Lin Guoqing took the basket out of the basket and showed Ye Juncai what was underneath.
"I brought one for the children and I just ate it myself. As for the food coupons,"
He chuckled and told Ye Juncai about the reward Zhuang Zhijie had just given him.
"So, I really appreciate you giving me a ride. If I had walked on my own, the food stand would have been closed by the time I got there.
I'll have to sleep outside the doorway all night. It's so hot, and the mushrooms won't be fresh if they're kept in the basket all night. Not only will I have to wait for food coupons, but I'm afraid the price will have to be discounted."
As he said this, he pushed the cake towards Ye Juncai.
"These food coupons weren't part of my plan to begin with, so I'll just spend them. I can't afford expensive things, but I still have enough money for this bread."
If you won't even accept these two cakes, how can I dare to ask you to help me buy a tricycle in the future?
Ye Juncai felt a little embarrassed by what he said. He thought that if he didn't accept it, Lin Guoqing would really think that he looked down on him.
"Well...thank you then. We'll take it."
These rural people are really simple and honest. Even though they are doing such a small thing, they still think of thanking them.
Lin Guoqing grinned, "You're welcome, you're welcome, eat quickly!"
When they were about a mile away from the entrance of Sihe Village, Lin Guoqing got out of the car. Ye Jun leaned against the car window and shouted at him,
"Brother Guoqing! Remember the address I just told you! If you need anything, you can come to the bicycle factory to find me!"
Lin Guoqing nodded quickly, "I'll remember, I'll remember. If anything happens, I won't hesitate! Thank you so much for today!"
"No need to thank me! Didn't you buy us some cakes?" Ye Juncai was still thinking about Lin Guoqing's reward.
"We go to the provincial capital on the 1st of every month. If you need us, you can wait for us on the roadside at about the same time as today!"
"Okay! I'll remember that! Thank you!" This time his thanks were more sincere. He estimated that he would go to the provincial capital many times in the future.
When he got home, it was dinner time. Smoke was rising from every household in the village. Some men, who were still waiting to be called for dinner, were strolling around the village in groups of three or four, chatting.
Seeing Lin Guoqing, he stopped him and said hello.
"National Day! Are you back? What happened at your mother-in-law's house? Why are you carrying so many things?"
It was the captain of his team, Chen Jinshui.
He was curious when Chen Chunhua came to ask for leave today, but Chen Chunhua was obviously perfunctory. He was busy at work and was embarrassed to argue with a woman.
Now that Lin Guoqing is back, he remembered it again.
Mother-in-law's house? Lin Guoqing blinked.
"Yeah, well, my father-in-law broke his butt before May Day! Someone from their village called Chunhua came to see him at that time, you know?"
Chen Jinshui nodded. He knew about this. The old woman was shouting so loudly that her voice could be heard ten miles away.
"Chunhua went there once, took a look, and then came back. Her father had a bad temper, and she didn't really like going back, but after all, they were her parents, so she still thought about them.
It's been two months now, so I'm going to go see if they've recovered and bring some wild vegetables and mushrooms that my mom dug up in the mountains.
Chen Jinshui touched his head and nodded. It was only natural that children should go and see their parents when something happened.
"I originally wanted to go in the morning, but you said yesterday that you were going to harvest sesame seeds this morning! I decided to finish my part of the job before going."
According to the custom here, patients must be visited in the morning. So far, Lin Guoqing has completed his visit.
After chatting with Chen Jinshui for a few more words, he hurried home.
When I got home, Chen Chunhua had just finished cooking. Today's menu was crucian carp and tofu soup, scrambled eggs with cucurbit shredded vegetables, and a bowl of cold cucumber salad.
Lin Guoqing dropped the basket and ran into the kitchen. He put his arms around Chen Chunhua's waist, held her face with one hand and kissed her hard.
Liang Shengdi was serving rice when she turned her head away with a look of disgust and said "Huh~".
Lin Shugan stood beside his grandmother's legs and said "Wow~"
Lin Shuchao covered his eyes with his hands and said "Huh~" along with his grandmother. The gaps between his fingers were bigger than a sieve.
Lin Shumei held her small bowl in both hands, opened her mouth and just uttered half of the word "ah" when her sister reached out from behind and covered her eyes.
Lin Shuying: "Children are not allowed to watch!"
Chen Chunhua was still holding a spatula in her hand, and was stunned by the kiss. When she reacted and raised her hand to hit him, Lin Guoqing had already slipped out of the kitchen with a laugh.
"Help me get a bowl of rice too! I need to wash my hands first!"
What a shameless guy! The kids are here! How dare you do such a thing!
Chen Chunhua's face turned red and she didn't dare to look at the old man and four children over there. She picked up the fish soup and walked out.
"Mom, please help him serve a bowl of rice."
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As soon as Lin Guoqing sat down, Chen Chunhua pinched him under the table, on the soft flesh of his waist, which hurt so much that he grimaced.
In order to avoid further abuse, he quickly took out the three dollars he earned today and gave them to his wife, as well as the cake in the basket.
"Look! Today I bought a total of 23.5 kilograms of mushrooms and sold them for 3.10 yuan. The food station also gave me a 2-liang food coupon as a reward.
But I used the food coupons and ten cents to buy bread. We took the same bus both ways, and they didn't charge me, so I gave them two breads.
Chen Chunhua nodded, and had no objection to this expenditure. But the food coupons,
"Can I get food coupons as rewards?"
"Yes!" Speaking of this, Lin Guoqing's excitement returned, and he explained the reward mechanism of Zhuang Zhijie's food station word for word.
"I think we can take our eggs to the food station over there and sell them. We can get 2 taels of silver per pound of eggs. We can save at least 3 pounds a week, which will give us 6 taels of silver."
Even though the food coupon reward for this pound of eggs is not much, it is like money, a little bit adds up to a lot!
"And they buy all kinds of agricultural and sideline products. They buy our mushrooms, they buy our bamboo shoots, they buy live chickens too!"
Lin Guoqing pointed at the group of chickens running around outside, and it seemed that there was a price tag on each chicken.
While listening to Lin Guoqing's speech, Chen Chunhua cut the cake into four pieces with a knife. Just as she looked up to speak, she saw Liang Shengdi's eyes full of anger, envy, desire... in short, a very complicated look.
Then she silently cut it into 8 even small pieces, one for each person, and threw the extra piece into Lin Guoqing's bowl before speaking.
"It's just too far to go. In winter, you can save some eggs, but in summer, when it's hot, you can only keep them for a week at most, otherwise they will go bad.
We can't go to the provincial capital every few days, right? And we can't just sell eggs."
In fact, she has been using a flashlight to look at the eggs these past two days, wanting to pick out a few breeding eggs for the hens to hatch. Only by laying eggs and eggs hatching chickens can her family earn a steady stream of money!
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