Chapter 309 309 Sour Peach Sweet Peach

Mrs. Wang watched a group of children enter Zhuangzi and wondered: "Are these children all from Zhuangzi?"

Butler Wang stepped forward and said with a smile: "I heard that the magistrate's family adopted some orphaned children. Maybe these are the people!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Lin muttered in a low voice, "It's just a matter of fame and reputation."

Mrs. Wang glanced at her and said nothing.

Li Yu received the greeting card brought in by Gu Yu and thought: It seems that Wang Zheng has been taken away, he came quite quickly!

"Let Jixiang go and tell them that I was frightened and haven't recovered yet, so I don't have time to see them."

"It's Madam." Guyu went to the back room and found Jixiang playing with the threshing machine there. He told Jixiang what Li Yu said, and Jixiang patted the dust on his body and walked to the door.

Mrs. Wang saw a happy-looking young man coming out of the village. Butler Wang greeted him and cupped his hands: "I'm the steward of the palace, Wang Cheng. May I ask if this young man is in charge of the Zhou family?"

"Steward Wang, you're polite." Ji Xiang bowed his hands towards Steward Wang, then took a few steps forward and said to Mrs. Wang, "Mrs. Wang, my wife was frightened because she stayed up late, and she's still in a daze to this day. My old man told me to rest for a few days."

Mrs. Wang was a little disappointed. It seemed she could only come back in two days. She forced a smile and said, "I won't bother you if you feel unwell. I'll come back in two days. I've prepared some small gifts to calm my worries."

Jixiang cupped his hands and said, "The old lady is interested."

Butler Wang and several servants moved the gifts from the car and piled a bunch of boxes on the ground.

Jixiang politely sent Mrs. Wang away and brought the gift boxes to Zhuangzi. Li Yu looked at the pile of boxes in front of him and opened them. There were fine ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, Shouwu, Dendrobium, and a beautiful plant. Gorgeous red coral, a pair of chicken blood ruby ​​pendants the size of lotus seeds, a bracelet of rubies between diamonds and diamonds the size of soybeans, a pearl necklace, a pair of moist and delicate emerald green bracelets, two sets of pens, ink, paper and inkstones,... ··Li Yu was dumbfounded. One look at the pearl necklace showed that it was better and more symmetrical than the one given by the emperor. No wonder all the good things were hidden in the hands of these wealthy businessmen.

Li Yu put away his things and made plans when Zhou Jia came back. Yangyang ran back after class and said to Li Yu, "Mom, brother Shuisheng and the others are going to the back mountain to pick peaches, and I'm going too."

Li Yu also wanted to go for a walk in the back mountains, so he held his hand and said with a smile, "Let's go! Mom will go with you."

"Okay, mother, come with me." Yangyang took Li Yu and ran out. When he arrived at the drying yard, he saw a dozen children waiting in the drying yard, some of them holding bamboo baskets in their hands, and saw Li Yu coming. They all stepped forward to salute, and Li Yu smiled and said, "Okay, let's set off!"

Li Yu asked Yang Yang, "Why didn't you see the seven pounds?"

Yangyang pointed to Zhuangzi and said, "Brother Qijin and my master have gone to collect herbs."

The group arrived at the foot of the mountain and climbed up the dug steps. From above, Li Yu saw that the courtyard of the villa at the foot of the mountain had been repaired and the craftsmen were busy inside. The peach trees on the mountain are covered with peaches, and the grass under the trees is cleanly cut, but no one has picked the peaches. Maybe the nearby villagers know that the peaches here are sour peaches.

The little loach picked two peaches that were green and white, slightly red, and covered with fine downy hair. He lifted up his clothes and wiped them a few times before handing one to Yangyang. He took a bite of one, chewed it a few times and hurriedly Vomited, "Bah! Why is it so sour!"

Li Yu saw that his nose and eyebrows were wrinkled together because of the soreness. He swallowed and said with a smile: "Pick a few good-looking ones and pick them back for Aunt He to eat."

Yangyang held the peach in his hand, looked at the little loach, and then at Li Yu. Li Yu knew that he wanted to try it, so he ignored him and watched him take a tentative bite, then frowned immediately, " Ah! It's really sour." The children all laughed, and the little loach laughed and said: "Master, I didn't lie to you!"

Yangyang threw away the peaches in his hand and nodded honestly, "Yeah! They're sour." The little loach looked at the peaches all over the mountain and said fiercely: "I don't believe they are all sour. Let's find a few more and try them. There’s always sweet peaches.”

Li Yu thought for a while and said: "You pick the white ones and have a taste. If they are sour, don't chew them. Otherwise, your teeth will be sour and you won't be able to chew at night."

"I know." The children ran in swarm, and the little loach took the lead in picking one and tasted it, "It's sour." The children's shouts of "sour, sour" rang out in the peach forest.

Li Yu stood there looking at the rice fields and corn fields at the foot of the mountain, thinking about planting a season of corn after the autumn harvest and spreading the corn seeds as early as possible.

Suddenly there was a loud cheer, "It's so sweet! Come on, my tree is so sweet!"

Li Yu turned around and saw Maizi standing on a peach tree in the middle of the peach grove, holding a peach in his hand and cheering. The children gathered around him. Shuisheng and Little Loach led Yangyang and ran towards Maizi.

After a while, Shui Sheng led Yang Yang and ran out with a peach. He handed it to Li Yu and said, "Madam, you see that the peach from the peach tree is yellow, but it is very sweet."

"Mom, it's sweet." Yang Yang also took a bite of the peach and handed it to Li Yu. Li Yu took it and took a look. The flesh of the peach was slightly yellow, "It seems to be a yellow peach but it's not very ripe yet. It's aquatic." Leave a mark on the tree so that you can find it next time."

After hearing this, Shuisheng said: "Madam, let's look for another yellow peach like this."

"Okay, don't go to places with too many weeds, just in case there are snakes and insects."

Shui Sheng smiled shyly, "Madam, don't worry, we are not afraid of snakes and we used to find snakes to sell to the medical center!"

Li Yu picked up Yangyang and said with a smile, "Yeah! You are all good kids."

Shui Sheng arrived under the peach tree and happily shouted to everyone: "Madam said these are yellow peaches that are not yet ripe." As he said this, he pulled some grass, knotted it and tied it to the peach tree with a straw rope.

Maizi jumped down from the peach tree and said to Shuisheng, "Let's go look for more yellow peaches."

Li Yu hugged Yang Yang and watched the children run away, then walked down the mountain with Yang Yang, who was about to fall asleep.

Zhou Jia came back from the Yamen and told Li Yu about Wang Zheng's confession. Li Yu also took him to see the gift sent by Mrs. Wang, "Xiao Xi, what do you do with these things?"

Zhou Jia looked at those things, told Li Yu what Wang Zheng said in defense, and said calmly: "The successors trained by the Wang family for a hundred years are no more than this. Yu'er, these things are sent by the Wang family to apologize. You can accept them with peace of mind. Yes, the Wang family just wants us to let them go, Wang Qinghai has been working hard all afternoon, just to save Wang Zheng from spending a few years in prison, and you let him see them again for two days."

After hearing this, Li Yu also felt that the education of the Wang family was not like that of a wealthy family. Wang Zheng was already dozens of years old and did things without thinking. He also asked Mrs. Wang to lick her old face and beg someone to wipe his butt, "Xiao Xi, it's about the Wang family. This is a wake-up call for us, Yang'er must be disciplined strictly in the future."