Not long after Zhang Bosong left, Lu Chuanbei and Fang Xiuzhu realized that there was a pair of people missing from their side.
Lu Chuanbei looked around and asked, "Haven't Teacher He and Xiao Xiao He arrived yet?"
"I guess he overslept." Fang Xiuzhu said knowingly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a pair of figures appeared on the village path, running madly.
Along the way, the older one even called out to the younger one, "Niannian, why didn't you call me just now?"
"I called you." He Jingnian said aggrievedly, "But you said you wanted to sleep for a while, and you held me tightly and wouldn't let me move."
Hearing this, He Xuebin couldn't help but pause. Thinking of the scene where he had just pulled his son to sleep again, he quickly laughed it off: "That's okay, it's okay. If you overslept, you overslept. Dad doesn't blame you."
"But it was clearly you just now..." He Jingnian wanted to say something, but was interrupted by He Xuebin who picked him up and said, "Well, let's go over there quickly. Tiantian and Nannan must have been waiting for a long time."
"Really? Then let's hurry up." He Jingnian quickly hugged He Xuebin and said.
[Tsk tsk, Dabinzi is no good, actually trying to trick the kids.]
If I hadn't watched the live broadcast, I would have believed your lies.
[Da Binzi is worthy of being Da Binzi, still so shameless...]
[That’s right, he clearly fell asleep again while hugging Nian Nian, yet he still wrongly accused Nian Nian of not waking him up. How shameless!]
[Pfft, Dabinzi has long since lost his dignity...]
[As expected, I'm not surprised at all that they slept together.]
Lu Chuanbei and the others looked at the two figures running up to them, and a hint of understanding flashed in their eyes: "They really have slept."
Fang Xiuzhu looked at He Xuebin, whose face still had the marks of the bamboo mat, and nodded, "Yeah, the marks on his face haven't faded yet."
"Lao Fang, Xiao Lu, you're here." As soon as He Xuebin ran up to them, he put He Jingnian down in a serious manner and looked to the side: "Hey, Zhang Bosong hasn't arrived yet?"
Fang Xiuzhu said calmly: "No, he's gone."
"What? Gone?" He Xuebin said in disbelief, "He left before I even got here?"
"Um."
"Who are these people? Why did he leave when everyone else hasn't arrived yet?" He Xuebin said in a ridiculous tone, "Or is this how the show is supposed to be?"
Lu Chuanbei nodded: "Teacher He, you have revealed the truth."
"Oh my goodness, what did he say..." He Xuebin hadn't finished speaking when he saw the building that suddenly appeared behind them: "Wait, what is this?"
He looked at the Beiyang Village Supply and Marketing Cooperative behind them with an expression of disbelief and said, "If I remember correctly, this wasn't there when we came here just now, right?"
"Yes, this was built during our lunch break."
"Wow, that's really fast." He Xuebin sighed and said, "But why is it called a supply and marketing cooperative and not a canteen?"
Fang Xiuzhu looked at the supply and marketing cooperative and said, "Maybe it's because the canteen doesn't buy anything, but the supply and marketing cooperative does."
"Buy something?" He Xuebin didn't quite understand. "Isn't it selling?"
"It's not selling, but buying as well." Lu Chuanbei's words made He Xuebin even more confused.
"What's going on here? Can anyone explain this to me?"
"It's like this..." Lu Chuanbei simply told He Xuebin what had happened and his and Fang Xiuzhu's speculations.
He Xuebin listened in a daze: "So... during the few days we are here, we still have to earn money to buy food? Otherwise, we will starve?"
"It seems so."
"This is too bad!" He Xuebin was completely upset: "How can you treat a guest like this?"
"No, I want to protest." He Xuebin said, and then asked Lu Chuanbei and the others: "Where is Village Chief Zhang? I want to go find him."
"I just saw him walking in that direction." Fang Xiuzhu pointed in the direction Zhang Bosong had just left.
"I'll go find him and ask him about it." He Xuebin glanced at He Jingnian and said, "Niannian, you follow your Uncle Fang. Dad will be back soon."
After saying that, He Xuebin raised his foot and walked in the direction Zhang Bosong left.
Only He Jingnian, who was still a little confused, was left standing there, looking at He Xuebin's back as he quickly left, standing there stupidly, unable to react for a long time.
Not only that, this sudden expression of dumbfoundedness was instantly captured by many netizens and made into an emoticon package, becoming a lifelong black history for him...
Of course, at this time, He Jingnian didn’t know how powerful emoticons were.
"Let's go, uncle will take you to the bamboo courtyard to sit for a while."
"Oh." He Jingnian, who had not yet reacted, responded blankly and followed Fang Xiuzhu.
Lu Chuanbei looked at the people who left and said to Song Tiantian, "Tiantian, let's go back too."
"Okay." Song Tiantian obediently reached out and held Lu Chuanbei's hand, and walked towards the grape courtyard with him.
After returning to the grape courtyard, Lu Chuanbei looked at the bamboo basket still in the main hall and immediately said to Song Tiantian, "Tiantian, let's go pick grapes now."
"Yeah," Song Tiantian nodded quickly, "Pick more and sell them at the supply and marketing cooperative."
