Chapter 510 Lively
Little Qian blushed and muttered, "What are you talking about? Dad is not that kind of person."
She paused and said, "It's just that I'm thinking that there are more and more people in the family. Now we are all of one mind, but the children are gradually growing up. With more people, there will inevitably be more ideas. Even if we know that the shop was bought by Manbao, it should be given as a dowry to Manbao."
"But time passes by so long, so often it's inevitable that people will forget. It will take at least six or seven years for Manbao to get married. I guess Mom and Dad will miss Manbao, so it's possible that they won't marry her for eight or nine years. If they give Manbao the shop under Dad's name as a dowry by then, I'm afraid someone in the family will be upset."
Xiao Qian whispered, "In that case, why not register it under Manbao's name right away? Then she can take the shop away with her legitimate reason."
Don't say anything about registering it under her name. This shop was neither the dowry she brought in nor was it bought with their eldest wife's own private money. When his father-in-law and mother-in-law pass away, these things will have to be divided.
Xiao Qian naturally had her own selfish motives. She thought that it was not worth it to cause chaos in the family for such a shop; if there really had to be chaos, the benefits should go to her own people.
And Manbao was obviously classified as one of their own.
Of course, Xiao Qian would not say this to Zhou Dalang, because in Zhou Dalang's heart, his sister is his own family, and his brothers and nephews are naturally his own family as well.
Anyway, the couple has already agreed that the shop must be registered under Manbao's name.
The next morning, Zhou Silang chattered with his father and asked everyone to go to the county town to help. "We need to buy tables and chairs for the restaurant, and clean the inside and outside. If there is anything that needs to be bought, we should do it before the New Year so that we can open the restaurant after the New Year."
Old Zhou thought about it and felt it made sense, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, except for the third and fourth daughters-in-law who will stay home to take care of the children, everyone else who wants to go can go. Oh, and big brother, please buy some food on the way back, as the New Year's goods we prepared earlier may not be enough."
He said, "You've eaten too much these past two days."
He decided to go shopping in the village after buying the shop, and he would definitely have to pick up some things on the way back.
Moreover, since their family had bought a shop in the county town, they had to report it to the village head. When they visited, they had to bring some good snacks, and preferably a piece of bacon...
Thinking about all these interpersonal relationships, Old Zhou felt both sad and happy. He gave Zhou Dalang some instructions on what to buy and waved goodbye to let them go.
Zhou Dalang decided to go there by ox cart.
Manbao did not sit with them, but ran directly to the village entrance to sit with Bai Shanbao and the others. As for the money, Zhou Erlang carried it over to her as soon as she had packed it in the backpack early in the morning.
He was not at ease leaving so much silver in the backpack, so he kept it under his own eyes to keep it safe.
Manbao didn't worry about such things. He climbed onto the ox cart and discussed with Bai Shanbao where to go for a delicious meal after she finished her work.
Bai Shanbao said, "Didn't we say we should go take a look at County Magistrate Yang after we get the contract documents? Why don't we go to County Magistrate Yang's house and have something delicious?"
"Huh? Great, great," Man Baole said happily, "I heard that County Magistrate Yang is getting married. We can go see if there's anything we can do to help."
Bai Erlang laughed and asked, "Are you going to be bed-rolling boys?"
Bai Shanbao pushed him and said, "What's wrong with being a rolling boy? It's a blessing!"
Manbao said, "There are so many things to do when it comes to getting married. You can tell from the fact that your family has never had a wedding before, so you don't know anything about it. There are so many things we can help you with."
Bai Erlang: "...Humph, my eldest brother will also be getting married in a few years. I will know then."
The conversation here was lively, and the noise in the ox cart behind was even louder. Zhou Dalang couldn't help but walk away a little and let Datou, who was sitting in the cart, drive the cart himself.
After Zhou Liulang had talked enough with them, he ran to the front to get a ride on Bai Shanbao and the others' ox cart. When the children saw this, they saw Ertou and Santou also climbed down from the ox cart and slipped away.
A group of children got on and off without waiting for the cart to stop. They jumped in, ran over, and then jumped again to get on the ox cart again.
When children get together, they always have endless things to talk about. Even if they see a wild flower on the roadside, they can talk about it for a long time, even though it is so common...
Now Daji is having a headache.
A group of people were noisily heading towards the county town. As soon as they arrived at the city gate, they found a shed outside the city to stop and paid two cents to someone to keep and guard the ox and ox cart for them.
This shed was built after the autumn harvest this year. I heard that it was built by a group of idle hooligans in the city. Because County Magistrate Yang collected the entrance fee to the city, many people came into the city during the slack season or festivals.
Some animals pulled carts into the city, leaving the streets reeking of cow dung. Later, County Magistrate Yang established a rule: "Any livestock entering the city, including but not limited to cows, horses, donkeys, and mules, that defecates in the streets must be cleaned up by their owners. If they are unable to do so, they must pay two cents to the patrolling yamen runners to cover the cost of street cleaning. This fee is collected once per trip."
Later, someone built this shed outside the city, not far from the city gate, but not too close. It was on both sides of the road. It was very spacious, and there were countless open spaces behind it for use.
No matter whether it was an ox cart, a mule cart, or a donkey cart, the fare was two cents per cart, except for the horse-drawn carriage. It was said that the fee was charged according to the luxury of the carriage. Anyway, the last time they came with a horse-drawn carriage, they were charged five cents.
Leaving the carts and oxen behind and taking the bamboo sticks as proof, everyone rushed into the city.
Shi Xiaoen, who was sitting on the threshold in front of the shop in a daze, looked up and opened his mouth wide when he saw Manbao coming with a large group of people.
He is just selling a shop, is it that serious?
Knowing that Zhou Dalang and his companions were here to clean up the shop, Shi Xiaoen breathed a sigh of relief. He took out the written documents and the property deed and said, "I've asked the village head to be a witness. He should be here soon."
Manbao checked and confirmed that the contract document was correct. He was about to fill in his eldest sister-in-law's name on it. Xiao Qianshi hurriedly said, "Manbao, let your second brother come over. Aren't you going to see the county magistrate with the young master? You have to buy some things, right?"
Xiao Qianshi smiled and said, "You guys go buy some things first, we can run the shop ourselves."
Zhou Erlang asked with a smile, "Master Shi, Manbao, has the contract for one hundred and twenty taels been signed?"
Shi Xiaoen glanced at them and nodded slowly, "Yes."
Zhou Erlang took the pen from Manbao and said with a smile, "Go quickly, don't run too far."
Manbao whispered, "Second brother, we still want to go to County Magistrate Yang to take a look at the document."
(End of this chapter)
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