They didn't even consider going to the commune to complain, because physical violence was commonplace in the countryside.
Being able to fight is a very outstanding criterion.
Cao's father glanced at Cao Ying with some resentment, then turned to Gu Hanping and said, "Well, this is how it is..."
Blah blah blah.
Gu Hanping then realized that Cao Ying had told her family about the sweet potato direct sales.
Then, the Cao family actually listened to her and took out two hundred catties of sweet potatoes to start making sugar.
But unsurprisingly, Cao Ying had no idea that barley malt was needed as a catalyst to complete the sugar-making reaction.
They failed, unsurprisingly.
Therefore, the Cao family is very angry at this moment.
Two hundred pounds of sweet potatoes, even if they cost only a few cents per pound, would still cost more than ten yuan.
That's a lot of money.
The problem is that, because of the grain donation to the Central Plains, sweet potatoes in Baishi Commune have become quite scarce recently.
The Cao family must be heartbroken, right?
But what they really wanted was to acquire the complete sugar-making process.
If we can't get it, this potentially profitable opportunity will be lost.
This is actually what the Cao family is most worried about.
Gu Hanping understood, and Gu Yunyang naturally understood as well.
At first, Cao's father felt a little guilty, but then he looked at Gu Hanping as if it were the most natural thing in the world and said, "You can't ignore this, my dear in-law. That's two hundred catties of sweet potatoes and two hundred catties of grain! It's all gone and will be wasted."
Gu Hanping did not answer him, but instead turned to look at Cao Ying.
Cao Ying had been feeling guilty from the beginning, and now that Gu Hanping had given her a look, that feeling of guilt reached its peak.
Gu Hanping was more worried about Gu Changbai, who was still in the sugar workshop.
Cao Ying had actually witnessed most of the sugar-making process, and even knew almost everything except for the catalyst.
This made Gu Hanping feel that Gu Changbai's ability to keep secrets was questionable.
Furthermore, Cao Ying is indeed a Voldemort; she's capable of anything to support her family.
Cao Ying had previously bought half a pound of pork fat for her eldest son's family, and the rendered fat was carefully stored away in jars.
That wasn't for the purpose of careful preservation.
Rather, it was to keep it so that when the opportunity arose, it could be moved to the bride's parents' home.
Gu Hanping had already told the brigade that, apart from Gu Yunyang and Gu Changbai, no one else should inquire about the sugar-making technology.
The purpose was to preserve the sugar-making process in the Hongqi Brigade.
In fact, many people in the Hongqi Brigade were inquiring about the sugar-making process.
They not only asked Gu Yunyang and Gu Changbai, but also the workers in the sugar workshop.
Those people weren't exactly honest either, despite Gu Hanping's repeated instructions not to inquire.
But every time Gu Changbai went to make sugar, those people would cautiously try to see how it was done.
In other words, Gu Changbai is quite alert and has not let them see the existence of the malt catalyst so far.
"So what do you want to do?"
Gu Hanping was actually very angry inside, but he didn't show it at all on the surface.
Hao Pingping saw this from the side, but she didn't know what to do.
She knew Gu Hanping was already very angry, and Cao Ying could also see that she was still very afraid of her father-in-law.
Cao's father seemed not to have noticed the chill in Gu Hanping's tone, and thought that Gu Hanping had already agreed to compensate him.
Mr. Cao said matter-of-factly, "It was your Gu family who told us about this. Now that there's a problem, you naturally have to cover it up. Moreover, you have to compensate us; those two hundred pounds of sweet potatoes were all wasted."
In fact, those things can still be used.
But who wouldn't want the benefits?
Gu Hanping's voice was almost a shout: "You want compensation? It's still daylight. You want to know about the sugar-making process? And you call yourself the Gu family? Didn't you say you were from the Cao family?"
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