While calling people to look at the baskets and bamboo baskets, Zhou Erlang pulled Manbao and Erya to him and said with a straight face: "Why are you running around? I don't know there are many people in the county. What if I get lost?"
The customer made a selection and felt that the quality of Zhoulang's bamboo basket was good and the price was a penny cheaper than others, so he paid for it.
After this group of guests left, Zhou Lang was free, and then he had time to ask a few people, "Wu Lang, what were you running for just now?"
Wu Lang put the backpack on the ground, showed his second brother the big rooster inside, and said proudly: "Here, this is what we have to get back."
Zhou Erlang looked at this rooster with its neck shrunken, most of its fur had fallen off, and its red skin had been pecked out. He couldn't help rolling up his sleeves, "You mean, you spent sixty-five cents to buy a big rooster."
Just to exchange the rooster for this stripped rooster?"
Wuwu Lang hid behind his elder brother in a flash, grabbed his sleeve and said: "Brother, you see, the second brother is going to beat me again, am I in trouble?"
Wu Lang poked his head out from behind Zhou Dalang and said proudly: "We still made money!"
He opened the cloth bag in his arms and showed it to Zhou Lang, his chin almost lifted to the sky, "Did you see it, did you see it, second brother, can you make so much money?"
Zhou Zuorang was stunned, "Where did you get so much money?"
"That's a lot." Wu Lang took out the broken piece of silver from Man Bao's hand and showed it to Zhou Lang, "See, this is earned from that big rooster. Man Bao also has other coins in his pocket.
Where’s the copper plate?”
Wu Lang wants to dig out the copper coins from Man Bao's pocket, but will Man Bao give in?
Not only did she snatch back the broken silver, but she also pulled the cloth bag under her buttocks, raised her head and said, "This money is all mine. I will divide it according to merit when I get back."
Wu Lang and the others had nothing at all, so they obediently gave all their money to Man Bao. Of course, Man Bao couldn't carry so much money, so Wu Lang was still the coolie.
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang felt something was wrong, "Man Bao, what do you want so much money for?"
Zhou Erlang squatted down to coax her, "Second brother, please help you keep it. I will buy you meat and candies later."
Man Bao considers herself an adult, and she also has experience in keeping points. She is most interested in planning money, so how could she be willing to give it to them?
So she stuffed the silver piece into her little cloth pocket, covered it and said, "No, I can take my own money."
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Dalang stared at Wu Lang.
Wu Lang also hugged the cloth bag in his arms tightly. The money was in Manbao's hands, and they might still be able to keep a little bit of it. If it fell into the hands of the eldest brother and the second brother, they couldn't even think of getting a penny.
Zhou Dalang had a headache, "What do you want the money for?"
If it was four or five cents, Man Bao would just take it, but this was hundreds of cents.
Man Bao counted on his fingers, "I want to buy medicine for my mother, chickens, meat, clothes, oil paper, books, paper..."
Man Bao found that she couldn't count the two slaps, so she drew a circle and said, "I want to buy a lot of things."
Zhou Dalang was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said: "Then you give the money to the elder brother, and the elder brother will hold it for you. When you want to buy something later, you can ask the elder brother if you want it?"
Zhou Dalang said: "You have the money, what if you lose it?"
"It won't be lost," Man Bao said confidently: "Fifth brother is holding it now. I will hide it in the room when I get home. I know where mother's money is hidden, and I also know where father's money is hidden.
Wherever I go, I’ll just hide my money somewhere else.”
Saturday Lang exclaimed, "Dad, does he still have money?"
"Yes, I found it, and dad asked me not to tell mom."
Friday Lang and Saturday Lang looked at each other, as if they knew something extraordinary.
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang also looked at each other. As married men, they knew very well what their father was doing.
The two of them coughed lightly and stopped pushing Man Bao. They just told her, "Since Dad asked you not to talk about it outside, then don't talk about it again in the future."
"Hey, dad didn't ask me not to tell anyone, he just told me not to tell mom."
Everyone in the Zhou family waited: ...so I think I can tell them, right?
Zhou Dalang glanced at Wulang and Zhoulang warningly, and said, "You are not allowed to talk about this when we get back."
Then he and Zhou Erlang took their respective daughters aside and told them so, and the matter was over.
Zhou Erlang's business was not very good, but he also sold several baskets and baskets. In the past, he thought this income was okay, but compared with Manbao and the others, Er Erlang felt it was too poor.
Because it was still early, no one was in a hurry to go back, so Man Bao continued to go shopping with his two brothers and two nieces.
Of course, this time Zhou Dalang made a request that he could only walk on this street and was not allowed to go outside.
There is no other way. My Yaomei is so courageous that she even dares to go to a gambling street. Who knows what else she can do if she runs away?
Manbao didn't mind either. Most of the products sold here were agricultural products, but she also enjoyed shopping. Of course, she preferred to go to the shops on both sides behind the stalls.
It happened that there was both a grain store and a grocery store here. She took her people to choose a better roll of oil paper, and then went to the grain store to buy some millet. When she heard Zhou Dalang calling home, she wandered
out.
Zhou Dalang took a look at the things they bought and decided to discuss it with his mother when he went back. He must take all the money from Man Bao. This child is very good at spending money. They came to sell food because they were short of money.
, but as soon as she turned around, she went to the grain store to buy millet.
But Manbao's reason was also very good, "I have asked, millet nourishes the stomach and Qi, I want to give it to my mother."
Zhou Dalang sighed repeatedly, "I have some at home. I can just grind them at home. Why buy them?"
Manbao was stunned and asked: "Does our family have it? Why have I never eaten it?"
Zhou Dalang lowered his head and looked at the cloth bag in Liulang's hand, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Liu Zhoulang said with a smile: "Yao Mei, you are so stupid, because our family only eats millet in the shell. Of course you can't eat it with your little voice."
Zhou Dalang carried Man Bao to the cart and sat down, and said: "That's reserved for making porridge in April or May next year when the lean years are no longer there. Let me know what you want to buy in the future. Let me know what you have at home."
Don’t buy it.”
Man Bao was dumbfounded, "Does that mean our family doesn't know how to grind the shells? Why should we eat them with the shells on?"
Daya and Erya were also very curious because they seemed to have never eaten millet with shells.
"With the shell, you can stew more and fill your stomach more," Wu Lang also complained a little, "I told you that I have it at home. If you don't believe me, look, now it's a waste of money, right?"
Man Bao hummed and said, "Who told you to lie to me so often before? Your credibility is so low, of course I don't believe you."
Wu Lang choked and asked angrily, "Did Liu Lang teach you to say these words?"
"Fifth brother, please don't accuse me wrongly. How could I teach Manbao to say such a thing? I don't even know what credibility is. But Manbao, you used this word well. Fifth brother's credibility is indeed very low. No,
No."
The two brothers were quarreling, but Zhou Dalang didn't care about them. He carried Daya and Erya into the car and pushed the car out of the city quickly. They had to get home before sunset.