Accountant Su took his own share of the land and didn't want anyone else to share Xiao Jinbao's blessings.
Everyone looks at me and I look at you, and everyone knows very well that the Su family's recent good luck must be related to his family's Jinbao.
The next day, early in the morning, there was a knock on the door of Lao Su's house.
Li Xiu'e was putting on Jinbao's shoes and wondered: "Who is knocking on the door this early in the morning?"
"I'll open the door!"
Su Xiaowu jumped from the bed to the ground and ran quickly to the yard.
The people standing outside the door were Deng Jinxiu, the daughter-in-law of Xia Guoqing, the Su family's next door neighbor, as well as the Xia family's daughter Xia Qiaoqiao and son Xia Tiesheng.
"Aunt Deng?" Su Xiaowu looked at them doubtfully, "Strange, why are you here?"
Although the two families are neighbors, they rarely interact with each other. Xia Qiaoqiao likes to go to Su's house, but she rarely comes recently.
Xia Qiaoqiao's mother thought Su Xiaowu was naughty and thought he would lead her daughter into mischief, and she didn't like the two of them playing together.
Her father is a clerk in the production team, and he has heard about the affairs of the old Su family in the past few days.
Last night, he and his wife talked quietly for a long time and decided that Jin Bao must be a lucky star.
He said: "I remember that when I was still young, Uncle Changzhu always said that he wanted to have a daughter. One time he and my father were drinking together, and Uncle Changzhu got drunk.
My father asked him why he always wanted to have a daughter. What’s so good about a daughter? If you get married, you’ll be someone else’s child and you won’t be able to come back for a few years.
He told my dad a lot of stories."
Under the covers, Deng Jinxiu was curious and asked her husband, "What story were you telling?"
"Uncle Changzhu asked my father, 'Do you know who my grandfather's grandfather is?'
My dad said how did he know? Was his great-great-grandfather a famous big shot?
After hearing this, Uncle Changzhu slapped the table and said, "Isn't that right? His great-great-grandfather was a very rich man. At that time, a rich man could easily buy a city..."
Before Xia Guoqing finished telling the story, Deng Jinxiu laughed out loud, "Uncle Changzhu is bragging, right? Who believes it? The old Su family is so poor. I have never seen his family have anything valuable."
"Yeah, my dad didn't believe it either, so he thought he was bragging. When Uncle Changzhu heard this, he got angry and stood up to leave. But my dad hurriedly stopped him and asked him to explain it in detail. Maybe he would believe it himself.
Already."
"Then?" Deng Jinxiu asked.
Xia Guoqing said: "Then Uncle Changzhu said that many, many years ago, his grandfather's grandfather was very patriarchal. When he gave birth to a son, he would throw a big banquet. When he gave birth to a daughter, he would not even raise her, but would just throw her into the wilderness to feed wolves.
Once he met an old immortal.
The old god told him that every time a male was added to his family, the Su family would become poorer and poorer, until they would not even have enough to eat and would beg on the streets.
If you want to resolve it, you have to give birth to a daughter.
Only by giving birth to a daughter can one turn poverty into wealth..."
This story sounded so mysterious that Deng Jinxiu couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Uncle Changzhu and his great-great-grandfather believed it?"
"Of course I don't believe it, but it's strange that since then, the wives of Uncle Changzhu's great-great-grandfather's family have not given birth to a daughter for him, and the entire Su family has really become poorer and poorer."
Xia Guoqing paused for a moment, then continued: "Uncle Changzhu said that for such a big family, his grandfather's generation only had dozens of acres of land left, and his father didn't even have half an acre of land. The family could only move to this village.
Work for the landlord."
Deng Jinxiu was still satisfied after hearing this.
She sighed: "Oh, I don't know if this story is true or not, but it sounds quite similar."
"Uncle Changzhu told this story to my dad once when he was drunk, but he never mentioned it again. My dad even asked him about it, but he didn't admit it."
"Why?"
"My ancestors belonged to the landlord class, or were big landlords in a feudal society. This is not something worth showing off, so of course I won't mention it if I can."
Deng Jinxiu thought it made sense and nodded, "That's right. I could brag about it before, but not anymore."
"Now in the new society, farmers are the masters of the country, and we farmers have the most status."
When it comes to his identity as a farmer, Xia Guoqing feels particularly proud.
Deng Jinxiu was thinking about Jinbao. She was the only daughter of the Su family in several generations.
"Do you think Jin Bao is really a lucky star?
Xia Guoqing lowered his voice, "I think it's probably because the old Su family has been both a fish and a rabbit recently, and they were even allocated two pieces of land in the village..."
"Isn't that what you get through household division?"
"Before Jinbao came to the village, none of us even knew what dividing households meant, and no one asked. Now even if we knew, there would be no land left to divide. Who would be willing to dig up the land?"
Deng Jinxiu thought for a moment and said, "That's right."
"Why don't you go to Su's house tomorrow? Meet Jin Bao and say something nice. Maybe our family will get some luck."
"Okay, I also want to see what Fu Xing looks like. Our two families are so close, but I haven't even seen what Jin Bao looks like."
After Deng Jinxiu finished speaking, he took his son and daughter to Su's house the next day, carrying two potatoes in his hand.
Unexpectedly, it was Su Xiaowu who opened the door. She was stunned for a moment and tried to force out a smile, "It's Xiaowu. Where is your sister? Have you gotten up?"
"Why are you asking my sister?"
Su Xiaowu stared at Deng Jinxiu with a wary expression.
At this time, Li Xiu'e happened to walk out of the house holding Jin Bao, "Hey! It's his wife's National Day? What's going on this early in the morning?"
"Aunt Li," Deng Jinxiu said with a smile, "your granddaughter is here. I should have come to see her a long time ago. Tie has been ill these past few days. I have been taking care of him at home, so I just came to visit today."
After she finished speaking, she put the potatoes she was carrying into her son's hand and motioned for him to deliver them to Jinbao.
Xia Tiesheng took the potatoes and trotted up to Grandma Li, looking up at Jinbao.
When he was looking at her, Xiao Jinbao was also looking at him, her big eyes were slightly lowered, and her thick crow-blue eyelashes cast two fan-shaped shadows in the eye sockets.
The sunlight reflected in her eyes seemed to be filled with clear and fine crystals, and the brilliance was flowing.
At just one glance, Xia Tiesheng was stunned. He just stared at Jinbao blankly, thinking that she looked like the lucky doll in the New Year pictures. No, she was cuter and more beautiful than the lucky doll.
To be more precise, like a fairy...
Yes! Like a little fairy!
"Tiesheng, why are you just standing there? Give the things to Grandma Li quickly."
After hearing what his mother said, Xia Tiesheng came back to his senses and his cheeks turned red.
"Grandma Li," he lifted the potato high, "this is for... the fairy sister to eat."
Yao Hua, who was standing not far away, frowned tightly.
What is this boy called Jinbao?
Fairy sister?
But why did he call Jin Bao that when we first met?
Different from Yao Hua's irritation, Li Xiu'e laughed out loud, arched her eyebrows and asked, "Tiesheng, why do you call me Fairy Jinbao?"
"Because fairies are the most beautiful girls in the sky, this sister seems to have come down from the sky."