Zhang Wenyong finished eating half of the apple, wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and said, "I came back from Huzi's house this morning. After I arrived at Sandagou, I came directly to look for you. When I saw no one was around, I went back and slept for the whole morning."
Lian Xiaomin nodded, watching him put the apple core on the table, and continued, "It was relatively smooth to get to the county town. The prices there are a bit higher than in the commune. I asked my second uncle about the latest market conditions. Since December, supplies have become even more scarce. The prices of everything on the black market have increased significantly. Pork has risen to three yuan and a half per catty. Our five carts of prey weighed a little over three thousand catties, but this was only the gross weight, so we charged two yuan and eighty. However, the antlers of the red deer are also worth some money, so we added some of that."
He paused, took off his shoes and sat cross-legged on the kang. The kang was too hot, so he had to move. Lian Xiaomin put the apple in her mouth, took off her shoes and sat cross-legged opposite him. The two of them continued to chat face to face across a small table.
Zhang Wenyong glanced at the two red apples standing at attention on the table, looked away and continued, "Also, I decided to keep the tiger skin and put it in Huzi's house first. Wang Xintian and his friends both know how to make saltpeter. They learned the craft from the prince. When it's ready, I'll give it to you. I think you'll definitely want to keep it as a souvenir."
Lian Xiaomin hadn't finished eating half of the apple yet, and was still struggling with it. Only at this time did she show her only slightly hesitant side. Haha, she can't eat! Especially big apples! Why can't she move them?
No matter how powerful Silver is, it has weaknesses.
When she heard that the tiger skin was going to be left for her, the movement of her cheeks stopped, her almond eyes smiled, a warm current flowed through her heart, and she immediately leaned forward, leaned on the table, stretched her neck and said, "Really? Fine, then, give it to my family, in this west room, and you four are welcome to come and admire it anytime."
Zhang Wenyong saw that her pointed chin was about to touch the apple, so he said, "Break another half for me... Why are you so slow? You didn't finish it?"
Lian Xiaomin picked up another one from the table, broke it open easily, and put it on the table for him, "You eat first, I'll be patient."
Zhang Wenyong continued while eating, "Tiger bones are also good things. We kept some and sold some. We will make some tiger bone wine and sell all the tiger meat. In the end, we sold a total of 9,000 yuan. As for the distribution, I told them again what you told me last time. In the end, I told them to listen to Xiaomin and divide it equally. Five people, each will get 1,800 yuan. They agreed and said, they will remember your kindness."
Lian Xiaomin finally finished eating and threw the core onto the table: "Hey, Brother Sanyong, let's not talk about that!"
Zhang Wenyong ate the half-eaten apple in his hand, unbuttoned his cotton jacket, took out a dark blue handkerchief from his inner pocket, spread it out on the table, and inside was a thick stack of big unity: "One thousand and eighteen, I'll put it away for you."
Lian Xiaomin was so happy that she even put her handkerchief in her arms and said with a grin, "It was a complete success!"
The two continued to chat for a long time. Lian Xiaomin asked him if there were any more puppies born by the yellow dog of Party Secretary Xu Fengmin. Xiaofu was very fond of Xie Xuwei's puppy.
Zhang Wenyong promised to bring her one back. She had to have one. He would just get some sweet potatoes for Old Man Xu. Now everyone was short of food and no one was willing to keep a dog.
Lian Xiaomin was very pleased and said, "If you bring me one, will your little brother Xiaogou be happy? He will come to you and cry."
"My mother won't let him raise the dog. He can just go to play with my third aunt. Brother Xuwei has a good temper and is a good person. He will take him to play... But speaking of it, the third aunt's family is quite troublesome right now. I even asked Xiaogouzi to stop going to their place recently."
Lian Xiaomin's eyes lit up, and she suddenly remembered the colorful hat that Xie Xuwei was wearing... She reached out and picked up the last big apple on the table, broke it into two halves with a "click" as the other party liked, placed them on the table for him, and then tilted her little head silently, waiting for the person in front of her to continue chatting.
But there was no further news about Zhang Wenyong!
Lian Xiaomin: ...What's the matter? Is he still Chunxiu's biological brother? Why don't you look like him at all? Why don't you talk about it? That's it?
She looked at Zhang Wenyong as he continued to eat the apple. This time he slowed down and seemed to be savoring the food... Never mind, I'm not a gossipy person. The atmosphere has already been set.
Just when Lian Xiaomin had let it go in her heart, Zhang Wenyong burst out laughing, propped one elbow on the table, brushed his hair, and continued lazily with his chin in his hand: "Look how curious you are, what do you know, a little girl? Well, let me tell you, there is a problem with Brother Xuwei's girlfriend..."
Lian Xiaomin understood after listening to his brief explanation of the whole story.
It turns out that Cheng Baoru has a younger brother named Cheng Zhi, who is not young anymore, almost seventeen or eighteen years old. The boy looks short and fat, and is a good-for-nothing. It was not obvious when he was younger, but he became more and more useless as he grew older. He even urged his elder sister to find a job in the commune and eat commercial grain, so that he can get more dowry and don't have to work in the fields anymore.
In fact, he just wanted to gain some benefits for himself.
But no matter what she thought, Cheng Baoru did not really say that she wanted to cancel the engagement.
Just over a month ago, the Xie family went to Chengjiazhuang again to discuss the date for the wedding, but the other party found excuses to delay and has not given a definite answer until now. Are they willing to get married or cancel the engagement?
The Xie family now has no definite idea.
It was said that Cheng Baoru had changed her mind, but there was no evidence, no proof, and no one had seen her do anything excessive. Just based on Cheng Zhi's nonsense in the Cheng family... How could the Xie family, such an honest family, have the heart to do something like canceling the engagement?
After all, they have been engaged for two years and the two families get along pretty well. If the man breaks off the engagement, it will have a huge impact on a girl's reputation in these days.
There were also two different opinions in the Xie family. Xie Xianglan went back to her eldest brother's house in her natal family and discussed with her father Zhang Changshuan and Zhang Shengli, and they felt that the engagement should be cancelled.
However, Xie Shuangxi had some friendship with Cheng Baoru's father Cheng Qinglai and had received some help from him in the past. He thought that he should wait and see and not cancel the engagement, otherwise the girl's reputation would be ruined and the two families would become enemies.
Xie Xuwei was also in a dilemma. The young man couldn't do anything anymore...it was just this small thing.
Lian Xiaomin was listening with great interest, treating it as just some casual gossip about farmers' daily lives; after all, it was none of her business.
Moreover, although Cheng Baoru was instigated by her brother, it seems that she has not really found a next buyer, so there is probably still room for maneuver.
Just as she was listening casually without paying any attention, she suddenly felt that Zhang Wenyong's tone changed, and he said something unexpected about Xie Xuwei and his past...
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