Zhou Erlang was much better prepared than Zhou Wulang; when Manbao looked through the basket Second Brother brought, she discovered a basin of chopped large pork bones with meat on them.
There were two strips of streaky pork that were about the same size, and another strip of fatty pork.
Manbao's mouth watered at the sight of them.
Worried Manbao's drool would drip onto the meat, Zhou Erlang hastily pulled her away and coaxed, "Wait until noon, and Second Brother will give you some meat to eat."
Manbao, drooling, nodded her head.
With food on her mind, she was reluctant to leave, so she squatted in front of the stove to help with tending the fire, which basically meant taking a glance at the fire and informing the brothers any time it needed more wood, at which point someone would come and add some.
Bai Shanbao squatted with her for a while but soon found watching the fire boring, so he went off to play with Bai Erlang, who had gone to the newly dug canals.
