Chapter 187 (2/2)

Yu Xiaocao smiled and said, “In the future, our shop will launch a special watermelon sale at random times every day . Please pay close attention to our watermelon shop!”

The fair and chubby shopkeeper of the silverware store looked at Xiaocao with squinted eyes and chuckled, “Little girl, you’re quite good at doing business! Not bad, not bad . A young person’s abilities should be respected ah!” In his mind, he pondered whether he should also do a special sale for the unsalable jewelry in his shop . This way, they could quickly earn back their capital—Yes, he should go back and discuss this matter with his boss!

Yu Hai, who was unloading watermelons next to the store, saw that his daughter had swiftly taken care of the remaining watermelons . He couldn’t help but proudly praise her within his heart, ‘She is definitely my daughter . She is born with the innate talent to do business!’

Ever since the watermelons had ripened, the whole family had been busy without time for rest . His daughter’s G.o.dmother had also come, so after working for the whole day, she still had to take care of her G.o.dmother when they got back in the village . The father-daughter pair could only interact at night . However, everyone had been exhausted the whole day, so they fell asleep without saying much to each other . It had been several days since Yu Hai got to bond with his daughter . After unloading the watermelons, he stayed in the shop to chat with his daughter . In the evening, he would come pick her up and go home together .

The spouts of the freshly picked watermelons were so fresh that one could pinch water out of them . Earlier, when the watermelons were being unloaded, it had attracted many customers to shop in their store . At this time, there were two to three patrons picking watermelons at different shelves in the store .

Yu Xiaocao sat at the entrance of the shop and counted the money, while Yu Hai stood beside her, looking at her with a grin . Just as a patron handed Xiaocao a small five tael ingot, a figure suddenly rushed towards her .

Yu Hai thought that someone wanted to rob them, so he strode forward and blocked his daughter from the other person .

“What are you doing! You, this unfilial son, even wants to hit me!!” Madam Zhang’s mean-looking face appeared in front of Yu Hai like a nightmare . She had rushed over too quickly, so she almost couldn’t stop herself and plunged right into Yu Hai’s arms .

With one look at her grandmother’s expression, Yu Xiaocao knew that she came with malicious intentions . Her father was the too foolishly soft-hearted, so he definitely wasn’t Madam Zhang’s opponent . After she securely locked the money box, she walked out from before her father and said, “Grandmother, who is being unfilial ah? Didn’t we already send you guys the grain that we have to give you every month, as a form of our filial respects?”

With her arched eyebrows slanted, Madam Zhang glared at them with her triangular eyes and stiffly replied, “As a son, you’re eating and living well every day, yet your elderly parents can only gnaw on bean cakes . Aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning!”

The watermelon shop had been too busy these past two days, so she didn’t have time to cook . Thus, they had been eating the food delivered from Zhenxiu Restaurant . Although there weren’t any expensive dishes, it wasn’t something that ordinary people could afford! All the workers in the shop ate the meals sent by Zhenxiu Restaurant, while his own parents could only eat bean cakes… Everyone around them all looked at Yu Hai and his daughter with a contemptuous gaze .

Without a change of expression, Yu Xiaocao said, “Grandmother, when you forced my family out of the house with nothing, it was written down in black and white: ‘As filial respect, the second son must send over fifty catties of coa.r.s.e grain every month . ’ Even when we lived in a rundown house that could barely withstand the wind and snow, and didn’t have enough to eat, we still gave you everything as promised . After we started selling vegetables and planting watermelons, we have changed the fifty catties of coa.r.s.e grain to fifty catties of white rice and wheat flour, with an additional five catties of pork . We delivered them to you every month without fail . Why are you still giving my grandfather bean cakes to eat?”

Without waiting for Madam Zhang to speak, she continued, “Oh! I remember now!! I heard from Brother Heizi that you sold all the white rice, wheat flour, and pork that we gave you for money, which you used to buy paper and brushes for Younger Uncle!! The family isn’t that poor that you need to sell your food rations in order to buy paper and brushes ah! Before we split from the main family, my father had gotten severely wounded from hunting a bear . Didn’t you take all of the three hundred taels? It hasn’t even been half a year, where did all the money go?”

More and more people gathered around . From this little girl’s words, they had gotten a lot of explosive contents: The second son of this family had gotten injured while hunting for a bear, but the money for selling the bear had been confiscated by the mother . The injured son was forced to split from the main family, moreover, he had to leave with nothing . After splitting from the family, his family could only live in a rundown house and not have enough to eat . However, they still needed to save food while starving in order to send them to their elders as filial respect… She couldn’t possibly be his real mother . What mother wouldn’t be concerned about her children and grandchildren? Moreover, she was making things worse for them and adding to their burdens?

“What nonsense are you talking about!! What three hundred taels are you talking about? This d.a.m.ned wretch! You waste of money! Stop speaking nonsense here!!” Seeing the onlookers pointing and gossiping about her, Madam Zhang’s eyes darted around and shouted at Xiaocao with a fierce appearance .

Outside of the crowd, Lady Fang, who had come back from shopping, quietly looked at the scene in front of her . Linglong said with slight concern, “This woman is too fierce and unreasonable . I’m afraid Miss Cao’er will be at a disadvantage!”

Lady Fang, on the other hand, felt that her G.o.ddaughter could handle this situation with ease based on her calm appearance . She smiled and said, “This must be Xiaocao’s ‘exceptional’ grandmother! Seeing that the son who had split from the family was living well, she came to hara.s.s them with unreasonable demands . She is truly ‘amazing’ ah!! But my G.o.ddaughter isn’t a pushover either . Let’s just quietly wait and see how it turns out!”

Xiaocao almost got sprayed by her saliva . She took two steps back, rubbed her ears, and said, “Grandmother, being loud doesn’t mean that you’re in the right . Why are you screaming so loudly? Are you saying that you didn’t receive the three hundred taels that Uncle Zhao sent over? Are you sure? That’s not what Uncle Zhao said ah!! He’s a fourth-ranked military official, which was a t.i.tle that the emperor personally conferred . So he wouldn’t lie to us, right? If you insist, then I’ll write a letter to the capital to ask . I reckon that Uncle Zhao hasn’t set out to the border yet, so he should be able to receive my letter…”

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