Chapter 204 Picking Corn Together
Xiao Guofu no longer needs to worry about the purchase price of chestnuts being driven down due to the oversupply of roasted chestnuts.
They chatted even more happily, and he asked directly, "Which towns do you teach business owners? Do you teach them both nearby and far away?"
Xiao Zhenwei unconsciously pricked up his ears.
Bai Lu smiled slightly: "I'll teach you once you've paid tuition, no matter how far away you are, first come, first served."
Xiao Zhenwei continued to wait for Xiao Guofu to ask about tuition fees.
Xiao Guofu indeed asked, "How much is the tuition?"
Xiao Cheng glanced indifferently at the figure standing in the room and said calmly, "Eight thousand yuan."
Bai Lu almost spat out her tea, but luckily she reacted quickly and instinctively covered her mouth with her hand, saving her image.
Wow, this guy is really good at business.
After his initial shock, Xiao Guofu quickly regained his composure: "The tuition fees for someone who can run a big business are indeed very reasonable. With such a thriving business of roasted chestnuts, eight thousand in tuition is just right."
Xiao Zhenwei asked curiously, "Didn't you come here to buy chestnuts to make roasted chestnuts? Everyone else bought chestnuts, why didn't you buy any?"
Xiao Zhenwei blocked him again: "You all know how to make roasted chestnuts, did you all learn it from Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu?"
"Let's go pick corn."
Watching the young couple leave, the old woman smiled at the old man and said, "Look how much Dazhuang loves his wife."
The figure turned around and revealed a young man with a square face and a forced smile.
While Bai Lu hesitated, Xiao Cheng had already taken the large bamboo basket handed to him by the old woman and taken Bai Lu's hand.
When Li Hongying returned, she was met with a dark face. She went into the house in confusion and heard Xiao Guofu and the old woman eating with Xiao Cheng in Liubailu. She immediately quickened her pace.
Li Hongying nodded: "You're smart."
It's the perfect place to inquire about roasted chestnuts.
"That beggar's chicken doesn't even care about the goods; she's flirting around here, she's gone crazy for men!"
"I noticed that my wife was feeling down, so I took her out to see the sights and cheer her up whenever I had the chance."
"No need for that trouble, let's eat when we get back." Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng had important matters to attend to.
Xiao Zhenwei paused for a second, then felt the price was unreasonable. He wanted to negotiate a lower price, but he didn't have the right to do so.
"What's it to you!"
He wanted to go outside and ask the suppliers who transported the goods if the tuition for roasted chestnuts really was eight thousand yuan.
Xiao Zhenwei smiled knowingly.
Wang Cuihua stared at the figure walking further and further away and casually said, "I have some at home, so we don't need to buy any for now."
"I asked about everything, except for the tuition fee," Xiao Zhenwei said sincerely.
"Have you loaded all your chestnuts onto the truck?"
"I went to the field yesterday and saw that a lot of the corn silks had turned black, so the corn is ripe and ready to eat."
Everyone in the room was stunned upon hearing this.
Just as Xiao Guofu was about to ask something else, the old woman suddenly said, "Afu, don't you know what time it is? It's time to make lunch."
This was the first time Xiao Zhenwei had been told he was ugly, and after asking around for so long without getting an important answer, he was annoyed and roared, "Stop arguing!"
Xiao Zhenwei smiled and spoke again: "To be honest, I also want to sell roasted chestnuts. I'd like to know how much the tuition is for learning how to make roasted chestnuts?"
Grandpa smiled and nodded: "They are all good children."
The sudden appearance of a tenor voice interrupted Wang Cuihua's bid, cutting her off completely.
In the square, Wang Cuihua saw Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu leave, carrying a vegetable basket, and walk away with Li Hongying. She was about to chase after them when she was blocked by a figure.
He remained where he was, waiting for Xiao Guofu to continue questioning him and to learn more before speaking.
Wang Cuihua asked with a puzzled look, "Didn't you talk to Brother Xiao Cheng at the village chief's house just now?"
Li Hongying knew, of course, that corn wasn't as appealing as cooked food, but she also had to consider the quantity: "We don't have many pieces of cured meat left at home. If we invite so many people to dinner, there won't even be enough meat for each person. Do you think that's appropriate? They're here to buy chestnuts. Is it appropriate to treat the bosses to vegetables? The corn is for everyone to eat. We'll save the local specialties for Bailu to take home. Understand?"
Because Wang Cuihua didn't continue her unfinished sentence at all, but instead turned around and shouted angrily: "Ugly duckling!"
The people in the mountains are very simple and honest. They don't have fancy dishes like fish and meat; they use all their best food to entertain guests.
She definitely nodded.
Xiao Guofu didn't understand Li Hongying's actions: "Did you come back to cook?"
“It won’t take long to cook a meal. You can sit for a while. It will take quite a while to get back to town. You can’t go back hungry. It’s not like there’s no food in Xiao Family Village. We can’t let you leave without having eaten your fill.”
The couple picked up their sacks and baskets and left.
"What's the point of eating? You don't need to eat."
"You're the one who's obsessed with men, you damn ugly duckling! Stop spreading rumors! I wouldn't even look at this ugly man; he's nowhere near as good as Brother Xiao Cheng!"
Wang Cuihua just wanted to answer the question quickly so she could catch up with Xiao Cheng, so she replied without much thought:
"The tuition for roasted chestnuts is..." "Beggar's chicken!"
Xiao Guofu understood and immediately went to get a sack: "Let's go pick corn, pick a lot to take back for Bailu."
He was so angry that he turned around and left.
They even agreed!
Do they even know how much eight thousand yuan is?
Halfway there, Li Hongying turned back and asked Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng, "Do you want to go pick corn together? It's not far, just a little way down the hillside across the way. The scenery is beautiful, and there are also many fruit trees nearby. The fruit is all ripe. You can pick whatever you want to eat."
The midday sun shone in.
He then walked past her to chase after her.
Li Hongying rolled her eyes at him: "You're overthinking it. What kind of food are you going to cook? The bosses and drivers outside are still using wooden carts to load chestnuts onto trucks. How many people can you cook for? Just eat corn."
He had just observed for a while and found that among the entire team buying chestnuts, only the woman in front of him was a bit dim-witted, answering whatever anyone asked.
Wang Cuihua had seen the man in front of her come out of Xiao Guofu's house before Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu came out. They had chatted in the same room for so long that they probably knew each other.
Xiao Zhenwei listened to Xiao Guofu talk for a long time, but he only kept Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu by his side, not a single word about him.
Wang Cuihua wanted to hit someone: "You're the one who's in heat!"
Chen Dafu glanced at Xiao Zhenwei, who had ill intentions, and sneered, "The beggar chicken is in heat."
Xiao Guofu replied, "Yes, yes."
Xiao Guofu disagreed: "Corn doesn't smell as good as cooked food."
Wang Cuihua wanted to chase after Xiao Cheng and didn't have time to pay attention to him: "I didn't buy it."
Xiao Guofu immediately got up and said to Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu before leaving, "I'm going to cook. You two chat with Grandpa and Grandma and have some tea. Dinner will be ready in a little while."
Wang Cuihua and Chen Dafu spoke in unison, and after a moment of stunned silence, they started arguing again.
On the hillside, terraced fields of green, covered with corn leaves fluttering in the wind and corn tassels that change from green to brown, resemble a fairyland in a traditional Chinese ink painting.
Bai Lu looked at the large, plump ears of corn in front of her and smiled faintly.
"Acheng, come here quickly."
(End of this chapter)
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