There was a hint of longing on Lu Yufang's face: "Then let me borrow my sister-in-law's good words."
Chu Yue shook her arm: "Oh, you are older than me, so don't call me sister-in-law or sister-in-law. It sounds awkward to me. How about we call each other by our names."
Lu Yufang was stunned for a moment, then lowered her voice and said, "Then how about I call you Yueyue like my mother?"
Chu Yue nodded hurriedly: "Yueyue, Erya, Chuyue, you can call them whatever you want."
Lu Yufang smiled, showing her white teeth: "Then I'll change it. Today I'll call you Yueyue, tomorrow I'll call you Erya, and the day after tomorrow I'll call you Chuyue. It doesn't have to be the same every day."
"Pfft!" Chu Yue couldn't help laughing, "Don't be too ridiculous."
Lu Yufang also laughed: "I have decided, I will call it like this."
"No, you can only choose one."
"The mouth is on me. I don't choose any one. I can call you whatever you want."
After Lu Yufang finished speaking, she ran to the side. Seeing this, Chu Yue took the opportunity to scratch her...
The sound of the two laughing and joking reached Lu Xinghe's ears, causing him to unconsciously raise the corners of his lips.
Chu Yue usually looked serious, but after all she was still a little girl and she should spend more time with her peers.
Yufang has a simple mind and is just right for her.
The three of them arrived home soon. Yun Cuihe was worried, so after the sun went down, she moved a chair under the eaves to make Chu Yue's clothes, while looking outside to see if the two of them had returned.
Seeing Lu Xinghe and Chu Yue approaching from a distance, I felt relieved.
"Xingping, hurry up and open the door, and help your eldest brother take the cart back to your aunt's house." He then looked towards the kitchen, "Xing'an, our family has borrowed the cart from your aunt's house twice in a row. You can take it." Three eggs, go with Xing Ping, I won’t worry about that stupid boy taking the eggs.”
Lu Xingping muttered a few words in his heart and ran to open the courtyard door.
When Lu Xing'an heard Yun Cuihe's words, he quickly took three eggs out of the kitchen.
The two hens came to the house for three days and laid a total of four eggs. Lu Xingan was responsible for picking up the eggs every day and counted the four eggs again and again. Three were dropped this time, which was quite distressing.
Lu Xinghe parked the cart at the door, took down the bucket and basket from the cart, and then Lu Xingping pushed the cart away.
Lu Yufang entered the door first and thrust two eggs into Yun Cuihe's hands.
"Third Aunt, I'm here to get my basket. My mother asked me to bring these eggs."
Yun Cuihe said hurriedly: "Just use the basket, why bring the eggs? It's not easy for your parents to raise four of you siblings."
Lu Yufang said: "I have to thank Brother Xinghe and Yueyue for selling medicinal materials for my family. These two eggs are also a gift from my mother. Third Aunt will take them."
After she finished speaking, she took the basket handed over by Chu Yue and went back to her old house.
Seeing that her son and daughter-in-law were back, Yun Cuihe felt much less worried. She hurriedly put the needle and thread in her hand into the house and went to the kitchen with two eggs.
"Xinghe Yueyue rest for now, I'll go cook."
Chu Yue took the silver from the basket and put it into the basket, and went to the kitchen.
"Mom, this is for you."
Yun Cuihe, who was cracking eggs, saw the pile of broken silver and silver ingots in the basket, and her eyes widened in surprise.
"Why so much? Is ginseng so valuable?"
Chu Yue told Yun Cuihe one by one the items sold today.
"Today, ginseng was sold for fifty taels, and the medicinal materials, excluding those from my fourth aunt's family, were sold for two taels and more than one hundred cents. The turtles were sold for eight hundred cents, for a total of fifty-two taels and nine hundred cents. However, I bought books and books for my husband. The paper and ink cost five taels of silver."
Yun Cuihe nodded and pointed at the four largest silver ingots with a curious expression on his face.
"Then where did these silver ingots come from?"
Chu Yue said in an evasive manner: "It happened that the wife of Huang Yuan's wife in the town was having difficulty giving birth. I followed Dr. Zhu from Chenji Pharmacy to help. These two hundred taels of silver were rewarded by Huang Yuan's family."
Yun Cuihe took a breath after hearing this.
It was just a favor, but Huang Yuanwai actually rewarded him with two hundred taels of silver!
What a generous act!
I have to say, Yueyue is really lucky.
She took out the four largest silver ingots from the basket and placed them in Chu Yue's hands.
"Mom will keep the money from selling things for the family for the time being. Since these two hundred taels are a reward given to you by Huang Yuanwai, you can keep it yourself. You bought a book for Xinghe, and you must also have the intention of letting him continue his studies. The expenses will be huge in the future.”
Chu Yue bit her lip, feeling a little moved in her heart. She lowered her head and whispered, "I thought mother would blame me for spending so much money to buy books for my husband."
Yun Cuihe smiled and touched her head.
"You kid, the first thing you think of when you make money is not to buy things for yourself, but to buy books for Xinghe. It's not too late for Mom to thank you, so how can I blame you? Besides, Xinghe wouldn't have been dragged down by our three mothers. You are still a child now, so I feel guilty, go and put the money away, and be careful not to let others catch you."
Chu Yue sighed and returned to her and Lu Xinghe's room.
When he entered the door, he saw Lu Xinghe sitting in front of the window with the biography of various countries, looking at it in trance.
She gently wrapped the silver in old cloth strips, stuffed it into four small bamboo tubes, and hid it in four places in the house.
Although Lu Xinghe didn't look in Chu Yue's direction, he still raised the corners of his lips in a funny way when he noticed her jumping up and down behind him.
"If there are rats in the house, those things you hide may not be safe."
Looking at the earthen wall in front of her that looked like it could fall down with just a touch, Chu Yue suddenly felt helpless: "What should we do?"
Lu Xinghe closed the book in his hand, a look of endearment flashing across his face.
"Leave it like this for now. When the house is repaired later, I will definitely make a few more convenient places for you to hide money in the house."
Chu Yue smiled hurriedly and said, "Then if I don't make more money, wouldn't I be sorry for the little thought you put into me?"
Lu Xinghe shook his head, with longing in his eyes.
"That's not necessary, as long as you are happy."
as long as you are happy.
Although they were not very sweet words, they made her heart feel as sweet as honey.
Brothers Lu Xingping and Lu Xingan, who sent the cart and eggs to Aunt Lin's house, have returned, and Yun Cuihe's dishes have been fried.
Tonight I fried some wild vegetables and cracked two eggs to make egg drop soup.
The family sat together, drinking rice porridge and eating vegetables, looking satisfied.
Because the food at home has gotten much better these days, the whole family looks much better than before.
Yun Cuihe looked at the two brothers Lu Xingping.
"You sent the trolley to Aunt Lin's house. She didn't say anything, right?"
"No!" Lu Xingping rushed to answer, "When Aunt Lin saw the eggs that Xing'an brought, she smiled from ear to ear. She told us that if we want another cart, we should go to her house to get it."
Yun Cuihe nodded: "That's good."
