When Yun Cuihe, mother and son first arrived at the ferry, they originally turned around to tell Lu Xinghe and Chu Yue to hurry up, but when they saw the young couple holding hands, they quickly turned back.
"Don't even look at it. Your sister-in-law will be shy later." Yun Cuihe hurriedly pressed the heads of her two sons.
Lu Xingping looked at Yun Cuihe, "Mom, do you feel that the elder brother and sister-in-law are quite a match?"
Lu Xing'an rolled her eyes at him, "Idiot! They are husband and wife, of course they are a good match."
Yun Cuihe smiled helplessly and shook his head.
"You two, you are really a happy couple." He turned to look at the person in front of him with two baskets in front of him, and there was a lot of chattering inside, and he hurriedly dragged his two sons towards that side, "Then There's someone selling chickens nearby, let's take a look first."
When I got closer, I realized that in these two baskets, one contained chickens and the other contained ducklings.
"Old man, how do you sell this little chicken and duck?"
"The chickens cost three cents each, and the ducks cost five cents each. The ducks have been raised for more than half a month and are much bigger than the chickens."
Yun Cuihe squatted down, gently picked up one of the chickens and observed it carefully, "Do you raise many chickens and ducks at home?"
The old man sighed.
"I raised some. In previous years, I relied on these chickens and ducks to make a living. This year, there is no income from the fields, and the chickens and ducks have no food to live on. It is not cost-effective to buy food, so I thought of selling some." Seeing Yun Cuihe observing the chickens and ducks , the old man continued, "Guests, don't worry, my chickens and ducks are all healthy and can be kept for a long time."
Yun Cuihe smiled and clapped her hands, "Okay, old man, just give me twenty chicks and five little ducks."
"Why."
In the end, the chickens and ducks were put into the basket on Lu Xinghe's back. As for the contents of the basket, several people held them in their hands.
On the boat back, there were still only a family of five, and the ferryman was still the same old man as when he came.
Seeing the things they were carrying, he smiled and said, "Hey, I bought a lot of things."
Yun Cuihe smiled and said, "They are all necessary."
In the cabin, Chu Yue took out the hairpin that Lu Xinghe bought for Yun Cuihe, "Mom, this is the hairpin that my husband specially picked for you. Can I wear it for you?"
Yun Cuihe was a little surprised, "Why did you buy it for me too? You little girls can just wear it. Mom is already old, what does it look like wearing it?"
Although she said this, her eyes kept looking at the hairpin in Chu Yue's hand.
Chu Yue smiled, raised her hand and pinned the hairpin in Yun Cuihe's hair.
"Who said I'm old? She's obviously still young. This hairpin looks really good on me."
Yun Cuihe looked at her with an annoyed smile.
"How can you be young? Mom is already thirty-five. If you were a little older, I might have a fat grandson next year."
Hearing this, Chu Yue lowered her head in embarrassment.
"Mom, what are you talking about? But you think I'm too young?"
Yun Cuihe smiled hurriedly and held her hand: "Conscience of heaven and earth, mother has no intention of despising you. Mother is just joking. Mother is not in such a hurry about her grandson. Besides, Xinghe is still going to take care of you now." His mind is on studying, and it won’t be too late to think about these things again after he gets his test results.”
When Chu Yue heard this, she felt relaxed.
An hour later, the group finally returned home.
Just as soon as he got home, Lu Xinghe noticed something was wrong.
Although the courtyard gate was not damaged, the fence at one corner of the courtyard wall was obviously distorted, and it was obvious that someone had entered through there.
He quickly opened the lock and said, "Go and have a look in the house. Is there anything missing?"
When several people heard this, they all panicked.
Yun Cuihe frowned, "What's wrong? Is there a thief in our house?"
Lu Xinghe shook his head: "Not sure, let's go take a look first."
After hearing this, several people hurriedly went to their respective rooms. When Lu Xinghe put the backpack in the corner and entered the room, they saw that the little girl in the room had red eyes.
"Ms. sir, what should I do? All the money I hid is gone."
When she went out today, she brought less than five taels of silver with her, and she still had a full one hundred and ninety taels hidden at home.
If all this was lost, wouldn't her hard work the past few days have been in vain?
Hearing the little girl's crying voice, Lu Xinghe hurriedly stepped forward and took her hand.
"Don't worry, you haven't lost any money."
Chu Yue sniffed, looking aggrieved.
"However, the places where I hid them all have traces of being disturbed."
Even though Lu Xinghe had touched everything in the place where she hid her things last night, after taking out the money, he returned it all to its original place. It seemed that there had really been a thief in the house.
Lu Xinghe suppressed the dim light in his eyes, smiled and stroked the little girl's back: "Don't worry, I expected that when my family bought blue bricks, some people in the village would be jealous, so I hid the money somewhere else."
As he spoke, he glanced at the beam where the silver was hidden.
Chu Yue understood, and wiped the corners of her eyes with a smile.
"I asked you why you moved the desk to Xing Ping and Xing An's room this morning. It turned out to be because..."
Lu Xinghe stretched out his hand and pinched her face, "Some little money fanatic has to take a look from time to time. Of course I can't let my money be lost."
Chu Yue didn't dare to look at Lu Xinghe. She pursed her lips, lowered her head and ran out of the house.
"I'm going to see if there's anything missing in the kitchen."
Looking at Chu Yue's leaving figure, Lu Xinghe's eyes flashed with contemplation. Who could be the one who came to steal at home today?
With this question in mind, Lu Xinghe moved the table into the room of brothers Lu Xingping and Lu Xingan.
Chu Yue put down the two hanging baskets on the kitchen beam and checked them carefully. There was nothing missing. It seemed that the thief was after silver.
After a while, Yun Cuihe also came out of the house. Seeing Chu Yue in the kitchen, she hurriedly walked over and asked, "Yueyue, you didn't lose anything there, right?"
Chu Yue shook her head, "No, where is mother?"
Yun Cuihe breathed a sigh of relief, "My mother didn't lose it either. I don't know who killed her. My house was turned into a mess and all the sewing baskets were scattered on the floor. This person may have figured out that we are not at home today. That’s why I came, I’m afraid it’s just someone from the village, my mother didn’t think of this when she left, but luckily she saved a few tricks.”
Chu Yue smiled and said, "At least nothing was lost at home. Let's just be more careful in the future."
Yun Cuihe nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, the annual performance is so bad this year, and the world will only become more and more chaotic in the future, so we have to be more careful." He turned to look at Chu Yue, "Let Xinghe follow Yueyue wherever she goes from now on, but You must be careful not to run around alone."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Yun Cuihe suddenly felt dizzy. She rubbed her temples with her hands and frowned.
Seeing this, Chu Yue quickly stood up and helped her into the house.
"Mom has walked such a long way today. Maybe she is tired. Let's rest for a while. I will make dinner later."
"Hey, it's been a long day since you worked hard."
Chu Yue said hurriedly: "We are all one family, we don't have to care so much, mother just needs to take good care of herself first."
Yun Cuihe patted Chu Yue's hand, thinking that her adopted daughter still knew how to live well. Although the three boys in the family were filial and obedient, they were far from being so considerate and comfortable.
