Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 204 This is about driving people away!

The more the merrier.

With everyone's concerted efforts, the bricks fell quickly.Li Muyang originally planned to get off the first bus within three hours, but unexpectedly it only took a little more than two hours.

Seeing that he still had time, he followed Mi Tutu to the brick factory to pick up a batch. He stopped on the side of the street and took out part of the money.

Originally, according to the second brother's budget, the bricks and tiles were estimated to cost 3000 yuan, but because he knew Mi Tutu, and Mi Tutu had someone inside, he finally got it for a total of 2700 yuan.

Prepare the tiles at the back first and then pull them back. Today I only pulled the bricks back.

At this time, he had gradually become accustomed to the current prices. When he first started to be reborn, he was still stuck in the price concept of his previous life. He felt that a few hundred yuan was really not money, and he did not change at once.

I followed Mi Tutu to the brick and tile factory to pay the money and then loaded the car.

The brick and tile factory has specialized loading and unloading personnel, and their speed is much faster than the motley crew organized by Li Muyang. It took them less than an hour to load all the bricks.

Although they also have specialized tools, their cooperation and efficiency in doing things are far superior to those of unprofessional people.

After leaving the brick and tile factory, Li Muyang took out another 100 yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into Mi Tutu's pocket.

"Why did you give me money?"

"Isn't this your extra hard work? I agreed at the time that in addition to the shipping fee, I would also give you some extra hard work."

"Take it back quickly, take it back, how can I ask you for this money? I have earned all the money I should earn."

"Take it. You have helped me a lot. This is a little bit of my kindness. Just accept it. It's not much. Don't mind."

"I really can't take it. I'm already very happy that you can ask me to pull bricks. Besides, what's our relationship? For such a small favor, can I charge you extra money?"

"Of course. All the hard work must be rewarded, right?"

"I helped you pull the bricks, and you already paid me the freight, and you gave me more than ordinary people, so I also got the money I deserved."

"Without you, I wouldn't have been able to get bricks so cheaply. Isn't this also a kind of hard work?"

"It's nothing. I already have this relationship. I just said a few words for you."

"Don't underestimate these few words. With your connections, I can gain advantage, right?

If I don’t know you, do I have to spend 3000 yuan to buy this brick? After all, even if I give you 100 yuan, I still make another 200 yuan. "

This is also Li Muyang’s true words.

He always believes that this kind of relationship is not without any value. There are always some people who look down on this kind of interpersonal relationship and feel that they don't bother to maintain it, as if they get benefits without spending much effort.

What is missing becomes more important.

Precisely because Li Muyang lacked interpersonal relationships in this area before, he encountered many obstacles.

Therefore, he has now deeply realized that being able to maintain long-term relationships that are convenient at critical moments is a kind of wealth in itself, and if others use this relationship, you will have to pay corresponding rewards.

Otherwise, the favor may accumulate and accumulate, and eventually there will be no way to repay it.

It's possible that he and Mi Tutu have always had such a simple relationship, and it's possible that it will go further in the future, but that is after all, and it's impossible to say now.

Before a new relationship can come, he must first deal with the current cooperative relationship.

He believed that only if he was like this this time, Mi Tutu would be more proactive when doing other things in the future.

When I came back, I passed by the roadside and saw an old man pulling a cart of watermelons. He might be preparing to sell them. The one behind him might be his granddaughter, pushing it hard.

The two of them came to an uphill slope and couldn't pull the car any longer. Li Muyang asked Mi Tutu to stop for a while, and then he went down to help push the car.

The old man suddenly felt relaxed. He turned around and saw that there was an adult behind him helping him push. He was very grateful. After pushing it up, he picked a large watermelon for Li Muyang to carry.

Li Muyang saw that the old man and his granddaughter were not well-dressed, and knew that their life was not easy, and of course they would not take advantage of it, so he asked the old man how much it cost, and he gave the money to the old man.

"They are all grown on the ground. What is the value of home-grown watermelons? It has rained a lot this year and the watermelons grow well. However, they are cheap because of their size. They are not worth much, so just take them and eat them."

"That won't work. This is what you sold for money, uncle. How can I just take it? Come here. How much is it per pound? I'll give you the money."

"No, no, no, if you tell me no, give it back to me."

