Man Bao asked Xiaoqian for money, but Xiaoqian didn't refuse to give it, but asked, "Then how much will you sell it to me per catty?"
Xiaoqian smiled and bargained with her, "Before Goro and the others picked yam beans to sell, but the shopkeeper Zheng of the pharmacy said that he had never heard of it being edible, and he couldn't sell it outside, so he ate it at home, so the price You can't be taller."
Man Bao couldn't help scratching her little head. She really didn't understand pricing. In the past, except for candy, other things she sold were based on market prices.
But there are no yam beans in the market, so of course there is no reference price, and it is her favorite sister-in-law who buys them, so Manbao is in a dilemma for a while.
Xiaoqian counted for her, "You and the fifth child brought back the yam seeds back then, and the fourth and fifth planted them to serve them, and the big ones also have a share. Score, by the way, since you took the money for the yam beans from the sister-in-law, then you will have to pay the sister-in-law if you eat yam beans and candied haws in the future."
Man Bao wrinkled his little nose and said, "Sister-in-law, I used to eat, but you never asked me to pay for it."
"That was before, don't you ask me for money now?"
Man Bao lowered his head and thought about it, but he always felt that something was wrong.
Xiaoqian raised her like a daughter, and fed her more than three heads when she was a child. Seeing her troubled, she hugged her pitifully in her arms and taught her slowly, "Manbao, we are a family, brothers are brothers. You have to settle accounts clearly, but that's about big things, and the family can only live in harmony if they are confused about small things."
Man Bao looked at his sister-in-law suspiciously.
Little Qian asked with a smile, "Then let me ask you, who is tending the vegetable garden in the field?"
"Mother, elder sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, third sister-in-law and elder sister."
"Look, you didn't grow vegetables, and neither did the fourth, fifth, and sixth children. Do they have to pay for the food at home in the future?" Little Qian said with a smile: "That's not how money is calculated. A family, this kind of There is no need to worry about the little things.”
Man Bao seemed to understand a little bit, and after a while she clapped her hands and said, "I see, this is what Dayuan's daughter-in-law often said that a bowl of water should not be leveled."
The expression on Xiaoqian's face was somewhat indescribable, and she asked, "When did you go to talk to Mrs. Zhang again?"
Because of the matter of the homestead, the relationship between the Zhou family and Zhou Dayuan's family was a little stiff. During this time, Xiaoqian walked by without squinting when she saw Zhang, without even asking.
Man Bao said cheerfully: "I don't talk to her. It's too much effort to talk to her. She is the one who talks to people in the village. When she sees me coming back from school, she screams loudly, saying, There is only one son in their family, no matter how partial they are, they are partial to the donkey, unlike some families who have six or seven children, but their hearts are so biased..."
Man Bao pinched his throat and learned so vividly that Xiao Qian was stunned, as if he saw a disdainful Zhang dangling in front of him.
Man Bao also followed Zhang's example and twisted his body, and continued to speak loudly: "This bowl of water can't be leveled. It's okay for the children to be young now. When all six of them get married and have children, they will be old. See when they arrive How do you live this time?"
Man Bao put down his hands, nestled into his sister-in-law's arms and sat down again, and asked with a smile, "Sister-in-law, is it just like what Dayuan's daughter-in-law said, when there are many people in the family, we can't hold a bowl of water, and we have to learn Be confused, otherwise you will be too fussy, and the family will not be harmonious."
Xiaoqian was stunned for a while before she could figure out the causal relationship between them. Not to mention, it was really like what Man Bao said, so Mrs. Zhang was right when she said that their parents-in-law were eccentric
Xiaoqian looked down at the little person in her arms, couldn't help but let out an "ouch", hugged her and said, "Our family's Manbao is so smart, it's rare to die sister-in-law."
Man Bao laughed loudly, and said proudly: "I knew that sister-in-law must love me the most, more than three heads, so sister-in-law is also partial."
Since this is the case, of course Man Bao has to be partial to his sister-in-law, so she decided not to pay any money, and pick the yam beans from the field as she pleases.
While Little Qian and Man Bao were talking in the inner room, Zhou Dalang made a wooden cart toy for his youngest son in the outer room, which he had promised him a long time ago.
Hearing the conversation inside, Zhou Dalang felt for the first time that his daughter-in-law's eloquence was so good that she could persuade Man Bao.
You must know that Man Bao's mouth is the same as her father's. They have been the only ones who can persuade people since they were young. How can anyone else persuade them
After Man Bao left happily, Zhou Dalang put down the wood in his hand and walked into the inner room, "You are really smart enough to extract money from that child."
Xiaoqian threw the clothes to be folded on him, and said angrily: "Shut up, do you say that about your sister? Man Bao is filial."
That's true, judging from her attitude towards her mother and Xiaoqian, it can be seen that this child is indeed a ghost.
The matter was settled like this, and no one talked about the price of yam beans.
There is no problem with Man Bao, and of course there is no problem with Zhou Lang and the others. Privately, they also think that this is normal. Like Man Bao, every share is clearly divided, but it is fresh.
But this is also good, avoiding the uncertainty of their money distribution after each handover.
The principle of distribution has been set. Every time they pay the public money, the remaining money will be paid in proportion.
Although sometimes some people may only get a few pennies, but a few pennies are added to the account every day, and they have accumulated a lot.
Especially in the countryside, if you want to buy something, you have to walk a long, long way to Daji, or wait for the salesman to come.
In the past, as long as there were peddlers in the village to buy things, they could only follow behind the grown-ups to watch, drooling over the things on the peddler’s burden but had no money to buy them, but now it’s different, every time the peddler Furthermore, they are the new force of sales.
There is no need to buy candy, anyway, it is not as delicious as my sister-in-law gave me, but other toys or small pastries are very popular.
Man Bao even encouraged Zhou Zhou Lang to be a shopkeeper at one point. In Man Bao's words, "It's fun. You can go out of the village every day. You can go wherever you want. You can see many people and many strange things. plants and animals."
Zhou Zhou Lang scoffed at this, and said to her: "You think the shopkeeper is going to play, he has to carry the goods to the West Village and the East Village, it is very tiring, and if you are not careful, you may encounter robbery. If you are brave enough to protect the goods and refuse to pay, you will lose your fourth brother."
Man Bao was stunned when he heard that, and asked, "Is there any robbery on the way?"
"Yes, there are bandits."
Man Bao wowed, and asked curiously: "Where are the bandits, and what do they look like?"