"fish."

A clear word came out of Sibao's mouth.

Aunt Yu froze, looked at Sibao in disbelief, opened her mouth, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Excitement is one thing, and Aunt Yu feels sore in her heart. For many years, Sibao has never been able to make trouble or laugh at the beginning, but later she can laugh, eat by herself, and respond to others. Speak up.

Sensing that the eyes were wet with tears, Aunt Yu raised her hand to wipe her face, and stroked Sibao's head soothingly.

Aunt Yu knew in her heart that there were some things that could not be rushed, but Sibao was able to speak, which meant that she could grow slowly.

Combined with Si Baobi's gestures and the words she said, Aunt Yu searched for this person in her mind with some difficulty.

But now Sibao started to feel drowsy after eating, Aunt Yu couldn't continue to ask, so she had to wash Sibao and let her go to sleep.

Yu Wuya had already fallen asleep in the quilt, completely missing Sibao's words and Aunt Yu's excited expression.

Early the next morning, Aunt Yu got up early as usual to prepare breakfast for the whole family.

But today is different, there is no need to do much today, Yu Dabao's daughter-in-law Liu Xiulian brought her three-year-old son Yu Xiaoqing back from her natal home.

There are two more people eating, and one more helper to help with the cooking. The most important thing is that someone delivered the meal at noon.

The old man of the Yu family couldn't walk when he saw his grandson, so he put his arms around Yu Xiaoqing and teased him in the main room, with Yu Dabao accompanying him.

Liu Xiulian and Aunt Yu were busy in the kitchen.

Liu Xiulian, who has a somewhat round figure, has quick hands and feet. She scooped up a large pot of rice noodles from the pot in twos and twos, and put them in a clean basin to dry.

They were neatly divided into bowls and brought to the table in the main room.

Yu Erbao and Yu Wuya were sitting on the edge of the table sleepily, yawning continuously, causing old man Yu to stare several times before restraining himself a little.

The men who had eaten should go to work, and those who should go to work, even Yu Wuya went out with her second brother, and the yard became quiet after a while.

Aunt Yu didn't go out until they kicked, and she had to collect the dried lotus leaves in the yard before going out, in case it was too late to collect them when it rained.

Liu Xiulian was feeding her son in the house, holding a bowl to look at Sibao's room, and asked Aunt Yu, "Did Sibao scare you last night?"

"It's okay." Aunt Yu tied up the dried lotus leaves without turning her head and said, "I'm not scared, and I ate a meal of sweet potatoes."

"Sweet potatoes?" Liu Xiulian was puzzled.

It's hard for Aunt Yu to tell her what to say, and she herself hasn't figured out who is so kind that Sibao can remember him.

"Yeah, I was so anxious last night that she came back with a baked sweet potato in her arms."

Liu Xiulian nodded with surprise on her face, she stopped even feeding her son, and didn't ask any more questions.

He just said to Sibao who was sitting in the yard: "It's good that nothing happens, I know that Sibao is a lucky one."

Sibao sat in the courtyard alone and ate the breakfast made for her by Aunt Yu, cornmeal paste with sugar.

Facing the conversation of her mother and sister-in-law, she turned a deaf ear to it, as if the person they were discussing was not herself.

Only after hearing the word sweet potato, the hand scooping the batter stopped, and then showed a yearning expression.

The cornmeal is delicious, but Sibao really wants to eat sweet potatoes again.

Ugh.

After feeding her son, Liu Xiulian put the bowl on the stove, waiting to wash it with the bowls of the Four Treasures later.

After tidying up, Aunt Yu was going to work in the lotus pond, and before going out, she asked Liu Xiulian to keep an eye on the four treasures and not let her run around.

When Aunt Yu went out, Sibao glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, then looked away, and sat in the yard again.

Liu Xiulian was washing dishes in the kitchen, and three-year-old Yu Xiaoqing walked into the yard, seemingly wanting to play with Sibao.

