Mrs. Qian touched her head and said, "It's so easy to open up wasteland, and the food grown in the wasteland may not be enough to pay taxes. Your nephews are still young, and the land at home is enough to grow."
"Then what should I do? Fourth brother made such a big mistake, and he can't be killed. What if he goes to gamble again when he's free?"
Qian thought about it, if Shiro had done such a big wrong, if he wasn't punished, the other sons and daughter-in-law in the family would definitely not accept it, but it really broke people, and it's another thing for her not to part with it. That's what really hurts.
Qian said: "Okay, let your fourth brother go down to open up wasteland tomorrow."
Only then did Man Bao feel happy, "I'll go and supervise the fourth brother."
"I think you want to go out to play. There are many snakes and insects in the field, so don't follow along to join in the fun, just let your eldest nephew follow them."
Man Bao: "No, I'm going too."
She used to think that her home was pretty good, there was no shortage of food and clothing, and she had sweets every market day, although she didn't really like sweets.
So she just wanted to read and write. She felt that reading and reading made her happy, but Keke had no books for her and could only give her candy.
She had eaten it, and although those candies were sweeter than those brought back from the market by her second brother, she still didn't like them very much.
But now she knows that their family is still very poor. She has to earn money. She is still too young to work in the fields or go out to work. The only way to make money is to sell sugar.
But because she has always been lazy, she didn't dig vegetables for Keke, and Keke hasn't given her candy for a long time.
By the way, Keke is something that suddenly appeared in her mind. She finally memorized the "Thousand Characters" completely last spring. Mr. Zhuang was very moved and copied a stack of "Thousand Characters" by himself. The manuscript was sent to her.
She happily ran home with the manuscript in her arms, and Keke appeared as soon as she got home. It said that it was a branch of the Encyclopedia, in charge of the biology department, and was accidentally lost here.
It needs to collect a lot of biological species in exchange for energy to leave in the encyclopedia.
At first, Man Bao didn't understand, she just thought she had a friend, and she happily told her mother about it.
It's just that Qian treated her like a child dreaming and coaxed her for a while.
Man Bao is very smart, and gradually understands that others can't see or hear Keke, so she doesn't mention it anymore, and just treats this friend as only she can see and hear.
Keke has been begging her to collect more plants, but Manbao has dug up all the vegetables in the vegetable garden for him to store, and even dug up the grass outside the house. It is tiring to walk too far away, and she does not want to go at all. .
For the sake of her friend, she reluctantly found Xiaocao, which she had never seen before, and gave it to Keke, but the family members were always worried about her running outside. Normally, her nephew and niece could go out to play, but she was always taken by her sister-in-law.
At most, you can only play in the village, and you must never leave the village, let alone go to the fields.
Man Bao was entangled with his mother, and almost rolled on the ground. Qian was physically and mentally exhausted today. Seeing her daughter like this, she thought she was not too young, and it was the most fun time, so she couldn't bear to restrain her all the time. He nodded reluctantly and said: "Okay, okay, go, go, but you have to listen to Wulang Liulang, don't run around, and don't stay in the sun for too long, you know?"
Man Bao agreed happily.
In the evening, I also ate a bowl full of rice, and my five brothers, six brothers, nephews and nieces competed to finish the food.
Except for these young children, the appetites of the adults are really not very good. After saving a little money at home, they returned to abject poverty overnight. It is no wonder that they are in a good mood.
Old man Zhou picked up the rice with his chopsticks. For the first time, he felt that his heart was full of food, and he couldn't eat any more.
Thinking of the fifteen taels of silver, his heart throbbed in pain, his eyes were red from the pain, and finally he couldn't help but drop the bowl and beat up his fourth son.
After Zhou Dalang and his father beat up the fourth child, it was difficult for them to follow suit, so they could only eat rice with stinky faces.
The porridge that Qian and his daughters-in-law ate together, now that the autumn harvest is over, except for the men in the family, only Manbao can eat dry porridge, and everyone else eats thin porridge, but the porridge is also quite thick, at least it can make people full.
But Mrs. Qian put down her chopsticks and said: "There is no money at home. This kind of life is frustrating. From tomorrow onwards, I will not do dry food at home. I will make thinner ones. Boss, I will put a little less rice in the future, and I will eat rice." Winter is over, and after winter there are still two seasons, spring and summer.”
Xiaoqian bowed his head in response.
Glancing at Man Bao, he asked, "What about my sister-in-law? She is weak and eats thin food?"
Qian frowned and said: "Tomorrow, you bring six catties of food to the school, and ask the boss to ask Mr. Zhuang for a while. Afterwards, I will eat lunch in the school, and I will buy all the vegetables from my own vegetable field. After that, I will eat it every day. Just cut two more and go there."
Xiaoqian responded, and quickly finished eating and cleaned up the dishes with his sisters and daughters-in-law.
Man Bao felt that was not good, and asked, "Mother, what about them?"
Qian stretched out his hand to touch her head, and said with a smile: "Big ya, they are in good health, so they don't need to eat dry food. If you are in poor health, eat more, otherwise the family will have to pay for medicine for you when you get sick."
