The oxcart left the educated youth settlement and, once the eyesore was out of sight, Gu Sinian asked with a face full of questions, "You've arrived at the educated youth settlement, aren't you going back to rest? Where do you think you're going?"
Su Ying pointed to the contents of the basket, "The meat in the basket hasn't been processed yet."
Gu Sinian was even more puzzled, "Why don't you just take it back to the educated youth settlement and deal with it?"
"Don't you know I can't cook? Wouldn't it be a waste if I took some of the educated youth points?"
"This is meat, very precious meat. How can you bear to let me waste food?"
"How about I take it back to the Gu family to deal with it?" After thinking about the Gu family, which consisted of more than a dozen people, she thought, "If I take this meat back to them to deal with it, I probably won't be able to get it back. That's not a good idea."
Sun Xuelin turned to look at the two people behind him, agreeing with Gu Sinian's words, "That's right. You're not going to take the meat you bought back to deal with, are you going to let Comrade Gu take it back to the Gu family?"
"No, not at all. With so many people in the educated youth settlement, there were only two fish and a few pounds of rendered pork. In a settlement where there were more monks than meat, each person could only get a piece of meat to eat, not even enough to fill their teeth."
“That’s true. There are too many people at the educated youth settlement. The things you bought in your basket are definitely not enough to go around. If this leads to a big fight, it will be troublesome. I will have to stay up all night to sacrifice my sleep time to mediate. It’s not worth it no matter how you look at it.”
Su Ying suddenly smiled and said, "I'll have to trouble you to help me with this. How about we have dinner at your house tonight? We can also invite your parents over so we can have dinner together. We have something to talk to your dad about."
"That's not something that happens to the big brick houses, is it?"
"We'll talk about that later."
Su Xuelin nodded, recalling how his father had rushed up the mountain that morning to stop them from cutting down the tree, and had even hugged and kissed the peach tree passionately, muttering things like "money tree" and "we'll get rich"...
He was completely confused and thought his father had a mental illness, commonly known as being mentally unstable. He was so frightened that he hugged his father and cried his heart out.
It wasn't until the familiar slap landed on his head that he realized how normal his father was—normal to an extreme degree.
It still hurts so much when you hit someone, how could they possibly go crazy?
To avoid causing a stir, his father kept this a secret from only one person, and only told him about it secretly.
"Do you really have a way to manage that peach orchard on the mountain?"
"Of course, I have my own methods, but they're currently in the implementation phase and need some time to prove themselves. You'll see when the time comes."
Sun Xuelin asked, "Does anyone really like dried yellow peaches? City people aren't stupid. Why would they spend money on those sour things? It's not like they have money to burn."
It's not clear to explain in a few words; it's best to use facts to illustrate your point, as this will be more convincing. Let time do its work; everything will become clear in time.
No amount of talk is as convincing as results.
"Whether or not anyone will buy it will be determined after the first batch of experimental results."
How long will it take for the first batch of results to be available?
After carefully calculating in my mind, I roughly came up with a timeline.
"If the weather is good, it should take about half a month for the first batch of yellow peaches to be available. If the weather is not good, it will take a little over a month at most. Once the yellow peaches are ready, you'll know why city people spend money to buy them."
"And my big red brick house also needs to be finished with extra work. The wages are not a problem. Just get it done as soon as possible so I can move in."
Sun Xuelin gave him a "no problem" look and said, "No problem at all. I'll get everything sorted out for you within a month. I'm already looking for red bricks for you, and I've also asked about all the materials you need to build the house."
"Do you really want to build a big brick house? All the materials and labor will probably cost more than a thousand yuan. That's not a small amount. A regular brick house only costs a few hundred yuan, not more than a thousand. Why don't you consider a regular brick house?"
Su Ying calculated that the bonus she had and the reward from the first batch of dried yellow peaches were close to 1,500 yuan, which was enough to build a large red brick house and support her livelihood later on.
As long as her money comes from legitimate sources, she has a legitimate reason to refute the Red Armbanders' attempts to use it to cause trouble.
“I’ve made up my mind. You can start building it. I want a big red brick house with tiled roof. Later I need the house to dry yellow peaches. Get it built for me as soon as possible. I’ll have Gu Sinian send the money to you in a couple of days. Any overpayment will be refunded and any underpayment will be collected.”
Since everyone else had already made up their minds, he had nothing more to say. The red brick house was quite eye-catching, but he was worried that the capitalist's daughter might cause trouble later.
"Just think it over, and I'll gather people to build it for you. It should be completed in about a month."
"Thanks."
Sun Xuelin scratched his head, a little embarrassed. "You're welcome. I get paid for helping out, so there's no need to be polite."
Gu Sinian sat to the side listening to the conversation between the two, unable to get a word in edgewise, and felt a little jealous.
The little girl doesn't seem to need him much anymore.
He liked the little girl who depended on him for everything, which made him feel needed by her.
The person who arranges things for others is so efficient that it seems like we don't need him, which makes me a little angry.
Su Ying sat next to Gu Sinian and quickly noticed his difference. She reached out and grabbed his large hand.
"If there are any problems later, contact Gu Sinian. He has the blueprints I drew. I hope Comrade Sun can build the house for me according to the blueprints I drew. Slight deviations are allowed, but don't make too many differences."
"That's not a problem. I'll arrange to start construction tomorrow. Send me the blueprints as soon as possible so we can study them and figure out the best way to build it and how to do it most cost-effectively."
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