Qian also heard the cry of the child, and she took out the money box.
Old Zhou was about to go to bed, when he saw his wife take out the money box, he was a little nervous, "What are you doing?"
Qian meditated and said: "I think tomorrow I will ask the third child to buy some pig's knuckles and stew them to give milk to the third daughter-in-law. Last time I heard Man Bao say that it seems that crucian carp also give milk."
Old Zhoutou immediately said: "Didn't the family always eat eggs for her? Whose daughter-in-law can eat so well with boiled eggs three times a day? If she doesn't have milk, then she doesn't have it. Don't waste money."
Qian gave him a sideways glance and said: "You are just picky, so you have to make your daughter-in-law fall ill, don't you? Why did I fall ill before? It's because your old Zhou family is not willing to give me food. It’s coming over hard…”
Old Zhou's voice was an octave lower, and he whispered: "Didn't you have no money at that time?"
"There was no money back then, so isn't it rich now?"
Old Zhou grunted twice, and argued, "I'm not afraid that if your bowl of water is not level, will other daughter-in-laws have any objections?"
"Who has an opinion?"
Old Zhou Tou coughed lightly and said, "The fourth daughter-in-law is about to give birth soon, will she also buy it then?"
"If she doesn't have any milk, then buy it. You can't let the child howl," Qian said, "One can only live healthy if he has enough to eat. This is true for adults, and it is especially true for children."
The children she gave birth to survived because when they were young, as long as she had a bite to eat, she would not lose them.
Old Zhou Tou heard the words and stopped talking.
Qian took out a string of money from the box and did not spread it out.
Old Zhou felt distressed when he saw it, so he just lay on the bed and turned his back to ignore it.
Mrs. Qian glanced at his back, cursed secretly "Old stingy", put the money aside and lay down.
When Man Bao woke up the next day to wash and go to Mr. Zhuang's small courtyard to write, he saw her mother handing a string of money to Zhou Zhoulang, asking him to buy some pork legs and stew them.
"You don't have to buy too much, just buy a few yuan, just stew it for your daughter-in-law, and buy a catty of meat for the family."
Zhou Lang should go down.
"You keep the rest of the money. From now on, buy some pork legs for your daughter-in-law every day. Let's eat it for a few days. If the milk is not enough, I'll go find someone else."
Zhou Zhoulang scratched his head and said, "Mother, I originally wanted to buy crucian carp. Didn't Man Bao say that crucian carp can also produce milk last time?"
"Then take your turn. Tell me if you don't have enough money."
Zhou Zhoulang said naively: "Mother, we also have money."
Last year, the ginger pieces on his wasteland were sold for a lot of money. In addition to the 60% that was handed over to the public, and some money was given to the fourth or fifth child who sold it on behalf of the seller, there was still a lot left.
It was the first time Zhou Zhoulang made so much money. Of course, the money was in the hands of his wife He.
Mrs. Qian glared at him and said, "Since you have money, why don't you think about buying more food for your daughter-in-law?"
Zhou Zhoulang shrank his neck and said, "I, I thought it would be enough to eat eggs..."
Mrs. Qian pinched her waist and was about to scold him, but Mrs. He quickly explained, "Mother, we don't know, the main reason is that we can't produce milk even if we eat eggs every day..."
In fact, the current situation is better than when she gave birth to four heads. Although it seems that there is a sword called natural disaster hanging on her head, but it is spring plowing time, and she has just given birth. Of course, the family will not give her rare food. It is dry rice, or noodles or pancakes or steamed buns.
And last year, the family raised more chickens, so there are not many eggs in the house, especially when spring comes, the hens in the house love to lay eggs even more.
So there are a lot of eggs.
She now eats better than Man Bao in every meal, four meals a day, and every meal has eggs. In the village, even the daughter-in-law of the village chief's family would not dare to eat like this.
So she had the same thought in her heart as old Zhou Tou. She ate so well and ate so many eggs without producing milk. Maybe she just didn't have enough milk this time.
Last night, Man Bao proposed to buy sheep, and the couple discussed it before deciding to find crucian carp.
However, fish and other things may not be sold in Daji, so I probably have to look for them in the county.
In fact, if there is no time and there is no guarantee that crucian carp will be caught, it may be faster to go to the river to catch it.
Man Bao yawned, drifted past them, approached the kitchen, took a pancake, and sat aside with his own steamed eggs, "Sister-in-law, I won't come back for lunch or dinner."
"knew."
In the past two days, Manbao ate in the field. When the Bai family delivered lunch and dinner to the hired workers, they would also send the meals of the three of them along the way.
Xiao Qian lowered her head to look at Man Bao, and found that Man Bao, who had always been white and round, had not only lost some weight, but also turned a little darker.
She was a little worried, "Man Bao, if you are tired of working in the field, don't do it. If you can't do it, let your fifth brother go, you can't get tired and sick."
Feng Shi nodded repeatedly from the side, "My sister-in-law will be hard to recover once she gets sick."
Qian said: "That was in the past. Now Man Bao's health is good. She is the reincarnation of a fairy. In the past, Master Tianzun didn't think of Man Bao, so she suffered many disasters."
Little Qian nodded in conviction.
Feng Shi also only hesitated for a moment, but he always felt that something was wrong.
Man Bao raised his head and thought for a while, but couldn't help but ask Ke Ke, "Am I really not the reincarnation of a fairy?"
Koko: "... no."
Man Bao lowered his head and continued eating without speaking.
Today is still planting wheat. For the first time, Bai Shanbao knew that spring planting is so tiring. He sat directly on the ridge, and sat in a row with Manbao to watch the hired workers working.
When Bai Erlang finally planted the seeds here, he sat down and stared blankly at the front with the two of them. He still didn't understand, "Why should we plant with them? Can't we hire more people?" No matter how bad it is, we can wait for the people in the village to finish planting, and we are not in a hurry."
Bai Shanbao didn't think about this, he was curious, "There are so few people, why do we have to plant so much land?"
Man Bao: "To make money."
"But people in the city also have fields, and every family has land. The grain grown on so many lands is enough for their families. Who would buy grain?" Mr. Zhuang was talking about taxes recently, and he was talking about Dingtian.
So Bai Shanbao knows that every adult has a Dingtian.
Man Bao was also puzzled about this point, she thought for a while and said: "I don't know, anyway, every time I go to the county town, it seems that there are people buying rice noodles in the grain store."
She faintly felt that something was wrong, pointing to the people who were farming, and said, "If everyone has a field, why don't they have one?"
She said: "It seems that my father said that there are many people without land."
Bai Shanbao pondered, "But they don't seem to be able to afford the grain. Could it be that all the grain we grow is sold to them?"
Man Bao: "Well, we pay them to grow food, and then sell it to them for money..."
She also felt that it didn't seem right.
Bai Erlang looked at this, then at that, drooping his head and said, "There are more landless people, and many rich people also want to buy grain, what's so strange about that?"