big sister headed home

Chapter 24

Dou Hua led the donkey into the house. In the yard, Dou Cui led the two boys. They were drying the grass on the straw mat.

"Big sister, you're back." Dou Cui shouted happily, "Go forward and take the bamboo basket on Dou Hua's back and put it away." Then she took a bowl of warm water from the house and handed it to her. Dou Hua walked all the way I was thirsty, took the bowl' drank it with a few sips, Dou Cui saw it and went to bring out another bowl'Dou Hua finished it together and wiped her mouth'The thirsty throat is much more comfortable'Sighed in my heart' It's nice to have a well-behaved and sensible girl.

After drinking the water, 'Dou Hua walked over' to remove the white flour from the donkey's back and put it in the kitchen cabinet, and then came out to settle the donkey.

"Big sister, where did you pick up a donkey? It looks so thin." Dou Lin raised his neck and saw the skinny donkey, exclaimed, ran to the donkey, walked around several times, and boldly stretched out his hand After touching it twice, the little Dou Hong behind her became much more timid. She only dared to stand in the distance and look at it, not daring to get closer. Her big black and white eyes blinked and blinked, all curious.

"You boy, you have heard of someone picking up donkeys. How lucky it is to pick them up. I bought this for my eldest sister, and it will be ours from now on." Dou Hua smiled, looking at Dou Lin With a sizing look, he said again, "This donkey is for our family's work, not for food, put away your little thoughts, and don't think about eating anything. Now the donkey looks thin because it was not fed before. Well, feed it well in the future, and it will be fine if you put meat on it."

Dou Hua is very satisfied with this donkey. This donkey looks very thin, but it has a big frame, a strong body, and good strength. The bag of white noodles that Dou Hua bought was for it to carry back. The previous king Xiucai also said that he could ride a man. Three years ago, he rode this donkey to the capital to take the exam. This is a donkey who has seen the world. Maybe Wang Xiucai stayed with this donkey for a long time and talked a lot. This donkey can also understand a thing or two about human words, which is very understandable.

Although she can ride people, Dou Hua saw that the donkey was too skinny, and worried that her current body would crush the donkey if she stepped on it. She also felt sorry for the donkey. It helps his family to work hard.

On the way back, Dou Hua just let the donkey carry a bag of white noodles, and she was not willing to ride it. If the donkey can grow stronger in the future, she will probably ride it for a while. It is also good for her legs.

The donkey was shaking its head and looking around, and when it heard what Dou Hua said, it kicked its hooves happily, raised its head and let out a donkey bray,——En~~
As Dou Lin approached, he just heard the loud voice of the donkey. He was startled, took a few steps back, and almost sat down on the ground. He pointed at the donkey and looked at Dou Hua, "Sister, this donkey brays really badly." ~"

"That's right, the voice is really loud, it sounds scary." Little Dou Hong was also startled when she moved away, and hid directly behind Dou Hua, showing a face and looking at the gray-black donkey.

"What are you afraid of? Don't be afraid. Donkeys always bray like this. It's saying hello to you. It's smart and can understand people's words." Dou Hua patted Dou Hong's head to comfort her.

"Really? Sister, it can understand human speech. I have seen the big yellow dog in Dou Dafei's family who can understand human speech. I have never seen a donkey who can understand human speech." Dou Lin was full of curiosity and courage. Get up, run to the donkey's head, raise your little head, and walk towards the donkey,

"Donkey, can you really understand me? Then you nod and let me see."

The donkey tilted its head, moved its erect ears twice, snorted twice, blinked its big eyes twice, scratched the ground with its front hooves, and finally tapped its big head twice.

"Ah! Sister, you see it really understands what I say, that's great, hahaha~" Dou Lin watched clearly in front of him, and when he saw the donkey nodding obediently, he was so happy that he clapped his hands and jumped up.

Dou Cui also found it interesting, so she just stared at the donkey for a while without saying a word.Little Dou Hong came out from behind Dou Hua, approached boldly, and looked at this miraculous donkey with surprise in her eyes.

Dou Hua had seen this donkey's understanding before, and she still remembered that when the donkey and Wang Xiucai parted, he was so reluctant to leave, and followed Wang Xiucai back and forth, and from time to time he used his big head to hit him. It was clearly trying to curry favor, if not for Wang Xiucai's persuasion for a long time, this donkey would not have been willing to leave with him.

"Little Huizi, I'll call you Little Huizi, okay? This is your name. If you like it, please nod." Dou Lin was very excited now, and immediately named the donkey, not forgetting to ask for his opinion .

The donkey also gave face, and the big head nodded directly, accepting the name. Since then, Little Huizi has become an important member of Dou Hua's family, and the whole family likes it very much.

"Little Huizi, are you hungry? We planted a lot of grass for the rabbits. They can't finish it. Whether you eat it or not depends on where it is." Dou Lin pointed to the grass that was drying in the yard to offer treasure.

Little Huizi nodded his big head, raised his head and let out a yelp, as if he couldn't wait, his shriveled stomach was already hungry, and he was just waiting for the meal, if it wasn't for the fact that the owner told him that he would be able to eat and drink well when he came back, and he wouldn't be hungry Stomach, also said that he can come to see him often in the future, and he is reluctant to leave his master no matter what.

There is no livestock shed at home, so Dou Hua had to clean up part of the firewood shed first, and let the donkey live in it. The reins were tied to the pillars of the shed. Dou Cui found a basket, and Dou Lin carried a lot of grass over there. The donkey was happy. He ate his head down and flicked his tail behind him from time to time, apparently in a good mood.

