Lao Zhou decided to let his daughter worship Mr. Zhuang as a teacher, so of course he had to prepare well. So even the boss didn't go out to work the next day.
Old Zhou Tou directly asked him to borrow a cart from the village head and move two bags of grain from the warehouse.
The whole family stood watching at their respective doors. Old Zhou Tou seemed unable to see the anxiety in the eyes of his daughters-in-law, so he ordered the eldest and third child to tie up the grain, and then told Zhou Zhoulang, "Go to Jishang, and first exchange the grain for money." , buy medicine for your mother for three days, and buy another piece of meat, pork belly, it would be even better if you can buy bacon."
Old Zhou thought for a while and said: "See if there is anyone selling better cotton cloth in the market. If there is, buy it and make a set of clothes for Mr. Zhuang. By the way, don't forget about the fabrics for shoes and socks." Buy it, buy a better one."
Tuesday Lang wrote down one by one.
Little Qian and the others felt their hearts twitch when they heard what they wanted to buy. These were two bags of grain.
Lao Zhoutou was more distressed than them, but listening to the laughter floating in from outside, he could ignore this distress. Seeing that everything he had explained was over, Lao Zhoutou waved his hand and told everyone what to do.
Man Bao woke up early in the morning, and then dragged Wu Lang Liu Lang to pick wild flowers together.
When the house was ready, they were ready too. They took the baskets woven by Zhou Lang and filled them with wild grass and wild flowers, and walked happily behind the adults.
Feng Shi, who went with him, looked at the things in their baskets and couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing with these things?"
The big girl said: "Sister-in-law said she wanted to sell it."
Feng's eyes widened slightly, "This kind of thing is everywhere, who buys it?"
Man Bao was being carried by Wu Wulang at this time, and he said loudly: "Second sister-in-law, I will buy, I am willing to buy anything that looks good."
This is really a prodigal.
Feng couldn't help asking, "Sister-in-law, are you rich?"
Man Bao shook his head honestly, "Not now, but there will be in the future."
She is very confident in herself. Even Keke said she is very smart, so she must be very powerful, and of course there will be no problem in making money.
Feng Shi didn't stop them, he just regarded it as a children's game, anyway, they were holding the things themselves.
When they arrived at the market, everyone began to look for a place to set up a stall.
Zhou Yilang made a lot of baskets and dustpans for sale. He took up a lot of land, put down the things and asked his wife to sell them. , don't run around."
Before Zhou Wulang could speak, Man Bao patted his chest first and said, "Second brother, don't worry, I will definitely take care of my nephews, we won't go anywhere."
Zhou Zhoulang smiled and reached out to touch her head.
Then he pushed the trolley and Zhou Dalang to sell grain.
This market is held every five days, and several nearby villages gather together to form a market in this relatively large Dali Village.
Because there is a mountain here, there is a temple on the mountain, and there are two monks in the temple. Every year on the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, there is a grand temple fair here, and even some people from the county will come from thousands of miles to participate.
That is the big temple fair, and the other small temple fairs are set up every major solar term. These traditions have been going on for many years.
According to what Man Bao heard from the old people at the entrance of the village, they have had these customs since they were children.
For this reason, Keke is also very sorry, saying that it is a science popularization system dedicated to collecting creatures. There is also a system in their encyclopedia that specializes in collecting this kind of folklore. I don’t know how many sub-tasks can be derived from the formation of this temple fair. Definitely earn a lot of points.
At that time, Man Bao felt that Keke was a little sad, so he didn't want to throw money out of the sweet words, "But I like Keke, I don't like other systems."
In short, this is a big market where villagers exchange what they need.
So the question is, is everyone bartering money
of course not!
Man Bao saw that the second sister-in-law had set up the baskets and dustpans, and they immediately put down their baskets filled with weeds and flowers, forming a row with Feng's products, and then squatted behind and looked at the people passing by with their faces propped up.
Zhou Zhoulang has been operating in the market for many years, and his reputation has long been known, so not long after the things were placed, an old lady came up with a basket on her back, checked the dustpan and asked, "Can I exchange it with eggs?"
After thinking for a while, Feng agreed, and said, "Right now, eggs are worth two cents or three?"
The old lady should be.
Feng began to calculate how many eggs she would give her, "Then you give me..."
She did the calculations, but felt that she had done the calculations incorrectly, and her forehead was a little sweaty. These things were done by her husband-in-law before, and she always counted money when she sold things.
Mrs. Feng wiped off her sweat. Seeing that her sister-in-law was being troubled, Man Bao quickly jumped up, "Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I will. Is our dustpan still fifteen cents apiece?"
Mrs. Feng knew that my sister-in-law was smart and knew how to count. She usually liked to play the game of how much is one penny plus two pennies with her husband, so she nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, our price never changes."
