Chapter 71 Copper coins make meritorious service

Ye Annian caught Fu Zai and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you two running away?"

　　Fu Zai hugged his thigh and gasped. The stone behind him supported his knees. He took two breaths and said, "No, it's okay..."

　　"It's okay, why are you running?" Ye Anyian turned his head and looked behind him, but did not see the shadow of the copper coins.

　　"Where are the copper coins?" he asked.

　　The two children seemed to have come back to their senses, and when they saw the empty space behind them and no trace of copper coins, they became anxious.

　　"I'm going to find it!" Fu Zai clenched his fists and turned around to go back to find the coins.

　　Shitou stepped forward and took his hand: "I'll go with you!"

　　The two children had just come back, and they hadn't yet made it clear what happened. Naturally, Ye Anyian wouldn't let them go.

　　"Come in first, tell me everything clearly, and I'll go look for the copper coins with you."

　　Ye Annian said, leading the two children into the courtyard.

　　Jiang Zhu carried the teapot and poured a cup of warm water for Fuzai and Shitou. Then the four of them sat down around the terrazzo round table in the courtyard.

　　Ye Annian waited for the two children to speak, but Fuzai blushed and hesitated for some reason, while Shitou also looked hesitant.

　　Jiang Zhu narrowed his eyes. It didn't look like he was bullied, but rather like he had done something bad.

　　"What's going on?"

　　Neither of the two children wanted to speak, and Ye Anyian's tone became colder.

　　Fuzai's mouth flattened and he looked at Ye Anyian timidly: "Brother, I told you not to be angry."

　　"Brother is not angry."

　　"Yes, that's it." Fu Zai held the water glass in front of him with his small hands, lowering his head and not daring to look at Ye Anyian.

　　"Brother Shitou and I went to find the second sister with a basket. The eldest uncle said that the second sister went to the fields to deliver water and food to grandma, uncle, and second uncle."

　　"When we rushed to the field, we saw grandma scolding the second sister again and dragging her to work in the field. I, I couldn't get angry, so I secretly grabbed a handful of soil..."

　　"Brother Ye, I was the one who threw the dirt." Shitou immediately took over the topic, "I was the one who grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it in their meals and kettles."

　　Ye Anian did not blame them when he heard this, but just asked: "Then you were seen?"

　　Fu Zai and Shi Tou both shook their heads.

　　"After we spread the soil, we ran away quickly and found a deserted place to wait for Sister Xiaomei. When Sister Xiaomei came back from the field and passed by, we quietly gave her the candied haws." Shitou said.

　　Ye Anyian's face turned cold when he heard this.

　　If Fuzai and Shitou were not seen, then if Wu Xianglian and the others ate a mouthful of dirt, they would all be blamed on Ye Xiaomei.

　　As if he knew what he was thinking, Fu Zai said quickly: "Brother, the second sister is fine. Grandma didn't hit her."

　　Ye Anian breathed a sigh of relief. Wu Xianglian didn't dare to do anything to Ye Xiaomei outside.

Moreover, Ye Xiaomei will get married after staying in Ye's house for two days. Even if Wu Xianglian wanted to, Ye Quan would never let her do anything to Ye Xiaomei.

　　However, the two children talked a lot but didn't get to the point.

　　Ye Annian looked at the two of them and felt that these two children must be hiding something from him.

　　At this moment, a low barking of a dog suddenly came from outside the door.

　　When Fu Zai heard this, his face suddenly showed joy: "Copper coins! The copper coins are back!"

　　Xiaotuanzi slipped off the stool, spread his legs and ran to open the door.

　　The copper coins are now so big that they can no longer fit through the gaps in the fence.

　　As soon as the fence door opened, a half-sized black dog rushed in like an arrow, with a white thing in its mouth, which seemed to be a piece of cloth.

　　Ye Annian watched Tong Qian run into the yard and rushed straight towards Jiang Zhu. He was also very puzzled. Tong Qian usually had good habits and never came back with messy things in his mouth.

　　Seeing that Copper Coin was so abnormal, Jiang Zhu was also very puzzled. He leaned over and touched Copper Coin's head, and Copper Coin dropped his mouth and held the thing in his mouth to his feet.

　　The meaning was obvious, it was for Jiang Zhu.

　　Ye Anyian saw it and found it interesting: "The copper coins are specially given to you. Come and see what they are."

　　Jiang Zhu picked up the soft white cloth and was about to open it when a strong smell of powder suddenly hit his face.

　　He paused, raised his hand and threw the piece of cloth away. He coughed lightly and said, "Annian, I brought this back with copper coins. It's none of my business."

　　Seeing his reaction, Ye Annian thought that there was something dirty on the cloth. He picked it up curiously, shook the cloth away, and understood immediately.

　　This is not an ordinary piece of white cloth, but a plain handkerchief with several orchids embroidered on it, and the word "Fangfang" is also embellished on one corner of the handkerchief.

　　The scent on the handkerchief was also very familiar. He had smelled it just now, but it was not the scent of Ji Fangfang.

　　On the side, Jiang Zhu had already taken out his handkerchief and was wiping his hands. Seeing Ye Annian holding on to the thing, he frowned and said, "Why are you still holding this unlucky thing?"

　　Ye Annian looked at the things wrapped in the handkerchief and suddenly smiled at Jiang Zhu: "You can't really talk to Ji Fangfang..."

　　Before he finished speaking, Jiang Zhu interrupted: "What nonsense are you talking about? The children are still here."

　　"Are you guilty?" Ye Anyian raised his eyebrows.

　　He picked up the jade hairpin wrapped in the handkerchief and waved it in front of Jiang Zhu: "Does it look familiar?"

