The next day, Yingbao indeed "found" a lot of water chestnuts.
Water chestnuts are scattered throughout the ditch, a few here, a few there, and a few further away.
She could always pull out a few trees from the ditch when Danni and Ernie were unaware.
This confused Dani and Erni.
Erni also had little knowledge and thought that her eyesight was not as bright as her cousin's, so she didn't notice that there were bachelor grasses hidden in the ditch.
Dani, who was already ten years old, was very puzzled and didn't understand why her little cousin could pull out several bachelor grass trees full of water chestnuts when she went to the place where she had already searched and found nothing.
Oh, forget it, since I can't find anything, let my little cousin look for it alone, and I and Erni will just pick it up behind.
So, Dani and Erni followed behind to collect the bachelor grass that Yingbao had "plucked out", and gathered them together into a big pile.
After Yingbao took out 30% of the water chestnuts in the cave, he stopped in time.
At this moment, Jiang Quan came, followed by two boys.
These two boys are the youngest sons of plasterers Li Dayong and Li Eryong respectively. One is named Li Dao, nine years old, and the other is named Li He, eight years old.
Their father was building adobe bricks for the Jiang family in Xiaonanshan, and their brothers and sisters were also there helping to cut grass and dry grass stems for use in Heni.
They were young and couldn't help much, so they followed Jiang Quan to catch fish and shrimps to improve the food for their family.
"Oh, so many water chestnuts."
Jiang Quan had already eaten this thing yesterday, and it was extremely delicious. Now that he saw his sisters finding a lot more, he was so happy.
This stuff is much more delicious than wild cherries and sour apricots, and it tastes even better after being cooked.
"Second brother, please hurry up and pick them." Dani shouted: "There are so many, we can't finish them."
"Oh." Jiang Quan came over, put down his backpack and net, and squatted down to pick water chestnuts.
Brothers Li Dao and Li He also came to help.
Yingbao washed a few and handed them to the Li brothers: "I'll give you a taste first."
She had eaten the food given by these two children last year, and now it was time to return the favor.
Li Dao and Li He were embarrassed to take it at first, but later they saw that Jiang Quan also ate it, so they took it.
Jiang Quan said while eating: "Yingbao, how did you find so many water chestnuts? Why didn't I see them before?"
He often fishes and catches shrimps with his friends, but he didn't realize that such good things still grow in the river ditches here.
Yingbao said seriously: "You just want to catch fish and shrimps, of course you can't see them."
Jiang Quan touched his nose and felt that what his cousin said made sense.
I really didn't pay much attention to the water plants in the ditch.
"Second brother, we will definitely not be able to finish these water chestnuts. There is a market tomorrow, so why not take them to the town and sell them."
Ying Bao thought about how to take advantage of the opportunity of selling water chestnuts to get some more. After all, there were still many in the cave, and piling them would take up space.
Jiang Quan's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I will carry it to the collection tomorrow."
He is now twelve years old and already understands the importance of money.
Not to mention that it will cost money to get a wife and have children in the future, let’s just say that right now, I don’t even have money to buy anything I like.
The hundred cents in his hand were given to him by his third uncle last time. He didn't want to spend any of them, so he hid them all in the hole in the wall.
Ying Bao pursed her lips and smiled, and made a request: "I'll go too."
She was going to Jishang to order a leather saddle for the fawn so that she could ride it for long distances.
"Ah?" Jiang Quan scratched his head, "What are you going to do?"
My little cousin is so young and can't walk very fast, so it will be troublesome to take her to the market.
Moreover, if something goes wrong and I go to the market to sell things, it would be bad if I lose my little cousin.
"I'm going." Yingbao saw her second cousin's reluctance and immediately said, "I can walk by myself and don't need you to carry me on my back."
Jiang Quan twitched the corner of his mouth and nodded helplessly: "Okay, okay, don't feel tired when the time comes."
"Yeah." Ying Bao has been exercising and running for more than ten miles alone will not be a problem.
Moreover, I eat a handful of Wuding Zhi every day, and now I am stronger than Yuan Bao, and I can run as well as him.
Early the next morning, Yingbao got up early, fed the deer first, and then sprinkled the chickens with some wheat produced in the cave.
After hurriedly washing up, I grabbed a piece of egg pancake that my mother had just made and ran to the front yard.
I came to my uncle's house in the front yard and looked around for my second cousin, but I couldn't find him.
After asking my aunt, I found out that my second cousin had gone to the market early in the morning carrying water chestnuts on his back.
Ying Bao was stunned for a while, then suddenly she started to cry, her howl was so loud that it shook the world.
Of course, she wasn't really crying. She was quite young in all her previous lives and had never encountered sad things, so she couldn't shed tears.
But she was too angry, angry that the boy had gone back on his word and betrayed his promise.
I am not willing to let my auntie take good care of him today.
Sure enough, the eldest uncle panicked and quickly hugged her little niece and patted her, "What's wrong with Bao'er?"
Yingbao howled at the top of her lungs and did not waste any time in accusing her second cousin, "My second brother said he would take Bao'er to the fair, but he actually ran away alone... Wow wow wow... he didn't mean what he said, he lied to Bao'er..."
The eldest mother-in-law had no choice but to pat her and coax her: "Bao'er, be good, when your second brother comes back, the eldest mother-in-law will whip him hard. Come on, don't cry. The eldest mother-in-law just made the water chestnut cake. It will be steamed in a while and given to Bao'er to eat."
Grandma Jiang Liu was also startled by Yingbao's howling and asked repeatedly what was going on.
Knowing that it was the second grandson who did not take his granddaughter to the market, he stamped his feet and cursed: "When he comes back, grandma will scold him. He is a stinky boy who dares to bully my little sister."
Then he called the eldest grandson loudly: "Dacheng! Dacheng!"
Jiang Cheng was ventilating the bamboo shed. When he heard grandma calling him, he responded: "What's the matter?"
"You have nothing to do today. Just take your cousin to the market. Grandma will give you twenty coins. If you see anything delicious on the market, buy some to try."
Last time, the third son gave her a whole lot of money at once. Now Jiang Liu has a lot of money and is happy to use money to make her granddaughter happy.
"Oh!" Jiang Cheng promised: "I'll be there soon."
Ying Bao stopped crying when she saw it was good, and rubbed her eyes to stop crying.
"What a good child." Mrs. Jiang Liu took Ying Bao and sat down at the small table in the yard, and took a clean cloth to wipe her face.
Jiang Cheng came out of the bamboo shed and asked with a smile: "Yingbao wants to go to the market?"
Ying Bao nodded, "I think so."
"My cousin will take you there." Jiang Cheng said, "It just so happens that Dani also wants to go to Jishang, so you can come together."
Ying Bao jumped up happily, hugged her eldest brother's calf, raised her neck and complimented: "The eldest brother is the best, better than the second brother."
Jiang Cheng smiled and picked up Ying Bao, putting her in a backpack and carrying her on his back.
Dani ran out happily, not even burning the sugar fire in the stove, went back to the house, changed her clothes, and followed behind her elder brother.
The aunt took out a few hot pieces of water chestnut cake from the newly opened steamer, wrapped them in washed reed leaves, stuffed them into the basket where Ying Bao was sitting, and said: "Wait until they are cool before eating, be careful not to burn them.
