Aunt Zhou was holding a bunch of radishes in her hand. She walked over and saw the wood. She frowned, then squatted down and scraped the wood with a knife.
She dipped her fingers into the scraped powder and smelled it. Her eyes were stunned and she said in shock: "This is the best sandalwood."
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Zhao and Zhou Feng gathered around.
"Mom, is this really sandalwood? How can there be sandalwood in this rocky ground?"
Generally, the best sandalwood grows in the woods, and only a few of them are buried in stone fields.
Aunt Zhou raised her head and looked at the surrounding trees and said, "Maybe there used to be a sandalwood field here, but it was all cut down later and some of the wood was buried underground."
This explanation is far-fetched, but no one can find any other reason to explain what is going on.
In the end, Du Wanchun broke their doubts and said with a smile: "Mom, let's dig out this sandalwood quickly. Then we can make incense together." ?.?????.???
When Aunt Zhou heard this, her face was full of joy, "Yes, such a big piece of fine sandalwood can be sold for a lot of money if it is made into incense."
After she finished speaking, she quickly arranged for her two sons to dig together.
Du Wanchun took action on the side, and soon a sandalwood tree at least one meter long was dug out.
Zhou Zhao tied the piece of wood with a rope and carried it on his back.
Du Wanchun helped put all the radishes he pulled out into the basket, and followed Aunt Zhou as she walked home carrying a basket on her back.
Zhou Feng followed behind, holding the vegetables he had just picked.
The family returned home with a full load.
Du Wanchun first helped Aunt Zhou pack the radishes, and then helped clean up the sandalwood.
Before evening, she and Zhou Ruiyuan loaded the cleaned radishes onto the carriage.
The two couples took advantage of the darkness to deliver the radishes to Li Mansion and Fang Mansion.
Aunt He gave her the remaining two hundred coins.
The Fang family is a generous person. When they brought the radishes in, the Fang family's housekeeper gave them a reward of one tael of silver.
This is a lot of money.
Du Wanchun looked at the silver in his hand, his hands shaking slightly.
This was the first time she had seen so much silver since she was a child.
With this silver and copper coins, their family finally no longer need to go hungry.
Zhou Ruiyuan looked at her staring at Yin Zi with moist eyes, put his arm around her shoulders, and hugged her into his arms.
"Don't worry, we will have many more in the future."
Du Wanchun wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and nodded heavily, "Yes!"
The two of them took the copper plates and silver, and in addition to buying a boiler for making fragrant dew, they also bought some rice, oil, and some cloth.
In addition, I also bought some pens and ink for Zhou Feng.
After buying all these things, it was completely dark when we went back.
Aunt Zhou cooked the rice, cooked radish soup and Chinese cabbage and waited for Du Wanchun and the others to come back for dinner.
Du Wanchun smelled the aroma of rice as soon as he arrived home, and his stomach growled with hunger.
Zhou Ruiyuan called Zhou Zhao and Zhou Feng to help bring the purchased things into the house.
Aunt Zhou looked at the boiler and bottles she bought, with a hint of sadness in her eyes. She silently took these two things to the backyard and didn't come out for a long time.
Du Wanchun took the fabric into the house and went to the backyard to call her to eat.
"Mom, it's time to eat."
Aunt Zhou wiped away her tears and quickly raised her head and said, "Okay, I'll be right over."
Du Wanchun looked at the tears on her face, approached her and asked, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Aunt Zhou's nose was slightly sour, and she forced a smile and said: "I thought Ruiyuan and I were done, but looking at these sandalwood and rose flowers, I know that our road is not over."
Du Wanchun looked at her like this. After thinking for a moment, he finally asked the question he had always wanted to ask: "Mom, were you and my husband from a wealthy family in the capital before?"
Aunt Zhou didn't refute, she stood up and said: "Wan Chun, I know you have a lot of doubts in your heart, but there are some things you'd better not know, because the more you know, the more trouble you will cause. Don't blame me and Rui. Yuan is hiding it from you,
