Chapter 38: Work Begins
Looking at Wang Zhilin standing at the door, he looked at him with an expression of unfamiliarity.
"Xiao Si, why have you become so unapproachable that my second brother-in-law doesn't dare to meet you?"
Han Changping smiled and didn't intend to pay attention to him. He walked into the house on his own, but was pulled back and stopped.
"What's up?"
Han Changping asked him in a cold tone.
"This way."
Ignoring Han Changping's ugly face, Wang Zhilin pulled him to the backyard and asked in a low voice,
"Do you really want to hire Xu Huimin to work for you?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Xiao Si,"
Wang Zhilin lowered his voice, as if he was very afraid that his wife would hear it.
"There are so many people in the village, why would you hire a woman like her?"
"Aren't you just afraid that she'll cause more rumors about you if she works for me?"
Han Changping immediately dispelled Wang Zhilin's worries.
“Don’t worry, she’s not a fool. It’s enough for her to get entangled with a selfish man like you who has a wife and children once.
You're overthinking it. This kind of good thing won't happen again. That's enough."
As he spoke, Han Changping forcefully shook off Wang Zhilin's hand.
"I'm going to be busy tomorrow, so I need to rest early."
Turning around and ignoring Wang Zhilin's embarrassment, Han Changping went back to the house alone.
He got up at daybreak and went to herd cattle. Wang Zhilin couldn't be relied upon for this matter.
The old man was probably embarrassed and insisted on getting up to herd the cattle himself, but was pushed back by Han Changping.
On the way back from herding the cattle, I happened to pass by Li Jiazhi's house and heard him arguing in the yard from a distance.
"Don't bother me. I just like Cui Jinfeng. I don't want anyone else."
"Oh, you little brat! The whole village is clamoring for you! Cui Jinfeng's heart disease is incurable, and she can't get married or have children.
What do you want her for? Are you missing a mother or an ancestor? Oh my, you are going to piss us off to death! "
Li Jiazhi's mother was so angry that she beat him and cried,
"I raised you once, and I can't bear to see you marry a sickly girl like this and raise her. We don't have the money to treat her illness."
"Don't worry about it, I want her. I will marry her in this life, hum..."
Li Jiazhi shook off his mother and ran out of the yard. Han Changping was passing by his house with an old yellow cow at that time. When he rushed out, he naturally saw him.
"You, little fool."
Li Jiazhi, who was full of resentment, ran out and saw Han Changping. Now he had a place to vent his anger.
He ran towards him in a few steps.
"I'm telling you, stay away from my woman from now on. If I see you again, I'll kill you, hum..."
Han Changping smiled and left without paying any attention to Li Jiazhi.
Xu Huimin arrived very early, but on her way back from herding cattle, she saw many people pushing carts and driving carts.
They all rushed towards the mountain. This bustling scene can usually be seen during the autumn harvest, and it is really rare to see it in this season.
"Xiao Si, are you here?"
Xu Huimin had already wiped the table in the yard clean and put the account book board neatly.
Han Changping looked at Xu Huimin and nodded, then opened the door. At this time, Wang Zhisheng also rushed over.
Two people carried out the scale that Manager Wang brought from the county town and placed it in place.
Soon someone drove a bullock cart to bring the dry firewood from the house here.
This morning, Han Changping and Wang Zhisheng were busy measuring the firewood, while Xu Huimin helped with the accounting and payment.
It was almost noon and I still hadn't seen Cui Fujian coming over. I felt a little disappointed.
"Brother, you and Sister Huimin, keep an eye on him. I'm going to Cui Fujian's house to see why he hasn't come yet."
"Okay, go ahead and leave this to us."
The Acanthopanax senticosus poles had not been collected yet, so Han Changping had not yet let the people who had been assigned to work start work.
But yesterday, Han Changping specifically asked Cui Fujian to come early to help with the work. If he didn't come at this time, something must have happened at home.
As a result, as soon as Han Changping walked into the yard, he saw Cui Fujian and his father squatting in the yard with their arms folded and not saying a word.
"Brother Cui, why don't you go over there?"
Seeing Han Changping coming, Cui Fujian was stunned. When he stood up, he saw him wiping his eyes from his face.
"Oh, sorry, I'll be right there."
Standing here, looking through the window at the huge shadows, Han Changping saw Cui Jinfeng lying on the kang covered with a quilt, while her mother was sitting beside her in a daze.
After leaving the door, I dared to ask Cui Fujian what happened. He said,
"It was Li Jiazhi's mother who came and had a big argument with me. She said my family had deliberately concealed my sister's medical history and had not told her family, so the engagement between his son and my sister was off the table.
And the betrothal gifts given to our family before also need to be returned. Didn’t my sister spend a lot of money on her illness this time? Sigh!”
"How much more is left?"
Han Changping asked hurriedly,
"I'm still short of a hundred yuan. My sister's illness didn't cost me much, and I spent a little on farming."
"Okay, don't get angry, I'll advance the money for you."
Upon hearing this, Cui Fujian was startled at first, then he clasped his hands together and suddenly bowed to Han Changping.
If they weren't on the road, he would have immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Han Changping.
"Xiao Si, I deserve to die. I almost beat you to death before, and you still helped me like this. I'm so sorry, so sorry."
Han Changping smiled.
"It wasn't just you who beat him, Li Jiazhi was also involved, ha..."
"I won't forgive that bastard."
When talking about Li Jiazhi, Cui Fujian cursed him fiercely. It was obvious that Li Jiazhi's mother had gone to his house and made a scene.
This made the Cui family heartbroken. If I'm not mistaken, Cui Jinfeng should be crying alone under the quilt.
"Brother Cui, forget it. If you don't agree to return the money, it's over. You just follow me and work hard. When you earn money, you can take Jinfeng to a big city to get her illness cured. That's better than anything else."
"Well, Xiao Si, you're right. From now on, Big Brother will do whatever you ask him to do."
With Cui Fujian's help, the job became much easier.
On the first day, they harvested more than 2,000 kilograms of Eleutherococcus senticosus stems, leaving a huge pile in the yard.
When the people who received the money saw that it was real money, they were extremely happy. They were so motivated that they wanted to stay up all night and run to the mountains to make money.
The next day, Han Changping summoned the ten hired men to the yard and took out the Acanthopanax guillotine.
Manager Wang, who received the call, drove the truck over in person.
"Uncle Wang,"
Han Changping was extremely happy when he saw the cargo bed of the small truck filled with large and small iron barrels.
But before he could be happy for even a second, a man jumped out of the car.
"Hey, Han Changping, how are you?"
When I looked up, I saw Wang Yingying, the sunny little girl with a ponytail.
"Hey, it's only been a few days since we last met, how come you've grown taller?"
Han Changping smiled. Wang Yingying's appearance really surprised him.
Looking at her bright smile and sweet dimples, Han Changping's heart suddenly started beating wildly.
"I'm only seventeen, isn't it normal for me to grow taller? If you wait until the spring after the New Year to see me, I'm afraid I'll be 1.80 meters tall."
"Give you Meide,"
Wang Yingying was very shy and looked away from Han Changping, but from her smile, it was clear that she was very excited to see him.
"Come a few people, take all the barrels off the truck and put them on the side of the house."
Han Changping's shout not only made the men in the yard come out, but even Xu Huimin hurried out.
Wang Shigui, who was surveying the yard, clearly brightened up when he saw Xu Huimin.
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