He had to choose between getting married and making money.
In his view, money is still the most important thing.
However, as I spend more and more time with He Runqing now, I feel that his character as a young educated youth is different.
It started out of a sense of responsibility, but now... it seems like I've struck gold.
I really want to take her home right away. Whoever marries her will be happy for life.
I hope the wedding can be held soon. After the marriage proposal, we can start preparing for the wedding within a month.
Chen Yifei had made up his mind and was determined.
He said to her, "Alright, go inside and eat slowly. This eight-treasure rice is best eaten while it's hot."
"I'm home!"
He waved to He Runqing and then walked confidently toward his home.
He turned around nimbly, and He Runqing could clearly see that Chen Yifei had a slender body, well-proportioned limbs, and smooth muscle lines in his exposed arms... he looked very powerful.
Stray hairs fluttered in the air, and He Runqing thought Chen Yifei was very handsome, though he didn't know it. A sense of pride welled up inside her; her future husband was quite good-looking.
Her appearance was also what He Runqing liked.
Each time, He Runqing would watch Chen Yifei leave. Only after he had gone quite a distance would she take the eight-treasure porridge back to her room; it was sweet and fragrant…
After Chen Yifei returned home, he ran into Wang Hu, Zhao Ershuan, Sun Quansheng and a few others at the door.
The three men carried four baskets of wild mushrooms to Wang Hu's doorstep to count them, intending to give them to Chen Yifei later.
Just then, Chen Yifei arrived:
"You've picked so many again, not bad, not bad." Chen Yifei got off his bicycle. Looking at these wild mushrooms, he felt they were all quite good.
"There are plenty, but we haven't found any termite mushrooms or matsutake mushrooms yet. I wonder why they haven't come out yet? Maybe someone else picked them all. We're unlucky; we probably won't make much money from these!"
Sun Quansheng sighed.
Then the three of them realized something was wrong and exclaimed in unison, "No way, bro!"
"You sold those wild mushrooms? Who would buy them? It's too oily to cook them."
Chen Yifei said with a smile, "Selling it to state-run restaurants, they cook it for other people, it has nothing to do with us."
"But I made money, and I promised to give it to you. Five dollars each."
As he spoke, Chen Yifei handed them money. Holding those five yuan, they still found it unbelievable.
However, picking mushrooms in the mountains is comparable to working at a brick factory for several days.
The main problem is how tiring it is to work at a brick factory!
These days, they're doing light work. Normally, they're just good-for-nothing hooligans who never do any real work.
Now, I earn more than the work points I exchanged.
"I've made it!" Wang Hu exclaimed excitedly. "Brother Fei, I've made it!"
"Following you, we're finally going to make something of ourselves," Zhao Ershuan said cheerfully. "Anyway, we brothers will share the good times and the bad."
"If you end up in jail for speculation, we brothers will go with you. Taking care of your family won't be a problem!"
If anyone else had said this, Chen Yifei would have taken it as mere politeness.
But they are different.
Although we all fooled around together, were lazy and didn't go to work in the village, the camaraderie among us still remained.
After all, they've already experienced it once in their previous life.
Chen Yifei nodded: "Don't worry, we're making a legitimate living selling mushrooms, nothing will happen. You can go and pick them up on the mountain."
"Going home now! I'll be back to my stall tomorrow!"
"Okay, okay."
The brothers helped carry these baskets in. Then they opened the door.
They were all neighbors. Although Mr. and Mrs. Chen didn't like these good-for-nothing hooligans, they warmly invited them in for dinner since they had come to their home.
Everyone left quickly; how could I possibly eat at someone else's house?
After entering the house, Chen Yifei washed his hands and sat down at the dining table, saying, "Mom and Dad, I want to get engaged to He Runqing in three days."
Zhang Cuizhi was a little excited: "Son! If you're going to get married, hurry up and do it. Your father and I are looking forward to it."
Chen Jianguo nodded: "You can earn your money slowly. If it's not enough to buy the three-wheeled vehicle and the radio now, I'll borrow some from relatives. We'll empty our savings to give that young lady Runqing a decent living."
I've already apologized enough; now I must give my future daughter-in-law the best.
Chen Yifei shook his head and said in a cheerful voice, "Dad, do you really not trust me that much?"
"The reason I set it for three days later is because I can earn enough money to marry her. Leave the preparations to me then."
Chen's mother smiled and nodded: "Looks like you've really made some money, selling mushrooms today?"
Chen Yifei nodded: "It was originally just an experiment, but we happened to run into the person in charge of the state-run restaurant, so we carried it over to the state-run restaurant to sell. In the future, we can just find some restaurants on the mountain and supply them with it."
"I made tens of yuan from one basket today. I estimate I can make over a hundred yuan from several baskets later."
Although they knew Chen Yifei could make money and had the ability to do so, they usually talked about money in small amounts, like a few cents. Even a large bowl of rice noodles on the street only cost six cents.
Chen Yifei now easily makes tens or even hundreds of dollars. He's really making too much money.
However, the channel for selling wild mushrooms is still through state-run restaurants, so there's definitely no problem.
Chen Xue said, "Then you have to go tomorrow too! It's three baskets of wild mushrooms. You can only carry two baskets at most by bicycle, tied up together. I'll borrow Wang Hu's bike and help you carry one basket. I can also help you sell the pancakes! What do you say?"
Chen Jianguo nodded: "That's what we think too. We're always worried about you being alone, but your second sister can help out."
"Otherwise, what if they arrest you for speculation and send you to jail? With two people, one can act as a lookout while the other does the work. Otherwise, you won't be able to concentrate, and you won't be able to make delicious potato pancakes."
Chen Yifei was indeed a little worried. Although such regulations already existed.
However, since there are no specific regulations in such a small county, the market is somewhat laissez-faire, even though it's not being strictly regulated at the moment.
But if it gets regulated someday, he could go to jail. Setting up a street stall does indeed carry some risks. He initially didn't want to involve his family.
But now the whole family is worried about him. If his second sister doesn't go with him, they'll probably be even more worried.
Chen Yifei didn't want his family to worry about him anymore.
Finally, she nodded and said, "Then Second Sister will come with me. I'll calculate the money for you later, Second Sister. If you come with me, we won't be able to earn any more work points."
"Our family will have one less expense to make."
"I'll charge you six yuan a day..." Chen Yifei hadn't finished speaking when Chen Xue rolled her eyes at him.
"Why should we, as a family, bother with this? Even close brothers keep clear accounts; we don't need to."
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