Zhen Wanwan's little Phoenix has lived happily for a week under the love of her family!
Grandpa Zhen and Zhen Erlang went to the town to sell the crops that were ripe on the day Wan Wan was born.
The harvested grain was left over to be handed over next year, and was sold for a total of 10 days.
A total of 6 bushels of oranges from a fruit tree in the yard were sold, except for those kept by the family for their own consumption.
Grains include 5 denier of wheat and 5 denier of rice. Wheat usually costs 60 copper coins per dou, rice costs 50 copper coins per dou, and oranges cost 30 copper coins per dou.
Oranges are usually considered by rural families as a recreational food eaten by wealthy people, regardless of whether they are full, and almost every household has them, so they are sold at a low price.
But the oranges that Grandpa Zhen sold today were much more delicious than usual, big and sweet, and were bought by a wealthy family for a high price of 400 copper coins.
The final settlement for grain totaled five taels of silver and 500 copper coins, and oranges for 400 copper coins. Earned half more than in previous years.
In Chu State, one tael of silver = 1,000 copper coins, one tael = 10 dou, and one dou = 10 catties.
Grandpa Zhen is very happy. Wanwan is really a lucky star. She has nearly four taels of silver. This is the amount of money that an ordinary person would earn in two years!
Zhen Erlang was also very surprised. Wan Wan's niece is really amazing. She is the lucky star of the whole family!
Grandpa Zhen was so happy that he took Erlang to the pork stall to buy some meat for the family.
"Chief Zhen, you're here to buy meat. You're just in time. We've just started selling it. There are still good parts." Butcher Hu from the butcher stall greeted.
"Yes, Xiao Hu, give me two pounds of pork belly and one pound of fat meat."
"Okay, pork belly is 15 copper coins per catty, fat meat is 20 copper coins per catty, total 50 copper coins, please keep it, old man."
In the eyes of farmers, lean meat is the least valuable and will be gone after a few bites. Fatty meat is long-lasting and can satisfy cravings. It can also be boiled into lard and stored, so farmers basically do not buy pure lean meat.
Grandpa Zhen took Erlang to the fabric shop again.
"Wanwan is too young, and she is our little blessing. She needs to wear beautiful new clothes.
Erlang, let's buy some fabric and ask Mrs. Lu to help make some clothes for Wan Wan, and also make one for some small dolls. "
"Okay, Dad." Erlang agreed. Wanwan was too young and her skin was delicate, so she had to buy softer fabric.
I also thought about the fact that the little ones at home haven’t worn new clothes for a long time, and many of their clothes have been patched.
Entering the fabric store, Grandpa Zhen took two pieces of soft fabric to make clothes for Wanwan and Sister Pei.
The girls' skin should be more delicate and they should wear better clothes. Three pieces of average-quality fabrics should be used to make clothes for the three boys.
The fabric cost a total of one or two silver. When paying, Grandpa Zhen was hesitant and shocked. Why was it so expensive? He had never bought such expensive fabric before.
"Old man, these two pieces of fabric you picked are the top-quality fabrics in the store. They are not expensive. You can go and ask other fabric stores. The ones sold in our store are relatively cheap."
Thinking of Wanwan at home, Grandpa Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, buy it, and please install it for us."
Grandpa Zhen and Erlang walked home with pained expressions on their faces, but when they thought about Wanwan at home, they instantly felt that it was worth it. The extra money was originally due to Wanwan.
At the same time, at the Zhen family's house, Zhen Dalang still wanted to find work in other villages today. He greeted Grandma Zhen and Mr. Qian, kissed Wanwan on the cheek and prepared to go out.
Zhen Wanwan opened her round eyes: Dad can't go out today. Little Phoenix has a premonition that something is going to happen today. If Dad goes out, Little Phoenix will be without his father again.
As soon as Zhen Dabei walked out of the room, he heard Zhen Wanwan crying loudly.
