Chapter 128: Punished (Additional chapter for Yunqi's recommendation votes of 85,000)
After Xiao Qian finished speaking, she grabbed Manbao's clothes and tried to pull her up. When she touched her, her expression changed. She immediately pulled her up and touched her again, then asked angrily, "Manbao, did you go play in the water?"
"No," Manbao immediately denied, shouting, "I'm not playing in the water, it's the water that fell from the tree!"
Xiao Qian was not stupid. She understood what he said as soon as she heard it. She was very angry and dragged Manbao back to the house to change clothes. When she came out, she beat Datou and Daya.
Datou and Daya were howling loudly, not necessarily in much pain, but their howls were particularly loud. Manbao was frightened and rushed out of the house to stand in front of them, saying with tears in his eyes, "Sister-in-law, I was the one who shook the tree. I won't dare to do it again next time."
Qian came out of the house and said, "Punish them both by making them step on the grass in the fields tomorrow. If you dare to let your aunt do something like this again, it won't just be stepping on the grass, you'll also be responsible for all the housework at home."
When Datou and Daya were beaten, they were not very scared and just cried loudly. But now that their grandmother came out and said something, they really cried.
Stepping on the grass is very hard work, because there are many male members in the Zhou family. Even their mother does not go to the fields to do such work, let alone them.
Step on the grass, pick up the grass that has been raked up and throw it away, or step on it into the soil to fertilize it. Now there are not only snails and stones in the fields, but also leeches.
The two children really cried.
Manbao also wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to say a word under his mother's gaze.
Qian said calmly to Manbao, "Your health is not good. I have taught you since you were little that you are not allowed to play in the water, get wet in the rain, get cold, or eat anything else. If you do it again next time, I will punish the person who brought you."
Manbao lowered his head and wiped his tears.
Only then did Qian turn around and go back into the house.
The three children sat together in sorrow. Manbao took out two candies from his pocket and gave them to them. He looked at them apologetically and said, "Datou, Daya, I will go to the fields to help you after school."
Daya quickly said, "Aunt, you can't go. If you go, grandma will punish us even more."
Big Head also nodded.
Manbao felt a little sad and bitter, so he stuffed a piece of candy that he didn't like very much into his mouth.
Zhou Xi watched from the side and couldn't help asking Qian, "Mom, I've been seeing Manbao always have a lot of candy in her hands since I came home. Where does she get it from?"
Zhou Erlang would bring candy to Manbao every time he came back from the market, but Zhou Xi had seen that Manbao had more than just candy in her hands, because she had been stuffed with several candies, and that candy was different from the one bought by the second brother.
Qian said, "Mr. Zhuang took it. From what Lao Wu and the others said, Manbao and others bought a lot of candy and then sold it in the county town."
Qian couldn't help but smile when she said this. "This kid probably learned business from watching the second child. She learned to resell things without any instruction. She can't keep much money, but fortunately she knows how to spend it."
"Mom is just going to let it go like this?"
"She's young and loves to eat, so there's no need to restrict her on these matters. Besides," Qian paused and lowered her voice, "when your uncle was doing these things, we did try to dissuade him, but it only caused him a lot of trouble. Do you think you can stop him?"
Zhou Xi then stopped talking.
"This child is very smart. We don't need to restrict her on these matters."
When Manbao took out the candy from his pocket for the first time, everyone in the Zhou family was shocked. After eliminating other options, they finally believed that the candy was given by Mr. Zhuang. At that time, Qian gave something in return.
There were very few things, so she would either ask Xiao Qianshi to bring her a few radishes or vegetables, or help clean the yard.
Mr. Zhuang thought that this was a "bribe" from the Zhou family to get Manbao to squat at the window and listen to the class, so he accepted it.
From then on, Mr. Zhuang would occasionally receive some small gifts from the Zhou family, and Manbao would always bring home a few candies.
It has been more than two years, and everyone in the Zhou family has gotten used to it. They only find it strange that Zhou Xi doesn't go back to her parents' home often.
The sugar finally soothed the wounded hearts of Datou and Daya, and the next day they were dug out of bed and taken to the field to step on the grass.
Of course, Zhou Dalang was reluctant to let his two children work in the fields for a whole day, so he let them go to the fields for fifteen minutes as a token of his gratitude. When they were tired and annoyed enough, he let them go to the ridges of the fields.
After all, they are the eldest grandson and granddaughter, so Old Zhou loves them very much and turns a blind eye as if he didn't see it.
Qian's punishment was very effective. Today Manbao was very well-behaved. After school, he did not go out to play, nor did he go to Bai Shanbao's house to read. Instead, he went home obediently with his small bookcase on his back, reading by himself while waiting for Datou and the others to come back.
As soon as the people came back, she looked at them eagerly. To express her condolences and apologies, Manbao also gave them her favorite candy.
Zhou Silang's mouth twitched as he exposed the two men, saying, "They only went to the fields for a quarter of an hour, and then sat on the ridge the whole time. Manbao, you care so much about them, why don't you care about me?"
Manbao: "Fourth brother, you are an adult now, how can you compare yourself with us children?"
"I'm embarrassed. Why shouldn't I be embarrassed? When I was their age, I had already been working in the fields. Look how well they are doing."
Daya was not convinced, "Uncle Si, we helped you open up your land."
Big Head: "We helped to plant the yams and ginger."
Daya snorted, "If you keep saying that about us, we won't help you when you need to weed your fields."
Zhou Silang heard this and immediately went to Manbao's pockets, took out all the candies hidden inside and shared them with them, saying with a smile, "Fourth Uncle was just joking with you. Actually, when Fourth Uncle was your age, he just walked around in the fields. He was a little worse than you."
Manbao's eyes widened.
Zhou Wulang: “Shameless!”
Zhou Liulang: "Shameless!"
Manbao turned around and yelled at her father, "Dad, Fourth Brother stole my candy!"
Zhou Silang ran away, followed closely by Old Zhoutou's shoes, and his curses echoed in the yard, "Old Four, are you still young? You even snatched your sister's candy..."
Zhou Silang was very angry and squatted outside the gate for a long time before going back. He decided that he must bring Manbao with him next time he weeded the fields and not let her reap the benefits without him.
Zhou Silang and Zhou Xi both planted ginger on their land. Zhou Silang knew the prices of ginger and yam, so he cared about them very much. He didn't have to worry about the farm work at home. He just had to listen to his father and brothers and work hard.
But he was very attentive to that piece of wasteland and would check on it almost every day. He remembered which piece of yam grew better and which piece of ginger was not as good as the one next to it.
Even Zhou Xi, who originally didn't care much about it, was influenced and made two more trips.
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(End of this chapter)
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