The Zhou family never let Man Bao get close to the river. This is the first time Man Bao has been in such close contact with the river. She happily soaked her hands in the water and had a great time.
Turning her head, she saw that Er Ya was washing her clothes with her head buried in them. She also pulled a piece of clothing and rubbed it like her, then put it in the water and stirred it, and then wrung it dry like everyone else.
Erya watched silently, after she finished washing, she took it to wash again, quickly finished washing the clothes and then dragged my sister home, she was already ready to be beaten when she went back.
Man Bao was still in high spirits, "The river water is so cool, it's fun, Erya, I'll accompany you to wash clothes from now on."
"No," Erya refused, "Sister-in-law, don't tell me if you can't wash it clean. If you let grandma know, I will still be beaten. You should play with Ertou at home."
"No, I'm just going to play in the water," Man Bao said, "I've already made an agreement with my second sister-in-law. I'll teach you how to read in the future, so you have to take me to do the laundry."
Erya hesitated, "My mother agrees?"
"Of course," Man Bao said proudly, "I've been begging for a long time."
Erya was dubious, and as soon as she got home, she dragged the little girl to the kitchen to find her mother.
Mrs. Feng was making breakfast, and when she saw Erya, she asked her to come over and help light the fire, and asked Manbao to go out instead of smoking in the kitchen.
Erya went to light the fire and asked, "Mother, Miss, you promised me to read?"
Feng glanced at Man Bao, who had a small chest, proudly, and coaxed: "Yes, yes, as long as you can earn money by reading, I will agree to you."
When Erya heard that there was still such a prerequisite, her whole face became bitter.
Seeing that she was about to cry, Man Bao couldn't help but dragged her out, and said to Feng: "Second sister-in-law, Erya hasn't dried the clothes yet, I'll go with her to dry the clothes."
"Hey," Feng Shi only had time to shout, and Man Bao dragged Er Ya away.
Feng had no choice but to light the fire by himself.
Man Bao dragged Erya into the yard and whispered, "Are you stupid? You said you need to learn to read and make money, so how can you make money if you don't know how to read?"
The tears in Erya's eyes couldn't be shed, she belatedly sorted out the words, blinked, and asked with sobs: "Also, can it still be like this?"
"Anyway, the second sister-in-law personally agreed."
Erya thought about it, and felt a little unreliable, "Then, if you still can't make money after studying for a while, won't my mother tell me to learn?"
Man Bao said sternly: "It must be that you are not good enough or deep enough, so you can't make money, so in order to make money, you have to continue to study."
Erya nodded thoughtfully, "Sister-in-law, I think you are right."
Erya cheered up again and went to dry the clothes.
Man Bao was short, so he handed her clothes from the side.
Ertou ran in from outside sweating profusely, and saw Man Bao standing under the drying rack, so he ran up and asked, "Sister-in-law, where did you go just now, so I can find it easily."
"You're so stupid, I'm right by the river."
The second head let out an "oh", then remembered something, jumped up and said, "Grandma didn't tell you to go to the river, okay, second sister, you... woo woo woo."
As soon as Erya covered his mouth, Man Bao threatened him, "If you dare to yell, I won't give you candy in the future."
Ertou is very wronged, if you won't let me speak out, then don't tell me!
There were tears in Ertou's eyes, but he changed his words, "Sister-in-law, I've found all your manuscripts for you, go back and read them quickly."
Man Bao: "Don't worry, let's pick wild flowers. I've already figured out how to make money."
Ertou and Erya feel that it is very unreliable, but what can they do? This is what my sister-in-law requested, and Qian Shi also said, "After breakfast, you will go to open up wasteland together and take care of your sister-in-law."
So everyone rushed down to the foot of the mountain again. Zhou Zhoulang came to reclaim wasteland for two consecutive days, and the land at the foot of the mountain looked much better.
It's only about an acre, and most of the weeds have been mowed, but those vines are difficult to remove, and some roots are sold too deep. Zhou Lang may not be able to dig out three trees in a day alone.
At this time, his hands were scratched a lot, and he was squatting on the ground staring at the tree roots that could not be hoeed.
Man Bao also squatted down to look, "Is it so difficult to hoe?"
Zhou Zhou Lang looked at her with red eyes, "So why did you ask me to open up wasteland?"
Man Bao said confidently, "Who told you to gamble?"
Zhou Zhoulang was choked, and continued to lower his head to mourn, "The hoe is blunt, and I can't dig it out at all."
"It must be that I didn't find the right way," Man Bao snorted after being reminded by Ke Ke, and dragged him aside to let the fifth and sixth brothers dig.
Wu Wulang held the hoe and said, "Dig that far?"
Man Bao waved his hand grandly, "Listen to me!"
Wu Wulang could only listen to her, moved the hoeed soil aside, and slowly dug a big hole towards the root of the tree, and then Liu Lang pulled out the root of the tree with a single force.
Everyone was silent.
Man Bao hummed proudly, and told Zhou Zhou Lang to continue digging the roots, while she and Da Tou went up the mountain to find beautiful flowers.
By the way, she mentioned her plan, "Let the second brother help us weave some beautiful baskets, we will arrange the baskets with flowers just like yesterday, and then sell the baskets."
"Isn't that selling baskets?" Er Tou said, "My dad made up the baskets, and the money from the sale must go to my dad, he won't give it to us."
Man Bao said, "It's not the big basket, it's the small basket that my second brother made for me."
The big girl said: "That kind of small basket can't hold things, so no one will buy it?"
"When the second brother made it up for me, didn't you all like it?"
The children struggled, "I like it, but adults won't buy it."
Er Ya said: "The child has no money."
"Then we'll go find the rich kid."
Everyone thought it was impossible, "How can children have money?"
They don't have any, so they feel that children all over the world are the same. In the same way, Man Bao said: "Why don't I have money? Then there must be children like me, maybe richer than me. Let's find them."
Only then did Man Bao put forward his ultimate goal, "At that time, we will sell the sugar in the basket."
Hearing that there was sugar in the basket, everyone became more confident, and followed to find wild flowers.
Although it is autumn, there are also many wild flowers on the mountain. It won't be long before everyone embraces the flowers in their arms. With Man Bao, Datou and Daya have become more courageous, leaving behind the three brothers who are still working hard. , went home happily.
Wu Wulang and Saturday Lang looked envious, and only hated how old they were, so that they didn't take advantage of Yaomei.
But when they turned their heads and looked at the fourth brother who was squatting and mowing the grass, they felt much better again. Anyway, they can go to the county tomorrow, but the fourth brother still has to come to open up wasteland.
Man Bao ran home to find Zhou Yilang, but Zhou Yilang and Zhou Dalang went to the ground.
Although the busy season is over, the land needs to be reorganized and cultivated for half a year, so that it will be ready for planting next spring.
Zhou Zhoulang was not around, so Man Bao could only look for his father, "Father, please weave me a small basket, just like the second brother did for me."