Chapter 19 Even Brothers Must Settle Accounts
Chen Yao distributed the steamed buns she bought to Yang Wenying and Huang Dongsheng.
Each of them held one and swallowed unconsciously.
Although the steamed bun in my hand is not very white, it tastes very chewy and has a wheat aroma. After slowly melting in your sip, it has a sweet aftertaste.
This is a hundred times more delicious than bean dregs cake and bean rice!
"Cousin, Wenying, there are some more here." Seeing that the two had finished eating, Chen Yao pointed to the three steamed buns left in the oil paper.
"Cousin, one is enough for me, let's take the rest home." He was already satisfied that he could follow his cousin into the city today and eat white flour buns.
From then on, he would never go west when his cousin pointed east, and he would obey her instructions in everything.
Huang Dongsheng stood up and walked towards the tofu stall.
Chen Yao: "What are you doing?"
Huang Dongsheng patted his belly and said, "After eating, it's time to work. I have to work harder this afternoon and shout a few more times to sell more tofu. Then we can have white flour buns for everyone in my family to eat in the future."
Chen Yao felt a little sad after hearing his words. She put the remaining steamed buns into the basket and patted the dust off her hands: "Then let's sell a few more and buy more steamed buns today to share with everyone."
What if each person just has one to try?
Huang Dongsheng was like a chicken with its blood pumped up. He kept shouting with all his might in the afternoon, and most of the bucket of cold water he brought went into his stomach.
Unfortunately, there were few people out buying in the afternoon. No matter how hard he tried to sell, he and Yang Wenying only sold three blocks of tofu that day.
Chen Yao walked from the main street of East Market to the end of the alley, and exchanged the last pound of bean sprouts and a piece of tofu from a spice vendor for a small bag of dried dogwood fruit and five large pieces of wild ginger.
According to the vendor, he picked these from the mountains after going through many hardships and dangers, and he almost encountered a pack of wolves during the process.
As for Chen Yao's question about which mountain he picked the dogwood fruits from, the vendor didn't say a word.
Let me tell you, by picking and selling them, are you trying to steal my business?
Chen Yao left with the basket in embarrassment, and gave Yang Wenying a wink when passing by the tofu stall.
Yang Wenying received the signal and started to pack up the stall with Huang Dongsheng. They saw Chen Yao at the entrance of the bun shop.
The owner of the bun shop still had some impression of Shen Yao. When he heard that she wanted to buy eight more buns, he put down his work, picked them up from the steamer, divided them into two oil paper bags and handed them to Shen Yao.
"Cousin, these steamed buns will be deducted from my future commission." Huang Dongsheng took Chen Yao's basket and hung it on one end of the shoulder pole, then squatted down and picked up the load.
Chen Yao walked beside him and said with a smile, "When you sell all the tofu you brought, you can treat everyone to steamed buns. Today, I'll treat you first."
Huang Dongsheng's mood gradually became cheerful, and his face relaxed: "Well, from now on, I will not only treat everyone to steamed buns, but also meat buns."
"Okay, then we'll be waiting for your meat buns, cousin."
The three of them happily left Qingfeng Town. When facing the police's search and interrogation, Chen Yao took advantage of the fact that no one was around and took out four pieces of tofu wrapped in washed broad leaves and handed them over.
The four officers did not refuse. They placed the tofu on the table next to the city wall and waved their hands to let the three of them leave the city.
Huang Dongsheng looked back at the city gate of Qingfeng Town and sighed in his heart that today was truly the happiest day of his life.
The three children arrived at the Shen family's house. Shen Yao had just called out "Dad and Mom" and before she pushed the door open, she saw many people coming out of the house.
The cousin took the lead and opened the gate, taking over the burden for Huang Dongsheng. He looked at his younger cousin and said, "We've been waiting for you to come back. Tell us what the city is like, okay?"
"Well, that's great. Let me tell you..."
