Farmhouse Green Plum

She envied the Xu Yulan sisters for having such nice names. She also envied Xiaohua sisters, Xiaoxiang and others. Although they were not as nice as Xu Yulan and Xu Yuzhi, at least they were formal names.

In the village, she just felt a little inferior. After all, many of her friends had worse names than hers, such as Lai Di, Zhuer, and Gousheng.

But in front of the name 'Lin Wenxuan', she felt that she couldn't say her own name.

"My last name is Song," she replied, and then she said goodbye quickly, "It's getting late, Brother Lin, I have to go back first."

Lin Wenxuan did not ask any further questions, but just nodded and said, "Okay, be careful on the road."

He worked as a medicine boy in a clinic and came into contact with many rural children. He knew the tragic fate of rural girls and that many of them were given cheap names. He even saw a girl whose name was "Bitch".

After leaving the clinic, Daya hurried on her way with her head down, thinking about how to ask her grandmother to give her another name, it could be grass, tree, bird, or fish, but at least it had to be a decent name.

"Hey? Song Daya! Wait a minute!" Suddenly, someone called her.

Damn, I ran into someone I know!

The eldest girl's skin tightened, and the embarrassment brought by the name was instantly thrown away by her. She pretended not to hear it, buried her head and walked very fast, wishing her feet could fly.

With the sound of jogging footsteps, her arm was grabbed from behind.

Daya had no choice but to stop and turn around. The person pulling her was a boy of the same age as her. He was wearing a half-new long gown that was different from the ones worn by other children in the village. There were only a few small patches on the bottom of the hem.

The boy was from Wutong Village next door. His name was Yuan Qing. He was said to be very good at studying and was going to take the examination to become a scholar in the future.

Seeing that it was him, Daya's heart relaxed a little. Although there were many interactions between people from Xinghua Village and Wutong Village, the Li family definitely had little contact with a little kid like Yuan Qing.

Song Tian and Yuan Qing are not the same kind of people, so there is no need to worry about them having any contact with each other. As long as she can fool them, the fact that she sells herbs will not be exposed.

Daya tilted her head slightly and acted surprised: "Brother Yuan, what a coincidence?"

Boys generally grow taller later than girls. Although Yuan Qing is about the same height as Daya, he is actually one year older than her.

Yuan Qing let go of her sleeves and bowed, "I was in a hurry just now. If I have offended you, please forgive me, Sister Song."

Daya was a little overwhelmed by his serious etiquette and thought: He is worthy of being a scholar, he has so many etiquettes.

I really can't imagine that Song Tian has ever performed a ceremony so elegantly. No wonder he is not good at studying.

"It's like this. My grandma and I are going back to the village. The journey is long and my grandma is old and has difficulty walking. We would like to take your ox cart for a while."

"Uh," the girl's scalp tingled, and she carefully chose her words and said vaguely, "We came to the city today, and we didn't drive a bullock cart."

Seeing the disappointment on Yuan Qing's face, she smiled apologetically and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, after taking two steps, Yuan Qing stopped him again: "You guys are going back to the village too, right? Why don't you wait a moment? I'll call a bullock cart and give you a ride."

Daya is petrified, what should we do now?

The road back to the village is more than ten miles away, and it would take her at least an hour to walk there. It was unacceptable for her to insist on walking back when she could have hitchhiked.

After thinking for a while, she had to reveal part of it: "Well, it's like this, I came here secretly and didn't want anyone to know."

"What?" Yuan Qing was incredulous. "You came here by yourself? Do you know the way?"

Daya answered honestly: "I know the section leading out of the village and the section close to the county, and I asked someone for directions in between."

At first, she was worried about being recognized by the person who gave her directions, after all, she was well-known in the surrounding villages.

Unexpectedly, without adults around, those people completely forgot about her. This shows that the so-called compliments they gave her were just politeness.

Yuan Qing was so shocked that he was speechless.

Daya begged, "I don't want anyone to know, so please don't tell anyone else, and it's best not to tell your grandma."

Yuan Qing had a complicated expression, and finally nodded in response to her pleading gaze.

Daya's heart dropped to the ground, and she emphasized again: "Thank you, please don't tell anyone else!"

With that, she prepared to leave for the third time.

Yuan Qing was a little worried and called her again, "You are just a child, is this really okay?

Although this is not a time of war, there are still many bandits and thieves, and there are also beggars who specialize in kidnapping children."

The more Yuan Qing spoke, the more worried she became. She felt that it was a miracle that she could make it to the county alive.

Daya was very grateful for his concern and lowered her voice and said, "I will find an old lady, follow her, and pretend to be her child, so that bad people will not target me.

When we reach a fork in the road, we will find someone to follow until we reach the vicinity of our village."

Yuan Qing was stunned again, and after a moment, he praised: "I didn't expect you to be so smart."

The two villages are adjacent to each other, and he knows many boys from Xinghua Village. But as for the girls, whether from Xinghua Village or his own village, they basically just know that he exists but rarely have contact with him.

I didn’t expect there would be such a smart girl!

Daya smiled, said goodbye to Yuan Qing, and set out on the journey back to the village. Because she was carrying a huge sum of 11 cents, she was very cautious along the way, especially wary of those who approached her.

With a heavy heart, I finally returned to Xinghua Village when it was getting dark and climbed up the pine forest slope.

Seeing her, Lai Di breathed a sigh of relief and came up to her and said, "You're finally back. I was scared to death."

After all, it was the first time I went to the county without an adult to accompany me. No matter how much mental preparation I had done beforehand, I couldn't help but worry.

Daya glanced at her backpack and saw that the pine needles were already loaded. The amount was about the same as what she usually put in. She felt relieved and explained with a smile, "It was dark and difficult to walk on the last section of the road, so it took a little longer."

Knowing what her partners were most concerned about, she took out the copper coins without delay and said, "This time we sold a total of 11 coins. As agreed before, each person gets 2 coins. The remaining 3 coins will be kept for now. We will distribute it next time when we have 4 coins."

As she spoke, she took out four pieces and handed them to Lai Di and Xiao Xiang in turn. She then said to Song Yuan, "I'll keep yours for you. I'll give it to you when you need it, so you don't lose it."

"Daya, I don't think this distribution is good." Lai Di suddenly spoke.

Daya was stunned: "Why is it not good?"

Xiaoxiang retracted her outstretched hand and looked at Lai Di in confusion, "Didn't we agree on this last time?"

Lai Di pursed her lips, as if she had made a great decision. She looked at Xiao Xiang and said, "We all know that Daya picked more than us, and took great risks to sell them in the county. She contributed the most among us, and it would be unfair to her to split the fruits equally."

Xiaoxiang thought about it and nodded, "Indeed, then Daya should get more."

Daya felt warm in her heart and shook her head: "You also helped me shave the pine hairs and took the risk of being discovered by my family. This is our joint effort and we should share it equally."