Chapter 330 Letter (Thanks to the tip from book friend "Gail")
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang walked around the entire county, running into their sister-in-law and her family three times. Luojiang County was so small, the busiest street was just this one, with a few smaller streets to the left and right.
Although the county town is small, they still had a lot of fun. If the second brother hadn't sold all the things, they would have wanted to play for a while longer.
Yes, Zhou Erlang sold everything he brought today.
Even if the harvest is not good this year, many families are still willing to spend some money to buy some delicious food during major festivals.
So all the fish that Old Zhou's family brought, especially the big ones, were almost sold out before Manbao and his friends even left the street.
Tofu is the best-selling item. First, it is not available at other stalls; second, tofu is cheap and delicious.
People who come to buy tofu will always buy some vegetables when they see them on the stalls.
Anyway, the price is the same as other stalls, so it doesn’t matter where you buy it.
The vegetables at Old Zhou’s house look pretty good.
In this way, their dishes were sold out quickly, but the fried small fish were the hardest to sell. First, they were small, and second, they were expensive, more expensive than a pound of big fish.
Finally, Zhou Erlang brought San Ya and Si Tou, who had just returned from shopping, to the front, gave each of them a small fish wrapped in a lotus leaf, and asked them to eat while standing in front of the stall.
Datou Ertou and Daya Erya tried to reach out to eat one several times, but Zhou Erlang slapped their hands away. He thought the four children were a little big, and there were too many of them, blocking the stall.
In the end, Xiao Qian made some for each of them and took it to the back of the stall to eat.
Someone came to buy vegetables with his children. When he saw two children standing in front of the stall eating small fish, he couldn't help but ask.
Zhou Erlang had just filled a lotus leaf of similar size with some small fish and placed it on a bamboo basket. Hearing this, he said, "These small fish are fried in oil and are very delicious, so they are five cents a bag."
The customer took a look at the small fish on the lotus leaf and thought there were quite a few, so he nodded and bought them.
Zhou Erlang finally found a way to sell the small fish. You can't tell the customers that this thing is fifteen cents per catty. You have to separate it out and sell it at five cents per bag, which works out to twenty cents per catty. But people don't think it's expensive at all.
Zhou Dalang who was standing by was stunned.
After shopping, they came back here to rest their feet. By the way, Xiao Qian and others who were watching the group were also stunned.
Zhou Sanlang turned to He and said, "Now you believe it, right? Even setting up a stall is not something that everyone can do."
He nodded in agreement. She wouldn't say anything to others, but she would say it to the third brother.
Zhou Erlang sold all the small fishes one by one, accompanied by countless tofu and vegetables.
The things in front of the stall disappeared little by little.
After selling the last vegetable, Zhou Erlang packed up his things and decided to go eat something first and then stroll around the county town.
They met Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang on the road. Seeing that the two brothers were wandering around leisurely without Manbao, the three brothers almost couldn't help but beat them up.
That's why Zhou Wulang rushed over to find someone.
When he brought Manbao back, the Zhou family was squatting not far from the intersection. Zhou Silang, who had disappeared for half a day, also brought Fang back at some point, and everyone was waiting for them together.
As soon as they saw the three men coming, everyone rushed over to teach them a lesson. Zhou Dalang's brothers taught Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang a lesson, while Xiao Qian's sisters-in-law taught Manbao a lesson.
"Do you know how the beggars treat disobedient children?" Xiao Qian said with a stern face, "They will skin the children clean, then cut off their ears and gouge out their eyes. They will lock them in a dark room and feed them only wheat porridge with bran in it for one meal a day..."
Manbao: "...Sister-in-law, since my eyes have been dug out, what does it matter whether the room is dark or not?"
Sisters-in-law: ...
In the end, Manbao was thrown onto a cart and was pushed home along with Santou, Sitou and Sanya.
Others followed the cart, holding or carrying things.
It was still early, and they were not in a hurry to go home, so they walked slowly towards home.
Zhou Dalang even stopped at the place where they first discovered the Ligustrum lucidum and pointed it out to Xiao Qian and the others. He said, "Maybe it's because there was a lot of rain this year, so it matures later this year."
Little Qian stood on tiptoe and looked for a while, "I think several bunches are ripe."
Zhou Dalang smiled and said, "Wait a little longer. They won't fall for the time being. We'll check on the other trees and pick some more so we can dry them together."
Xiao Qian nodded and asked no more questions.
Everyone stood on the side of the road and watched. Manbao ran over and asked Keke to take several photos from all angles. He decided to send one photo to Dr. D after the ban was lifted to improve their relationship.
Everyone is accustomed to Manbao's behavior. The whole family knows that Manbao likes to be close to various plants the most.
When they returned home, Old Zhou and Qian were sitting in the yard weaving small bamboo baskets. Seeing the children come back, Old Zhou threw the work in his hands to them, then went back to the house with his hands behind his back to sleep.
The autumn wind is blowing so coolly. How can you not sleep in such a good weather?
Zhou Dalang and others thought the same, so they drove the children back to their respective rooms to sleep. They also packed up their things and went back to the house to rest for a while.
Especially Zhou Dalang and Xiao Qianshi, they got up before five o'clock in the morning.
He and Fang also went to rest with their bulging bellies, while the rest of the people went out again after resting for two or three quarters of an hour and did what they had to do.
Manbao was already lying on his bed and sleeping soundly.
She missed Bai Shanbao a little, but he never wrote to her, even though he had clearly promised to write to her.
Manbao pouted and turned over in his sleep, feeling somewhat unhappy. Then, he heard someone shouting in his ear, "Zhou Man, there's a letter for you!"
Manbao sat up from the bed with a jerk. Seeing this, Datou, who was lying outside the window, got angry. He turned around and slapped Bai Erlang unceremoniously, saying, "Look at how you scared my aunt. Pay me!"
Bai Erlang's eyes almost popped out of his head as he shouted, "How can I compensate you?"
Before Datou could figure it out, Manbao had already woken up and got off the bed. "Bai Erlang, were you the one shouting in my ear that there was a letter for me?"
"It's not next to my ear, it's outside the window!" Bai Erlang emphasized, "It's not very loud either. You just fell asleep, so it's just a little louder."
Manbao stretched out his hand towards him through the window, "Where's the letter?"
Bai Erlang snorted and slapped the letter in her hand, and said with some jealousy: "Tell Bai Shan not to put your letter in the letter to me. I won't help you deliver it next time."
"Okay, then you have to help me deliver the letter to him, otherwise how will he receive it?"
"Okay, then hurry up and write. I'm going home."
The letter Bai Shanbao gave her was very thick, and Manbao felt it would take some time to finish reading it, so she gave Bai Erlang a candy, wanting to treat him to a treat.
Bai Er was no longer interested in her candy, so he turned his head to the side and snorted.
Datou looked at it, turned around and ran back to the kitchen. After a while, he put some small fish on a plate and put it directly in front of Bai Er's eyes, saying, "Would you like to eat some? My mother made it. It's delicious."
Bai Erlang didn't move.
(End of this chapter)
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