Chapter 141 Fishing (Additional chapter for 30,000 recommended votes)
"How can you be older? Mom is older than you. Mom can recognize several words." Manbao felt that the reason why her elder sister was bullied by her husband's family was because she was not smart enough, so her elder sister had to become smarter.
Unfortunately, she may not be born with a high IQ, so she can only improve her IQ through learning.
Zhou Xi didn't know that Manbao had categorized her as a "fool." She nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, then Manbao, teach me. Do you want to sleep with Big Sister tonight? Big Sister's room is spacious."
"No," Manbao flatly refused, "I want to sleep in my own little bed. I'm already an adult."
She doesn't want to sleep with anyone else. She doesn't even sleep with her parents.
Zhou Xi felt a little regretful, but he didn't force her. He sent the person back to the main room and left.
It was completely dark, and everyone in the room had washed up and was ready for bed. Manbao's biological clock had also arrived. She yawned, walked straight into the room, greeted her parents who were sitting and talking beside the bed, walked around the bamboo screen into her own small compartment, kicked off her shoes, climbed onto the bed and went to sleep.
Old Zhou followed her in and saw that she was fast asleep on the quilt. He shook his head, turned her over in the dark moonlight, and covered her with the quilt.
Manbao turned over and heard someone say in a daze, "He's asleep. This child still sleeps so well. He falls asleep as soon as he touches the pillow."
Qian chuckled, "I'm busy like a top all day, spinning here and there. When I'm tired, I sleep well. I'm just like him. When he was little, he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow."
Manbao yawned again in a daze, turned over and thought in a daze, who is he, why should she be like him?
The next day, before dawn, Zhou Dalang woke up Zhou Silang and others and went to the field to help them dig ginger.
Zhou Xi also stood up. Zhou Dalang paused and said, "It's cold. Let's sleep a little longer. We brothers can go dig."
Zhou Xi shook his head. "I can't sleep either. Let's go with you. I also want to go to the county town today."
Zhou Dalang frowned, "Just leave the ginger sales to Silang and the others. Why do you have to go yourself?"
Zhou Silang yawned and said, "Brother, just let Big Sister go. This way our ginger will be easier to sell. Besides, Manbao has asked Big Sister to go out and see the world. Maybe she can find a brother-in-law for us."
Zhou Dalang hit him and said, "You are so outspoken. What are you talking about? Looking for a brother-in-law?"
"Why shouldn't I say this? Didn't mother find a matchmaker to find a husband for my eldest sister? I think it would be better for my eldest sister to find one herself. It would be more considerate." Zhou Silang also asked Zhou Xi, "Isn't that right, eldest sister?"
Zhou Xi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Just shut up, or your big brother will beat you up."
Zhou Silang curled his lips. It was obviously the truth, but no one admitted it. He wanted to find it himself, but seeing what his mother said, it was impossible. Sigh~~
Because ginger likes loose soil, Zhou Silang often brought his two younger brothers to loosen the soil. Ginger clumps are easy to dig, and there are many brothers in their family. Each of them digs a clump, and soon they fill three backpacks.
Zhou Erlang looked at Zhou Liulang and asked, "Sixth Brother, aren't you going?"
Zhou Liulang is still young, and he is not very sober yet. He shook his head when he heard it, "No, my youngest sister didn't let me go."
He was exhausted from the autumn harvest in the past two months. Zhou Liulang's passion for making money has decreased a lot now. He just wants to sleep. Anyway, he can get his share of the money by lying at home.
Thinking of this, Zhou Liulang yawned again, looked around and said, "Second brother, are you done digging? Now let's go home. I still want to take a nap."
Zhou Dalang and the others turned around and said, "Let's go."
When she got home, only Xiao Qian and her two sisters-in-law were up. The others were still sleeping, especially Manbao, who was lying on her back, sleeping soundly. It was not until she heard the voices outside getting louder and louder that she turned over, lay in bed for a while, then got up and looked out the window. She saw Zhou Silang and the others carrying their backpacks and getting ready to set off.
She knew it was still early, so she curled up in the quilt and lay down again.
Manbao thought she couldn't sleep, but she fell asleep again in a daze. It was not until Xiao Qian woke her up that she realized it was almost time to go to school.
Manbao yawned and asked, "Sister-in-law, can I eat boiled eggs instead of egg water today?"
"No, boiled eggs are not as nutritious as egg water."
But egg water doesn’t taste good. Manbao sighed like a little adult, stretched out her hand to let her sister-in-law help her put on her coat, and then she climbed out of bed to put on her shoes.
Manbao went to school after breakfast. As soon as she got out of school, she ran outside because there were a lot of people gathered by the river. Unfortunately, her family didn't allow her to go near the river, so she could only stand far away and watch, curiously asking, "What are they doing?"
Bai Shanbao wasn't afraid. He ran past her and headed towards the river. After a while, he ran up excitedly and said, "They're catching fish! They're catching fish!"
Manbao screamed and ran two steps, but then he remembered Xiao Qian's instructions and could only stand on tiptoe to watch.
Bai Shanbao dragged her forward and shouted, "What are you afraid of? The adults are not here."
Then he dragged her to the river and watched happily.
Manbao felt that he was right. He squeezed among the children and tried to look down, and then he met Zhou Erlang's eyes.
Manbao subconsciously shrank behind Bai Shanbao. Zhou Erlang was already shouting from the water, "Manbao, don't go near the river. Do you hear me?"
The villagers on the shore had already turned around and waved to the children, saying, "Go away, don't play by the river. What if you fall in?"
The children ran to one side, but soon came back, laughing happily.
The adults on the shore no longer chased them away. Since they were there anyway, they just had to keep them from getting too close to the river.
Manbao soon saw Datou and the others, who were carrying wooden barrels from home, with excited faces.
Manbao pulled Bai Shanbao forward and asked curiously, "Why are you catching fish?"
Big Head was very happy and said, "Dad said that the dam up there broke and a lot of fish swam down, so we have to catch some fish."
Manbao exclaimed, "Wow!" and said happily, "Can I have fish soup tonight?"
Big Head nodded excitedly.
Bai Shanbao also swallowed his saliva and asked, "Can I take one too?"
"That's fine," Datou said, a little uncertainly. "It's for the whole village to share. We'll all take turns going down to the river to catch fish."
“But no one comes to my house.”
Manbao said, "Let Daji come."
Bai Shanbao thought her suggestion was good, so he turned around and went to find Daji to help.
Mr. Zhuang, who was standing on the riverbank, looked unhappy. He walked up to a villager and asked, "Is the dam upstream broken?"
"Mr. Zhuang," the villagers hurriedly saluted and said with a simple smile, "Yes, I heard that it was broken yesterday morning. Several villages ahead went down to the river to fish that morning and caught a lot."
(End of this chapter)
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