Abandoned Daughter's Beautiful Pastoral

Chapter 12 Zhao's Anger
Zhang Xiaocao's seemingly consoling words actually discredited the Zhao family unknowingly.

"Xiaocao, don't cry. I can't blame you for this matter. Look at you. You have bled so much. How can you not see a doctor? The chicken should also be paid for. Don't worry about the money for the medicine. Dad will pay it back. You must let Li The doctor will help you take a good look!"

Zhang Dashan gently touched the back of his daughter's head with his calloused palm, and said with distress, now seeing the sobbing child in his arms, he felt very uncomfortable.

Zhang Xiaocao nodded, raised her pale face, and looked at her father with admiration, that little face full of joy made Zhang Dashan look away uncomfortably.

He had always neglected this little daughter before, but he didn't expect to see her grow up to be so big now, but seeing her so thin and small, so different from ordinary children, he suddenly felt that he owed her a lot.

Zhang Xiaocao didn't miss the guilt in his eyes, she lowered her head and curled her lips slightly, which is not bad, if she can get Zhang Dashan's pity, at least she won't be too hard in this family!
As the sun set, the dazzling rays of light covered the whole land with a beautiful coat. On the back mountain, Zhang Xiaocao jumped and shuttled among the grass, humming an out-of-key song while carefully surveying the ground.

These few days have been the most leisurely days for her to come to this world. After the farce that day, Zhang Dashan still failed to get her a chicken, so he asked her not to work until she recovered from the injury, and the housework was assigned by Zhao's family. After sharing the burden with Mrs. Liu, even though Mrs. Zhao was not happy, she did not dare to mess with her husband, so she had time to come out.

After setting the cover, Zhang Xiaocao picked up the two big fat rabbits on the ground, stuffed them happily into the firewood he had just picked up, carried the firewood on his back, and went down the mountain, bypassing passers-by all the way, and sneaked into Grandma Zhang's house from behind.

"Xiaocao is here, how is today?" Grandma Zhang was sitting in the yard mending clothes, when she saw Zhang Xiaocao coming, she asked with a smile.

"Not very good, only two!" Zhang Xiaocao put down the firewood and shook his head.

In the past few days, under the guise of collecting firewood, she went to Houshan to trap rabbits every afternoon. At first, it was okay, there were four or five rabbits every day, and one day there were even six rabbits, but she didn't know that the rabbits became cunning. The place has been cleaned by her, and there are only one or two in the past two days.

But it's not bad, after the past five or six days, she has already set up twenty or thirty.

"Maybe it's cold, and the rabbits don't like to come out anymore!" Grandma Zhang bit off the end of the thread and comforted her with a smile.

Zhang Xiaocao took the rabbit out and put it in the house, and evened out some firewood, and carried it into the utility room.

"It should be like this. I'm planning to try another place. It's almost winter now, and there are fewer snakes, insects, rats and ants on the mountain. I want to go to the mountain to have a look!"

Zhang Xiaocao has long coveted those mountains and forests, but in spring and summer, the mountains are humid and there are too many snakes, insects, rats and ants. She is very afraid of those things and has never dared to go in. Now is a good time, neither hot nor cold and safe !
As soon as the voice fell, Grandma Zhang disapproved: "What's the matter? There are a lot of dirty things in there. You are still a child, how can you go in!"

Zhang Xiaocao looked at the serious Grandma Zhang and didn't dare to refute. Anyway, she will go secretly when the time comes, just keep her from knowing.

"Well, I just don't want to go, anyway, enough for the past few days!"

Grandma Zhang just laughed, she put away her clothes and stood up, dragging Zhang Xiaocao into the room where she slept with a mysterious expression on her face, without avoiding her, she tiptoed to take out a wooden box from the old wardrobe The small purse was handed to her.

Zhang Xiaocao was very excited holding a small purse of some weight, obviously knowing what was in it.

"Open it and have a look, this is the first money we Xiaocao has earned!"

Grandma Zhang said with a smile.

Zhang Xiaocao squeezed it for a while, then calmly opened the purse, dumped the contents on the table at the top of the kang, jingled a few times, and made a unique sound of metal.

Looking at the pile of copper coins, Zhang Xiaocao was excited again. This was the first pot of gold she earned when she came to this world!
Zhang Xiaocao counted twice with great interest, and she was extremely surprised that the previous three rabbit skins sold for a total of [-] coins!
"Grandma, why did you sell it for so much money? I remember that a piece of rabbit skin cost more than [-] yuan, which is not bad!"

Even if winter is approaching, the price of fur will not increase so much. The three hundred yuan does not seem to be much, but you must know that the pork is only eighteen yuan a catty now, and the big meat buns in the town are only one penny each. Well, for an adult man who goes out to work, he only earns [-] to [-] Wen a day. These [-] Wen are undoubtedly a "huge sum" for her!
Including the twenty or thirty rabbits brought in these days, it would cost a lot of money!

Grandma Zhang helped her put the money into her purse, and said happily: "If it is raw hide, it is naturally worthless. Grandma met an old sister who could tan leather earlier, so she sent it to her. This tanned leather , and the rabbit skin is intact without any damage, so it is naturally worth more, but the rabbit meat was left to my old sister as a reward, you can't blame grandma!"

After Zhang Xiaocao heard this, she was very moved, how could she blame her?She didn't expect Grandma Zhang to have such a plan for her. If it wasn't for Grandma Zhang, even if the three rabbit skins were sold together with the meat, they would be worth a hundred dollars at most.

"Look at what grandma said, Xiaocao wants to thank grandma! Grandma is so kind to Xiaocao!" Zhang Xiaocao hugged Grandma Zhang's arm and acted like a baby to her heart's content. When she came to this strange world, Grandma Zhang treated her the best.

"Hey, you're already a big girl, and you're acting like a baby with grandma, aren't you ashamed!"

Grandma Zhang touched her head with a smile, but there were muddy tears in her eyes. She had no children in her life, and she lived a life of poverty and loneliness. If this girl didn't come to accompany her often, she would have been so lonely all her life. It's over.

Zhang Xiaocao didn't feel embarrassed. Although her mental age was already in her twenties, Grandma Zhang gave her the same feeling as her previous grandma. She was kind and warm, and she missed it very much!
The two got close for a while, Zhang Xiaocao took the purse handed over by Grandma Zhang, was about to hide it on her body, took it out after thinking about it, and said seriously: "Grandma should help Xiaocao keep the money!"

If the money is found out by Mrs. Zhao and the others, it will definitely be another big disturbance. Not to mention that everything is looted, she will definitely be forced to continue to use rabbits to take the money back. She doesn't want her hard-earned money to be lost In the pockets of those who can only get in and out.

Grandma Zhang was very happy that Zhang Xiaocao trusted her, and took it without saying a word, and promised to save it for her. She didn't think there was anything wrong with Xiaocao's doing so. Mrs. Zhao wished to take all other people's money into her own In his pocket, if he knew that Xiaocao could earn so much money, he would definitely take it all away, and even force her to keep taking the money back.

(End of this chapter)