Chapter 266 New Clothes
Manbao explained the meaning of the new chapter to Datou and Daya. Fang was very curious and went to take a look. Zhou Silang also came over and said, "Wife, if you want to learn, I will teach you."
As soon as these words came out, not only Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang, but even Datou and Daya couldn't help but look up at him with contempt, "Fourth Uncle, have you finished learning the Thousand Character Classic?"
Fang couldn't help but giggle and raised her hand to hit his arm. "Some people don't even learn. Who will teach the children to read in the future?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly closed her mouth and her face turned slightly red.
Like Zhou Silang, she suspected that she was pregnant, but she was not sure. In the past two days, she had been fantasizing with him about what it would be like to have a child in the future, and she let the cat out of the bag.
Fortunately, there were a group of children or teenagers around at this time, and no one paid attention to what she said. She was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but Daya said, "Don't worry, Fourth Aunt, we will teach the younger brothers and sisters when the time comes."
Datou also nodded and patted his chest and said, "If it's a brother, we will take care of him. If it's a sister, let Daya and the others take care of her."
Zhou Silang waved his hand in disdain, "Go away, I won't let you carry it. I'll carry it myself. It's just the Thousand Character Classic, I can learn it quickly."
He turned to Manbao and said, "Manbao, isn't that book of yours useless? I'll lend it to your fourth brother. From now on, I'll get up early and go to bed late every day to read. The reason why I'm slower than them is because I haven't learned as much as they did. Forget about the fifth and sixth brothers. They followed you around every day for the past two years. How could they not learn faster?"
Manbao thought about it and felt that what his fourth brother said made a lot of sense. During those two years, Zhou Silang was burdened with debts and had more than half the time to study than his fifth brother and the others.
She never discouraged anyone's enthusiasm for learning, so Manbao waved her hand and said, "No problem, I'll lend you the book, but Fourth Brother, you have to keep it carefully and don't damage it."
Her books were all copied and simply bound by her husband and given to her.
When she had finished writing, read, and become familiar with writing, she would write a book in neat handwriting, bind it, and return it.
So apart from the books that are placed at Koko's place and cannot be taken out, there are only a few books that Manbao can put on the bookshelf.
And because these books were hard to come by, she cherishes them very much.
Everyone in the Zhou family knew that books were valuable, so they never dared to rummage through her bookshelf, but they did borrow her books from time to time.
Regardless of whether they are old or young, everyone takes good care of the books. Even if the pages are soft from being turned, everyone is still very careful.
However, Zhou Silang's borrowing was obviously different from everyone else's. Everyone would borrow it for half a day and return it after reading it. Zhou Silang obviously wanted to borrow it for a long time.
Everyone suspected that he wanted to use books to teach Fang how to read.
Datou and the others were completely confused about this, while Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang just made faces at him.
The conversation was lively. Old Zhou, who had just come out of the shower, saw that it was almost dark and his wife had not returned yet. He was a little unhappy and called out again: "Old man, go to Zhou Hu's house and see why your mother-in-law hasn't come back yet?"
"If she hadn't given birth yet, she would have been brought back," he said. "Your mother-in-law hasn't taken her medicine tonight. She's not feeling well and can't stay up late."
Xiao Qian responded, came out of the room and went to Zhou Hu's house.
Manbao jumped up and followed, "Sister-in-law, I'll go with you."
"No, why would a child like you join in the fun?" Little Qian said, "It's dark now, and children can't go out. It would be bad if a passing immortal saw them."
Manbao was stunned. "Aren't gods good? How could it be bad to run into a god?"
"That depends on the time. It would be bad if we ran into him when we were walking outside at night." In short, Xiao Qianshi kept Manbao with various reasons.
He smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go with you."
Although there is nothing to be afraid of in the village, Zhou Hu's home is at the end of the village, and the moon is not good tonight, so it is naturally better to have someone to accompany him.
Moreover, she and Zhou Hu's wife are not only from the same village, but also have a good relationship. She also wants to go and see the situation.
Xiao Qian breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go and take a look together."
The two sisters-in-law walked away hand in hand.
Manbao stood at the door with a look of regret and watched them leave.
Zhou Xi passed by and saw her, so she took her back to her room and said, "I'll make you some clothes. Come, let me measure your height."
When Manbao heard this, he immediately followed.
"Sister, why did you make new clothes for me?"
Zhou Xi smiled and tapped her nose and said, "Because big sister is happy."
Seeing her smiling face, Manbao thought her elder sister was really in a good mood, so she became happy too and raised her arm to measure her height.
"Our Manbao has grown taller again," Zhou Xi said with a smile, "This piece of cloth is the extra cloth I bought for my own clothes. I wanted to make you a new set of clothes at that time, but mother said you already had one and asked me to keep it. I thought it would be better to wait until you are a little taller before making it, so that the new clothes won't be put together and you won't have anything new to wear when you grow taller."
Manbao has really grown taller. This dress was made last year, and the reserved fabric was used up at the beginning of spring, but now it is a little short.
Now that his wrist is exposed, Zhou Xi estimates that in a few months, Manbao will have to expose half of his arm.
She touched Manbao's leg and asked, "Does it hurt since it's growing so fast?"
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't hurt during the day, but sometimes it gets sore at night. I suspect it's going to rain."
Whenever it rains, my mother complains of back and leg soreness. She thinks her legs can also predict the weather, and it seems to be very accurate.
Because it is sour before it rains, and it is still a little sour even when it doesn't rain.
Zhou Xi couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He patted her little head and said happily, "You are really silly. You are going to grow taller and become different from your mother."
She thought about it and felt that she had to buy some meat recently. Even if she couldn't afford good meat, she could buy some bones to stew. Not only was Manbao growing taller, but her nephews and nieces were also in the growing period and needed more nutrition.
Zhou Xi still has a lot of money in her hands. After all, her current spending is the lowest in the family.
While she was thinking, she was measuring Manbao with her hands. Soon she had measured everything she needed to measure. Manbao sat down beside the bed and asked her curiously, "Sister, why are you so happy?"
Zhou Xi first glanced outside subconsciously, then whispered to Manbao, "I met the big donkey's wife today."
"Yeah." Manbao nodded and continued to look at her. Then what?
She meets the big donkey's wife every day because she goes to school and passes by her house not far away.
Zhou Xi knew she didn't understand, so he smiled and said, "Big Donkey's wife is from Liujia Village."
(End of this chapter)
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