Chapter 3 System

Qian touched her head and said, "It's not that easy to reclaim wasteland. Besides, the grain grown from wasteland may not be enough to pay taxes. Your nephews are still young, and the land at home is enough for farming."
"What should we do? Fourth brother has made such a big mistake, and we can't kill him. What if he has free time and goes to gamble again?"
Qian thought that if Silang did not punish for such a serious mistake, the other sons and daughters-in-law in the family would definitely not accept it. But if he really beat someone up, whether she would be willing to do so is another matter. It would cost money to treat the injury, and that would be really heartbreaking.
Qian said, "Okay, let your fourth brother go to the fields to open up wasteland tomorrow."
Manbao was happy then, "I'll go and supervise Fourth Brother."
"I see you want to go out and play. There are many snakes and insects in the fields. Don't join in the fun. Just let your eldest nephew and the others go with you."
Manbao: "No, I want to go too."
In the past, she thought her family was pretty good, with enough food and clothes, and she had candy to eat every market day, although she didn't like candy very much.
So she just wanted to learn to read before, and she felt that learning to read made her happy, but Koko had no books to give her, so she could only give her candy.
She had eaten them before. Although those candies were sweeter than the ones her second brother brought back from the market, she still didn't like them very much.
But now she knows that their family is still very poor, and she has to earn money. She is still young and cannot work in the fields or go out to work. The only way to make money is to sell sugar.

However, because she was always lazy and didn't dig any vegetables for Koko, Koko hadn't given her candy for a long time.
By the way, Koko was something that suddenly appeared in her mind. Last spring, she finally memorized the entire "Thousand Character Classic". Mr. Zhuang was so moved that he gave her a stack of his own handwritten "Thousand Character Classic" manuscripts.
She happily ran home with the manuscript, and as soon as she got home, Keke appeared. It said that it was a branch of the encyclopedia, in charge of biology, and it was accidentally lost here.
It needs to collect many biological species in order to exchange them for energy in the encyclopedia and leave.
At first Manbao didn’t understand and just thought she had a friend. She told her mother happily.
But Qian thought she was a child dreaming and comforted her for a while.
Manbao was very smart and gradually realized that no one else could see or hear Keke, so she stopped talking about it and just thought that this friend was someone only she could see and hear.
Koko kept asking her to collect more plants, but Manbao had already dug up all the vegetables in the vegetable garden and even the grass outside the house. It was too tiring to walk to a place that was too far, and she didn't want to go at all.
For the sake of her friend, she reluctantly went to find some grass that Koko had never seen before. However, her family was always worried about her running around outside. Usually, her nephews and nieces could go out and play, but she was always taken care of by her sister-in-law.
At most, you can only play in the village and you are absolutely not allowed to leave the village, let alone go to the fields.
Manbao was clinging to her mother, almost rolling on the ground. Qian was exhausted today, and seeing her daughter like this, she thought that she was not young anymore and it was time for her to have fun, so she could not bear to restrict her all the time, so she nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, okay, go ahead, go ahead, but you have to listen to Wulang and Liulang, don't run around, and don't stay in the sun for too long, understand?"
Manbao happily agreed.
In the evening, I ate a full bowl of rice, and my fifth and sixth brothers and nephews and nieces rushed to finish all the food.
Except for these young children, the adults' appetites were really not very good. The family had saved a little money with great difficulty, but returned to poverty overnight. It would be strange if they were in a good mood.
Old man Zhou took a bite of rice and for the first time felt food choking him and couldn't eat any more.
Whenever he thought of the fifteen taels of silver, his heart ached and his eyes turned red. Finally, he could not help smashing the bowl and went to beat up his fourth son.
After Zhou Dalang and his friends had beaten the fourth brother after their father had done so, they couldn't follow suit and could only eat with a sour face.
Qian and her daughters-in-law ate porridge together. Now that the autumn harvest was over, apart from the men, only Manbao could eat solid food. Everyone else ate liquid food, but the porridge was quite thick, so at least it could fill people up.
But after putting down her chopsticks, Qian said, "There is not a penny left at home. We are so anxious living like this. From tomorrow on, we will not cook anything solid. We will cook only liquid food. My eldest daughter-in-law, put less rice in the future. Winter is coming soon. After winter, there are still spring and summer."
Xiao Qian nodded in agreement.
He glanced at Manbao and asked, "What about my aunt? She is weak, can she eat porridge?"
Qian frowned and said, "Tomorrow you take six catties of grain to the school, and ask the eldest son to ask Mr. Zhuang. From now on, Manbao will have lunch in the school, and the vegetables will be bought from our own vegetable garden. From now on, you just need to pick two more vegetables every day."
Xiao Qian agreed, finished her meal quickly, and cleaned up the dishes with her sister-in-law.
Manbao felt that was not a good idea, so he asked, "Mom, what about Daya and the others?"
Qian reached out and touched her head, smiling and said, "Daya and the others are in good health, so they don't need to eat dry food. You are in poor health, so eat more. Otherwise, if you get sick, your family will have to pay for medicine for you."
Daya and Datou have been instilled with such ideas since childhood. Their grandparents told them that their aunt was in poor health and they were not allowed to push her or bully her. They should let her eat more and gain weight so that she would not get sick.
Otherwise, if they get sick, they have to spend money on medicine, and then they will have no money to buy candy.
So since she was a child, my aunt had no objection to following my grandfather and father and eating solid food while they drank liquid food.
Moreover, the aunt was very nice to them. Although she was younger than them, she always gave them candy. They liked her very much.
So when grandma saw them coming over, they nodded repeatedly, saying, "Little aunt, you should eat more, and we can just eat thin soup at home."
"There are still some skewers of corn in the field. We'll go pick some and roast them later."

