"Where are those things?" Mrs. Bai asked, "Where did those things you bought go?"
Bai Erlang was stunned and speechless.
Mrs. Bai continued: "How many things did you keep in that house? The rest is all for you to give away. It's not that I don't ask you to play with the children in the village, but it's not like this. With so much New Year's money, it's not like that."
If it’s gone, it’s gone.”
When Mrs. Bai heard this, she immediately said: "Erlang, you are still young, so let your mother help you take care of it. Don't worry, our family is not short of money, and your mother will not use your money."
Bai Erlang wiped away his tears and said: "Grandma, I want to give these things to my friends, and they also gave me things. I just don't spend money randomly in the future. Please ask my mother to return the money to me."
Mr. Bai also said: "Mom, Erlang has grown up, not as good as before, and this money is earned by him, not given by the family, so let him take care of it."
"No," Mrs. Bai's face darkened, and she said forcefully: "The money at home does not come from the strong wind. Erlang has no control over his spending, so he leaves it to his mother to take care of it. If he wants to use money, give him a few taels usually."
That’s all silver.”
"A few taels of silver are enough for what you can do," Bai Erlang said: "Zhuangzi, if he buys novel seeds or does something else, he doesn't know how much it will cost."
"Don't hide it from me. Don't you know if you're looking at me? The money Zhuangzi spends now comes from Shanbao's family. Why do you need to pay for it?"
"Mom," Mr. Bai couldn't help but say, "You see Shanbao manages his own money..."
"Is your son the same as Shanbao?" Mrs. Bai interrupted him and said: "Shanbao has saved his money. In addition to buying some toys, that child also spent most of his money on books and pens. Look at Erlang.
What did he spend his money on?"
Mr. Bai tried to persuade her for a long time, but Mrs. Bai didn't agree. In the end, Mrs. Bai got angry and simply said: "I'm going to bed, so don't stand here. Don't quarrel again after I go out. I'll leave the money to his mother for the time being."
Keep it and wait until he grows up."
Mr. Bai had discussed the education of his younger son with Mr. Zhuang some time ago. He knew that the child could not just be beaten, but also praised. Sometimes pressing a stone on him was more effective than beating him with fists.
Unexpectedly, everything went smoothly with his son, but he would be frustrated by his mother and wife. Mr. Bai was also a little angry, so he bowed with a sullen face and then left.
Of course, he was carrying his son.
Bai Erlang felt that there was no hope of getting the money back. Fortunately, he left twenty-nine yuan with Shanbao, otherwise he would have cried to death.
He swore that he would cry to death in front of his mother and show her.
Master Bai dragged his son away quickly. Seeing that her husband was angry, Mrs. Bai felt a little uneasy and quickly caught up with her skirt.
When he was approaching the main courtyard, Mr. Bai stopped and asked his son to go back first. When Mrs. Bai caught up, he said in a deep voice: "Give the money back to Erlang."
Mrs. Bai obviously didn't expect that he would mention this again, and she opened her mouth to defend herself. Master Bai suddenly said with a gloomy face: "Ms. Chen, even if you want to take money from Erlang, you should ask him first or tell him."
, I just remembered, why didn’t you mention it to Erlang when we were eating just now?”
Mrs. Bai's face turned pale, not because of Master Bai's questioning, but because Master Bai called her "Chen". This was the second time he called her that since they got married.
The first time was when he was sending Erlang to school in the county.
"Master..." Mrs. Bai said after getting lucky: "Don't you know how much Erlang spends?"
Mr. Bai said impatiently: "It would be fine if my family gave me this money, but this is what he earned."
"That's from you..."
"That's what she earned." Mr. Bai knew what she was thinking. Because the three children bought out the wheat seeds and sold them to him at a high price, the old lady and Mrs. Chen were a little unhappy these two days. He said, "Now that I have said it,
Let the three children do it by themselves, then we can't interfere too much. In business, since I am willing to do this business, I will not lose money. Didn't I tell you that I will sell these wheat at a higher price?
Will the seeds be sold?"
"Then tell me, does this count as cheating on three children?"
"Of course not, you are an adult..."
"Just because I am an adult?" Mr. Bai interrupted her and said, "Don't say I can make a lot of money from it. Even if I can't, I would be happy to lose money and see three children grow up like this!"
"My mother is old, and I couldn't say what I said to her just now, but now listen, let's not talk about Shanbao, let's talk about Manbao. You know, that little girl from the Zhou family is better than you.
My son is still two years younger, and he has made so much money from me. In the situation of their old Zhou family, so much money is only for the children!"
Mr. Bai asked her, "With our family's wealth, do we really need those few hundred taels? Why can the Zhou family do it but not our Bai family?"
"Manbao is very sensible. She never spends money arbitrarily, unlike Erlang..."
Mr. Bai was a little tired, his voice was lowered, and he was a little weak, but he gritted his teeth and said: "Then let him learn! Don't you know that your son has changed a lot?"
Mr. Bai said word for word: "Today is different from the past, do you know? A year ago, no, just ten days ago, Erlang told you that he could earn more than 490 taels. Do you believe it?
?”
"What? More than four hundred and ninety taels? Isn't it only two hundred taels?" Mrs. Bai exclaimed, "I see there are only twenty silver ingots in the box."
Mr. Bai was stunned for a moment, then he burst into laughter, closed his eyes, and asked Mrs. Bai, "Look, your son can already hide money separately. No, he has learned to use money to test you. Do you think he or you are better?"
Do you know the son?"
Mrs. Bai's face turned pale.
Mr. Bai waved his sleeves and said: "Give him the money back. If you always think that he doesn't know how to manage money and will spend money lavishly, then he will never care about money and will continue to spend money lavishly!"
After that, he turned around and went back to the house.
Mrs. Bai stood at the door of the courtyard for a long time before entering the house with red eyes.
Mr. Bai did not sleep on the bed, but slept on the couch. After a long time, he said quietly: "Mr. Qian'erzhuang was drunk and made me cry for half the night. You and I both underestimated Mr. Zhuang. He is
He is an excellent gentleman, but it is a pity that Dalang has no fate with him. Otherwise, I would really like to take Dalang back from the school and let Mr. Zhuang teach him."
Mrs. Bai was startled.
"But Mr. Zhuang is such a good person. Qianer took my hand and said that Man Bao is the most intelligent child he has ever seen, both as a person and as a student."
Mrs. Bai didn't quite understand what she meant.
"And Shanbao is also very good. He is better at reading than Ziqi. Now Erlang sits with Manbao on his left and Shanbao on his right. Mr. Zhuang teaches him when he enters the school. When he leaves the school, he usually plays with the two of them.
, you are suppressing him at this time, not for his own good, but for his harm."