Perhaps because he had made some money and the basket was no longer heavy, Lin Guoqing walked back home in great joy and arrived home a little after 6:30.
It was only a quarter of an hour after sunrise and the sky was still a little gray. He slipped back to his home like a loach.
Chen Chunhua had already gotten up and had just put the sweet potatoes and rice into the pot. Their family's breakfast was the same sweet potato porridge that had never changed. This was the cheapest, most filling, and long-lasting food, so every household had a lot of it.
She actually didn't sleep well that night. After getting up, she kept an eye on the movements outside. When there was a slight knock on the door, she dropped the wooden shovel and ran out.
When I opened the door, it was indeed my man, standing at the door with a silly smile on his face.
She quickly pulled the person in and bolted the door again. She only asked about the situation after they entered the house.
"How's it going? Did it go well?"
Lin Guoqing put the basket on the ground and took out the remaining vegetables one by one, with a look of pride on his face.
"How could it not go smoothly? Are you still worried about your man working?"
When Chen Chunhua heard him bragging, she rolled her eyes, but she finally felt relieved after being worried all night.
"Is this what's left?" She frowned and looked at the three bamboo shoots, two potatoes and a handful of leeks on the table. The bamboo shoots should have been dug up by Lin Guoqing on the mountain for free, but the potatoes and leeks must have been harvested.
"Yes, I thought we could eat at home, so when it was almost time, I packed up and came back."
Lin Guoqing nodded, and seeing the distressed expression on Chen Chunhua's face, he knew what was in her mind.
People in rural areas basically don't spend money on vegetables, so even if there aren't many left, Chen Chunhua will definitely feel like she's lost out.
"Don't feel bad, do you know how much money I made today?"
Chen Chunhua shook her head, but the focus of this evening was how much money was earned. Judging from Lin Guoqing's smug look, it was probably quite a lot.
Lin Guoqing rummaged through his trouser pockets and took out a few handfuls of banknotes from his left pocket, and then a few handfuls of banknotes from his right pocket. A pile of colorful banknotes piled on the table, which stunned Chen Chunhua.
"How much money did you make?"
"I haven't counted them yet, let's count together."
The couple sat at the table in the main room and counted their money. Fortunately, it was still early. If it were evening, anyone who came to visit would be startled.
It looks like a lot, but in fact it's just that much. They are all small bills of one, two, and five cents. The largest denomination is the one-dollar bill that Lao Shi gave to Lin Guoqing when he collected the snake.
The total is seven dollars and forty-one cents. Last night, Chen Chunhua took away two dollars and eighty-two cents for Lin Guoqing. Does that mean Lin Guoqing earned four dollars and fifty-nine cents in one night?
Chen Chunhua didn't believe it, so she counted it again, and it was still seven yuan and forty-one cents. She looked up and down at her husband and asked in a low voice,
"You went to rob?"
Lin Guoqing: ...It would be fine if he brought back 50 yuan, but it’s only 7.41 yuan. How can this woman be so short-sighted!
You really can't blame Chen Chunhua. The main reason is that everyone was poor these days and prices were low. Vegetables only cost a few cents per pound, or five yuan. Even ordinary families in the city who bought vegetables every day could eat vegetarian food for a month.
Didn’t you see that when Lin Guoqing asked Qi Caigen to buy vegetables in the evening, such a big basket, almost 30 kilograms of vegetables, only cost one dollar!
Chen Chunhua calculated that the cost was 2.82 yuan. Even if he used it all up, when the unscrupulous merchants sold it at double the price, he would not be able to sell it for more than 7 yuan!
Lin Guoqing chuckled and was about to speak when the children's voices came from their room one after another. The eldest child, Lin Shuying, got up with her younger brothers and sisters.
Lin Guoqing pushed his wife, who was still standing there stupidly with the money in her hand, to the cabinet behind him.
"Put the money away first. I'll talk to you when I'm free."
Chen Chunhua was so depressed! She kept looking at Lin Guoqing while serving porridge to her child, forcing Lin Guoqing to take time out to secretly assure her that he had absolutely no criminal record and was a good citizen!
Chen Chunhua had no choice but to arrange the current matters first.
After finishing breakfast, she handed the small basket that had contained bamboo shoots last night to Liang Shengdi, along with a short-handled hoe.
"Mom, can you dig bamboo shoots?"
Liang Shengdi: ...Well, it seems that she had dug it out when she was young, but it has been so long that she has forgotten about it.
Lin Guoqing went in to change his shoes. The pair he wore last night was a little wet. When he came out, he heard his wife say this and was shocked!
"Mom? Are you going to dig bamboo shoots?"
Although the sun is not visible, the light doesn’t come from the west, right?
Lin Guoqing hesitated for a moment, but still put his hand on Liang Shengdi's forehead to check.
Well, no fever.
Liang Shengdi slapped his hand away and said, "Go away!"
Then he stared at Chen Chunhua and asked seriously, "If I don't dig much, will there be any braised bamboo shoots to eat?"
She was afraid that if she couldn't find any bamboo shoots, she would work hard all day to dig only five, six, seven or eight bamboo shoots, and then she and her husband would have to save the money to sell. Wouldn't that be a waste of work?
Chen Chunhua thought for a moment, "Let's put it this way, Mom. Even if you only dig two bamboo shoots, I can save one for you. If you dig ten, we can eat five. If you dig more, and we can't finish half, we can take some to sell."
Remember this for you. When the money from selling extra bamboo shoots is enough, I'll write your name on it. Once we have enough money for a chicken, that chicken will be yours. You can eat it or raise it as you wish!"
Liang Shengdi's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately became excited, "Really?"
"Really? Why would I lie to you?"
"Then kill the chicken and let me eat it alone, okay?"
"It's your chicken! The soup is all yours. I won't let those little ones touch a bone of yours!"
"good!"
After Liang Shengdi received Chen Chunhua's guarantee, her whole mental outlook changed, and she felt that she could go to the Great Leap Forward in Steelmaking right away.
When Liang Shengdi walked out of the house with a hoe and a basket in her hand, looking very proud and confident, Lin Guoqing was still in a daze with his mouth open.
He finally understood that Chen Chunhua had invested a lot of money! He looked at Chen Chunhua with a look of surprise and doubt.
"Did you promise Mom to give her a whole chicken?"
"She earned the chicken through her own labor, so why shouldn't she eat it?"
If Liang Shengdi could really listen to her and work, the family would have an extra labor force. Chen Chunhua was in a very good mood at the moment.
Lin Guoqing closed his mouth, twisted his thigh, then grinned and gave Chen Chunhua a thumbs up.
"If my grandma were still alive, I would definitely worship you!"
His grandmother and his father had lived for so many years, but they had never seen such a scene before they died. He had only been out for one night, and his wife was able to make his mother work so actively.
As expected, Lin Guoqing is lucky. He should listen to his wife more in the future, otherwise one day she will think he is useless and sell him away and think she has made a profit!
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