Mrs. Shu tilted her head and winked at Shu Mingzhi, "You've also warmed up the money. Take it out and show it to everyone."
A few broken pieces of silver were thrown on the table, and the whole family's eyes widened.
"This, so much?" Old Man Shu stretched out his hand tremblingly, and after shaking for a long time, he grabbed the money. "Coconut oil is still valuable, and we can earn more than traveling to the sea. How about we not go to the beach tomorrow?"
Mrs. Shu looked at Lao Qi's head wrapped in rice dumplings and nodded in agreement, "Let's not go now. I'll do more in the next few days. I'll bring it back to the county to see if it sells. If it doesn't, I'll go to the sea."
Anyway, the sea is right in front of you, so you can go there anytime, but if you miss this good opportunity to sell coconut oil, you may miss it.
Old Man Shu counted the money twice and was so happy that he didn't even think about eating. He finished the rice porridge in several gulps and shouted that he wanted to go out to pick coconuts.
The rest of the family was also excited, unable to sleep due to excitement, and spent most of the night digging for coconut meat in the yard with lights on.
That night, the family was so busy that they didn't go to bed until very late. The next day before dawn, old man Shu quickly got up to grind coconut milk. Not long after grinding, several Ming, Sun and Yang also got up.
So those who cooked and opened coconuts got busy again.
It was still the same for the next two days. Everyone in the family kept talking about coconuts, and even talked about coconuts in their sleep at night.
Old Shu was even more exaggerated. He was lying on the bed in the middle of the night, his arms and legs fluttering back and forth. The old lady thought he was possessed and hurriedly slapped him awake.
When I woke up, I asked if I was sick. I was dreaming about grinding a millstone. As for why my arms and legs were moving together, it was said that my arms couldn't exert enough strength in the dream and I had to use my legs to push.
On the fourth day, Shu Mingzhi, Shu Mingli and Yan Yan went to the county town with baskets full of coconut oil, shredded coconut and Mrs. Shu's special cakes.
Yan Yan was still thinking about the beautiful sister who had cheered her last time, so as soon as she entered the city, she went straight to the Yuan family in the east end of the city.
Shu Mingzhi laughed at her from behind, "There are so many people named Yuan in the world. If you didn't ask in advance, where would you find them?"
Xiaotuanzi snorted at him arrogantly, "Fifth uncle said that there are plaques hung in front of the doors of wealthy families. You can find them by following the words on the plaques. You don't need to ask at all."
"Then do you know the word 'Yuan'?" Shu Mingzhi asked.
"Of course I do, my fifth uncle taught me!"
Someone answered loudly, but when she got to the east of the city and needed to use her reading skills, she wilted.
There is a plaque hanging in front of this house, one horizontally, one vertically, and then another horizontally. It looks like the character Yuan. No, the character on the plaque in front of another house seems to be more similar.
Xiaotuanzi's face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd. Why did these words look so similar? She almost didn't recognize them.
Pian Shu Mingzhi was still adding fuel to the fire, "How about it, do you recognize it after looking at it for a long time? If you don't recognize it, uncle will ask someone else."
How could the face-conscious Yan Yan lower her head, close her eyes, and quickly point her finger back and forth in front of the two houses, "The little rooster clicks on the beans, and I will go find whoever I click on... Okay, this is it!"
"
Xiaotuanzi pointed to the house on the left very confidently, raised his short legs, and was about to go over and knock on the door. At this time, a woman's voice sounded from the right side: "The girl selling coconut oil, is that you?"
When he turned around, he saw that the maid Cuicui was standing in front of another house with a basket, a look of confusion and uncertainty on her face.
The expression on Xiaotuanzi's face collapsed for a moment, and then he forced a bright smile and said, "Yes, it's me, sister. I'm here to bring you cakes."
Looking at Xiaotuanzi's stubborn back, Shu Mingli and Shu Mingzhi suppressed laughter until their cheeks turned red. Finally, they couldn't hold it in any longer and snot spurted out from their noses.
Cuicui stepped back in disgust, wanting to turn around and leave, but her girl really loved eating cakes made of coconut milk and coconut oil, so she had to endure it.
"You guys wait at the door, I'll ask my lady to come out." Cuicui simply told her and left.
Shu Mingzhi leaned against the door and shook his head, "This family is really interesting. The maid is more assertive than the young lady."
As soon as he finished speaking, a man dressed as a servant came over. He was more arrogant than Cuicui. He chased people away when he came up, "Go, go, you are a bunch of stinky beggars. Do you know where this place is? How dare you come here?"
Tired of living?"
"Aren't you just a stinky janitor? Why are you dragging me?" Shu Mingli had a bad temper. If he didn't follow them, he would scold them whenever he opened his mouth.
One sentence made the man angry, "Yes, I am a stinky doorman, but you have to see whose door I am looking at first! This is the residence of Magistrate Yuan of Qinshui County, do you understand?"
Shu Mingzhi, who was leaning against the door, trembled and almost doubled over, "This, is this the magistrate's house?"
His niece's eyes were too vicious, right? She hugged the county magistrate's daughter's lap when she came up?
Seeing the sudden change in his expression, the man became even more proud, "Are you afraid now? It's too late to be afraid. Kneel down and apologize to me. If you don't kneel down, I will take you to the county government and put you in jail!"
"I didn't know that the servants of Yuan Mansion were so capable. They could arrest people and put them in jail at will."
The frail girl holding an embroidered handkerchief scared the man to his knees as soon as he appeared.
"Miss, I, I..."
"Stop me." The girl glanced at him coldly, "Don't kneel either. I'm not as grand as you. I have to kneel down to apologize."
The man was so frightened that he had a cold sweat on his forehead. He stammered to form words and wanted to explain a few words. Unexpectedly, after the girl said that, she stopped looking at him and walked straight across the threshold towards Yan Yan.
At this time, Xiaotuanzi looked at her with red hearts in her eyes, "Pretty sister, you are so cool!"
The girl was stunned, "Cool? What does this word mean?"
"I'm just praising you for being so powerful, just like... the super powerful heroine in the story, who defeated the bad guy with just two moves."
In order to make the girl understand better, Xiaotuanzi also used his hand as a sword and made two moves in a formal manner.
However, her short arms and legs move like a large glutinous rice dumpling, which is not cool at all, but a little bit funny.
The girl was amused by her and reached out to rub her cheek, "Little sister, my sister's name is Yuan Nianyun. You can call me Sister Nianyun. What's your name?"
"My name is Yan Yan, Shu Yanyan." Xiaotuanzi announced his name loudly, and after thinking about it, he introduced his two uncles, "This black one is my third uncle; this one is ugly, and
The smelly and annoying one is my fourth uncle."
Shu Mingzhi: "???"
Didn't he just snatch a few wontons from Xiaotuanzi a few days ago? How could he be so vindictive?
"Children can't lie. If you take a closer look, what's wrong with me?"
Xiaotuanzi stuck out his tongue at him, "Everywhere is ugly. If you don't believe me, ask Sister Nianyun, is my fourth uncle ugly?"
Yuan Nianyun glanced at Shu Mingzhi and agreed casually: "Well, it seems a bit..."
Before he finished his sentence, he laughed to himself.
For some reason, when looking at the woman in front of him who covered her lips and smiled, Shu Zhizhi was empty-headed, with only one thought left in his mind: As expected of the county magistrate's daughter, she looks so pretty when she smiles, much prettier than the girls in the village.