The male educated youths around thought for a moment, and one of them said, "Chen Yifei is really amazing! He has the ability to sell mushrooms, but we can't do that."
"And he even got to marry He Runqing! He Runqing used to be our goddess!"
"Comrade He Runqing is really damn good-looking! I like this type of girl, she looks both innocent and alluring."
"It looks really cool."
"..."
At this point, Wang Jianshe became even more agitated. Chen Yifei had such a wife, wasn't he supposed to be thanking Wang Jianshe for it?
"Stop talking. What's so good about He Runqing? I think Zheng Fang is pretty good."
Now that Zheng Fang is with him, he has to say that things are going well for her and that she has some face.
Women are there to give men face.
Who among the men at the educated youth settlement didn't know that we did that in broad daylight last time?
"Jianshe, what do you want with us?"
"If there's nothing else, we'll be going. Everyone needs to go earn work points."
"Labor is the most glorious thing. We came here as educated youth. If we can't go back, we should work hard so that the commune doesn't send us a letter of warning."
When he said this, everyone looked at Wang Jianshe and thought he was no good.
Wang Jianshe cleared his throat: "Of course I called you here to make money! I don't like Chen Yifei, but his ways of making money are pretty good."
“We’re just as good as him when it comes to doing things. At this time, we’ll also go to the mountains to look for mushrooms.”
“We all have hands and feet. Those rural folks don’t know how to cook mushrooms properly because they’re reluctant to use oil. We’re city people, we know which mushrooms are good.”
"So your work is worse than Chen Yifei's?"
"What kind of skills does he have? Tomorrow you guys come with me to pick mushrooms, and I'll sell them. I guarantee everyone will make a lot of money. I can earn as much as Chen Yifei in a day."
He was very confident and didn't think he couldn't do it.
This encouraged everyone.
The male educated youths nodded: "Then we'll call on the female educated youths to come along, except for Comrade He Runqing, and we'll pick them up together for you to sell!"
"You have to promise to give each of us five dollars. We don't want any extra. Give us the money and we'll help you pick it up."
"Anyway, Chen Yifei gave those thugs five yuan, and the news spread throughout the village."
"become!"
Wang Jianshe gritted his teeth. As long as he could make money, what was wrong with following Chen Yifei's example?
It's just five yuan per person, ten people would only be fifty yuan. But Chen Yifei seemed to earn around two hundred yuan that day.
If you calculate it that way, he would still have a net profit of 150 yuan.
Thinking this way, he felt he was going to make a lot of money.
We do what we say.
"Okay, regardless of gender, anyone who wants to come can come."
“My business here is definitely better than Chen Yifei’s. Follow me and everyone will become a millionaire. We don’t need to rely on our families; we can forge our own path.”
The other educated youth around them nodded, their hearts filled with passion as they listened.
I was excited all day long, and I couldn't wait to go mushroom picking in the middle of the night.
It's definitely better to go one step ahead of Chen Yifei.
Everyone wanted to make money, so they went out to pick mushrooms before dawn, around four or five in the morning...
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The next morning, Wang Hu and his friends waited at the door.
After handing over several baskets of mushrooms to Chen Yifei.
Wang Hu said, "Brother Fei, those educated youths also went up the mountain to pick mushrooms, but there aren't many today."
Zhao Ershuan said, "They probably also want to pick mushrooms to sell. They probably saw you making money and want a piece of the pie."
"I don't know if it will affect your business, Fei-ge. How about we go and beat up those educated youth?"
Sun Quansheng clenched his fists: "Putting everything else aside, beating people up is definitely going to happen. Those pretty boys from the educated youth movement, I'll take them down one by one with a punch, to give Brother Fei some fun."
Chen Yifei smiled and said, "No need. Let's not waste our energy on those people and waste our time making money."
"Not everyone can earn this kind of money. Not everyone is Chen Yifei."
He crossed his arms and even guessed that it was Wang Jianshe who organized it.
No wonder they were jumping around like that; they were just jealous of how much money he made.
"It's alright," Chen Yifei said. "Just do your best and find as many mushrooms as you can. It's fine if you find a little less."
“Even if the educated youth who are not from the educated youth settlements follow along, once they start making money, others will follow suit.”
"We are confident that people will only accept our goods."
Hearing Chen Yifei say this, they felt relieved.
"Brother Fei, we're relieved that it doesn't affect you."
“The three of us are all your brothers, and we’d be happy to do anything for you.”
“We’re brothers, we’ll face anything together. If business doesn’t go well in the future, you don’t have to pay us.”
In Wang Hu and his friends' eyes, the bond between brothers was paramount.
Everyone here is sincere.
Chen Yifei nodded: "Don't worry. Wang Hu, bring your sister-in-law to the city to see me this afternoon. I'll take her to have her picture taken."
"Oh, looks like we'll all have to call her 'sister-in-law' from now on."
The guys started teasing us, but since my sister-in-law wasn't around, it wasn't really funny.
Next time our sister-in-law comes, let's all call her "Hello, sister-in-law!"
Without saying a word to his buddies, Chen Yifei hurried off to the county town to sell the mushrooms and pancakes, making arrangements with his usual customers.
They said they were going to take photos because they were getting married!
Each one is a blessing.
"What a lucky girl she is to marry such a wonderful young man like you."
"Exactly, he's a good person and capable. I really don't know how lucky that girl is."
"Oh my, I'd love to introduce you to my niece."
Chen Yifei responded to each of them, smiling and saying that he would bring his girlfriend over to show everyone next time.
Hearing that he was getting married, many of his regular customers were happy to buy a couple more pancakes so that he could close up shop earlier and Chen Yifei could get on with his business sooner.
He Runqing packed up early today and rode his old bicycle, following behind Wang Hu.
Her hair was blown around, and she waved to Chen Yifei from afar: "Chen Yifei!"
Her voice was filled with joy, and her nose was red. Judging from her voice, she probably didn't have a cold anymore.
She still had two little braids, and her little head was bobbing back and forth.
Even without Chen Yifei, she's still quite good at riding a bicycle, as long as someone leads the way!
Chen Yifei had also cleaned up his equipment, and the two of them rode their bicycles to the entrance of the photo studio.
After getting off the car, Chen Yifei thought for a moment, then took He Runqing's hand and went inside together.
I'll also warm her red palms a bit.
As soon as he looked up from his bowed head, He Runqing kissed his palm.
"Chen Yifei, you know how to hold my hand now!"
"As a reward for you."
He felt his palms burning.
She... she's all wet, like a puppy.
It's like they're marking him?
Sure enough, He Runqing looked at him seriously: "I want to leave a mark. Next time, it will be the palm of my other hand, the space between my eyebrows, my forehead, and my cheek..."
She counted on her slender white fingers, her little mouth chattering away as she did so.
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