Chen Yao was embraced by her aunt and uncle into the house, and Yang Wenying was also held by the hand by Huang Xing. The lively atmosphere of the whole family attracted people from the neighboring yard to peek out to look.
In the main house.
Huang Dongsheng used language and body language, which he lacked throughout his life, to describe to everyone the prosperity of Qingfeng Town and the majesty of the police. If there were any shortcomings, Yang Wenying would help him fill in the gaps.
The two of them, one active and one quiet, made everyone laugh.
The thin wooden door could not block the hustle and bustle in the house.
It was time to prepare dinner. The voices of the Shen family could be vaguely heard in the next yard. Knowing that Shen Yao and the other two had entered the city, they couldn't help but hold their breath and prick up their ears to listen carefully.
When Chen Yao took out eleven steamed buns and thirty-seven copper coins, the room fell into silence.
"We are not as good as our cousin. We only sold three pieces of tofu today." Huang Dongsheng also put six copper coins on the table.
"It's already great that we can earn money on the first day." Huang Mei sat on the bench and hugged Chen Yao, her eyes unable to hide her praise for the children.
As Shen Yao's parents, Shen Qingshan and Huang Xing gave her a thumbs up without hesitation.
Chen Yao raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet for a while, as they would then share the money.
Tian Baolai and Tian Baozhu looked down at the three copper coins pushed by their cousin. Just as they were about to refuse, they saw Chen Yao shushing with her finger, "Wait until I finish dividing them."
Yang Wenying and Huang Dongsheng sold three pieces of tofu and earned a total of three cents.
We had already agreed on it on the way back. This time we would give Huang Dongsheng two cents and Yang Wenying one cent, and then we would give Wenying the rest next time.
After dividing the money, there were still thirty-four cents left.
Chen Yao took out another six coins and handed them to Yang Wenying and Huang Dongsheng. "I have to stay home tomorrow and wait for Doctor Zeng to come and see my parents. I won't be going into the city with you."
Looking at the six copper coins pushed over, Yang Wenying handed one of her own copper coins to Chen Yao: "I should pay for the entrance fee to the city myself. When the account is settled one day, you can give me your share."
Seeing that her son was still stupid and hadn't reacted, Miao pinched him secretly.
Huang Dongsheng also immediately pushed the copper coin in his hand over.
Chen Yao was not polite to them. Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao. Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly.
"Cousin, how many kilograms of soybeans did you harvest today?" Seeing that Tian Baolai and Tian Baozhu were also about to return the money to her, Chen Yao took the initiative.
Tian Baozhu: "Four sheets of tofu were exchanged for twelve pounds of soybeans, three feet of linen, and a basket of fresh carob."
"Wow, cousin, you've worked so hard." Chen Yao put away the thirty-one copper coins and acted coquettishly towards Huang Mei, not giving Tian Baozhu another chance to speak. "Aunt, you, uncle, aunt, and cousins can stay at my house for dinner tonight. We can all have steamed buns."
You can tell at a glance that the three oil-paper bags on the table were bought by Chen Yao specially for everyone.
Huang Mei hugged Chen Yao tighter. She couldn't resist the girl's coquettish behavior. "Okay, ask your cousin to go back and get some brown rice. Brown rice porridge with steamed buns, and fried carob."
"And the tofu, mom will make some cold salad for you." Huang Xing sat back next to her husband and looked at her daughter.
"Mom, I think A Yao is your biological child." Tian Baolai stood up. The scene in front of him was so beautiful that his back teeth ached.
Huang Mei raised her fist and said threateningly, "I see you're itching for trouble. Hurry back and get some food."
As soon as Tian Baolai left, the three sisters-in-law got up and went to the kitchen to light a fire and cook.
Uncle Tanaka was helping to move the tofu to the kitchen, then returned to the main house to chat with Shen Qingshan.
Seeing that it was not dark yet, Chen Yao felt a little restless, so she picked up the fishing net and the bag of silkworm feces hanging under the corridor and walked out.
