Chapter 415: Being Cheated
Zhou Dalang and others stood in the yard watching the old couple quarreling, and were so scared that they could only lower their heads and pretend that they didn't exist.
Between father and mother, they will of course listen to mother, because countless facts have proved that in the end father will also listen to mother, especially on such major matters.
Sure enough, Old Zhou was angry for a long time, but he still didn't rush into the house to move the wheat. Instead, he smoked a pipe of cigarette angrily, and then went to the village chief's house with his hands behind his back to watch the fun.
The children all breathed a sigh of relief when Old Zhou left. Zhou Dalang immediately squatted down in front of his mother and asked, "Mom, what great benefits are we going to get later?"
Qian smiled at him and said, "Go back to your room and find the sack with the circle on it. Take out three sacks and put them in your room with your wife. If your father wants those three sacks of wheat in the future, won't you let him know?"
The wheat in the sacks with circles on them is generally the best. These are the first batch of wheat grains that are threshed out. They are plump, golden in color, and well-dried.
Zhou Dalang nodded in confusion and led his two younger brothers to move the grain bags without asking any further questions.
When Old Zhou came back in the afternoon, his face was sour because all the families in the village who wanted to exchange wheat had taken their wheat to exchange today.
They poured it out and checked it. The quality of the wheat sent by the Bai family was not bad, almost the same as theirs. It was obviously also aired and dried.
The Zhou family did not change, and the village chief expressed his concern for the family several times. However, when he heard that it was Aunt Qian who did not allow them to change, he did not ask any more questions, but he was still cautious.
He picked out two more bags of wheat from the wheat he planned to exchange.
The village chief is about the same age as Old Zhou. They grew up together. Although the other is a generation older than him, they used to compete in peeing together when they were young.
The village chief always felt that the reason why his uncle Jin could live a good life was because his family had married him a good wife.
When it comes to brains, you still have to look to my aunt.
So Uncle Jin wants to exchange the wheat, but Aunt Qian doesn't want to. Who should he listen to?
The village chief decided to keep some for his family and exchange the rest. After all, such a good deal is hard to come by.
Old Zhou went home with his hands behind his back, and he didn't even have interest in smoking.
The exchanged wheat was sent to Bai Shanbao's house for storage. Their family had brought in a lot of wheat, and there was some left after the exchange, which was also taken back to Bai's house.
After school, Manbao and his friends did not go home. Instead, they ran to Bai's house first, looked at the grain bags that were almost piled up to the roof, and laughed happily with their hands on their waists.
Mr. Zhuang, who followed them curiously to watch the fun, couldn't help but stroke his beard, a smile flashing in his eyes.
He reached out and patted the three proud children, saying happily, "Be careful, as excessive joy can lead to sorrow."
Bai Shanbao waved his hands happily and said, "Don't worry, if my cousin doesn't buy it, my family will buy it!"
Mr. Zhuang asked curiously, "What price?"
Bai Shanbao said, "I've discussed it with Manbao Baier. It's 40 coins per dou."
Mr. Zhuang: ...I sell it to Mr. Bai for 150 coins, but I buy it for 40 coins a dou.
He shook his head and looked at the three children and said, "You three are really smart. You really have mastered the art of using acquaintances to perfection."
Bai Shanbao said, "I'm one of our own. How dare you take advantage of me like that?"
Manbao and Bai Erlang nodded.
Mr. Zhuang looked at Bai Er and asked, "Why are you nodding?"
Bai Erlang was anxious, "I am one of you too."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but gently tapped him on the head three times with the book in his hand, then shook his head and said, "I'll ask your kitchen to steam a bowl of pig brain for you tonight."
Isn’t it said that you are what you eat?
Bai Shanbao and Manbao covered their mouths with their hands and laughed. They pulled Bai Erlang and said, "Let's go and do our homework first. When your father comes back, we'll go talk to him."
Bai Erlang immediately put his master's words behind his mind, and nodded happily thinking that he was about to have a final showdown with his father.
Mr. Bai had just returned from having dinner with a friend in the county town. As soon as he dismounted and handed the rope to the servant, a boy like a calf rushed out from the side and ran directly into his arms.
Mr. Bai subconsciously caught it, and when he saw that it was his son, his stomach almost burst open. He was both angry and amused, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Dad, you're finally back. We've already discussed it."
"What have you discussed?" Five days have passed, and Mr. Bai is almost forgetting about the wheat seeds.
"It's about the wheat seeds. We've already agreed on the price." Bai Erlang said anxiously, "Dad, you didn't forget, did you?"
Mr. Bai glanced at his silly son, let him go, and said with a deadpan snort, "It's been so long, how could you not have forgotten? I thought you weren't going to sell it anymore, so you'd decided to let someone else buy it."
Bai Erlang was stunned. He didn't expect to die before he could even accomplish his mission. Thinking of his trip to Yizhou that had been aborted again, Bai Erlang was almost in tears. "Dad, how could you go back on your word? You said you would wait until we could come to an agreement."
Mr. Bai coughed lightly and said quickly, "You can't blame me for this. You guys are just too slow. By the way, what's the price you agreed on? Let me know. If it's cheaper, I'll buy some from you."
Bai Erlang became confused, thinking that the price they set seemed a bit high.
The two children who were planting flowers in the garden of the Bai family's house next door also heard the news that Mr. Bai had returned, and immediately dropped what they were holding and ran out.
They all greeted Mr. Bai enthusiastically, "Uncle, you're back."
"Uncle Bai, are you tired? Do you want to sit down and have some tea?"
Mr. Bai felt that the three children were particularly enthusiastic today, so he smiled and said, "Okay, okay, where are we going to drink?"
"Come to my house for a drink," Bai Shanbao said, "My cook also made some delicious desserts to cool you down in the summer heat."
Bai Erlang rushed over to the two of them and whispered to them in front of his father, "Don't invite us. My father said he has already bought wheat seeds from someone else and doesn't want ours. We need to discuss what to do."
It was said to be a whisper, but Mr. Bai was not far away from them, and the silly son obviously had not grasped the essence of whispering, and he heard everything!
Mr. Bai's eyes fell on his silly son.
Manbao and Bai Shanbao's eyes widened and they said in unison, "Impossible!"
Bai Shanbao first looked at Manbao, "Aren't we the only ones with wheat seeds?"
Manbao also said, "We've bought all of them, where's Uncle Bai going to buy more?"
Now it was Mr. Bai's turn to stare wide-eyed. "What? What did you say? You bought everything?"
"Wheat seeds," Manbao said confidently, "We've exchanged all the new wheat seeds in the village. Now we're the only ones who have them. Uncle Bai, who did you buy the wheat seeds from? Were you cheated?"
(End of this chapter)
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