Manbao and the others had just entered the village when a villager greeted Manbao, "Manbao, you're back! How's your little farm going?"
Before Manbao could respond, another villager took over the conversation, "Do we even need to ask? It must be doing well. Right, Manbao, our family is also planning to plant winter wheat next year. Will Old Master Bai and his folks still be picking out wheat seeds then?"
"If they don't buy your wheat seeds, does it mean you can't plant winter wheat? Even if you can't sell it, growing it for your own consumption isn't bad either. Manbao, I heard you bought a shop for your family? How much did you spend?"
"It must have been at least a hundred taels."
"Why would it take that much? The shops in the county town can't be that big; perhaps seventy or eighty taels would be enough to buy one?"
