A guide to getting rich

Chapter 18 Picking up Food

Bai Erzhu hurriedly said: "Don't tell me, maybe I can really pick up food when I go to the city this time."

The old lady Bai saw that he was serious, and he didn't seem to be lying, so she hurriedly asked, "What's going on? Tell me quickly."

Bai Erzhu leaned close to the old lady's ear, deliberately lowered his voice, and said, "Mother, when I was working in the field today, I went to the grass halfway to make it convenient. I heard two people who came from the city to collect mountain goods. The Xu family steamed bun shop in the town opened and prepared a hundred steamed buns, and invited five people to compete to eat steamed buns, and whoever ate the most will be rewarded with a bag of flour."

"Mother, this is a bag of flour, how long will it be enough for our family?" Bai Erzhu smiled from ear to ear, as if the bag of flour had been delivered to the door of their Bai family.

The old lady Bai had a look of incredulity, "There is such a good thing in this world? You don't need money to buy steamed buns, and I will give you a bag of flour after eating. Is the owner of Xuji Steamed Bun Shop out of his mind?"

Bai Erzhu said: "I'm not out of my mind. Participating in the competition is also conditional, and it's not just for individuals to participate. You have to pay first."

The old lady Bai asked, "How much?"

Bai Erzhu stretched out a palm: "Not much, fifty Wen."

The old lady did some calculations and wondered, "These fifty coins are enough to buy ten steamed buns. Will you come back after the competition?"

Bai Erzhu smiled and said: "Of course, as long as you win the game, not only will you get back [-] Wen, but you will also get a bag of flour for free, what a deal!"

It is indeed a good deal, the old lady nodded: "Okay, then you will go to the city tomorrow, but you must bring this white flour back. Our family has not tasted the taste of steamed buns for a long time."

Bai Erzhu chuckled, and quickly reached out to the old lady: "Take the money."

The old lady went back to the house to get the money, and Bai Erzhu hurriedly followed in. Seeing that the old lady took out a handful of copper coins from the locked wooden box and counted them one by one, he smiled and said, "Mother, give me sixty coins, I will take them with you." Keep a spare on your body and make sure you don’t waste it.”

The old lady was only thinking about the bag of white flour, thinking that ten cash is not too much, so just give it to him, so she counted out sixty cash and gave it to him.

Mrs. Liu in the kitchen grabbed a couple of handfuls of rice from the vat and came out to wash it. Seeing her husband squeeze in, she hurriedly asked, "What are you doing just now?"

After Bai Dazhu glanced, seeing that no one was coming, he said in a low voice: "After cooking the porridge, put the thicker porridge in a bowl. We'll eat it when we're hungry at night."

Mrs. Liu was taken aback for a moment, then widened her eyes and said, "It's really important to let mother know."

He drank porridge and swallowed green vegetables all day without any oil or water, and he would be hungry in the middle of the night. If he could really get some food to hide until night, it would be great.

Bai Dazhu smiled lowly: "You silly woman, you are the cook today, you put in a handful of extra rice, and hide a bowl when they are not paying attention, who would know?"

Gradually, Mrs. Liu smiled: "That's true, fine, I'll listen to you." The unhappiness in my heart when I was assigned to cook dinner earlier also disappeared at this time.

Seeing that Bai Dazhu turned around to leave, she hurriedly called out, "Hey——didn't you say you wanted to lay hands on me? Where will this go?"

Bai Dazhutou didn't reply: "Do you need me to help you with just such a little work? Do your own work. I'll go to bed. The sun outside at noon is too poisonous. There are mosquitos and flies. I didn't sleep. Alright, I can't even open my eyes now, remember to call me when the meal is over."

(End of this chapter)