As soon as she arrived at the courtyard, Yang Wenying blocked her way: "Are you going out again?"
Chen Yao looked at the sand table in Huang Dongsheng's hand and said, "Jintian Danri is studying mathematics. You can teach your cousin. I am good at mathematics."
"You...you don't even follow the rules you set for yourself in terms of literacy and math?" Yang Wenying was angry at him for not fighting back.
Huang Dongsheng also chimed in: "Cousin, if you don't work hard, be careful that one day you'll be outdone by me."
Chen Yao hummed twice with the fishing net bag in her hand, and wanted to provoke me. Then I have to test you, what is the gross profit of our stall in the city today?
Huang Dongsheng stood dumbfounded in the yard holding the sandbox, watching his two cousins arm in arm going to play.
"How much money did we earn in total?" Huang Dongsheng couldn't count on his fingers, so he had to ask Yang Wenying for advice.
Yang Wenying tightened the dry branch in her hand and explained to Huang Dongsheng on the sand table.
Huang Dongsheng finally learned it after being taught five times. Yang Wenying wanted to replace the dead branch with a ruler. She must have done something wrong in her previous life to have met these two students.
By the Yan River.
Tian Baozhu helped her cousin catch a few frogs. Seeing her cousin's familiar movements, she couldn't help but smack her lips: "Ayao, can I learn to read and do math with you?"
Chen Yao lowered her fishing net and pulled up the grass to cover up her tracks. She squatted by the river and waved to Tian Baozhu, "Of course. Let's start by panning for sand and making a sand table."
It is the same whether you are herding one sheep or a flock of sheep.
Besides, when she asked Wenying to teach Huang Dongsheng, it was agreed that Wenying would be their teacher and she would provide Wenying with food and accommodation, so she didn't have to pay back the food rations.
Hearing this, Tian Baozhu smiled, picked several leaves from the reed marsh, stacked them together, rolled up her sleeves, and went to the river with Shen Yao to pan for sand and dig mud to make a sand table.
Afterwards, Chen Yao asked her cousin if he wanted to learn together.
Tian Baozhu told Chen Yao that she would teach Tian Baolai after she returned.
After all, her brother is old. If he is seen by the villagers, it will probably cause gossip. There is no need to cause more trouble for Yang Wenying.
"Wenying actually likes being a teacher and doesn't think her cousin is a bother." Chen Yao was helping her cousin make a sand table.
Tian Baozhu suddenly laughed while kneading the clay. "Of course not! My brother is clumsy. If Wenying teaches him, I'm afraid she'll get mad at me. If I teach him, and he gets mad at me, I'll definitely beat him up, and he'll still have to coax me."
Chen Yao was stunned for a moment, and then she thought of her cousin being tutored by her cousin, and she immediately laughed out loud. The laughter startled the birds in the reed marsh and made them fly high.
Tian Baozhu was also very happy when she saw her cousin laughing so hard that she fell to the ground.
When the two returned home, Chen Yao went to the fields on purpose. Seeing that large areas of soybeans had sprouted in the wasteland, she was so happy that she squatted down to check.
The soil was a little dry and some weeds had grown in the ground. More than half of the seedlings in the thousand holes had emerged, but a small number had not yet sprouted.
The soybean seedlings are in need of water at this time. You can come over tomorrow to weed and water the land, and be determined not to let this wasteland develop into a place with overgrown grass and sparse bean seedlings.
Tian Baozhu was picking young thorny shoots at the foot of the mountain. She saw her cousin finish inspecting the wasteland and then drag the sack to the fertile fields.
Chen Yao was seen taking out silkworm feces from the sack and scattering handfuls of them on the plowed fields.
Tian Baozhu was a little confused.
My cousin is fertilizing the land at this time. Is she going to plant soybeans?
But this idea was immediately rejected. No, wouldn't it be a waste of land to plant soybeans on good farmland?
My cousin must be fertilizing the fields at this time in preparation for next year's spring plowing and sowing.
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