Chapter 80 Something went wrong?
After Chu Xuan asked, he looked at Mu Chenze.
I found that the smile on his face exuded a unique charm.
I quickly looked away and pinched myself while clenching my fist, trying to stay sober and rational and not be attracted by him.
Mu Chenze noticed her little movement, "Why are you clenching your fist? Did your hand cramp from fishing?"
Chu Xuan thought the excuse he had given was a good one. "Yeah! Both of my hands are a little cramped."
Pretend to stretch out your hands and then make fists, repeat several times.
Mu Chenze believed it and said, "I have some ointment to relieve fatigue. I'll give you one."
Chu Xuan waved her hands repeatedly, "No need, I'm much better now. Let's get down to business!"
Mu Chenze didn't mention the ointment again. "Look, I asked a friend to send me a batch of men's Dacron shirts, both short-sleeved and long-sleeved. I haven't picked them up yet at the post office in town. If you have nothing to do this afternoon, why don't you come with me to town to sell the shirts? I'll give you two dollars for every shirt you sell."
"Selling it in town?" Chu Xuan said with an apologetic look. "I'm afraid I can't help you. I promised Xiaofeng I'd go to the county town this afternoon to sell grilled fish fillets. Why don't we go together? Men's shirts definitely sell well in the county town. Oh, and Aunt Liu in town has been wanting to get some. Can I give her twenty or so?"
"Sure. Let's go to the county town and sell them. If Xiaofeng can help sell the clothes, I won't give him a commission. As long as he sells more than ten pieces, I'll give him a small-sized Dacron shirt."
"He would definitely prefer to have clothes."
They chatted as they walked along the mountain road back to the village, and it felt like they arrived at the village entrance in a short while.
Neither of them planned to sell their catch today, except for the sea ducks and sea bass. Mu Chenze would take half of the rest.
Mu Chenze only charged two dollars for that sea duck.
The two people agreed to meet at the town post office at 2:30 and then go home.
Chu Xuan walked into his yard and smelled the fragrance of rice. He could guess without asking that lunch was already ready.
He put down the backpack and handed the duck in his hand to Widow Cow.
"Aunt Niu, we'll continue to have an extra meal tonight. Please kill it before 5pm."
Widow Niu looked distressed. "Let's keep it for a few days! We all know you're good to us. We just had stewed sea duck yesterday, and there's kelp in the backpack, right? We can either stir-fry kelp shreds or stew kelp slices tonight."
Others also expressed their disagreement with continuing to eat sea duck tonight, and wanted to change the taste and eat kelp.
Chu Xuan patted the backpack and said, "When it's time for dinner, you can enjoy all the seafood in here."
Widow Niu pushed aside the kelp and saw razor clams, sea bass, conch, octopus and the like inside. "Xiao Xuan, it's really good to catch the sea transportation these two days!"
Chu Xuan smiled calmly, "It's just a coincidence. Aunt Niu, please prepare dinner for everyone. I'll go get changed."
Qin Mahua and Fu Qing didn't say anything. They knew that Xiao Xuan had picked up a lot of king clams before and Mu Chenze bought them for a good price, but they didn't tell anyone.
It would not be good for Xiaoxuan to tell this.
Before Chu Xuan entered the bedroom, he took a special look at Liu Zhaodi.
Liu Zhaodi was concentrating on killing the fish and still had no intention of talking to her.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, everyone finished their meal and continued to kill fish.
Chu Xuan found a clean backpack, spread a white cloth on it, put thirty kilograms of grilled fish fillets in it, said hello to everyone, and went out with his younger brother.
Even if Chu Xuan was not at home, everyone would not panic. They would kill fish, fetch water, and check the oven.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, all the skinned fish were processed and marinated.
The yard is clean.
Except for Miao Dacui who stayed to watch the oven, everyone else left.
Liu Zhaodi first walked towards home, and when no one was paying attention, she took a detour to Feng Chunhua's house.
He didn't notice that the cow widow was following him quietly.
This morning, Chu Xuan specifically told Widow Niu to follow Liu Zhaodi, just listen and watch, and not to alert the enemy.
