Chapter 103 Looking for a Job
Zhou Erlang borrowed a large cauldron from the Qian family, and then learned from his experience and borrowed a smaller cauldron from his second uncle.
Qian glanced at him and said nothing.
Zhou Erlang was very happy, and then he took money from Qian and went to the county town to buy a cart.
Qian had inquired with the village chief's family about the money for the cart, but she still gave him an extra hundred coins, saying, "Just as a precaution. If you can buy it within eight hundred coins, that would be even better. If not, you can spend a little more."
This time, most of the family savings were gone. Qian sighed and waved goodbye to let them leave.
Manbao was happy when she thought that her family was going to have a car. She felt that money earned should be spent, that is money. Otherwise, if it is kept at home and not used, it is just a pile of copper.
So she also comforted Qian, "Mom, don't worry, we will definitely be able to make a lot of money."
Although Qian didn't have as high expectations as her, she still smiled at her youngest daughter.
A cart is considered a big item in a farmer's household, and its value is almost as much as half a bed. A bed can really be used for a lifetime, and can also be passed down from father to son, cough cough.
So when Zhou Erlang pushed the cart back, he had a very happy face and two thin red cloth strips were tied on the cart.
The children in the village joined in the fun, shouting and screaming behind them. When Manbao came back from the fields in the afternoon, the first thing he did was to rush to see their car.
She even climbed up and let Zhou Wulang push her around in the yard.
Seeing the young girl climb up, Big Head and others who had been ordered not to climb up also climbed up.
The Zhou family was filled with laughter.
Although Zhou Erlang was ambitious, he was cautious by nature and did not dare to buy too much. The next day, when he and Zhou Wulang went to the market to buy meat, Zhou Erlang bought a little less than Zhou Wulang.
After all, it's a new place and we don't know what the market is like.
Manbao couldn't go today, but she had her own ideas. She quietly told Zhou Wulang to buy eggs and sell them. "If you don't sell them at noon, you can cook them and sell them at dinner. They're one penny each, so they can have a dish to eat."
Because all of Manbao's ideas were good, Zhou Wulang decided to listen to her, so he secretly bought a basket of eggs when he went to the market. There weren't many, just thirty.
That afternoon, Zhou Wulang returned with a smile on his face. As soon as he and Zhou Liulang returned, they handed the cloth bag containing the money to his mother to settle the accounts. Then, they quietly found Manbao, took out thirty coins and said happily, "Someone really bought it."
Manbao looked at the money in his hand in surprise, "Fifth brother, why don't you let mother count the money?"
Zhou Wulang said, "I'll save this little money for myself. Mother doesn't know we're still selling eggs anyway."
Manbao looked at him with pity, "Fifth brother, but Third brother knows. Mother doesn't know now, but she will definitely know when Third brother comes back."
Zhou Wulang's body stiffened, and he thought for a moment, wondering if it would be okay for him to ask his third brother to keep it a secret for him.
Thinking about his third brother's honest face, Zhou Wulang went back to his mother with his head down and said that he had left thirty cents in his pocket, which he just noticed when he was changing clothes.
Qian had already counted out the money. She frowned, thinking that these thirty coins were extra, and asked, "How did you earn these thirty coins?"
"I sell eggs for a penny each. I sell them at dinner time."
Qian glanced at her fifth son and took the money.
Zhou Erlang and his wife came back a little late because he had a long way to go. His soup was sold, but most of the vegetables were left over, which they brought back as extra food for the family.
He said, "As long as the soup can be sold, the vegetables will eventually be sold. Mom, this business can be done, and the bulk of the profit is from the soup."
Qian nodded and looked at He and said, "You go with Lao Wu and the others tomorrow. Lao San has been there for almost ten days. You can go there to help Lao Wu and also visit Lao San."
He happily agreed.
Zhou Wulang lowered his head even lower.
Zhou Liulang glanced at his fifth brother and felt that it was all his fifth brother's fault, and that he had made things worse.
Once the third sister-in-law left, the money they could share was even less. Sigh~~
Manbao was gnawing on the bones. Zhou Erlang was reluctant to share the bones with meat to the laborers, so he brought them back, heated them up, and gave one piece to each of the children in the family.
She was currently chewing on a piece of greasy food, and upon hearing this, she offered them all kinds of advice, "Don't bring any dry food with you when you go, Third Sister-in-law. Just go there and give the sesame cakes to Third Brother. Freshly baked ones are even better."
Little Qian was lost in thought. "Two days will make it ten days, right? By then, the laborers will have to go home to get some food. Second sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, why don't you tell the laborers that you can sell sesame cakes too, even if you don't charge for them, just collect the food."
Xiao Qian was used to cooking and was more accurate in measuring these things. She instinctively found a larger bowl, filled it with grain and wheat, and said, "One bowl of grain for one bowl of rice, and one bowl of wheat for one pancake."
Feng hesitated, "Will I lose money?"
"No, even though the earnings are small, if they all come to you to trade, there are about a hundred of them. You can earn at least thirty bowls a day, which is enough to feed the family for several days."
Feng's heart was moved and she quickly looked at Zhou Erlang.
Zhou Erlang pondered and said, "It's OK, but it will be a bit tiring."
Manbao interrupted, "What's the big deal? Shanbao's house is almost finished. When the time comes, let Fourth Brother go and help. He doesn't want to hoe the fields anyway, so let him knead the dough."
Zhou Erlang burst into laughter and patted her little head, saying, "Yes, let him knead the dough. He's young and has plenty of strength."
That's how it was settled.
Manbao was so happy that his eyes almost squinted from eating. When Zhou Silang came back from the Bai family, Manbao praised him for his achievements, "Fourth brother, don't always say that I don't share my good ideas with you. I have already found the next job for you."
Zhou Silang asked her, "What kind of work?"
"Go do business with my second and fifth brothers."
Zhou Silang became happy. "Do you still need me? Will there be too many people?"
"Not much, not much. It's just what my sister-in-law suggested. I'll have another small business."
Zhou Silang became happy. This way, he should be able to get some money every day. Although the money would not reach him in the end, at least the debt under his name would be less.
Then when he found out that Manbao had assigned him the task of kneading dough, the smile on his face fell.
Kneading dough is the most tiring part, especially when it may be noodles that are eaten by hundreds of people.
Zhou Silang went to see Manbao in grief and anger. Is this his biological sister?
Is she your biological sister?
Manbao was clueless and was happily using a stick to teach everyone how to read. She felt her handwriting had improved a bit, at least the head and body were not separate anymore, and it looked pretty good.
I have to go out today, so I only have Manbao's manuscripts, so the one next door who cultivates immortals will come back to update in the evening.
(End of this chapter)
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