Da Ya and Da Tou were indoctrinated with such thoughts since they were young. Their grandparents told them since they were young that my sister-in-law was not in good health, so they were not allowed to push her or bully her, but to feed her more, so she would not get sick if she gained weight.
Otherwise, they would have to spend money to buy medicine when they were sick, and they would have no money to buy sugar.
So since I was a child, I have no complaints about my sister-in-law eating dry food with grandpa and father, and they drinking water.
And my sister-in-law is also very good to them. She is younger than them, but she always gives them sweets. For her sister-in-law, they still like it very much.
So when grandma saw it, they nodded again and again, saying that sister-in-law, you should eat more, and we can just eat thinner at home.
"There are still some grain skewers in the field. Let's find them later and roast them."
"No, tomorrow we are going to help fourth brother open up wasteland." Man Bao said: "But we can find wild fruits to eat."
Old Zhou looked at Man Bao, "Open up wasteland?"
Qian Shi said: "I forgot to tell you, let the fourth son go to open up wasteland tomorrow, he owes money to his family, and he has to make a living to make money."
Old Zhou Tou didn't think he could make any money from land reclamation, but it was also good, so that the boy had to find something to do in case he wanted to gamble money while he was idle.
So he said: "Fifth, sixth, you guys will go together tomorrow, if he is lazy, I will beat him."
Man Bao volunteered, "Father, I'll come, the fifth brother and the sixth brother will definitely not be able to beat the fourth brother."
Old Zhou Tou smiled, stretched out his hand to touch her head and said with a smile: "Okay, come on, if your fourth brother dares to be disobedient, you can whip him with a stick."
Manbao was as happy as if he had received an imperial decree. He went to bed early at night, and promised in his mind that Keke would help him find plants that he hadn't found before, and asked, "You must prepare some more sugar for me. It's for sale."
The system is really worried. The plants recorded in Manbao are very common. After more than a year, the benefits have not been seen. Instead, it has to exchange the points it had left before for sugar to her.
It can't be changed, this is a little doll, if there is no sugar hanging in front, she wouldn't play this game with it.
That's right, Man Bao has always regarded this as a game, and never thought of using it to reach the pinnacle of life and achieve any extraordinary life goals.
It has been more than a year, and the ambition of the system has been worn down. Fortunately, the host is bound, and even if there is no energy to support it to leave this space and return to the original plane, it can still keep running.
Just wait until the host is bigger.
This is the comfort the system gives itself.
No matter how bad it is, the worst result is that when the host dies, it will just choose a more ambitious host.
The system quietly picked up his remaining points, calculating how much candy he could exchange for her.
Man Bao thought he had made an agreement with Keke, so he dragged his little quilt to cover it, closed his eyes and fell asleep beautifully.
The next day, not long after the rooster crowed, there was a sound in the yard. Man Bao turned over and got into the quilt with his buttocks arched and continued to sleep.
Farmers always get up early, even if the autumn harvest is over, the land still has to rest.
Besides, Zhou Dalang, Tuesday Lang and Wednesday Lang all took up jobs at Landlord Bai's house, so they had to go out too.
When the "Aww" and slaps came from the yard, Man Bao finally got up rubbing her eyes. She pushed the window with a blushing face, and saw that her father was pulling the fourth brother out of the room and kicking him. Rushing out to work on his ass, she immediately remembered what she had promised Koko last night.
Not caring about going to sleep, Man Bao immediately got out of bed, got dressed, ran out and said, "Fourth brother, wait for me, I'll go with you."
Qian grabbed her and said, "No hurry, wash your face first."
Breakfast was not so early, and we had to wait until the sun was in the middle of the sky to eat. Xiaoqian asked my sister-in-law to wash her face, poured her a bowl of boiled water, and then touched an egg and washed it for her to drink.
Man Bao drank the egg water with a look of disgust, turned around and ran to chase the fourth brother.
Wu Lang and the others were standing at the door waiting for her. The egg water in the morning was Man Bao's welfare, but neither Zhou Tou nor Qian Shi had it.
It is said that when my sister almost died of illness, she survived by relying on egg water. Since then, she has been an egg that cannot be shaken, and whoever is missing will not miss her.
The family didn't think that Zhou Zhoulang would open up any good land, so besides the master, Zhou Lang, they also sent a group of children to help him.
For example, Goro, Liulang, Datou and Daya from Dafang, and Erya and Ertou from Erfang.
Wulang is fourteen this year, and Liulang is twelve. They are both young men. In the words of the village, they can already be married, and they will be able to give birth to a big fat boy by themselves in two years.
Both Datou and Ertou are Man Bao's nephews, one is nine years old and the other is six years old. Da Ya and Er Ya are Man Bao's nieces, one is eight years old and the other is seven years old.
There is also Santou from Dafang, who is also a nephew. He is the same age as Man Bao. He also wants to go today, but his mother stops him. He has to take Sanya and Sitou to pull weeds in the vegetable garden.
Sanya is from the second bedroom, and the fourth is from the third bedroom. They are all young, all four years old, and the roads are difficult to walk, so they can only pull weeds at home.
The mountain road was rugged, and Manbao was not easy to walk, so Goro and Liulang took turns carrying her. Shiro didn't have to think about it, he was injured, so he could walk to the field by himself.