Bring your aunt to eat big meat, the scumbag father's family is furious
Chapter 629: Buy all the most valuable jadeite stones
The two siblings watched Qiao Jianer's operation and followed her example by peeling the juicy duck eggs and putting them into the porridge, then tearing off the packaging of pickled mustard greens and pouring it into the porridge.
Stir it, stir it, and after taking a bite, the two siblings' eyes lit up.
There is such a good thing in this world. It seems to be a natural symbiosis with rice porridge. One is salty and the other is light, and they blend together perfectly. It can be called a rare delicacy.
"Miss Shui, where did you buy these things? Do you have them in Middle-earth?" Dan Suo asked.
"Yes, I brought it from Middle-earth. I still have some here. I'll leave some for you."
Xida: "That's great! I heard that Middle-earth has everything, and the people there have no worries. They live happily, with enough food and clothing. What's called peace and prosperity?"
"It's called living and working in peace and contentment." Dan Suo corrected her.
"Well, I've learned how to live and work in peace and contentment."
"Are you used to eating this?" Qiao Lian'er turned around and asked Pei Shijiu.
This is just ordinary rice porridge, and of course it cannot be compared with the delicacies from land and sea that we eat every day.
With her body, she had lived a hard life as a child, but Pei Shijiu had been living a life of luxury since birth.
Pei Shijiu ate with big mouthfuls, "I'm tired of eating all the food in the mansion. Don't mention this bowl of porridge. It really tastes different and delicious."
After they finished eating and washed the dishes, Dan Suo immediately made arrangements: "Miss Shui, Mr. Bai, you will sleep inside tonight. My sister and I will sleep outside. There is a curtain separating us. Please don't be embarrassed."
Qiao Lian'er looked outside. The yard was surrounded by a simple bamboo fence, which was equivalent to demarcating a certain area. There was a broken mat at the entrance of the yard, and a pile of straw next to the wall. It seemed that this was the bed outside.
She shook her head slightly. "We're here to help a caravan. They've arranged accommodation up there, so we won't bother you."
But Suo thought about it and realized that the accommodations up there were countless times better than here. He said, "Then I won't take you with me. Beds like ours are so hard that anyone who hasn't slept on them for a night would feel pain. Now that your caravan has left, what are you going to do next?"
"We have our own business, so we might as well go pick up some goods and take a walk around. After all, we have come here from a long way, and knowing more about this place will make it worthwhile." Qiao Lianer said.
Dan Suo looked at them seriously and said, "Well, do you still need an interpreter? Don't worry, you've already given enough for today. You won't have to pay for anything else."
For him, it was much easier to follow people of his own age than to translate for those who looked difficult to deal with.
Qiao Jianer smiled and said, "Okay, see you in the warehouse area tomorrow."
She still needed Dan Shuo. Yesterday she had reserved a few good stones for herself. Some of them belonged to warlords, and some to wealthy businessmen. They needed to be transferred to various warehouse areas. At this time, translation was very important.
When leaving here, Qiao Jianer left behind a bag of salted duck eggs, a bag of pickled mustard greens, and a few bags of beef jerky.
When Xida saw her constantly taking things out of her sleeves, her eyes widened with surprise.
The Middle-earth people wore loose clothes with wide sleeves, originally so that they could hide things.
Qiao Jianer took out some beef jerky and gave it to the two siblings to chew. As they chewed, Xida began to cry.
She said, “This is meat.”
Qiao Jianer was a little surprised: "Has Xida never eaten meat?"
"Yes, a few years ago, a bird fell from a tree and broke its wing. My brother roasted it for me. The meat was delicious. I still remember the taste."
"Only warlords, wealthy businessmen, and vendors could afford to eat meat. We local residents couldn't afford meat year-round. We were lucky to have porridge."
Qiao Jianer frowned. If their mountains had not been developed and occupied, if their fields were still there, just like the common people in Middle-earth, how could they not even be able to afford a meal of meat?
All their survival resources were deprived, and even in this situation, those warlords and wealthy businessmen still wanted to drive them away forever.
She didn't know how to comfort the brother and sister, so she just touched Xida's head and said, "Everything will be fine."
Afraid that they would get lost, the brother and sister sent them out of the shantytown, and Qiao Jianer learned more information.
Their father was killed by rocks from the mountain, and their mother also had serious health problems and had difficulty breathing, so she suffocated to death. The local witch doctor cut open her heart and lungs and found that they were filled with dust.
"There are so many children who have lost their parents, not just the two of us." But Suo was afraid that Qiao Jianer would think he was complaining, so he shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently.
"As long as we are still breathing, we must live well. As long as we are alive, there is hope."
After seeing off the guests and returning home, Dan Suo pulled his sister into the house with a torch in his hand.
"Sida, close the door."
Xida did as she was told, but Suo asked his sister to come closer and open her clenched palms.
Seeing the golden gold, Xida's eyes suddenly widened and he covered his mouth.
"Brother, where does so much money come from?"
"It was given by Miss Shui and Mr. Bai. They are the most generous guests. I just ran errands for them and did translation, and that's all they gave me."
"So I'm grateful to them and asked you to cook more porridge."
Xida picked up the gold and looked at it, and took a bite to confirm: "Brother, we have money now, so we can put more oil and more rice in the future."
"This little money can support us for a long time. You don't have to go up the mountain anymore. I'm afraid you'll get hit by rocks or get the same disease as mother."
"Then what should I do? I can't just do nothing. My money will run out eventually." Xida thought seriously.
"How about this, you go out and walk around, maybe you can pick up some gems. Working for those people might only make enough to make a living, but gems are different."
"I heard that twenty years ago, someone found a ruby that was half the size of a duck egg and was worth one million taels."
The eight-year-old Xida didn't know what one million taels meant. It should be a sum of money that could not be spent in a lifetime.
She nodded: "Well, then I'll try my luck."
Early the next morning, after meeting with Dansuo, Qiao Jianer went to several large warehouse areas and picked out the stones that she had taken a fancy to yesterday. There were eleven pieces in total. It can be said that the most valuable raw stones were all in her hands.
The value of each piece is more than ten thousand taels. If processed into jewelry, the profit can be doubled or tripled.
She rented a cart and pushed the stones out of the warehouse area.
When she was leaving, she felt someone staring at her again. She turned her head and saw that it was still Uncle Yin.
His rough, dark arms were still clasped around her, his gaze fixed on her, his emotion unrecognizable.
Qiao Jianer turned around and asked Dan Suo, "Who is this Uncle Yin?"
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