happy fisherman

Chapter 23 Bo Beibei's Depression
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Bai Beibei glanced at the stall, shook his head and said, "Brother, I'm still young, so I don't need to wear a headgear."

It was already very depressing for her to straighten her rough hair, so what hairpin did she use?
"Let's go and have a look." Bai Manchuan said, regardless of whether Bai Beibei and Mancang were willing or not, he walked over first.

Bai Manchuan walked to the stall, carefully looked at the various headdresses on the stall, dazzled by the sight, and finally asked the boss who was bowing his head in front of the stall to carve the headdress: "Boss, which kind of headdress is suitable for a little girl who has not left the cabinet?" ?”

The boss picked up a slender willow-leaf-shaped wooden hairpin and said, "This is the most suitable for a little girl."

"Boss, then I want two, how much?" Bai Manchuan immediately believed the boss's words.

"If you buy two, I'll think it's cheaper for you. It's only thirty yuan." The boss said happily. Very few customers buy two at a time.

Bo Beibei stood at the back holding Mancang and watched. Seeing that his brother bought two hairpins, he smiled knowingly.

She thought her brother was a lump of wood, but she was wrong about him.

Seeing that Bai Manchuan had paid for it, Bo Beibei said intentionally, "Brother, one is enough for me, why do you buy two?"

Hearing this, Bai Manchuan said with an unnatural expression: "I'll just give you one, and I'll keep the other first."

Bai Manchuan's face was so tanned that nothing unusual could be seen, but there was a suspicious flush behind his ears.

Bo Beibei held back her smile and asked puzzledly, "Brother, who do you want to leave that one for?"

Bai Mancang blinked, and said obediently: "I know, brother is going to leave that wooden hairpin to sister Yuzhu."

Seeing her brother suffocating and short of breath because of a careless remark, Bo Beibei couldn't help laughing out loud.

Bai Manchuan wished there was a hole in the ground to get in, and finally shouted angrily: "If you laugh again, don't eat at noon!"

After speaking, he turned around and walked forward.

After walking a few meters away, he slowed down worryingly, waiting for his younger siblings to catch up.

Bo Beibei pursed her lips and smiled, pulling Mancang to follow.

Not wanting to embarrass his brother too much, Bai Beibei took the initiative to change the subject: "Brother, what's delicious in this town?"

When it came to food, Bai Manchuan's face slowly returned to normal, and he said, "I used to buy steamed stuffed buns when I came to town with my father. I don't know what's delicious."

"Then let's take a look first." Actually, Bo Beibei wanted to go to a restaurant to have a meal, but she knew that her brother would definitely not agree.

Bai Manchuan took the two of them to a street that sells food, and asked Bai Beibei and Mancang to see what they wanted to eat.

Bai Beibei looked at a few shops, and then asked his younger brother, "Mancang, do you want Yangchun noodles, fried rice, or steamed meat dumplings?"

This street has the most noodle shops, and there are only a few to choose from.

Mancang shook his head and thought for a while, then said, "I just ate mackerel dumplings last night, and I want to eat Yangchun noodles."

Yangchun noodles sound delicious.

"Okay, then eat Yangchun noodles."

At the noodle shop, Bai Beibei asked the boss to add an egg to Mancang's Yangchun noodles.

After the noodles came, Mancang looked at the sun-like fried eggs in the bowl, swallowed, and was reluctant to put down his chopsticks.

"The warehouse is full, why don't you eat?" Bo Beibei asked strangely.

"Sister, this egg is so beautifully fried, I'm afraid it will break if I move my chopsticks." Mancang looked confused.

Bo Beibei and Bai Manchuan were both angry and funny: "This egg is meant to be fried and eaten. If it breaks, it will go bad. If you don't eat it, it will be cold."

Only then did Mancang move his chopsticks, but instead of eating it right away, he divided the egg into three pieces, put one piece into the Baimanchuan bowl, and one piece into the Bobeibei bowl.

"I don't want to eat it, I'll eat it for you." Bai Manchuan wanted to put the eggs back into the Mancang bowl again.

Mancang hurriedly covered the mouth of the bowl with his hands, and said, "Brother, I want to eat with everyone."

Bo Beibei didn't reject Mancang's good intentions, and said with a smile: "Brother, eat it, let's buy some raw eggs and go back later, to nourish the mother and Mancang."

Thinking of his mother, Bai Manchuan nodded.

After eating the noodles, after the boss finished the calculation, Bai Beibei found out that the eggless Yangchun noodles cost three Wen for a bowl, and those with eggs added two Wen for a total of eleven Wen.

"Brother, how much is a raw egg?" Bai Beibei asked after walking out of the noodle shop.

"Raw and cooked ones seem to cost two cents a piece."

"Brother, let's go to the butcher stall to buy some meat first, and then buy eggs." Bai Beibei arranged.

"Do you still want to buy meat?" Bai Manchuan frowned, the meat is so precious.

"Brother, Niang and Mancang are not in good health. They need to make up for it. I will make some shell ornaments and sell them in the county town in a few days. Brother, you don't have to worry about money."

If the health is not good, the doctor also needs money to take medicine. Besides, the health is not good, so what do you need so much money for?
"Beibei, can you really exchange that much money for the accessories you made?" Bai Manchuan thought that it was pure luck that Bai Beibei made so much money last time, and it might not be the next time.

"Brother, of course, otherwise, how did you get the five taels of silver that mother gave you?" In the morning, the five taels of silver given by Feng's was asked by Bai Manchuan to go to the bank to change it into copper coins and go back to pay off the debt.

Bai Manchuan thought for a while and said, "Then let's go buy some first. I will accompany you to the county seat in a few days. If we can still make money, we can buy some delicious food and go back to support our mother and Mancang."

It has to be said that the reprimand from Bai Dinghai and Bai Dinglang was still useful. Bai Manchuan seemed to regard himself as the head of the family, and would think before doing anything.

It would be best if my brother could accompany me to the county seat, and Bai Beibei agreed.

When I arrived at the meat stall, I heard that pork belly costs 25 renminbi a catty, ribs and big bones cost 18 renminbi a catty, and lean meat costs 15 renminbi a catty. Bai Beibei was depressed.

Why is fish so cheap and pork so expensive?
"Beibei, why don't we buy half a catty of meat and a catty of big bones first?" Bai Manchuan asked what Bai Beibei meant.

"Brother, it was not easy for us to go to town last time, so let's buy a catty of pork belly and two catties of big bones." Bai Beibei thought for a while and said.

Bai Manchuan didn't object anymore, and agreed to Bai Beibei. The boss weighed the meat and big bones, and erased the change, a total of 60 Wen.

After buying the meat, I went to buy 20 eggs, put the things in the wooden barrel, and several people went to the bank to exchange money.

Bai Manchuan put two wooden barrels at the gate of the bank for Bai Beibei and Mancang to guard, and entered the bank by himself.

"Mancang, are you tired after walking for so long?" Bo Beibei patted Mancang's head and smiled.

"Sister, I'm not tired." Mancang's eyes sparkled.

There are so many fresh things to see and delicious food in the town, and my brother even bought him a windmill, so he is really not tired at all.

There were people coming and going on the street, and Bo Beibei's attention was suddenly attracted by two men in their thirties who came out of the pawn shop next door to the bank.

(End of this chapter)