Chapter 32: Ox Eldest Root

  The three brothers' faces showed slight joy, and their movements became more agile.

  Shen Sisi is someone who absolutely has to eat three meals a day. If she doesn't get to eat at noon, she'll roll around on the ground in discomfort, even if it's just a black bun; otherwise, she'll really become dizzy and lightheaded.

  She demonstrated it once yesterday, and since frying peanuts is a physically demanding task, she simply pushed it to Dabao today and gave instructions on the side.

  The second and third treasures are picking up firewood and pulling a wind box. Although they're not very professional, under the command of the eldest treasure, they still have a model to follow.

  A few people quickly roasted the chestnuts, packed them up and set off towards the rising sun. At this time, it was still early, but all the villagers had gotten up. When they arrived at the crossroads, they happened to meet Niu Laogen's donkey cart. Niu Laogen was taken aback and said: "Zhong Jia's children, where are you going? Into the city?"

  Tuni smiled and said: "Yes, Uncle Niu, are you also entering the city?!"

  Niu Laogen laughed and said, "Yes, we've run out of oil and salt at home. I'm going into town to sell some grain and eggs and exchange them for some salt. Hey, where are you four kids off to? Where are the adults at home?"

  "Dad and mom want to weed the land, if we don't remove it quickly, it will affect the harvest. So the four of us went, selling some of the chestnuts we picked ourselves can also exchange for some oil and salt money..." Tuni said with a smile.

  Niu Laogen also smiled foolishly: "My donkey cart can't hold many people either, how about this? You put the gong frame on the donkey cart to reduce some weight, and you four kids walk slowly, what do you say?"

  Tuni was overjoyed and said: "That's great, thank you Uncle Niu."

  "We're all from the same village, what's there to thank... " Niu Laogen said with a smile.

  Tuni put all the gongs on, today they brought a few more, two gongs together weigh fifty kilograms, the donkey is really a bit struggling, Tuni feels a bit uneasy, grabbed some chestnuts and gave them to Niu Laogen, saying: "Uncle Niu, try some fresh ones, just eat an early breakfast, it's not worth much money, don't be disdainful..."

  Niu Laogen didn't mind the chestnuts, every household's children would go to the mountains to pick them up and bring them back to cook and eat. So he just smiled, took a bite, and his eyes widened in surprise, "This, is this still chestnut?! Tuniu, did you add salt and sugar? How much do you sell per catty, aren't you losing money?!"

  Tuni blushed and smiled, "It's just something I came up with myself, it's just to eat fresh, in the city we sell it for five cents a catty. Just afraid of not selling."

  Niu Laogen stared at Tuniu in astonishment, a bit incredulous. "This...this..." He wanted to ask if it could really be sold, but he closed his mouth instead, not bearing to crush her spirits.

  Dabao was a bit unhappy that Niu Laogen suspected their attitude, and hastily said: "Yesterday our chestnuts were all sold out..."

  Niu Laogen just smiled and thought it was the children's self-esteem at work, not taking it seriously. He only wondered why the Zhong family would let the kids make such a fuss. Even roasting chestnuts with salt and sugar is too wasteful.

  Tuni didn't mind, just smiled and followed the donkey cart slowly, without the burden of the gong frame. The three brothers were much more relaxed today, laughing and jumping all the way, very cheerful. Even Tuni's mood improved greatly as she watched the sun rise gradually, this is the hope of life...

  When entering the city, it was still those four soldiers. Seeing the four children, they smiled. The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Forget it, next time you four come out of the city, I'll also give you money. Go ahead..."