Chapter 158 - Chea (2/2)

As she spoke, she leaned the wooden bucket to one side and took the lid off with her other hand.

“Don’t…” Yu Xiaocao didn’t expect her to move so quickly. When she tried to stop her, some of the sandworms in the bucket had already slid out of the bucket and landed on the beach. She quickly squatted down and picked up the sandworms that had fallen on the sand and put them back into the bucket.

Xiaolian was obviously stunned. She looked at the sandworms crowding in the bucket. There was actually more than half a bucket! She roughly weighed it with her hands and realized that there were at least twenty or thirty catties. No wonder her younger sister was struggling with the bucket.

Earlier, she had been paying attention to her little sister, but she didn’t see her digging seriously. How did she dig out so many spoon worms in such a short period of time? It was obviously her younger sister’s first time digging for spoon worms when she first started! Was this the so-called ‘just like being helped by the gods’?

Xiaolian remembered that her younger sister’s abilities had always exceeded all expectations after they separated from the main family, so she stopped thinking about how she was able to catch so many sandworms. She didn’t want to let her younger sister hold something so heavy, so she said, “Younger Sister, you run faster and wait in line. I’ll carry these sandworms!”

Since someone was willing to help her carry it, Xiaocao was naturally very happy to comply. With her thin arms and legs, she had never really done any heavy labor since she was reborn. Xiaocao swiftly ran at full speed towards the long queue.

Zhou Shanhu, who stood closer to the front of the line, saw Xiaocao running over while panting, so she waved her hands and said, “Xiaocao, come quickly! I told my older brother to save a spot for you!! Why are you and Xiaolian so slow ah?!”

Yu Xiaocao looked at Zhou Shaohua, who gave up his position, and then looked at the long line behind him. She felt that it seemed somewhat unethical to cut in line. In the midst of her hesitation, Zhou Shaohua pulled her arm and led her into the line. He whispered, “I gave this spot to you, so it doesn’t count as cutting in line.”

Yu Xiaocao gave the person behind her a slightly apologetic smile and noticed that it was an acquaintance—Auntie Shuanzhu. In fact, most of the people lining up to sell sandworms were the fishermen of Dongshan Village. As fellow villagers, even if Zhou Shaohua didn’t give her his spot, they could still forgive a little girl for cutting in line.

There were around ten catties of sandworms, which were cleaned very well, in the basket that Shuanzhu’s wife carried. She looked at the kitten’s little head in front of Xiaocao’s chest and laughed, “Oh! Xiaocao, this little kitten that you’re raising looks very spirited and has a very bright color. Xiaocao, you’re standing in line, but where are the sandworms that you dug out?”

Xiaocao smiled bashfully and said, “Xiaolian is carrying it! She’s over there and will come over soon! Auntie, you got a good harvest today. You can probably sell them for one or two taels!”

Shuanzhu’s wife beamed with delight and said, “That’s right! Your Uncle Shuanzhu went out to the sea, so I was idle at home. I heard that someone was buying sandworms, so I came out to earn some money. I didn’t expect myself to be so lucky!”

It wasn’t the first time Tongren Medicine Hall collected sandworms. Doctor Sun came with quite a few workers and had even brought three or four scales over. Each person’s harvest was weighed one by one and there was a person responsible for bookkeeping and paying, so their working speed was quite fast. By the time Xiaolian arrived, there weren’t that many people in front of her.

When it was Zhou Shanhu’s turn, the little girl and her older brother dug out a total of twelve catties of sandworms and earned one tael and two mace. Zhou Shanhu held the silver bits happily and smiled like a blossomed flower.

When it was Xiaocao and her sister’s turn, the smile in Doctor Sun’s eyes deepened. He had a very deep impression of the Yu Family. He had been a doctor for decades and there were very few instances in which he had misdiagnosed and made the wrong judgement. But it was different for the Yu Family.

Yu Xiaocao was born with a weak constitution. Even if she was nourished with medication, it would still be difficult for her to live beyond the age of ten. However, this little girl, who was already nine, was not only alive and kicking, but after diagnosis, all her previous symptoms had disappeared.

Half of Yu Hai’s body had been severely bitten by a bear. Other people would have died a long time ago, let alone keep that fleshless leg. Yet, he not only recovered well, but he could also walk with ease now.

Yu Hang, who worked as an apprentice, was beaten until he had internal bleeding, and even several of his sternal ribs were broken. For cases of internal bleeding like this, ninety percent of them ended up being hard to save. However, with Yu Hang’s body constitution, his bleeding was quickly stopped, and his bones also recovered very quickly. It usually took a hundred days to recover from serious injuries. But Yu Hang was able to follow his father to the town market in less than two months. After taking his pulse, he noticed that not only had his bones recovered, but Yu Hang’s body had also gotten stronger.

He was seriously perplexed by all these cases! Could it be that the Yu Family’s physique was different from that of ordinary people? But there didn’t seem to be anything different from their pulse ah!

With this thought, Doctor Sun took the initiative to greet her, “Little girl, how’s your harvest today?”

“Hello, Doctor Sun!” Whether it was in her past life or this life, it was necessary to have a good relationship with doctors. Yu Xiaocao greeted him politely and said, “Should be pretty good! Will your pharmacy be able to use so many sandworms?”

Sandworms? Worms in the sand! This little lass was really out of the ordinary. Actually, this name was quite vivid.