Chapter 22: See the City
This was quite easy. Manbao's hands were not strong enough, but her feet were strong. Because she was afraid of stepping on the flowers, she picked several flowers for Keke first, then pressed the branches to the ground and stepped on them directly. After a few hard steps, they broke.
Manbao jumped a few times and broke the branch. He picked it up and handed it to Keke without caring whether it was covered in mud or not.
system:……
The system silently recorded the branches, leaves and flowers separately. Forget it, the host is still young and can't ask for too much.
Manbao turned around and started pulling the purple vines again. The purple flowers were so beautiful that Manbao accidentally pulled too many. She gave one bunch to Koko and kept the other for herself.
Daya and Erya picked up many beautiful flowers and grasses nearby and put them back in their backpacks and baskets. They ran back to find their aunt, who was pulling at the purple vines. Daya said, "Aunt, we've picked a lot of these too. That's enough."
Manbao said, "I want to wear it on my head. It will look beautiful."
Daya and Erya were very excited after hearing this and also went forward to talk.
Zhou Dalang stood up and stretched his arms and legs, preparing to leave when he saw three little girls gathered together pulling flower vines. He couldn't help but shook his head.
Children are children, they can play with a wild flower for half a day.
Seeing the fifth and sixth brothers drooping their heads and looking sleepy, Zhou Dalang couldn't help but tap their buttocks with his toes and said, "Go and get the youngest sister."
The two were reluctant to move, "Da Ya and Er Ya are here."
"They themselves are young, what if they run into a beehive? Go quickly!"
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang had no choice but to tighten their belts and move forward.
After a night, they had already digested their dinner and were now extremely hungry. They really couldn't understand why their sister was so energetic.
Zhou Wulang helped them to remove the flower vines, and he had to listen to the three little girls chattering and telling them not to damage or drop the flowers, which made him look even more miserable.
Manbao searched in her pocket and found the small handkerchief she had temporarily put in her pocket last night. She opened it and found seven candies inside.
Manbao stuffed one into Wulang and Liulang's mouths, gave one to Daya and Erya, stuffed one into his own mouth, and gave the remaining two to Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang.
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang were also hungry, but they smiled and pushed the handkerchief back, "Manbao, keep it for yourself."
"I still have some, big brother and second brother, hurry up and eat."
Manbao was about to climb on them. Zhou Dalang had no choice but to eat it. He just couldn't help but whispered: "Don't always take Mr. Zhuang's candy in the future. You are a disciple, you have to be filial to Mr. Zhuang, understand?"
Manbao nodded repeatedly, but didn't say that the candy was given by Koko, not Mr. Zhuang.
After eating the candy, Wulang and Liulang were always more attentive and took the initiative to pull many flower vines. As they pulled, they found some blue flower vines below, which were also very beautiful. Manbao was very happy and gave a piece to Koko, and she pulled most of the rest.
Koko, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up, "Host, turn around and look at the tree on the left. Is there a lot of fruit on it?"
Manbao turned around and saw a tree with many small black and purple fruits. He immediately became greedy and shouted, "It's Guoguo."
Zhou Wulang turned his head and took a look, saying, "That doesn't taste good. You can't eat it."
Keke said, "Host, please move closer so I can scan it."
Manbao ran over and stood under the tree. He tilted his head back and looked at it carefully. He couldn't help but drool, "It looks delicious."
The system scanned it and found no actual records in the encyclopedia, but some picture records were found, which were left behind a long time ago, and there is a reward for points for this.
The system said: "Host, this is Ligustrum lucidum. If you collect it, you will have enough points to open the mall..."
Before Keke could finish his words, Manbao was already picked up by Zhou Erlang. "You can't eat this fruit, Manbao. You are not allowed to eat anything from outside in the future. Do you understand?"
"Second brother..."
Zhou Erlang stuffed her into the basket without waiting for her to speak, and told everyone to set off. "It's getting late. We still have to find a place to set up our stall in the county town. Let's go quickly."
Zhou Wulang and others also put the flower vines they pulled in baskets, baskets, or backpacks, and left with their things on their backs.
Manbao shut up when she saw this. She has always been a sensible child. She felt that her brothers were already very tired from carrying things and pushing the cart. She couldn't ask her brothers to put down their things and go back to pick fruits for her just for a bunch of fruits that looked delicious but couldn't be eaten, right?
The system doesn't force it. Although it is very intelligent, it is not human after all, and will not have too many emotions. It just feels sorry for the host and itself.
It's a pity that I missed out on such a point.
Children don’t have obsessions. Manbao quickly put the fruit tree out of his mind and was looking at the surrounding scenery with great interest. He would be happy for a long time if he saw a little bird.
Seeing that her little face was flushed with excitement, Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang thought it would be a good idea to take her out for a walk more often. Otherwise, she would always stay at home. Although she was well-behaved, she always made people worry.
I feel much better now.
Manbao felt that they had been walking for a long time before they finally saw the city gate.
Everyone smiled. Manbao saw such a high wall and such a big door for the first time, and he stared with wide eyes.
Manbao pointed to the three large characters on the city gate and said, "Luojiang County!"
Zhou Dalang looked at her in surprise, "Manbao, do you know these three words?"
Manbao raised his head proudly and said, "I know a lot of words now."
Although I can't write.
Zhou Dalang patted her head happily and said as they stood in line, "After we sell the grain, I'll go buy you some paper."
The person queuing next to them turned around to look at them and asked with a smile, "What a handsome young man! He can already read at such a young age."
Zhou Dalang quickly said, "This is my sister, not you."
Everyone who heard this was a little surprised. They couldn't help but look at Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang and praised them, saying, "So you are from a farming and scholar family. I wonder where you are from?"
Zhou Dalang was embarrassed. "There is no scholar in my family. It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."
He and Zhou Erlang blushed a little and quickly pushed the cart up a little to avoid their questions. Manbao said with sparkling eyes: "Brother, I'm studying. Datou and Daya will also study with me in the future."
Zhou Dalang laughed and said, "This is not the kind of study people talk about. You need someone to take the exam to study."
Zhou Dalang didn't want to explain any more. When he reached the city gate, he took out a penny and handed it to the guard. The guard took one look at the cart they were pushing and said, "Two cents."
Zhou Dalang was surprised, "Why did it become two cents?"
"You have a lot of stuff, so you have to pay two cents. If you don't want to go in, leave."
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang hesitated, as they only had one penny on them.
Manbao poked his head out of the basket and looked at it eagerly. The guard met Manbao's gaze and his expression softened a little. He rarely explained, "This is also the order from the county magistrate. Starting from the New Year, anyone carrying a basket, a backpack or a basket in or out will be charged one cent. A cart is two cents. I will only charge you for the cart. I haven't charged you for the two backpacks yet."
In ancient times, taxes may not seem heavy, but there were still donations and labor service. In addition to the central government's proposal of certain donations, local officials also had the right to issue donations and labor service. Therefore, there are two very interesting sayings in ancient times: the county magistrate is the parent official, but there is also the saying that the county magistrate is the one who destroys the family and the governor is the one who exterminates the family.
(End of this chapter)
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