Chapter 56
After a while.

The three of them came to the blacksmith's shop and bought picks, hoes, sickles, shovels and other agricultural tools, which were essential tools for taking care of the fields.

"Shall we buy another kitchen knife?" Li Xiaodao suggested.

These days, I have been using the small broken knife I picked up for cooking and cooking at home, which is really inconvenient.

"Row!"

Some daily necessities are essential, and the three of them decided upon discussion.

"One more pot."

The pot at home was eliminated by the academy, and there were cracks, which were barely usable after being repaired by Wei Shu.

It has been used more times now, and it is also on the verge of collapse.

"Which one do you want?"

The owner of the blacksmith shop pointed out that the pots vary in size and price. The cheapest one costs 120 renminbi, and the most expensive one costs more than 200 renminbi.

According to the size of the stove at home, the three of Fat Miao'er chose 150 Bawen.

These iron wares cost a total of 450 bawen, which is more than one tael.

Compass felt a little distressed, and clasped his fingers sullenly.

Fat Miao'er caught a glimpse, took his hand and comforted him, "Third brother, we will earn back what we spend today."

"Hey!" Compass sighed softly.

How can money be so easy to earn? They spent so much, how many wild vegetable dumplings would they have to sell to get back?

Similarly, Compass also understands that these things must be bought.

Soon, he cheered up.

The three of them went to the grocery store again and bought two dustpans, a fence, two bamboo curtains, brooms, small pots, water glasses and so on.

Then I went to the pork shop and bought two catties of suet, one catty of lean meat, and a few bones.

Finally, they went to the cloth shop and tore a piece of maroon coarse cloth, about four feet long, which cost forty wen.

This piece of cloth is for Liu Ye'er, only her clothes are torn out of the family of five.

Fat Miao’er’s is okay, it was brought over from Zhou’s house, and Li Xiaodao, Compass, and Wei Shu were picked off from Jiedao boy. The size is not so suitable, but it is clean, with few patches and no cuts.

So the three of them made up their minds and decided to get a good one for Liu Ye'er.

The things at home here are almost bought, Li Xiaodao leads the donkey and looks at Fat Miao'er.

"What kind of gift can I order from the Zhou family?"

Yesterday, Liu Ye'er proposed to buy a box of pastries for the Zhou family, but before the five of them could reach a conclusion, they were interrupted by a knock on the door, and the matter was left alone.

Now that I have money in my hand, I should buy it, Li Xiaodao asked Fat Miao'er for his opinion.

"I know there is a pastry shop in front of me." Li Xiaodao pointed to a certain direction.

Fat Miao'er looked at his hand.

"Why don't you buy a fish!"

Compass suggested that he always felt that cakes were not as affordable as fish.

"Okay, buy fish."

When Fat Miaoer heard that the fish's eyes lit up, he immediately made a decision, it was the fish!

The three went straight to the pier, where there were many fishermen, and the fish was fresh and cheap.

When the three of Fat Miao'er arrived, a fisherman came ashore to set up a stall. She picked a fish weighing more than four catties and spent 21 Wen.

"Can you move it?"

The fisherman tied the fish with a rope and handed it to Fat Miaoer with a smile.

"Of course!"

Fat Miao'er has a small chest, and she can move a ten-pound poor girl on her back, let alone carry a four-pound fish.

Xiaopang hooked his hand and carried it in his hand easily.

Then Li Xiaodao handed the donkey cart to Luopan, and he and Fat Miao'er walked to the second alley of Donghua Street, where there was a grocery store, which was opened by Zhou's family.

Fat Miao'er didn't go in from there, but went around in a circle and came to the back.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The chubby hand knocked on the wooden door.

Not long after, a lazy voice came from the courtyard: "Who is it?"

The voice sounded familiar, Fat Miao'er recognized it, and shouted, "Uncle, it's me, I'm Fat Miao'er!"

Fat Meow?
Boss Zhou was taken aback, and walked over to open the door.

