Mrs. Liu stood at the door of the study room for a long time, watching the two children lying on the floor and starting to look for books to read. However, there were very few books that children of this age could read, especially since the books were full of sentences. The two children flipped through them and started reading.

Stuff it back and continue reading one book after another.

Fortunately, both children cherish books very much. Knowing that books are rare, they always handle them with care.

Mrs. Liu stood and watched for a while and then turned and left. She was also thinking about Man Bao's words, and her mood was ups and downs.

The two children flipped through the books for a while and found that there were no books they could understand. They were a little angry for a while. Manbao stopped flipping through the books and started walking around the bookshelves with his little hands behind his back. When he saw that there were still books on the high bookshelf.

There were bamboos and beautiful cloth, so I asked Bai Shanbao curiously.

Bai Shanbao took a look and said, "Those are bamboo slips and brocade silk. In the past, there was no paper, or the paper was not good, so I used bamboo slips and brocade silk to write on. Grandma said these were left behind by our ancestors, and they are precious."

Man Bao asked curiously, "Can I see it?"

In fact, Bai Shanbao has never seen it, because his grandmother did not allow him to look through it, so he deliberately placed these two things high.

He rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, you are my friend."

The two friends dragged the chair over, and Man Bao helped him hold the chair. Bai Shanbao climbed up and stretched out his hand, but found that he still couldn't reach it.

The two children looked at each other, then wandered around the room looking for something, and finally looked at the book at the bottom of the bookshelf.

Man Bao and Bai Shanbao took the books over and stacked them one by one. Then Bai Shanbao took off his shoes and socks, climbed on the chair first, then stepped on the book, and reached the bamboo slips on it little by little with his toes.

The bamboo slip was so heavy that Bai Shanbao almost fell down. Man Bao held his waist with his toes. After shaking for a while, he took out the bamboo slip, held it in his arms and stuffed it into Man Bao's arms.

Man Bao put it on the ground, then moved the chair with him and reached Jin Ling on the other side.

The brocade silk also came in a roll, but it was much lighter. Bai Shanbao got it quickly. The two of them opened the bamboo slips and unfolded them to read the words on them.

The two of them discovered that they didn't recognize any of the characters on it.

The two stared at it and touched the scratches on it. Man Bao pointed to a word in surprise and said: "This looks like a person!"

"Hey," Shanbao quickly found the pattern, pointed to a word and said: "This looks like fire..."

The three of them found the fun and thought it was more interesting than reading a book. They enthusiastically searched for the pictographic meanings of the characters.

When the voices of Da Tou and his servants came from outside, they were shocked to realize that time had passed and it was almost dark.

But Jin Ling on the side hasn’t looked yet.

The two children felt guilty. Bai Shanbao grabbed the brocade silk and climbed onto the chair to put it on. When he wanted to put the bamboo slips in this way, he found that it couldn't be done.

Because this thing is too heavy, it is easy to take it down but difficult to put it up.

The servants and Datou were already outside urging them. The study was not accessible to them, so they could only call the two of them outside.

Man Bao responded quickly, pulled Shan Bao, and whispered: "Hide it here."

Bai Shanbao and Manbao put the books back on the bookshelf one by one, and then hid the bamboo slips behind the books. At first glance, they couldn't really tell.

After they finished doing the bad thing, the two children dragged the chair back. After looking at each other, they couldn't help covering their mouths with joy, and then ran to open the door.

This cheerful look caught the eyes of the servants and Datou, indicating that they were reading happily.

Seeing this, Datou and his servants also became happy.

Da Tou was the happiest because he ate a lot of snacks this afternoon and saw all kinds of beautiful flowers in the garden.

Bai Shanbao and his servants sent the aunt and nephew out together. Bai Shanbao also held Man Bao's little hand and said, "You must continue to come to my house tomorrow."

Man Bao said there was no problem and told him, "Just think about it when you have time. If you don't understand, just ask your husband. He knows a lot."

Shanbao nodded.

Then everyone went back to their respective homes to find their respective mothers.

Back at Zhou's house, Xiao Qian was just preparing dinner. The atmosphere in Zhou's house was particularly lively, and everyone was happy.

When Man Bao saw it, she carried the book box into the house and put it down, then followed her mother around like a rabbit's tail, "Mom, is there any happy event in our family?"

Qian nodded her little nose and said, "As clever as you are, the Ligustrum lucidum has been permed and dried for a day, and it's already looking good. Your elder brother and the others found several Ligustrum lucidum plants in the forest, and they're not very familiar with them yet."

I plan to harvest this batch of Ligustrum lucidum after it is exposed."

Qian himself estimated the amount and felt that he should be able to earn some income during the winter this year. Just in time, the eldest and second eldest family should also change their quilts, and Manbao would also need to make warm clothes for school.

Everyone in the family is making money, even Er Tou and the others went to pull a lot of centella asiatica to dry in the sun today. Zhou Lang's mood was a little low.

Man Bao happened to be squatting next to him. When he saw it, he comforted him, "Fourth brother, don't worry, you will make a lot of money when your fields produce crops next year."

Zhou Lang felt that hope was slim.

Mrs. Qian doesn't have that much time to appease her son's little heart. She has many things to do.

Knowing that Ligustrum lucidum can be sold and figuring out how to dry it, she has decided to use Ligustrum lucidum as a major source of family income in the future.

So he told his second son, "While you are free these days, weave a row of racks and some larger round dustpans that can be placed on the racks. They will be used exclusively for drying ligustrum lucidum in the future."

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Tuesday Lang said no problem.

After explaining this, she said to the eldest and second eldest children: "You should be more diligent in the past two days. Not only should you keep an eye on the ligustrum lucidum in the mountains, but you should also look around. If there are any, write down the location."

Man Bao interjected: "Brother, third brother, if you see plants that we don't have outside, just pull them back and give them to me."

Zhou Dalang responded with a smile, but the flowers and plants in the mountains all looked the same to them, and there was really no difference.

And they couldn't understand why their sister liked to pull out those flowers and plants so much, so they just agreed, but they didn't know whether to do it or not.

Man Bao didn't know that he had been perfunctory, so he happily continued to talk to the depressed fourth brother, which annoyed Zhou Lang very much.

After Mr. Qian finished explaining the main things at home, he called the boss over to ask about his visit to the Bai family.

Knowing that he had eaten snacks all afternoon, Mrs. Qian glanced at him and sighed: "If your sister-in-law still goes to Bai's house to play in the future, just send him to the door and wait until dinner is ready at home.

catch."

Datou agreed regretfully, not daring to disobey his grandmother.

Qian turned around and told Xiao Qian to pack some cabbage and eggs for Datou tomorrow, and ask Datou to take Manbao and him to Bai's house as a return gift.

Xiao Qian responded.
Chapter completed!