Said Zi Qing heard her father mention the golden hair, remembered the golden hair in her hand, and just verified whether it really had a strange effect. "Dad, don't go find Lang Zhong anymore, I have golden hair."

  After finishing speaking, Zi Qing went into the house to search for it. She remembered that it was placed in a purse given by Shen Shi. It really came out. Zeng Rui Xiang asked suspiciously: "How did you get this thing?"

  Zeng Ruixiang took the past and opened it to take a look, excitedly saying: "Ah, it's this one." Then he carefully applied some to Zi Fu's wound, and sure enough, the bleeding stopped immediately.

  Zi Qing was puzzled about what kind of ingredient this was that was so effective, "Dad, this was given to me by Shui Gu Gu, she said it even saved Lao Gu's life, and told me to keep it well."

  "You'd better take good care of it, it's your fate. This is something that can't be bought even with money." Seeing that Zifukou's wound was healing well, Zeng Ruixiang was in the mood to tell the legendary story of Xiao Lao Yezi.

  Xiao Lao Yezi was originally an orphan, who learned a good hunting skill from his master since childhood. When he first came to Wutong Town, he rented a house from Old Granny (great-grandmother). At that time, he only had a bow and arrow, a good dagger, and a set of tattered clothes. The rent was also owed first, and he would pay it after selling the hunted goods. Old Granny pitied him and often helped him out.

  Xiao Lao Ye Zi's rise to wealth was because he killed a large tiger, at the time there were two small tigers beside it, which had just been born and allowed him to take advantage of the situation. The young Xiao Lao Ye Zi hesitated about whether or not to capture the small tigers, as they were entirely precious. At this moment, another large tiger approached, presumably the pair was a couple, and the dead one was the mother. The male tiger became enraged, and just as it was about to pounce on him, he held onto one of the small tigers in his hand, and the large tiger stopped in its tracks, letting out a low growl.

  Xiao Lao Ye Zi couldn't bear to part with the little tiger, but he didn't dare to put it down easily either. He retreated backwards, but unexpectedly, the big tiger misunderstood and ran away. Xiao Lao Ye Zi was perplexed, but before long, the big tiger returned, carrying a small golden-haired dog-like thing in its mouth. The old man was baffled, but then the tiger made an incision on its own leg, bled, plucked out some of its fur, and applied it to the wound, which immediately stopped bleeding. Then, the big tiger lifted its leg and pointed at the little tiger in Xiao Lao Ye Zi's hand, letting out a sorrowful cry.

  Xiao Lao Ye Zi finally understood that the big tiger wanted to exchange the small tiger for this thing. Originally, he didn't want to hurt the little tiger either, but was worried about how to get away, seeing this he quickly put down the little tiger, the big tiger put down the golden dog, and took the two little tigers away, looking back three times at the mother tiger on the ground.

  Xiao Lao Ye Zi saw them walk far away, then picked up the golden-haired dog from the ground. Actually, it wasn't a dog, but something like a dog that he had never seen before. He asked many people and still didn't understand what it was. Of course, Xiao Lao Ye Zi didn't mention its strange effects.

  Later, Xiao Lao Ye Zi sold the mother tiger he brought back and became rich from it. He married Zeng Shi, bought a house and land, and later opened a pancake shop at home. He still made a living by hunting, but never hunted tigers again after that.

  There was such a strange encounter, the evening wind blew over, brushing against Zi Qing's heart, sour and astringent, also unknown why.

  Ziying returned home and carefully put away the purse, not even Xiangxiu knew about it. A small act of kindness in her childhood had unexpectedly changed her life's fate from one of poverty to one of prosperity. Of course, all this was only known later on.

  From that day on, Zeng Ruixiang and the others didn't go to catch frogs anymore. Zifou's leg took over ten days to recover. Ziqing accompanied him every day.

