It was impossible to ask Qian to get her money, and in the end, Man Bao took out the money from selling candy during the Lantern Festival, reluctantly gave fifty coins to Zhou Zhoulang, and said, "Second brother, go buy chicken."
After receiving the money, Zhou Zhoulang said: "Chicken is too expensive, let's buy pork. You can buy one catty at a time. You can buy it five times."
Man Bao was not happy, "Pork is not as good as chicken, and even a catty is not enough."
Zhou Zhoulang felt that the little girl was too picky, but she paid for the money, and he didn't argue with her, so he could only say, "Okay, I'll go to Zhou Hu's house to pick a fatter chicken."
Only then is Man Bao satisfied.
Seeing that Man Bao's family came to buy chickens again, Zhou Hu couldn't help asking, "Your family has a lot of chickens, why do you always buy chickens?"
"The non-laying chickens in the house are almost killed, so how can they be willing to lay eggs?"
It's the Chinese New Year, and of course it's impossible for their family to only eat meat bought from outside, and they have also killed a lot of chickens in the past two months.
Zhou Hu couldn't help but said: "Your family really dotes on Manbao. Last year, Guangmanbao came to buy three chickens from my family."
Of course, Zhou Yilang couldn't let Yaomei have such a reputation, so he immediately said: "My sister has a stubborn temper. When I went to the city, I heard the doctor say something by chance, saying that my mother's body needs to eat more meat. No, it's been half a year. , as soon as I saw my mother was panting, she clamored for meat."
Zhou Hu was taken aback for a moment, thought for a while and said, "Auntie's complexion is better this year than in previous years. I saw her go into the field just now."
"No, my father is willing to spend so much money to buy meat because it is indeed effective. Otherwise, it will cost more to take medicine. If eating meat is effective, of course it is better to eat meat."
Zhou Hu nimbly grabbed a chicken and gave it to him, and said with a smile, "Okay, but my chickens that don't lay eggs are gone, and I won't sell them to you when you come next time."
Zhou Zhoulang expressed his understanding and took the chicken back.
In the evening, old Zhou Tou said at the dinner table, "There is meat in this meal tonight. This is our new year's start-up meal. Tomorrow, everyone will go to work for me."
Seeing that Man Bao was looking at him with bright eyes, old Zhou Tou said: "Man Bao is going to school, Da Tou and Da Ya are also going up the mountain, Er Tou and Er Ya stay at home to take care of their younger siblings, and do some housework by the way, remember to go to the school Take your sister back."
Everyone responded, and after Lao Zhoutou picked up Qian's meat with chopsticks, everyone immediately started to move.
The next day, the whole Zhou family was dispatched, those who dug pits, those who shoveled mud up the mountain, and those who swept away rotten leaves. There were not enough rotten leaves. Torn down, it's like locusts crossing the border.
The leaves and soil were picked separately, and Xiaoqian took Zhou Xi and his two sisters-in-law to chop up the leaves and withered grass and threw them aside, and then directly mixed them into the soil and dung to fertilize.
There was a lot of movement in the Zhou family. Many people in the village came to join in the fun. Most people squatted aside to watch, and some people helped, and then asked old Zhou, "What are you doing?"
Then when Manbao came back from school, she saw many people in the village digging holes. She ran past them, and everyone stopped to say hello to her, "Manbao, school is over."
"Man Bao, study hard."
"The longer Man Bao grows, the smarter he becomes."
After hearing the compliments all the way, Man Bao was very happy, so he put down his bookcase and ran out after returning home, with Er Tou running behind, asking, "Sister-in-law, why are you going?"
"I'm going to find Bai Shanbao!"
Bai Shanbao hadn't come home yet, he was squatting on the ground with some male classmates to play with bugs, when Man Bao patted him, he raised his head and asked, "Why?"
Man Bao took his hand and said happily, "Come with me."
Man Bao took him around the whole village, whenever he saw someone digging a hole, he would go there. Bai Shanbao ran around and didn't understand what she was going to do, so he asked at a loss, "What are you doing?"
"Didn't you hear?"
Bai Shanbao listened carefully, but didn't hear any special sound, so he shook his head honestly, "What did you hear?"
"Praise my words," Man Bao said, "Look, many people are praising me."
Bai Shanbao was very angry, and asked breathlessly, "That's why you brought me here. I have already made an appointment with my classmates to dig earthworms."
"So many people praise me, don't you feel happy?"
"It's not to praise me, why am I happy?"
Man Bao thought about it, but he still insisted, "I'll let you experience what it's like to be praised by many people."
Bai Shanbao hummed: "What's the matter, I'm always praised."
So he took her and ran to Bai Erlang's house. Yes, it was not his own house, but Bai Erlang's house. He knocked on the door of Bai Erlang's house, smiled at the servant who opened the door, and the doorkeeper praised him, "Little The young master is here, please come inside, the young master is really energetic today, did Mr. Zhuang praise you again?"
Bai Shanbao nodded and said with a smile: "I haven't finished my homework, so I came to ask my second cousin about my homework."
The servant immediately showed him the way, and along the way, Bai Shanbao met countless servants, and everyone would praise him when they saw him.
Until they saw Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Bai, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also praised Bai Shanbao when they saw Bai Shanbao. Of course, they also praised Bai Shanbao, but more often they praised Bai Shanbao.
Man Bao: ...
Man Bao was still in a daze when he was led out by Bai Shanbao, Bai Shanbao said: "If I want to hear people praise me, I just go to Bai Er's house."
Man Bao thought he was so powerful, and then he was puzzled, "Why do they praise you?"
"Because I'm smarter than Bai Er, every time I do homework together, I finish it and he hasn't started yet, so he is always beaten by my cousin, hahahaha, as long as he bullies me in school, I will take homework with him Go to his house to write, hahahaha..."
Man Bao thinks his idea is awesome.
Bai Shanbao asked her, "Then why do the villagers praise you?"
Man Bao thought about it a long time ago, and said: "It must be because of the composting. I think they are digging holes."
Bai Shanbao asked curiously, "Is your fat coming out?"
"My father said soon, I will give you a dustpan when the retting comes out, do you want to let your ginger try my fat?"
Bai Shanbao hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I haven't dared to water it too much recently, I see it grows very fast, it's longer than my finger now."
Man Bao proudly said: "Mine is as long as a palm, longer than yours."
The two children made an agreement, and Bai Shanbao invited Manbao, "After dinner, come to my house and do your homework."
Man Bao rolled his eyes and said, "Let's go to Bai Er to do homework together."
Bai Shanbao asked her, "Did Bai Er bully you?"
"No, I just want to see how he does his homework."
Bai Shanbao secretly laughed, patted his chest and said: "Okay, you come to me, and I will take you there."
Bai Erlang, who knows nothing, is running wildly on the grass with his friends: ...