Qian: “So?”
"So let's cook some dishes and sell them. How can we be healthy just by eating soup?" Keke said that if people don't eat vegetables for a long time, they will easily get sick, especially when they are exposed to cold wind. If they catch a cold, it can be fatal.
When Zhou Wulang heard this, he immediately snatched the 100 coins from her hand and said, "What a joke! How do you set the price for cooking? We almost had a fight today over a bowl of soup that cost two coins."
Old Zhou, who had been silent the whole time, frowned and looked over, asking, "What's the matter? Did you have an argument with someone?"
"Not really," Zhou Wulang hesitated for a moment and finally told him about Lu Da's attempt to grab the spoon. Although he felt vaguely, he felt that this was just a small conflict between them. If Manbao hadn't suddenly interrupted them, they might have really fought.
Old Zhou thought for a moment and looked at Manbao, "How are you going to cook this dish?"
Manbao counted on his fingers and said, "You can stew cabbage, stew white radish, and boil eggs!"
Manbao was talking about the vegetables that we often eat at home, especially cabbage and white radish. These are the only two vegetables left in the fields.
Most of the cabbages are stored in cellars, and some are grown in the fields. Now these are the only two types that every household can eat.
Old Zhou thought that this business had little potential, because if the price was too high, Lao Ding would not be able to afford it, and if the price was too low, they would lose money. But after thinking about it, thinking that his daughter's suggestion could make money every time, he did not object very much.
He said to Zhou Erlang and Xiao Qianshi, "Think carefully about how to prepare this dish tonight. Tomorrow you go with them and tell those Lao Ding that we have six sons in our family."
Zhou Erlang understood, agreed, and then took the hundred coins from Manbao.
Manbao gave him the money without any hesitation, and said, "Second brother, buy some eggs and cook them and sell them to them. They are one penny each, and we can earn one penny for three eggs."
The eggs sold outside are two cents for three and one cent for one, which means they make three cents for each egg.
Zhou Erlang felt that the profit was too small. He would be better off finding another place for the laborers to serve and making another pot of soup.
Manbao didn't think so, and kept chattering in his ear, "Third brother is so pitiful, I wanted to hide the egg water I made this morning for him to drink, but I was afraid it would spill if I took it there, so I decided to take the eggs there and cook them for him to eat."
He added, "Egg water doesn't taste good. Only boiled eggs taste good. My eldest sister-in-law is really something. She never boils eggs for me and always makes me drink egg water. Second brother, tomorrow my second sister-in-law will boil egg water. Can you ask her to boil eggs for me? I don't want to drink egg water anymore."
Zhou Erlang saw that she had forgotten about cooking to make money, so he nodded insincerely and said, "I'll talk to your second sister-in-law."
As for whether she would listen to him or not, that was not certain.
Manbao thought that her second brother had agreed to her request, so she became happy and after having dinner happily, she took the money that had been divided among them and went to find Bai Shanbao.
Zhou Wulang sent her there, chattering all the way, "We worked hard all day and only got 15 cents. Manbao, why did you give out so much money as cost?"
"I only got ten cents." Manbao didn't feel that the money was less at all, and comforted Zhou Wulang, "I will definitely earn more tomorrow."
"It's not us who took the money, it's my second brother who took the money, so we will definitely get less." Zhou Wulang sighed, "Dad will definitely come to me to ask for money again tonight. Why is it so difficult for me to save money? By the way, Manbao, please keep ten cents of my money for me. If Dad asks me, I will give him five cents."
Manbao said it was no problem.
Zhou Wulang sent Manbao to the door of Bai's house, watched her go in, and then went home.
Manbao was a familiar customer at the Bai family. She was taken to the study by the Bai family's servants and rushed in. Bai Shanbao had already had dinner and was now practicing calligraphy with a pen in his hand.
When he saw Man Bao coming, he immediately dropped his pen, shook his hands and said, "Why did you come just now?"
Manbao praised him, "You are really hardworking. You are practicing calligraphy now."
Bai Shanbao said, "I don't want to be diligent. My grandmother asked me to write, but I wrote a lot of words today, but it's useless. Alas."
Manbao took out his own paper and pen from his small bookcase and said, "I'll practice with you."
With a little friend, Bai Shanbao finally became a little enthusiastic about practicing calligraphy and sat down with Manbao to write.
Manbao knows a lot of characters, but if she doesn't write them down for reference, there are still many characters she can't write because she suddenly can't remember what they look like.
As for the characters that can be written, there will always be some missing limbs, or the arms and legs are placed in reverse, or one character will become two characters.
However, Manbao thinks that these situations can be corrected. The most important thing is that she always uses too much ink, and what should she do if the writing always turns into an ink ball at the end?
Manbao held the pen and sighed sadly, then dipped it in ink and carefully wrote the first word on the paper.
At this time, Liu had also finished reading the booklet that Shanbao brought back. She closed the booklet and gave it to Daji, asking him to give it to the two children.
She still wanted to see what they would do with the book.
Manbao and Bai Shanbao, who had agreed to discuss writing, had long forgotten about it. They threw aside the booklet sent by Daji, and then gathered together to judge each other's writing.
Bai Shanbao said to her, "Your handwriting is really ugly."
Manbao envied him, "Your handwriting is so beautiful."
Bai Shanbao was praised and felt that it was not good for him to criticize her, so he said, "It's okay, just practice more. I will teach you."
Manbao asked him, "Is your handwriting this bad the first time you wrote it?"
"No, I have always had beautiful handwriting since I was a child." Bai Shanbao said, "I am smarter than you."
Manbao was not convinced, "Obviously I am smarter than you. I am the smartest person within a hundred miles."
Bai Shanbao made a face at her, "Big Talker."
"No," Manbao said loudly, "I am telling the truth! I am the smartest."
"Then your handwriting is so ugly, you haven't memorized as many books as I have, and you haven't read as many books as I have."
Manbao was stunned, with a sad face, and asked Keke in his heart, "Tell me, who is smarter, me or him?"
The system was in a dilemma. It took a look at the intelligence values ​​of the two people and said, "It's about the same."
"There is still a difference. Tell me, who is the difference?"
Koko remained silent.
Manbao burst into tears and pushed Bai Shanbao, "I'm not going to be with you anymore. I will be smarter than you in the future. Just wait and see, hum!"
Daji stood there dumbfounded, having no idea why the two children suddenly started quarreling.
Bai Shanbao was pushed to the ground by her. He got angry too, so he got up and pushed Manbao, making her fall to the ground. He was not satisfied yet and said to her with a shy face, "You are dumber than me, and you still don't admit it. Shame on you, you crybaby. I will never play with you again."