Dad, Did You Study Today?

Chapter 19

Zhou Huaishan wanted to eat a beggar’s chicken, so Zhou Qing made him one.

When the chicken was cooked, Mrs. Zhou’s food was also ready.

Zhou Qing didn’t want to add to the trouble, so she returned the dinner to the house to eat.

When she went in, Zhou Huaishan’s eyes glowed.

“Well, that’s all for today. Yao’er and Pingzi, hurry up and eat. Sister saved the chicken for you and put it in your father’s house.”

“Big sister is the best, best, best big sister under the sky.”

Zhou Ping jumped three feet high and slipped down to the ground.

Zhou Yao rubbed her wrist and took Zhou Ping away.

As soon as they left, Zhou Huaishan immediately stretched out on the bed on all fours, “Daughter, Dad is dying.”

Zhou Qing knew he was tired today and tore a chicken leg and sent it to his mouth, “Eat chicken.”

Zhou Huaishan, still breathless, returned to life, “Yummy, you eat too, daughter.”

“We have half of them, and the Third Uncle has half.”

Zhou Huaishan had no problem, “That chicken wings are yours to eat, daughter.”

After eating the chicken and wiping her hands clean, Zhou Qing began to clean up the place.

The unused red paper was put in the cabinet, and the already-written characters were organized into three sizes: large, small, and medium.

One hundred pieces of the large, one hundred pieces of the medium, and two hundred pieces of the small. They were rolled in twenty parts, and she put them into the basket tied up with a straw.

After finishing up, Zhou Qing smiled and told Zhou Huaishan, “Is the chicken good?”

Zhou Huaishan lay on the bed, crossed his legs, and waved his feet, shaking the chicken bones and saying, “Yes, it’s delicious! It’s good!”

“Do you still want to eat tomorrow?”

Zhou Huaishan’s shaking of chicken bones stalled, his waving feet stopped, and he turned up and looked at Zhou Qing warily.

If he said these words, there would be no problem at all.

Of course, the dandy would like to eat chicken every day.

However, when the daughter said it ……

He had an ominous feeling.

“Daughter, what do you want to do?”

Zhou Qing slapped the Analects on the bed table with a grin on her face, “After eating, you can copy this book.”

Zhou Huaishan ……

“Are you a devil?!”

“At that age, if you don’t study well, do you have a mine at home? In the future, do you want to farm? Will you do it? Do you plan to eat dirt for the rest of your life?”

Zhou Huaishan ……

In the end, the dandy finished copying half of “The Analects” under the encouragement of Devil Qing.

Before he was done, Zhou Qing assigned the next day’s homework to copy the remaining half of the book.

……

The following day, Zhou Qing deliberately wore men’s clothes, and Zhou Huailin got up early, and they set off carrying a basket on their backs.

The Zhou family had no cattle or mule carts, so they had to walk.

Fortunately, many villages were near Qingyang Village, so they reached a not-so-small one in half a morning.

They met the village’s clan elder, explained their intention, and left three large, medium, and small sheets for the clan elder’s family. Zhou Qing and Zhou Huailin then started the business.

Borrowing a small gong from the clan elder’s house, Zhou Qing started to sell by banging the gong.

“Everyone, take a look and see! We have the characters of an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year. The price is fair, and the quality is guaranteed. You do not need to miss work and run to the county. There is no need for you to ask your relatives.”

“Less money to be spent than in previous years, the abundance is filled with more than in previous years. Have a look, have a look. Ours is on sale.”

The sound of the gong, coupled with Zhou Qing’s joyful shout, immediately attracted people from the village.

“Brother, how do you sell them?”

Zhou Qing was carrying the large in one hand and the small and medium in the other.

“The price is reasonable, and you can’t buy such cheap ones in the county. Look at the paper and the characters, Auntie. They are not worse than those in the county.”

“This young man can talk.” The older lady who asked took the paper in Zhou Qing’s hand and touched it.

The quality of the paper could have been better, and Zhou Huaishan’s calligraphy was even better.

“OK, give me three large ones, two medium ones, and two small ones.”

“Okay!” Zhou Qing cheerfully answered.

Zhou Huailin had nimbly counted the corresponding number and handed the calligraphy to the auntie.

When collecting the money, Zhou Qing said, “You bought so many, taking care of my business. The small ones are my gift to you, wishing the aunt’s family a full and bountiful autumn harvest, bringing in children and grandchildren.”

The aunt was happy to hear this.

“Give me five sheets of large and three sheets of medium .”

“Okay, I’ll give you two more small ones.”

“I also want, I want …… I want four large and five small.”

“This lady, I can’t afford to give away five small, so if you buy four, I’ll give you one.”

“Hahahahaha ……”

……

Every family farmed, harvested food, and expected their harvest to be full, and Zhou Qing’s characters were sold cheaply, so naturally, everyone wanted good fortune.

In one village, the characters brought were sold out.

Zhou Qing and Zhou Huailin promised to return in a few days.

“Brother, before New Year’s Eve, come and sell the Spring Festival couplets.”

Zhou Qing smiled, “Everyone’s mother and aunt miss me, so I will come naturally.”

After joking around, Zhou Qing and Zhou Huailin left the village.

“Qing, I didn’t expect we could sell so well! We didn’t write enough; we didn’t write enough.”

Once they left the village, Zhou Huailin couldn’t stop smiling and regretted that they had written so little.

Zhou Qing smiled and said, “I’ll return later and let my father write again. Let’s see if we can have another village before dark.”

Zhou Huailin shook his head, “Tomorrow, we can sell again. Today we will go to town.”

“Third Uncle wants to buy something?”

“We went out to earn money. Someone in the village must be eyeing. Your grandparents and your Eldest Uncle ……” Zhou Huailin’s voice paused for a moment and didn’t continue but said, “Let’s go to the town to buy some wine and some food and send it to the clan elder’s house.”

Zhou Qing immediately understood Zhou Huailin’s meaning.

“It is still Third Uncle who thinks thoroughly. In this way, when we return, I will ask my father to write a few more and send them together with the things.”

Zhou Huailin smiled and pulled out a roll from his back basket, “No, I kept it in advance. Three large ones and three medium ones and three small ones, just like earlier.”

Zhou Qing ……

Who said the ancients were stupid?

People were clever too.

Third Uncle’s brain was good, but was trapped by the family’s farm work. In addition, he did not have a copper plate, so it was impossible to do some small business.

Here was a chance ……

Zhou Qing looked at Zhou Huailin; her eyes shone a little.

If she could train her father to be a prominent official and her Third Uncle to be a big businessman, she would be struggling for what?

A life …… What a future!

The uncle and niece chatted and went to the clan elder’s house after repurchasing something to the village from the town.

There were two trees in front of the clan elder’s house.

One side was a jujube tree, and the other was also a jujube tree.

Zhou Qing’s lips curled, looking at the two jujube trees.

She should not carry a basket, but a pitchfork, to live up to the two trees.

Zhou Qing was smiling when she saw the clan elder’s eldest grandson, Runzi, walking out of the courtyard with a large pitchfork on his back.

Zhou Qing ……

“Runzi, where are you going this time?” Zhou Huailin smiled at him.