Manbao patted his pocket, sighed sadly, and gave all the fabrics and cotton to his mother as soon as he got home. Then he solemnly announced to his family, "I have spent all my money. From now on,

You have to pay for the meat!"

Lao Zhoutou glanced at the cloth and cotton in his wife's hand, touched the pipe and thought to himself, but it was all spent.

He nodded, then turned around and said to his sons: "From now on, when you go out to sell soup, leave a jar first and bring it back to heat it up for your sister to eat in the evening."

Everyone said it was no problem, and Zhou Zuolang also said, "We can also bring back the bones with meat underneath for Manbao to chew on."

So the meat issue is settled.

In this era, the transmission of information was slow, and the Zhou family followed Laoding in doing business. Apart from Laoding and his family who went home every ten days, few people knew about it.

The news couldn't spread anywhere, so for the first forty days or so, there were no competitors, and their income stabilized.

When those working men went home to get dry food for the first time, most of them no longer brought dry food, but carried rice or wheat, and directly exchanged it with the Zhou brothers for fresh, hot dry food, and a bowl of broth.

, even if there are no vegetables, it is enough to fill the stomach.

It’s not like no one has thought about doing it, especially those who have many brothers in the family. They have thought about it, but there is a huge difference between wanting to do it and being able to do it.

How many people walk to a meat stall and flinch when they ask about the price?

It wasn't until word spread from one village to another that someone brave and clever finally realized that it was possible to make money by cooking behind Laoding.

So people began to appear behind each section of laborers pushing carts, and naturally this included the two sections of laborers that the Zhou brothers followed most often.

They don't make as much noise as the Zhou brothers. Most of them put the prepared steamed buns in baskets to keep them warm and send them over urgently. Perhaps they knew that they only had a short time to come, so they deliberately lowered the price a little, or made the steamed buns more delicious.

A little bigger than the Zhou family.

As a result, the Zhou family's business was divided.

Although it was a pity, Zhou Erlang also said: "I am very lucky to be able to earn so many days."

Wu Lang's heart was raised, and he said: "Then should we still go? We only have two hundred and two cents for that day. We can't sell the vegetables at all, and there are fewer people buying steamed buns and sesame seed cakes. However, the soup can still be sold."

"

"Go, why don't you go? Even if you can only sell soup, you can make more than a hundred yuan a day." Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang were not as high-minded as their younger brothers. They also warned them: "It's winter, it's better to go home."

You might as well go out and earn some money while you’re here. Fourth child, you still owe money to your family. Fifth child and sixth child, haven’t you been clamoring to buy new clothes? One person can get at least thirty cents a day.

A few days are enough to make a new set of clothes."

Wu Lang reluctantly lowered his head and stared at his toes, not happy.

Lao Zhoutou became angry, knocked on the stool and said: "I'm too lazy for you, and you don't want to go, then come home and dig the ground!"

Who would plow the ground in the middle of winter?

Man Bao was gnawing bones as usual, and together with her nieces and nephews, she raised her head after hearing this, clapped her hands and said: "Okay, come back and help me open up wasteland. Brothers, I think the wasteland owned by the fourth brother is not big enough."

, I can’t plant anything I plan to plant, so I’ll plant more along that land.”

She said: "Fifth brother must dislike the fact that there are so many people going there and the money is so little, so you go in turn. Today, third sister-in-law and fourth brother will go, while fifth brother and sixth brother will stay at home to help me open up wasteland. Tomorrow, fifth brother will go."

My brother and sixth brother will go, and fourth brother will stay at home and work. Isn’t that good?"

The brothers saw their father thinking seriously for a moment and then nodded, "Manbao is right. If we only sell soup, it would be a waste for you to go with so many people. Just go with two people and leave the rest at home."

Work.”

He looked at Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang again and said: "You two brothers should also take turns. There is no need for four people to go in one trip. There is also a lot of work at home. A storage shelf needs to be built in the kitchen and the chicken shed needs to be repaired."

…”

Although Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang were adults, they didn't really want to stay at home and work. They put their hands on their shoulders when they heard this, but they didn't dare to express their disappointment for fear that their own children would learn the same thing.

The more arrangements Lao Zhou made, the more he thought this method was better. He would take turns, and apart from handing over the income to the public, the rest would be shared between the two of them.

There is not much money in the public house, and there are four extra laborers every day to do the work at home, so there is nothing wrong with it.

Wu Lang couldn't help complaining to Man Bao, "What are you going to plant? Fourth brother's land is quite big. Do you need such a big land to grow yams?"

"And ginger."

Wu Wulang said: "It's so expensive, it's not sure whether it can survive. You're too ambitious."

Man Bao hummed and said, "I will definitely be able to farm."

For this reason, Man Bao also went to Bai Shanbao with ginger cubes. The two of them read many books, but they could not find the method of growing ginger cubes in the only agricultural books. Man Bao read so many books during this period, and was angry.

His eyes were dazzled and he said: "You don't even write down how to plant such an important ginger. Hum, they don't write down, I do."

After that, she took out a lot of white paper from the system, folded it and cut it, and then asked her sister-in-law to sew it up for her. She held the brush and wrote the word "ginger" crookedly on the front page.

She decided to write it herself. Keke said that as long as you observe properly and keep a planting diary, you can write down the ginger planting methods. Moreover, Keke's entry has basic planting methods written down.

The customer service staff at the mall will also answer her planting questions, but she doesn't know anything about nutrient solutions and fertilizers. Keke also said that she doesn't have those things here, so she still has to figure out the planting methods here.

Man Bao and Bai Shanbao were both poor children now, and they were very passionate about making money, so Bai Shanbao generously cleared out the flower beds in his yard and buried them with ginger cut into small pieces.

Mrs. Zheng, who came to see her son occasionally, saw the two children sticking their butts out and playing seriously in the flower garden, and she was a little confused. Although the flowers planted in the flower garden were not very precious, they were not easy to plant. Why were they dug up?

The two children were covered in mud from their labor. In the end, Manbao knocked off the soil from the roots of the flower plants and gently placed them on the soil. He said to Bai Shanbao seriously: "It's too cold, so we have to keep them warm.

It’s best to use straw and wheat straw. I’ll bring you a handful tomorrow.”

Bai Shanbao also nodded solemnly, and then watered it diligently. Before going to bed at night, he thought of the ginger cubes in the yard, so he got up and watered it again.

As the Spring Festival was approaching, the temperature began to rise slightly. The ginger cubes that Man Bao planted in the vegetable garden sprouted. Man Bao was so happy that he ran to Bai Shanbao's house that day and asked Bai Shanbao if his ginger cubes had sprouted.

The two children squatted in the flower bed for a long time, but no sprouts sprouted. Finally, they couldn't help but dig up the soil. Then they saw that the swollen ginger pieces turned black, and when they poked them, they softened.
Chapter completed!