Chapter 414: Keep it and take advantage
On the second day of May, Liu was about to set off for Yizhou to celebrate her birthday. Mr. Bai happened to have something to do in the county town, so he rode out early in the morning and gave Liu a ride.
Bai Shanbao stood at the village entrance, carrying a small bookcase on his back. He waved to them attentively and greeted them cheerfully, "Grandma, have a safe journey."
On the way out to school, Manbao, who happened to be walking here, also joined in the fun and waved, "Grandma Liu, have fun."
Bai Erlang knew that the wheat would be shipped in today, so he was so excited that he couldn't sleep well last night. Now his eyes were a little hard to open, but he still waved and called out, "Dad, goodbye."
Mr. Bai, who had just mounted his horse, almost fell off.
He glared at his son and shouted, "You closed your eyes so early in the morning. What were you doing last night?"
Bai Jilang came to his senses.
Mr. Bai said angrily, "When I come back and find out that you didn't pay attention in class, I will beat you up."
Bai Erlang immediately said, "Dad, don't worry, I will never sleep in class."
Even if he wanted to sleep, he couldn't. Now Mr. Zhuang was with three students, and they could see him just by lowering their eyes. Every time he closed his eyes, he was called up to stand and listen to the class.
Although he felt that he could fall asleep while standing, it really hurt when the book hit his head.
Mrs. Liu opened the curtains and glanced at the three children, then shook her head and smiled. She knew their plan, but to be honest, she wasn't sure if it would work.
However, they were so brave and knew at such a young age that they had to hold all the goods in their hands before talking to buyers. If she didn't lend a hand, it would be a shame for their good idea.
However, Liu still warned Bai Shanbao, "Don't be too impulsive. Think carefully. If you are undecided, ask Mr. Zhuang. Don't act recklessly on your own. Understand?"
Bai Shanbao agreed.
Liu looked at Manbao and Bai Erlang again and said with a smile, "You should supervise each other and don't do bad things."
The two children nodded repeatedly and waved goodbye to her together.
Liu left.
As soon as she left, Mr. Bai naturally left as well. Watching the convoy go away, the three children cheered and didn't mind the heavy small book boxes on their backs, and just hugged them together.
Zheng, who had also come to see them off, looked at them strangely and asked, "What are you doing?"
She asked suspiciously, "Are you planning to do something bad?"
The three of them shook their heads together, and Bai Shanbao said, "Mom, I'm going to school."
"Auntie Zheng, I'm going to school too." Manbao caught up with Bai Shanbao who was running in front.
"Aunt, I'm leaving too." Bai Erlang also ran away happily.
Bai Zhuangtou had received instructions from the three young masters. After breakfast, he brought two farmhands to the village entrance to wait. When the mule cart carrying grain came in, he greeted it with a smile. Then, without entering the Bai family, he transported the grain directly to the village chief's house.
The village chief had also received accurate information from Old Zhoutou, and he notified each family to send the prepared wheat here early in the morning so that everyone could start exchanging.
The village chief stood on a stool and asked everyone to be quiet. He said, "Don't be greedy. Each family must save enough wheat seeds. It's better to leave more than less. The Zhou family has no wheat seeds to exchange with you this year."
"I know, I know, Village Chief, please start now. I not only left some for my family, but also a few pounds of wheat seeds for my uncle."
"It's only a few pounds, not even enough to plant an acre of land. You're being too stingy."
"I said a few kilograms, and that's it. A small bag is enough to plant half an acre or an acre..."
"Alright, alright, stop arguing. Everyone line up and come up. We'll switch house by house. Oh, and where's Uncle Jin? His family isn't switching, is it?"
"Let's change it. Uncle Jin was very happy yesterday and said he wanted to change everything in the house."
"Uncle Jin isn't here, Fourth and Fifth Brothers, where's your dad?"
Zhou Silang smiled and waved his hand, saying, "You guys change first, you guys change first. My dad is at home talking to my mom."
No one paid any attention to it and they all opened the grain bags and started weighing them.
After weighing, pour out half the bag to check. As long as there is nothing mixed in it and the wheat is dried, it's fine.
Zhou Silang stood aside and watched with great interest. Zhou Wulang also watched with great interest. Then he couldn't help but get close to his fourth brother and whispered, "You said such a good thing, why didn't mother let our family change?"
Zhou Silang said, "It's definitely not mother who won't let me, it's Manbao who won't let me."
"Why? You don't want us to take advantage of the Bai family?"
Zhou Silang looked at him with disdain and said, "Who do you think is closer, Manbao or the Bai family?"
"Needless to say, it's us, we are a family!"
"That's it, isn't it? If this is a bargain, Manbao will definitely let us take it. If she doesn't let us, it means there are even bigger bargains waiting for us ahead. Let's wait and see."
At this time, Old Zhou was also angry. He walked around in the yard and angrily asked Qian, who was sitting in the yard sewing and mending clothes, "Why don't you change it? It's such a good opportunity. If you miss it, you will never have this shop again!"
Zhou Dalang and his two younger brothers also stayed in the yard without moving. In order to make it easier to exchange food, Xiao Qianshi did not make tofu today, and Zhou Erlang did not go to the county town to set up a stall. Everyone in the family was there.
Qian continued to sew, sitting in front of the main hall door, not letting him in to move the food. After she finished sewing this piece of cloth, she said, "Why rush? This is just a small profit. There may be a big profit later. This matter was arranged by your daughter. Are you afraid of missing out?"
"What if they have exchanged all the food?"
"After the change, it means we have no destiny for this matter," Qian said, "so we won't take advantage of it, right?"
Old Zhou couldn't help stamping his feet. "Now it's fate. You let me take Dalang and the others to move the wheat out. This fate has been fulfilled."
"No," Qian said, "I need to keep it for the next, greater fate."
"What if that fate doesn't come?"
"Then we won't take this pie. We won't lose anything, right?" Qian said, "If you want to eat the braised pork later, you have to save some space in your stomach and don't fill it with white steamed buns all at once."
"Then I can eat half of the steamed bun first, leaving the other half for the braised pork later, okay?"
"No," Qian said firmly, "I'm afraid you'll regret it when you see the braised pork later."
Old Zhou glared at her with bulging eyes. After a while, he finally gave in. He sat down on the steps and asked, "So, what's the big deal? Where did you get the braised pork?"
Qian couldn't possibly tell him that your daughter planned to harvest all the wheat and then resell it to Mr. Bai at a high price, right?
If she dared to say that, with the boss's courage, he would be scared to death.
So Qian said calmly: "Just put your heart at ease, you will know in a day or two."
(End of this chapter)
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