The three-year-old baby has a tiger head and a tiger head, and his round face is very cute. Sibao looked at him with a smile, and there were two shallow dimples on his thin cheeks.

Yu Xiaoqing also has a dimple on her face that is exactly the same as the Four Treasures, but unfortunately only on the left cheek.

The chubby Yu Xiaoqing held two blunt wooden swords in his hands, which were wooden swords made for him by his father Yu Dabao.

Yu Xiaoqing stretched out the one he was holding in his right hand in front of Sibao: "Here, sister, let's play."

Because of his young age, Yu Xiaoqing spoke slowly, but he articulated his words clearly.

Sibao stretched out his hand to take the small wooden sword, which was not as big as her hand, and smiled even more happily. This little doll is playing with her.

Liu Xiulian, who had washed the dishes, came out of the kitchen, and saw a big and a small one having fun in the yard at a glance, and laughed too.

A family in the west of the village is repairing a yard. The owner is surnamed Shen. He is a scholar who has studied.

Yu Erbao works in this family.

At this time, he and Yu Wuya were arguing because of what happened yesterday.

There is no other reason, Yu Erbao can't quite understand why Yu Wuya secretly opened the door lock.

"You've already drank Yu Sibao's rice porridge, why did you open the door? Do you know that if something happened to Yu Sibao last night, Mother would not have asked me to come over and ask questions. "

Yu Erbao stared at Yu Wuya with a look of hatred, and questioned her sternly.

This made Yu Wuya lower her head in fear, her voice was buzzing: "I'm sorry second brother, I just want to make her suffer a little bit, besides, isn't she okay?"

"Don't tell me you're sorry. You really need to change your temper. Next time you do something like this, don't expect me to fool your mother again."

Yu Erbao had no choice but to leave such a sentence and left. If he continued to talk like this with her, he would have to run away with today's wages.

Yu Wuya, who was left in place, looked up at her brother walking away, pursing her mouth very depressed.

"Yu Wuya!"

Suddenly, a child's voice sounded behind Yu Wuya, startled her, and turned around hurriedly.

"Shen Jiaqi, why are you making fun of people like this?"

Standing behind Yu Wuya is Shen Xiucai's son, Shen Jiaqi. If you look carefully, you will find that it is the boy who injured Sibao.

"You're standing here like a log, what's wrong with me calling you?" Shen Jiaqi's mouth was open, and he looked at the skinny Yu Wuya disdainfully, and asked her again: "Your sister Did you almost lose it last night?"

"how do you know?"

Yu Wuya was very surprised. Could it be that the people in the west of the village knew about this kind of thing?

Hearing her question, Shen Jiaqi's expression became mysterious, and he said in a low voice, "Because your mother's cry is really loud."

"..."

The corner of Yu Wuya's mouth twitched slightly, she was speechless for a while, but she didn't show it on her face.

"My mother's voice is really not small..."

Shen Jiaqi is the little overlord among a group of children in the village. His father is educated and her mother's family is good. Most of the children are headed by him, and Yu Wuya is no exception.

Even if she taunted her own mother in front of him, she wouldn't blink.

Shen Jiaqi felt that it was extremely boring, so he didn't talk about it anymore, and went to play elsewhere by himself.

Yu Wuya followed behind him nonchalantly.

On the other side of the village to the east, Aunt Yu and several old women were working together in the lotus pond of the Jiang family.

Right now is the season for digging lotus roots, and what Aunt Yu and the others have to do is to help the owner of the lotus pond dig out all the lotus roots in the pond and put them into baskets.

Although the lotus root in the mud has matured, the lotus leaves and stems on it are still green. The lotus leaves are okay and can cover the sun, but the stems are not good, and they are full of small thorns.

Aunt Yu bent over to dig the lotus root in the mud, her exposed face and neck were scratched red by the small thorns on the stem, and the sweat was so hot that it hurt.

