Chapter 23 Farmers Market
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang felt that the backpacks on their backs were particularly heavy.
Zhou Erlang was more clever. He immediately took out a small bamboo basket from Wulang's backpack, gritted his teeth, put five eggs in it, and said, "Brother, we haven't been to the county town for a long time. We didn't know that the rules for entering the city have changed. We farmers don't have cash. It's because the elderly at home need medicine, so we came to the county town to exchange for some cash. Please be accommodating."
The guard had never seen such a small bamboo basket before. He looked at it curiously. When he saw the eggs inside, he looked around and took the basket and said, "Okay, I'll pay for the penny for you."
After saying that, he took out a penny from his pocket and threw it into the plate, then waved his hand to let them in.
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang bowed and thanked them repeatedly, bent over and pushed the cart into the city in a hurry. Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang also hurriedly followed, carrying their backpacks and pulling Daya and Erya along.
Manbao sat in the basket, looking at his family members with their backs almost bent to the ground, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Koko sensed Manbao's emotions and comforted her, "This guard isn't that difficult, don't be sad."
Manbao asked, "Koko, will you have guards like this in the future? Worse than him?"
The system said: "Host, with the development of technology in the future, people can not only enter and exit the city from the ground, but also from the sky, which is very convenient. In the future, population itself is an important resource, so not only will there be no entry fee, but if humans can settle in the city, there will be various rewards."
Manbao asked curiously, "What reward?"
"Houses, cars, relocation allowances, job transfer allowances, and all kinds of preferential policies."
Manbao couldn't understand these things yet, but she thought it was good that there was no entrance fee to the city. If their family was in the future, then her eldest brother and second brother wouldn't have to bow down to the guards.
Then Manbao pouted and said, "He is so different from the people in your place, and you still say he is not a bad person."
"He is indeed not a bad person. He is just a guard and cannot make the decisions." The system does have some insight. Although it is a system for collecting biological information, in order to better serve the host and improve the other party's collection efficiency, a lot of knowledge has been entered into its chip, and it can even connect directly to the encyclopedia.
Naturally, the knowledge in the encyclopedia can also be accessed by it.
As for the ancient culture and history, it has been restored in recent years, and of course it can see a lot of things. The system is not stingy in this regard. Anyway, it is idle, so just chat with the host.
So while Zhou Dalang pushed his cart to the market to find a seat, Manbao listened to many stories about corrupt officials. She didn't connect these stories with what she had just heard. She just listened with great interest and was very angry for the people in the stories.
Then after she got angry, she didn't remember what had just happened.
Because she was listening to the story so intently, Manbao forgot to look at the busy stalls on the street. When the car stopped, Zhou Dalang carried her out of the car, and Koko stopped talking, and only then did she come to her senses.
Manbao looked around curiously and found that there were people selling vegetables and fruits and various baskets like them. She thought this was the farmer's market that Koko mentioned.
The four Zhou brothers quickly unloaded the baskets, baskets, eggs and other things and placed them in their occupied positions.
They arrived late, so they could only set up their stall in the corner. Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang asked Silang and Wulang to look after the three children, saying, "You guys just sit there, Lao Er and I will go sell the food and will be back soon."
After a while, Manbao was looking curiously at the things sold at the nearby stalls. When he saw something interesting, he would squat down and take a look.
Daya and Erya were responsible for looking after her, while Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang had to put the unloaded things in order. Just when everyone was ready and the first customer had not arrived yet, Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang came back pushing the empty carts.
Manbao ran up and asked, "Brother, have you sold it?"
Zhou Dalang touched her head and said with a smile, "Sell it. I'll go buy some medicine for mom and some paper for you to practice calligraphy. You stay here with Lao Er and the others. Don't run around, okay?"
Manbao nodded and said, "Brother, don't buy me paper. Keep the money and return it to the village chief. Sanzhu's wife is short of money."
Zhou Dalang frowned, "What's wrong? Did Sanzhu's wife come to ask for money?"
Seeing that her aunt couldn't explain clearly, Erya immediately told her uncle what happened yesterday morning and said, "My aunt said that I will pay her back when I make money today."
Manbao nodded, "We must do what we say, this is called keeping our word."
Zhou Dalang frowned and said nothing.
Zhou Erlang said, "Brother, listen to Manbao. She is still young anyway, so she doesn't need paper to practice calligraphy for now. I will go into the mountains to find her a large stone slab. She can practice calligraphy with chopsticks dipped in water. We can buy paper next year when we are better off."
Zhou Dalang touched Manbao's head and sighed, "I'm sorry, Manbao."
Manbao was puzzled, "I don't feel wronged."
Zhou Dalang smiled, said goodbye to everyone and went to buy medicine.
Zhou Erlang saw the little ones looking outside eagerly, so he smiled and said, "You guys go play, I'll watch over here. Lao Wu, keep an eye on the three little ones, there are a lot of bad guys outside, don't let them get beaten up by the beggars."
Zhou Wulang agreed and immediately took out their small baskets. Daya and Erya immediately started to wrap the flowers. This time everyone learned their lesson and wrapped eight flower baskets at a time. Everyone could hold them directly in their hands without worrying about squeezing the flowers.
Carrying beautiful little flower baskets, everyone went out together to look for their customers.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang, one carried a small bamboo basket and the other carried a basket of flowers, and they set off happily together.
Zhou Erlang squatted behind the stall and watched, shaking his head with a smile. He was expecting them to leave with a full load just like last time. This kind of small bamboo basket would probably only be bought by people with a lot of money to burn, right?
Wulang, Liulang, Daya and Erya were all shy. They held flower baskets in their hands and stared at the passers-by, not daring to utter a word.
Manbao, however, was holding a flower basket and looking curiously at the things on the stall. When he saw something interesting, he ran up to take a look and asked questions with great interest.
Seeing that they had walked almost half the street without selling a single flower basket, Erya could not help but walk up to them and whispered, "Aunt, we are here to sell flower baskets."
Manbao then remembered that he still had a mission to complete, and said with a smile: "Thank goodness you reminded me, I had forgotten just now, that chicken was really pretty."
The stall owner was very happy to be praised and said, "This chicken is a little over a year old in my house. It is the most nutritious big rooster. Little girl, do you want to buy one and take it home to try?"
Manbao asked, "How much?"
The stall owner said, "Not expensive, not expensive, twelve cents a pound, this chicken is five and a half pounds, that's sixty-six cents."
Wu Lang and the other three were terrified, fearing that she would say she would buy it. But Man Bao seemed happy just now, but when the stall owner made an offer, he slumped his shoulders and said, "It's too expensive. I don't have that much money."
