Man Bao and Zhou Xi had not been to the county town for a long time. Thinking that Zhou Dalang and his friends were not that fast, they did not go to the front of the county government office, but walked down the street and went back to Jishi Hall.
Zhou Xi stood at the door of Jishi Hall and said to his brothers and sisters, "You go and play. I'll go see the doctor first."
He also told Zhou Lang and Wu Lang, "You must take good care of Man Bao."
Zhou Lang spoke glibly, "Sister, don't worry. Even if we lose ourselves, we won't lose Yaomei."
Although Man Bao was also very concerned about the eldest sister's health, he was also very enthusiastic about shopping. After weighing it, he took out a candy from his pocket and placed it in Zhou Xi's palm, saying: "Sister, you need to see a doctor first. If the doctor gives you
If you want to take the hard medicine, take a candy first."
Zhou Xi agreed with a smile. In fact, she hadn't come to get medicine for a long time, mainly because she didn't have much money, but now she has income again. Zhou Xi now cherishes her life and still wants to cure her body.
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Without his eldest sister to be an eyesore, Zhou Lang went crazy, picked up Man Bao on his back, and rushed toward the crowd.
Friday Lang and Saturday Lang also shouted and followed.
Some people on the street looked at the four of them like country bumpkins, but most of them looked at them kindly. Many of the people who came to wander on the street today were young people from the village. Like Zhou Dalang and others, they were carrying grain.
Comes from taxes.
The county town is just that big, with three streets running across it. The busiest one is the street in the middle of the county government office. It didn’t take long for Zhou Lang to finish walking around the streets. Then he stopped in front of a bun shop, lowered his head and asked the person standing next to him.
Man Bao, "Are you hungry?"
Man Bao nodded. He came out after breakfast in the morning, but it's almost noon now. Are you not hungry?
Zhoulang swallowed hard while looking at the fragrant buns. In the end, Manbao couldn't resist the temptation and took out the money from his pocket to buy it.
But she wasn't stupid either. She looked at her three brothers and said, "The eldest brother, the second brother, the third brother and the eldest sister are all hungry."
Her ten cents is definitely not enough.
When the other three heard this, they made a quick decision, "If you don't have enough money, use ours to make up for it."
Man Bao was then happy and stepped forward to choose a bun.
The steamed buns are very big, and they are divided into vegetarian steamed buns and meat steamed buns. The vegetarian steamed buns cost one penny each, while the meat steamed buns cost three penny for two.
Manbao weighed it up and decided to buy half of it.
She calculated the number of people and decided to buy eight vegetarian buns and eight meat buns, which was exactly twenty coins.
Man Bao paid out her ten cents, glanced at her three brothers, and decisively withdrew four cents from Zhou Lang's share. She also made it clear to Zhou Lang, "Fourth brother, if you give four cents, you are the biggest
, so I have to pay extra, you still have four cents left with me."
Zhou Lang's eyes widened and he said dissatisfied: "What can you do with the remaining four cents? Why don't you just give it to me?"
For four cents, if he had to buy it himself, he could buy two meat buns and one vegetarian bun.
Man Bao covered the money, shook his head and refused, "No, saving money means accumulating a small amount. How can you not save just because it only has four cents? If you can save four cents today, you will also save four cents tomorrow.
In ten days, it will be forty coins, and in one hundred days, it will be four hundred coins."
"Didn't you say that money is money only when it circulates? When it doesn't circulate, it becomes copper coins. Then..."
"You are so stupid," Man Bao looked at him with disdain, "This is to prevent risks. Keep the copper coins. If something big happens in the future, won't it circulate? Otherwise, if you spend it all now, you will have to use the money if something happens in the future.
, where did you get the money?”
Zhou Lang was confused and said frantically: "Why did you say all the words? That's not what you said to my eldest sister just now."
Man Bao said matter-of-factly: "You are not the eldest sister."
Thursday Lang:......
Manbao Qiankun made an arbitrary decision, waved his little hand and said: "That's it."
She stepped forward with the money, smiled sweetly at the stall owner, and asked, "We bought so much, can you give us an extra vegetarian bag?"
The stall owner has already paid attention to them. After all, it is still a little time before noon, and there are not many people eating at this time.
There were four people standing in front of the stall, and they were drooling over his steamer. It was difficult for him to pretend not to see them, so he also heard what Man Bao said just now.
He always felt that he was smart enough, but Man Bao's calculation just now still made his head swollen. He calculated it on his fingers and found that sixteen buns were indeed twenty cents. After a moment of hesitation, he gave her more
He picked up a plain bag and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll give you one as a gift."
Man Bao smiled sweetly at him.
The buns were wrapped in lotus leaves, and a total of four packages were sorted. Each of the four people hugged one package. They couldn't help but swallow, and then unanimously decided to go back to find someone.
Manbao ran at the front with her short legs. She first went to Jishi Hall to find Zhou Xi, and then dragged her to the county government office to find Zhou Dalang and the others.
Zhou Dalang and others were lining up in the queue, moving forward slowly.
There were a lot of people rushing to pay taxes today, so they moved around for a long time before it was their turn. The chief clerk in front was leading his men to calculate the grain taxes, while the people on the side were weighing. Only after paying the qualified amount of grain taxes
Only then can you get a sign. Take the sign and go to the side to get the receipt. This year's food tax will be paid in full.
Zhou Dalang rushed forward to find Zhou Dalang with the buns in his arms. After a while, Zhou Dalang and Zhou Dalang came out. Seeing the lotus leaves in their hands, Zhou Dalang felt heartbroken. "Manbao wants to eat, just buy her two."
, why did you buy so many?”
Wu Lang: "Fourth brother asked me to buy it."
Zhou Lang glared at him, while Zhou Dalang glared at Zhou Lang and asked, "Whose money? Where did you get so much money?"
Zhou Lang said: "Brother, we get money from selling ginger. It only happens once a year. Before the autumn harvest, everyone was tired for two months. What's wrong with having a good meal? And this is because Manbao feels sorry for us, right?
precious."
Man Bao nodded, squatted on the ground and opened the lotus leaf, picked out a relatively large-looking bun and handed it to Zhou Dalang, eagerly saying: "Brother, eat it quickly."
Zhou Dalang couldn't help but feel soft. After taking it, he opened the bun and saw that it was a meat bun. He handed it to Manbao and asked her to eat the filling inside.
Man Bao took it, nibbled it one by one, and then gave the lotus leaves to Zhou Dalang.
Everyone squatted on the ground to eat. Knowing that one bun was vegetarian and the other was meat, they divided it among themselves.
Zhou Dalang didn't eat more. After eating two, he got up and said, "I'll go and change the third child over."
Manbao was still trying to chew the buns in her hand. She thought they were delicious, but her stomach seemed a bit small and she couldn't eat any more after eating one.
She felt a little sorry, so she looked at her brothers and sisters.
Zhou Lang was enjoying himself while eating, and said to her covetously: "You will have to grow longer, and you will be able to eat two buns in two years."
Zhou Xi glared at him and told him not to make Man Bao angry. She opened her meat bun and took out the stuffing for Man Bao to eat.
Manbao took a bite and shook his head, "I can't eat it. I'm very full."
Zhou Xi touched her protruding belly, felt slightly happy, and then ate the rest.