Daya, who was struggling to read, took a moment to take a look and asked: "Sister-in-law, what are you going to do?"
Man Bao waved his hand and said, "You continue, I'll take a walk outside."
Da Ya subconsciously wanted to follow, but Man Bao glared at her, "Write quickly. If you can't remember, you will be punished by writing a hundred times."
Although she was not very majestic, Da Ya still squatted on the ground subconsciously, but she was not afraid. She also raised her head to observe her sister-in-law. When she saw her, she was wandering at the door, muttering something, not knowing what to say, so she didn't care.
I lowered my head to write again.
Man Bao was muttering, "Should we go to Brother Hu's house at the end of the village, or the village chief's house in the middle of the village?"
The system watched silently and did not make a decision for her.
In the end, Manbao went to the village chief's house. She felt that if the village chief's house didn't want to sell chickens, then she would go to Brother Hu's house.
Why did she choose these two families to buy chickens? Because apart from theirs, these two families raised the most chickens in the village.
It was just when dinner was being prepared, and there were people from almost every house. As soon as Manbao appeared in the yard, Sanzhu's daughter-in-law saw her.
She curled her lips and was not very happy. It was true that her sense of Man Bao was not very good. What she said by the river last time spread to her home, and she was scolded by her parents-in-law.
What they didn't expect was that the Manbao family went to the county town the next day and returned the money on the third day.
There were faint voices in the village saying that their family had forced Manbao's family to pay back the money, and that their family had gone to the county to exchange money with their grain.
This was not a nice thing to say. Her father-in-law took the money and went to Lao Zhoutou's house on the spot. Although Manbao's father gave an explanation, the two families finally clarified.
But she was still scolded by her mother-in-law. These days, she has been doing the heavy work of feeding the pigs at home, so her elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law are all free.
Sanzhu's wife felt that all this was Manbao's fault.
Sanzhu's wife didn't have a good look on Manbao, and Manbao was not a fool. He directly passed her and shouted inside: "Dazhu's wife, Dazhu's wife, are you at home?"
Dazhu's wife, who was cooking in the kitchen, ran out and looked coldly at Man Bao, who was not even older than her daughter.
Manbao smiled at her, making a babyish sound, but said in an old-fashioned way: "Dazhu's wife, where is your mother-in-law?"
Dazhu's daughter-in-law only thought that the other party was cute and she couldn't hold back her smile and said, "It's Aunt Manbao. My mother-in-law went to the vegetable garden. What do you want to do with her?"
"It's okay, I just want to buy a chicken from your family to eat."
Dazhu's daughter-in-law was stunned, "Buying chickens? Don't you have chickens at home?"
Man Bao said confidently: "My chickens are still laying eggs and I don't want to eat them."
Sanzhu's daughter-in-law couldn't help it anymore and said, "If you don't want to eat your chickens, you can eat my chickens."
Man Bao said: "If your chickens don't lay eggs, maybe you are willing to sell them?"
She gave Sanzhu's wife a strange look and said, "If you don't want to sell it, just say so. I didn't force you to buy it."
"You!" Before Sanzhu's daughter-in-law had time to speak, Dazhu's daughter-in-law looked at Manbao suspiciously, "Sister-in-law Manbao, did your family ask you to buy it?"
Man Bao nodded, "My mother wants to replenish her body, so she has to eat chicken. Wife-in-law Dazhu, do you have any chickens that don't lay eggs that you want to sell?"
Dazhu's daughter-in-law hesitated and shook her head. She was still very suspicious. Why did the old Zhou family let Manbao come out to buy chickens? There were brothers and wives at home, and there were so many children. Even if they bought chickens, they should be the ones doing it?
But before she could say anything, Sanzhu's wife said first, "Yes, do you want a big cock?"
Manbao's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Sanzhu wife, go and catch the big cock and bring it to me. I'll give it to you according to the market price."
Sanzhu's wife was suspicious, "You really want it, do you have money?"
Man Bao took out a large handful of coins from his pocket and said with a smile: "Here, I have money."
Sanzhu's daughter-in-law's eyes widened, and Dazhu's daughter-in-law was also stunned. They thought in unison, the old Zhou family is really generous. They can give so much money to a little kid without fear of being robbed.
However, since this is in the village, no one would dare to rob it.
Now that Manbao had brought the money, Sanzhu's wife rolled her eyes, turned around, fetched a rooster from the chicken coop and showed it to Manbao, saying: "Here, this is the one. I have two roosters in total.
Keep it to celebrate the New Year and worship your ancestors. I will sell this one to you. According to the market price, I will weigh it for you right away."
Dazhu's daughter-in-law frowned, and Sanzhu's daughter-in-law whispered: "Sister-in-law, I have long wanted my eldest brother and the others to take this chicken to the market and sell it to pay back the money, but among us country people, who is willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars?"
Do you want to buy a chicken to eat? It will definitely have to be sent to the county by then. It will take a lot of time to go back and forth. If you are not willing to sell it, let the elder brother take it later. My third child will not go. "
Dazhu's wife closed her mouth when she heard this.
However, she didn't let the third daughter-in-law do such nonsense. She took the initiative to go back to the house and get the scale. While weighing it, she said to Manbao: "How can you, a fellow villager, pay the market price? We'll pay you a penny cheaper per pound."
After quickly weighing it out, Dazhu's wife calculated awkwardly and said: "A total of fifty-three coins."
Man Bao happily counted the coins in his pocket to her. If it was not enough, he put his hand into his pocket again, but asked Keke to put the money in his pocket and give it to her. He went back and forth like this two or three times, and finally counted fifty-three coins.
Dazhu's daughter-in-law carefully tied the rooster's legs and tied its wings before letting her carry it back.
Seeing that she was struggling to hold such a big cock, he asked, "How about I send it back to you?"
Manbao shook his head and said confidently: "It's okay, I can hold it."
Manbao hugged the rooster and headed home. Halfway there, she couldn't hold it anymore. She simply threw the rooster on the ground, found the rope on the wings, and dragged it away.
The rooster cackled while flapping its wings tenaciously or jumping its legs.
However, its legs and wings were restrained, so it was dragged home by Man Bao.
They had just discovered that their sister-in-law was missing and were about to go out to look for them. They opened their mouths and looked at the sister-in-law who was dragging a chicken towards them...
Erya was the first to come to his senses and ran up to ask, "Sister-in-law, where did you get the chicken?"
Datou and the others also ran up, picked up the poor rooster one after another, and touched it with pity. Although they were salivating, they still said: "Sister-in-law, stealing is wrong."
Zhou Lang and others also ran out.
Man Bao was unhappy and said: "Who said I stole it? I bought it!"
Man Bao proudly patted his pocket and said, "I bought it with money!"
Wu Lang, who had just returned from the county town, couldn't help but exclaimed, "Who did you buy it from and how much did it cost? Could it be that you were deceived?"
Everyone in the Zhou family was in a state of surprise when Man Bao got back an attack. After listening to her narration, Lao Zhou couldn't help but touch his waist again and found nothing. Then he remembered that he had made a cigarette earlier this morning.
Lao Wu took them all to the county town and sold them, and he shelved the rest, planning to smoke them again during the Chinese New Year.