Xue's daughter-in-law

Chapter 75

On the second day, Chun Xing came to Xue's house as promised, and wanted to go to the town with Ye Ya and the others.

Seeing her pouting her mouth reluctantly, Ye Ya snickered, "Don't you want to take Huzi with you?"

Chun Xing immediately glared at her younger brother standing in front of Xue Shu and winking at her, and shouted angrily, "follower", and followed her wherever she went, and she had to take him with her when she went out!
"Okay, okay, it's getting late, let's go." Ye Ya patted her reassuringly, and locked the door after they left.

Without Xue Song and Xue Bai, the atmosphere on the road was much more relaxed, and the four of them quickly walked out of the mountain pass, fighting and squabbling.

After crossing the stone bridge in the north of the town, Ye Ya pointed to the west and said to Chun Xing: "Brother, they live in the house on the far side of the second row. There is a jujube tree in the yard. Don't find a place for you later." She said that hawthorn cakes can be sold for money, so she insisted on going to the pastry shop on the main street to ask. Ye Ya had nothing to do with her, so she had to let her go. She wanted to go to the west yard quickly, and help the two brothers clean up the house as soon as possible. Inside and outside the house, by the way, see if there are any clothes that need to be mended.

Chun Xing took the oil-paper package from Xue Shu, winked mischievously at Ye Ya, and then led Hu Zi towards the main street.

"Sister, the hawthorn cake is sold for money, can you buy me a meat bun?" Huzi said as he passed by a bun shop on the street, looking at the steaming steamer.

Chunxing still loves her younger brother very much, "After a while, you will be obedient, and I will buy it for you." She also has a few pennies on her body.

Huzi immediately smiled with crooked eyebrows, and his fleshy little face was rosy, honest and cute, and he did not know how much more rare it was when he was naughty.The younger brother is cute, and the older sister is gentle and bright. Along the way, the siblings have attracted a lot of attention.

When they arrived at the pastry shop, Chun Xing first looked around at the various pastries on the bright side, and after making sure that there were no hawthorn cakes, she dragged Hu Zi in, went to the counter and asked the fat shopkeeper, "Uncle Hu?" , Do you sell pastries here? My sister-in-law made a snack, I think it's delicious, so I want to come to your place to ask." When she came here before, she heard someone call shopkeeper Hu, so she knew the other party's surname.

Shopkeeper Hu was sitting behind the cabinet looking at the accounts. Hearing Chun Xing's intimate and gentle voice, he put down the account book and looked up. He saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl standing in front of the cabinet, wearing a pink jacket and a white skirt. Floral bottom skirt.Seeing such a bright color in late autumn in Xiao Se, shopkeeper Hu immediately felt happy, and then looked at her appearance carefully, seeing her small face was fair and beautiful, with charming eyebrows and eyes, pretty like a peach blossom, and he liked her even more.

Being looked at by such a pretty little girl with a smile, her eyes were full of anticipation. Shopkeeper Hu, who had been looking forward to his wife giving birth to a daughter but always only had a son, couldn't help but feel good about him, got up and walked out, "Usually we don't accept people here. Yes, but since you said it was delicious, let me have a look first."

Chun Xing was already very happy that she was not thrown out directly. She quickly put the things in her hands on the cabinet, opened the oiled paper bag, and revealed the red and attractive hawthorn cake inside. Before going out, she deliberately put half a piece of hawthorn The cake is cut into finger-thick strips for easy tasting.

Shopkeeper Hu's eyes lit up, "Is this hawthorn jelly?" As he said, he picked up one and tasted it, "Well, it tastes good, although it's not as good as the one I tasted in the county, but it's almost the same. Little girl, Is this something your sister-in-law figured out by herself?"

Chun Xing was overjoyed to be praised, "Yes, Uncle Hu, are you going to accept it?"

Shopkeeper Hu stroked his short beard, and after a little thought, shook his head.

"That's it..." Chun Xing froze immediately, she was too embarrassed to ask why, she put away her things and was about to leave.The second sister-in-law was right, she really had a whimsical idea, and people didn't like this kind of homemade food at all.

Seeing Chun Xing's pitiful look of disappointment, shopkeeper Hu laughed, "Don't worry, little girl, I don't accept your things, but it doesn't mean you have no money to make. I thought about it, you guys will send the pastry after you finish it. Trouble, why don't you go back and ask your sister-in-law, I want to buy the prescription in her hand for ten taels of silver, if she is willing, you can come here, I will pay you first, she just needs to teach my buddy how to make hawthorn cake .”

Chun Xing was stunned for a moment, but when she saw the other party's serious expression, her little thoughts moved quickly.

The two fruit trees in the second elder brother's house can harvest more than 150 catties of Shanlihong. Even if they are all made into hawthorn cakes, they can only earn less than two taels of silver per catty at the price of ordinary pastries in the shop. According to shopkeeper Hu Well, hawthorn jelly is also sold in other places, it is not a fresh food, so, instead of going to the market to set up a stall on the mountain road in the future, it is better to earn some money easily.