When Liu Zhaodi arrived at Feng Chunhua's house, she saw that the gate was half open, so she went straight into the yard without knocking.
Feng Chunhua, who was sitting in the shade of the yard, stood up immediately when she saw Liu Zhaodi and went to greet her, grabbing her hand and saying, "Let's go inside and talk."
Liu Zhaodi nodded in agreement.
Widow Niu was a brave woman. After the two women entered the house, she sneaked into the yard and hid under the window to listen to the movements inside the house.
Chu Zhi and Chu Dashan were not at home at the moment, which made it convenient for Widow Niu.
"Grandma Feng, what do you want me to do for you?"
Feng Chunhua curled her lips in disdain, "This money is really a good thing. It makes you call me Grandma Feng instead of Aunt Feng?"
Liu Zhaodi smiled awkwardly.
Feng Chunhua muttered, "He's like a taciturn person. It's good this way. It makes things more efficient."
He opened the wardrobe and took out a palm-sized enamel pot with a lid.
Open the lid to reveal the paper package inside.
"Zhao Di! Take this packet of medicine and sprinkle it on Chu Xuan's grilled fish fillets this afternoon. Make sure it's evenly spread!"
Liu Zhaodi took a step back in fear. "What...what is this? Is it poison?"
Feng Chunhua sat down on a chair nearby and smiled, revealing her yellow teeth. "Of course not. It's croton powder, which causes diarrhea. It's not poisonous, don't worry! I just want to put Chu Xuan's business out of business."
Liu Zhaodi then let out a long sigh, stepped forward to pick up the packet of medicine, and at the same time stretched out her hand to Feng Chunhua, "Give me another four hundred yuan, otherwise I don't have the courage to sprinkle this medicine."
Feng Chunhua looked relaxed and said, "Then I'll change to someone else, and you return the 100 yuan deposit to me!"
He stretched out his hand and motioned Liu Zhaodi to take out the money quickly.
He thought Liu Zhaodi was easy to control.
However, Liu Zhaodi decisively put the medicine bag back to its original place, took out a stack of money totaling one hundred yuan, and put it in Feng Chunhua's hand.
Turn around and leave.
Feng Chunhua grabbed him.
"Why are you so angry? Let's talk it over. How about this? I'll give you three hundred dollars first, and then seven hundred after the job is done..."
"No. It has to be five hundred. If it weren't for my mom needing money for medical treatment and medicine, I wouldn't take the risk of helping you do this."
Seeing that Liu Zhaodi was very persistent, Feng Chunhua had to give in.
She pulled out a thick stack of ten-yuan bills from her pocket, counted out forty of them, and, adding the stack Liu Zhaodi had stuffed into her hand, slapped them all in one swoop, "You count them!"
Liu Zhaodi's hands trembled a little. "This is the first time I've seen so much money. I can hardly believe it."
After counting the money tremblingly, he confirmed that it was five hundred yuan and stuffed it into the right pocket of his pants.
He picked up the packet of medicine again and stuffed it into his left pocket. "I promise to sprinkle the medicine on the grilled fish fillets this afternoon. Regardless of whether Chu Xuan's business fails or not, you have to give me the other five hundred."
Feng Chunhua immediately objected. "No way! I have to see her business fail before I can pay the other five hundred yuan."
Outside the window, Widow Niu stopped listening and left quietly.
When they reached a deserted place, Widow Niu chopped her feet hard a few times. If Liu Zhaodi dared to drug her, she would be the first one to not let her go!
My son is not at home today and will be staying at his uncle's house.
Widow Niu simply did not go home to rest, but went straight to Chu Xuan's house, fetching water and chopping firewood in advance so that she would have time to keep an eye on Liu Zhaodi later.
Miao Dacui was a little surprised to see Widow Niu coming to work early. Before she could ask, Widow Niu took the initiative to explain, "My children are not at home, and I can't sit idle. I wanted to come here to do more work."
Miao Dacui didn't think much about it.
At this moment, Chu Xuan and her brother had arrived at the door of the town post office and met up with Mu Chenze.
Mu Chenze's usually very handsome face looked very ugly at this moment.
Chu Xuan stepped forward and asked, "Is there something wrong with the goods?"
(End of this chapter)
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