Chapter 376 Life turns from cloudy to sunny
Mrs. Wan Er has almost recovered these days and can walk. She was giving little Fubao a bath at the moment. She felt someone coming in. She turned around and saw it was Wan Laoer, but she didn't care and continued to talk to little Fubao while wiping his body.
Wan Laoer took off his shoes and lay down with his clothes on, but his eyes were wide open and he looked like he was worried about something.
Wan Ersao dressed up little Fubao and carried him to the kang. She saw that Wan Laoer was still awake and sighing continuously. Then she realized something was wrong.
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" As Wan Laoer's bedmate, Wan Ersao knows him best. He is usually very easy-going and nothing will affect his sleep. After a day's work, he usually falls asleep as soon as he lies down. Today is the first time like this.
Wan Lao Er didn't want to make Wan Ersao worry, so he said casually: "It's nothing, don't think about it, go to bed quickly."
How could Wan Ersao not believe it? She didn't even pour the bath water and sat on the kang, opposite Wan Lao Er. "How can it be okay? You didn't say it because you didn't want me to worry, right? But we are husband and wife, and we have been through such hardships in exile. What else can't you tell me? I can bear it."
Wan Laoer had no desire to sleep anymore and sat up.
Little Fubao was washed and smelled sweet. Seeing that her father didn't tease her like he used to, she keenly sensed that the atmosphere was wrong and quickly crawled over to sit in Wan Laoer's arms.
"Daddy, what's wrong with you? Why are you unhappy?"
Fubao put his arms around Wan Laoer's neck, looking at him with his big eyes without blinking, his eyes full of confusion.
Wan Lao Er gently touched his daughter's head and smiled, "Daddy is fine, he's just tired today, Fubao, don't worry, go to bed quickly, okay?"
Little Fubao shook his head: "Fubao is not sleepy, Fubao wants to sleep with daddy."
Wan Laoer glanced at Wan Ersao and saw that she was also looking at him. Wan Laoer had no choice but to coax Fubao to sleep first.
The strange thing is that he couldn't fall asleep just now, but after hugging Fubao, he fell into a deep sleep without realizing it. Wan Ersao looked at the father and daughter and shook her head helplessly. She didn't know who was coaxing whom?
And the next day, Wan Laoer got up late, which was unusual for him. When he got up, the sun was already high in the sky.
Fubao had already gotten up and washed, but she did not go out to play as usual. Instead, she sat on the kang and played with her own little wooden horse, watching over Wan Laoer.
When Wan Laoer woke up, he saw the little figure of Xiao Fubao.
"Girl, why didn't you go out to play?" Wan Laoer sat up, sleepy-eyed. He felt that he had slept well and felt much better.
"Daddy, wake up. I want to stay with you today and don't want to go out and play."
Wan Laoer picked up little Fubao and walked out of the bedroom. Little Fubao followed him wherever he went, like a follower, and was laughed at by Wan Er's wife and Wan Laotai all morning.
After breakfast, Wan Laosi found Wan Laoer again and talked about money. Wan Laoer began to frown again.
"Oh, so Daddy can't sleep because he has no money to spend? Fubao has some, Fubao will give it to Daddy."
After following for so long, Xiao Fubao finally understood why Wan Laoer was unhappy. She was sitting on Wan Laoer's lap at this time and wanted to climb down to get her little money box.
Wan Laoer didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He knew Fubao's money box. Inside it were pocket money that he gave her to coax her, as well as red envelopes for the New Year. All together, there was less than five taels of silver.
Wan Laoer quickly grabbed little Fubao and said, "Fubao, Daddy doesn't need money, don't worry about it, go and have fun by yourself, okay?"
Fubao didn't believe it at all. She thought that adults were short of money. She heard this from other children in the village. She wanted everyone in the village to have enough money so that everyone could live happily.
"Dad, you are lying. I don't believe you. You were so worried that you couldn't sleep last night, and you didn't tell Mom."
Wan Laoer knew that he couldn't hide the secret from his daughter. This girl was smarter than other children and it was hard to deceive her.
When Wan Laoer was racking his brains to think of how to coax Xiao Fubao away, Wan Shuang came.
"Uncle, there is a carriage outside the village with entourage. Uncle Changsheng said that they are here to take someone away. The village chief asked me to ask you what you are going to do?"
Wan Laoer was confused for a moment, then he remembered that there were still a few people imprisoned in his woodshed who had not been released yet.
Wan Lao Er quickly stood up and said, "Let them in and bring them to our house."
Little Fubao quickly took Wan Laoer's hand and followed her father.
Wan Laosi glanced in the direction of the woodshed and said, "Second brother, these people have been locked up for several days. That Mr. Zhou just came to ask for them. He is quite patient. If he doesn't come soon, our woodshed will be full. We will have to ask him for the living expenses and accommodation expenses of these people later."
Wan Laosi's eyes rolled around, and he had no intention of letting these people go easily. He wanted to let Zhou Biao know that it was not so easy to enter or leave their house.
"Then how much do you think is appropriate?" Wan Lao Er looked at Wan Lao Si and asked.
"It should be at least three hundred taels, right? After all, our family has provided us with good food and drink for so many days, and they even destroyed our firewood room."
The first thing Wan Laosi asked for was three hundred taels, and his intention was obvious: blackmail.
Although Wan Laoer happened to be short of these three hundred taels of silver, he felt that such means were not fair and felt a little uncomfortable.
"Isn't this a bad idea? What if we offend someone so much that our business is targeted before it even starts? Will we..."
Wan Lao Si laughed and said, "Second brother, what are you afraid of? Does he have a background as big as ours? Does he have connections as strong as ours? You don't know how famous you are now, do you? I didn't know until I went to the capital this time that the news of your potato harvest had spread to the capital. When I came back, I passed by the county town and went to my eldest brother's house. My eldest brother asked me to tell you that the county magistrate has already written a memorial about your achievements and submitted it to the prefect, and is waiting for the prefect to report it to the capital. My eldest brother didn't say much else, but from what he said, you might be rich."
I came back late last night, Wan Laoer was absent-minded, and Wan Laosi was also tired, so he didn't say much.
Wan Lao Er was shocked when he heard that he was brought back by Wan Lao Si.
"Are you telling the truth? But I didn't do anything. Why did the county magistrate report it? This..."
Wan Laoer was so excited that he was a little incoherent.
"I told you all this because I want to say, second brother, we are no worse than that Mr. Zhou. You don't have to be afraid of him. The business world is like a battlefield. You have to fight on your own. Although our family has never been in business, we know people who are in business. This time when I went to the capital, I also met with Brother Shen. Now that he is no longer the gang leader, his business is quite big. He was very happy when he heard that we were going to open a shop in the capital. He said that he would definitely come to support us when the time comes."
Wan Laoer felt that his life had changed from cloudy to sunny after one night. Now he seemed to be energized and was not afraid of anything. He felt that Master Zhou was no different from him.
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