Jiang Yue was staring at the osmanthus tree in a trance. She didn't notice that Gu Ye was also staring at her absent-mindedly.
After the osmanthus trees were planted, the fellow gave some instructions and helped clear the dirt in the yard. Then he left carrying a shovel and a pickaxe.
Jiang Yue excitedly walked around the osmanthus tree several times, and even stretched out her hands to hug the tree to measure it. She was shocked to find that the circumference of the osmanthus tree was almost as long as her arm. No wonder the crown of the tree was so lush.
"Such a big osmanthus tree! Where did you find it, Gu Ye? It must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Jiang Yue forgot for a moment that she had sworn to ignore Gu Ye, because this tree was such a surprise to her.
"I asked around and found a few more stores. The trees don't cost much." Gu Ye said. Somehow, seeing Jiang Yue so happy, he also felt happy.
"I don't believe it! A tree trunk this thick must be at least several decades old. It can't be cheap!" Jiang Yue glanced at Gu Ye.
Gu Ye looked away awkwardly, and after a while he said, "Well, I only gave him fifty yuan."
"Fifty yuan? For such a big tree?" Jiang Yue's first reaction was that it was so cheap, only fifty yuan!
But she thought again, it is now the 1970s and 1980s, prices are terribly low, purchases are made with the exact amount of cents, and a monthly salary of 20 yuan can support a whole family.
What does fifty yuan mean? It is two and a half months’ salary for many people! With this calculation, this tree is not cheap at all!
Jiang Yue couldn't help but glance sideways, wondering in her heart, what kind of wealth does Gu Ye have, yet he is so arrogant and even said "I only gave fifty yuan"!
Even if he has a high rank and earns more than 100 yuan a month, 50 yuan is not a small amount!
At this time, Gu Ye changed the subject, "Are you free tomorrow morning? There is a flower and tree commune nearby, do you want to go and have a look?"
"Flower and Tree Commune? Great! Great!" Jiang Yue's eyes lit up. Just hearing the name made it seem as if she could smell the fragrance of grass and flowers.
"Mom, then aren't we going to the county town tomorrow?" Ningning anxiously tugged at Jiang Yue's clothes when she heard that her mother had agreed with her father to go to the flower and tree commune.
Jiang Yue subconsciously wanted to cover Ningning's mouth, but she held back at the last moment. Fortunately, Ningning didn't say what they were going to the county town for.
But she looked at Gu Ye with a somewhat surprised look on her face, "Why, are you going to the county town again tomorrow? What's going on?"
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay!" Jiang Yue responded casually, and took Ningning away on the pretext of taking Ningning to see the trees.
Gu Ye looked at the two figures, one big and one small, and his eyes narrowed involuntarily.
As soon as they walked a distance away, Ning Ning whispered to Jiang Yue: "Mom, aren't we going to sell French fries and tea eggs tomorrow?"
Jiang Yue was so scared that she quickly turned her head around. Seeing that she was quite a distance away from Gu Ye, she thought that he probably couldn't hear her and Ning Ning talking, and she heaved a sigh of relief.
She made a hushing gesture to Ningning and said in a low voice, "Your father is here, don't say anything more!"
Otherwise, if Gu Ye knew about this, he would definitely not let her go out!
"Hmm!" Ningning quickly covered her mouth, but within two seconds, she spoke again, "But mom, if we don't go to the city, how can we make money!"
Jiang Yue: “…”
This little girl is so young, how come she is more obsessed with money than her?
"Let's talk about it in a few days!" Jiang Yue looked up at the towering osmanthus tree and sighed in his heart.
Time flies so fast. It has been almost half a month since she came here. With only half a month left, Gu Ye will meet his destined heroine.
What should she do then?
Gu Ye stood under the eaves with his arms folded, his eyes following Jiang Yue and Ning Ning. At this moment, he frowned slightly. His hearing was better than that of ordinary people. He just heard Ning Ning talking about tea eggs, French fries and making money in the city.
Because of the wind, Gu Ye could only hear it intermittently, but this did not stop him from becoming suspicious.
Gu Ye also noticed that Jiang Yue's expression was very strange, especially when she was looking at the osmanthus tree. She was happy at one moment and confused at another, and she kept muttering to herself. Gu Ye suddenly wanted to know what Jiang Yue was thinking.
Jiang Yue cooked dinner again. There were only vegetables at home, so she fried some garlic sprouts with lard, which was very fragrant. Because she had been making tomato sauce for the past few days, there were a lot of tomatoes at home, so Jiang Yue made scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Jiang Yue took out half a salted duck from the basket hanging on the wall, steamed it with the rice, and then made a simple kelp soup, and the meal was ready.
While the family of three was having dinner, things were about to get out of hand in Li Hongying's house.
Li Xiuxiu just couldn't understand. Li Hongying just went out to take out the trash in the afternoon, but when she came back, she looked like she had taken a bath in the garbage dump. Her whole body was stinking, with green-headed flies flying around her. Her head and body were covered with rotten vegetable leaves and dirt that looked like dog feces. It was so smelly that it was unbearable.
She just asked a few more questions, but Li Hongying started to scold her, saying all kinds of nasty things, calling her a shameless little whore, and then pinched her. There was no healthy flesh left on her body, and both of her arms were covered with bruises. She cried because of the pain.
Later, it was Li Hongying who was scolding Jiang Yue. Li Xiuxiu then found out that Li Hongying was beaten by Jiang Yue in the afternoon and Jiang Yue also pushed Li Hongying into the garbage pool.
Li Xiuxiu was shocked. How dare Jiang Yue do that!
Later, when Chen Daniu and Chen Erniu came back from school, they started fighting again over a notebook. Li Hongying had just come out of the shower and was almost knocked into the well by Daniu. She was so angry that she picked up a stick and chased Daniu to beat him.
At this time Chen Baozhu came back and heard a fight in his yard from a distance. He immediately grabbed his hat and threw it away, then rushed into the yard. When he saw Li Hongying beating Daniu so hard that he made him scream, he became furious.
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