On the second day of May, Mrs. Liu was about to leave for Yizhou to pay his respects to his birthday. Mr. Bai happened to have something to go to the county town, so he rode out early in the morning, and gave Mrs. Liu a ride along the way.
Bai Shanbao stood at the entrance of the village with a small bookcase on his back, waved to them very attentively, and greeted them cheerfully, "Grandmother, have a good journey."
Going out to school, Man Bao, who happened to be here, also joined in the fun and waved, "Grandma Liu, have fun."
Bai Erlang knew that the wheat would be brought in today, so he was so excited that he couldn't sleep well last night, and now he couldn't open his eyes, but he waved his hand and called, "Father, you can go."
Master Bai, who had just got on his horse, almost fell off his horse.
He glared at his son and shouted, "You closed your eyes early in the morning, what did you do last night?"
Bai Erlang woke up.
Master Bai said angrily: "When I come back, if I find out that you don't listen to class well, see if I won't beat you up."
Bai Erlang immediately said: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely not sleep in class."
He can't sleep even if he wants to sleep. Now Mr. Zhuang is leading three students, and he can be seen by lowering his eyes. Every time he closes his eyes, he is called to stand up and listen to the class.
Although he thought he could fall asleep standing up, the slap of the book on his head really hurt.
Liu opened the curtain to look at the three children, shook her head and smiled, she knew their plan, but to be honest, she wasn't sure if their plan would come true.
However, they are so courageous, and they knew at a young age that they should hold all the products in their hands before going to the buyer to talk to them. If she didn't help them, they would be sorry for the good idea they came up with.
But Mrs. Liu still told Bai Shanbao, "Don't be too impulsive in doing things, think about it more, and ask Mr. Zhuang for unresolved matters, don't think about it and do anything wrong, you know?"
Bai Shanbao agreed.
Liu looked at Man Bao and Bai Erlang again, and said with a smile, "You should supervise each other, and don't do bad things."
The two children nodded and waved goodbye to her together.
Mrs. Liu left.
As soon as she left, Master Bai naturally left too. Watching the convoy go away, the three children cheered, and they hugged each other without caring about the heavy bookcase on their backs.
Zheng Shi, who also came to see them off, looked at them strangely and asked, "What are you doing?"
She asked suspiciously, "Are you planning to do something bad?"
The three shook their heads together, Bai Shanbao said: "Mom, I'm going to school."
"Aunt Zheng, I'm going to school too." Man Bao caught up with Bai Shanbao who was running ahead.
"Auntie, I'm leaving too." Bai Erlang also ran away in a hurry.
Bai Zhuangtou had been instructed by the three young masters long ago. After breakfast, he brought two long-term laborers to the village entrance to wait. When the mule cart came in with food, he greeted him with a smile, and then he didn't enter Bai's house. Shipped to the village chief's house.
The village head also got a letter of approval from Lao Zhoutou, and told each family to send the prepared wheat here early in the morning, and everyone began to exchange.
The village head stood on a stool to keep everyone quiet, and said, "Don't be greedy, each family has to keep enough wheat seeds, and would rather keep more than less. This year, the old Zhou family has no wheat seeds to exchange with you."
"I know, I know, let's start quickly, the village chief. Not only did I keep my family's, but I also left a few catties of wheat seeds for my uncle."
"It's only a few catties, not enough to plant an acre of land, you are too stingy."
"I said it's just a few catties, and a small bag is enough to plant half an acre..."
"Okay, okay, stop arguing, bring them up and line up, we will change one by one, by the way, what about Uncle Jin, won't his family change?"
"Change it. Yesterday Uncle Jin was very happy and said that he was going to change everything in the house."
"Uncle Jin didn't come, fourth child, fifth child, where's your father?"
Zhou Zhou Lang smiled and waved: "You change first, you change first, my father is talking to my mother at home."
Everyone didn't care, and they tore apart the grain bags one after another and began to weigh them.
After weighing, pour out half of the bag to check, as long as there is nothing mixed with it and the wheat is dried.
Zhou Zhou Lang stood aside and watched with relish, and Wu Wu Lang also watched with relish, and then couldn't help but leaned next to the fourth brother and whispered, "You said such a good thing, why didn't mother let our family change?"
Zhou Zhou Lang said: "It's definitely not the mother who refuses to let it go, but the treasures who don't let it go."
"Why? Don't let us take advantage of the Bai family?"
Zhou Zhoulang looked at him contemptuously and said, "Do you think we are closer to Man Bao, or the Bai family and Man Bao?"
"That's needless to say, of course it's us, we are a family!"
"Then it's over. If it's cheap, Manbao will definitely let us take it. She won't let us take it, which means that there is a bigger bargain waiting for us. Let's wait."
At this time, the old Zhou Tou was also angry. He walked around in the yard, and asked Qian, who was sitting safely in the yard and mending, angrily, "Why don't you change it? It's such a good thing. If you miss this village, you will die." This store is gone!"
Zhou Dalang and his two younger brothers also stayed in the yard without moving. In order to facilitate the exchange of food, Xiaoqian didn't make tofu today, and Tuesday Lang didn't go to the county town to set up a stall. The whole family was there.
Qian continued to sew clothes with her head bowed, and sat in front of the main door, not allowing him to go in to carry food. After sewing this piece of cloth, she said: "What's the hurry? It's your daughter who made the decision, so you're afraid you won't be able to catch up."
"Then what if they ran out of food?"
"After the exchange, it means we have nothing to do with this matter," Qian said, "We won't take advantage of this?"
Old Zhou couldn't help stomping his feet, "Now there is a fate, you let me take Da Lang and the others to move the wheat out, and this fate will be fulfilled."
"No," Qian said, "I still have to wait for the next bigger fate."
"What if that fate doesn't come?"
"Then we don't take this pie, we are not at a loss, right?" Qian Shi said, "If you want to eat the braised pork in the back, you have to keep your stomach, and don't fill it up with white steamed buns in one go."
"Then I'll eat half of the steamed buns first, and save half of the stomach for the braised pork later?"
"No," Qian said resolutely, "I'm afraid you will regret it if you see the braised pork later."
Old Zhou stared at her with bulging eyes. After a while, he was defeated. He sat down on the steps and asked, "Then tell me, what's the big deal in the future? Where did you get the braised pork?"
Mrs. Qian can't tell him that your daughter plans to harvest all the wheat and sell it to Master Bai at a high price, right
If she dared to say it, with the courage of the master, he could faint from fright now.
So Qian said indifferently: "Put your heart in your stomach, you will know in a day or two."