Old Zhou Tou returned home excitedly, and saw that Zhou Zhoulang and the others were still arranging the things they bought back. He looked at them with great interest for a while, and asked Zhou Zhou, "Is it all paid by Manbao?"
Tuesday Lang nodded.
Old Zhou was happy, and consciously spent part of his daughter's money. He laughed so hard that his eyes almost narrowed, and he was about to go into the kitchen.
"Father—" Man Bao ran out of the house, looked at him with bright eyes and said, "I bought you a present."
Old Zhou's eyes lit up, "What gift?"
"I'll tell you after dinner."
Although the old Zhou Tou was itchy, he still complied, but couldn't help asking, "You have to tell me what it is."
"It's about food."
Is it the big meat in the kitchen now
Old Zhou thought for a while, and although he was a little surprised to take this as a gift, it was not impossible.
Old Zhou nodded with a smile, "Okay, let's talk about it after dinner."
Then when it was time for dinner, the old Zhou found out that the dishes tonight were quite different from the usual ones. First of all, he had only seen the oily red meat at Bai's house.
Once, when he was invited by Master Bai to visit Bai's house, he ate there once. Really, it was very delicious...
Old Zhou's eyes were almost straightened, and he looked at the sumptuous dinners on the two tables and asked, "How are these dishes made?"
Man Bao picked up the chopsticks and gave his father a piece of braised pork, and said eagerly: "Father, you should eat first."
The people at the two tables looked at Lao Zhoutou, who picked up the meat and took a bite. He couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and nodded repeatedly: "It's no different from Master Bai's. It's delicious! Everyone's It just keeps getting better and better.”
Xiaoqian was very happy, and said with a smile: "It's better to buy the meat or sugar from my sister-in-law..."
Old Zhou Tou picked up a piece for Mrs. Qian, and said to the children, "Okay, let's have dinner."
Everyone cheered and ate.
Not to mention Datou and the others eating so much that the corners of their mouths became greasy, but adults like Zhou Dalang ate to their heart's content, feeling that this meal was even better than the New Year's Eve dinner.
After all the food on the table was swept away and everyone was satiated, Man Bao said to Lao Zhou: "Father, if the family wants to eat this kind of dish in the future, all they need to do is buy the meat."
"Well, how did you do it?"
"It's made in an iron pot," Man Baole said happily, "Father, I bought you an iron pot, are you happy?"
"What?" Old Zhou Tou was about to break his voice.
He stood in front of the iron pot in the kitchen and asked after a long silence, "This pot cost so much iron, how much does it cost?"
Zhou Zhoulang shrank behind Zhou Dalang and whispered a number.
Old Zhou asked, "Who told you to buy it?"
Zhou Zhoulang immediately said: "Manbao asked to buy it, and she said that the dishes cooked in iron pots are delicious."
"Fourth brother took me there, I don't know where the iron shop is," Man Bao immediately said, "Then fourth brother said to buy it, and I paid for it."
Old Zhou recollected the taste of the meal tonight, and kept telling himself in his heart that the girl's money was spent, and the girl's money was spent, it was the right way, it was the right way.
But what if I still want to hit someone
Old Zhou Tou couldn't help but suggested again, "Man Bao, why don't you save the money for your mother, and ask your mother for it when you need it."
Man Bao flatly refused, "No! I want to take it myself."
After finishing speaking, he ran away.
Old Zhou sighed, "The two hundred and sixteen taels of silver are not enough for her."
Zhou Zhoulang and everyone who knew the inside story secretly thought: It is not enough, because today is really spent a lot.
Everyone went back to their houses.
Xiaoqian couldn't help but took out the box, took out the gold bracelet from inside and put it on her hand, and asked Zhou Dalang happily, "Is it pretty?"
Zhou Dalang nodded, "It looks good, but are you willing to wear this thing?"
It's gold, and if it gets lost or dirty, or knocks off a piece...
Xiaoqian thought for a while, and said regretfully: "I really can't bear it. Thinking about it this way, the silver ones are actually not bad."
"Don't let anyone hear that," Zhou Dalang said with a smile, "I've asked Datou, the gold ones are much more expensive than the silver ones."
Feng couldn't help but take out the silver bracelet and put it on his hand, he also asked Zhou Zhoulang, and then couldn't help sighing, "Man Bao is really different to sister-in-law."
Zhou Zhoulang yawned, lay down and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense? Man Bao was brought up by his sister-in-law. Didn't you see that the eldest sister didn't even get a gold one?"
Actually, Feng Shi put this matter behind her, and asked Zhou Zhoulang in a low voice, "Do you think I can wear it out tomorrow?"
"Dai Bai, who is stopping you?"
"Father," Feng whispered, "Father doesn't know anything yet."
Zhou Zhoulang stopped talking, and he yawned after a while and said, "It's okay, my mother is here."
At this moment, Qian also took out a box from the inside of the bed.
Old Zhou was about to lie down when he saw it and asked curiously, "What is this?"
"Sent by Man Bao."
Old Zhou just yawned, watching the old wife open the box, and then he stopped yawning halfway through, and he stared wide-eyed at the yellow and orange things inside.
Qian put the gold bracelet on the other hand, and asked old Zhou with a smile, "Does it look good?"
Old Zhou nodded blankly, "It looks good."
Qian was satisfied, "It's a pity that it's gold, so you can wear it at home, but you can't wear it out."
Only then did the old Zhou regain his senses, and said, "Based on this calculation, Man Bao spent a lot of money to go out today."
Qian glanced at him, and then said: "She also bought bracelets for Xi and the others. Except for the old ones which are gold, the rest are all silver."
Old Zhou Tou became confident, "Look, with the speed at which your daughter is distributing money, do you dare to keep the money in her hands?"
Qian asked with a smile: "Then can you get the money from her?"
That really can't.
However, gold and silver bracelets are good things. If something happens in the future, they can be directly cashed in as money.
Thinking about it this way, Lao Zhou didn't feel very distressed anymore.
But he lay down for a while, and realized belatedly, "Why do you all have gifts, but I don't?"
"Who says you don't have one?" Qian said, "The ones who don't are Da Lang and Da Tou. Didn't Man Bao give you an iron pot?"
Old Zhou Tou: "...Is that for me? My family doesn't eat the dishes fried in that pot."
"You are the head of the family. You should have bought these things. She bought them for you. Isn't it just for you?"
Old Zhou Tou actually felt that what his wife said was reasonable, but he always felt that something was wrong, so that he didn't react for a while.
Seeing that he was silent, Mrs. Qian pulled the quilt over and said, "Okay, go to sleep, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be in the future, and there are many children in the family. I think from May last year to now, there is no idle moment at home, and the children are also busy." I'm so tired, so I'm going to make some glutinous rice balls and rice cakes for them to eat."
Old Zhou has no opinion.