This frightened Zhen Dabei, Grandma Zhen and Mr. Qian. Zhen Wanwan cried for the first time since she was born. She had never cried before. What happened today.
"Dalang, what's going on? Did you scare my granddaughter? Why did you cry as soon as you came in? Please leave quickly!"
When Zhen Wanwan heard this, she struggled to remember, her body thrashing.
As soon as Zhen Dabei took a step after listening to Grandma Zhen's words, Zhen Wanwan howled loudly again, even louder than before.
Zhen Dabei was so distressed that he immediately came back and shook his daughter's little hand.
"Don't cry every night, daddy won't kiss me anymore, I won't kiss you anymore."
Little Phoenix took the opportunity to grab one of Zhen Dabei's fingers with her little hand, and used the baby's greatest strength.
Zhen Dabei, Mrs. Qian and Grandma Zhen all noticed it. Is this the granddaughter/daughter who is reluctant to leave Da Lang?
Zhen Dabei smiled happily:
"Yuanyuan, mother, look, Wanwan can't bear to leave me. If you don't let me go, my daughter will not be able to leave her father."
Grandma Zhen felt that it was not that simple. Wanwan had never been so abnormal before. There must be a reason for her sudden behavior today.
Wanwan is our little lucky star. Something is bound to happen. Grandma Zhen and Grandpa Zhen dreamed about Wanwan being our little lucky star.
"Dalang, I can't bear to leave you Wanwan. Let's take a rest today and spend some time with Wanwan at home."
Grandma Zhen said suddenly.
This is exactly what Zhen Dabei wants. This is the first time that her daughter has shown such reluctance. She wants to hug her daughter well today.
Grandma understands little Phoenix very well. Grandma is so powerful. Little Phoenix thought happily that it was lucky to have grandma, otherwise Little Phoenix's father would be in danger.
At noon, the two men who went to town to sell things came back with a bunch of things.
"Daughter-in-law of Erlang's family, come quickly and take this meat and process it. Our family will eat meat tonight.
Old lady, here is fabric. I bought it for Wanwan, Sister Pei and a few brats. Let’s make them new clothes. "Grandpa Zhen said loudly.
Other people in the courtyard looked at these fabrics in shock. Two of them were not cheap at first glance. How much did they cost...
"Guess how much money dad and I bought when we went to the city?" Zhen Erlang happily answered everyone's doubts, "Almost six taels of silver, six taels!"
"There's one tael of fabric in total. Dad said that Wanwan and Sister Pei are girls, and they wear better clothes, while a few brats wear worse clothes. The meat cost 50 copper coins."
"So many! My God, this is all thanks to Wanwan. Oh, my golden grandson, grandma will definitely make two beautiful clothes for Wanwan."
Several other children in the courtyard were also excited when they heard that they had new clothes to wear.
A few boys don't care what kind of fabric they wear. They have been taught since childhood that men should take care of girls.
Sister Pei was so moved that she wanted to cry: Grandpa actually bought it for herself. It was obviously the credit of sister Wanwan. She must be better to sister Wanwan in the future.
After the family had a satisfying lunch with meat, they went about their business.
"The mountain road to the next village collapsed in the morning. Several villagers were buried in it and a few were injured. We were already poor, but now our family has lost its main labor force. How can we survive?"
"What, Aunt Zhang, what did you say, the road collapsed? Did it collapse in the morning?"
Zhen Dabei, who was going to work in the fields with his family, was frightened and determined after hearing this.
"Yes, Dabei, it's a good thing you didn't go today. It would be difficult to come back if you did."
When Grandma Zhen and Zhen Dabei heard this, they felt frightened. Fortunately, their little Fu Bao stopped Dabei.
Zhen Dabei loved his daughter even more because his daughter saved his life at such a young age.
It is really a lucky star sent by God to our family. Thank God, thank Wan Wan, Grandma Zhen silently thanked her piously.
