Chapter 55: Actively Purchasing Green Vegetables
Shen Qingyue returned to the village and actively purchased various small green vegetables.
She walked around and pulled out all the vegetables in five small vegetable gardens, and was running to the sixth small vegetable garden.
The villagers just saw Aunt Yun coming out of her house.
Looking at the upward curve of Aunt Yun's mouth, it was obvious that she had sold a lot.
Several women who often chatted by the river asked, "Hey, Xiaoyun, how much did Shen Qingyue buy for your family?"
Aunt Yun said, "It's only about thirty pounds of vegetables. You know I love growing vegetables. This year, when we rented the land, my husband said he wouldn't let me grow so many vegetables. Luckily, I didn't listen to him. Otherwise, where would I get the spare money?"
Aunt Yun had sold big radishes grown at home once before.
I can earn several dollars each time I sell it, which is enough to buy meat for daily consumption.
So happy!
In the village, vegetables are not valuable.
I heard that the county doesn’t care about it anymore, so you can pick your vegetables and sell them in the county.
But on those few buses, the vegetables would be squeezed to pieces. Besides, the ticket sellers are not easy to deal with. If they see people bringing vegetables on the bus, they will charge them an extra fare. It’s troublesome and not profitable!
So Shen Qingyue's sales are good, which is much less of a worry.
You can sell it directly for money.
Aunt Yun, always prepared for a rainy day, said, "Although the season has passed, I just stocked up on some leafy green vegetable seeds. If I can sell them, I'll sell them. If not, I'll just eat them myself!"
The other women at the riverside said, "Hey, I heard that Shen Qingyue collected vegetables from four families before you. How much can she sell in a day?"
"I'm afraid Shen Qingyue has bought all the thousands of pounds of potatoes stored in Mrs. Li's cellar this year. I just saw Mrs. Li's son giving Shen Qingyue potatoes."
Aunt Yun said, "Oh, I really didn't expect that."
After a pause, Aunt Yun sat on the ground, not afraid of the dust, and crossed her legs. She was in such a comfortable posture as if she was sitting on the kang at home.
Aunt Yun said: "If you ask me, it's because the Shen family is not rich that they couldn't keep Shen Qingyue. This little girl is really not a fool."
"Of course not. Shen Qingyue used to be timid and a bit like a country girl. Now she speaks and acts with a crisp voice.
She is pretty and eloquent. I think she is the best among the unmarried girls in our village."
The person who spoke gave a thumbs up.
Aunt Yun also admires girls like Shen Qingyue.
Especially for someone as old as her, with elderly parents and young children to take care of, the older she gets, the more she feels that living a good life is the right thing to do.
Aunt Yun said, "That's right. We're just asking, who can build a big house? Even grown men might not have the guts to do it!"
"Of course not."
"Not only in our village, but also in the surrounding villages, it is the best."
All the women in the village are proud of it.
In the past, they didn’t know that women could support the family. Now, Shen Qingyue is simply a light for the women in the village.
The conversation among the women in the village became more and more lively!
Liu Yu and Zeng Juhua passed by here, and both were very angry.
When the villagers saw how amazing Shen Qingyue was, they praised her profusely.
Liu Yu was someone who couldn't hold back, so she was the first to speak out, "I didn't hear about it a few days ago. Shen Qingyue went to set up a stall in front of the state-owned factory, and someone smashed everything to pieces."
What Uncle Zhuangzi said to Old Mrs. Li was overheard by her neighbor.
After this was spread out, no one in the village who wanted to start a business dared to do so.
The Shen family was happy for several days.
A woman present said, "You're not right. Shen Qingyue has been buying a lot of groceries these past few days."
Liu Yu said: "Have you noticed that she has been cooking these days? She is just trying to show off." Her face was full of pride.
Shen Qingyue has rarely cooked these days except for the two factories that ordered lunch boxes.
They focus on making Malatang, but the people in the village don’t know what Malatang is.
Just think that their business is failing.
Aunt Yun looked down on Liu Yu and Zeng Juhua, even though they were the aunts from the eldest wife of the Shen family.
As a result, pouring cold water is more powerful than anyone else.
Shen Qingyue has already achieved something that many people cannot do. To still say this is really stupid and evil.
Aunt Yun said, "Don't worry about what you say. Shen Qingyue built a beautiful house, and she even stewed chicken for the builders. I heard that your family just stir-fried some pickled cabbage dumplings. Tsk tsk tsk!"
Liu Yu and Zeng Juhua's expressions changed after hearing this.
Zeng Juhua frowned and said, "There's still something else to do. Let's go."
He gave Liu Yu a way out and then went home.
As soon as I got home, I saw Xu Xiuzhi and asked, "I told you to go call Zheng Da and Zheng Er, why didn't you come?"
Zeng Juhua said, "He didn't come. He said he hurt his back while building a pigpen a few days ago."
Liu Yu said aggrievedly, "Mom, you have to mention the food too.
Shen Qingyue was stewing chicken for the people who were building the house, and you've been frying pickled cabbage for three days. Now the laborers in the village know you're stingy, and no one comes to work!"
Xu Xiuzhi gritted her teeth and built the house because she had no money to begin with, and she even borrowed a lot from outside.
The stinginess was even worse in other places. The vegetables they ate every day were better than the water used to wash the pot. The people in the Shen family couldn't stand it, let alone the outside helpers.
Xu Xiuzhi said, "I'd like to stew a chicken for them, but what can I stew? Just stew me. If you don't manage the household every day, you won't know how expensive firewood and rice are!"
Before, half of the village’s labor force came to help the Shen family build the house, and the Shen family enjoyed a few days of glory.
But it wasn't long before these people were disgusted.
Who can stand working without getting enough to eat?
Gradually, they stopped coming.
Xu Xiuzhi cursed in the yard, saying that those people were snobbish and brought up old scores one by one, asking who they had helped in the past.
I cursed till my mouth is dry, but no one comes!
The two sons said, "Mom, what should we do? Why don't we hire someone?"
He secretly went to see Shen Qingyue's house. The bricks, wood, cement and sand were all of the best quality, and the house was built in a neat and orderly manner.
There's something like a level to measure back and forth. It's better than what the farmhands built.
Xu Xiuzhi said, "I don't have the money. If you have money, pay for it yourself."
One sentence silenced the two sons.
Xu Xiuzhi said, "Let's build a house together, men, women, young and old. Isn't this how houses were built in the past? We don't have money. Shen Qingyue wants to act like a rich woman, so she can do it herself."
Everyone had no choice but to build the house by themselves.
It seemed that Shen Qingyue's side was almost reaching the ceiling.
They still have to stack bricks every day. They don't do a good job and the farm work is also delayed.
Many people in the village laughed at them.
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The next day, Shen Qingyue packed her lunch box early.
Go to the county middle school. Call Shen Xiu out as usual.
Shen Xiu has been eating well these days, and her originally dull hair has become shiny.
She has grown a little taller, and all the Shen family members look good. Shen Xiu was previously hindered by nutrition, but it hasn't been long now, but she already looks like a grown-up girl!
As usual, Shen Qingyue told Shen Xiu to eat well. The two sisters hadn't finished chatting yet.
Shen Xiu's teacher came out and said, "You must be Shen Xiu's sister. Shen Xiu has been selling lunch at school recently."
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