Chapter 23 Farmers Market
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang felt that the backpacks on their backs were particularly heavy.
Zhou Erlang was even more clever. He immediately took out a small bamboo basket from Wulang's backpack, gritted his teeth, and filled it with five eggs. He said, "Brother, we haven't been to the county town for a long time. We didn't know the rules for entering the city had changed. We farmers don't have any cash, and this is because our elderly family member needs medicine, so we came to the county town to exchange some cash. I hope you can be more flexible."
The guard had never seen such a small bamboo basket before. He looked at it curiously. When he saw the eggs inside, he looked around and took the basket and said, "Okay, I'll pay for the penny for you."
After saying that, he took out a penny from his pocket and threw it into the plate, then waved them in.
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang bowed and thanked them repeatedly, bent over and pushed the cart into the city quickly. Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang also hurriedly carried the backpacks and pulled Daya and Erya to follow.
Manbao sat in the basket, watching his family almost bend their backs to the ground, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Koko sensed Manbao's emotions and comforted her, "This guard isn't that difficult, don't be sad."
Manbao asked, "Koko, will you have guards like this in the future? Even worse than him?"
The system said, "Host, with the development of future technology, people will be able to enter and exit the city not only from the ground, but also from the sky, which is very convenient. Moreover, in the future, population itself is an important resource, so not only will there be no entry fee, but if humans can settle in the city, there will be various rewards."
Manbao asked curiously, "What reward?"
"Houses, cars, relocation allowances, job transfer allowances, and all sorts of other preferential policies."
Manbao still couldn't understand these things, but she thought it was good that there was no entrance fee to the city. If their family was in the future, then the eldest brother and the second brother would not have to bow to the guards.
Then Manbao pouted and said, "He's so different from the people in your place, and you still say he's not a bad person."
"He is indeed not a bad person. He is just a guard and cannot make the decision." The system does have some knowledge. Although it is a system for collecting biological information, in order to better serve the host and improve the other party's collection efficiency, its chip has entered a lot of knowledge and can even connect directly to the encyclopedia.
Naturally, the knowledge in the encyclopedia can also be accessed by it.
As for the ancient culture and history, it has been restored in recent years, so of course it can see a lot of things. The system is not stingy in this regard. Anyway, it is idle, so just chat with the host.
So while Zhou Dalang pushed his cart to the market to find a spot, Manbao listened to many stories about corrupt officials and violent officials. She didn't connect these stories with what she had just heard. She just listened with great interest and was very angry for the people in the stories.
Then after she calmed down, she didn't remember what had just happened.
Because she was too focused on listening to the story, Manbao forgot to look at the busy stalls on the street. When the car stopped, Zhou Dalang carried her out of the car, and Koko also stopped talking, she came back to her senses.
Manbao looked around curiously and found that there were people selling vegetables, fruits and various baskets like them nearby. She thought this was the farmers' market that Koko mentioned.
The four Zhou brothers quickly unloaded the baskets, baskets, eggs and other things and placed them in their designated positions.
They arrived late, so they could only set up their stall in this corner. Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang asked Wu Lang and Liu Lang to look after the three children, saying, "You just sit there quietly. The second son and I will go sell the food and will be back soon."
After a while, Manbao was looking at the things sold at the nearby stalls curiously. When he saw something interesting, he would squat down and take a look.
Daya and Erya were responsible for looking after her, while Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang had to put the unloaded things in order. Just when everyone was ready and the first customer had not arrived yet, Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang came back pushing the empty cart.
Manbao ran up and asked, "Brother, have you sold it?"
Zhou Dalang patted her head and said with a smile, "Sell it. I'll go buy some medicine for Mom later and buy you some paper to practice calligraphy. You stay here with Lao Er and the others. Don't run around, okay?"
Manbao nodded and said, "Brother, don't buy me any more paper. Keep the money and return it to the village chief. Sanzhu's wife is short of money."
Zhou Dalang frowned, "What's wrong? Did Sanzhu's wife come to ask for money?"
Seeing that her aunt couldn't explain clearly, Erya immediately told her uncle what happened yesterday morning and said, "My aunt said that I will pay her back when I make money today."
Manbao nodded and said, "We must do what we say. This is called keeping our word."
Zhou Dalang frowned and said nothing.
Zhou Erlang said, "Brother, listen to Manbao. She's still young, so she doesn't need paper to practice calligraphy for now. I'll go into the mountains and find her a large stone slab. She can practice calligraphy with chopsticks dipped in water. We can buy paper next year when we're better off."
Zhou Dalang touched Manbao's head and sighed, "I'm sorry, Manbao."
Manbao was puzzled, "I don't feel wronged."
Zhou Dalang smiled, said goodbye to everyone and went to buy medicine first.
Zhou Erlang saw the little ones looking out eagerly, so he said with a smile, "You guys go play, I'll watch over here. Lao Wu, keep an eye on the three little ones. There are a lot of bad guys outside, don't let them get beaten by the beggars."
Zhou Wulang agreed and immediately took out their small baskets. Daya and Erya immediately started to wrap the flowers. This time everyone learned their lesson and wrapped eight flower baskets at a time. Everyone could hold them directly in their hands without worrying about squeezing the flowers.
Carrying beautiful little flower baskets, everyone went out together to look for their customers.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang, one carried a small bamboo basket and the other carried a basket of flowers, and they all set off happily together.
Zhou Erlang squatted behind the stall and watched, shaking his head with a smile. He was expecting them to leave with a full load just like last time and return with a full load. This kind of small bamboo basket would probably only be bought by people with a lot of money to burn, right?
Wulang, Liulang, Daya and Erya were all shy. They held flower baskets in their hands and stared at the passers-by, not daring to make a sound.
Manbao, however, was holding a flower basket and looking curiously at the things on the stall. When he saw something interesting, he ran up to take a look and asked questions with great interest.
Seeing that they had walked almost halfway down the street and still hadn't sold a single flower basket, Erya couldn't help but walk over and whispered, "Aunt, we're here to sell flower baskets."
Manbao then remembered that he still had a mission to complete, and said with a smile: "Thank goodness you reminded me, I had forgotten just now. That chicken was really beautiful."
The stall owner was very happy to be praised and said, "This chicken is just over a year old at home. It's the most nutritious big rooster. Little girl, do you want to buy one to try?"
Manbao asked, "How much?"
The stall owner said, "Not expensive, not expensive, twelve cents a pound. This chicken is five and a half pounds, so that's sixty-six cents."
Wu Lang and the other three were terrified, fearing she would say she would buy it. But Man Bao seemed happy just now, but as soon as the stall owner made an offer, he slumped his shoulders and said, "That's too expensive! I don't have that much money."
(End of this chapter)
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