After Xiao Qian finished speaking, he grabbed Man Bao's clothes and tried to pull her up. His face couldn't help changing at this touch, and he immediately pulled her up and touched her again, and asked angrily, "Man Bao, are you going to play in the water?
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"No," Man Bao immediately denied it and shouted, "I wasn't playing with water, it was water falling from the tree!"
Xiao Qian was not stupid. He understood it as soon as he heard it. He was very angry and dragged Man Bao back to the house to change clothes. When he came out, he beat Da Tou and Da Ya.
The big-headed ya screamed, which may not hurt much, but the howl was so loud that Manbao was so frightened that he rushed out of the house to stand in front of them and said with tears in his eyes: "Sister-in-law, it was me who shook the tree.
, I won’t dare to do it next time.”
Qian came out of the house and said, "I will punish them both to step on grass in the field tomorrow. If I dare to let you sister-in-law do such a thing next time, you will not only step on grass, but you will also be responsible for the housework at home."
Da Tou and Da Ya were not very scared when they were beaten, they just howled loudly, but now that their grandmother came out and told them, they were really crying.
Trampling on grass is very hard, because there are many men in the Zhou family, and even their mother does not go to the fields to do such work, let alone them.
Step on the grass, pick up the raked grass and throw it out, or step on the soil to nourish it. Now there are not only snails, stones, but also locusts in the fields.
The two children really cried.
Manbao also wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to say a word under his mother's gaze.
Qian said to Man Bao calmly: "You are not in good health. I will teach you since you were a child. You are not allowed to play with water, do not get wet in the rain, do not get cold, and are not allowed to eat messy things outside. You will do it again next time."
, I will punish the person who took you."
Man Bao lowered his head and wiped his tears.
Qian then turned around and went back to the house.
The three children sat together sadly. Man Bao took out two candies from his pocket and gave them to them. He looked at them apologetically and said, "Da Tou, Da Ya, I will go to the fields to help you after I get off school."
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Da Ya quickly said: "Sister-in-law, you can't go. If you go, grandma will punish us even more."
Datou also nodded.
Man Bao felt a little sad and felt a little bitter in his heart, so he stuffed a candy he didn't like very much into his mouth.
Zhou Xi watched from the side and couldn't help but ask Qian, "Mom, when I came home, I saw a lot of candy in Man Bao's hand. Where did she get the candy?"
Zhou Zhoulang would bring sweets to Manbao every time he came back from the market, but Zhou Xi had seen it and found that the candies in Manbao's hand were not just those, because she had been stuffed with several candies, the kind of candy bought by his second son.
no the same.
Qian said: "Mr. Hezhuang took it. Listening to what Lao Wu and the others said, Man Bao and others bought a lot of candies and then sold them to the county town."
Mrs. Qian couldn't help but smile when she said this, and said: "This child probably learned it from watching the second brother do business. She is a self-taught person who knows how to resell things. She can't save money in her hands. Fortunately, she knows how much money she has.
How much does it cost?”
"Mom, are you just letting yourself go like this?"
"She is young and loves to eat, so there is no need to restrain her in these matters. Moreover," Qian said for a moment, her voice lowered a lot, "we did give you a lot of advice when your brother-in-law was messing with these things.
It just caused him a lot of trouble, can you stop it?"
Zhou Xi stopped talking.
"This child is smart, we don't have to restrain her on these things."
When Man Bao took out the candy from his pocket for the first time, everyone in the Zhou family was shocked. After finally ruling it out, they thought it was the candy from Mr. Zhuang. At that time, Mr. Qian gave him something in return.
There are very few things, so I might ask Xiao Qian to send me a few radishes and vegetables, or help me clean the yard.
Mr. Zhuang thought this was a "bribe" given by the Zhou family to let Manbao squat at the window and listen to the class, so he accepted it.
Since then, Mr. Zhuang has always received small things from the Zhou family from time to time, and Manbao has always brought one or two candies to his family.
It's been more than two years, and everyone in the Zhou family has grown accustomed to it, so it's only strange that Zhou Xi doesn't go back to her parents' house often.
The sugar finally soothed the injured hearts of Da Tou and Da Ya, and the next day they were dug out of bed and taken to the fields to step on grass.
Of course, Zhou Dalang was reluctant to let his two children work in the fields all day, so he meant to let them go to the fields for two quarters of an hour, and then let them go to the ridge when they were tired and annoyed enough.
After all, they are the eldest grandson and eldest granddaughter. Lao Zhou's head was also very painful, so he turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.
Qian's punishment was very effective. Man Bao was extremely well-behaved today. He didn't go out to play after school, nor did he go to Bai Shanbao's house to read. Instead, he went home obediently carrying a small book box and read by himself.
, while waiting for Datou and the others to come back.
As soon as they came back, she looked at them eagerly. To express her condolences and apology, Manbao even gave them her favorite candy.
Zhou Lang's mouth twitched when he saw it, and he exposed the two of them and said: "They went to the fields for a quarter of an hour, and then sat on the field ridge. Man Bao, you feel so sorry for them, why don't you feel sorry for me?"
Man Bao: "Fourth brother, you are an adult, are you embarrassed to compare with our children?"
"I'm sorry, why are you so sorry? I went to work when I was their age. Look at how good their lives are."
Da Ya was unconvinced and said, "Uncle Fourth, we helped open up your land."
Datou: "We helped grow the yams and ginger."
Daya hummed and said, "If you keep talking about us, we won't help you until you need to weed your fields."
When Zhou Lang heard this, he immediately went to dig into Manbao's pocket, took out all the candies hidden in it and gave them to them. He said with a smile: "Fourth uncle is joking with you. In fact, when fourth uncle was your age, he was in the fields."
Take a walk, I'm a little worse than you."
Man Bao's eyes widened.
Friday Lang: "Shameless!"
Saturday Lang: "Shameless!"
Man Bao turned around and shouted at her father, "Dad, fourth brother is taking my candy!"
Zhou Lang ran away, and Lao Zhoutou's shoes were thrown out after him. His curses were heard in the yard, "Fourth brother, are you still young? You even snatched your sister's candy..."
Zhou Lang was so angry that he squatted outside the gate for a long time before going back. He decided to take Manbao with him next time he weeded the fields, and he could not let her sit back and enjoy the results.
Both Zhou Lang and Zhou Xi's land were planted with ginger. Zhou Lang knew the prices of ginger and yams, so he took great care of them. He didn't need to worry about the farm work at home. He only had to listen to his father and brothers.
Just work.
But he was very attentive to that piece of wasteland, and he would check it out almost every day. The yams in this piece of land grew better, and the ginger in that piece of land was a little worse than the one next to it. He kept it in mind.
Even Zhou Xi, who was not very interested in it at first, was influenced to make two more trips.