In the Siheyuan, not many people had the habit of reading newspapers, and not even many people could read. To be precise, before literacy classes were opened, there were not many people in the country who could read.
Therefore, there are even fewer people in the Siheyuan who can read and have the habit of reading newspapers.
At present, only Yan Bugui knows that Zeng Wangcai made the front page of the newspaper. He originally thought it was a case of having a homonym.
"Impossible!" Yi Zhonghai touched his mouth and said, "How long has he been in the army? At most, less than a year. He was promoted to lieutenant platoon leader as an exception when he joined the army. He made meritorious service last time and should be rewarded. If he makes meritorious service again this time, how will he be rewarded?
"I think it's impossible. Besides, he's a soldier, not a farmer. How can he come up with something new out of the land?"
Zeng Wangcai has been in the army for a short time, but has made many contributions and done a wide variety of work, so it seems unreasonable to ordinary people that he does not know the inside story.
At first, the people in the Siheyuan only knew that Zeng Wangcai joined the army because he could get supplies, so no one took it seriously. They thought that Zeng Wangcai's achievement was just a platoon leader, and it was impossible for him to make any further progress.
But later, Zeng Wangcai quietly returned to Sijiu City, captured the spy, and killed Jia Dongxu.
It was then that everyone realized that Zeng Wangcai could actually serve in the army.
Everyone had just gotten to know Zeng Wangcai who had returned to his original job as a soldier, but now he comes here to farm and he's grown something new.
This...not only Yi Zhonghai didn't understand, but no one else understood either.
"I think what Lao Yi said is right!" Liu Haizhong said. He didn't want Zeng Wangcai to be so popular in the courtyard and win over everyone. "It's normal for their troops to farm. It's normal for him to use his connections to get some food back. After all, he is a platoon leader. But this little tomato... How did he grow it? Do you think he is Nuwa? He can make a clay figure with just his hands."
Sha Zhu didn't say anything, but picked up the bowl with his backhand, and found that half of the tomatoes were gone. "Well, no matter whether Wangcai has come up with something new or not, this thing is precious and can't be sold anywhere else. Even the chief may not be able to eat it, right, Uncle San?"
He knows how to grasp the key points!
"You're right!" Yan Bugui happily took out two small tomatoes from his pocket, "We are the only two families in the whole school who have these. I don't plan to eat too much. I'll find a chance to give them to our principal. I'm sure our school will raise my salary by one level.
"I say, Lao Yi and Lao Liu, don't say the grapes are sour because you can't eat them. The newspapers have reported that this was cultivated by Wangcai. Believe it or not. By the way, I heard him say that the seeds were provided by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Don't forget that one of his teachers is a professor."
The benefit of Zeng Wangcai always using Zhou Yuanbai as a shield was revealed. After Yan Bugui's reminder, everyone remembered this person.
Fortunately, they didn't know that Zeng Wangcai had invented a new gun, otherwise Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong might have given up the idea of going to the artillery factory.
"Haha, Old Yan, you're probably overthinking it!" Liu Haizhong said disdainfully, "Even if the little tomato was cultivated by Zeng Wangcai, such a small thing can give you a salary increase? You're just dreaming."
"Hey, Old Liu, stop being so stubborn!" Yan Bugui sat down on the stool at Sha Zhu's house, raised a small tomato, and said proudly, "The value of this thing does not lie in who cultivated it, but in its rarity, its epochal significance, and even its significance that we don't know about. Otherwise, how could Zeng Wangcai win the second-class merit with this?
"Giving this as a gift is much more impressive than giving cigarettes, alcohol, or tea. But it can't be given to ordinary people. It has to be given to leaders who care about national affairs, such as our principal. Hey, my salary hasn't been raised for many years..."
Liu Haizhong was tempted. He suddenly thought of Liu Dehou. He and Yi Zhonghai had paid 200 yuan to get a promise that the audit would pass. If he gave this thing, could he get a team leader or other positions in return?
He looked at Yi Zhonghai and found that Yi Zhonghai was also looking at him with shining eyes. He probably thought the same thing as him.
So Liu Haizhong immediately changed his words: "So this thing is so precious. Well, Shazhu, how about you be a good person and sell me this little tomato? I'll give it to our workshop director. Since you don't know how to give gifts, I'll pay a high price, three... five yuan!"
Compared to two hundred yuan, Liu Haizhong felt that five yuan was not a lot.
"No, I won't sell it, no matter how much money you give!" Sha Zhu tightly held the bowl, "Yu Shui hasn't eaten yet, Jing Ru only ate one, I won't sell it no matter how much money you give. Besides, don't listen to Uncle San's nonsense, it's just a few tomatoes, how can you get a raise? You've lost your mind!"
This guy actually loves his sister very much. He put He Yushui in front of Qin Jingru and said that.
When Qin Huairu heard that Liu Haizhong was willing to pay five yuan to buy less than a pound of small tomatoes, she was very envious and wanted to take the tomatoes out of her son's stomach.
When she saw Shazhu going back to his room, she quickly got up and went back to her own room.
In the room, Qin Jingru had just finished a shower and was drenched in sweat. Although she was still young, her breasts, which had already begun to develop, swayed within her clothes, and she was showing signs of catching up with Qin Huairu.
"Get out of my way, sister, I'm going to splash water on you!"
"The bath water will be spilled later!" Qin Huairu glanced at Qin Jingru's collar and saw the red-eyed rabbit. "There are a bunch of men outside. Who are you going to show off to? Go back!"
"It was always like this before!"
"You are stupid. You are grown up now, you can't be the same as before. Look at your clothes. There are no sleeves and no collar. You are exposed no matter which side you look at."
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