Chapter 1340 Watching the Fun (September Monthly Ticket Plus 7)
Manbao was very generous and paid the points for engraving four books, and engraved two sets of books.
I plan to give this to Daohe together with the medical books next time I come to give him one.
The five of them had endless things to talk about. When Qian and Little Qian pulled Daya out, they talked about a Taoist temple in the capital called Xuandu Temple, which had a particularly beautiful peach forest.
The Feng family and their companions also paid their respects to the Lord Tianzun and asked for fortunes, so they said goodbye to Shang Manbao and went home.
Manbao and the other two went to pay their respects to the abbot of Shouqing Temple, and then reluctantly said goodbye to He Daohe and the other two.
The abbot of Shouqing Temple personally escorted Manbao outside the temple. In front of the guests who came to burn incense and worship, he patted her on the head and said with a smile, "Young laywoman Zhou, please come often in the future."
Manbao nodded and said, "I will come to watch over Master Qingguan when I have time. Master, take care."
The abbot of Shouqing Temple nodded with a smile, watched them leave, and then led his two disciples back to the backyard.
Daoxu watched the whole scene, and when he reached the backyard, he couldn't help but quietly ask him, "Master, do you really believe that Zhou Ba is the reincarnation of a fairy?"
The abbot of Shouqing Temple glanced at him and said, "It's not true belief, but it is just true."
He stroked his beard and looked up at the sky, saying, "Among the people I have ever met, no child has such good fortune and intelligence as her. Apart from the fairy, who else has such blessings?"
Daoxu was stunned, and even Daohe couldn't help but look up and ask, "Master, are you telling the truth?"
The abbot of Shouqing Monastery nodded seriously, "Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you?"
Seeing the two people's stunned expressions, he shook his head and said, "You two are still too ignorant. When you have learned enough and met more people in the future, you will understand. Zhou Man has hidden golden merits that even people of great virtue do not have, so he can only be an immortal. It's a pity that mortal bodies like us cannot peek..."
After saying this, he shook his head with a look of regret and went to the garden behind.
Dao and Daoxu were stunned, and they began to think seriously.
Daoxu said, "My memory isn't as good as yours. Do you still remember what Master said when Aunt Qian came to our temple with a bunch of treasures to worship Laojun when we were little?"
Dao He thought about it carefully, "Master seemed to have said that this child is blessed and will definitely be raised well if we take good care of him. Then he also gave Aunt Qian a lot of medicinal herbs."
The two of them suddenly realized, did their master notice that Zhou Man was different at that time?
The abbot of Shouqing Temple lifted up his clothes and tied them around his waist, then chose a vegetable plot that looked good to pick vegetables. Shoushi was watering the vegetable garden, which was not far from the backyard, so he naturally heard what Shouqing and the two teenagers said.
He couldn't help but whispered, "Brother, it's ok for you to deceive people outside, but why did you deceive Dao and Daoxu?"
Shouqing looked a little embarrassed and lowered his voice to defend himself, "Who said I lied to them? Zhou Man is indeed blessed, and her name is also very good. Her fate and name complement each other, and she will definitely achieve great success in the future..."
"Then she is not the reincarnation of a fairy..."
"Aiya, Junior Brother, why do you have to be so honest? Since Mr. Qian said she is, then she is." Shouqing said, "It is convenient for others and convenient for yourself. This kind of thing does not harm others' interests, so why not do it?"
"I mean we shouldn't deceive Dao and Daoxu together."
Shouqing waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "It's okay. They are still young now. When they grow up, meet more people and experience more things, they will naturally understand."
At that time, it didn’t matter whether Zhou Man was the reincarnation of a fairy.
Shouqing narrowed his eyes and smiled. After picking the vegetables, he stood up and looked at the small vegetable garden. He shook his head and said, "These vegetables are not well grown, Junior Brother, you need to work harder."
Shou Shi: "...In the middle of winter, I'm lucky I can grow some vegetable leaves. Why are there so many requirements? If you have the ability, go ahead and plant it."
Shouqing walked away with the food in his arms, saying, "Let's have vegetable porridge for lunch and some fried eggs for dinner. Three lay Buddhists sent us eggs today, and the Zhou family sent the most."
Zhou Sanlang drove the ox cart over, and Qian and the others got on. Fang and Lu held the children and said something to their mother-in-law, then took the children back to their parents' home and went back in the afternoon.
Seeing that the market in Dali Village was quite lively, Manbao was not in a hurry to go home. He first took a walk with Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, and then lay down outside the courtyard wall of a house to watch the fun.
This family was selling a cow, a female cow at that, and there were many people watching the fun at their house.
The wall of his house was very low, and people like Bai Shan could lie on the top of the wall to look inside. The teenagers who had originally occupied a favorable position saw Bai Shan and the other two, took a look at the clothes they were wearing, and then moved aside, leaving a gap that was just enough for the three of them to lie on the wall to look inside.
Daji followed behind them, looking helpless.
There was a fierce bargaining going on inside the courtyard wall. If the three of them had not been able to understand what they were saying, just by looking at their expressions and the sound of their voices, they would almost think that they were going to fight.
The seller shouted, "This is a cow, and a cow with a calf. You know, if you take it home and raise it for a few months, you'll have a calf. And you only offer four taels of silver. Who are you trying to fool?"
The buyer had a valid point. "It's clear from the looks of it that the baby isn't pregnant for long, and there's still time to wait. Spring farming is almost here, and she can't do heavy work while pregnant. I have to take care of her. Giving birth is risky, too. What if she dies, or her calf dies?"
"Even if both mother and child are safe, the cow can't work for a while, not to mention the calf. It takes at least a year and a half to raise it. I bought a cow and it can't work for a year. I have to serve it for nothing. And you still want five taels of silver. Do you think it's possible?"
"Here are two cows. Do you understand? If you go out and buy two cows, it will cost you seven ounces of silver."
"If you buy seven taels, you can start working. It can handle any kind of work. You have to wait a year and a half, and I have to take the risk. If you want to pay five taels, I might as well buy a bullock. A bullock is only three and a half taels."
"Bullshit! That's impossible! Go to the cattle and horse market in the county and ask around. Can you still buy a bullock for three and a half ounces?" The seller replied, "Since November, bullocks in the county haven't weighed less than four ounces."
Bai Erlang was puzzled, "Even if the price were to increase, it wouldn't increase so quickly, right?"
Bai Shan frowned, "Because County Magistrate Yang left?"
The young man beside him said, "Isn't it because County Magistrate Yang left? After Lord Yang left, the price of grain in the city went up by two cents, but the grain merchants who came to our village to buy grain actually pushed the price down."
He glanced at Manbao and said, "You are Zhou Man from Qili Village, right?"
Manbao nodded blankly, "Do you recognize me?"
"I recognize your fourth brother. Your eyes and eyebrows are quite similar to your fourth brother. Why, does your father still want to buy this cow from the Jia family?"
Manbao suddenly realized, "Is this the cow my father wants to buy?"
"That's right. Last time, your father had a quarrel with the Jia brothers and the sale ended in failure. Your father was only willing to pay four taels of silver and refused to pay more."
Manbao looked at the cow in the yard, nodded and said, "Five taels of silver is indeed not worth it. Four taels of silver is about right. Otherwise, I might as well go to the county town to buy it."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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