Chapter 730: Not Enlightened
Chen Erlang: ...
So in the end Zhou Silang asked Zhou Liulang to carry a big bag of money and lead a group of people. After bargaining with the owner of the carriage company, he rented sixteen mule carts.
Then Zhou Lijun would do the accounting, count out the money to pay the bill, and keep a record in the account book.
Finally, they left the city early this morning, with sixteen empty cars. Oh, no, they were still loaded with some things, such as rations for the sixteen people.
Zhou Liulang took charge of it, and Zhou Lijun was in charge of its management. The Zhou brothers never thought about the rule that it is best not to bring women into business.
If you think about it carefully, our family’s current situation all started with Manbao.
So Zhou Silang and Zhou Liulang both scoffed at this rule.
Early this morning, Manbao sent them there first, and then went to the pharmacy. When he returned home, only Aunt Rong and Zhou Silang were left in the courtyard.
Manbao ran into the kitchen and asked, "Sir, are they not back yet?"
Aunt Rong smiled and said, "No, I guess I won't be back until dinner time."
Manbao nodded, and ran to see Zhou Silang again, only to see Zhou Silang lying on the bed and sleeping soundly.
She couldn't bear it any longer, so she pushed him and said, "Fourth brother, the sun is shining brightly outside, why are you sleeping?"
Zhou Silang shifted his body and said, "I can't work, so what else can I do if I don't sleep?"
"It's good to go out and get some sun. I heard that sunbathing can help grow bones."
"You're kidding me. Sunbathing can make bones grow? I've only heard that chewing bones can make bones grow. If sunbathing can make bones grow, then children don't need to eat or drink. They can just go out and sunbathe every day."
Bai Shan heard it outside the window and burst out laughing, but the more he laughed, the happier he became and he couldn't stop.
Manbao leaned over to the window and glared at him, "What are you laughing at?"
Bai Shan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "I think, according to what Zhou Si said, the child only grows bones, not flesh."
Manbao nodded repeatedly, finding a point of rebuttal, "That's right, that's right, eating is for growing meat."
Then she looked at Zhou Silang with disdain and said, "Look at you. You haven't been exposed to the sun or moved in the past few days, and you've been eating a lot and gaining weight. You've only gained flesh but not bones, and now you're fat."
Zhou Silang's eyes lit up in surprise and he asked, "Really?"
"real."
"Great," Zhou Silang touched his face with his good hand and asked, "Have you really gained weight?"
Manbao nodded.
Zhou Silang also went to ask Bai Shan.
Bai Shan looked at him carefully and nodded, "You have gained a little weight."
Zhou Silang lamented, "If I had known earlier, I should have gone home with Lao Liu and the others. Anyway, I wouldn't have to drive the cart or do any work. I could just sit there."
"Why are you going home?"
"Let your fourth sister-in-law see it," Zhou Silang said dreamily, "I've gained weight, so I must be more handsome now than before. I have to let your fourth sister-in-law see it. What if I lose weight again?
Manbao took a few steps back and looked at his fourth brother carefully. He couldn't help but nodded, "You know what, fourth brother, you really have become more handsome after gaining a little weight."
Bai Shan also nodded.
Zhou Silang felt even more heartbroken and regretted it so much that he even ate half a bowl less of rice that night.
He didn't know that Zhou Liulang, who had just returned to the village in a grand manner, was stopped by Fang Shi as soon as he jumped off the mule cart. She hugged Liu Tou and asked him, "How is your fourth brother? Is he feeling better? Can he get out of bed and walk around?"
Zhou Liulang was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, can't Fourth Brother always get out of bed?"
Then he looked at his second brother and what he said to his fourth sister-in-law when he came back. It seemed like his fourth brother was going to die.
Feng, who was standing by, glanced at him and said, "Just answer whatever Fourth Sister-in-law asks you. What are you doing, second brother?"
Then he went to comfort Fang, "Don't worry, his second brother and the sixth brother both said it's okay, so it must be okay. Besides, aren't you going there? You'll be able to see him the next day at the latest."
"Ah? Fourth sister-in-law is going too?"
Fang looked worried, "I'm worried."
Zhou Liulang said, "There's nothing to worry about. Aside from his paralyzed left hand, Fourth Brother is doing fine. He even took us to rent a car yesterday. He was bargaining with the owner, his voice getting louder and louder. If you didn't know better, you would have thought they were going to fight."
Zhou Liulang glanced at the six heads in her arms, blinked, and asked, "Fourth sister-in-law, you don't still want to take the child with you, do you?"
"Of course. His father's hand is broken. How can a son not go and take a look?"
Zhou Liulang said, "You'd better not go. This cart is already heavy enough with wheat, how can it possibly hold more... Ouch—"
Before he could finish his words, Zhou Liulang was grabbed by the ear and dragged away by Feng.
Feng was very disappointed with him, "No wonder you can't get married, you deserve it."
Zhou Liulang felt very aggrieved, but he was not wrong. Because they rented a lot of mules, the carriage company also sent someone to follow them this time to watch over them and not let them abuse the mules.
The things loaded on this cart are limited. If there are two more people, they will have to move a bag of wheat seeds.
The entire Zhou family's home was bustling with activity. With so many people coming, there was no room for them to stay. Fortunately, the weather wasn't very cold, so everyone could just set up a tent and curl up in blankets for two nights.
But one cannot be careless about food and drink. Although Old Zhou is stingy, he thinks that guests are guests and these are people hired by his son, so of course he has to treat them well. Otherwise, what if they don't work diligently?
So everyone in the family was busy cooking. Zhou Wulang felt sorry for his wife. Seeing her squatting and washing vegetables with cold water, he went up to her, pushed her aside, and washed them himself.
Feng pulled Zhou Liulang's ear and saw it, then whispered, "See, see, you and Lao Wu are only two years apart in age, why can't you just open your mind?"
Zhou Liulang freed his ear and shouted, "I married a wife and came back to help her wash vegetables. Am I sick?"
After saying that, he ran away.
Feng couldn't catch anyone at all.
She couldn't help but complain to Xiao Qian, "Sixth child is obviously not a child anymore, why does he still look like a child?"
Xiao Qian smiled and said, "He hasn't figured it out yet. He'll be fine in a few years."
"In a few years, I'll be a bachelor, and it will be hard for me to find a wife."
"Not really. Our family is not short of money now. As long as we want to marry, we can marry any kind of daughter-in-law." Little Qian was very open-minded and said with a smile: "Besides, mother is not in a hurry yet."
Feng knew that her eldest sister-in-law and her mother-in-law had always been closer, and she understood her mother-in-law better. Since she said so, her mother-in-law was naturally not in a hurry, so she could only stop mentioning the matter.
But for some reason, everyone in the family of marriageable age is married, and she is the only one left single, which makes her feel particularly awkward.
After greeting everyone and everyone went to rest, Old Zhou took his pipe and sat on the doorstep to smoke.
The next update will be around 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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