"Yes." Lu Chuanbei said, "Buy more food for Tiantian when the time comes."
"Tanghulu!" Song Tiantian said excitedly, "The village chief said there will be Tanghulu tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll buy it for you tomorrow." With that, Lu Chuanbei went into the kitchen, took out a few bamboo baskets hanging on the wall and a pair of scissors, and went to the backyard to pick grapes.
Lu Chuanbei carefully cut the bunches of grapes with scissors, and then Song Tiantian on the side carefully took them and placed them neatly in a bamboo basket.
The cooperation between the big and the small made the parents with naughty children in the live broadcast room jealous.
[Why, why are other people’s children so well-behaved? ]
[Tiantian is my dream girl! She's so cute!]
[We're both three years old. My little one is still tearing up the book and looking at Tiantian. I silently picked up my slippers...]
With the close cooperation of Lu Chuanbei and Song Tiantian, the two baskets of grapes were picked quickly.
Lu Chuanbei looked at the grapes in the bamboo basket, then at the grapes hanging high on the grape racks, and suddenly felt a kind of happy worry: "There are so many grapes. If I pick them all, how much can I sell them for?"
"There must be a lot more." Song Tiantian said expectantly.
"That's right. Once Daddy buys all these grapes, Tiantian, I'll buy you whatever you want to eat."
"Yeah!" Song Tiantian nodded happily: "Then let's go sell the grapes now."
"Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative now." As he said that, Lu Chuanbei picked up a bamboo basket in one hand and walked out without recognizing any relatives.
Song Tiantian followed closely behind Lu Chuanbei, watching him carrying two baskets full of grapes. She couldn't help but admire him and said, "Dad, you are so strong."
"That's right. Your dad's weightlifting over the past few years wasn't in vain."
[These two baskets of grapes must weigh over a hundred pounds, right?]
[Not only that, the bamboo baskets used to store rice in my hometown are similar to the ones he has. One can hold 100 to 120 kilograms of rice...]
[So, these two baskets probably weigh over 200 pounds, right?]
Is Lu Chuanbei really that strong? Is there something wrong?
[It's not over 200 kilograms, as grapes are afraid of being crushed. A basket must weigh at least 70 or 80 kilograms. However, regardless of that, Lu Chuanbei is definitely quite strong.]
[That's right, and he was carrying it with one hand, which was much heavier than carrying it on a shoulder pole.]
While fans were busy discussing how heavy the two baskets of grapes were, Lu Chuanbei and Song Tiantian had already arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative.
As soon as he arrived at the door, Lu Chuanbei saw a familiar figure counting goods at the counter of the supply and marketing cooperative: "Xiao Gao?"
Xiao Gao turned around and smiled at them, "Formally introduce myself. I'm Xiao Gao, a salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative. How can I help you?"
"So, you work as a salesperson here?" Lu Chuanbei said in surprise.
"Yes, if you need to buy or sell anything in the future, you can tell me." Xiao Gao said, looking at the two baskets of grapes beside Lu Chuanbei: "Are these for sale?"
"Yes." Lu Chuanbei quickly got down to business, "These grapes are freshly picked. See how much they can sell for."
"Twenty per basket."
"What?" Lu Chuanbei looked at Xiao Gao in disbelief. "How much did you say?"
"Twenty dollars a basket." Xiao Gao said, "For these two baskets of grapes, that's forty dollars in total."
"Forty yuan?" Lu Chuanbei stared at Xiao Gao with wide eyes. "Grapes in the supermarket nowadays must be at least thirteen or fourteen yuan a pound, right?"
"A basket of grapes here weighs at least 70 or 80 kilograms, and you're only offering 21 baskets? Don't you feel guilty when you say that?"
"Twenty-one baskets isn't cheap anymore." Xiao Gao's conscience certainly wasn't bothered: "Our supply and marketing cooperative always charges this price when we buy grapes from the village."
"You guys are really too ruthless, aren't you?" Lu Chuanbei said unwillingly, "You only harvested 21 baskets of grapes out of so many?"
"After we harvest the grapes, our supply and marketing cooperative still has to find a way to ship them out. The labor and transportation costs are quite a bit of money. Twenty bucks a basket is already quite a bit."
"...Do you think I believe it or not?" Lu Chuanbei had an expression on his face that said, "I don't believe you at all, you square-faced boy are so bad."
Xiao Gao felt a little guilty when he saw Lu Chuanbei's look, but when he thought about their next task, he immediately straightened his back and said, "Teacher Lu, are you still selling your grapes?"
Lu Chuanbei gritted his teeth, looked at the two baskets of grapes on the ground, thought about the ones left in the vineyard, and finally nodded with gritted teeth: "Sell!"
"Okay." Xiao Gao smiled brightly. "I'll get you a ticket right away. Please wait a moment."
As he said that, Xiao Gao came to the counter and wrote out a purchase receipt for Lu Chuanbei and gave him two twenty-yuan bills.
Lu Chuanbei looked at the two lonely bills, then at the two baskets full of grapes, and took two deep breaths: "I bought the grapes for you, remember to return the baskets to me."
Xiao Gao: "...Okay!"
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