Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

The smile on Xu Xia's face disappeared, and a hint of sadness appeared on his face.

Aunt Zhao let out a breath of air. "There's really no one left in their family. They've all died out. The house is big, but... aren't you afraid?"

Xu Xia shook her head and tapped the ground with her foot, "Auntie, let me say this, but where on the land beneath our feet hasn't there been a dead body buried?

"We're not going to dig graves, so why are we so taboo?

"That's right, we are both rough guys and have been busy lately, so we can't take care of it. Can you please help clean the house?

"This salt and beans is your reward."

If he said so, Aunt Zhao would have a hard time refusing.

Xu Xia looked at An An who was gnawing on a pancake while stealthily glancing at him, and raised his eyebrows. Why did he feel that if his eldest son came, An An would take the initiative to offer the pancake without even saying anything?

Tsk tsk, at such a young age, he already knows how to judge people by their appearance!

However, there was no need to bother with a little kid, so he quickly said goodbye and left.

Early in the morning on the first day of the New Year, the Zhao family got up, washed, cooked dumplings and ate them, then went to pay New Year's greetings to Zhou Yu with New Year's gifts.

The whole family went out together.

When they arrived at Uncle Chen Jiu's house, they found that they were relatively late. There was a long queue in front of them, and villagers were still walking here one after another. All of them had arrived without exception.

Those who were timid would just greet the New Year in the yard, put down their things and leave, while the brave ones would go into the house and say a few words.

When it was their turn, Zhou Yu said that it was not easy for them to bring their children with them, and asked them to go into the house quickly.

As soon as she entered, An An couldn't help sneezing. It was really too cold outside, and the heat in the room made it hard for her to control her sneezing.

Zhou Yu hurried over and took her over, and asked Xu Xia to bring a bamboo basket.

As Xu Xia approached, the soft and thin "chirp" sound became clearer and clearer.

Xu Xia opened the lid, revealing two fluffy little yellow chickens inside.

"Wow!" How cute! An An stretched out his chubby little hands to grab it.

Zhou Yu quickly held her hand down and said with a smile, "Just watch it. If you keep scratching it, it will kill the chick. How about it? Do you like it?"

"Yeah!" An An nodded heavily, looking over with sparkling eyes. "Is this for me? Tell me, I won't refuse!"

Who can resist a furry, soft and cute little yellow chicken?

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu quickly told her: "If you want to play with chickens in the future, come to me and I will take care of them for you."

An An immediately turned around and complained to Qin Ying: "Mom!" Look at him! He couldn't even bear to give me two chicks!

Qin Ying's face was filled with embarrassment. She quickly took the child over and, together with Aunt Zhao and Zhao Hu, greeted Zhou Yu and Uncle Chen Jiu. After putting down the gifts, she left quickly as there were still many fellow villagers following behind!

An An's aggrieved look of not being able to get the love she wanted also made Zhou Yu think about it for the whole morning.

Nearing noon, people from the neighboring villages who came to pay New Year's greetings had all left. It was not popular to pay New Year's greetings in the afternoon, and most people would catch up on their sleep.

Zhou Yu spread out the paper, drew two little yellow chickens, added some green grass, and asked Xu Xia to give it to An An.

Xu Xia grinned, "Master, are we going to the Zhao family too often?"

"Hmm?" Zhou Yu glanced at him. "Did you hear something unpleasant?"

"Not really..." Xu Xia was in a dilemma, "I just don't think it's appropriate."

"There's nothing inappropriate about it," Zhou Yu said calmly, "I have my reasons for doing this."

Xu Xia said nothing more and handed the painting over.

An An woke up and smiled immediately when she saw the painting. The handsome uncle is such a thoughtful person!

Hey!

He's a pretty good painter! What's that word for it? Oh, right, lifelike!

One of the two chicks was shaking its short wings and standing on one leg; the other chick was staring at the grass, as if it had found something good.

Interesting!

Seeing that she liked it, Qin Ying simply stuck it on the wall and warned her: "You can only look at it. If you touch it too much, the paper will be torn."

An An nodded in agreement, stood up with the help of the wall, and leaned over to take a closer look. Wow, the little fluff is even drawn on? It looks so beautiful!

Seeing that she was watching intently, Qin Ying hurried outside to bring in some warm walnut juice for her to drink, and then gave her a piece of dried fruit cake.

An An took two bites of the biscuit and tilted her head to ask, "Grandma? Uncle?"

"They went to help clean the house next door," Qin Ying pointed to the neighbor to the west, "No one has lived there for a long time, and it's too dusty, so I won't take you there."

Aunt Zhao and her son spent the entire afternoon cleaning and dusting the house. The house was not damaged, but the furniture, bedding, etc. had been taken away by who knows who.

The five main rooms and two side rooms were all empty.

The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day to go back to one's parents' home, but Aunt Zhao had no parents to go back to and had nothing to do, so she went to clean up the house to the west and cleared the chimney with Zhao Hu. Then she brought some firewood and tried to burn it on the kang. Only then did she feel relieved when she found that there was no smoke leaking out.

I went to tell Zhou Yu about it in the afternoon.

Zhou Yu just said "I understand" and nothing else.

Soon it was heard that he had left Tongshutun with his men.

Aunt Zhao was a little dumbfounded, "Did we clean up in vain?"

"It wasn't all in vain," Qin Ying advised. "At least we can rest assured, right? Besides, Master Zhou didn't say he wouldn't come back, did he? Didn't Hu Zi say they didn't take all their luggage with them?"

"That's true." Aunt Zhao stopped worrying and prepared to go visit relatives with An An in her arms.

Qin Ying and Zhao Hu cleaned out the water tank from their western neighbor's house and filled it with water.

If Zhou Yu and the others come back, they can use it directly. If they don’t come back, they can just use it slowly at home. The water won’t go bad anyway.

The custom here on the third day of the Lunar New Year is to visit the graves.

Aunt Zhao prepared the offerings early, and the family of four went to the Zhao family's ancestral tomb together.

First, they went to pay homage to the ancestors of the Zhao family and Zhao Hu's father, and then accompanied Qin Ying to pay homage to her parents.

Only Qin Ying's mother is buried in the grave here, and only two of her father's relics are buried with him.

This was the first time Qin Ying formally introduced An An to her parents. Before, the child was too young to bring to the cemetery.

After the worship was completed, the four of them started to walk back.

The cemetery is only two miles away from Tongshutun in a straight line, but because of the mountain road, the actual distance is five or six miles.

Just as we left the cemetery, a few people suddenly appeared on the roadside.

They were none other than the Hu family, led by Hu Da, followed by Hu San, and their three cronies, all holding pickaxes in their hands.

Aunt Zhao and her son's first reaction was to protect Qin Ying, who was carrying An An, behind them. Then they took out the hammer they carried and asked sternly, "What do you want to do?"

"What do you want to do?" Hu Da sneered, "Widow Zhao, aren't you pretending to be ignorant when you know the truth?

"Isn't my nephew's wife behind you? If you hand her over to us, we won't be in any trouble!

"Otherwise, hehe! You won't have a good time!"

"Bullshit!" Aunt Zhao yelled, jumping up and down. "If you can't speak human language, don't speak it! Get out! Go back to your bastard's den!"