Manbao also wanted to eat it after seeing it.
So she reached out and took one. Bai Erlang and Bai Shanbao had actually already had breakfast, of course, not a formal breakfast.
Their family is rich and they are still growing, so they can eat a small bowl of noodles or something else every morning.
But when they saw Manbao eating, they felt hungry again.
So the two children also squatted down and each chose one they liked to eat.
Manbao also took a bun for his fifth and sixth brothers. Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang, the two young boys, squatted next to the three children and ate them, feeling very embarrassed.
After they had eaten their fill, Manbao and Bai Shanbao drank some water from the bamboo tube, and then they felt they were ready to set off.
So they took the lead and walked out of the village.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang didn't notice anything wrong and followed happily. They didn't want to do anything today and just playing with Manbao was enough.
Bai Erlang followed behind with his head hung. Zhou Wulang felt that this boy was particularly tactless, with a bitter face even when he went out to play. No wonder their youngest sister had a conflict with him when she first entered the school.
Look at the two walking in front. Although they quarreled and fought at the beginning, they get along well now.
As they walked, they came to the foot of a mountain. Manbao did not go up, but continued walking forward.
There was no need for Bai Erlang to lead the way on this section of the road, because there was only one road in this direction, they could just follow it.
After walking for quite a while, Zhou Wulang couldn't help asking, "Manbao, where are we going?"
Manbao said, "Huh?" and said, "Didn't I tell you?"
Zhou Wulang asked with a dark face, "What did you tell us?"
Manbao scratched his head and finally found an excuse for himself, "It must be because I was too busy that I forgot. We are going to see the third brother today."
Zhou Wulang thought he had misheard, so he scratched his ears and asked, "What did you say? Where are you going?"
"Go see the third brother."
Zhou Wulang was so angry that he almost vomited blood. "Who told you to go to see the third brother? Our village is far away from Baimaquan Town."
"Not far, not far," Manbao thought they didn't understand, and explained to them proudly, "It's closer than going to the county town."
"It's not close at all. It's almost the same distance. It's far away."
Manbao was upset when he heard him swear. He glared at him and asked, "Why didn't you say it was far when we were going to the county town?"
"How can that be the same? That means going to the county town!" Zhou Wulang said, "What is available in the town is also available in the county town, but what is available in the county town may not be available in the town. If you want to go out and have fun, let's go to the market. By the way, is today a market day?"
Zhou Liulang shook his head, "No, tomorrow is the day."
"Then let's go tomorrow." Zhou Wulang turned around and was about to lead them back.
But will Manbao be obedient?
She sat down on the ground and said lazily, "I'm going to go see my third brother. He's been in the military for several days. Aren't you worried about him?"
She said, "It's so cold now, and Third Brother still has to work. It's a pity that Third Brother was so good to you in the past, always helping you with work, but now you treat Third Brother like this."
Then he said, "Do you think I just went to see my third brother? I have something serious to do."
Zhou Wulang asked, "What serious matter?"
"I want to write an article," she said. "My teacher said that I should write an article that will be famous all over the world. Shanbao and I have already thought about what to write."
Zhou Wulang had never been to school and didn't know that a baby like Manbao was not old enough to write, so he believed it as soon as Manbao said it.
Since it was a serious matter, he couldn't object.
He scratched his head and said, "Well, you can't hide it from us. You should tell your family as soon as possible."
"I didn't hide it from you, I just forgot to tell you," Manbao said, "It's not an important matter. We will be back in the afternoon. Why should we tell our family?"
Zhou Wulang felt that something was wrong, but he also felt that what she said made sense. Anyway, he would be back in the afternoon, so it should not matter whether he told his parents or not, right?
Zhou Wulang coughed lightly, "Shall we go now? But let me make this clear first, I don't really recognize the road to Baimaquan Town. I think I went there once when I was very young, and that was when I went with my mother to attend a wedding banquet at my great uncle's house."
People in Qili Village usually go to the big market if they want to buy or sell small items, and go directly to the county town if they want to buy big items.
So I am really not familiar with Zhou Wulang from Baimaquan Town.
I don’t know Zhou Wulang , who is a little older, anymore, let alone Zhou Liulang.
However, Manbao and Bai Shanbao were very confident. They pulled Bai Erlang over to them and said happily, "We have already considered this. Look, Bai Er is here to lead the way for us."
Bai Erlang wanted to speak, but Manbao added, "He ate our candy and snacks. This is a deal, and he will definitely do his best."
Bai Jilang shut his mouth.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang didn't think much about it, nodded in agreement, and everyone set off again.
Soon, they arrived at Bai Jilang, because there were two roads ahead and they had to choose one.
Bai Erlang stood at the intersection and felt that the four pairs of eyes behind him seemed to have knives stabbing at his back. He looked at the two roads, wanting to cry but unable to. He thought carefully about the time when his father took him to collect rent in the fall last year. Did they take this road or that road?
After looking at them for a long time, he felt that neither of them looked familiar, so he simply closed his eyes and pointed to one and said, "This way!"
So everyone happily set out on that road.
Zhou Wulang said, "I should have asked my eldest brother before coming here. I wonder if my third brother is in town."
"Didn't he say he was serving in White Horse Town? Then he must be in town."
"That's not necessarily true. The military service is not just about digging in one place. The road must be built forward, and the water conservancy is also divided into sections . How could it be possible that all of them are concentrated in Baimaquan Town?"
After hearing this, Zhou Wulang hesitated again, "Why don't we go home and ask the village chief first, and then go tomorrow."
We have been walking for a long time and Manbao feels his legs are sore. If he goes back now, wouldn’t it be a waste of the day’s walk?
Thinking of this, Manbao disagreed, "No, I must go today."
But the fifth brother did remind her, and she stopped and stretched out her hand, saying, "I'm tired, I want to be carried."
Zhou Wulang was used to it, so he squatted down and carried her on his back.
Bai Shanbao looked at him with envy and also stared at Zhou Liulang's back.
Zhou Liulang hesitated for a moment, thinking that they had eaten a lot of other people's food in the morning, so he squatted down and said, "Young Master, let me carry you."
Bai Erlang immediately said: "I want one too, I want one too!"
Zhou Wulang said, "You are dreaming. Don't you see how old you are? Do you have the nerve to ask someone to carry you? When my nephew was your age, he was already working in the fields."
Bai Jilang was ruthlessly suppressed and he could only walk forward with a pout.
Everyone walked and walked for a long time but still hadn't reached Baimaquan Town. Zhou Wulang calculated their pace and time and felt something was wrong. They should have been able to reach the county town by now, so why was there no sign of the town?