Chapter 45

Liu asked what he had learned today.

Bai Shanbao was very experienced in dealing with his grandmother. He only told his grandmother what Mr. Zhuang talked to them in class, not that he and man Bao planned to catch insects to scare his second cousin.

Liu used his toes to know that his grandson could not be so honest in school. Moreover, for the first time, Mr. Zhuang mentioned the responsibility of the county magistrate.

There must be no reason for this, but she didn't ask too much. Instead, she waved to her grandson and told him what a county magistrate is and what he wants to do.

Bai Shanbao listened carefully and decided to tell man Bao the next day. Hum, he knows more than she does.

Seeing that his grandson listened carefully and had no previous rebellion, Liu couldn't help saying it in more detail, and his attitude became more warm and friendly.

Bai Shanbao asked when he didn't understand. He also told man Bao that their county magistrate was a bad man and overcharged the city entrance fee.

Liu realized that Mr. Zhuang took them to see ants, autumn rain and stories.

Liu said, "the county needs money to build roads, repair dams and build water conservancy. If Fu County Magistrate has these uses, there is nothing wrong with increasing the city entry fee."

Bai Shanbao understood this and asked for money for everything.

My mother said that the reason why they moved to the mountains was that the family bullied their orphans and widows and wanted to swallow all their family's property.

My mother said that all those industries want to make money. In the future, he will ask for money for study and examination, for marrying a daughter-in-law and for being an official. All that money will be left to him.

Also at that time, Bai Shanbao knew that money was a very important thing. People as powerful as the patriarch and grandpa didn't have the face to rob their family's money.

Liu felt that they had come to Qili Village right this time.

Although there are many students of Ethnology and there are more resources in Longzhou than here, grandson is always isolated in ethnology, and his family affairs affect him to some extent.

Although he was smart, he refused to attend the class seriously. He was naughty and brawled in school. Most importantly, it was not difficult for the students in ethnology to treat him fairly.

For a long time, he was either led into a dandy by them or a cynical layman, neither of which Liu wanted to see.

She can raise her son alone after her young husband's death, and naturally she can raise her grandchildren again.

Liu's eyes were firm. They were right at this step. The best thing is that there is such a Mr. Zhuang in the depression. Perhaps this is the fate of their Bai family.

Liu invited his daughter-in-law and said, "although we are close to the old seven family, since we decided to live here for a long time, it's not good to always borrow to live in his family. I mean, we buy a piece of land in the village, build a small courtyard and move there. In this way, the two families are close to each other and can take care of each other. Isn't it comfortable to live alone?"

Zheng has no opinion. She is used to listening to her mother-in-law.

Bai Shanbao had a lot of ideas. When he heard his grandmother say that, he ran up and said, "if you choose to enter the river, bring the water to your home and dig a big pond. I want to raise turtles."

"Why are you still thinking about raising turtles?" In his hometown, the child broke the head of his second uncle's grandson in order to rob a turtle. For this, his mother-in-law lost a lot of gifts. Until now, Zheng still feels distressed when he thinks of it.

Bai Shanbao insisted, "we will raise turtles and stew soup for grandma when we grow up."

Zheng's expression is quite unspeakable, but Liu knows what his grandson means. He touches his head and laughs, "OK, OK, I'll dig you a pond to raise turtles. What else do you want? I'll say it together. I'll make a good plan at that time."

Bai Shanbao thought and said, "I have to think about it."

"Think about it. Tell me when you think of it."

It's not easy for Liu to come forward about buying land and building a house. He must discuss it with master Bai.

Bai Shanbao didn't worry about this. He reviewed today's lessons and began to draw his imaginary yard.

But he is now a soul painter. I'm afraid no one can understand what he draws except himself.

But Shanbao didn't know this, so the next day he happily showed man Bao his masterpiece and told her that this would be his new home.

Man Bao looked up and down for a long time, grabbed his face and asked, "where is the front?"

Shanbao straightened the picture and asked, "look, this is my room. I want to make a swing here so that I can swing when I wake up. Here, I dig a pond and raise turtles, so that I can swing and watch turtles. Here, this is a turtle."

Man Bao had never seen a turtle and asked, "can a turtle eat?"

"Yes, the tortoise can live a long, long life. I'm going to make a stew for my grandmother when it's fattened. Then my grandmother will live a long life."

Man Bao's eyes lit up, "really?"

Shanbao nodded, "of course it's true. When I was in my hometown, they all said that turtles represent longevity!"

"How many do you have? Can you sell me one? I also want to raise turtles."

Shanbao asked, "why do you keep turtles?"

"Give it to my mother. My mother is always sick. When she eats a turtle, she can live a long life, so she won't always be sick."

Bai Shanbao thought the tortoise was very rare, otherwise he wouldn't have robbed it with his cousin at the beginning, but now he has just made friends with man Bao, so it's hard to refuse her, so he hesitated and said, "I asked my mother to buy one more. If I can buy it, I'll give it to you. If I can't, I'll wait for My tortoise to have a baby and I'll raise its baby for you."

Man Bao felt wrong. "It takes two turtles to have a baby, a male and a female."

"Who said that?"

"Chickens and pigs are like this, and so are people." although man Bao is young, in fact, she knows a lot. She listed them one by one: "when my hen hatches chickens, my mother has to check the eggs and said that only the eggs laid with the cock can give birth to chickens. In spring, nephew Dazhu wants their sow to give birth to pigs, I went to the next village and invited the boar to marry the sow. People have to marry a daughter-in-law to have a baby. "

So, "you have to buy two turtles, one male and one female, so that you can have babies. One is born every year, and ten will be born in ten years. At that time, we will eat the two grown up, continue to raise the others, and have babies..." man Bao counted, and he was stunned, "Wow, then we will have a lot of turtles."

Bai Shanbao thought what she said was reasonable, so he decided what to say to his mother when he went back in the evening.

Man Bao saw that he was willing to listen to her suggestions and became more active. He pointed to his blue figure and said, "in addition to raising turtles, lotus roots can also be planted in the pond. Do you know lotus roots? There are many on the bank downstream of our village. In summer, the flowers are very beautiful, the lotus seeds are very delicious, and the lotus roots are good to eat."

Man Bao was excited. "Let me take you to dig lotus roots. I saw it last year and can dig it already."

Bai Shanbao asked, "didn't we agree to catch cabbage worms today?"

Man Bao didn't care: "we'll catch it later. Let's dig the lotus root first. The lotus root is much better than the insect."

Bai Shanbao didn't really want to catch insects. He nodded when he heard the speech.