Old Zhou stared, "Sell? You exchanged money, not wheat?"
Man Bao smiled and nodded, waiting for Lao Zhou to boast.
Old Zhou asked with a trembling voice, "You, how much did you sell?"
Man Baote proudly said: "It's all sold!"
Now not only the old Zhou Tou, but also Zhou Dalang and the others who were enjoying the shade in the yard couldn't stay any longer, and gathered around one after another, "It's all sold?"
Old Zhou Tou didn't sit still, and slid directly from the threshold to the ground. He slapped his thigh and couldn't help crying out "Ouch, Ouch". Can cry, "What a prodigal child, what's the use of you changing it into money, can money be eaten, can it be eaten?"
Old Zhoutou shouted: "There is only a little bit of grain left from the summer and autumn harvests at home last year. You sold all the wheat in the house. What is this old snack?"
Man Bao was stunned, she was only focused on making money, she didn't expect this.
But she quickly came back to her senses, and comforted her father: "Father, it's okay, Mr. Bai said, money will be paid tomorrow, we have money to go directly to buy food."
Old Zhou couldn't help pointing her forehead with his finger and said: "Girl, are you stupid in studying, you sell grain and then buy grain, what are you trying to do, you know how much you will lose if you go in and out ?"
"It's not a loss," Man Bao said, "Even if I still buy wheat, I'll sell it for 150 yuan a bucket, and I can make a lot of money if I buy another 50 yuan for a bucket."
Seeing that her father was crying miserably, Man Bao turned her little head rapidly, and said quickly: "It doesn't have to go to the county town to buy it. There is still a lot of wheat in Shan Bao's house. He sold it to our family, and their food is going to be sold out anyway.”
Old Zhou Tou was still crying, Zhou Zhou Lang had already yelled, "Father!"
Old Zhou was taken aback and was about to lose his temper when Zhou Zhoulang squeezed over and asked with bright eyes, "Man Bao, just now you said how much you sold it to Master Bai?"
Man Bao said proudly: "One hundred and fifty coins a bucket!"
Old Zhou Tou heard the number clearly, his eyes widened, and he straightened again!
Qian Shi gave him a slap without any hassle, and Lao Zhou woke up with a jolt. He didn't blame his old wife, but grabbed her hand and asked, "Did I fall asleep and dream without knowing it?"
"What dream did you have, didn't you see that the children are all here?" Qian turned her head and told the second daughter-in-law, "Go and light the oil lamp, and let your father look at the documents that Man Bao brought back."
Feng Shi responded happily, mainly because they wanted to see it too.
The oil lamp was lit, and the family gathered around to read the document. Old Zhou Tou could barely recognize a few numbers and his own name.
So he didn't recognize all those words, but asked Man Bao where the money was written, and then stared at it.
After reading it for a long time, after confirming that it was written in one hundred and fifty essays, the old Zhou Tou put away the documents like a treasure, and then blasted his sons in disgust, and then asked Manbao softly: " Man Bao, is our wheat made of gold? Why is it so expensive?"
"It's not expensive at all," Man Bao said, "The grain seeds sold in the grain store in the county are one hundred and forty-four cents a bucket. Our family's wheat seeds are better than theirs, but we only open one hundred and fifty cents. It's just text."
Old Zhou was stunned, "Why is this kind of seed so expensive? I remember that wheat seeds used to cost ten or nine yuan a catty?"
Old Zhou tried his best to calculate, but he couldn't figure it out clearly, so he simply asked Zhou Zhoulang, who came up again, "How much is it for a bucket?"
"One hundred and twenty coins?"
Old Zhou was stunned again, "It's so expensive. How come it's so expensive if you change it to a bucket?"
Everyone: ... What's the price? A bucket is about 12 catties. You can buy 12 catties directly at the same price.
Old Zhou felt his heart skipping a beat. He always felt a little unreal, and it took him a while to think about it, "Then why did you exchange the wheat with the villagers? You should also let Master Bai spend money to buy it."
"Father, it's not Master Bai who traded the wheat, but us." Man Bao said, "We sold the wheat to Master Bai."
"What?!" Old Zhou couldn't help but yelled loudly, and asked, "Who are you?"
"Me, Bai Shanbao and Bai Erbai," Man Bao said, "Shanbao bought a batch of grain from his grandmother on credit in exchange for grain, and we sold the wheat to Master Bai at the same price."
"Oh," Old Zhou Tou couldn't help but slapped his thigh, and said, "Why didn't you tell Dad earlier, if you told Dad earlier, Dad wouldn't bargain with you, and just exchanged a catty for a catty."
Everyone looked at him with contempt.
Old Zhou Tou stared back and said, "What are you looking at? Last year they exchanged wheat seeds with our family in this way. Then my daughter wants to exchange them now. Why should the price be increased?"
"Father, Grandma Liu said that we are not going to be profiteers, and there will be more exchanges between the villagers in the future. How can we just think about taking advantage of everyone?"
Qian Shi also gave him a sideways glance, and said: "You are already at this age, and your thoughts are not as good as Man Bao's child."
"Man Bao is a scholar, and I can't compare to her." Old Zhou was confident, but he still raised his head and said to his sons, daughters and grandchildren: "It's enough for us to know about this, you are not allowed to go outside and talk nonsense. do you know?"
Everyone should be down.
Old Zhou Tou said: "As long as you know how much money your family earns, it's fine for you to tell the outside world, and you will be the ones who will be in trouble later on. Tell the children about it when you go back."
Old Zhou paused and said: "I will sell the wheat tomorrow, fourth brother, go to the market and cut some more meat, and we will have a good celebration at home."
Old Zhou Tou was very happy, and everyone in the Zhou family was also very happy.
Old Zhou let go of his worries, but now he was excited and couldn't fall asleep, so he simply waved everyone out, and then went out to enjoy the cool.
Seeing that the little girl's belly was round, she knew that she had just eaten and hadn't digested the food, so she simply pulled her to sit on the threshold, and then asked the old wife to rub her belly.
He smiled and asked, "Man Bao, do you forget, how much money can we get from selling all the wheat in our family?"
"I don't know, I haven't weighed it yet."
"Eh? It's not written on the document?"
"It's empty, I'll write it down after we weigh it tomorrow."
When the old Zhou heard it, he pondered.
Seeing that he was silent and did not speak, Qian asked, "What are you thinking?"
Old Zhou Tou said: "I remember that last year, big brother and the others also changed their wheat seeds from ours. The winter wheat is all our seeds, right?"
Qian's heart skipped a beat and she nodded.
Old Zhou took out the tobacco rod and slowly filled it with shredded tobacco.
Mrs. Qian didn't open her mouth to speak, and let him think.
After a while, the old man Zhoutou asked Man Bao, "Man Bao, does Master Bai harvest all the new wheat seeds, or only yours and ours?"
Man Bao thought about it, and felt that she could not make the decision for Master Bai, so he said, "I only mentioned our family to him."