Chapter 163: It's a Rare Thing to Be Ignorant
Manbao asked Xiao Qianshi for money. Xiao Qianshi did not refuse to give it to him. Instead, she asked, "How much will you sell it to me per pound?"
Xiao Qian smiled and bargained with her, "Before, Wulang and his friends picked some yam beans to sell, but the shopkeeper Zheng said he had never heard of them being edible and couldn't sell them outside, so they ate them at home. So you can't ask for a higher price."
Manbao couldn't help scratching her little head. She really didn't understand pricing. In the past, except for candy, everything else she sold was priced based on market prices.
But yam beans were not available on the market, so of course there was no reference price. Moreover, the person who bought it was her beloved sister-in-law, so Manbao was in a dilemma.
Xiao Qian calculated for her, "These yam seeds were originally brought back by you and the fifth brother, and they were planted and taken care of by the fourth and fifth brothers. So they also got a share of the big share. Everyone should get a share of the money. Oh, and since you took the money for the yam beans from your sister-in-law, you have to pay her for the yam bean candied haws next time you eat it."
Manbao wrinkled his nose and said, "Sister-in-law, I ate there before, and you never asked me to pay."
"That was in the past. Don't you ask me for money now?"
Manbao lowered his head and thought about it, but he still felt something was wrong.
Qianshi raised her like her own daughter. When she was little, she fed her more than three other dogs. Seeing her distress, she took her in her arms with pity and taught her slowly, "Manbao, we are a family. Brothers should settle accounts clearly, but that is only for big things. Only by being vague about small things can the family live in harmony."
Manbao looked at his sister-in-law in confusion.
Xiao Qian smiled and asked, "Then let me ask you, who is tending the vegetable garden?"
"Mother, eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, third sister-in-law and eldest sister."
"Look, you didn't grow any vegetables, and neither did the fourth, fifth, and sixth children. Do they have to pay for the vegetables we eat at home in the future?" Little Qian smiled and said, "That's not how money is calculated. We're a family, so there's no need to bother with such trivial matters."
Manbao seemed to understand a little bit, and after a while she clapped her hands and said, "I know, this is what Dayuan's wife always said, you can't treat everyone equally."
The expression on Xiao Qian's face was hard to describe. She asked, "When did you go talk to Mrs. Zhang again?"
Because of the homestead issue, the relationship between the Zhou family and Zhou Dayuan's family was a bit strained. During this period, Xiao Qian would just walk past Zhang without even looking at her, without even asking a question.
Manbao said cheerfully, "I don't talk to her. It's too tiring to talk to her. She was talking to someone at the village entrance. When she saw me coming back from school, she started yelling at me. She said that they only have one son, so no matter how partial they are, they will always favor Dalu. Unlike some families, they have six or seven children, but their hearts are always partial to Dalu..."
Manbao imitated the line so vividly with a pinched voice that Xiao Qian was stunned. It was as if she saw Zhang with a look of disdain on her face swaying in front of her.
Manbao even twisted his body like Zhang and continued in a loud voice, "This bowl of water cannot be treated equally. It's okay now that the children are young. Once the six of them get married and have children, they will be old. Let's see how they will live their lives then."
Manbao put his hand down, nestled into his sister-in-law's arms again, and asked with a smile, "Sister-in-law, isn't it just like what Dayuan's wife said, that when there are many people in the family, we can't treat everyone equally, and we also have to learn to be vague, otherwise if we care too much, there will be no harmony in the family."
Xiao Qian was stunned for a long time before she figured out the cause and effect relationship. It was exactly as Manbao said, so Zhang was actually right when she said that her parents-in-law were partial?
Little Qian looked down at the little person in her arms and couldn't help but let out an "ouch". She hugged her and said, "How come our Manbao is so smart? She loves her so much."
Manbao laughed heartily and said proudly, "I knew that my sister-in-law must love me the most, even more than Santou, so my sister-in-law is also partial."
In this case, Manbao would of course favor her sister-in-law, so she decided not to ask for money and just pick as many yam beans as she wanted from the field.
While Xiao Qianshi and Manbao were talking in the inner room, Zhou Dalang was making a wooden cart toy for his youngest son in the outer room, which he had promised him a long time ago.
After hearing the conversation inside, Zhou Dalang felt for the first time that his wife's eloquence was so good that she could even convince Manbao.
You have to know that Manbao's mouth is just like her father's. Since they were young, they are the only ones who can convince others. How can anyone else convince them?
After Manbao left happily, Zhou Dalang put down the wood in his hand and walked into the inner room. "You are really smart. You can actually get money out of that kid."
Xiao Qian threw the clothes she was about to fold at him and said angrily, "Just shut up! How dare you talk about your own sister like that? Manbao is very filial."
That's right. Judging from her attitude towards her mother and Xiao Qian, it can be seen that this child is indeed very cunning.
The matter was settled, and no one talked about the price of yam beans again.
There is no problem on Manbao's side, and Zhou Silang and the others naturally have no problem either. Privately, they also think this is very normal. It is fresh for a company like Manbao to divide the profits clearly every time.
However, this also has its advantages, as it avoids the uncertainty of how the money will be divided every time they hand it over to the government.
The distribution principle has been set. Every time they pay the public money, the remaining money will be distributed according to the proportion.
Although sometimes some people can only get a few cents, but a few cents are earned every day, which accumulates to a lot.
Especially in the countryside, if you want to buy something you have to walk a long way to the market or wait for the peddler to come.
In the past, whenever a peddler came to the village to buy things, Datou and Daya could only follow behind the adults and watch, drooling at the things on the peddler's shoulder pole but having no money to buy them. But now it is different. Every time the peddler comes, they become the main force in selling goods.
There is no need to buy candy, as it is not as delicious as the ones my aunt gives me. But other toys or small cakes are very popular.
Manbao even encouraged Zhou Silang to become a peddler. In Manbao's words, "It's so much fun. You can go out of the village every day and go wherever you want. You can see a lot of people, and you can also see many rare plants and animals."
Zhou Silang scoffed at this and said to her, "Do you think a peddler is going there for fun? Carrying goods on his shoulders and walking through West Village and East Village is very tiring. If you are not careful, you might get robbed. If I am brave enough to protect the goods and refuse to pay, you will be gone."
Manbao was stunned when he heard this and asked, "Are there still robbers on the road?"
"Yes, there are bandits."
Manbao exclaimed, "Where are the bandits? What do they look like?"
(End of this chapter)
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