"Thank you Uncle Hu, I'll go back and ask my sister-in-law." Chun Xing replied with a smile, thought for a while, and then asked: "If my sister-in-law agrees, then you must accept Shanlihong here?"

"Haha, that's natural, don't worry, little girl, I'll give you five cents a catty for the Shanlihong you sent, but let's agree first, before we start selling hawthorn cakes, you can't tell others about it. Shopkeeper Hu was in a good mood, and he blinked at Chunxing like a child.

Chun Xing immediately understood what he meant.Now Shanlihong is something that no one wants. Before the hawthorn cake was displayed, no one knew what shopkeeper Hu was doing to collect Shanlihong. Even if the price was extremely cheap, it was free money for those people, and it was good if they could sell it.But once they saw the hawthorn cake and knew that Shanlihong was useful, they would slowly increase the price of the fruit.

"Don't worry, we won't say anything!"

Chun Xing happily nodded and agreed. After all, even if shopkeeper Hu sells at a high price, it has nothing to do with them. They have already benefited, so why bother to spoil their business? "Then you are busy, let's go first!"

"Wait, are you taking this hawthorn cake?" Seeing her turn around and leave, shopkeeper Hu hurriedly shouted.

Chun Xing turned her head and smiled sweetly at him: "No need, that share will be regarded as our tribute to you!" Saying this, she led Huzi by the hand and walked briskly out the door.

Shopkeeper Hu shook his head and laughed, then sighed, if only he had such a smart and capable daughter!

The clerk who had been listening could not help asking: "Boss, I don't think they are from the town. They probably came from some village. They don't have much knowledge. If you give three or four taels of silver, they probably don't know." It can be beautiful, so why bother to say ten taels all at once?"

Shopkeeper Hu chuckled, "What do you know? This kind of pastry skills is like a doctor's prescription. It is not easy to spread. If I go to the pastry chef in the county to learn hawthorn cakes, no matter how much money they pay, they will ignore me. .I gave them ten taels just now, which is already an advantage. If it is less, I will feel sorry for my conscience and feel guilty for a few taels of silver. account.

The clerk was stunned for a while, curled his lips, and went to work. In his opinion, the shopkeeper was rich, so he didn't care about the few taels of silver.

When the siblings walked down the street, Huzi was very disappointed: "Sister, will you still buy me meat buns?" He knew that his sister was very happy, but the hawthorn cake was given away for nothing, so he didn't make any money.

She helped the second sister-in-law earn ten taels of silver in just one trip. Chun Xing was very happy. Seeing Huzi pulling a small face, she rubbed his head with a smile, "Here, I'll buy you two big meat buns!"

Huzi jumped up happily, "Sister, you are so kind, you... ah!" Before he finished speaking, the back of his head suddenly hurt. Shortbread with a few bites.

Hu Zi was furious, staring around quickly, and finally his eyes fell on a figure in a royal blue robe not far away: "It's you!"

Ah Xuan put his hands on his back, raised his neck and laughed loudly: "So what if I threw it? Come on, hit me if you have the ability, and see if I don't hit you with a bruised nose and a swollen face, little fat pig!"

"Ah! You are the little fat pig!" Furious, Hu Zi broke away from Chun Xing's hand and rushed over like a calf.

A Xuan glanced at the brush and ink shop next to him, turned around and ran towards an alley in the distance: "It's inconvenient because there are so many people here, let's change places!"

Naturally, Huzi was not afraid of him, and followed closely, ignoring his sister behind him to stop shouting.

When Chun Xing chased them into the alley, the two of them were rolling on the ground, and the tiger was on top of it for a while, and was pressed down again for a while.

"Don't fight!" Seeing the color on the faces of the two of them, Chun Xing was so anxious that she stepped forward to pull them away.

However, one is a taller boy, the other is a fat and strong boy, both of them are angry, and neither of them will admit defeat. Several times when Chun Xing approached her, she was waved by the person who temporarily earned her He blocked it, and finally one time, it was Huzi's turn to be under the pressure. When Ah Xuan was waving to block Chun Xing, he turned over abruptly, forcefully threw Ah Xuan out, and bumped into Chun Xing.The incident happened suddenly, and the panic-stricken Chun Xing didn't have time to avoid it, tripped and fell backwards.

"Be careful." Accompanied by a steady male voice, hands supported her from behind, and when she stood still, she quickly backed away.

Chun Xing was stunned, but before she could see who the other party was, the man had already passed by and stood still in front of her, she could only look at his tall figure in surprise, and heard him calmly say: "Ah Xuan, look It wasn't enough to punish you last time, this time I go back and think behind closed doors for a month, and you won't have to go to the Lantern Festival next year."

"Brother!" Ah Xuan opened his mouth wide, forgetting to slap the dirt on his body.

Huzi heard that he had been severely punished, and smiled gloatingly, but was a little afraid of this indifferent man, so he hurried back to Chunxing.The corner of his mouth was bruised, Chun Xing was angry and distressed, squatted down, wiped his face with a handkerchief, and scolded him in a low voice: "Next time you fight with others, I will never take you out again." gone."

