Farmhouse Qiaofei

Chapter 97
"We've brought you gifts, so why do you need a gift in return? Your shop has just opened, and you're short of everything, so you can keep it for yourself." Mr. Bai quickly declined.

"Master, why are you being so polite, this is our kindness for grandma, this is our filial piety." Bai Shao smiled, and handed the small crimson bundle to old man Bai.

"This..." Mr. Bai still wanted to decline, but Bai Chuanlian who was at the side snatched it up, and said happily, "In that case, then I will thank you on my mother's behalf."

After finishing speaking, I wanted to unpack the package and take a look at what was inside.

Old man Bai coughed beside him, stopping his shameful behavior.

"Third brother, let's go, you should do business here, remember to go back and see your mother and me more often..." Mr. Bai was afraid that Bai Chuanlian would embarrass himself in front of the crowd again, so he patted Bai Chuanbai on the shoulder, and took All the children and grandchildren left here.

Bai Chuanbai stood at the door of Shiweitian, and he couldn't see the figure of old man Bai, so he sighed, turned back to Shiweitian, and continued to work.

On this day, because only half of the money is charged, as long as it is a meal, the shop is full of people.

Even if it's not a place to eat, there are quite a few people coming over one after another.

The Hou family brothers and Hou Yu helped the Bai family for a noon, and then they left and went back to the Hou family's blacksmith shop.

Bai Shao reciprocated and packed a lot of pastries for them to take back.

In this way, I was busy all day, and when Bai Laosan's family had sold everything and had to close the shop because they had nothing to sell, some people came to buy some pumpkin balls and layer cakes.

"Business is really good today." Bai Wei was counting the large box full of copper coins collected today, while chatting with his family members.

"Today we only charge half, and tomorrow the original price will be restored, so there will be fewer people coming to buy." Bai Shao saw it more clearly, "Tomorrow we will not make so many things, we will only make half, and we will close the store when sold out. "

"Let's do more, if someone comes to buy it, and we sell it out, wouldn't that make less money?" Bai Wei didn't understand.

"Sister, that's why you don't understand. We have to control the quantity of sales. If we have everything we need and never worry about not being able to buy it, no one will flock to our things." Bai Shao said confidently, "In the future Ah, our family’s things are first come, first served, so that we can make money and have a rest earlier, otherwise we will work all day long, and sooner or later we will be exhausted.”

"Shao'er is still smart." Mrs. Wu praised Bai Shao while cooking.

The whole family laughed.

Smiling and laughing, Bai Chuanbai suddenly remembered about today's gift return, and asked Bai Shao, "Shao'er, what did you get for your grandfather?"

Bai Chuanbai was in the front shop all the time, and didn't see what Bai Shao was eating.But in the backyard, there was nothing good to return as a gift, so he asked curiously.

In a word, the warm atmosphere just now slowly dissipated.

Bai Wei silently counted the last copper plate, poured the money into a big wooden box, took another big lock, and locked the wooden box, then looked at Bai Chuanbai indifferently, " Dad, don't ask about the return gift, do you know what gift grandma brought us?"

"What..." Bai Chuanbai asked in a daze.

"A piece of black and green cloth." Bai Wei said angrily with a wooden face.

"Ah, the black and blue cloth is also good. Let your mother make shoe uppers for me and Yunshi in the future, and you, Shaoer and your mother can go buy red cloth." Bai Chuanbai's heart relaxed, and he said with a smile.

"Ha, it would be great if it was a black cloth that can be used as a shoe upper, but the black cloth that grandma gave us is a damp and moldy black cloth that has been placed under the box for many years." Bai Wei sneered.

The quality of the black and blue cloth is not particularly good, and it can be used if it is stored well, but if it is damp and moldy, it will basically be torn if it is torn, and it is useless after washing, which is equivalent to waste cloth.

The smile on Bai Chuanbai's face just froze.

After a long time, he said, "I don't believe it, I don't believe your grandma can give me such a thing, Wei'er, show me the thing."

"I can't see it anymore." Bai Wei said angrily, "We took it back as a gift in return."

"Ah..." Bai Chuanbai widened his eyes and opened his mouth in horror.

Time went back to noon, on a mule cart from Izumo Town to Shilipu, Bai Chuanlian held the small cloth bag in his hand, and his heart was about to move.

"Father, let me see what kind of gift the third child gave us in return. It's so light, could it be a silver ticket?" Bai Chuan said with a grin.

Old Man Bai glared at him fiercely, "The third child just opened a shop, and he needs money for everything, and it will take some time to get back the money. Where can I get the banknote for you?"

