C15

Blessed or not (4)

Black Bean was efficient, after eating lunch he went to the Uncle Li's house next door to visit. In less than a quarter of an hour, the two of them brought back good news.

"Uncle said that the ox-cart would be free in the next few days, so we can come and take it whenever we want to. As for the beans and the car rental, we don't need to give them to the villagers."

Li Yannian shook her head. "Is aunt at home when I say this?"

Black Bean opened his eyes wide, filled with surprise: "How do you know that aunty isn't at home? Uncle said that aunty went out to see her daughter in the morning, and it was your sister Plum Blossom who had a big fat boy. Originally, Aunt was going to go yesterday to help us collect eggs, delaying us a day. "Your Hu-ge went with you."

Li Yannian thought, could it be that her brother had the intention to couple her with the tiger next door, if not why would he add the last sentence? In her eyes, Hu Zi was just a silly little kid, and she was not interested in him at all. However, Black Bean might have just said it casually, she didn't want to say it out loud, in case she really taught him to worry about her.

"Big Brother, Uncle was generous enough to not put these things in his eyes, but Auntie is different. Let's not talk about this for now. After we return the ox-cart, we can send the things that should be given to her."

Black Bean nodded his head, he did not have any objections, "Alright, I will listen to you."

Li Yannian thought for a while, then scratched her head and said worriedly: "Brother, this time we gave a lot of goods to you, take a look at the silver that we gave back, can we only leave behind enough to build a house?

Black Bean did not understand why his sister insisted for him to change the silver into gold. However, last time when he went to the town market with Uncle Li, he had deliberately asked around, in the Lee family town, there was no such fire shop as could exchange for gold. The prices of the other two pawnshops were also very poor, if he really wanted to exchange it he would have to ask the Du Jia Village about it.

After thinking about it, he nodded his head and said, "Alright, then I'll be sure to ask when I go back to sell paper." "I don't need much money to fix the house, but it's a good time for farming. Even if we hire people to buy more mud and wood, we only get four to five taels of silver for breakfast and lunch, so we can talk about this after we've gone to Grandmother's house. We don't want our family to come over and fight after hearing so much noise."

Fight over what? Black Bean was afraid that his family's few coveted silver coins, and was also bullying his family's brat without the protection of a senior. After all, this was his Li Family's matter, so the rest of the villagers did not have the right to meddle in this matter.

"Mm, then it's a deal. Brother, when are you going to transport the items out? I'll go with you. "

Black Bean subconsciously wanted to object, but he heard Li Yannian laugh and say: "I'm not going to play like Mao Dou. Firstly, there are a lot of things on the carriage, I'll go with you. Secondly, I also want to go to the town to see the price of the goods and see what our family will do for a living in the future. "Big brother, don't worry. Once we're in town, I won't run around randomly. It's not like I'm Mao Dou."

Mao Dou, who was practicing his calligraphy by the side after lunch, heard this. Although his eyes were still fixed on the brush, he deliberately let out a heavy snort to express his dissatisfaction.

Only then did Li Yannian remember that the person who was being teased was also present. She laughed dryly and apologized, "Dou Dou, this sister was just joking, this sister will definitely bring good food back for you when I go to the town. "Big Sis and Big Sis are going to take care of business in town. Can you promise to stay home and look after the house obediently?"

Mao Dou didn't even glance at her. He suddenly put on an aged look and sighed. "Sigh, just watch the house and forget about the good stuff. Just remember to come back early."

Black Bean and Li Yannian were both amused by his actions, and were surprised that Mao Dou could learn how to write so firmly. After lunch, he sat there and copied for almost an hour, yet he didn't act like any other kid, practicing for a short while before making a ruckus and going out to play.

Li Yannian could not help but curiously look closer. She saw that the xuan paper was already filled with half a set of words, without any gaps in it. The ones that could be written had all been written. As for how it was written, the person who came in and out of the door was a child with insufficient wrist strength.

Li Yannian tenderly touched his head, "Dou Dou is so good at cherishing paper. However, the writing pattern is also very important. You don't have to save this paper for your sister, I'll buy it for you after I use it. "

Black Bean didn't agree, even his own house wouldn't waste paper like that, "I just started learning things like Mao Dou, it's too wasteful to use paper, I'll make a sand table for him later, and use that practice manual after I'm done."

Looking at them, Li Yannian could not bear to see them, but she thought that the two brothers' concept of money and consumption was not something that could be changed overnight, in other words, it was something to fear, and she was used to spending money at her own expense. In the future, there would also be areas where she could clash with them at any time, take it slow, she could not be impatient.

So he nodded and took a small step back, "It's fine to make a sand table to train one's wrist strength, but this brush is different from the branch. As for the cost of writing and writing, this brother doesn't have to worry about that. The paper here is expensive, but I came here for a low price, so I don't have to spend much.

After Black Bean heard her words, he originally felt sorry for his little brother, so he did not voice any more objections.

Mao Dou's tensed face instantly relaxed. After showing a smile, he even asked Black Bean if he wanted to help.

Black Bean thought that since he had nothing to do in the afternoon, he brought Mao Dou along to the small river bank at the village entrance to dig for sand.

Li Yannian was idle anyway, so she rearranged all the eggs in the room. It was good that the count didn't count, but the count immediately made her feel despair, if the sum of one thousand yuan didn't change, then these eggs would be enough for her to sell to April.

At this time, the two brothers had already dug up the sand. Li Yannian didn't care about the egg anymore and wanted to see how they would make the sand table. Black Bean flipped over a square wooden board from the Old house. The wood on top of the board was a little rotten from being soaked in water, Black Bean used a stone to grind it a little, after handling it a little, it looked much better, and after filling it with sand, a simple and crude sand table was made.

Mao Dou was initially unwilling to part with his brush and paper, but seeing his elder brother gesticulating and gesticulating with the branch on the sand, he immediately gave up on the idea and snatched the branch away to play.

Li Yannian took a glance and saw that Mao Dou's gestures were correct.

Turning his head, Li Yannian saw that Black Bean was looking at the pen and ink paper that had not been collected. Li Yannian's heart moved, and he smiled: "Brother, after we return the money, you should follow Mao Dou to the private school."

However, Black Bean shook his head: "I've thought about it. At my age, I only know a few words and it's a waste of time. In the past, there were still parents who thought about me, but now that father and mother are not here anymore, I ?"

He sighed as he looked at his younger sister and brother. Although he did not want to admit it, his younger sister seemed to be much more useful than him now. "It's not enough to just rely on you at home.

Li Yannian wanted to continue persuading him, but seeing that Black Bean was determined to win, she decided to give up. She would wait until she went to her grandma's home before making any other plans.