Man Bao was sent home in tears by a maid from the Bai family. In order to comfort her, Mrs. Liu gave her a lot of cakes. However, after Man Bao took the cakes, she still refused to forgive Bai Shanbao and decided not to make friends with him.
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Zhou family:......
After they heard how Man Bao quarreled and fought with the young master of the Bai family, they ignored him. Isn't it normal for such children to quarrel and fight?
Even Qian didn't comfort her much and only asked her to wash up and go to bed.
Man Bao's attention was quickly diverted, and as soon as he fell asleep, he forgot everything.
When she got up, Zhou Lang had already taken Wu Lang to the market. Today was not a market, but there would be a meat stall in Dali Village. If you wanted to buy meat, you had to either go to the county seat or go to Dali Village.
Manbao had nothing to do, so she spent her points in the mall to buy the ginger cubes she had chosen the day before. Then she took out two pieces and decided to try to see if she could plant them and leave the rest to spring.
Of course Manbao couldn't do such a thing as growing ginger alone, so she asked Daya and Erya to do it.
The two sisters didn't know that ginger was more expensive than meat. When their sister-in-law said that she was going to the vegetable garden to plant vegetables, which were newly acquired, they took her with them, little hoe.
Man Bao kept muttering, "We need fertile land, fertile land..."
Daya pointed to a piece of tunnel and said: "Plant it here. The soil here is thicker and must be fertile."
Then Manbao took out the ginger cubes and gave them to them, pointing with his little finger: "Cut it into pieces, cut it here, cut it here, and then it will sprout, and you can plant many pieces."
Daya asked, "Can we farm in such a cold weather?"
Man Bao scratched his face and said, "Who knows, just give it a try."
Keke felt a little helpless and pointed out: "You can use straw to spread it on top to keep out the cold."
Man Bao was surprised, "Straw can prevent cold?"
"Of course, some people also use straw to make their beds, so who can keep them warm from the cold?"
Man Bao thought thoughtfully, "Then leaves can also keep out the cold? So can grass, so can reeds... Oh, there are so many things we can use."
Together, Man Bao and Da Ya Er Ya dug a hole and planted the ginger pieces, then poured some water on them, then ran home together and took out a handful of straw and spread it densely on the ground to keep them warm from the cold.
In order to make them cover the straw quilt more tightly, Manbao also stepped hard on the straw.
When Daya and Erya saw it, they thought it was a special feature of ginger cultivation and stepped on it.
Keke, who witnessed the whole process: ...Forget it, it won’t sprout if buried now anyway, so we should wait until spring and then remind the host to loosen the soil.
After Man Bao finished planting the ginger, his second brother and the others had not come back yet, but Zhou Dalang and Zhou Lang had already gone to Bai's house to start work. She had nothing to do, so she took her own book and ran to the school to study.
As for why she must come to the school to study, it is of course because of habit. Anyway, the teacher does not close the door, the classroom door is open, and she can just go in and study.
As a result, he ran outside the classroom and heard the sound of reading inside. Manbao ran in curiously and saw Bai Shanbao sitting in his seat reading.
He raised his head and saw Man Bao, and curled his lips and said, "You are so lazy, I have already read three texts."
"You are lazy," Man Bao said, "I have planted many pieces of ginger since I woke up in the morning."
Man Bao ran over and sat down, and Bai Shanbao pushed a paper bag to her, "Here, you want to eat the osmanthus cake."
Manbao swallowed and opened it. It was fragrant and sweet. It was her favorite osmanthus cake. She took a bite and found that the cake was still hot. She was even happier, so she also took out a handful of sweets and gave it to him.
, "Well, there are red ones and yellow ones. Don't tell others."
Bai Shanbao also became happy, hid the candy in his pocket, and nodded fiercely.
The two children reconciled again.
Man Bao said: "I'm going to go today, what about you?"
Bai Shanbao said: "I'll go too! My mother also prepared a food box for me. There are a lot of delicious things in it. I am afraid of the cold, but I told her that we have a fire and we are not afraid of the cold."
Man Bao nodded, "My second brother and his friends will cook today. If your food gets cold, I'll ask my second brother to heat it up for you."
Bai Shanbao expressed his gratitude.
The Bai family still sent Daji and a donkey cart to follow them, but Zhou Erlang still went to borrow a cart. The children took the donkey cart, but they couldn't put everything on it. After all, it was their own business, right?
Bai Erlang didn't want to go, but his father forced him to climb onto the donkey cart crying, which aroused the contempt of both Bai Shanbao and Man Bao.
I'm not ashamed to cry at such an old age.
Mrs. Bai didn't understand this. She felt very sorry for her son and couldn't help but tell her mother-in-law that she wanted her to intercede on her son's behalf.
As a result, as soon as Mrs. Bai opened her mouth, Mr. Bai said: "Mom, this is for the sake of my children. Instead of staying at home and fighting cats and dogs, it's better to go out and experience things."
"Watching a group of laborers working, what insights can you gain?" Old Mrs. Bai said: "Didn't you hear what Erlang said, the Zhou family went there to make money, not what to do? How old are the two children?
What article are you writing?”
Mr. Bai said: "Mom, the people here are very knowledgeable. You didn't see the booklet they memorized. Otherwise, my aunt cares about her children more than you do. Why did she let Shanbao go?"
Old Mrs. Bai didn't speak at all.
Mr. Bai said: "It's a pity that this boy is disobedient. Except for a few scattered pages with his handwriting in the two volumes of notes, the rest are all written by Shan Bao. This shows how lazy he is."
Mrs. Bai didn't dare to speak now, for fear that her plea would fail and make her son even more angry with her grandson.
Zhou Erlang and others soon arrived at the official road. Today, the laborers were digging and repairing water conservancy, mainly digging ditches for irrigation. This was more difficult than building roads.
Zhou Lang took a look at Zhou Lang, and then bowed to say hello to the two officials under Wu Lang's introduction.
You don't need to ask questions today, you have a lot of free time.
Man Bao went around collecting firewood as if having fun. She dragged the firewood together and asked Brother Six to come and get it.
Wu Lang had already come here once and knew how to do it quickly. When the second brother was setting up the stove, he directly carried a bucket to fetch water.
Yes, yesterday they only brought one wooden barrel, but today they just brought a pair.
He fetched water, put the chopped bones into the cauldron, poured water in and started to light the fire.
All other tasks are done in time, but the bone soup needs to be simmered for a longer time to taste better.
Man Bao and Bai Shanbao ran over dragging a big branch, then dropped it and ran up to join in the fun, "Second brother, what are you going to cook?"
"Pork meat stewed with cabbage, pork meat stewed with radish, five cents a spoonful."
It's not certain whether anyone will buy it, but it doesn't matter if no one buys it. He doesn't prepare much. He plans to save some for the third child and take the rest home for his family to eat.