Lao Zhoutou returned home happily and saw that Zhou Zuolang and the others were still arranging the things they had bought. He looked at them with interest for a while and asked Zhou Zuolang, "Is it all Manbao's money?"
Zhou Lang nodded.
Old Zhou was happy and felt that he had consumed part of his daughter's money. He smiled so hard that his eyes almost narrowed, and he raised his feet to go to the kitchen.
"Dad -" Man Bao ran out of the house, looked at him with bright eyes and said, "I bought you a gift."
Lao Zhou's eyes lit up, "What gift?"
"I'll tell you after dinner."
Although Lao Zhou was itchy, he still agreed, but he couldn't help but inquire, "You have to tell me what it is."
"It has something to do with food."
Could it be that there is a lot of meat in the kitchen now?
Old Zhou thought about it for a while. Although he was a little surprised to receive this as a gift, it was not impossible.
Lao Zhoutou smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's talk about it after dinner."
Then when it was time for dinner, Lao Zhou realized that tonight's dishes were very different from before. First of all, he had only seen the oily red meat at Bai's house.
He once had it once when he was invited by Mr. Bai to the Bai family. It was really, really delicious...
Lao Zhou's eyes almost went straight as he looked at the sumptuous dinners on the two tables and asked, "How are these dishes made?"
Man Bao picked up the chopsticks and gave his father a piece of braised pork, and said eagerly: "Dad, you eat it first."
People at both tables looked at Lao Zhoutou. Lao Zhoutou picked up the meat and took a bite. His eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "It's not any different from Mr. Bai's. It's delicious! Lao's.
The craftsmanship is getting better and better.”
Xiao Qian was extremely happy and said with a smile: "The meat bought by my sister-in-law is better, and the sugar is better..."
Lao Zhoutou gave Qian a piece, and then said to the children: "Okay, let's eat."
Everyone cheered and started eating.
Not to mention Datou and the others, adults like Zhou Dalang ate with great joy and felt that this meal was even better than the New Year's Eve dinner.
After the food on the table was cleared and everyone had eaten and drank, Manbao said to Lao Zhoutou: "Dad, if your family wants to eat dishes like this in the future, all they have to do is buy the meat and make it."
"Well, how?"
"Made in an iron pot," Man Baole said with a smile: "Dad, I bought you an iron pot, are you happy?"
"What?" Old Zhou Tou almost broke his voice.
He stood in front of the iron pot in the kitchen. After being silent for a long time, he asked, "This pot costs so much iron. How much does it cost?"
Zhou Lang huddled behind Zhou Dalang and whispered a number.
Old Zhou asked, "Who asked me to buy it?"
Zhou Lang immediately said: "Man Bao let me buy it. She said the food cooked in the iron pot is delicious."
"Fourth brother took me there. I didn't know where the iron shop was," Man Bao said immediately, "Then the fourth brother said to buy it, so I paid for it."
Lao Zhoutou thought about the taste of tonight's meal, and kept telling himself in his heart that my daughter's money was spent, my daughter's money was spent, it was the right way, it was the right way.
But what should I do if I still want to hit someone?
Lao Zhoutou couldn't help but suggest again, "Manbao, why don't you give your mother the money to save, and then ask your mother for it when you need it."
Man Bao flatly refused, "No! I want to get it myself."
After that, he ran away.
Lao Zhoutou sighed, "That two hundred and sixteen taels of silver is not enough for her."
Zhou Lang and everyone who knew the inside story secretly said: It is not enough, because today we really spent a lot of money.
Everyone goes back to their respective houses.
Xiao Qian couldn't help but take out the box, took out the gold bracelet and put it on her hand, and asked Zhou Dalang happily, "Does it look good?"
Zhou Dalang nodded, "It looks good, but are you willing to wear this thing?"
This is gold. If it is lost or dirty, or if a piece of it is knocked off...
Xiao Qian thought for a while and said regretfully: "I really can't bear to part with it. Now that I think about it, the silver one is actually pretty good."
"Don't let anyone hear this," Zhou Dalang said with a smile, "I've asked Datou, this gold one is much more expensive than the silver one."
Feng couldn't help but take out a silver bracelet and put it on her hand. She also asked Zhou Erlang, and then couldn't help but sigh, "Manbao is really different from my sister-in-law."
Zhou Erlang yawned, lay down and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense? Manbao was brought up by my sister-in-law. Didn't you see that my sister-in-law didn't even get a gold medal?"
In fact, Feng left the matter behind and asked Zhou Lang in a low voice, "Do you think I can wear it tomorrow?"
Zhou Zuorang stopped talking. After a while, he yawned and said, "It's okay, my mother is here."
At this moment, Qian also took out a box from the inside of the bed.
Lao Zhou was about to lie down when he saw it and asked curiously, "What is this?"
"A gift from Manbao."
Lao Zhou yawned and watched his wife open the box. Then he stopped yawning halfway and opened his eyes wide to see the yellow and orange things inside.
Qian put the gold bracelet on her other hand and asked Lao Zhoutou with a smile, "Does it look good?"
Lao Zhou nodded blankly, "It looks good."
Mrs. Qian was satisfied, "It's a pity that it's gold, so you can wear it at home and not outside."
Only then did Lao Zhoutou come back to his senses. He smashed it and said, "If you think about it, Manbao spent a lot of money when he went out today."
Qian glanced at him and then said: "She also bought bracelets for Xi and the others. Except for the old man's bracelet, which is gold, the rest are all silver."
Lao Zhoutou felt confident, "Look, with your daughter's willingness to spend money, do you dare to leave the money in her hands?"
Qian smiled and asked, "Then can you get money from her?"
That really can't be done.
However, gold and silver bracelets are good things. If something happens in the future, they can be directly cashed in and used as money.
Thinking about it this way, Old Zhou didn't feel very distressed anymore.
But after lying there for a while, he realized what he was thinking, "Why do you all have gifts, but I don't?"
"Who says you don't have it?" Qian said: "It's Dalang and Datou who don't have it. Didn't Manbao give you an iron pot as a gift?"
Lao Zhoutou: "...Is that a gift for me? My family won't eat the food cooked in that pot."
"You are a family member, you should have bought these things, but she bought them for you, isn't it just a gift to you?"
Lao Zhoutou actually felt that what his wife said made sense, but he always felt that something was wrong, so that he did not react for a while.
Seeing that he was silent, Mrs. Qian pulled up the quilt and said, "Okay, go to bed. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival later, and there are many children at home. I think from last May to now, the family has never been free for a moment, and the children are also busy."
I’m so tired that I’m going to make some glutinous rice balls and rice cakes for them to eat.”