Lao Zhoutou decided to let his daughter become Mr. Zhuang's teacher. Of course, he had to make good preparations. So even the boss didn't go to work the next day.
Lao Zhoutou directly asked him to borrow a cart from the village chief and take out two bags of grain from the warehouse.
The whole family stood at their respective doors and watched. Lao Zhoutou seemed unable to see the anxiety in the eyes of his daughters-in-law. He instructed the eldest and third son to tie up the grains, and then told Zhou Lang, "I went to the market and exchanged the grains for money first."
, come back after buying three days' worth of medicine for your mother, and then buy a piece of meat, pork belly. It would be better if you can buy bacon."
Old Zhou thought for a while and then said: "See if anyone sells better cotton in the market. If so, buy it and make a set of clothes for Mr. Zhuang. By the way, don't forget the fabric for shoes and socks."
If you want to buy something, buy something better.”
Zhou Lang wrote them down one by one.
When Xiao Qian and the others heard what they wanted to buy, their hearts twitched. These were two bags of grain.
Lao Zhoutou was more distressed than them, but listening to the laughter coming in from outside, he could ignore this distress. When he saw that all the explanations were given, Lao Zhoutou waved his hand and told everyone to go ahead and do what they were supposed to do.
Manbao woke up early in the morning, and then dragged Goro and Rokuro together to pick wild flowers.
When the family was ready, so were they. They filled the baskets made by Zhou Lang with wild grasses and wild flowers, and followed the adults happily.
Feng, who was going with them, looked at the things in their basket and couldn't help but said, "What are you doing with these things?"
Da Ya said: "My sister-in-law said she wanted to sell it."
Feng's eyes widened slightly, "There are such things all over the mountains and plains, who would buy them?"
Man Bao was being carried by Wu Lang at this time. When he heard this, he said loudly: "Second sister-in-law, I know how to buy. I am willing to buy all the good-looking things."
This is really a prodigal.
Feng couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, do you have money?"
Man Bao shook his head honestly, "Not now, but there will be in the future."
She is extremely confident in herself. Even Keke said she is very smart, so she must be very powerful, and of course there will be no problem in making money.
Feng didn't stop them, he just regarded it as a children's game, since they were holding the things themselves.
When they arrived at the market, everyone started looking for places to set up stalls.
Zhou Lang made a lot of baskets, dustpans, etc. for sale. He occupied a piece of land as a familiar person, put down the things and asked his wife to sell them. He also told Wu Lang and Liu Lang, "You should keep an eye on Man Bao and Da Tou."
, don’t run around.”
Before Wu Lang could say anything, Man Bao first patted his chest and said, "Second brother, don't worry. I will definitely keep an eye on my nephews. We won't go anywhere."
Zhou Erlang smiled and reached out to touch her head.
Then he pushed the cart and went to sell grain with Zhou Dalang.
This market is held every five days, and several nearby villages gather together to form a market in the relatively large Dali Village.
Because there is a mountain here, a temple on the mountain, and two monks in the temple. Every year on the 19th day of the first lunar month, there is a particularly grand temple fair here, and even some people from the county town will come all the way to participate.
That is the big temple fair, and other small temple fairs are set up during major solar terms. These traditions have been going on for many years.
According to what Manbao heard from the elderly at the entrance of the village, these customs have been in existence since they were children.
For this reason, Keke also felt very sorry, saying that it is a popular science system that specializes in collecting biological things. There is also a system in their encyclopedia that specializes in collecting this kind of folklore. I don’t know how many sub-tasks can be derived from the formation of this temple fair.
You can definitely earn a lot of points.
At that time, Manbao felt that Keke was a little sad, so he sweetly threw it out for free, "But I just like Keke, and I don't like other systems."
In short, this is a big market where villagers exchange their needs.
So the question is, does everyone barter with money?
of course not!
When Man Bao saw that his second sister-in-law had arranged the baskets, dustpans, etc., they immediately put down their own baskets filled with wild grasses and wild flowers, forming a row with Feng's merchandise, and then squatted behind them and looked at the people passing by with their little faces raised.
Zhou Zuorang has been operating in the market for many years, and his reputation has long been established, so not long after the things were put down, an old lady came up with a basket on her back, rummaged through the dustpan and asked, "Can I exchange it for eggs?"
Feng agreed after thinking for a moment and said, "Eggs are still two cents for three now, right?"
The old lady should be.
Mrs. Feng began to calculate how many eggs she would give her, "Then give it to me..."
She did the calculations, but felt that her calculations were wrong, and her forehead was sweating. In the past, her husband-in-law did all these things, and she always calculated the money when selling things.
Mrs. Feng wiped her sweat. When Man Bao saw that her sister-in-law was being stumped, she quickly jumped up and said, "Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I know how to do it. Is our dustpan still fifteen cents a piece?"
Mrs. Feng knew that her sister-in-law was smart and could count. She usually loved playing the game with her husband about how many pennies are equal to one penny plus two pennies, so she nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, our prices never change."