"Sister, he was the one who threw the things at me first!" Huzi complained aggrievedly.

Just as Chun Xing was about to speak, she suddenly saw the man turn around from the corner of her eye. She resisted not looking at him, but the man said to her, "I'm Xia Lin Yixiu, my younger brother is stubborn and bullying, and Lin has made an apology to the two of you on his behalf. This is Qingyu ointment, it has the effect of reducing swelling and blood stasis, please accept it."

In the white palm of the man was a delicate little jade bottle. Hu Zi liked it, and instinctively reached out to take it.

But Chun Xing pulled back his hand in time, turned to Lin Yixiu and said, "It's just a small injury, you don't have to be so polite." After speaking, she dragged Huzi towards the entrance of the alley without looking at Lin Yixiu.

A trace of surprise flashed in Lin Yixiu's calm eyes, and when the figures of the siblings disappeared in the alley, he shook his head, put away his things, turned back to A Xuan and said, "Go home tomorrow."

"Ah?" Ah Xuan's eyes widened in shock, and then begged with a bitter face: "Brother, let's stay at Uncle's house for a few more days. If you make a mistake, you will hit the palm..."

"You memorize your books well, so you don't have to be beaten." Lin Yixiu glanced at him expressionlessly, then turned and left.

A Xuan followed behind him dejectedly, and secretly scolded the tiger who caused him to do it a hundred times.

Walking to the gate of the small courtyard, Ye Ya was suddenly very nervous, took Xue Shu's hand and asked him, "Is my hair messy?" The wind blowing all the way must make it messy.

Xue Shu looked at her very seriously, straightened her bangs for her, "It's not messy anymore."

Ye Ya breathed a sigh of relief, but the tension in her heart did not ease much. Seeing Xue Shu looking at her suspiciously, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk in.

The small courtyard was very clean, with a dozen or so rabbit skins hanging out to dry on arms-thick branches on the west side, and a few animal skins that Ye Ya couldn't identify. She glanced at the tanning yard hastily, but Xue Song was not outside.

The kitchen door was open, and Ye Ya couldn't explain why, so she made a booing gesture to Xue Shu, and followed him quietly.But as soon as she reached the door of the kitchen, a strong smell of medicine rushed into her nostrils, her heart skipped a beat, she shouted for big brother, and hurried towards the east room, opened the curtain, just in time to meet Xue Song's surprised but complicated look.

But Ye Ya's attention fell on Xue Bai who was lying on the bed. Seeing that there was a folded veil on his forehead, he knew that he was sick, so he asked Xue Song in a low voice, "What's wrong with the third brother? Is he sick?" How long? How did you take care of him? Why didn't you tell us?"

A series of questions made Xue Song not know how to answer for a moment, and after a long time, under her complaining gaze, he said: "I fell ill suddenly last night. The doctor said that he caught a cold. Fortunately, it is not serious. Just rest for a few days. I don’t know what to think, he looked at the sleepy Xue Bai, and then at the worried Ye Ya, his eyes darkened, and said: “Sister and sister, I’ll take the second brother outside to have a look, you can help take care of the third brother .”

"Yeah, I know." Ye Ya didn't have the heart to reminisce with him now, and nodded in response.

Xue Song sighed imperceptibly, pulled the somewhat dazed Xue Shu away.

"Brother, I want to stay with my third brother in the house..."

"The doctor said not to surround the third brother with too many people."

The voice of the two of them gradually faded away, Ye Ya sat sideways on the edge of the kang, looked down at Xue Bai.

He probably had a fever, his normally fair face flushed abnormally, his peach blossom eyes were closed tightly, but he didn't seem to be sleeping well, his long eyelashes fluttered from time to time, and his brows also frowned.

All right, why did he suddenly become so ill?
Seeing his obviously thinner face, Ye Ya's heart ached so much, she picked up the veil on his forehead, only to realize that the top of the veil was cold, but the lower layer was already warm, and she didn't know how long it had been left on.She gently covered his wet forehead with her hand, it was still a little hot, she quickly turned over the veil and put it back on, and then covered the quilt for him.Just as she was about to withdraw her hand, the person under the quilt suddenly reached out and grabbed her.

Ye Ya was stunned, staring blankly at his slender white hand tightly holding hers, she instinctively wanted to pull it out, but couldn't.

Her heartbeat was a little fast, even though she had taken care of patients before and knew that this kind of thing often happened, but being held by Xue Bai like this and feeling the amazing heat in his hand, she was still inexplicably nervous, afraid that Xue Song and the others would see her, so she Wanted to break his with the other hand.

However, just when she was about to meet Xue Bo, she suddenly heard him say something vaguely.

Ye Ya's movements froze, and then Xue Bai murmured again.

This time Ye Ya heard clearly, and he said, "Second sister-in-law, don't look at elder brother, look at me..."

(End of this chapter)