Yao Xiujuan washed her hands and walked to the kang to blow out the candle on the cabinet. She lay back in Chu Tian's arms, yawned, and said softly, "Brother Tian, ​​can you fall asleep now?"

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No, Chu Tian wanted to say that you misunderstood. I was stiff because you suddenly hugged my waist just now, not because of that! Unfortunately, before he could think of an excuse, Yao Xiujuan had already snored softly and fell asleep.

Chu Tian closed his eyes, raised one hand to cover his eyes, and wailed in his heart. He felt that he was finished. He was increasingly unable to hold on to his bottom line. Sooner or later, he would fall for Yao Xiujuan. No, it could be said that he had already fallen...

It was a little after four in the morning when it was still pitch black outside when Sun Baoguo and Sun Weiguo came knocking on the door in a horse-drawn carriage. Chu Tian sat up with a start, carefully put on his shoes, got off the kang, opened the door a crack, and whispered to Sun Weiguo who was knocking on the door.

"Weiguo, wait a moment, I'll put on my clothes..."

Sun Weiguo quickly responded, "Brother Tian, ​​don't worry, take your time to put on..."

Chu Tian closed the door, walked back to the kang and found Yao Xiujuan sleeping soundly. He quickly put on his cotton pants and cotton jacket, walked back to the outer room and quickly slipped into the space. He brought out four ten-pound buckets of soybean oil, unscrewed the lids and poured the oil into the tank. After pouring the four buckets of oil, there was still about ten centimeters of height, which was just the right height so that it would not be too full and easily spill.

They also used the burlap bags sewn by Yao Xiujuan to fill two burlap bags with 20 kilograms of noodles, a bag of 10 kilograms of millet, and a bag of 10 kilograms of high-quality white sugar.

As for meat, rice and flour, Chu Tian did not take them this time. His idea was very simple. He just felt that there was flour, rice and various meats every time, so why not change them this time?

"Weiguo, can you ask Brother Baoguo to come in and lift the oil tank?"

Sun Weiguo said "Hey", turned around and waved to Sun Baoguo who was standing not far away, motioning him to come over.

"In addition to the 40 kilograms of soybean oil delivered this time, there are also noodles, millet and sugar. Come, I will help you carry the oil tank out and then come back to get it..."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Tian saw that the Sun Weiguo brothers had lifted it up easily and walked steadily towards the carriage outside the educated youth site. Chu Tian was stunned for two seconds, turned around helplessly, picked up the four packed sacks and followed them.

Sun Weiguo muttered as he walked, "Does it really take three people to lift this oil tank? If it weren't so round and hard to hold, I could do it by myself..."

Chu Tian, ​​"..."

Sun Baoguo glared at him and said, "What are you talking about? Be careful when you walk! If you fall, you're doomed..."

"I won't fall!"

Sun Weiguo curled his lips. Although he couldn't see his elder brother's expression clearly, he knew that his elder brother must be glaring at him.

All the things were placed on the carriage. Sun Baoguo was well prepared. Knowing that soybean oil was to be delivered this morning, he took a few straw mats to wrap the oil tank and fixed it to the carriage with hemp ropes. He also took a straw mat lid made by his mother to cover the oil tank.

Chu Tian looked at Sun Baoguo's series of actions in the light of the torch, and couldn't help but sigh that Sun Baoguo was more stable and thoughtful than Sun Weiguo.

"Brother Baoguo, Weiguo, be careful on the road."

"Weiguo, you know the way. Once you get there, just trade with them..."

Looking at the two brothers, one driving the carriage and the other holding the oil tank and holding a torch, Chu Tian once again sighed that adding one more person was the right thing to do, even though it would cost an extra dollar! But for him, what difference did it make whether it was one dollar more or one dollar less?

Yes, Chu Tian planned to continue paying Sun Weiguo the three dollars he had given him before, but he didn’t tell Sun Baoguo. As for the one dollar per person per trip mentioned yesterday, he only gave Sun Baoguo this amount!

After all, Sun Weiguo had always been diligent when delivering goods to him before. The most important thing was that he could help with delivery in a long-term and stable manner, while Sun Baoguo probably wouldn't have time to help deliver goods every time. He was the team leader in the team, and when the busy farming season came, he was as busy as the team leader every day.

After returning to the dugout, Chu Tian first stuffed a few more pieces of firewood into the kang hole, then quietly took off his cotton jacket and trousers and lay back on the kang. Just as he was about to close his eyes and sleep, Yao Xiujuan put her arms around Chu Tian's waist, her voice still hoarse from not being asleep.

"Brother Tian, ​​what have you been doing?"

Chu Tian was startled and looked down at Yao Xiujuan's face in the light of the fire in the kang. He found that Yao Xiujuan's eyes were slightly open with confusion, and she looked like she had not slept well. He patted her back and comforted her.

"I got up to go to the bathroom. Go to sleep now. It's still dark outside."

Yao Xiujuan hummed when she heard this and slowly closed her eyes.

Not long after Chu Tian finished breakfast, Sun Weiguo came over.

"Brother Tian..."

Chu Tian nodded slightly and said, "Weiguo, wait for me."

As he said this, he put on his cotton jacket, looked at Yao Xiujuan who was preparing to knead dough for steamed buns, said, "Xiujuan, I'm going out for a while," and pushed the door open and walked out.

The two men came to the back of the educated youth site. Sun Weiguo looked around and saw that there was no one around, then he took out a handful of money from his pocket and handed it to Chu Tian.

"Brother Tian, ​​this is today's money, a total of two hundred and twenty..."

Chu Tian took the money and was about to withdraw it when he paused after hearing the words. He looked at Sun Weiguo in confusion, "Isn't the money right? Why is there so much money?"

Sun Weiguo scratched his head habitually, "Brother Li Gang paid three yuan per catty for soybean oil, so forty catties is one hundred and twenty. Noodles are two yuan and a half per catty, so twenty catties is fifty. Millet is three yuan per catty, so ten catties is thirty. Brother Li Gang said that white sugar is much better than the raw sugar from the supply and marketing cooperative, so he gave a high price, two yuan per catty, so ten catties is twenty. All these add up to two hundred and twenty..."

Chu Tian nodded in understanding. He calculated the price of soybean oil based on the previous price of rapeseed oil, which was 2.5 yuan per catty, so the final price was 20 yuan less than what he paid.

"Here, these four dollars, three of them are yours, and one is for your eldest brother."

As he said that, Chu Tian took out four dollars and handed it to Sun Weiguo.

Sun Weiguo looked at the four yuan in front of him with some hesitation, and after a while he whispered, "Tian, ​​Brother Tian, ​​should I take the same amount as my elder brother?"

Chu Tian smiled and stuffed it into his hand, "I told you to take it, so take it! You are different from your elder brother. He only helps out occasionally when he is not busy, so he gets paid as a temporary worker, but you are a regular employee, so you should get paid as a regular employee!"

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, you're getting married soon. You'll want to buy some more things for your little home, right? How can you buy more things without money?"

"Well, thank you, Brother Tian."

Upon hearing this, Sun Weiguo gritted his teeth, took out three dollars and put them in his inner pocket, and put the remaining dollar in his outer pocket, intending to give it to his elder brother when he got back!