It was almost noon, and the sun was getting stronger.
The village chief, unwilling to argue with them any longer, simply gave them the arrangements.
"Wang Zhaodi, your family should give Fu Wan ten yuan. Tell her to go buy some meat for Fu Ming and Lingling to calm their nerves!"
Fu Wan had no objection to the village chief's decision; ten yuan was not a lot, but it wasn't a small amount either.
This will likely cause Wang Laotai and Wang Zhaodi, who are very frugal, a lot of heartache for a while.
really.
"Ten yuan!"
Old Mrs. Wang was the first to scream, "Village chief, this is too much!"
Ten yuan is two months' worth of expenses for their family!
The village chief was too lazy to argue with her. "Ten yuan is already too little. Either you take ten yuan, or I'll deduct it when you hand over the grain tax at the end of the year. You choose."
Back in 1985, we still had to pay grain taxes. The women in the village didn't usually go to sea, but they would grow rice in the fields.
As for families that do not grow rice, when it comes time to hand over the grain at the end of the year, the village head will directly pay the money to the grain station, which will then sell and deliver the grain at market prices.
Wang Zhaodi's family didn't grow rice. It wasn't that they didn't have fields, but for some reason, their fields were always overgrown with weeds, and the rice didn't grow well.
The grain station wouldn't accept rice that didn't grow well, so her family had to pay money and keep the rice for themselves.
Originally, each person had to pay 100 jin of grain per year, which was equivalent to 50 yuan. Fu Lao Er's family had three people, so it was 150 yuan.
Originally, there wasn't much money left after paying the grain tax, and now there's ten yuan less!
Old Mrs. Wang knew that she could only pay the money now; if she came back at the end of the year, the village chief would probably charge her interest.
really.
“If you pay at the end of the year, you will receive an extra dollar as interest on the money the village has advanced for you.”
Village Chief Fu, getting impatient from the sun, said, "Hurry up, everyone needs to go back and cook!"
"That's right, the fish at home haven't been cleaned yet!"
Fu Wan grinned at Wang Zhaodi, "Aunt Wang, if you take it a day later, I'll come by every day to water your plants!"
What is a threat if not this!
Wang Zhaodi trembled with fear and looked at the village chief for help, but the village chief acted as if he hadn't heard her and just fanned himself with the straw hat in his hand.
"Mother, Mother, give it to her! Give it to her!"
Wang Zhaodi staggered forward and pulled the old lady Wang along. The old lady was so overwhelmed by the stench of urine from Wang Zhaodi's head that she almost fainted.
With the weather getting hotter and hotter, what would happen if that brat Fu Wan came every day!
She disgustedly pried Wang Zhaodi's hand away, took ten yuan from the house, and handed it to Ye Xiaocui.
"Take it away! A bunch of swindlers!"
Ye Xiaocui paused, then withdrew her hand, which was about to reach for the object.
"Grandma Wang, if you don't want to give it, then don't. Wouldn't it be better to have Wan'er water your land every day?"
A voice emerged from the crowd, seemingly enjoying the spectacle; it was Lin Qiuju, Fu San's wife.
While Wang Laotai might dare to curse at anyone else, Lin Qiuju wouldn't.
You should know that not only does Fu San buy all the fish from Fujia Village, but people from several nearby villages also come to him. Some even go to the town to find other buyers, but they still don't get as much as Fu San gives them.
There's no way around it; Fu San has many connections, so he's not afraid of not being able to sell them.
So Old Lady Wang only glanced at Lin Qiuju, and swallowed back the words of abuse that were on the tip of her tongue.
“Village chief, we dare not accept this money if Grandma Wang doesn’t apologize to my mother.”
"You could easily become a blackmailer!"
The village chief glared at Fu Wan; this girl was always causing him trouble.
"Grandma Wang, if you're not sincere about giving it, then just deduct it from the grain tax! As for Accountant Liu, put fifteen yuan on her record!"
"How come it's fifteen again! Give it to me, village chief!" Old Lady Wang was shocked by this turn of events and could only grit her teeth and apologize to Ye Xiaocui.
"I'm sorry, I misspoke. Please take the money back!"
Take it and leave, don't bother with this.
Ye Xiaocui then took the money, feeling refreshed, and handed it to Fu Wan.
Fu Wan took the money, turned around, and called out to Wang Xiuer, whose family grew watermelons.
"Auntie, I'll buy twenty watermelons from you. How much is it? Let's cut them all up, and everyone can have two slices to cool off in the heat!"
The crowd that had just finished watching the spectacle was about to disperse, but upon hearing Fu Wan's words, they gathered around again.
Some people had initially suspected that the village chief was favoring Fu Wan, but now that they had eaten her food, they quickly dismissed those thoughts.
These days, who would be willing to treat the whole village to watermelon? That's incredibly extravagant.
As for Fu Wan, ten yuan is just a matter of how long she spends in the water right now. Ten yuan can buy everyone's approval, which is clearly a profit.
"Fu girl, don't worry, from now on we'll sit at the village entrance when we're mending fishing nets, and we'll definitely not let the Shen family village bully our village!"
These words directly exposed the complete break between Shen Dongsheng's family and Fu Wan.
"Yes, we'll all keep an eye on the kids for you, so you can go out to sea and make money without worry!"
Several older women chimed in, saying that while several families in the village grew watermelons, only Wang Xiuer's family produced truly delicious ones.
In previous years, her family sold their watermelons in town. They were just ripe now, and the price was still high.
Wang Xiuer happily accepted the money. "Awan, your aunt won't stand on ceremony with you. I'll pick out a few good ones for you, and once they're weighed, I'll bring you the extra money!"
Fu Wan waved her hand, "No need, just give me the extra watermelon, my daughters love it."
After dealing with Wang Zhaodi, Fu Wan went home to prepare lunch.
Meanwhile, the Shen family was once again in an uproar.
"Mom, my older brother has been arrested by the police. They told us to go to the police station!"
Shen Qiusheng rushed into the house like a gust of wind and started yelling at Old Mrs. Shen.
"What?! How did they get arrested by the police?!"
Grandma Shen was sitting in the yard watching Xu Zhaolan mend fishing nets when she heard this and jumped up in fright.
"Mother, why did you send my eldest brother to Fujia Village? Now we have to pay a fine!"
"The police officer told us to pay Fu Wan fifty yuan as compensation!"
Shen Qiusheng poured himself a bowl of water and gulped it down.
He was so thirsty.
"Give me fifty yuan? Why should I?" This time it was Xu Zhaolan who shouted.
"Needless to say, it's that little bitch Fu Wan's trick again."
"She actually sent the boss to the police station and gave her fifty yuan. How dare she?"
The old lady was about to charge out, but then she came back to give instructions to Shen Qiusheng.
"Go call your brother and ask the police what the specifics are."
"I went to Fujia Village with your wife. That little bitch is absolutely outrageous! She took three hundred from me last time, and now she wants fifty more!"
"That's why we're family," said Grandma Shen, before putting the fishing line-cutting scissors into her pocket and pulling Xu Zhaolan out the door.
As for lunch, I'm skipping it!
Shen Qiusheng rubbed his rumbling stomach, resigned himself to drinking another bowl of water, and went out again.
As for Shen Guangzong, who went out to play, the Shen family members had all forgotten about him at this moment.
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