Chapter 126: Doing Homework Together (Bonus Update for 80,000 Yunqi Recommendation Votes)
It was impossible to get Qian to give her money. In the end, Manbao took out the money he earned from selling candy during the Lantern Festival and reluctantly gave Zhou Erlang fifty coins, saying, "Second brother, go buy a chicken."
Zhou Erlang took the money and said, "Chicken is too expensive. Let's buy pork. Just buy one pound at a time. You can buy it five times."
Manbao was unhappy, "Pork isn't as delicious as chicken, and one pound isn't enough."
Zhou Erlang thought his younger sister was too picky, but since she was the one paying, he couldn't win the argument, so he could only say, "Okay, I'll go to Zhou Hu's house and pick out a fatter chicken."
Manbao was satisfied.
Seeing Manbao's family coming to buy chickens again, Zhou Hu couldn't help but ask, "You have a lot of chickens at home, why do you always buy chickens?"
"We've almost killed all the chickens that aren't laying eggs, so how can we bear to kill the ones that are laying eggs?"
It's the Chinese New Year, so of course their family can't just eat meat bought from outside. They have also killed a lot of chickens in the past two months.
Zhou Hu couldn't help but say, "Your family really dotes on Manbao. Last year, Manbao alone came to my house and bought three chickens."
Zhou Erlang certainly couldn't let his youngest sister have such a reputation, so he immediately said, "My sister has a stubborn temper. When she went to the city, she occasionally heard the doctor say that my mother needed to eat more meat. Now, for the past six months, whenever she sees my mother having asthma, she starts clamoring for meat."
Zhou Hu was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Auntie looks better this year than in previous years. I just saw her going to the fields."
"That's right. My father was willing to spend so much money on meat because it really works. Otherwise, he would have spent more money on medicine. If eating meat is effective, then of course it's better to eat meat."
Zhou Hu swiftly grabbed a chicken and gave it to him, saying with a smile, "Okay, but I'm out of chickens that don't lay eggs. I won't be able to sell you any next time you come."
Zhou Erlang said he understood and took the chicken back.
In the evening, Lao Zhou said at the dinner table, "Tonight's meal has meat. This is our New Year's opening meal. Tomorrow, everyone should go to work."
Seeing Manbao looking at him with sparkling eyes, Old Zhoutou said, "Manbao is going to school. Datou and Daya are also going up the mountain. Ertou and Erya are staying at home to take care of their younger siblings and do some housework. Remember to pick up your aunt from the school."
Everyone responded, and after Old Zhou picked up a piece of meat for Qian, everyone started to move immediately.
The next day, the whole Zhou family went out, some dug holes, some shoveled mud on the mountain, and some swept rotten leaves. There were not enough rotten leaves, so Zhou Wulang simply took Lao Liu and his nephews and nieces to pull off the leaves on the trees, just like a swarm of locusts passing through.
The leaves and soil were picked up separately and brought back. Xiao Qian took Zhou Xi and her two sisters-in-law to chop up the leaves and dead grass and throw them aside, and then mixed them directly with the soil and manure to make fertilizer.
The Zhou family was making quite a commotion, and many people from the village came to join in the fun. Most people just squatted on the sidelines and watched, while some helped out and then asked Old Zhou, "What are you doing?"
Then when Manbao came back from school, she saw many people in the village digging pits. She ran past them and they stopped to say hello, "Manbao, school is over."
"Manbao, study hard."
"Manbao is getting smarter and smarter."
Manbao was so happy after hearing all the praise along the way that he put down his bookcase and ran out when he got home. Ertou ran after him and asked, "Auntie, where are you going?"
"I'm going to find Bai Shanbao!"
Bai Shanbao hadn't returned home yet. He was squatting on the ground playing with insects with some male classmates. When Manbao patted him, he looked up and asked, "What are you doing?"
Manbao took his hand and said happily, "Come with me."
Manbao took him around the entire village, and whenever he saw someone digging a hole, he would go over. Bai Shanbao ran around without understanding what she was doing, and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
"Didn't you hear?"
Bai Shanbao listened carefully, but didn't hear any special sound, so he shook his head honestly, "What did you hear?"
"They're praising me," Manbao said, "Look, a lot of people are praising me."
Bai Shanbao was furious and asked with a puff of air, "You dragged me here just for this? I already made an appointment with my classmates to go digging for earthworms."
"Aren't you happy that so many people praised me?"
"You're not praising me, why should I be happy?"
Manbao thought so too, but still said stubbornly, "I'll let you feel what it feels like to be praised by many people."
Bai Shanbao snorted, "What's the big deal? I'm always praised."
So he dragged her to Bai Erlang's house. Yes, not his own house, but Bai Erlang's house. He knocked on Bai Erlang's door and smiled at the servant who opened the door. The gatekeeper praised him, "Young Master is here. Please come in. You look really energetic today. Did Mr. Zhuang praise you again?"
Bai Shanbao nodded and said with a smile: "I haven't finished my homework, so I came to ask my second cousin about it."
The servant immediately showed him the way. Along the way, Bai Shanbao met countless servants, and everyone praised him when they saw him.
Until they met Old Lady Bai and Mrs. Bai, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also praised Bai Shanbao when they saw him. Of course, they also praised Manbao, but they praised Bai Shanbao more.
Manbao: ...
Manbao was still a little dazed when Bai Shanbao led him out. Bai Shanbao said, "If I want to hear people praise me, just go to Bai Er's house."
Manbao thought he was amazing, and then was confused, "Why are they praising you?"
"Because I'm smarter than Bai Er, every time we do homework together, I'll finish before he even starts, so he always gets beaten up by his uncle, hahahaha. Whenever he bullies me in school, I'll take my homework to his house to do, hahahaha..."
Manbao thought his idea was great.
Bai Shanbao asked her, "Then why do the villagers praise you?"
Manbao had already thought of it and said, "It must be about the composting. I see they are all digging a hole."
Bai Shanbao asked curiously, "Has your manure fermented?"
"My dad said it will be ready soon. I'll give you a basketful of it once it's fermented. Do you want to let your ginger try some of my fertilizer?"
Bai Shanbao hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I haven't dared to water it too much recently. I see it's growing very fast. It's already longer than my finger."
Manbao said proudly: "Mine is as long as a palm, longer than yours."
The two children made an agreement, and Bai Shanbao invited Manbao, "After dinner, come to my house to do your homework."
Manbao rolled his eyes and said, "Let's go find Bai Er and do our homework together."
Bai Shanbao asked her, "Did Bai Er bully you?"
"No, I just want to see how he does his homework."
Bai Shanbao was secretly happy and patted his chest and said, "Okay, come find me and I'll take you there."
Bai Jilang, who was completely clueless and running wildly on the grass with his friends: ...
Suddenly I remembered that after Yunqi, there is Qidian.
(End of this chapter)
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