Manbao looked at the old lady curiously, "Where are your eggs?"
The old lady couldn't count herself, but before she went out, her family had calculated the eggs for her, but she still hoped that the Zhou family would make a mistake.
She hurried up just now when she saw that Zhou Erlang was not around.
She put down her backpack and opened it to let Man Bao see her eggs, "They were all laid by the chickens at home, they're good."
Man Bao said: "Let me count them."
The old lady was not very happy, "You haven't told me how many eggs I want."
Man Bao stared and asked, "I haven't counted. How do I know how many eggs I need? I have to count."
As soon as she heard this, she knew that she didn't know how to do it. The old lady was happy and didn't stop her. She said with a smile: "Then you have to be careful not to break the eggs."
Man Bao promised: "Don't worry, if it gets damaged, it's mine."
She took the eggs out of the pile, three in a pile, three in a pile, eight in a pile. The old lady counted the eggs, her heart skipped a beat, and she was about to take the eggs back.
Man Bao had already clapped his little hands and said happily: "I've counted it, I've counted it. Second sister-in-law, look, this is two articles, this is two articles, two articles, two articles... a total of sixteen articles."
The stall owner opposite watched the whole process and said happily: "This little girl is really smart."
Feng and Yourong Yan said, "This is my sister-in-law. She is the smartest in our family."
Friday Lang and Saturday Lang were also very proud. They puffed up their chests and said, "My sister!"
The old lady glanced at the two big boys, swallowed what she said, and said, "Your dustpan costs fifteen cents, but it cost me one cent more, so I'll put this pile away."
.”
Manbao thought it was reasonable, so he took the initiative to take the two smallest eggs from a pile and gave them to her, saying: "For fifteen cents, I should give you one and a half eggs, but half eggs cannot be divided, so we lose a little, these two
You can take it back."
The old lady choked.
Mrs. Feng also saw the old lady's actions and responded with a smile. She quickly put the eggs into their basket. She smiled and asked the old lady to choose the dustpan she wanted. She also said: "We don't choose the size of the eggs."
Yes, let’s change it like this.”
Although she didn't suffer a loss, the old lady was still a little unhappy. She looked at Man Bao and said, "This kid is fat and white. He doesn't look like our depositor."
Feng said with a smile: "My sister-in-law is the youngest in the family. Her parents-in-law feel sorry for her, and her brothers also love her, so they take good care of her. I am not boasting. There is no girl in this ten miles and eight villages who is better-looking than our sister-in-law."
Everyone took a closer look, and it was true.
Not only does this child have cute facial features, he is also white and fat, with a round and rosy face. At first glance, he is a blessed person.
The old lady's concern disappeared. She nodded with a smile and said, "She is good-looking."
Man Bao immediately became happy when he was praised, and then he enthusiastically introduced his products to the old lady, "Auntie, you should also take a look at my things. Look at my flowers. They are so beautiful. Take them back and put them on the window sill.
Just look at your mood."
The old lady was called Auntie, and she felt that she looked much younger, so she said happily: "You gave it to me? Look how polite you are."
Just reach out and take it.
Manbao said with bright eyes: "It's not a gift, it's only a penny a handful, not expensive at all."
The old lady retracted her hand with a whoosh, widened her eyes and asked, "What, these wild flowers cost more, aren't they all on the mountain?"
"Yes," Man Bao said confidently, "but I took it off."
Mrs. Feng said quickly: "Don't mind, ma'am, this is just a joke for the children. They were clamoring to do business at home, so I brought them out to see what they were doing."
The old lady felt better now, but she didn't reach out to take the flowers again, for fear that Manbao would ask her for money.
So I picked a dustpan and left quickly.
Man Bao watched her leave with a nostalgic look on his face, and sighed with his friends: "Why don't you buy it? Our flowers are so beautiful."
Friends: ...We had expected it a long time ago, so we have no regrets at all.
The friends watched the people coming and going on the street with great interest. They were very happy to come to the market.
One after another, people came to buy baskets and dustpans. Man Bao helped his second sister-in-law settle the accounts every time. After finishing the calculation, he recommended his own flowers and plants. At first, every adult happily reached out to take them, but immediately withdrew his hand after knowing that he wanted money.
Seeing that the market day was half over, the eldest brother and the second brother did not come back. Not even a single one of their flowers could be sold, and the flowers were still a little weak.
Man Bao looked at it and sighed worriedly. Seeing that there wasn't much dustpan left in front of his second sister-in-law, but there was quite a lot left in the basket, so he arranged her flowers and plants into the basket.
Mrs. Feng looked frightened and said, "Sister-in-law, you won't ask the guests to buy your flowers and plants when they buy baskets, right?"
She simply felt that she couldn't sell them, and the flowers and plants were a waste. Manbao, who planned to give them away, his eyes lit up, "Ah, second sister-in-law, you are so smart, why didn't I think of this method?"