The old man was very determined. After Li Muyang said it several times, he became a little unhappy and pulled the cart to leave.

In fact, this is more in line with the behavioral habits of people here. Li Muyang had no choice but to think about it and call the uncle again.

"Uncle, let's do this. We happen to need some watermelons at home. I'll buy some watermelons from you. Is that okay?"

"What are you buying? If you want to eat, just take a few and eat. I won't ask you for money."

"If I only take a few, it will be for nothing, but I want more, so let's weigh it according to the weight.

In this way, I will choose, uncle, you weigh it. After the weighing is completed, we can calculate the money together, okay? "

"You young man, I told you to just take a few. You have to spend money. It's not easy to make money. I grew this at home. If I can sell it for a little money, it's just money. Why are you spending this unjust money? "

"Uncle, I still have things to do, so let's weigh in quickly, okay?

You weigh these for me first, I pick them one by one, and you weigh them one by one.If you feel sorry for yourself, just give me a cheaper price. "

Of course Li Muyang knew that the uncle was just saying that.

If he had grown a little bit by himself, it would have been fine if he had not sold it for money. But looking at him, he was obviously a dedicated melon farmer. He had the obvious characteristics of a melon farmer, and he was very tanned.

Moreover, these watermelons seem to be almost the same size. They are obviously selected from the melon fields. If they grow a few by themselves, the melons cannot be so neat.

It's just that people in rural areas are relatively simple, so he wouldn't lie like that.

The little girl behind him didn't speak a word from the beginning to the end. She kept looking at Li Muyang timidly and didn't even know how to wipe her nose with her hands when she had runny nose.Li Muyang looked at it and felt very distressed. He also thought about what happened to his daughter in his previous life.

Li Muyang estimated that the weight of this cart should be about [-] to [-] kilograms. The tires of the cart were so compressed that they were almost touching the ground.

He roughly counted the people in his family, the eldest brother's family, the second brother's family, and his own family, there were more than 20 people in total. If he bought ten from each family, that would be thirty.Then he helped Mi Tutu pick out a few more, and he rounded up the total and bought forty, just in time to take them back together with Mi Tutu's car.

Forty watermelons weigh a total of more than 280 kilograms. Li Muyang said it was easy to calculate, so he calculated it as three hundred kilograms. One kilogram of watermelon costs 15 cents, so the total is [-] yuan.

He counted 15 yuan, and after a lot of twists and turns, he finally let the old man accept it. The old man was so moved that he praised him as a good person.

Li Muyang thought to himself, what kind of good person is this?It's just convenient. If this can be considered a good person, then the price and cost of being a good person are too low.

Saying goodbye to the old man and his granddaughter, Li Muyang asked Mi Tutu to help carry the watermelon to the car, and the two of them continued driving home.

"Brother Shepherd, you are indeed a warm-hearted person. I saw you right. To be honest, I rarely see people like you now." "What am I like?"

"I just keep thinking in my heart not to take advantage of others, but to help others as much as I can and to think about others."

"Isn't this normal? Everyone is like this, no one is not."

"Don't say that. People today are different from the past. Not to mention taking the initiative to help others, even if not taking advantage of others, it's already pretty good.

Anyway, I'm out running all day, and I rarely see people like you.I have always thought why I feel so comfortable being with you, and I really want to deal with you.Now it seems that it has something to do with this. "

"Haha, that's putting it mildly.

I don't really have anything.

I'm just an ordinary person. Sometimes, when I see these uncomfortable things, I just want to help if I can.

I was thinking, I might just do it casually, but for them, it can solve a lot of things.

I can't do anything big either.Compared with not helping, if I help, I may feel less comfortable and feel more at ease, right?
So do you think this is what life is like? Over and over, you still have to make yourself feel comfortable. "

"Yes, that's right, it's about having a clear conscience. You have done it, I haven't done it yet, I should learn more from you."

The two of them exchanged pleasantries, and finally looked at each other and laughed.

Adults often have such a tacit understanding, as long as they understand each other.

When he got home, Li Muyang first greeted everyone to unload the watermelon.

Distribute according to the number of two for each person. If the eldest brother's family has five people, then he will get ten. If the second brother's family has four people, he will get eight.Put five on the rice cart and eat slowly, and keep the rest.