Jiang Zhu was stunned and quickly raised his hand to touch the hair crown on his head.

　　Sure enough, the hairpin that was originally inserted in the head was no longer there.

　　The hosta was bought when he went to the town to order wedding clothes before he got married to Ye Anyian. One was in the style of green bamboo and the other in the style of Ruyi.

　　He gave the green bamboo hairpin to Ye Anyian, but he kept this Ruyi hairpin for himself.

　　But what Ye Anyian is holding in his hand right now is not his Ruyi.

"When did you send it?" Ye Anyian looked at the hosta in his hand and asked.

　　He naturally knew that Jiang Zhu would not give his hairpin to Ji Fangfang, but for some reason, he just wanted to tease Jiang Zhu.

　　Shitou on the side heard that something was wrong and quickly pulled Fu Zai away. His uncle said that children who eavesdrop on adults are not good children.

　　On the other hand, Copper Coin didn't look at him indifferently. He thought he had made a contribution, so he squatted at Jiang Zhu's feet and rubbed it back and forth to ask for rewards.

　　"Stop making fun of me." Jiang Zhu held his forehead and reached out to take the hairpin from Ye Anian's hand. "When we went out together in the morning, I was still wearing it. I was afraid it was when we were picking hawthorns on the mountain. , must have been hung by a branch."

　　But he didn't expect to be picked up by Ji Fangfang.

　　He recalled Ji Fangfang's eager eyes when he was on the mountain today. It was probably that time.

　　Jiang Zhu wiped the hairpin several times with the handkerchief, but could still smell the faint smell of powder, and frowned in disgust.

　　Ye Annian saw this and joked: "Why don't you cook some herbal medicine to make bubbles."

　　He meant it as a joke, but unexpectedly Jiang Zhu nodded: "That's a good idea."

　　Jiang Zhu said that he was about to boil herbs and soak his hairpins, but Ye Anian looked at the handkerchief with Ji Fangfang's name embroidered in his hand and felt worried.

　　"What are we going to do with this thing?"

　　"Give it the copper coins," Jiang Zhu said, "and let it be returned quietly."

　　Ye Annian thought it was outrageous that the copper coins could bring back Jiang Zhu's hairpin. He already thought it was amazing. Does this little guy really know how to return the hairpin?

　　Seeing him holding the handkerchief in a daze, Jiang Zhu took the handkerchief over, called out the copper coins, put the handkerchief in front of the copper coins, and showed the hairpin in his hand to the copper coins.

　　He said seriously: "I got the hairpin, but this veil is not mine. You have to return it, do you understand?"

　　Tongqian looked at the hairpin in his hand, then at the handkerchief on the ground, tilted his head, and rolled his dark eyes.

　　After a while, he made two "woof" sounds and ran out with the handkerchief in his mouth.

　　Jiang Zhu clapped his hands and stood up from the ground, smiling and praising: "What a good dog."

　　Ye Anian was dumbfounded by this set of operations. Copper Coin was so smart.

　　The problem with the handkerchief was solved. Ye Anyian thought of the things that the two children had failed to explain clearly for a long time. After thinking about it for a while, he got the answer.

　　Fuzai and Shitou were afraid that they would see the copper coins coming out of Ji's house.

　　Just as he was thinking about it, Fu Zai came over pulling the stone.

　　"Brother, I was wrong."

"Actually, I saw the copper coin stealing something. I wanted to ask it to be returned, but it refused. As soon as I chased it, it ran away and took me around the village."

　　"Later at noon, all the people working in the fields came back, and so did Ji's family. When I panicked, I ran home with Brother Shitou, calling for copper coins."

　　As a result, the two children ran so fast that they even left the copper coins behind.

　　"You and the stone are both right, and so are the copper coins." Ye Anyian touched Fu Zai's head.

　　"The handkerchief belongs to Ji Fangfang, and the hairpin wrapped in it is indeed your brother Jiang's. The copper coins may have smelled a familiar smell, so they secretly took the hairpin wrapped in the handkerchief back. Now, the thing has returned to its original owner. "

　　"Really?" Fu Zai looked up at Ye Anyian, his eyes as bright as water grapes.

　　"Really," Ye Annian said, "brother will make sugar snowballs for you later."

　　I picked so many hawthorns, perfect for making sugar snowballs.

　　"Okay!" Fuzai was immediately happy. Although he didn't know what sugar snowballs were, he still took Shitou's hand and said, "Brother Shitou, you can eat at my house today. Brother will prepare delicious food for us! "

　　Shi Shi was also a little greedy for the food with a nice name, but he still politely refused. He had not returned home at this time. His grandfather was anxious and it was time to ask his uncle to come find him.

　　"Brother Ye, I'm going home first." Shitou said, pulling Fu Zai's hand again, "I'll come and play with you another day!"

　　After saying that, he ran away quickly.

　　The child ran so fast that Ye Anyian didn't even have a chance to save him. Ye Anyian was helpless and thought that when it was ready, he might as well send some to the Li Zheng family.

　　With his worries gone, Fu Zai turned around and happily went to play with Ding Qiu again.

　　Ye Anian wanted to wash his hands, but Jiang Zhu called him over.

　　Jiang Zhu really used a small clay stove to boil a pot of concoction that exuded a faint herbal aroma.

　　He filtered out the dregs, poured the concoction into the basin, diluted it with water, adjusted the water temperature, took Ye Annian with him, and soaked his hands in it.

　　"I added angelica dahurica, magnolia, peony, asparagus and agarwood to it, which has the effect of moisturizing and nourishing the skin. Lots of bubbles can make the hands more delicate."

　　As he spoke, he also threw the hosta in.

　　Ye Anyian:...

　　In fact, you just dislike Ji Fangfang's powdery smell.