“Now take Ru’er and go back home, I’m afraid sister-in-law has long been waiting for you.” Bai Zhi said to Awu.

After Awu responded with a hum, he took Ru’er to go outside.

Ru’er doesn’t know why her father was happy, but when she saw him happy, she was happy too. Since her father and mother brought her here, they became more and more happy.

*

In the Bai Family.

Bai Erzhu came back from the town with a bag of rice in his hand.

Mrs. Liu and Old Lady Bai were gossiping in the yard, while Mrs. Zhang and Bai Zhenzhu were sitting on the side, picking up the good wild vegetables.

When Mrs. Liu saw Bai Erzhu from the outside into the yard, she quickly got up to welcome him: “Second Brother-in-law you’re back. You must be tired, let me take it.”

Mrs. Liu stretched out her arms and took the rice bag in Bai Erzhu’s hand. When she noticed it’s weight, her eyebrows frowned: “Is this a bucket of rice? I don’t think its even half a bucket.” She remembered the old lady took out 200 copper coins to let Bai Erzhu buy a bucket of rice. If there was any money left, she should take it back.

Bai Erzhu looked at Mrs. Liu and said with a bad tone: “I’ll give you 200 copper coins tomorrow, let’s see if you can buy a bucket of rice with it.”

Old Lady Bai stood up and took the rice bag in Mrs. Liu’s hand, then weight it on her hand: “This is not even a half bucket, what is going on? Didn’t I ask you to buy a bucket of rice? Where is the rest of the money?”

Bai Erzhu replied: “The price of rice has increased again. The price is not the same as before. You only give me 200 copper coins, naturally, I can only buy 2 stone meter of rice.” ”

He didn’t think much about it before, but now, he was really bothered by the faces of these two women. They looked at him as if he was a thief.

“What? The price has increased again? How come the price increased when all the refugees left?” Mrs. Liu didn’t believe it at all, her pair of eyes looked at Bai Erzhu suspiciously.

Bai Erzhu was too lazy to explained things again and again. He walked straight to the chair and sat down, then said: “I don’t know. If you can’t believe it, you go to town tomorrow to find out if I have cheated you.”

Seeing Bai Erzhu unhappy, Old Lady Bai gave Mrs. Liu a meaningful look, indicating that she shouldn’t say another word. This matter was unclear. But today, not only Bai Erzhu went to the town to buy rice, but also the second son of Li Family. She can go there to find out the truth.

Old Lady Bai put the rice bag back to Mrs. Liu’s hand and walked over to Bai Erzhu. She sat down next to him and said with a smile: “We don’t mean that, don’t think too much about it.”

Bai Erzhu didn’t make a sound, he turned his head and looked at his wife and daughter. They were sitting not far away and separating the wild vegetables, but Mrs. Liu and the old lady were only chatting as if this thing has nothing to do with them.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt bad.

Old Lady Bai opened her mouth again and said: “I talk with Old Sun today. Their field was next to ours. He said that their wheat is ready to be harvested, so they will start harvesting.”

Bai Erzhu flattens his eyebrows: “Then, let’s also start harvesting tomorrow.”

Old Lady Bai nodded her head: “Yes, yes, I think so too. Tomorrow, you and Fugui go there early in the morning. I’ll ask your wife to send you food so that you can save time going back and forth.”

Bai Erzhu asked: “I’ll take Fugui? Just the two of us?”

Mrs. Liu busily said: “Originally, Dabao is also going, but he doesn’t feel comfortable these days. I’m afraid he can’t go, so we can only let Fugui go with you. But rest assured, if Dabao felt better, I will immediately ask him to help you.”

“Help us? Sister-in-law, you talk as if this thing is originally our family’s job, and Dabao will just come to help? Are those wheat only belong to our family?”

 

 

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