Chapter 33: Good News from Heaven
The aroma of chicken soup wafted from the kitchen. Manbao stopped chatting with his fourth brother and followed Xiao Qian into the kitchen to watch the fun.
Zhou Silang also perked up. He had no money, but he could eat the chicken, right?
Although the rooster looked very miserable when it was brought back, it was a very strong and handsome rooster before the cockfighting and was well fed.
As a result, there was a lot of meat, so Xiao Qian specially saved half of it to make soup for her mother-in-law tomorrow.
So tonight the chicken was only half.
But Manbao didn't know, because no matter who was missing from the family, she would not be missing.
Xiao Qian first served her mother-in-law a bowl of soup, picked up a few pieces of meat and gave them to her, then gave Manbao a chicken leg. The other children also got a piece of meat, and there was not much left.
But after the adults started eating, they did not touch the meat. Instead, they picked up the radishes and ate them with gusto.
Naturally, all the chicken ended up in the children’s stomachs. Four, five, six, and three others ate several pieces. They contentedly helped to clean up the dishes and savored the taste.
Manbao seldom eats chicken, but when he ate it tonight, he thought it was quite delicious, so he said to Qian: "Mom, when Manbao has money in the future, I will buy you chicken every day."
Qian was happy, touched her little head and said, "Okay, mother is waiting for Manbao's chicken."
Manbao climbed onto the bed early in the morning and first sneaked into the system's built-in space to peel off the candy wrappers. She had promised Fu Wenyun that she would give her 100 candies tomorrow.
After peeling the candies for a while, Manbao got tired and complained to Keke: "Why do all your candies have to be wrapped in candy wrappers?"
The system said: "Some are not included."
Manbao immediately asked, "What kind is it? Why don't you buy that one?"
"Star Review, that kind of candy can't compare to this. I thought the host would like this more."
"It doesn't matter. I'm not going to eat it anyway." Manbao asked Keke to buy her a bag to take a look.
The system took a look at her points and quickly bought her a large bag. Manbao tore open the package and found that the candies inside were white and round. She picked up one and tasted it, nodding and saying, "It's delicious."
The system said: "There are other colors. Do you want to try them?"
Man Bao asked, "Does it taste the same?"
System: “It’s different.”
"Then buy it and try it."
The system made a selection, but did not choose one with particularly bright colors. Instead, it chose based on the craftsmanship and candy colors that could be found in this world. The only difference was that the color he bought was better and more uniform.
He knew that the host rarely ate these candies and most of them were to be sold.
The host is young and cannot consider safety issues, but it cannot ignore everything.
Manbao didn't know all this. When she saw the three bags of candies, she tore open one and tasted one of each. She picked out the most delicious one and arranged them in order. Then she selected one hundred candies from the bag that she thought was the least delicious, and planned to let her fifth brother take them to the county town tomorrow.
Manbao planned what to do for tomorrow, lay back on the bed, and curled up in his quilt, contentedly going to sleep.
But the situation in other families was not calm. The parents were coaxing their children to take out their money. Even Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang were forced by Old Zhou to hand over more than half of their money.
He originally had twenty cents, but in the end he only had five cents left.
This was because the two brothers mentioned Old Zhoutou's private money, so Old Zhoutou let them off the hook and let them keep it. Otherwise, they probably wouldn't have been able to keep a single penny.
Old Zhou handed the thirty cents he had collected from his two sons to his wife and said in a low voice, "The children are all grown up and can no longer be controlled. Leave some money for them."
Qian put the money away and said, "Tomorrow you can use the money to pay off the debt to the village chief's family."
Old Zhou responded, and Qian continued, "I heard that Mr. Bai's family is going to renovate their house. Let the eldest, second, and third sons go and take a look tomorrow. If they are selected, there will be some income. There are still many places to spend money in winter. Manbao has been wearing clothes made from my old clothes for the past two years, which are not very warm. She is going to school to study with a teacher. There is no charcoal fire there in winter, so it must be cold. It is better to change her into a new set, at least she won't be cold."
Old Zhou responded in a sullen tone.
After the couple discussed what to do tomorrow, Old Zhou went to take a look at Manbao in the cubicle. Seeing that she didn't kick the quilt, he went back to sleep with peace of mind.
After getting up early for three consecutive days, Manbao actually developed the habit of getting up early. She would wake up as soon as she heard any noise outside, then jump out of bed and look out the window.
When Xiao Qian saw this from the courtyard, she cried out, and hurried forward to push her in, then closed the window and said through it, "Auntie, it's cold this morning, and you're sticking your head out without even putting on your clothes. What if you get cold?"
Qian, who had already gotten up, called Manbao from the inner room and said, "Just lie down in the quilt and I'll dress you later."
Manbao stuck out his tongue and lay down in the quilt.
After getting dressed and washing up, Manbao quietly found Zhou Wulang, wrapped all the candies in a large piece of oil paper and handed them to him, whispering, "Don't tell my parents about this."
Otherwise she couldn't explain where the candy came from.
Zhou Wulang said it was no problem, he didn't want to say anything, otherwise all the money he earned would be taken away by his father.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang went out without having breakfast. The adults just thought they were going to reclaim wasteland with Zhou Silang and didn't know that they were going to the county town.
Zhou Silang had long been accustomed to the behavior of his two younger brothers who worked for three days and rested for two days. Thinking back to the past, he would do the same when he worked as long as he was not pressured by his father and brothers.
So he carried the hoe to the wasteland himself.
Datou, Daya and other sensible ones went to help.
But I just helped to cut the grass, pick up stones, and then carry the grass and stones out and stack them up.
Manbao followed suit, helping to pick up the stones diligently. Just as she was moving them vigorously, a ding-ling-ling sound came from the system, and the system said, "Host, the two types of flowers included yesterday have been researched, and the reward points have been received. You can check them now."
Manbao went to check and found that the number had become very large.
The system's voice was somewhat excited. It said, "There are two kinds of flowers, one is called wisteria and the other is called azalea. Both are primitive species that became extinct during the Earth Era, but their genes are included in the gene maps left behind, so the scientists at the Encyclopedia were able to quickly confirm their names. The inclusion of these two plants is of great significance, so the Encyclopedia will give the host a one-time reward of 1,000 points. In addition, the points reward for wisteria is 350, and for azalea is 380. Please check."
Manbao couldn't help asking, "Why are there so many of them? I dug so many flowers and plants for you before, but there were only a few left."
There are the most prickly bubbles, but only fifty.
The system said: "The points are a comprehensive evaluation made by the Encyclopedia based on the value, scarcity, influence, etc. of the plant. The host is very lucky. These two plants became extinct during the Earth Era. The scientists at the Encyclopedia tried to restore these two plants based on the genetic , but they were unable to do so. Therefore, the two plants included by the host are of great significance."
"Host, you have reached the conditions to open the mall, do you want to open the mall?"
