Chapter 39： complain

Chapter 39 Complaint

The next day, Yingbao indeed "found" a lot of water chestnuts.

Water chestnuts are scattered throughout the ditch, a few here, a few there, and a few further away.

She could always pull out a few trees from the ditch when Dani and Erni didn't notice.

This made Dani and Erni very confused.

Erni has little knowledge and thought that her eyesight was not as bright as that of her younger cousin, so she didn’t notice that there were single grasses hidden in the ditch.

 Dani, who was already ten years old, was very puzzled. She didn't understand why she could find nothing in the place where she had already searched. As soon as her little cousin went over, she was able to pull out a few bachelor grass trees full of water chestnuts.

Alas, forget it, since I couldn't find anything, let the cousin find it alone, and I picked it up with Erni.

So, Dani and Erni followed behind to collect the stick grass that Yingbao had "pulled out", and gathered them together into a big pile.

Yingbao stopped in time after taking out 30% of the water chestnuts in the cave.

At this moment, Jiang Quan came, followed by two boys.

These two boys are the youngest sons of plasterers Li Dayong and Li Eryong respectively. One is named Li Dao, nine years old, and the other is named Li He, eight years old.

Their father was building adobe bricks for the Jiang family in Xiaonanshan, and their brothers and sisters were also there helping to cut grass and dry grass stems for use in Heni.

They were young and could not help much, so they followed Jiang Quan to catch fish and shrimps to improve the food for their family.

“Hey, so many water chestnuts.”

Jiang Quan had already eaten this thing yesterday, and it was extremely delicious. Now that he saw his sisters finding a lot more, he was so happy.

This thing is much more delicious than wild cherries and sour apricots, and it tastes even better after being cooked.

“Second brother, come here and pick them quickly.” Dani shouted, “There are so many, we can’t finish them.”

“Oh.” Jiang Quan came over, put down the basket and net, and squatted down to pick water chestnuts.

Brothers Li Dao and Li He also came to help.

Yingbao washed a few and handed them to the Li brothers: "I'll give you a taste first."

She had eaten the food given by these two children last year, and now it was time to return the favor.

Li Dao Li He was embarrassed to take it at first, but later he saw that Jiang Quan also ate it, so he took it.

Jiang Quan said while eating: "Yingbao, how did you find so many water chestnuts? Why didn't I see them before?"

He often fishes and catches shrimps with his friends, but he didn't realize that such good things still grow in the river ditches here.

Yingbao said seriously: "You just want to catch fish and shrimps, of course you can't see them."

Jiang Quan touched his nose and felt that what his cousin said made sense.

I really didn’t pay much attention to the water plants in the ditch.

“Second brother, we will definitely not be able to finish all these water chestnuts. There is a market tomorrow, so why not take them to the town and sell them.”

Yingbao thought about how to use the opportunity of selling water chestnuts to get some more. After all, there were still many in the cave, and piling them would take up space.

Jiang Quan's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I will carry it to the collection tomorrow."

He is 12 years old this year and already understands the importance of money.

Let’s not say that it will cost money to get a wife and have children in the future. Let’s just say that now, I don’t even have money to buy anything I like.

The hundred coins in his hand were given to him by his third uncle last time. He didn't want to spend a penny of them, so he hid them all in the hole in the wall.

Ying Bao pursed her lips and smiled and made a request: "I'll go too."

She was going to Jishang to order a leather saddle for the fawn so that she could ride it for long distances.

“Ah?” Jiang Quan scratched his head, “What are you going to do?”

The little cousin is so young and can't walk very fast. It must be troublesome to take her to the market.

Moreover, if something goes wrong and I go to the market to sell things, it would be bad if I lose my little cousin.

"I'm going." Yingbao saw her second cousin's reluctance and immediately said, "I can walk by myself, I don't need you to carry me on my back."

Jiang Quan twitched the corner of his mouth and nodded helplessly: "Okay, okay, don't be too tired when the time comes."

“Yeah.” Ying Bao has been exercising, and running more than ten miles alone is not a problem. Furthermore, I eat a handful of Wudingzhi every day. Now I am stronger than Yuan Bao and can run as well as him.

