Zhang Hujun and Zhang Hubing also came back soon and cleaned the newly bought pig heads.
It is enough for the adults at home, and the children can go play aside.
Because Zhang Xinyao was working just now and Shanzi had gone to call people, Zhang Xinyue didn't even open the box of pastries. She wanted to wait for her elder sister and brother Shanzi to eat together.
Zhang Xinyue opened the box and found ten pieces of pastries inside.
But she didn't know how to count yet, so she didn't know if there were enough cakes in the box for her family to share.
Zhang Xinyue looked at Zhang Xinyao and asked, "Sister, how do we divide it?"
Zhang Xinyao doesn’t know either, she can count to ten at most.
Zhang Xiaobing looked into the box, counted the cakes on his fingers, and said after a while, "Ten pieces in total."
Then he began to count heads again, "One, two, three, four..."
"There are fourteen people in total..."
Zhang Xiaobing was in a dilemma. "Fourteen people, ten cakes. How should we divide them? It seems that no one can get one."
The adults in the yard looked at the children counting on their fingers with smiles in their eyes.
Wang smiled and said, "Okay, you guys eat it, we adults won't eat it."
Zhang Xinyue shook her head and said, "Grandma, Mom said that good things should be shared with family. We are all family, so we should eat these cakes together."
Wang smiled and said, "But there are too few things. There is not enough to share! So you can eat it yourselves. When you have good things in the future, you can share them with us."
Zhang Xiaobing said, "Yueyue, how about this? We divide all the cakes in half, give half to each person first, and then we'll figure out how to divide the rest."
Zhang Xinyue thought this method was feasible and no one else had any objections.
Zhang Xinyue nodded, "Okay, then I'll split it in half first."
Zhang Xiaobing reached out to take the cake, but Zhang Xinyue patted his hands and said, "Go wash your hands first. Mom also said that if you eat anything with dirty hands, you will get worms in your stomach."
Zhang Xiaobing now felt that his aunt was right.
Zhang Xiaobing washed his hands and began to share the cakes. He divided a cake into two halves and was about to put one half into his mouth when Zhang Xinyue said, "Give it to grandpa and grandma first."
Zhang Xiaobing looked at Zhang Xinyue staring at him with her big round eyes and could only swallow his saliva.
He took the cakes and fed them to Old Man Zhang and Wang, "Grandpa, Grandma, please eat!"
Old man Zhang waved his hand, "Oh, good boy. You guys eat, grandpa won't eat."
Zhang Hulan said, "Dad, please eat what your grandson gave you. This is how the younger generation shows filial piety to the elders. You said a few days ago that children should understand the rules. Let the children know how to respect their elders. This is also a rule."
After hearing what Zhang Hulan said, Old Man Zhang took the pastry.
Wang also put the cake into her mouth.
Zhang Xiaobing stared at Old Man Zhang and Wang's mouths and asked, "Grandpa and Grandma, is it delicious?"
Wang covered her mouth and smiled, "It's delicious, delicious, you guys should go and eat it too!"
Zhang Xiaobing ran back immediately, and Zhang Xinyi had already given him another piece of cake.
Zhang Xiaobing asked: "Is it time for us to eat now?"
Zhang Xinyue said, "No. Give it to my eldest uncle and aunt first, then to my mother, and then to my younger uncle and aunt. We'll eat last."
Zhang Xiaobing had no choice but to divide the cakes among Zhang Hujun and Li, until only they, the children, were left.
Zhang Xiaobing said, "Is it my turn now?"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xinyue said: "There is an order of seniority, the elders have all eaten, and now I am the youngest, so I will eat first..."
Zhang Xiaobing stared blankly at Zhang Xinyue stuffing the pastry into her mouth, then squinting her eyes and enjoying it.
The pastry was soft and sweet and melted in the mouth. Zhang Xinyue exclaimed "Wow", then said with a smile: "Wow! It's delicious!"
Zhang Xiaobing was about to cry, "I'm the youngest now, so I should eat it, right?"
Zhang Xinyue nodded, "Yeah, it's your turn to eat now."
Zhang Xiaobing quickly stuffed the cake into his mouth, then exclaimed in praise, "Wow, this cake is so delicious!"
"It's my turn now..." Zhang Xinyi quickly put the pastry in her mouth.
Then came Zhang Xinyao and Shanzi, and finally Zhang Xiaojun and Zhang Dahua.
After everyone had their share, there were still three pieces of cake left.
Zhang Xiaobing asked: "How should the rest be divided?"
Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "Okay, you guys can divide the rest."
Zhang Xiaobing counted the servants and then counted the cakes.
He counted the cakes as one piece for two people, and there were three pieces of cake for seven children, so there was still one person who got nothing.
When Zhang Xiaobing was in a dilemma, Shanzi said, "You guys eat, I won't eat."
After saying this, Shanzi ran to the eaves to move firewood to the kitchen.
Zhang Hulan smiled and watched without saying anything. She thought that things like this should be left to the children to handle on their own.
Zhang Dahua and Zhang Xiaojun spoke almost at the same time, "You guys eat, I don't want to eat anymore."
Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi both said, "Brother Shanzi, you eat it."
Zhang Xiaobing hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Then I won't eat it. You guys eat it."
Zhang Xinyue finally spoke, "Oh, you are all so stupid."
Zhang Xinyue gave each of the other six people a piece of cake, and then stretched out her hand to them and said, "Each of you break off a corner for me."
The other children all blinked, then broke off a corner of the pastry and put it in Zhang Xinyue's hand.
In the end, Zhang Xinyue had a small pile of pastries in her hands, almost the same amount as the others.
Zhang Hulan's eyes lit up. This little girl is good! From this point of view, Zhang Xinyue should be the smartest or the most flexible.
Zhang Hulan felt that she should educate her children well in the future.
It would be best to cultivate a seed of reading so that the family will have confidence.
Otherwise, she wouldn't dare to expand her business, otherwise she would definitely be targeted by others.
Not only Zhang Xiaojun, Zhang Xiaobing and Shanzi, but also the three daughters need to be trained. However, the academy here does not seem to accept female students, so if that is not possible, we can invite a teacher to come home and teach.
Zhang Hulan felt that she should also find a way to get an identity for herself.
She had heard before that there was a thing called a consort named Lady of Imperial Decree in ancient times. It seemed that if one's husband or son became an official, one would have the opportunity to be conferred with a consort name. If one made special contributions to the court, one would also have the opportunity to be conferred with a consort name.
Imperial edicts were granted by the emperor himself. If someone had an imperial edict, ordinary people would not dare to bully him at will.
Even officials will not make things difficult for you and will give you more face.
Zhang Hulan thought that she had helped the villagers find food to eat and that she had come up with a way to make compost this time, which was considered a contribution to the court, but she didn't know how great her contribution was, nor how great her contribution would be to be awarded an imperial decree.
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