Along the way, Fu Dabai unceremoniously ordered his two younger brothers to help carry Yuan.

It was a two-hour journey, but he only carried the baby for a quarter of an hour in total.

Yuan, who had just returned to his father's arms at the gate of the city tower, shook his head and muttered:

“Lazy!

It’s really too lazy!”

This is what Fu Dabai doesn't like to hear:

"Tsk! What does this little kid know about laziness?"

Yuan pursed his lips in displeasure, thinking that what was said made no sense at all, but he was used to being a good boy and did not talk back to the adults.

But she was so unhappy that she kicked her legs and decided not to be friends with her father anymore. She wanted to go downstairs and walk by herself.

Fu Dabaiba had to hold her, and he put her down immediately, breathing a sigh of relief.

Yuan became even angrier: "You don't feel reluctant at all! You don't even want to hug me!"

Fu Erbai and Fu Sanbai couldn't help but look at him and secretly smacked their lips in their hearts:

Why are you so lazy? You don’t even bother to hug your own daughter!

Fu Dabai was being looked at like this by two adults and one child, but he fooled Yuan without blushing or breathing hard:

"Nonsense! Daddy loves hugging you the most!

But daddy is doing this to train you!

Look at this place, there are so many people, right? You are afraid of crowds, right? Come down and have a look, experience it more, and once you get used to it, you won’t be afraid anymore! ”

“Liar!”

Now that Yuan has come to her senses, she is no longer so easily fooled. It is obvious that her father is just lazy.

But he is his biological father after all, so Yuan sighed helplessly in his heart, and took the initiative to hold Fu Dabai, looking up at his little face and said to him seriously:

"You can be lazy, but you're lucky you gave birth to a hardworking daughter. Let me hold your hand so you won't get lost!

Mom said there are a lot of people in the county, I will take good care of you!"

Fu Dabai: ...Then thank you?

After saying this, Yuan pulled Fu Dabai towards the county, pointing at the three square and beautiful characters on the tower and asking Fu Dabai:

"Dad, what does that say?"

Fu Dabai choked a little when A Yuan held his hand in fear that he would drop it, but he still followed the force and walked forward, waiting to see how long she could bravely act as the "adult" who took care of her old father. When he heard A Yuan's question, he replied without even looking up:

"Changning County."

Yuan was a little surprised:

"Dad, you can actually read! That's amazing!"

"I don't recognize it."

Fu Dabai bluntly told A Yuan with facts that it was too early for him to praise her because his father was as illiterate as he was.

"Ah?" Yuan was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly asked, "Then why do you say that's Changning County?"

Fu Dabai is confident:

"This county is called Changning County. What else should be written on the city gate tower if not the county name?!"

"oh!"

Only then did Yuan understand. He looked at the words on the city gate several more times and only turned his attention to the road after passing the city gate.

There weren't a lot of people there, but Yuan still moved closer to his father, hugged his legs and tried to climb up.

Fu Dabai picked her up and laughed at her:

"You idiot, didn't you say you were holding my hand? As soon as you see someone, you're blaming me again!"

Yuan blushed and tried to fool him: "I, I did that to train you!

Look here, the road is so wide and so long, right?

Aren't you too lazy to hug me? Hug me more often, and you won't be lazy anymore once you get used to it!"

Fu Dabai looked at her in shock. The more he listened to the words, the more familiar they sounded!

But Yuan had already buried his face in his shoulder and refused to communicate with him anymore!

Fu Erbai said hello to his two brothers and went out to find work on his own.

The only ones left were Fu Dabai, Fu Sanbai and a little Yuan who was timid but wanted to join in the fun. The two brothers carried Yuan to the market like they knew the place well.

The previous magistrate of Changning County came from the capital, and he was not happy with the vendors in the county setting up stalls everywhere.

Although it looks lively, it is really difficult to manage. Not to mention other things, just collecting the stall fee of eight or nine cents requires you to chase them all over the city.

The yamen runners didn't have to do anything else. Chasing them every day took up a lot of their time. Besides, it looked very messy.

The county magistrate simply set aside an area in the sparsely populated eastern part of the county for the market, drove all the stall owners there, and appropriately reduced the stall fees.

As time went by, everyone became familiar with the market there, and shops opened up around it. Everyone went there to buy anything.

The county market is not like the big market in the countryside. The market is open every day, so it is very lively every day.

Although Yuan is a little afraid of crowds and strangers, it does not stop her from joining in the fun with adults.

Lying on Fu Dabai's shoulder, he turned his little head this and that, trying to take a look at everything. If he heard someone chatting lively, he would prick up his ears to listen.

Fu Dabai was so amused by her gossiping look that he couldn't help but ask her:

"You are so good at joining in the fun, why do you stay at home all day?"

Yuan doesn't want to either, but:

"I'm afraid of the others. I don't know them well, and I'm too hungry to move!"

This topic was both sad and heavy. Fu Dabai hung out with his bad friends, and although he could bring back some food from time to time, it was impossible for him to only take care of Yuan and Li all the time.

His parents were also hungry. If he took care of them, they would want to take care of his brothers. There was only so much food, and there was not much left for the family.

He could hide some for Yuan and his wife to eat secretly, but it would only be enough to fill their stomach for the time being.

He also couldn't follow those friends around all day like a gangster. If he dared to do that, his parents would break his legs.

Besides, the ways his friends made money were not very legitimate, so he didn't dare to get too close to them.

Even if he could follow them, it would be impossible for him to get food every day. He could still ask these people for food to fill his stomach, and occasionally feed his wife and daughter secretly, but his family members couldn't take care of it, so his wife and daughter could only eat their fill occasionally.

To put it bluntly, it’s all because of poverty!

His great-grandfather was poor, his grandfather was poor, his father was poor, and his generation was poor as well. These days, the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer, and they can't make ends meet.

Fu Dabai fell silent, took out a penny and bought some candies for Yuan.

As soon as Yuan ate the candy, he became happy again. He smacked the sweetness in his mouth, stuffed one into his father's mouth, and hesitantly gave another one to his third uncle.

Fu Sanbai certainly couldn't bear to accept it seeing her reluctant look. He even looked at the older brother who snatched the candy from the child with disdain: You're already an adult!

Fu Dabai looked back at him with an innocent expression: I feel bad that the child doesn't have enough to eat, but that doesn't affect my principle that our family should eat together!

Besides, this is my money, so no matter how big the candy is, it won’t stop me from enjoying it!

Yuan ate one and put away the rest, mumbling to himself as he planned happily:

"One for mother, one for milk, one for apricot, and one for rabbit!"

Fu Dabai sucked his teeth and sighed in his heart for Yuan:

I have become more careful, but not much!

Why are there things like rabbits and apricots again? Don’t you learn your lesson? They are just two hungry burpers. How much food do you have to fill their stomachs?

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