"No, we have to help our fourth brother to open up wasteland tomorrow." Manbao said, "But we can go find wild fruits to eat."
Old Zhoutou looked at Manbao and asked, "Open up the wasteland?"
Qian said, "I forgot to tell you that I will let the fourth son go to open up wasteland tomorrow. He owes money to the family, so he has to do something to earn money."
Old Zhou doesn't think there's much money to be made from reclaiming wasteland, but that's okay, in case the kid gets idle and wants to gamble again, he still has to find something for him to do.
So he said, "Old Five, Old Six, you guys go with me tomorrow. If he slacks off, beat him up."
Manbao volunteered, "Dad, I'll do it. Brother Five and Brother Six definitely can't beat Brother Four."
Old Zhou smiled, reached out and touched her head and said with a smile: "Okay, come on, if your fourth brother dares to disobey, you can beat him with a stick."
Manbao was as happy as if he had received an imperial decree. He went to bed early that night and promised Keke in his mind that he would help him find plants that he had never found before the next day. He also asked, "You must prepare more sugar for me. I want to sell it."
The system was really worried. The plants recorded by Manbao were all very common. After more than a year, no benefits were seen. Instead, it had to exchange the few points it had left for sugar for her.
She has to change it. It's just a little doll. If there wasn't candy hanging in front of it, she wouldn't play this game with it.
Yes, Manbao has always regarded this as a game and never thought of using it to reach the peak of his life or achieve any extraordinary life goals.
After more than a year, the system's ambitions have been almost worn out. Fortunately, it is bound to the host, so it can keep running even if there is no energy to support it to leave this space and return to its original plane.
Just wait until the host is older .
This is the comfort the system gives itself.
At worst, the worst result is that after the host dies, it will just choose a host with greater ambitions.
The system quietly counted its remaining points and calculated how much candy it could exchange for her.
Manbao thought he had made an agreement with Keke, so he pulled his own quilt over, covered himself with it, closed his eyes and went into a sound sleep.
The next day, not long after the rooster crowed, there was a sound in the yard. Manbao turned over, arched his little butt and crawled into the quilt to continue sleeping.
Farmers always get up early. Even after the autumn harvest, the land still needs to be rested.
Moreover, Zhou Dalang, Zhou Erlang and Zhou Sanlang all took jobs at the white landlord's house, so they had to go out as well.
When she heard cries and slapping sounds in the yard, Manbao finally rubbed her eyes and climbed up. With a flushed face, she pushed the window and saw her father dragging her fourth brother out of the house, kicking him on the butt and sending him out to work. She immediately remembered what she had promised Keke last night.
Without caring about sleeping, Manbao immediately climbed out of bed, put on his clothes, and ran out, saying, "Fourth brother, wait for me, I'll go with you."
Qian grabbed her and said, "Don't worry, wash your face first."
Breakfast was not that early, and they had to wait until the sun was halfway up the sky. Xiao Qian asked her sister-in-law to wash her face, and gave her a bowl of boiled water. Then she got an egg and mixed it for her to drink.
Manbao drank the egg water with a look of disgust, then turned around and ran after his fourth brother.
Wulang and a few others were standing at the door waiting for her. Egg water was Manbao's benefit in the morning, but Old Zhou and Qian didn't have it.
It is said that the little aunt almost died of illness and she survived by drinking egg water. From then on, she was always attached to an egg and would never lose hers if someone else's was missing.
The family didn't expect Zhou Silang to reclaim any good land, so in addition to the main Zhou Silang, they also sent a group of children to help him.
For example, Wulang, Liulang, Datou and Daya from the first wife, and Erya and Ertou from the second wife.
Wulang is fourteen this year, and Liulang is twelve. They are both grown men. In the words of the villagers, they are ready to get married, and in two years they will be able to give birth to a big fat boy.
Datou and Ertou are both Manbao’s nephews, one is nine years old and the other is six years old. Daya and Erya are Manbao’s nieces, one is eight years old and the other is seven years old.
There is also San Tou, a nephew from the eldest son's family, who is the same age as Manbao. He also wanted to go today, but was stopped by his mother. He had to take San Ya and Si Tou to weed the vegetable garden.
San Ya is from the second wife, and Si Tou is from the third wife. They are very young, both four years old. The road is difficult to walk on, so they can only pull weeds at home.
The mountain road was rugged and it was difficult for Manbao to walk, so Wulang and Liulang took turns carrying her. There was no need for Silang as he was injured and it was a great achievement for him to be able to walk to the field by himself.

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