The next morning, Yingbao got up early, first fed the deer, and then sprinkled some wheat produced in the cave for the chickens.

After washing up in a hurry, I grabbed a piece of egg pancake that my mother had just made and ran to the front yard.

I came to my uncle’s house in the front yard and looked around for my second cousin, but I couldn’t find him.

After asking my aunt, I found out that my second cousin went to the market early in the morning carrying water chestnuts on his back.

Ying Bao was stunned for a while, then suddenly he started to howl with his neck raised, the howl was earth-shattering.

Of course she wasn’t really crying. She was quite young in all her past and present lives. She had never encountered any sad events, so she couldn’t shed tears.

But she was too angry, angry that the boy had gone back on his word. He had broken his promise even though he had made a promise.

I will not be willing to let my uncle take good care of him today.

Sure enough, the eldest uncle panicked and quickly hugged her little niece and patted her, "What's wrong with Bao'er?"

Yingbao howled at the top of his lungs, and did not waste any time in accusing his second cousin, "My second cousin said he was going to take Bao'er to the fair, but he actually ran away alone... Wow wow wow... he didn't mean what he said, he lied to Bao'er..."

The auntie had no choice but to coax her: "Bao'er, be good, when your second brother comes back, the auntie will whip him hard. Come on, don't cry. The auntie has just made the water chestnut cake. It will be steamed and given to Bao'er in a while."

Grandma Jiang Liu was also startled by Yingbao's howling, and kept asking what was going on.

Knowing that it was the second grandson who did not take his granddaughter to the market, he stamped his feet and cursed: "When he comes back, grandma will scold him. He is a stinky boy who dares to bully my little sister."

Then he shouted to the eldest grandson: "Dacheng! Dacheng!"

Jiang Cheng was ventilating the bamboo shed. When he heard grandma calling him, he responded: "What's the matter?"

"You have nothing to do today, so just take your cousin to the market. Grandma will give you twenty coins. If you see any delicious food on the market, buy some to try."

Last time, the third son gave her a whole lot of money at once. Now Jiang Liu has a lot of money and is happy to use money to make her granddaughter happy.

“Oh!” Jiang Cheng promised, “I’ll be there right away.”

Yingbao stopped crying when she saw that she was good, and rubbed her eyes to stop crying.

“What a good child.” Mrs. Jiang Liu took Yingbao and sat down at the small table in the yard, and took a clean cloth to wipe her face.

Jiang Cheng came out of the bamboo shed and asked with a smile: "Yingbao wants to go to the market?"

Ying Bao nodded like garlic, "I think so."

"My cousin will take you there." Jiang Cheng said, "It just so happens that Dani also wants to go to Jishang, so you can come together."

Ying Bao jumped up happily, hugged her eldest cousin's calf, and complimented her: "The eldest brother is the best, better than the second brother."

Jiang Cheng smiled and picked up Ying Bao, putting her in a backpack and carrying her on his back.

 Dani ran out happily, not even lighting the fire, went back to the house, changed her clothes, and followed her eldest brother.

The aunt took out a few pieces of hot water chestnut cake from the newly opened steamer, wrapped it in washed reed leaves, stuffed it into the basket on the back of Yingbao, and said: "Wait until it is cool before eating, be careful not to burn it. "

Yingbao nodded sharply: "Yes. Thank you, uncle."

He then said obediently: "Baoer, go to the market and bring some delicious food for my uncle and grandma to eat."

She carried a lot of copper coins in her pocket, and there was also a five-tael silver ingot in the cave.

Zhou touched Yingbao's head and said with a smile, "Okay."

Mrs. Jiang Liu took out twenty coins from the house, gave it to her eldest grandson, and warned, "Look at your sister carefully."

“I know, grandma, don’t worry.”

After taking the money, Jiang Cheng carried his little cousin on his back and led his younger sister Dani towards Chuanhe Town.

 Dani rarely has the chance to go to the market. Today, for the first time, her eldest brother wants to take her with him. She is so happy.

The little girl who never talks much was very happy as she chatted with her elder brother and Yingbao about this and that.

 Yingbao smiled and peeled off the cold water chestnut cake, handed a piece to Sister Dani, and gave another piece to the cousin.

(End of this chapter)