Man Bao and the others had just entered the village when a villager greeted Man Bao, "Man Bao, you are back. How is your small farm?"
Before Manbao had time to answer, the villagers on the side took over, "Do you need to say that, it must be good. By the way, Manbao, our family will also grow winter wheat next year. By then, Mr. Bai and the others will still choose
Wheat seeds?”
"You can't grow winter wheat unless you buy wheat seeds. Even if you can't sell it, it's still good to grow and eat. Manbao, I heard that you bought a shop for your family? How much did it cost?"
"It should be at least one hundred taels."
"Why do you need so many? The shops in this county aren't very big. You can probably buy them for seven or eighty taels, right?"
When Man Bao heard this, she immediately dragged Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang away. When someone shouted from behind, she immediately said: "Uncles, aunts, brothers and nephews, let's go back to do our homework first, otherwise sir will do the homework."
Villagers:...
Man Bao successfully escaped and breathed a sigh of relief when he ran to the door of her house.
Bai Shanbao ran so fast that he was out of breath and asked: "How come it's only been one night and the whole village knows about your family?"
Man Bao thought about how her father grabbed a lot of wedding candies and went out early in the morning, and also carried some wedding cakes.
Man Bao sighed heavily and said to the two of them: "In the village, nothing is a secret."
Bai Shanbao wrinkled his face and hummed: "Then you can only stay at home these two days, or come to my house to play. I don't want to go out and play with you."
Anyway, he doesn't like to be watched.
"If we don't go together, we won't go together. It's so cold outside, I don't want to go out to play."
Having said that, Man Bao was also a little unhappy, so they both snorted and turned around to go back to their respective homes.
Bai Erlang on the side was confused, "Why are you arguing again while talking?"
"We are not arguing, so stop slandering others." Man Bao and Bai Shanbao said in unison, and then they looked at each other and were no longer so angry.
Man Bao waved his hand very generously and said, "Okay, I'll go find you to do your homework early tomorrow morning."
Bai Shanbao nodded in agreement, while Bai Erlang turned around and left, "I made an appointment with Er Tou to dig loaches by the river tomorrow."
"Zhou Liwei!" A voice suddenly sounded from behind Man Bao, and it was so loud that it startled everyone.
Everyone looked back, only to find that Er Tou was standing at the door with his waist pinched. He was waiting for Bai Er to say: "Bai Er, I told you that my name is Zhou Liwei, you have to call me Li Wei."
"Then my name is Bai Cheng, why are you calling me for nothing? Then can I also call you Tuesday?"
Er Tou tilted his head and thought for a while, then refused: "No, many people in the county call me dad like that, you can't call me that."
As soon as he said that, Bai Erlang liked to call him that even more. He immediately ran backwards and shouted: "Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday, I will call you Tuesday from now on."
Erdu was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and ran after him.
Man Bao ignored them, waved goodbye to Bai Shan Bao, and ran home to settle the score with her father.
Lao Zhoutou had just returned from Li Zheng's house. He took out the house deeds and other things in his arms and put them in the box. He smoothed them carefully and closed the box.
Man Bao suddenly rushed in, frightening him.
"Dad, why did you publicize our family's purchase of a shop so that everyone knows about it?"
Lao Zhou stroked his chest and said, "Why can't you say such a good thing?"
He said: "I didn't do it on purpose. I was just seen carrying things to find the village chief and Li Zheng. Since they asked, I had to tell them."
It's strange that Man Bao believed him.
"By the way, Manbao, this shop already exists, but there is no plaque yet. Your elder brother said that the original plaque was for a silk and satin shop, which is not suitable for our shop, so we have to rename it."
Lao Zhoutou said with a smile: "I think you have chosen the name. There is no need to make a plaque, just put up a flag. I asked your fourth brother to buy the flag. Later, you can write the name of the store yourself and hang it up."
good."
Man Bao's attention was diverted and he asked: "What's your name?"
"Oh, I'm not a scholar, how can I know what your name is?"
"But not all people who go to dinner are scholars. What if the name we think sounds good to you doesn't sound good to you?"
Qian thought for a moment and said, "There's no need to call it something too complicated. You can just call it Zhou Ji."
"Zhouji Restaurant?"
Lao Zhou patted his thigh and said happily: "That's the name. This is the most appropriate name for the restaurant run by our Lao Zhou family."
Man Bao rolled his eyes, turned around and ran to Zhou Lang to ask for the flag.
Zhou Lang unfolded the flag for her, pointed to the pattern on it and said: "See, this is a special sign for eating. You have to buy these flags from the grocery store next to the Yamen. You can't buy them elsewhere. It's really
It’s troublesome enough.”
Man Bao took out his best ink, grinded it out, and then took the thickest pen and dipped it in the ink.
She rarely uses this pen. She only occasionally uses it when practicing calligraphy. At other times, she likes to use a smaller pen.
Man Bao's heart sank, and he wrote four words in one breath.
Zhou Lang clicked and read out: "Qian-remember-rice-restaurant!"
Zhou Lang shook his head and continued: "What a vulgar name, what a name!"
Fang couldn't help but push him.
Man Bao nodded with deep understanding, "The name is tacky, which means it is very popular with the public. The purpose of a restaurant is to cater to everyone's taste."
"Not bad, not bad."
Both brothers and sisters were smiling, and they were both very satisfied with this name.
When the flag was brought to the courtyard and handed to Zhou Erlang to prop it up on a bamboo pole, Old Zhou was still smiling, but when the flag was unfolded, he felt something was wrong.
He raised his head and stared for a long time, feeling a little guilty and short of breath. After enduring it for a long time, he still couldn't hold it back and muttered: "Did I misunderstand the word all along? I mistook money for week and week for money?"
Zhou Zuorang pulled the rope and made sure the flag was fixed, then turned around and asked with a smile: "Dad, what are you talking about?"
Lao Zhoutou coughed lightly and said, "I told you to read your sister's name to me."
Zhou Zhoulang doesn't know many words, but at least he knows the names of his family members, and he can also recognize some commonly used words, although most of them can't be written.
But he still confidently clicked on the four words: "Qianji Restaurant!"
Lao Zhou's eyes widened, he slapped his thigh and said: "I'm just telling you, how could I admit my mistake? It's been all these years, and occasionally when the government wants to collect taxes, I always sign with my own name, this, this, this
It’s the word money.”
Zhou Zhoulang said blankly: "It's the character for Qian, and I didn't say it was the character for Zhou."
"What do you know? It's supposed to be Zhou. Where's Manbao? This little girl is doing bad things behind my back again. Go find her quickly."