Chapter 19 I Want to Make Money Ah

  "Second brother, second brother, where are you? Come out quickly and I'll show you something good." Mysteriously jumping to her second brother's side, with small hands hidden behind her back, "Guess quickly, what is it? If you guess correctly, there will be a prize!"

  Rui Hao put down the live chicken in his hand and said, "What thing? Don't tell me you're going to get eggs from the kitchen again, I don't want to take a beating for you this time."

  It's really a case of "whenever you mention one pot, the other pot is mentioned", I just wanted to refute him but thinking about his second brother's recent behavior, I still didn't want to confront him. Mysteriously, he took out a pickled egg from behind his back, and unexpectedly Ruihao saw it and his face changed color.

  "You little girl, how dare you steal eggs? Oh no, oh no, did anyone see you taking them? Quick, Second Brother will help you return them, otherwise we'll both get another beating today."

  When he was getting into the swing of things, Xi Mei pulled on his sleeve, "Second brother, take a closer look, is this an egg?" Rui Hao only looked down and examined it carefully after hearing Xi Mei say that. Although its appearance was quite similar to an egg, when he cracked open the shell, there were layers of beautiful white 'pine flowers' outside, and when he smelled it, there was a strange smell, anyway, it didn't smell like eggs.

  The puzzled person held it in their hand, "Xi Mei, what is this? It's so pretty, can you eat it?" Xi Mei cooperated and lowered her voice: "Of course, it's something that only rich people can afford to eat. I saw it when I went to the market with my mother a few days ago. The vendor said one plate costs 200 coins."

  "What? 200 wen? Are you kidding me, Tian Ni Xi Mei? This can sell for 200 wen? It's 200 wen, not 2 wen!" Okay, the honest little brother has gone crazy, repeating the same sentence over and over like Shang Lin Sao.

  Before Xi Mei could react, Ruihao rushed into his mother's room like his butt was on fire. He yelled, "Mother, Mother, come quickly, we're going to get rich!" His voice was so loud that it echoed in her ears, lingering as "le le le le".

  Shook his head, oh dear, Second Brother has gone crazy, he's so excited. Hey, don't you remember who was the one who knew that the preserved egg was a success and rolled around on the kang in excitement just now?

  "Zhao's voice came from inside the house. 'What's wrong again, scaring people half to death every day with all that commotion? And shouting about getting rich? Are you still not awake from your sleep?' Without even lifting an eye to take a look, he left the child standing there, frozen in place."

  "Mother, I didn't just wake up. Look, Xi Mei said that this is the rare thing you saw when we were eating at the restaurant a few days ago. One plate costs 200 coins. Take a look and see if it's the same." After finishing speaking, she carefully placed the thing in her hand in front of her mother.

  Looking at the mischievous little son, it seems that not paying attention to him today will not work. He perfunctorily said: "Okay, I'll take a look, let's see what this 200 yuan treasure is. If I find out you're lying, be careful or your butt will be in trouble."

  Picked up the precious thing said by his son, peeled off the skin and looked at the exposed tawny-colored thing with surprise. The more he looked, the more it seemed like what Xiao Er had said that day. Uncertain, he called out to Xi Ju and Xi Mei, clearing his throat before speaking in a complete sentence.

  "Take a look, is this the thing we saw that day?" Xi Ju looked ahead and said uncertainly: "It looks like it, but none of us have eaten it before, so I don't know if it's really this flavor."

  Xi Mei said straightforwardly, "What's the need to taste it? Just by looking at its color and shape, you can tell what it is." She turned her head and asked Rui Hao, "Second brother, where did you get this expensive thing from? I'm sure it didn't come cheap."

  Ruihao said with a smile: "Where did I buy it? This was given to me by Ximai, if you want to ask, you should ask her."

  Cut, harvested two white eyes, and it's not your proud thing. Ruihao embarrassedly touched his nose and went out to find Ximei.

  Outside the house, Xi Mei thought to herself that it was finally her turn to make an appearance. She rearranged her lies, rubbed her face, and yawned with a hint of tears in her eyes. Alright, the disguise is successful. Seeing her father and older brother walking towards her, she quickly ran up and hugged her father's leg.

  "Dad, it's all gone wrong." Chen Tianfa looked at his youngest daughter by his leg, put his hands under her armpits and sat her on his shoulders, his two big hands grasping Xi Mei's two small thighs. "Come on, tell Dad what's gone wrong?"

  "Oh no, it's all because of you, Father is laughing at me, Mother must have known that I was the one who secretly took the eggs. Waaah, I didn't mean to steal them, I just wanted the hen to lay more chicks so I put them in the nest." Two small chubby hands pretended to wipe away tears.

