Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 38 Who do you look down on?
Li Muyang thought as he walked, carrying the flour bag back home.

Behind him, Li Jianshe saw Boss Song riding his motorcycle away, so he looked back, turned around and asked his wife who was walking next to him, "That bachelor came here to buy chaff again?"

"Go on, why are you looking down on me? You don't know that I bought ten kilograms of white noodles today."

Wang Juhua said half mockingly, half jokingly.

While talking, both of them stared at Li Muyang's back and found that his body seemed to be straighter than before.

I remember that this guy used to always lower his head when he saw people. He would also bow his head and stoop when walking, with a hunched body. He didn't look confident at all.

What's going on here?
A good-for-nothing bachelor suddenly changes his appearance?

When Li Jianshe heard what his wife said, he laughed mockingly: "Are you kidding? He can afford white noodles. If he can afford white noodles, I will fill the whole banquet."

"You still don't believe it. Look at the two bags. One bag contains white flour, and the other bag contains crumbs. I took all the money."

"Are you serious?" Li Jianshe was stunned.

"Why did I lie to you?"

"That's weird," Li Jianshe thought for a moment and couldn't figure out where Li Muyang got so much money.

"I'm telling you, they have a lot of money..."

Wang Juhua told Li Muyang that he had 50 yuan and what had just happened. Li Jianshe became more and more confused as he listened. In his mind, it was good for Li Muyang to come up with five yuan.

"You said..." Li Jianshe suddenly thought of something, "I heard that their brothers will give pension money every month. Did the fifth child not spend the money on my mother, but use it to buy white noodles to satisfy his greed?"

Wang Juhua nodded: "That makes sense. I had this idea at the time, but the question is, didn't I always have that money? Why did he suddenly think of buying noodles? Could it be that he was stimulated by something?"

"I don't know..." Li Jianshe retracted his gaze and said with a dry smile: "What the fuck, I'm just a pauper."

"Too."

The couple returned to the small room where they sold food, "Who was riding the motorcycle just now?"

"A medicinal herb dealer from out of town."

"Medicine dealer, why are we looking for you?"

"I heard that Cordyceps sinensis appeared nearby... Oh, I heard that it is a very precious medicinal material, and one kilogram can sell for five or six hundred yuan..."

"It's so expensive, isn't it the same as ginseng!" Wang Juhua and Li Jianshe have never heard of Cordyceps sinensis, and they don't think much about medicinal materials. It is estimated that the most expensive one is ginseng.

"That's about right. It's expensive anyway."

"Then why is he looking for you?"

"You want to discuss cooperation with me..." Li Jianshe walked over and stood at the door. He glanced at the roadside and made sure no one was coming. Then he smiled proudly and said, "He wants us to mobilize everyone in the village to dig up that Cordyceps sinensis." , and then he came to buy it for 500 yuan per pound, and gave me another 100 yuan."

"What do you mean, I don't understand."

"That is to say, he charges 500 yuan per catty, and gives us an additional 100 yuan for every catty received."

"Ah? There's such a good thing, why should they give you money? If you don't dig out that... that..."

"Cordyceps sinensis!"

"Yes, that Xia Cao, why did he give you extra money?" "This is because you don't understand. He is called interesting!"

Li Jianshe jumped to sit on the counter, lit a Hongtashan, took a beautiful puff, and slowly turned the cigarette in his mouth into eye circles and spit it out.

"He obviously knows something about the situation in our place, and knows that I, Li Jianshe, am the one who talks about everything here. What can I do without my permission? Can other people go digging in the mountains casually without my permission? Also , Without me, who would organize people for him, it doesn’t depend on me?”

Wang Juhua understood now.

He grinned widely and said: "The relationship is good. If this thing comes to pass, you can make a fortune. Don't you want to buy a car? This is enough to save money. When the time comes, you can use the car to pull you. We, the three mothers, will go to my mother’s house to look around, and it will also increase the prestige of my parents!”

"A woman's knowledge!"

Li Jianshe rolled his eyes at her, "Even if I have the money to buy a car, I still have to keep a low profile. If everyone in the village sees my car, they will know our family's real wealth. If the town leaders ask us, How do you explain it to others?”

"What's important about this? Let's just say we earned it." Wang Juhua was unconvinced.

"Say you have long hair but short knowledge. How did you earn it? Do you think this money was brought by the strong wind from the sky? You think you can earn this much money?"

Li Jianshe had a headache with this ignorant wife, but he didn’t dare to get angry because he was afraid that his wife would undermine him, so he could only try to explain to his wife, “You know how much a car costs, Santana costs more than 20, like us If you make money like this now, it will take decades to earn 20..."

"Didn't we already save..."

"Shut up, you mother-in-law, why are you talking nonsense everywhere? Don't mention our deposits easily. What if everyone knows about it and comes to our house to steal or rob? I can't stay at home all the time... …”

"Haha~" Wang Juhua sneered, "I wonder which bastard without eyes dares to come to my place to steal things. I'll see if I don't break his legs."

"You, have some brains... Forget it, I can't explain it to you. As long as you know, don't talk about our family's money outside all the time. If more people know about it, the higher ups will come back to investigate. If I If you can’t be the village chief, then don’t think about anything else.”

"OK then!"

Wang Juhua nodded. Seeing that her husband was so cautious, she said nothing more.

"As for the cooperation with Boss Song, don't say anything about it for now. Let's wait for their news. When he finds the place, he will convey it to us, and then we will go out to dig. Don't let others know about it and get there first."

"I know, it's up to you to say."

"I'm afraid that you, with your big mouth and no gatekeeper, will go around shouting at critical times and ruin our good deeds."

"I won't... Hey, hey, Li Jianshe, what's going on with you today? I'm giving you face, right? I've been putting up with you for a long time, and you've been nagging you in front of me for what?!"

Wang Juhua suddenly became angry. She stepped forward and grabbed Li Jianshe by his ears, pulled Li Jianshe off the table and dragged him around on the ground.

"Hey, wife, what are you doing...Ah, you are going to rip off my ears...Hurry, let go, wife!"

"It's useless for you to have this thing anyway. You can just pluck it off. You didn't even listen to a lot of what I said to you."

"Honey, I know I was wrong. I will treat you better in the future!"

"Only better?" Wang Juhua sneered.

"Ten thousand points, one million points, how about this? How about I buy you a gold bracelet at the next fair?"

"It's almost there."

Wang Juhua then let go of her husband's ears. Li Jianshe rubbed his ears and screamed. The small grain store was filled with a smell of resentment.

(End of this chapter)