Somewhat strange: "Fat Miao'er, why are you here?"

"Uncle, I'll come and see you and Uncle Niang." Fat Miao'er took the fish from Li Xiaodao and handed it to Boss Zhou.

Only then did Boss Zhou notice the boy next to Fat Miao'er.

"Come here, come here, what else do you want?" Boss Zhou scowled and cast a reproachful glance.

That being said, he still took the fish from Fat Miao'er, weighed it, and it was quite heavy.

Boss Zhou was satisfied, and greeted: "Stop standing outside, come in quickly."

Fat Miao'er and Li Xiaodao followed Boss Zhou into Zhou's house.

The Zhou family is not big, with one main room and two wing rooms.

Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang lived in the east wing, Zhou Yun and Zhou Ying lived in the west wing.

In addition, there is a small study room in his home for Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang to study.

A chicken coop was built outside near the garden, and Fat Miaoer could still hear the chickens "clucking and clucking".

Elder Zhou didn't have a main room, so the main room became a place to receive guests.

When she entered, Xu Shi and Zhou Yun were taking out the soles of the shoes together. Seeing that it was Fat Miao'er, she immediately put down the work in her hands and said, "Fat Miao'er is here, come and sit down."

Mrs. Xu is in her thirties, wearing a half-worn maroon floral dress, and her jet-black hair is neatly combed. She is a clean person.

"Uncle!" Fat Miao'er called out in a crisp voice, and was pulled by Mrs. Xu to sit on the edge of the kang.

"This is, is Fat Miao'er's new brother?"

Xu held Fat Miao'er's hand, and his eyes fell on Li Xiaodao.

"Yes, uncle, my name is Li Xiaodao, and I am Fat Miao'er's elder brother."

Li Xiaodao followed Fat Miao'er's address and called Xu's uncle.

Xu sized him up and saw that Li Xiaodao's eyes were clear and his clothes were shabby but decent, so she nodded her head involuntarily.

"Don't stand, sit down."

Xu pointed to the stool beside her.

After Li Xiaodao sat down, she noticed the fish in Boss Zhou's hand.

"This fish is..."

"It's me who honors my aunt." Fat Miao'er answered, looking at Xu with a smile.

Xu's brows were slightly frowned, she had also heard about the situation of Fat Miao'er and the others, they had to rent a house and eat and drink, where did the children get money.

But they bought everything, Xu couldn't ask them to take it back, so he had to give the money to Fat Miao'er.

Fat Miao'er naturally refused to accept it, and after some evasions, he had no choice but to say: "Uncle, don't worry, we have money."

"rich?"

Xu smiled, she didn't believe this.

"What kind of money do you have? It's only about four acres of land. It hasn't been harvested yet. The grain in the field..."

Having said that, Xu realized something was wrong.

Boss Zhou, who happened to deliver the fish to the kitchen, also came back. Hearing this sentence, he immediately said in surprise, "Fat Miaoer, you don't know how to sell the land, do you?"

Sell ​​land!

This also explains why Fat Miao'er has money in his hands.

"No!" Fat Miao'er shook her head.

The land is the lifeline, and there is food to eat if there is land, how could she sell the land.

"Then where did you get the money to buy the fish?"

Boss Zhou frowned, obviously not believing Fat Miao'er's words, and glanced at Li Xiaodao.

"Ahem" cleared his throat twice, turned his hands behind his back, put on a posture of being an elder, and said with a stern face, "Fat Miao'er, it's not that uncle is talking about you, you child is too ignorant!"

"Our old Zhou's family has raised you for so many years, you asked for the land back without saying a word, and then sold the land back, do you think you..."

"Little! White! Eyes! Wolf!"

A sharp voice sounded at the door.

Fat Miao'er looked up and knew without looking that this must be the most annoying lady in the lobby——Zhou Ying.

"It's you!"

At this time, another voice sounded from Zhou Ying's side, full of surprise and surprise.

(End of this chapter)

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