  "What? The egg was stolen by you? Why didn't you say so, this isn't letting Second Brother get beaten for nothing?" Rui Xuan said in surprise.

  "Oh no, I didn't steal, I heard Aunt Qian say that old hens can hatch chicks, so I took four eggs from Mother. Later, Mother got angry and hit Second Brother, I was scared, so I hid them. Today, I took them out and found they had all gone bad. I didn't do it on purpose. What should I do? Mother will definitely scold me." After saying that, tears fell even faster.

  Chen Tianfa saw Xi Mei really crying and hurriedly coaxed her, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. If your mother hits you, I'll, I'll..."

  "What's wrong with you? The two of them stared at him with big, shiny eyes. "I'll take the beating for you, just like your second brother." This made Xi Mei burst out laughing."

  "Alright, you little scamp, were you just pretending to cry? You got your dad so worried. Just wait and see if I don't spank your bottom." Chen Tianfa pretended to be angry.

  "Dad, you'd better worry about what you'll do, mom will definitely 'teach' you a lesson. Haha. Let's go find mom!"

  Helplessly shaking his head, he carried Xi Mei and was about to enter when they coincidentally bumped into Rui Hao who had come out to look for someone on his mother's orders. The few of them looked at each other before entering the house with a sense of resignation.

  Who would have thought that as soon as he entered the house, he saw Zhao's wife walking back and forth in the room like a madwoman. She looked both happy and worried at the same time. When she saw Chen Tianfa enter, it was as if she had found her mainstay.

  "Hey, Dad, come quick and take a look. This seems to be something that's only sold in the town, and it costs 200 wen per plate! What are we going to do? I heard them say that this rare thing is only available in the capital city now. Let's take it out and sell it too. At this rate, our family will get rich!"

  Not understanding what Zhao said, Chen Tianfa thought for a moment and said: "Isn't this something that Xi Mei herself messed up? If it's the same as before, and people get poisoned, how can we afford to compensate?"

  Rui Xuan added: "Mother, even if it's really worth selling, our family has no power or influence. If others say we're robbing them, they'll just rob us. Who knows, maybe they'll even frame us for stealing the recipe and pin some crime on us? We've seen examples of forced confessions before. Not to mention... our village head..."

  Before he could finish speaking, the whole family shuddered in unison. The child was right; otherwise, they would not only fail to make money but also risk losing their own lives.

  The atmosphere in the room suddenly dropped. Xi Mei was anxious to death, money, money, don't fly away, she vowed with her life that this thing wouldn't poison people to death.

  Alas, she's really suffocating. I'd love to tell her parents that this won't kill anyone, but no one would believe her.

  Don't worry, think of a way. Ah, yes, isn't there the small tyrant family that has no power? With their family as a backing, we don't have to be afraid of anyone causing trouble. What if it's poisonous? That's easy to handle, we can use the dog from the Li Zheng family for experimentation.

  "Mother, I've got an idea. We can use this thing to feed the dog. If the dog eats it and doesn't die, then it's definitely not poisonous. We can't sell it and we can't eat it ourselves, Mother. I want to try what a 200-cash thing tastes like."

  "Mom, I want to too." "I also want to, I also want to."

  Ruihao, Xihe shouted beside him. Zhao thought for a moment that it was a good idea, but after all, dogs are also lives, and besides, her family didn't have a dog either.

  As soon as she saw her mother thinking, Ji Mei knew that her mother had agreed. She coquettishly said: "Mother, we can let the dog from the Li family try it out, their dog is so vicious, it bit to death several chickens in neighbor Wu's house. And also, last time it almost bit Shang brother."

  "Yes, mother, let it eat. Every day it's causing trouble, not only scaring the kids, but also eating Wu Nainai's chickens. Wu Nainai was still hoping to sell their eggs for money." Ruihao added.

  The saying "dogs are like their owners" is absolutely right, the dog in her house is just as annoying as its owner, she has been displeased with it for a long time. Today, she took advantage of it and one day she will personally deal with it.

  Zhao thought about it and didn't continue to stop them. Seeing that their mother had acquiesced, the children happily ran out.

  Carrying a balut, they quietly put it on their body and circled around for a while before several people saw the black dog chasing ducks by the river. Ruihao took aim at it and threw out the balut. The black dog let out a loud bark, lowered its head to see the projectile, sniffed it with its nose, pawed at it a few times, and then hesitantly ate it.

  "Swallow it, swallow it." Xi He laughed happily in the haystack. Xi Mei thought that tomorrow they would know, and her parents would also be at ease, but it was a pity about that egg, she herself didn't even dare to eat it.

  After seeing the black dog finish eating a few people, now several siblings are all looking forward to tomorrow coming soon.