Chapter 53 New Discovery
Qian looked at the rooster, then at her daughter, then turned to Little Qian and said, "Since you've bought it, put it in the chicken coop."
Manbao ran up and said, "Mom, here's something to eat for you."
Qian touched her little head and smiled, "There's still fish and meat. We can eat it after we finish eating. Keep it first, raise it with our hens. Maybe it will lay a few more eggs. When the time comes, hatch the eggs and raise more chickens next year."
Raising chickens also consumes a lot of food, and most families cannot afford to raise too many.
The three families in the village that raise the most chickens are the village chief's family, Zhou Hu's family at the end of the village, and their family.
Raising chickens became easy for their family because they had many children and plenty of labor.
Even if you can't bear to give up the bran, you can still go and pick fresh wild vegetables and cook them to feed the chickens, as well as various insects, especially cabbage worms.
It was not until the day before yesterday that Manbao found out that their chickens had been eating cabbage worms. Not only cabbage worms, but also many other insects. They eat crops and vegetables, and the family would catch them and bring them home to feed the chickens. It was just that she had never gone to the fields before, and she also disliked the smelly chicken coop, so she never went near it and didn't know about it.
Because Keke wanted cabbage worms, Manbao was very excited to go to the field to catch worms. Only then did he realize that the family had always needed worms to feed the chickens.
She didn't even have to do anything. Datou and the others could find more than a dozen of them just by walking around the field. However, they still felt very sorry. "There are fewer of these insects now. They were more abundant in early summer. The fields were full of them. Our chickens loved laying eggs then."
Although Manbao bought the rooster, Qian had no intention of killing it and eating it. Because it was frightened, Qian specifically asked little Qian to give it a handful of grain so that it could have a good meal and soothe its little heart.
He couldn't help but mutter, "Mom, we really should keep this chicken. It costs fifty-three cents."
Qian half-closed her eyes and said nonchalantly, "If you don't stay, do you have the nerve to retreat?"
"The Dazhu and Sanzhu families are so shameless! Aren't they trying to trick our aunt? I just touched it, and the chicken was full. If they took it to the county town, wouldn't it starve and lose a pound or two? Plus, they have to pay to enter the city, and it takes up a whole day, and yet they still charge our aunt so much money."
Qian said, "So you should be more careful these past two days and raise the chickens well. You can use them for ancestral worship during the New Year. That's the best way to do it."
Little Qian said, "Manbao said he wanted to kill you to replenish your body."
Qian smiled nonchalantly and said, "That child is always thinking things out. She will forget everything in a couple of days."
The three daughters-in-law then stopped talking.
Old Zhou, however, had a different opinion. "Manbao is very filial. I don't know what's wrong with her, but she's been eyeing the rooster lately. I think once the meat is gone in a couple of days, she'll be thinking about this chicken."
Qian smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will convince her. Unless she can buy me another chicken, don't even think about killing it."
Old Zhou couldn't help but laugh, "Maybe she will actually buy you another one."
"She left sixty-one coins last time, and now she's spent fifty-three coins. How much money does she have left?"
Only then did Old Zhou stop talking.
How much money does Manbao have on him?
That was certainly a lot—or so she thought.
Moreover, Zhou Wulang and his friends had earned some money when they came back from the county town today. The two of them brought their friends to their room to count the money.
The adults outside could only hear them making loud noises in the house and had no idea what they were doing.
If the children at home have a good relationship, they will certainly not stop them. As long as a group of children do not fight, they generally will not care.
Early this morning, Zhou Wulang and Liu Lang carried two small bamboo baskets on their backs and went to the county town. Daya went with them to make flower baskets.
The price was the same as before, five cents each. After selling all the flower baskets, Zhou Wulang made a special trip to the county government office, found the corner gate of the Fu family, and sold all the remaining candies to Miss Fu Er.
Because the county magistrate really increased the entrance fee, Zhou Wulang and his men were very unkind and raised the price, charging one penny for a piece of candy.
However, the candy this time is different from the last time, so the price is different, which is understandable.
The total amount of money on both sides is two hundred and twenty coins.
Of course, the account was still calculated by Manbao, because Zhou Silang still had some problems counting, and it was Zhou Silang who counted the same as Manbao.
He looked at the pile of copper coins on the bed, his heart burning with desire. He reached out to touch some, but Zhou Wulang slapped his hand and said, "Fourth brother, this is not yours."
Zhou Silang felt heartbroken and said, "I helped too. I helped cut the bamboo and shave the bamboo strips yesterday."
Zhou Wulang felt that what he said seemed to make sense and looked at Manbao.
Manbao then pushed all the money in front of him and said, "You have to pay the tax first."
Paying taxes means giving money to their parents.
Manbao instructed Datou to go back to her room and get the little notebook she made, as well as the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then start recording the accounts. "We have to record the accounts, otherwise we won't remember how much money we earned in the future."
This was also what Koko reminded her of, mainly to let her have a general understanding of how she earned and spent money. She originally wanted to record it all in one place, but Koko said there was no such way, so she had to prepare another small notebook to keep her accounts, but she had not bought paper yet. The paper she had now was given to her by Shanbao, and then she cut it into small pieces and sewed them together with a needle.
Manbao sighed repeatedly and felt that he had to take out some money to ask his fifth brother to buy paper for her.
Manbao was keeping the accounts while calculating his own small accounts, and then he said to Keke very confidently, "This way I can earn another rooster soon."
The system couldn't help but say, "Host, you can actually buy paper in the mall. It's good quality and cheap, much cheaper than buying it in the county town."
Manbao exclaimed, "Does the mall still sell paper?"
System: ...There is nothing in the mall. Other hosts become addicted to shopping after opening the mall, but why does this host not buy anything except candy?
It consumes one point at a time. Although it does not get any commission when the host purchases something, it looks very anxious, okay?
Manbao finally found the correct way to open the mall. After keeping the accounts, calculating the money to be paid, and dividing the money, she put her share into her little pocket, then ran back to her room and began to hide under the quilt to search for things in the mall.
Under the guidance of the system, Manbao finally realized that in addition to being able to scroll down to search for various things in the mall, he could also enter the product he wanted to find at the beginning.
If the product it is looking for is not available, the mall will make recommendations based on the products it has browsed.
God knows when Manbao opened the mall for the first time, he didn't understand anything, so he just scrolled down and looked for things. He didn't recognize anything there, and he lost interest after seeing so many of them. Later, he went to check it out before going to bed every day, and all the updated things were unfamiliar. That's why Manbao had no interest in the mall at all.
However, these days she has been looking at that tube of green medicine, so that recently all the recommended medicines are all kinds of medicines, and the prices are too shocking. Although Manbao is always very confident, she always feels that it is out of reach every time she sees that string of numbers.
(End of this chapter)
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