On the second day of May, Mrs. Liu was about to leave for Yizhou to pay her birthday. Mr. Bai happened to have something to go to the county town, so he rode out early in the morning to see Mr. Liu off.
Bai Shanbao stood at the entrance of the village with a small bookcase on his back, waving to them enthusiastically and greeting them cheerfully, "Grandma, have a nice trip."
After leaving for school, Man Bao, who happened to come here, joined in the fun and waved, "Grandma Liu, have fun."
Bai Erlang knew that the wheat would be shipped in today, so he was so excited that he couldn't sleep well last night. Now he can't open his eyes, but he waved his hand and shouted: "Dad, you can go now."
Mr. Bai almost fell off his horse when he just got on the horse.
He glared at his son and shouted: "You closed your eyes so early in the morning. What did you do last night?"
Bai Erlang woke up.
Mr. Bai said angrily: "When I come back, if I find out that you don't pay attention to the class, I will beat you."
Bai Erlang immediately said: "Dad, don't worry, I won't sleep in class."
He couldn't sleep even if he wanted to. Now Mr. Zhuang was leading three students. He could be seen when he lowered his eyes. Every time he closed his eyes, he was called up to stand and listen to the class.
Although he thought he could fall asleep standing up, it really hurt when the book was slapped on his head.
Mrs. Liu opened the curtains and took a look at the three children, shook her head and smiled. She knew their plan, but to be honest, she was not sure whether their plan could come true.
However, they were so courageous and knew at a young age that they had to hold all the goods in their hands before negotiating with the buyers. If she didn't help, she would be sorry for the good idea they came up with.
However, Mrs. Liu still warned Bai Shanbao, "Don't be too impulsive when doing things. Think more about it. If you are in doubt, ask Mr. Zhuang. Don't think about it yourself and act recklessly, you know?"
Bai Shanbao responded.
Mrs. Liu looked at Man Bao and Bai Erlang again and said with a smile: "You must supervise each other and don't do bad things."
The two children nodded repeatedly and waved goodbye to her together.
Mrs. Liu then left.
As soon as she left, Mr. Bai naturally left too. Watching the motorcade go away, the three children cheered and hugged each other without minding the heavy small bookbox on their backs.
Zheng, who was also here to say goodbye, looked at them strangely and asked, "What are you doing?"
She asked suspiciously: "Are you planning to do something bad?"
The three of them shook their heads together, and Bai Shanbao said, "Mom, I'm going to school."
"Aunt Zheng, I've gone to school too." Man Bao caught up with Bai Shanbao who was running ahead.
"Auntie, I'm leaving too." Bai Erlang also ran away.
Bai Zhuangtou had already received the advice from the three young masters. After breakfast, he took two long-term workers to wait at the entrance of the village. When the mule cart came in with grain, he greeted him with a smile. Then he didn't even enter Bai's house.
It was transported to the village chief's house.
The village chief had also received confirmation from Lao Zhoutou, and early in the morning he notified each family to send the prepared wheat here, and everyone began to exchange.
The village chief stood on a stool and asked everyone to be quiet. He said, "Don't be greedy. Every family must keep enough wheat seeds. They would rather keep more than less. This year, the old Zhou family will not have any wheat seeds to trade with you."
"I know, I know, village chief, let's get started. Not only did I keep my own, I also left a few kilograms of wheat seeds for my uncle."
"It's only a few kilograms, which is not enough to plant an acre of land. You must be stingy."
"I said a few kilograms is a few kilograms. It's a small bag, enough to plant half an acre..."
"Okay, okay, don't make any noise. Let's line up and come up. We'll change one by one. By the way, where is Uncle Jin? His family won't change?"
"Replace it. Yesterday, Uncle Jin was very happy and said that he wanted to replace everything in the house."
"Uncle Jin isn't here. Fourth child, fifth child, where is your father?"
Zhou Lang waved his hand with a smile and said: "You change first, you change first, my father is talking to my mother at home."
Everyone didn't pay attention and opened the grain bags one after another and started weighing them.
After weighing it, pour out half the bag and check it. As long as there is nothing in it and the wheat is dried, it will be fine.
Zhou Lang stood aside and watched with gusto, and Wu Lang also watched with gusto. Then he couldn't help but lean in next to the fourth brother and whisper, "You said such a good thing, why doesn't mother let our family change it?"
Zhou Lang said: "It's definitely not my mother who won't let me go, it's Manbao who won't let me go."
"Why? Don't you let us take advantage of the Bai family?"
Zhou Lang glanced at him with disdain and said, "Do you think we are closer to Man Bao, or are the Bai family and Man Bao closer?"
"That needless to say, of course it's us, we are a family!"
"Then let's get it done. If this is a bargain, Manbao will definitely let us take it. She won't let us take it, which means there is a bigger bargain waiting for us ahead. Just wait."
At this time, Lao Zhoutou was also angry. He walked around in the yard and angrily asked Qian, who was sitting in the yard sewing. "Why don't you change it? It's such a good thing. If you miss this village, it's too bad."
This store no longer exists!”
Zhou Dalang and his two younger brothers also stayed in the yard. In order to facilitate the exchange of food, Xiao Qian didn't make tofu today, and Zhou Dalang didn't go to the county town to set up a stall. Everyone in his family was there.
Qian continued to sew clothes with her head down, and sat in front of the main door, not letting him go in to move food. After sewing the piece of cloth, she said: "Why are you so anxious? This is just a small advantage. There may be a big advantage later. This
Your daughter is the one who takes the lead and pulls the strings, so you're afraid you won't be able to catch up."
"Then what if they run out of food?"
"After the change, it means we have no connection with this matter," Qian said, "Why don't we take advantage of this?"
Lao Zhoutou couldn't help but stamp his feet, "It's fate now. If you let me take Dalang and the others to move the wheat out, the fate will be fulfilled."
"No," Qian said, "I still want to keep it and wait for a greater fate."
"What if that fate doesn't come?"
"Then if we don't accept this pie, it won't be a loss for us, right?" Qian said: "If you want to eat the braised pork at the end, you have to save your stomach and don't stuff it full of white steamed buns in one go."
"Then I can eat half of the steamed buns first and leave half of the belly for the braised pork at the end, okay?"
"No," Qian said firmly, "I'm afraid you'll regret it if you see the braised pork later."
Lao Zhou stared at her with bulging eyes. After a while, he was defeated. He sat down on the steps and asked: "Then tell me, what's the big deal in the future? Where can I get the braised pork?"
Qian couldn't tell him that your daughter planned to collect all the wheat and sell it to Mr. Bai at a high price, right?
If she dared to say that, with the courage of the master, he would faint from fear now.
So Qian said calmly: "Just keep your heart in your stomach, you will know in a day or two."