Man Bao pursed his lips, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it!"
Zhou Lang didn't want to, so Wu Lang ran to block the door, Saturday Lang and Datou Daya watched Zhou Lang covetously.
He feels a little wronged, everyone has money, but he doesn't, and he can only watch when he goes to the county town to buy a bun.
Zhou Zhoulang was so wronged that his eyes were red. He wiped his eyes, reached out and took out all the copper plates in his pocket, and slapped them on Man Bao's hand. Because there were too many copper plates, the copper plates fell down cracklingly. I cleaned it up, and it took me three times in a row to finish it.
Datou Daya and Ertou Erya immediately squatted down to pick them up.
Zhou Zhoulang squatted on the ground wiping his tears, feeling extremely wronged.
Man Bao squatted opposite him and said, "Fourth brother, you will be punished if you do something wrong. This is what we agreed earlier in the morning. You must keep your word."
Zhou Zhoulang pursed his lips and remained silent, he was also a little guilty, but... it would be embarrassing to apologize.
He picked the dirt on the ground and said nothing.
Man Bao continued to babble: "How can you withhold money privately? Every time Brother Wu goes to the county seat, he will bring back as much money as he should. You still owe money to your family. Don't you feel panicked? Dad saved it. The private money for many years is not as much as you withheld this time...
Zhou Zhoulang didn't feel so uncomfortable under her nagging, Datou and the others put the picked copper plate on the bed and motioned Man Bao to look at it.
Not to mention, there are quite a lot, Da Ya secretly said to Man Bao: "There are eighty-six characters."
Man Bao glanced at the guilty fourth brother, put all the money in a cloth bag, and asked him to take it back to his mother.
Zhou Zhoulang twitched and said: "You can just take it, what should I say?"
"If you're embarrassed, just say you forgot, anyway, mother knows clearly."
Thursday Lang: ...
He didn't want to go, he felt too humiliated and ashamed.
Man Bao stuffed the money into his hand, then took his hand and went to the main room.
Qian's money box has not been put away yet, it seems to be waiting for them.
Zhou Zhoulang was so guilty that he lowered his head and didn't dare to lift it up. He walked up to his mother and handed over the purse, blushing, "Mother, I forgot this just now."
The corner of Qian's mouth twitched slightly, she took the money bag, counted it, and the smile on her face faded. She thought that the child might withhold the money, but she never thought that he would withhold so much.
She found a thread and strung these copper plates one by one, neither talking nor letting the two children go out, even Man Bao couldn't help sweating on his forehead.
Not to mention Zhou Zhoulang, he was covered in sweat, and the fine sweat on his forehead soon soaked his hair. Compared with his father, he was actually more afraid of his mother.
Qian strung together the eighty-six coins and the previous loose money to form a hundred coins, tied a knot and put them in the box, then counted out ten coins from the remaining loose money, thought about it, and put them back Wuwen, handed it to Zhou Zhoulang and said: "You have to go to the county town to sell things every day, and it's not good if you don't have any money, and now your sister-in-law is going to school to cook, so she can't make your dry food. Old Wu has money You don’t have to worry, you also have a few coins with you, and if you’re hungry, you can buy a steamed stuffed bun in the county town.”
Zhou Zhoulang's eyes lit up, he took the money happily, and smiled again, "Don't worry, mother, I will definitely sell all the ginger in my field, and sell it at a good price."
Qian smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's go, when you pay off the family's debts, the family's money will be enough for you to marry a daughter-in-law, and you can keep the rest of the money yourself, so you can't be extravagant after you get married. "
Zhou Zhoulang agreed happily, turned his head and winked at Man Bao, and went out.
Man Bao wiped the sweat from his forehead, let out a long breath, and leaned against his mother to look at her.
Qian touched her small face with a smile, and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"Mother, is this just a stick and a sweet date?"
Qian was slightly stunned, then patted her head and nodded with a smile, "Yeah, your fourth brother doesn't remember eating or beating. Compared with beating, he obviously remembers eating a little bit more, but the benefits are also great." Can't give too much."
Qian touched the little girl's head, feeling a little worried, Man Bao became smarter and smarter, especially after studying, getting smarter day by day, this is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing.
There are some truths, she has fallen countless times, and she didn't understand the truth until she was old. She knew it at a young age. This can save her from taking some detours, but it also means that she will encounter more difficult problems in the future.
"Mother, make a small notebook for the fourth brother and the fifth brother, and let them use it to keep accounts."
Qian Shi laughed, "How can they memorize things?"
"Yes, yes, although the fifth brother doesn't know many characters, he can write all the numbers. Just remember the numbers, how many catties you sold for the first time, and how much money you got in total. This is the ledger. Come back and we Once you check it, you will know if there is any money left or not.”
Qian thoughtfully, "This method is not bad, but pen and ink are precious, and it's not easy for them to run around all over the street with them."
Man Bao also thought hard, and after a while she rolled her eyes, and ran out of the house, Da Ya and their remaining money was just raided by their parents, they were going to save it for shopping, and the money was worthless. I gave it to my sister-in-law for safekeeping, but I didn't expect that my parents would not let go of even small money, so they searched for the money directly.
So they are turning their grief and anger into strength at this time, holding sticks and writing fiercely on the ground.
When Man Bao rushed up, he saw that Da Ya was writing on the ground with a fire stick, and the characters written were slightly black. She had already discovered that Da Ya and Er Ya liked to write with burnt sticks. I feel that the words written in this way are clearer, so everyone writes in this way recently.
Man Bao thought it was a good idea, so he went back to the house and took out a piece of paper, and wrote on the paper with Da Ya's fire stick. The writing was also black, but it was too big, waste paper.
She felt a little regretful, "It would be great if the fire stick was smaller, only as big as the tip of a brush.
Da Ya and Er Ya leaned forward and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
Man Bao told them about his plan, and said, "When the time comes, let Fifth Brother bring a piece of charcoal, and you can directly record the accounts on paper."
"This is easy. You need a thinner stick to burn it. The big one can be split, but it's too dirty to handle." I don't want to wash his clothes anymore."
Da Ya said: "I don't want to either."
Man Bao: "Then you need something to wrap it up?"
"I want rags," Da Ya lowered her voice and said, "I know there are some rags in my mother's box, go and get a small piece."
Erya thinks this is a good idea, and Man Bao also thinks it is feasible.
Keke couldn't help but said: "Host, you can try bamboo."
Man Bao blinked, "Bamboo?"
Keke opened the shopping mall for her, showed her all kinds of pens inside, and said: "Although in the future, e-books will be very developed, and even signing documents can be digitized, but in order to exercise children's ability, handwriting is still a must. It is one of the most important traditions, so there are all kinds of good-looking pens in the mall, of course, I don’t recommend the host to buy and use it, but the host can refer to it.”