An old woman who was working together couldn't stand it any longer. She hid under the lotus leaf and rested. Holding the lotus leaf in her hand, she said to Aunt Yu while fanning the wind: "The sun is really vicious. Aunt Yu, why are you working so hard?" ?”

Aunt Yu is not very good at dealing with these women. She worked hard for a while before returning to her: "I can't help it. There are too many mouths to eat at home. How can I not work."

The aunt heard the words and said to Aunt Yu indifferently: "If you are lazy for a while, the Jiang family will still cut our wages, won't it?"

"Besides, with such a large lotus pond, can you dig it all by yourself with a little more effort?"

It is true to say so, but Aunt Yu is a sincere person. Hearing this, she just smiled at the aunt without opening her mouth.

On the other side, an aunt in blue-gray was carrying a basket, glanced at Aunt Yu, and then said to the lazy aunt, "You can just rest by yourself, why call someone else? Let me tell you, I'm here to supervise the work today. It's not Jiang Shuyun who is gentle and easy to talk, but Jiang Er."

"Who? Jiang Er? Isn't she staying on the fishing boat on the east side of the village? Why did she come to the village?"

The aunt asked curiously when she heard Jiang Er, she got up and didn't dare to be lazy anymore.

"Her sister has gone to the county seat, she should come over and say hello." The aunt carrying the basket didn't seem to know much about these things, so she was fooled by a few words.

Aunt Yu couldn't help being a little contemptuous when she heard the words of the two of them. The aunt and Jiang Shuyun, the good-tempered eldest of the Jiang family, were lazy when they were easy to be bullied. I was kicked out by a dog.

But right now it's time to work.

At noon, Liu Xiulian carried a food basket to deliver meals to the Yu family who were working outside one by one. Sibao and Yu Xiaoqing were locked at home by her, and the two could take care of each other.

After Aunt Yu asked about the Four Treasures, she asked Liu Xiulian to go back quickly.

In the end, he was still worried about Four Treasures and his three-year-old grandson.

Liu Xiulian didn't dare to delay any longer, so she rushed back with a food basket.

Several other women finished their lunch one after another and started to work again.

Until the evening hours.

The sun was gradually setting, and there was a warm glow hanging in the sky, which made people's faces warm.

Aunt Yu was cleaning the mud on her shoes and socks by the pond, and the rest of the people were also packing up.

Working in the lotus pond of Jiangjia, the wages are settled every half a month, but Jiang Er, who was supposed to settle the wages today, has not come yet.

Aunt Yu and the others waited for quite a while for Jiang Er, who arrived belatedly.

Against the afterglow of the setting sun, the thin figure, with a big bamboo hat on his head, walked up to a group of aunts, and took out a few copper coins from the purse at his waist with no expression on his face.

"It's a bit late, the wages this time are all here."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Shuxin didn't do anything extra, just stood aside and watched a few big men loading baskets of lotus roots onto the bullock cart.

The other aunts left. Aunt Yu glanced at Jiang Er, who was tall and straight, and suddenly remembered something in her mind. She scratched her head with some hesitation, and stood there without moving.

The next second, Jiang Shuxin, who was standing by the pond, said to Aunt Yu: "You are Aunt Yu, right?"

When asked suddenly, Aunt Yu nodded hastily, and looked at Jiang Er puzzled.

"Forgive me for speaking too much, next time, you can't let that Sibao of your family run around outside alone."

Jiang Er looked at Aunt Yu in front of him who was a little embarrassed because of a day's work, and his tone was calm.

Aunt Yu was taken aback when she heard this, thinking of Sibao's gesture yesterday and the word "fish" she said.

Jiang Er is a fisherman, so it is naturally related to fish.

Why didn't I think of it yesterday?

But looking at Jiang Er with a cold expression and distant eyes, he really doesn't look like a person who would bake sweet potatoes for the Four Treasures.

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