Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan chatted with others for half an hour before returning. When they returned, they brought letters and packages that the postman had just delivered. As soon as they entered the house, they said, "Huaying, there are letters and packages for you. The packages were sent from the northwest."
"northwest?"
Yun Huaying walked out of the room. She seemed to know no other people in the Northwest except Brother Xue and his wife, whom she met on the train last time.
He took the package and saw the sender on it, raising his eyebrows: "It really is from Brother Xue."
The package was full of walnuts and red dates, which were special products from the area near where Brother Xue was stationed. Looking at the letter written in the package, it turned out that Han Zheng discovered that she liked to eat walnuts, so he secretly asked the couple to buy them and mail them.
Thinking of this thoughtful man, Yun Huaying's ears turned red, which was rare, and her eyes showed a bit of longing.
"Huaying, what is this?" Lin Shan had never seen a walnut before.
"Walnut."
Yun Huaying grabbed some for them to eat, smiling faintly. "Last time we went to Xinjin City, we met a comrade on the road who was serving in the Gobi Desert in the northwest. He and his wife were returning home with their child to visit their family. We became somewhat friendly after we met. The woman gave me some walnuts to eat, and Han Zheng saw that I liked them, so he asked the couple to buy some for me and mail them to me after they returned to the army."
"Brother Zheng is really thoughtful and considerate." Jiang Yuan said with a smile.
Lin Shan asked with a smile, "Huaying, how do you eat this walnut? It looks hard. Do you want to crush it?"
"I have walnuts in my hometown, and the variety is as good as this one. I have been eating it since I was a child. I will teach you how to peel it quickly." Jiang Yuan took two walnuts in her hand, clenched her fist and squeezed hard, and the shells of the two walnuts broke.
"Jiang Yuan, are there many walnut trees in your hometown?" Yun Huaying looked up and asked her.
"Yes, the most abundant thing in our county is coal, and the other is walnut trees. The walnuts in our county are famous throughout the country. In the past, they were tributes specially provided for the emperor and his relatives." Jiang Yuan lowered her voice when she said the last sentence.
When Lin Shan heard that the walnuts were specially prepared for the emperor to eat, her round almond eyes widened and she immediately stuffed the walnut meat into her mouth to taste it.
"How is it?" The two looked at her.
"It tastes okay, not too sweet, and the flesh has a bit of an oily aroma." Lin Shan ate it seriously.
"Walnuts contain oil, just like peanuts and rapeseed. Walnut kernels can also be used to extract oil." Jiang Yuan smiled.
Yun Huaying also took one and ate it, saying, "Walnuts are good for the brain, they're high in nutrients, and they're a very good dried fruit."
"It seems this one suits me. I need to eat more." Lin Shan joked and grabbed another one to eat.
Yun Huaying smiled and suggested to Jiang Yuan, "Jiang Yuan, your hometown is rich in walnuts, so the price should be low. Why don't you ask your eldest sister and her husband to collect more and mail them over, and then resell them here?"
Jiang Yuan had no business acumen and had never thought about this before. She was a little hesitant: "If I bring it here to resell it, can I afford the price?"
"Look at the kelp we ate last time. It's cheaper than cabbage in the coastal area, but when it's shipped to Yang County, the price increases four or five times. Even after deducting the shipping costs, we can still make at least two or three times as much. Walnuts are probably also very cheap in your area. No one in Yang County has ever eaten them. Chinese New Year is in two months, and every household needs to stock up on dried fruits for the New Year. We'll ask our friends in the black market to help promote the nutritional value of walnuts. They're sure to sell well."
Jiang Yuan, like Lin Shan, had already blindly believed her and decided to follow her advice. "How about I ask my eldest sister to mail 50 kilograms to sell?"
"Fifty kilograms is not enough to sell. Let's get two hundred kilograms first."
Jiang Yuan thought about it and nodded in agreement: "Okay, let my eldest sister get 200 kilograms first. My eldest brother-in-law has two acres of walnut trees at home, and there are plenty of stocks. If they sell well, we will sell them all. If they can't sell, we will keep them for ourselves."
When Yun Huaying suggested this idea to her, she came up with a plan. "We can sell it wholesale to Xiaogui at a low price. He has a wide network of channels and it will be easy to sell it."
"Okay, I'll sell it wholesale to him. I'll make less profit and won't have to take any risks." After Jiang Yuan said that, she immediately went to get paper and pen to write a letter.
Lin Shan thought that Jing County didn't seem to have any special products, so she didn't consider making money that way. She had just received a letter from home, so she tore open the envelope and started reading.
After reading the contents of the letter, her pretty face wrinkled into a ball. Yun Huaying sat down next to her and asked, "Is there something wrong at home?"
"My eldest brother broke up with that woman."
"Ah, you really broke up?" Jiang Yuan came over with a pen and paper. "Is it because of your second brother's work?"
"no."
This letter was written by her eldest brother. Lin Shan spoke grimly about the troubles at home. "A few days ago, the parents of both parties met. A matchmaker had originally passed on the word that the betrothal money was agreed upon. But after the parents met, the woman came to talk to my brother alone and suddenly asked for an additional 100 yuan for the betrothal money. She also made many additional demands."
"That woman demanded that after the wedding, my second brother must move out and my parents live with them. She also asked my mother to transfer her job and help her with housework and childcare. She also demanded that there must be ten tables for the wedding banquet, and at least five tables must include the bride's family."
Jiang Yuan: "...This woman is taking advantage of your family."
"You're right, she just took advantage of my family."
Lin Shan showed them the letter and gnashed her teeth in anger: "If I were at home, I would give her two basins of ice water to let her wash her mind and see clearly whether she is worthy or not."
Yun Huaying took a look at the letter. It was written by her eldest brother, and his tone was clearly angry. After reading it, he comforted her: "You can't marry a woman like this. It's a good thing that it's over. From what I can see from your eldest brother's letter, he has been dissatisfied with this woman for a long time. He didn't particularly want to marry her, so it's fine if they just break up."
"It's a good thing to break up, but my parents and elder brother will definitely be talked about behind their backs during this period of time." Lin Shan felt unhappy thinking about this.
"What's the big deal? They have their own mouths, so let them say whatever they want. Besides, this isn't your family's fault. Besides, if this gets out of hand, and the girl comes to cause trouble for your family, and your parents tell her about her shameless behavior, she'll definitely be the one to be embarrassed in the end."
Jiang Yuan was right. When the woman made those unreasonable demands, Brother Lin Shan directly expressed his intention to cancel the engagement. The woman ran back home crying. Not long after, her parents and relatives came to accuse him and make trouble.
The Lin family was not a softie that could be manipulated at will, so they revealed all the demands made by the girl's family. Now the greedy faces of the girl's family became known to everyone. In the end, it did not have much impact on the Lin family. Instead, no one on the girl's side dared to propose marriage.
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