  On this day, Zi Qing saw that the watermelon at home was almost sold out. Seeing that it was still so hot today, she worried about the drought and the late rice crop, although it had been transplanted, but who could guarantee a good harvest? She cleverly reminded Shen Shi to pull out the melon vines and plant potatoes instead. Shen Shi also had this intention, as potatoes have high yields, are easy to manage, and bring in more income than other crops. Moreover, the four mu of potatoes on dry land were ready to be harvested, and she had gone to check on them, finding that they hadn't been affected by the drought like the rice crop had. When the time came, she would dig up a piece of land in the courtyard and plant another season of potatoes.

  Although the early rice crop was not harvested, Zi Qing's family is still fine. Originally, it was only one mu of paddy field, and the impact was not great. This year's watermelon harvest earned more than 500 taels of silver, and after deducting the cost of buying a mountain, there were still over 480 taels left at home. Shen Shi wanted to buy some paddy fields, so Zi Qing wouldn't have to worry about these things anymore, and he would be responsible for the chickens on the back mountain.

  Just then, Autumn Jade arrived with a message that Spring Jade's family was still planning to hold a one-year-old birthday banquet for their Fourth Hair, and Zeng Rui Xiang and Shen Shi were really displeased with them. It was clear that they just wanted the other side to send gifts. Last year, they received three gifts for just one meal, and they were still not satisfied.

  Zeng Ruixiang listened and said: "Don't bother about anything, just prepare something casually."

  Shen spent half a day making a set of clothes and a pair of shoes. There was some ready-made fabric at home, so it didn't cost much. Ever since the family's situation improved, Shen always bought fabric by the bolt, saying it was cheaper. Moreover, with many children in the house who grew up quickly, they naturally used more fabric and no longer wore patched-up clothes like before. Plus, all those bed sheets and pillowcases that Zi Qing had been working on added to the expense.

  The gift is ready, but on that day no one wants to go with him. Zifeng pushed Zilong, Zilong pushed Ziqing, Ziqing pushed Zishou. Zeng Rui Xiang saw this and said: "You'd better go by yourself, anyway you won't eat well, bringing a child will also distract you from taking care of them, so don't go and cause trouble."

  "Dad, you go with mom, we've all been there, it's just that you haven't gone before. Last year, grandpa even went with grandma." Zi Qing said.

  With Zeng Ruixiang accompanying her, Shen was still quite happy. Zi Qing followed them to the old house, preparing to find Xiao Xiushui. The matter of Jin Mao hadn't been properly thanked yet. Zi Qing picked a watermelon from the ground, not big and there weren't many left, then went to pick some pears. Zeng Ruixiang helped Zi Qing carry them.

  Arriving at the old house, Mrs. Tian again felt that Mr. Shen's gift was too light, and made a sarcastic remark about it being like a paulownia tree, but Mr. Shen didn't mind, nor was this the first or second time she had complained about the weight of his gifts. Which time hadn't she complained? On the other hand, Zeng Rui-xiang was somewhat unhappy, but no matter how unpleasant his mother's words were, he couldn't refute them.

  Zi Qing didn't want to say anything, nor did he think about it. When his family moved into their new home, they came twice and only gave a gift of 10 cents. Seeing Zeng Rui Xiang there, he still held back, after all, he had to save face for his old father.

  Seeing Zi Qing carrying things to the back room, Tian Shi was even more angry. However, with Old Master around, she didn't dare say anything and only said: "Zi Qing, your eldest aunt's family hasn't even had a chance to taste the watermelon grown in your house yet."

  "Granny, didn't my eldest aunt's family grow them themselves? Young Aunt came to take the seeds for melons, have you forgotten?" Zi Qing asked intentionally.

  "Does your aunt's family know if it has been harvested or not? You came a few days ago and gave watermelon to your aunt's house, why are you giving again?" Qiu Yu asked.

  "Go ahead, don't bother the child." The old man spoke up, and Zi Qing didn't wait for the Tian family to say another word before she walked out the door.

  Xiao Xiushui was delighted to see Zi Qing, picked up a pear and washed it before taking a bite, and pulled Zi Qing into her room to chat. Zi Qing noticed that one of the beds in her room had been moved out, leaving only her and Xiu Ying. Zi Qing asked her to tell stories about her father.