Dou Qing came back from collecting firewood with a basket on his back. When he entered the yard, he saw Dou Lin's two little ones surrounding the firewood shed. Following them, Dou Qing saw the thin gray and black donkey.At the moment, he didn't care about drying the firewood, put down the head of the basket on his back, and ran over.

"Lin'er, where did this donkey come from? Where's the eldest sister, is she back yet?" Dou Qing asked.

"Big sister is back. This is our donkey. It was bought by the big sister. It's called Little Huizi. I named it. This donkey is smart and can understand human speech~" Dou Lin replied, and then said to the donkey. Looking at the donkey, he said, "Little Huizi, this is my elder brother, please say hello to him."

The donkey was chewing grass. Hearing this, he raised his head, glanced at Dou Qing, shook his head, finished chewing the grass in his mouth, snorted, opened his mouth and howled as a greeting, and continued I bury my head in eating grass to fill my stomach.

Hearing this loud voice suddenly, Dou Qing couldn't help being startled, and took a step back.Little Dou Hong next to him grinned, "Look, I'm not the only one who is scared, even my elder brother was scared by Little Huizi's cry."

"This really belongs to our family?" Dou Qing was surprised and puzzled, but most of all he was happy. After all, he is older and knows the importance of an animal to the family. Having this donkey is a lot of labor, which is much more laborious than theirs. These kids are too much to use.

"It really belongs to our family. If you don't believe me, you can ask the eldest sister. She cooks with the second sister in the kitchen. If you don't believe me, you can ask." Dou Lindao, his attention was still on the donkey, seeing that the grass in the basket had bottomed out. He ran to hug a lot, "Donkey, you are hungry, eat more, there is plenty of grass, we will go to hay in the afternoon."

"Qing'er, come back, then wash your hands, eat, the meal is ready, and you two, don't look at the donkey, it is at our house, and it can't run, you can watch it every day~" Dou Hua from shouted from the house.

"Hey, we know." The little ones replied.

Dou Qing suppressed the doubts in his heart, scooped water from the rain urn in the yard, and led the two little ones to wash their hands together.

In the kitchen, the small table has been set up, simple dough pancakes, and a pot of stewed pheasant with mushrooms, which is the one that Dou Hua killed yesterday. Several people ate the fragrant chicken with the pancakes, it was very sweet.

After the meal, Dou Qing couldn't wait to ask Dou Hua, "Sister, does that donkey really belong to our family? Didn't you borrow it?"

"Of course not, it belongs to our family. The eldest sister sold the donkey bought with medicinal herbs and spent ten taels of silver." Dou Hua said.

"Ten taels of silver? It's so expensive, how can our family have so much money?" Dou Qing was very clear about his family's situation.

"I earned money selling medicinal herbs. I went up to the mountain yesterday. I was lucky enough to dig a wild ginseng. I heard from the shopkeeper of the medicine shop that it was eight or nine years old. He liked it when he saw it. He took 20 taels of silver. There are also those wild ginseng. And gave ten taels of silver, and these medicinal herbs got a total of 30 taels of silver." Dou Hua didn't hide it, and told a few little ones about the sale of medicinal herbs, so that they could understand how the money came from, which was also regarded as A kind of financial training.

"Hey! 30 taels of silver! That's a lot!" Dou Qing gasped, very surprised.

"Is 30 taels a lot of silver, more than ten copper plates?" Xiao Dou Hong was puzzled, she was too young to know the value of silver.

"Of course, you stupid girl, what do you know, this silver is worth more than copper plates, one tael of silver is worth a thousand copper plates." Dou Lin knew more.

"I'm not stupid, you are stupid, you are the most stupid." When Xiao Dou Hong heard someone say she was stupid, she pouted and refused.

Dou Hua briefly talked about selling medicinal herbs to buy donkeys, and after she finished speaking, she did not forget to tell the younger ones to remind them, "You are not allowed to talk about my ability to dig medicine and sell money, as long as you know it yourself, Also, if someone asks if our family has any money, you either say you don’t know, or you say you don’t, if that’s not the case, you just say that I manage the money, and none of you know, just write it down.”

"Elder Sister, we've made a note." Dou Qing and Dou Cui said.

"I won't tell anyone, and I won't tell anyone who asks." Dou Lin said.

"I just said I don't know." Dou Hong pouted, but she still didn't quite understand.

"Well, that's right, if my uncle asks, just let him ask me, don't talk nonsense." Dou Hua said, "If someone dares to bully you, don't hide it like last time, just tell me I, eldest sister, will help you beat them up."

Dou Hua thought for a while that the adults in the village were smarter and trickier than children after all, and they might ask other things if they didn’t ask about money. After thinking about it for a while, she said, “If someone asks you what our family eats, don’t say what our family eats. Okay, let’s talk about poor food, and our donkey, if I’m not here, no one will borrow the donkey, I just nodded, remember it?”

The younger ones nodded. They believed in Dou Hua the most and obeyed her words. Dou Qing and Dou Cui were old enough to understand that it was for their own good. The two younger ones didn't quite understand, but they knew that the elder sister You are right, keep it in your heart.

Looking at the well-behaved and sensible younger siblings, Dou Hua secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, she didn't want to be so calculating, but she couldn't help it. There were no adults in her family, and how many people were staring at her. It wouldn't hurt to be low-key and cautious in everything. , she doesn't want to fight wits and bravery with those three aunts and six wives every day, just thinking about it makes her tired~
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