Chapter 105 Retail
The idea of dividing the money was destined to remain just an idea, because since she returned to school after the holiday, she could only count her share of the money Zhou Wulang and the others earned. After calculating the money to be handed over to the government, the rest was divided equally among the third sister-in-law, Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang.
After Zhou Silang joined the group, the property became equally divided among four people.
Of course, with one more person, the profits will increase.
Apart from anything else, the number of sesame cakes and steamed buns sold every day was not small, and the amount of wheat and rice collected every day gradually increased from half a bag to a large sack.
Of course, they only divided the money, not the food, which was simply converted into copper coins.
Manbao received a large amount of money from her fifth and sixth brothers every day and kept it for them, so she didn't notice anything wrong.
Until one day, she was greedy again and walked hand in hand with Erya to Zhou Hu's house at the end of the village, wanting to buy a chicken. Keke suddenly said, "Host, you only have 60 coins left in your savings. After buying this chicken, the remaining money should be enough for a few candies."
Manbao was stunned. She then calmed down and looked at the piles of money in the system. She found that her fifth and sixth brothers had already piled up a lot of money, while her money became the smallest pile.
Manbao couldn't believe it, "How could this happen?"
"How can you make money if you don't work?" Koko asked her. "Are you still buying chickens?"
Manbao peeked through the fence of Zhou Hu's house at the chickens pecking at the chicken feed and said greedily, "Buy it."
She also wants to make money during her break!
Manbao finally bought a chicken from Zhou Hu's house. That night, the Zhou family ate chicken. Manbao's bowl still had two large chicken legs. She said to Zhou Wulang, "Fifth brother, you didn't even share the money you earned with me."
Zhou Wulang said as a matter of course: "You went to school, and you didn't go with us to sell soup and steamed buns, so how can we give you a share?"
Manbao sighed sadly, turned around and said to her father, "Dad, I have no money."
Old Zhou concentrated on eating and just responded casually. It was better to have no money. Finally, he had spent all the money for the little girl.
Old Zhou felt his appetite had improved a lot and decided to eat half a bowl of rice tonight.
Manbao thought she would have trouble eating, but miraculously, her appetite was very good. She said to her father, "Dad, we are going to the county town after taking a day off."
"What are you going to do in the county town?"
"Make money," Manbao said, "If I don't make money, I won't have meat to eat. I want to eat goose meat."
Old Zhou finally raised his head and looked at the little girl, "Now the chicken can't shut you up anymore?"
Manbao drooled and said, "Goose meat is delicious."
"That's because the chef they hired made it delicious," Old Zhou said. "If it were made by an ordinary chef, it wouldn't be delicious."
"Then we'll also invite a chef." Manbao was willing to spend a lot of money just for a bite of food.
Qian picked up a piece of cabbage for her with chopsticks and said, "Eat quickly. If you want to hire a chef, we'll talk to you when you earn some money."
Manbao reiterated, "I'm going to the county town after the holiday."
But every adult in the family is very busy, who has time to take her there?
Zhou Dalang and his wife and Zhou Erlang and his wife set up a stall together and could bring back more than 300 copper coins and a bag of grain every day; Siwuliu and Sansao also set up a stall together and brought back a little more money every day than Zhou Erlang and his wife.
The two stalls together can earn the family 600 coins a day, and no one wants to waste time taking Manbao to the county town.
Manbao sighed and could only go to find Bai Shanbao. Now he had a regular servant following him, Daji.
Daji is already the father of two children. He is steady and capable, and is highly regarded by Old Lady Bai. The family also provides Bai Shanbao with a cart, ahem, although it is a donkey cart, but it can still roam around the village.
Manbao invited Bai Shanbao to go to the county town together.
Bai Shanbao had already made an appointment with other classmates to go dig lotus ponds together that day, so he didn't want to go. "What fun is there in the county town?"
Manbao thought about it carefully and didn't think the county town was more fun than the village, but "There are so many things in the county town. The weather is so cold and the New Year is coming soon. Don't you want to buy something for your grandmother and your mother?"
"My grandmother and my mother never lack anything."
"You have to buy that, it shows your filial piety," Manbao said, somewhat envious of his grandmother and mother, "I want to buy something for my mother too."
Bai Shanbao thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he said, "Okay, then let's go to the county town together."
"That's great. I'm going to bring my nephews and nieces with me so that there are more of us and we won't be bullied."
Bai Shanbao said it was no problem.
But Manbao turned around and said to Datou and Daya, "Fifth Brother and Sixth Brother make money without us, so we can make money on our own and leave them alone."
Datou asked, "Auntie, what can we sell to make money?"
"Candy, we can't cook, so we can only sell candy," Manbao said, "I've collected a lot of candy, so we'll sell more this time."
Big Head and the others said it was no problem.
On the day of rest, everyone packed up. Datou and Daya each carried a small basket filled with candies wrapped in cut oil paper. There were fifty pieces in each bag, no more and no less.
Daji drove a donkey cart and waited at the village entrance. Everyone climbed onto the cart. For fear that the child would be cold, the Bai family brought a quilt for Bai Shanbao.
At this time, the six children were sitting in the middle of the donkey cart, with the quilt surrounding them, keeping them very warm.
Daji drove the six people to the county town. The six children, who had just taken a nap, rubbed their eyes and got off the car. Manbao excitedly waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the county government office first!"
Daji couldn't help but look at Manbao.
Bai Shanbao yawned and followed her, asking, "What are you going to do after selling the candy?"
"Go buy something for Mom."
The Fu family's doorman hadn't seen the Zhou family's children for a long time. The little girl in the backyard had come several times to ask about them. When she saw them, she immediately asked someone to pass on the message to the backyard.
The maidservant next to the Second Young Miss quickly came out. Seeing Manbao, she said with some dissatisfaction, "Your family is really something. We agreed to come every other day, and you sent someone to say that you couldn't come because of something at home. But what could have taken so long?"
Manbao said, "The county magistrate has to serve in the army. My brother has gone to serve. There is a lot of work to do at home. My fifth brother can't leave. We are too young to come out. Sister, please forgive me."
She said, "You know, it won't be easy for us to get out in the future, so I brought a lot of candy this time. Do you want to buy some more?"
Manbao recommended: "The New Year is coming soon. Would your young lady like to buy some more to entertain guests?"
The little girl hesitated for a moment and asked, "How much did you bring?"
Datou and Daya immediately put down their backpacks and showed her the candies wrapped in them. Manbao also said, "If you buy more, I'll give you five cents less per bag. This bag holds fifty candies."
The little girl was moved. Of course, the young lady didn't care about the five cents, but she did care.
She said, "Wait a moment, I'll go in and ask the young lady."
(End of this chapter)
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