Chapter 118: Gold and Silver Bulls Replace the Wooden Bull

Li Wanyue was amused and raised her hand to make a gesture of invitation: "My mother is out. In this case, Auntie, please go back first."

Mrs. Zhou turned and left.

Li Wanyue walked to the backyard and repeated what Mrs. Zhou had just said.

Zhao Suying sighed: "The Zhou family's mother-in-law is also biased. The two children of the eldest Zhou family are already old enough to get married, but they do nothing all day long. The two children of the second family have been working since they were young. They are skinny and never complain to others.

You are right. When I meet Mrs. Zhou, I will say the same thing. No wages, just food. Mrs. Zhou will agree. After all, she will not lose out if one less person eats the family rations. "

Li Wanyue nodded.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhou got the same explanation from Zhao Suying. Although she blamed Li Youshan's family for being stingy and making a lot of money, they were just short of that one person's salary.

But she couldn't force anyone to pay her, so she finally agreed to let Zhou Muniu do the work.

And you don’t have to work from dawn to dusk like adults. Just two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon will be enough.

I can do housework in the rest of the time without having to eat at home.

It's also profitable.

Zhou Muniu was also very excited when he heard this.

He has learned a lot from Li Xiaolan and her brother during this period. At least he has learned all the Three Character Classic and can also write the names of his family members.

I also learned simple arithmetic and was just wondering how to thank Grandpa Li's family.

Now that he can help their family with work, he will definitely work more.

On the first day, Zhou Muniu and Zhou Erquan went to Li's house early to work.

When Li Youshan arrived, he called Zhou Muniu aside.

"Muniu, have you had breakfast?"

"Grandpa Li, I've eaten." After Zhou Muniu said this, his stomach growled twice in a very unkind manner.

He lowered his head in shame.

Grandma said that Grandpa Li's family would provide him with meals, so during the days he worked for Grandpa Li's family, there was no food for him at home.

It was his mother who secretly saved half of her steamed bread for him.

Li Youshan smiled and said, "Don't be polite to Grandpa. I told you that I would take care of your meals for a day."

After saying that, he took out an oil-paper bag from the cloth bag, which contained three meat buns, still warm.

"Eat, and then work after you are full."

Zhou Muniu waved his hands hurriedly: "Grandpa Li, I can't accept it."

"This is all agreed upon. Come eat quickly, or people will say that we are untrustworthy."

Zhou Muniu carefully took the bun, his eyes a little sore, he bowed and choked up: "Thank you, Grandpa Li."

Li Youshan helped him up: "Eat it while it's hot."

After saying that, he went to work.

Zhou Muniu picked up a big bun, which was white, plump and soft, with the aroma of wheat flour mixed with the aroma of meat. The bun skin was soaked in oil, and just the smell made people salivate.

He couldn't even remember what white flour buns tasted like, let alone meat buns.

He took a careful bite and found the thin skin and rich fillings, leaving a lingering fragrance in his mouth. He chewed it slowly, reluctant to swallow it.

But when he thought that eating slowly would delay his work, he started eating with big mouthfuls.

He finished one in just a few bites, carefully put away the other two buns, and brought them back to his mother and sister when it got dark.

At noon, everyone else went back to eat, and Li Youshan also invited Zhou Muniu to go home for dinner.

Zhou Muniu quickly shook his head and refused: "Grandpa Li, you have already given me three buns. I eat one for each meal, which is enough for a day's food. Besides, my family has always only eaten two meals a day. You gave me one more."

Li Youshan sighed inwardly, this child is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

He deliberately put on a stern face: "That bun is your breakfast. Now it's time to eat lunch. If you don't eat enough, how can you work? Listen to grandpa, otherwise, I won't let you help my family with work."

Zhou Muniu had no choice but to follow him to Li's house.

When Zhou Muniu saw the steamed white rice, stewed chicken, scrambled eggs, mixed preserved eggs, stir-fried meat with spring bamboo shoots, and stir-fried vegetables, he turned around and wanted to run away.

How could he have the nerve to eat such a delicious meal?

Li Erhu grabbed him and said, "Why are you running? Go wash your hands and have dinner."

"Uncle Erhu, I'm not hungry, you guys eat."

"Just eat if I tell you to." Li Erhu pulled him to wash his hands, and then pressed him down on the seat.

Wang Guixiang served him a full bowl of rice, and Zhao Suying scooped a spoonful of chicken and poured it on the rice in his bowl.

Zhou Muniu couldn't hold back his tears.

"Grandma Li, Aunt Yue, Uncle and Auntie, thank you all, you are so kind to me. If you have any work to do in the future, just ask me to do it. I will do my best."

The Li family members looked at each other, and Zhao Suying said, "Okay, I'll let you do the work when the time comes. Eat quickly, or it will get cold soon."

Zhou Muniu nodded heavily.

He picked up his chopsticks only after the Li family members started eating.

The soft and tender chicken and the rice soaked in gravy are so delicious that you want to swallow your tongue.

He had never had such a good meal during the Chinese New Year.

Thinking of my mother and sister, I felt very sad. I was eating delicious food here, but my mother and sister were not full.

He wanted to grow up quickly and earn money to feed his mother and sister.

In the evening, Zhou Muniu returned home and was immediately surrounded by gold, silver and silver cows.

The silver bull pulled his arm, and the golden bull groped his body.

He found nothing and asked angrily, "Where is the food that the Li family gave you?"

"It's already very good that they provide me with food, how can I take their things back?"

Zhou Jinniu looked at him with disdain: "Useless thing, I smelled it. They had stewed meat at noon, and the rice smelled good. You must have eaten a lot too.

Don't you know to ask them to bring the food back to eat? This way you can show some respect to grandma and grandpa."

"That's right." Zhou Yinniu agreed. Thinking of the smell of food coming from the Li family, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

At this time, Mrs. Zhou came out of the house and said, "Muniu, you don't have to go tomorrow. Let your elder and second brothers go in your place. You just need to do the housework well."

If she had known that the Li family's food was so good, she should have let Jinniu and Yinniu go.

Although I didn't get paid, the food was good and I could make up for the money I earned by eating more meat.

Besides, they are just kids, so they are too embarrassed to complain even if they do less work.

The Golden Bull and the Silver Bull looked at Zhou Muniu proudly.

Zhou Muniu lowered his head. Grandma was the one who made the decisions in this family, and there was no way he could refuse.

"knew."

Mrs. Zhou pointed at the water jar and said, "Don't just stand there. Go get two buckets of water while it's still early."

Zhou Muniu turned around, picked up the bucket and went out.

"This piece of wood." Mrs. Zhou rolled her eyes in disgust.

He turned and said, "Golden Ox and Silver Ox, you go directly tomorrow, and when you get there, tell them that the Wooden Ox doesn't want to go anymore, and you are to take his place.

There are so many adults there, don't be silly and keep working and tire yourself out."

"Don't worry, grandma. We know."

"Okay, let's play for a while and then go take a break."

After saying this, Mrs. Zhou went back to the house.