Yuan's transformation was like a wild horse let loose or a stubborn donkey. If left alone for a while, he would become completely uncontrollable.

It seemed like it only took a moment for him to change from a coward who was afraid of people but loved to join in the fun to a naughty kid who loved to join in the fun to the point of being scary. Even Li couldn't stop it.

Old Yang's shoulders slumped, she sighed and changed the subject to business, asking Fu Dabai:

"Where are the third and fourth brothers?"

Zhao and Wang, who was helped to the door by Xiao Yang, also looked over with concern.

Fu Dabai waved his hand and said, "They didn't come back. I asked them to stay in the county."

Zhao and Wang felt disappointed immediately, but they still pulled themselves together and leaned forward to listen.

Old Yang nodded: "Have you found a long-lived person?"

"It can't be considered a long life." Fu Dabai went into the big house with everyone else and then said carefully:

“A group of people from the county came to collect a large amount of grain from the nearby villages and towns.

It was said that he was a grain merchant from Fucheng. He offered a high price and bought a lot of grain. He even bought up most of the grain in several grain stores in the county.

I don’t know what they need so much grain for. They just say that the rice over there is not good, but the rice over here is good, so they buy it and sell it. I don’t know if it’s true or not. The price they offer doesn’t seem like a good profit.”

Fu Dabai paused for a moment, took a sip of water, and then continued:

“It seems that they didn’t expect to harvest so much, and they didn’t have enough people with them, so they hired people to help move the grain and push the carts to transport the grain.

The third and fourth brothers and I also went to ask, and we were selected. We pushed the cart and went to Ancheng with a group of people.

They asked us to deliver the food to a village near Ancheng before letting us return."

"So far away!!" Zhao couldn't help but exclaimed.

Daxi Village is under the jurisdiction of Changshou Town, Changshou Town is under the jurisdiction of Changning County. The nearest city to Changning County is Ancheng, so Changning County is under the jurisdiction of Ancheng.

But Ancheng not only governs Changning County. Changning County is the farthest county from Ancheng. The shortest distance between the two is separated by several counties, and it is unknown how many villages and towns there are in between.

The farthest place Zhao had ever been to was Ancheng. At that time, it took half a month to get there by ox cart at full speed.

Not to mention Fu Dabai and his men had to push a cart of grain, which took them a month to make a round trip. How hurried they had to be!

Zhao and Wang almost subconsciously felt a pang in their hearts: Could it be that the father of the child, the fourth brother, has collapsed from exhaustion in the county? !

Both of them were sweating with anxiety, but seeing that the mother-in-law was still sitting there listening, they could only suppress their anxiety and said nothing.

Old Mrs. Yang also knew how far the road was. She frowned and asked her son, "Did you push the cart there?"

Fu Dabai said easily:

“Yes, there were bullock carts, but they were driven by their people.

They pay a lot of money, and they hire young and strong people just for speed. What's the harm in pushing a cart? We are happy to carry it. Come and have a look."

As he spoke, Fu Dabai opened his bundle, took out his money bag and dumped it on the kang, pouring out seven or eight taels of silver and fifty or sixty copper coins.

Fu Dabai said happily to Old Yang:

"For this trip, each person gets two taels of silver, and they also provide enough food along the way. This kind of job is hard to find normally, not bad! I've gained weight from eating so much!

When we came back, we happened to see the grain store collecting grain and moving it to the warehouse. We worked for two more days. With this money, we can at least hold on until the grain arrives this year. "

Logically speaking, making money is a happy thing, but the atmosphere at home is a little silent.

A Yuan looked at his mother, whose eyes were a little red, and his third and fourth aunts, and wondered what was wrong with everyone.

Old Mrs. Yang looked at her eldest son's hands, which had some recent scars on them.

"Two taels of silver is urgent enough. I'm using you to herd animals. Aren't you tired? Why didn't you ask the third and fourth brothers to come back and rest?"

"It's such a good job, big brother, why didn't you bring my girl with you?"

Old Mrs. Yang and Young Mrs. Yang almost asked out loud.

The adults couldn't help but look at Xiao Yang as if she were looking at something strange:

Is this your real wife? Are you afraid that the man won’t be tired?!

With the quality of the food at Lao Fu's house, even good men can only be half useful. Who would have the energy to work when they are hungry and skinny all day long, let alone push a cart so far.

If any of the Li family members were there, they would never be allowed to go. What if they were exhausted to death just for two taels of silver?

No matter how dumb Little Yang was, she could react to being looked at like this, and she stammered and explained:

"It's not that I don't feel sorry for Erbai, I'm just worried. There are so many children in the house to feed, and Fubao has grown up a bit recently, and his clothes don't fit him anymore..."

The more Xiao Yang explained, the more unfriendly the look in Old Yang's eyes became, so Xiao Yang had no choice but to shut her mouth and shrink to the side.

Dalang, holding his sister, looked at each other helplessly with his brothers, not knowing whether to feel sad for their father or for themselves.

Are you really worried about how to support them?

Dalang was thinking in a daze. At this time, Fubao made a babbling sound. Dalang quickly lowered his head to look at her.

Fubao was smiling at him with a cute face. Dalang's mind was made dazed by the smile. He hugged his sister and his eyes were full of her. His mind was full of her and he could not remember anything.

Erlang and Wulang came to see their sister, and Liulang Xianmei also came over. Looking at their sister, their sister was the only one in their minds and they didn't have to think about anything else. The children all thought that this was very good, and the sister was really cute!

The four brothers coaxed Fubao with smiles on their faces.

Hu Tou Hu Nian looked at his brothers strangely, not finding the babbling children funny at all:

Don’t the eldest brother, the second brother, the fifth brother, and the sixth brother get tired of having her around all day?

The two children didn't understand. Anyway, their father didn't come back, their uncle didn't bring any delicious food, and Yuan didn't look after them.

Hutouhuonao simply took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, tiptoed out of the house, and ran towards the village.

Yuan soon discovered that two people were missing from the room, and immediately thought:

Third brother, fourth brother must have gone out to play again!

Little Yang kept silent. Fu Dabai answered Old Yang and also answered Little Yang's question:

“Not tired, we originally wanted to ask the second brother to come back with us, but after asking around, we couldn’t find out where he was. We only knew that he didn’t return to the village.

We were worried, so the third and fourth brothers said they would stay and look for it, and asked me to return the money first and check if there was any letter from the second brother at home.

Old Mrs. Yang can't stand to hear anything happening in the second house. Her right eyelid starts twitching when she hears about it!

"This county is so small, how could there be nothing?" Old Yang asked Young Yang anxiously.

"Did the second brother say where he was going when he left?"

When Xiao Yang heard that there was no letter, she was stunned. She didn't hear clearly what her mother-in-law asked. She hurried forward and asked Fu Dabai:

"Isn't it in my fourth uncle's shop? The name...it seems to be called Pan's Wine Shop. Erbai said he wanted to go there!"

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