226 Cents and Half a Penny

"There are four hundred or so!" Stone gestured with his fingers, grinning very happily.

Stone's eyes were dark, and it seemed that he hadn't rested well in the past few days.

"The number is good, let's go quickly. The speed of this bullock cart is much slower, or hurry up, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach it even after dark."

The two drove an ox cart to Ruixian County. By the time we reached Ruixian, it was past noon. I found Yuji Dim Sum Shop, and Boss Yu has been waiting for a long time.

Seeing that Gu Xiaowan and the others brought such a box, I was very happy. After reading a few, the color, style, and technique are exactly the same as last time. They are all exquisite and compact, good-looking and easy to use.

Counting the number, there are 410 in total, and the total is 128 coins. Shishi took the silver with trembling hands, not to mention how excited he was.

After leaving the Yuji shop, Shitou took Gu Xiaowan to eat a bowl of noodles. Gu Xiaowan originally planned to order plain noodles, but Shitou disagreed, so he ordered a large bowl of shredded pork noodles. The two ran for a whole morning. Hungry chest and back. What two people eat is called a hearty one.

After eating, I went back. When he returned to Wuxi Village, Shitou didn't send Gu Xiaowan home first, but dragged him directly to the house. When Aunt Zhang's house looked at it, Gu Ningping and Gu Xiaoyi were squatting in the yard, looking at something.

Seeing that Gu Xiaowan and Shitou came back, they hurriedly rushed up: "Sister, you are back!"

Gu Xiaowan hugged Gu Xiaoyi: "Have you had dinner yet?"

"I didn't eat, wait for sister!" Gu Xiaoyi replied, "Elder sister, look quickly."

Gu Xiaowan just saw what the two children were squatting there to see. Seeing that Gu Xiaoyi also pulled herself to look at it, she followed, and looked into the basket with her head.

This chick has grown some small and short feathers, and it must have been raised for a while.

"Sister, so cute, Xiaoyi!" Gu Xiaowan called excitedly.

Aunt Zhang also knew that they were back, so she stuck her head out of the kitchen and called out happily, "Girl Wan, wash your hands and face before you eat."

Seeing Gu Xiaoyi's excited appearance, she wiped her hands, walked out, and said, "This chick was carried by a hen, and I wanted to give you two back to raise, but I was afraid that it would be too young, so you couldn't raise it. It took me a while to live. Now you bring them back, as long as you find something to eat for them every day, that’s all.”

Gu Xiaowan hurriedly said thank you, raising chickens? That's what she meant. Looking at the two happy little chickens, Gu Xiaowan thought that when the chicken grew up, if she could lay an egg every day, she would be able to make up for her younger brother and sister.

"Aunt Zhang, thank you."

"Thank you!" Aunt Zhang pretended to be unhappy and patted Gu Xiaowan: "Go wash your hands and eat."

With a sigh, he took Gu Xiaoyi to wash his hands. Shito was very excited. He came to the kitchen and gave Aunt Zhang the two taels of silver that he had earned today. Aunt Zhang was a little excited and took the money, but she couldn't recover for a long time, and was deeply moved.

Putting the silver in his arms, he wiped the corners of his eyes: "Are you tired? It's been a day's running, go wash and eat."

When everyone was seated at the table, Gu Xiaowan found that Aunt Zhang had cooked a lot of delicious dishes.

"Aunt Zhang, why do you cook so much delicious food!" Gu Xiaowan felt that she was spending a lot of money. She was so polite that she felt a little overwhelmed.

Aunt Zhang knew what Gu Xiaowan was thinking, and said quickly, "Silly boy, you have done us a big favor. Aunt Zhang can cook you something delicious, right?"

Uncle Zhang also echoed: "Yes, girl Wan, let's celebrate today!"

Seeing Uncle Zhang and the others being so hospitable, Gu Xiaowan knew that today she could only let go of her stomach and eat.

After they were full, they removed the bowls and chopsticks. Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang left Gu Xiaowan behind and let Shishi take Gu Ningping and Gu Xiaoyi to play outside.

"Girl Wan, discuss something with you." Aunt Zhang has been thinking about this for a few days, and she left Gu Xiaowan for dinner today to talk about it.

"Aunt Zhang..." Seeing Aunt Zhang's serious look, Gu Xiaowan was at a loss.

"Girl Wan!" Aunt Zhang pulled Uncle Zhang and said, "I have discussed it with Uncle Zhang. From now on, we will make a bamboo box, and I will give you half a penny for a bamboo box in the future!"

ah? Gu Xiaowan was a little stunned, but she recovered instantly and waved her hands quickly: "Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, don't do this. This is your labor income, I can't take it!"

"Why can't I have it?" Uncle Zhang also said: "You helped me sell this box, and you taught me how to make it up. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to earn four cents and a half." Zhang Uncle said excitedly, looking at Gu Xiaowan: "Uncle told you to take it, just take it. In the future, we will give you half a penny for how much we sell."

"Well..." Aunt Zhang took out a piece of money from her arms and handed it to Gu Xiaowan: "This is two hundred pennies, you keep it all."

Gu Xiaowan was dumbfounded, how could she accept this money, she quickly waved her hand, and declined the money handed over by Aunt Zhang: "Aunt Zhang, I said I can't take this money! If you insist on giving it to me, wouldn't it embarrass me?"

Gu Xiaowan neither contributed money nor effort, she just helped Aunt Zhang and the others to do some errands when she went to work. That's it, in the future, she would have to ask Aunt Zhang to pay her money for a long time. Gu Xiaowan felt inappropriate.

"What's the embarrassment?" Uncle Zhang persuaded: "Girl Wan, if you want to take it, you can take it, you won't be too little, will you?"

When Gu Xiaowan heard this, she shook her head more forcefully: "Uncle Zhang, that's not what I meant.

I really can't take this money! "

Although Uncle Zhang's family said it was not very difficult, they were still trying to save food and clothing. Gu Xiaowan wanted to repay Aunt Zhang and the others, she just wanted them to make more money and have support.

"Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, listen to me!" Gu Xiaowan looked at the two elders and said sincerely: "The best thing for us should be the two of you. My family doesn't have anything to eat, and Aunt Zhang gives it to me. We, if it weren't for you, our children would have died on their own."