"I'll just take a look, I'll just take a look." Bai Chuanlian smiled indifferently, and with a slight movement of his hands, he untied the little crimson bundle.

Old Man Bai frowned a little, but his gaze still involuntarily fell on Bai Chuanlian's hand.

"Oh, there's still a blue bag inside. Why is it so tight? It looks like we might steal it." Bai Chuanlian muttered dissatisfiedly while continuing to untie the somewhat tight blue bag.

Old Man Bai squinted his eyes, looked up and down the blue bundle, and found it familiar.

At this moment, Bai Chuanlian had already gritted his teeth and tore apart the knot on the burden.

"Wait a minute..." Old Master Bai suddenly thought of something, his heart shook, and he wanted to stop Bai Chuanlian from opening the thing.

But it was too late, Bai Chuanlian had already opened the small blue package, took out the black and blue cloth inside, put it in front of his face and looked it over carefully, "Father, why am I looking at this?" It looks so familiar."

"Yesterday, I searched the milk box and found a piece of moldy cloth. This is it." Bai Danggui said vaguely while eating.

"Mouldy..." Bai Chuan was taken aback for a moment, pulled the black cloth and took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw the white-green long-haired object attached to it. He was disgusted, and threw the cloth directly into the car. "Why does this cloth appear here? It's really disgusting. The third child is too wicked. Give us this thing."

After finishing speaking, such a foolish person like him was stunned.

This is obviously the cloth that Mrs. Liu dug out from the cage, how could it be sent over from the third family.

unless……

"Mother is too immoral, it's better not to give someone a piece of moldy rag." Bai Chuan even shook his hands several times in disgust, as if this could get rid of the damp and sticky feeling , "The old three's family is not authentic, just returned the things back, what did this matter..."

"Okay, stop talking." Old Master Bai stopped Bai Chuanlian with a dark face.

Although this mule cart is full of Bai family members, the driver is an outsider.

For some family ugliness, it is better not to expose them to outsiders.

When the mule cart stopped at the village of Shilipu, Mr. Bai paid the money and took his children and grandchildren back to Bai's house.

Mrs. Liu was standing at the door of the main room looking out. When she saw Mr. Bai, she was overjoyed, and hurried over and asked, "How is the third shop doing? What delicious food does it sell, Mr. Bai?" How much did you bring back for me?"

The old man Bai ignored her with a dark face, and strode straight into the main room.

"What's the matter, what's the matter with you?" Mrs. Liu also became unhappy, and shouted loudly, "Bai Jingsheng, you got angry outside, what kind of face do you give me? I didn't give it to you If you are angry, whoever has the ability to give you anger, you can find someone, don't pretend to be a uncle in front of me."

After finishing speaking, he dropped the curtain and entered the east room.

Old Man Bai heaved a sigh of relief, touched the tea bowl, and made himself a cup of tea. After smelling the tea a few times, he held back his anger and said, "Tell me, what did you give to the third family?" Congratulations?"

The movement in the east room suddenly stopped.

With a serious face, Mrs. Liu slowly lifted the curtain and came out, sat next to Mr. Bai, and said angrily, "Did the third daughter-in-law tell you something?"

"No." Old Man Bai touched the temperature of the teacup, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, "Just say, I asked you to bring gifts to the third family, what did you get?"

"It's just a piece of black and green cloth. I showed it to you at the time, and you said it's okay." Liu was dissatisfied with Mr. Bai's tone, and yelled at him angrily.

"Is it really the one I saw?" Old man Bai frowned. He didn't expect that the old wife was still unwilling to tell the truth until this time.

"Yes... yes." Liu said loudly, puffing out her chest.

"Okay, okay, okay." Mr. Bai said angrily three times in a row, "You are very good, Liu Xianxiang, you are doing things better and better now. You used to cover your face, but now you don't even cover your face. covered."

After finishing speaking, he dropped the teacup angrily, lifted the curtain and went out.

"What are you doing..." Liu Shi felt uneasy now, "What happened, what's going on, what's going on..."

She hastily followed Mr. Bai out of the main room, and watched him go straight out of the Bai family. In desperation, Liu grabbed Bai Chuanlian and asked, "What's going on, what happened?"

Seeing this, Bai Chuanlian rolled his eyes, turned around, took the small bundle thrown behind the door, and handed it to Mrs. Liu.

Liu Shi untied the small bundle layer by layer, and when she saw the familiar black and blue cloth inside, her complexion suddenly changed.

(End of this chapter)