Chapter 13

When Feng brought a bowl of boiled eggs, a group of children had already eaten the sugar and were looking around man Bao at her four Wen money.

Feng was stunned when he saw the money and asked, "aunt, where did you get the money?"

Man Bao looked up proudly, "we earn it ourselves and sell sugar."

Feng thought it was the candy bought by his husband for man Bao. He said helplessly, "why don't you eat it, but sell it. It's for your body."

Every time Zhou Erlang came to the market, he would buy a penny of sugar when he went back. He only took out one to turn it into sugar water for the children to drink. The remaining four would be full of treasure.

It's not that they spoil manbao and don't hurt the children.

But man Bao's childhood doctor said, "the child has weak spleen and stomach, shortness of breath and fatigue. Eat more eggs and honey."

At that time, the situation at home was not very good. Man Baocai was only a few months old. He couldn't eat the bitter medicine juice. He could only pour egg water and honey water.

The honey was bought by Lao Zhou tou after he begged several nearby villages. It's hard to find, rare and especially expensive.

Later, the doctor said, "without honey, maltose can also go back to the lung meridian and strengthen the spleen and stomach."

It can be said that man Bao can grow so big and so white and fat. His family's eggs and sugar contribute a lot.

Because man Bao is getting healthier and healthier in the past two years, the Zhou family thinks the doctor's words are really right. They can't give man Bao other good things, but the eggs are from their own chickens, and there is still money to buy sugar.

Every three days, she can get four sweets every time she goes to the market, so in man Bao's heart, she really doesn't lack sugar, so that when Koko officially met her for the first time, she didn't buy her with sugar.

Later, after eating the sugar given by Koko, she disliked it as too sweet. Finally, she gave some to her nephews and nieces as before.

Seeing that they were so happy that their eyes narrowed, man Bao became good friends with Koko.

Man Bao, she doesn't lack sugar, because in addition to what she bought at home, Keke gives her rewards from time to time, but Feng doesn't know.

She stared at Wu Lang and Zhou LIULANG, who didn't know how to persuade, and handed the bowl to man Bao, "hungry, my second sister-in-law boiled you eggs. Eat quickly."

Man Bao first invited Feng with a bowl in his hand. "Second sister-in-law, take a bite, too. You didn't eat the cake just now."

Feng smiled and pushed back and said, "I'm not hungry yet. I'll eat with them when your big brother and second brother come back."

Man Bao has no doubt, because she also likes to eat with her family. Eh, why did she eat cakes without waiting for her eldest brother and second brother just now?

I seem a little sorry for them.

Man Bao thought as he gave them the eggs to the big head.

Everyone shook their heads and gave them sugar, but they didn't eat eggs. Although they wanted to eat, they knew that the eggs were not eggs but medicine for their sister-in-law.

Man Bao ate all the eggs, and then asked Feng to take her to buy medicine for her mother.

Feng touched her head and said with a smile, "the second sister-in-law has no money with her. We'll go when your eldest brother and they come back."

Man Bao handed the handkerchief up and said, "I have money!"

Feng sighed, "that's not enough."

My mother-in-law takes medicine all year round, but in fact, she takes the cheapest medicine. She can only raise it slowly instead of curing the symptoms. I don't know how much it will cost to cure it.

There are two prescriptions Qian often drinks. One can be bought from a doctor in Dali Village. This is the only doctor in the four nearby villages. Except that some of their medicines came from the medicine shop, most of them were picked by the doctor himself from the mountain.

They only need eight Wen to buy a pair of medicine here. Their family has saved a lot. A pair of medicine will be fried four times. It is Qian's medicine for two days.

If Qian's condition worsens, he can only go to the medicine shop in the county to buy the medicine on another prescription. There is a more expensive medicine on that medicine, which costs 20 Wen a pair.

Feng Shi really has no money. Today, all the people who came to buy baskets and dustpans bartered. They collected a lot of eggs and grain and didn't have a penny.

No way, we can only squat behind the booth and wait for Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang to come back.

It was only after noon that Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang came back with their ugly faces. The two bags of grain on the car were still there.

Surprised, Feng trotted forward to help push the car over and asked, "why didn't you sell it?"

Zhou Erlang said with an ugly face, "the price is too cheap. A bucket of grain is only eight Wen."

Feng couldn't help shouting, "only eight words? Wasn't it ten Wen before? "

Zhou Dalang squatted on the ground and said, "the grain has come down. The harvest this year is good. It is said that the grain shop is not short of grain."

They are all from the villagers. Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang talked to each other for a long time and failed to raise the price. The family was really short of money. The brothers were not willing to sell the valley so cheaply, so they pulled it back.

Feng couldn't help but blush. "What should I do?"

Zhou Erlang squatted on the ground for a long time and said, "there are people who want to change hemp cloth in the market. We can change grain. Cotton cloth for shoes can also be changed with grain, but mother's medicine must be bought with money. Grain still has to be sold. No, we'll go to the county tomorrow. Maybe it can be better than the price in the market."

Man Bao immediately took out his four Wen money, "big brother, second brother, I have money!"

Seeing the four Wen money, Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang were stunned and asked, "where did you come from?"

"Sell sugar!"

Zhou Dalang took it and sighed, "I'm still short of four Wen."

Man Bao wondered if she had to peel another 20 sweets to sell. Zhou Erlang had already got up and said, "I'll take something and exchange it with someone."

Zhou Erlang had many acquaintances in the market. He took some from Feng's wheat, estimated the weight and left.

It wasn't long before he came back with five Wen.

Zhou Dalang was curious, "who did you exchange with?"

Everyone comes to the village market with little money.

"I exchanged it with Lao Wang, who sells sugar. He uses wheat to make sugar. I sold it to him at the right price."

Zhou Dalang breathed a sigh of relief and handed man Bao's money to him.

Zhou Erlang used the money to buy a pair of medicine. The number of people in the market began to decrease, and everyone was not in the mood to set up a stall. Zhou Erlang, who was familiar with the way, went to find someone to change cloth and bacon, so he packed up his things and went home with everyone.

The cloth was handed over to my mother, who assigned the task to cut clothes. Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang went to talk to Lao Zhou tou.

Man Bao followed him in.

When Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang saw that she was walking behind them with her hands on her back like their father, they couldn't help sweating. They simply held her on their legs, and then reported to Lao Zhou about the situation in the market.

I heard that the grain was not sold at an offer, and Lao Zhou wanted to smoke again.

He sighed, "you have to have some cash at home. Don't say your mother wants to take medicine. Sometimes she needs it urgently?"

Zhou Erlang also nodded, "during this time, I have also accumulated a lot of eggs in the market, and I have to get them to the county and city."

Although some people occasionally buy eggs in Dali Village market, most of them are exchanged for grain. Finally, Zhou Erlang had to sell grain to grain shops to make money.

Therefore, Zhou Erlang rarely sold eggs in the market. He took them to the county and city, where eggs are easier to sell than grain.

Old Zhou tou nodded, rubbed his old cigarette gun and said, "the day after tomorrow, you two follow me to take man Bao to school."

Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang should go down.

Man Bao expressed his opinion, "Dad, I'm going to the county, too."