Man Bao looked at the old lady curiously, "Where are your eggs?"
The old lady didn't know how to count, but before she went out, her family counted the eggs for her, but she still hoped that Zhou's family could make a mistake.
Just now she saw that Zhou Zhoulang was not there, so she hurried up.
She put down the pan, opened it to show Man Bao her eggs, "It's all from the chickens at home, it's okay."
Man Bao said: "Let me count."
The old lady was not very happy, "You haven't told me how many eggs you want."
Man Bao stared and asked, "I haven't counted, how do I know how many eggs I want? I have to count."
As soon as I heard this, I knew it was impossible, and the old lady was happy, and she didn't stop her, and said with a smile: "Then you have to be careful, don't break the eggs."
Man Bao assured: "Don't worry, it's mine if it breaks."
She took the eggs out, and there were three piles, three piles, and eight piles. The old lady counted the eggs, and her heart skipped a beat, and she wanted to take the eggs back.
Man Bao had already patted his little hands and said happily: "It's counted, it's counted, second sister-in-law, look, this is two Wen, this is two, two, two... a total of sixteen Wen."
The stall owner on the opposite side watched the whole process, and said happily, "This little girl is really smart."
Feng Shi and You Rongyan said, "This is my sister-in-law, she is the smartest in our family."
Friday Lang and Saturday Lang were also very proud, they puffed out their chests and said, "My sister!"
The old lady took a look at the two big and strong boys, swallowed the words on her lips, and then said: "Your dustpan costs fifteen cents, but you asked me for an extra penny. I will put this pile away." .”
Man Bao felt that it was reasonable, so he took the initiative to give her the two smallest eggs, and said, "Fifteen Wen, I should give you one and a half eggs back, but half an egg can't be divided, so we will lose a little. You take it back."
The old lady choked.
Mrs. Feng also saw the old lady's movement, and responded with a smile, quickly put the eggs into their basket, smiled and asked the old lady to choose the dustpan she liked, and said: "We don't choose the size of the eggs." Alright, let's change it."
Although she didn't suffer a loss, the old lady was still a little unhappy, she looked at Man Bao and said, "This kid is fat for nothing, it doesn't look like we were born as a depositor."
Feng said with a smile: "My sister-in-law is the youngest in the family. Her in-laws love her dearly, and her brothers love her too, so they raised her carefully. I'm not boasting. There is no better-looking girl than our sister-in-law in these ten miles and eight villages."
Everyone took a closer look, it was true.
This child not only has cute facial features, but the most important thing is that he is white and fat, with a round and rosy little face, he looks like a blessed person.
The carelessness in the old lady's heart disappeared, and she nodded with a smile: "It's good-looking."
When Manbao was praised, he immediately became happy, and then enthusiastically introduced his products to the old lady, "Auntie, you should also look at my things, look at my flowers, they are so beautiful, take them back and put them on the windowsill, It looks good."
The old lady was called the aunt, and she felt that she was much younger. She said happily, "Give it to me? You see, you are still so polite."
Reach out and grab it.
Man Bao's eyes sparkled and said: "It's not a gift, it's not expensive at all."
The old lady took her hand back with a whimper, and asked with wide eyes, "What, this wild flower costs money, isn't it all on the mountain?"
"Yes," Man Bao said confidently, "but I took it off."
Feng quickly said: "Don't mind, ma'am, this is just a joke for the children. They were clamoring to do business at home, so I brought them out to see and see."
The old lady felt better now, but she didn't reach out for the flowers again, for fear that Man Bao would ask her for money.
So I picked a dustpan and left in a hurry.
Man Bao watched her leave with nostalgia, and sighed with his friends: "Why don't you buy it, our flowers are so beautiful."
Friends: ... We have expected it a long time ago, so we have no regrets at all.
The friends looked at the people coming and going on the street with great interest, and they were very happy to come to the market.
People came to buy baskets and dustpans one after another. Manbao helped the second sister-in-law to settle the accounts every time, and recommended her own flowers and plants after the calculation. At first, every adult was happy to reach out to pick them up, but immediately withdrew their hands when they knew they wanted money.
Seeing that half of the market day was over, the eldest brother and the second brother did not come back, not to mention that none of their flowers and plants could be sold, and the flowers were still a little tired.
Man Bao looked worried and sighed, seeing that there was not much dustpan left in front of the second sister-in-law, but there was still a lot left in the basket, so he arranged her flowers and plants in the basket.
Looking at it, Feng looked terrified, "Auntie, you don't ask customers to buy baskets to buy your flowers and plants, do you?"
Man Bao, who simply felt that they could not be sold, left the flowers and grass as a waste, and planned to give them away, his eyes lit up, "Ah, second sister-in-law, you are so smart, why didn't I think of this method?"
Feng wanted to sew his mouth shut.