Li Yan, a university graduate and village official dedicated to poverty alleviation, accidentally transmigrated into Li Family Village, nestled in a mountain gully. Her family was impoverished. Due...
Li Yan and her group of three said goodbye to Shopkeeper Qian, and they happily drove back in a mule cart.
Li Wenshan hadn't expected to sell over 800 kilograms of charcoal in just half a day. He nudged Li Dalang, who was driving the cart, and said, "Brother, am I dreaming? In just half a day, we've earned 1,860 copper coins! At this rate, won't we make even more tomorrow?"
Li Dalang looked at Li Wenshan, who was in disbelief, and pinched him. Li Wenshan cried out in pain and said with a silly smile: "It hurts, it hurts, hehe, it's not a dream!"
Li Dalang couldn't help but shook his head as he looked at the man's silly look. He thought that he was really not as calm as himself. Thinking back to when the second girl made money, he definitely didn't do anything stupid like this. Yes, he definitely didn't!
Li Wenshan laughed foolishly for a moment, then suddenly slapped his thigh as if remembering something: "Brother, did that young man just order a truckload of charcoal from us?"
Li Yan looked at the startled Li Wenshan with amusement: "Uncle, weren't you there just now? You should have heard it!"
Li Wenshan scratched his head uncomfortably and smiled innocently: "I was so happy that I just remembered it now!"
Li Dalang said, "You must not forget this. I'm counting on you to help deliver the goods tomorrow!"
Speaking of delivering the goods, Li Yan said to Li Dalang, "Uncle, I won't go with you tomorrow. Can you and Uncle Wenshan go and drive the cart?" Li Yan thought that it was impossible for her to follow them all the time and help them sell the charcoal. Now that she had led them to sell the charcoal, she thought of letting go and letting them try it on their own!
Li Wenshan hesitated and said, "I haven't been to the camp either. Will they let us in?"
Li Yan thought for a moment and then said, "Then I'll let Uncle Zhao go with you tomorrow. He went with me last time!"
Li Dalang glanced at Li Yan, whose face was weather-beaten. In this kind of weather, even if one wrapped himself in a scarf and put on a small hat, the cold wind would be hard on the person, let alone a child in his teens!
Li Dalang said sympathetically, "You've worked hard these days. Don't worry tomorrow, uncle will be here!"
The group quickly drove the mule cart back to the village. Li Dalang did not bother to stay and rushed to the patriarch's house first.
Clan leader Li, who had been waiting for them, would occasionally walk to the door and peer in. When he saw the three of them, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Have you sold the charcoal today?"
Li Wenshan saw the clan leader and said excitedly, "It's sold, it's all sold. A young master has even ordered a truck to be delivered tomorrow!"
After hearing this, Chief Li was surprised and asked, "Ordered a car?" Then he excitedly went down the mountain to inform the villagers.
Seeing the clan leader turn around and leave, Li Dalang hurriedly handed the silver he had earned from the sale to the clan leader. "There's an extra penny here, which is from the owner of Piaoxianglou. Next time I go to the city, I'll make up for it by giving him some charcoal!"
Upon hearing this, Chief Li accepted the silver and nodded, "That's right! Okay, you guys go back now. I'll go down the mountain and tell everyone to make them happy too!"
Then he instructed Li Yan who was standing beside him: "Second girl, remember to go back and write down today's number!"
After finishing his instructions, he hurried down the mountain without waiting for Li Yan's answer.
Li Dalang drove a mule cart and took Li Yan back home.
When the two returned, Lin and Li Xiaomei were having dinner. Li Dalang tied up the mule cart in the backyard and was about to go back, but Li Yan stopped him and said, "Uncle hasn't eaten yet. Stay and eat before you leave!"
Li Dalang waved his hand and refused, "No, no, it's the same if we go to my uncle's house!"
Li Yan pushed Li Dalang down to the table without saying anything: "We are all family, what's wrong with having a meal together?"
Li Xiaomei also quickly stood up: "Brother, please sit down first. I'll go get you some dishes and chopsticks!"
Li Xiaomei quickly brought the bowls and chopsticks. The meal Lin made today was also very simple, white flour buns with fried bean sprouts and sauerkraut.
Looking at the white flour buns in the bowl, Li Dalang's stomach started to growl. He had only drunk a bowl of thick porridge when he went out in the morning. Now, when he smelled the buns emitting the fragrance of flour, his stomach started to growl!
Li Yan broke open the white flour bun, put some stir-fried vegetables in it and handed it to the embarrassed Li Dalang: "Uncle, this is my favorite way to eat it, how about you try it?"
Li Dalang took a bite of the steamed bun handed to him by Li Yan. It tasted really good!