Chapter 33 Good News from Heaven
The aroma of chicken soup wafted from the kitchen. Manbao stopped chatting with his fourth brother and followed Xiao Qian into the kitchen to watch the fun.
Zhou Silang also cheered up. He had no money, but he could eat the chicken, right?
Although the rooster looked miserable when it was brought back, it was a very strong and handsome rooster before the cockfighting and was well fed.
Because it had quite a bit of meat, Xiao Qian specially set aside half of it to make soup for her mother-in-law the next day.
So tonight the chicken was only half.
But Manbao didn't know, because no matter who was missing from the family, she would not be missing either.
Xiao Qian first served her mother-in-law a bowl of soup, picked up a few pieces of meat and gave them to her, then gave Manbao a chicken leg. The other children also got a piece of meat, and there was not much left.
But after the adults started eating, they did not touch the meat. Instead, they picked up the radishes and ate them with relish.
Naturally, all the chicken ended up in the children’s stomachs. Four, five, six, and three others ate several pieces, and then they helped clean up the dishes with satisfaction, savoring the taste.
Manbao rarely gets to eat chicken, but when he ate it tonight, he thought it was quite delicious. So he said to Qian, "Mom, when Manbao has money in the future, I will buy you chicken every day."
Qian was delighted and patted her little head and said, "Okay, mother is waiting for Manbao's chicken."
Manbao climbed onto the bed early in the morning and first sneaked into the system's built-in space to peel off the candy wrappers. She had promised Fu Wenyun that she would give her 100 candies tomorrow.
After peeling the candies for a while, Manbao got tired and complained to Keke, "Why do all your candies have to be wrapped in candy wrappers?"
The system said: "Some are not included."
Manbao immediately asked, "What kind is it? Why don't you buy that one?"
"Interstellar Review, that kind of candy can't compare to this. I thought the host would like this better."
"It doesn't matter. I'm not going to eat it anyway." Manbao asked Keke to buy her a bag and let her take a look.
The system took a look at her points and quickly bought her a large bag. Manbao tore open the package and found that the candies inside were white, round candies. She picked up one, tasted it, and nodded, "Delicious."
The system said: "There are other colors. Do you want to try them?"
Manbao asked, "Does it taste the same?"
System: “It’s different.”
"Then buy it and try it."
The system selected, but did not choose one with particularly bright colors. Instead, it chose based on the craftsmanship and candy colors that could be found in this world. The only difference was that the color he bought was better and more uniform.
He knew that the host rarely ate these candies and most of them were to be sold.
The host is young and cannot consider safety issues, but it cannot ignore everything.
Manbao didn't know all this. When she saw the three bags of candy, she tore open each one and tasted one. She picked out the most delicious one and arranged them in order. Then she picked out 100 candies from the bag that she thought was the least delicious, and planned to let her fifth brother take them to the county town tomorrow.
Manbao planned what to do for tomorrow, lay back on the bed, and curled up in his quilt, contentedly going to sleep.
But the situation in other families was not peaceful. The parents were coaxing their children to take out their money. Even Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang were forced by Old Zhou to hand over most of their money.
I originally had twenty cents, but in the end I only had five cents left.
This was because the two brothers mentioned Old Zhou's private money, so Old Zhou showed leniency and let them keep it. Otherwise, they probably wouldn't have been able to keep a single penny.
Old Zhou handed the thirty coins he had plundered from his two sons to his wife and said in a low voice, "The children are grown up and can no longer be controlled. Leave some money for them."
Qian put the money away and said, "Tomorrow you can use the money to pay off the debt owed to the village chief."
Old Zhou responded, and Qian continued, "I heard that Mr. Bai's family is renovating their house. Tomorrow I'll have the eldest, second, and third sons go take a look. If they're selected, they'll earn some money. Winter is approaching and there are still many places to spend money. Manbao has been wearing clothes that I made from my old clothes for the past two years, and they're not very warm. She's going to school with a teacher, and there's no charcoal fire there in the winter, so it's bound to be cold. We should get her a new set of clothes, at least she won't be cold."
Old Zhou responded in a sullen voice.
After the couple discussed what to do tomorrow, Old Zhou went to take a look at Manbao in the cubicle. Seeing that she didn't kick the quilt, he went back to sleep with peace of mind.
After getting up early for three consecutive days, Manbao actually developed the habit of getting up early. She would wake up as soon as she heard any movement outside, then jump out of bed and look out the window.
Seeing this from the courtyard, Xiao Qian cried out, and hurried forward to stuff her in. Then she closed the window and said through it, "Auntie, it's cold this morning. You're not dressed properly yet and you're sticking your head out. What if you catch a cold?"
Qian, who had already gotten up, called out to Manbao from the inner room, saying, "Just lie down quietly in the quilt. I'll dress you later."
Manbao stuck out his tongue and got into bed.
After getting dressed and washing up, Manbao quietly found Zhou Wulang, wrapped all the candies in a large piece of oil paper and handed it to him, whispering, "Don't tell my parents about this."
Otherwise she couldn't explain where the candy came from.
Zhou Wulang said it was no problem, he didn't want to say it, otherwise all the money he earned would be taken away by his father.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang went out without having breakfast. The adults thought they were going to reclaim land with Zhou Silang and had no idea that they were going to the county town.
Zhou Silang had long been accustomed to his two younger brothers' languid behavior. Thinking back to the past, he used to do the same when he worked, as long as he was not pressured by his father and brothers.
So he carried the hoe to the wasteland himself.
Datou, Daya and other sensible ones went to help.
But I just helped to cut the grass, pick up stones, and then carry the grass and stones out and stack them up.
Manbao followed suit, diligently helping to pick up the stones. Just as she was getting busy, a dinging sound rang out from the system. The system announced, "Host, the two flowers we collected yesterday have been researched. The reward points have been credited and can be checked."
Manbao went to check and found that the number had become very large.
The system's voice was somewhat excited. It said, "There are two flowers, one called wisteria and the other called azalea. Both are primitive species that became extinct during the Earth Epoch. However, their genes are found in the genetic maps left behind, which is why the scientists at the Encyclopedia were able to quickly confirm their names. The inclusion of these two plants is of great significance, so the Encyclopedia is granting the host a one-time reward of 1,000 points. In addition, the points reward for wisteria is 350, and for azalea is 380. Please check."
Manbao couldn't help but ask, "Why are there so many of them? I dug up so many flowers and plants for you before, but there are only a few left."
There are the most prickly bubbles, but only fifty.
The system said, "Points are a comprehensive evaluation made by the Encyclopedia based on the plant's value, scarcity, influence, and so on. The host is very lucky. These two plants became extinct during the Earth Era. The scientists at the Encyclopedia have tried to restore these two plants based on the genetic maps left behind, but have been unable to do so. Therefore, the two plants included by the host are of great significance."
"Host, you have reached the conditions for opening the mall. Do you want to open the mall?"
(End of this chapter)
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