It just so happened that everyone was tired from working today, so we killed two big watermelons and had a delicious meal.

The watermelon varieties here are all from Ningxia. They are very drought-tolerant and taste particularly sweet.

These days, many people do not sell watermelons directly, but pull their carts through the streets to exchange for grain. Half a bag of grain can be exchanged for a bag of watermelon.

After eating the watermelon, I continued to unload the truck.

After unloading the bricks, it was already dark, so Mi Tutu didn't even mention driving back.

A large family here is sitting at the door, chatting and eating melon to rest.

"Eldest brother and sister-in-law, second brother and second sister-in-law, why don't you call the children over and eat here. I'm so tired now that I feel like I'm too tired to cook again when I go back."

"It's okay. I'll do it when I get back. There are already a lot of people here, and Qinqin can't do it. It won't be until dinner." The sister-in-law said.

"Well, my sister-in-law is right, there are too many people. It's not just one or two more people. If they all get together to eat, it will take longer.

We will take a short break and go back to cook.

This kind of thing is very common. We often work in the fields and it's quite late to get home.The children all ate some steamed buns by themselves first. "

"Okay. Then I won't keep you."

Li Muyang took out 20 yuan from his pocket and gave ten yuan to each of his elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, this is a little hard-earned money, take it."

"Why should I take this from you? Are you sending me to beggar? Do I lack your money?" The sister-in-law suddenly became angry and threw the money to Li Muyang, saying angrily.

"That's right, Shepherd, why did you give us the money? Just keep it and take it back yourself."

"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, elder brother and second brother, you keep the money. Just like digging for Cordyceps sinensis before, you must be rewarded for your hard work."

"Look at you, Old Five, we are helping you unload a brick, how can you still get money?"

Li Mutian knocked the cigarette pot in his hand on his heel and said innocently.

He usually rarely speaks, but when he does speak, it proves that he is very determined in his heart.

"Lao Wu, keep your money. I'll help you unload a brick. How much do you charge? If the news spreads, we still have the dignity to stay in the village. Don't try to be a good person and put us on the stove. Bake it." The second brother also said next to him.

In fact, Li Muyang gave his eldest brother and second brother money not just because they were unloading bricks this time, but because he had always had an idea in his mind, that is, after the orchard was completed, the eldest brother, second brother, and sisters-in-law would all Can be managed together in the orchard.

In this case, everyone will become richer when they become rich.

He believed that if all the 300 acres of orchards were contracted, it would be enough to make everyone in the family rich, instead of him gradually getting richer by himself, while the other brothers were still thinking of ways to get a few dollars.

If he is too poor, he will not get along well with his brothers.He is too rich, and for the same reason, he doesn't get along well with them.

This cannot be blamed on who is doing it, but once the wealth gap widens between the poor and the rich, their focus is different.

Even if he wanted to maintain the same close relationship with his brother and sister-in-law after he became rich, they would not maintain it with him.

"Brother, sister-in-law is like this. I'm going to have to find someone to do some work. Then do I have to pay someone else when I find someone? If you have time, do it together, then find someone else with me. Isn't it the same?

Moreover, if there is such a money-making job, we must make it first among our own people.

Besides, when you go out to work for others, you also have to make money during this day. If you don’t make money, what expenses will your family use? "

"Don't take it out anymore, you old five. If we knew you were like this, your eldest brother and I wouldn't have followed you. Did you bully your eldest sister-in-law because you haven't seen the money or something? That's what you have to say , why didn’t you give me money when I went to propose marriage for you?”

"what."

Li Muyang was a little dumbfounded.

I really didn't think about this at the time.

Now listen to what my sister-in-law has to say.It seems like I should give my sister-in-law a little reward for her hard work.So he began to think about how much should be given. It took some time.

It was because I had no experience at the time that this happened.

"You really want to give it to me, why are you so dumbfounded? I thought you were a little more successful recently, but I didn't expect you to still be like this.

If you don’t want to give it away, you can give it to whatever you want. If you have a lot of money, can’t you burn it?
You are going to build a house soon, so don’t spend any money.

Shopkeeper, when we go home, we want to rest here for a while. Your boss is chasing people away. "

The more the sister-in-law talked, the more excited she became. She stood up and wanted to leave on the spot.

(End of this chapter)