daya has no hope anymore.

"it is good."

Unexpectedly, Xiaoxiang's mother actually agreed!

Daya was stunned and couldn't react for a moment.

"Daya, ask your grandma to help Xiaoxiang choose the meat. She can't tell the good from the bad."

"Okay, okay!" Hearing what Xiaoxiangniang said, Daya quickly responded and lowered her voice, "Put your things in order, then go find Lai Di, and then go to the side of my firewood room."

After instructing Xiaoxiang, she hurried home and learned another bad news: Song Tian also insisted on going, and Li agreed.

Mrs. Li and Uncle Song would not rummage around, but Song Tian was not necessarily the case.

Daya hesitated, wondering whether she should not sell the ground tiger for the time being.

Before she made a decision, Xiaoxiang had already arrived. Daya had no choice but to bite the bullet and quietly stuff the cloth bag to her from the side of the woodshed.

Fortunately, Xiaoxiang was smart and put a large sack in the backpack and covered the cloth bag on top, making it look messy. If you don't look carefully, it's hard to tell that there is something underneath.