The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 340 - 329: The Letter (Extra - for "Gail" as a Reward)

Chapter 340: Chapter 329: The Letter (Extra Chapter for "Gail" as a Reward)

Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang had strolled through the entire county town, and during that time, they bumped into their eldest sister-in-law three times. There was no helping it; Luojiang County was only so big, with one main street being the most bustling, and then a few smaller streets to the left and right.

Despite the small size of the county town, they had a blast. If Second Brother hadn’t sold out of all his goods, they would have wanted to play a little longer.

Yes, Zhou Erlang had sold everything he brought today.

Even with a poor harvest this year, many families were willing to spend some money to buy delicious food on important festival days.

Thus, the fish the Zhou Family brought, especially the larger ones, were almost sold out before Manbao and the others had even left the street.

Tofu was the easiest to sell, firstly because other stalls didn’t have it, and secondly because tofu was cheap and tasty.

People coming to buy tofu would always end up purchasing some vegetables as well.

After all, the prices were the same as other stalls. What did it matter where they bought them?

The Zhou Family’s vegetables looked good too.

Like this, their vegetables sold rapidly, but the small fried fish were the hardest to sell. They were small and expensive, costing more than a pound of big fish.

In the end, Zhou Erlang took Sanya and Second Son, who had returned from their walk, up front and handed each of them a small lotus leaf packet of small fish to eat in front of the stall.

Datou, Second Son, Daya, and Erya tried to reach for a fish several times but had their hands slapped away by Zhou Erlang, who disapproved of SiLang’s children—they were a bit too old and blocked the stall because there were too many people.

Eventually, Junior Ms.Qian herself prepared some and took them to eat behind the stall.

Customers who brought their children to buy vegetables couldn’t help but ask when they saw the two children eating small fish in front of the stall.

Zhou Erlang had just finished packing some small fish in lotus leaves and placed them neatly in a bamboo basket. Upon hearing the question, he said, "These small fish are fried in oil and are very tasty, so they’re five wen per packet."

The customer glanced at the small fish on the lotus leaf and felt there were quite a few, so they nodded and bought some.

Zhou Erlang had finally found a way to sell the small fish. You couldn’t tell customers they were fifteen wen per pound. You had to sell them by the packet for five wen, which came out to twenty wen per pound, but no one minded the higher price.

Zhou Dalang was stunned,

as were Junior Ms.Qian and others, who had come to the market for a stroll, took a break here, and watched the spectacle in astonishment.

At that moment, Zhou Sanlang turned to Ms.He and said, "Now you believe it, right? Not just anyone can run a stall."

Ms.He nodded in complete agreement. She wouldn’t speak for others, but Third simply couldn’t do it.

Zhou Erlang continued to sell the small fish, packet by packet, accompanied by countless tofu and vegetables.

Little by little, the goods in front of the stall disappeared.

After the last vegetable sold, Zhou Erlang decided to pack up and go grab some food before strolling around the county town a bit more.

They ran into Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang on the road. Seeing the two brothers without Manbao and leisurely wandering about, the three elder brothers almost couldn’t resist beating them up.

So it was for this reason that Zhou Wulang rushed over to find them.

When he brought Manbao back, the Zhou Family group was squatting not far from the street corner. Zhou Silang, who had been missing for half the day, had somehow brought Ms.Fang back, and everyone was waiting together.

As soon as the three of them arrived, everyone teamed up to scold them. Zhou Dalang and his brothers were scolding Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang, while Junior Ms.Qian and the other sisters-in-law were scolding Manbao.

"Do you know what people do to disobedient children?" Junior Ms.Qian said with a stern face. "They strip the children naked, then cut off their ears, gouge out their eyes, and keep them in a dark room, only feeding them wheat porridge mixed with bran once a day..."

Manbao: "...Sister-in-law, if their eyes are gouged out, does it really matter whether the room is dark?"

The sisters-in-law: ...

In the end, Manbao was thrown onto a cart, sitting with Third, Fourth, and Sanya, being pushed home.

The rest carried or shouldered their goods as they followed the cart.

It was still early, and they weren’t in a hurry to get home, so they slowly made their way.

Zhou Dalang even made a point to stop at the place where they first found the ligustrum, showing the plant to Junior Ms.Qian and the others. "It might be because we had a lot of rain this year, so they matured later," he said.

Junior Ms.Qian stood on tiptoes to look for a while, "I see several clusters that have matured."

Zhou Dalang laughed and said, "Let’s wait a bit more; they’re not ready to fall yet. When the time comes, we’ll check the other trees and pick more to dry them all together."

Junior Ms.Qian nodded, asking no further.

Everyone stood by the road looking, while Manbao specially ran over to take several all-angle photos with Keke, deciding to send one to Doctor D after the ban was lifted to improve their relationship.

The family was used to Manbao’s behavior and knew that she loved to bond with various plants.

When they got home, Old Zhou and Ms.Qian were sitting in the courtyard weaving small bamboo baskets. Seeing the children return, Old Zhou dropped his work immediately, handed them over, and went back inside to sleep with his hands behind his back.

With the autumn breeze being so refreshing, how could he not sleep?

That’s what Zhou Dalang and the others thought too, so after sending the kids back to their rooms, they tidied up a bit and went to rest for a while.

Especially Zhou Dalang and Junior Ms.Qian, who had gotten up before dawn.

Ms.He and Ms.Fang with their bulging bellies also went to rest, while the rest took a short break and then went out to do what they had to do.

Manbao was already lying on her bed sound asleep.

She missed Bai Shanbao a bit, but he never wrote to her, even though he’d promised to do so.

Manbao pursed her lips and turned over in bed, somewhat unhappy in her dreams. Then, in her sleep, she heard someone shouting in her ear, "Zhou Man, you have mail!"

Manbao "jumped" up from the bed and when the startled Datou, who was leaning outside the window, saw this, he turned and hit Bai Erlang without mercy. "Look what you did, scaring my little aunt like that! You owe her!"

Bai Erlang’s eyes nearly popped out as he retorted, "How can I owe a person?"

Before Datou could come up with an answer, Manbao, now fully awake, got down from the bed, "Bai Erlang, was it you shouting by my ear that I have mail?"

"Not by your ear, but outside the window!" Bai Erlang emphasized: "It wasn’t that loud, you were just asleep, so I had to raise my voice a little."

Manbao then reached through the window to him, "Where’s the letter?"

Bai Erlang grumbled as he slapped the letter into her hand, a tinge of jealousy in his voice: "Tell Bai Shan to stop sending your letters with mine, I won’t bring them to you next time."

"Okay, then you need to help me send my letter to him, or how will he receive it?"

"Fine, but write quickly, I’m going home."

The letter from Bai Shanbao was thick, and Manbao thought it would take some time to read, so she handed Bai Erlang a piece of candy to pacify him.

Bai Erlang wasn’t too interested in her candy anymore, so he turned his head aside with a humph.

Datou saw this and ran back to the kitchen. In no time, he brought out some small fish on a plate, extending it right in front of Bai Erlang’s face. "You want some? My mom made these; they’re really tasty."

Bai Erlang stopped moving.

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