The whistleblower surfaced
After the reunion dinner.
The second girl Shen Ruyu walked out of the yard, and then she thought of something. She turned around and walked to Shen Roujiao, and took out a folded pink ribbon from her trouser pocket.
She blushed and said, "I'm giving this back to you. My mother fixed it a long time ago. It's sewed very beautifully." She patched the pink hole with white thread and sewed a few petals next to it, making it look like a pure white gardenia.
"Sister Yu, Auntie, what's going on?" She was giving away cakes and pink ribbons, and her attitude was so good that it was like she had become a completely different person. It took Shen Roujiao a while to get used to it.
Shen Ruyu smiled shyly, moved closer to Jiaojiao, and whispered, "Ask, Brother Tiancheng."
he?
In the afternoon, Shen Roujiao walked with the lunch box in front and Shen Tiancheng walked behind with the small pot. They went to his uncle Shen Shanhe's house to deliver meat.
The aroma of braised chicken wafted all the way, and he was asked all the way, "Jiaojiao's brother, is the game stew ready?"
I want to keep a low profile, but my strength doesn't allow it.
When they came back from the county, the three colorful pheasants hanging on the front beam of the cart attracted the attention of the whole village, and the children especially liked the long pheasant tails. Shen Roujiao plucked them all and distributed them to them. A group of children ran around the village with the feathers in their hands, all of them smiling happily.
All members of the Shen family ate chicken, and it quickly became a hot topic at the entrance of the village.
At that time, Zhao Ye was standing at the entrance of the village waiting for her son Shen Rushan. He had not been home for two weeks. At noon, he suddenly said that he would come back after get off work, which made his mother very happy.
Someone behind her called out to her, "Aunt Zhao, why don't you go back and eat some meat."
She pointed at herself and asked incredulously, "I eat meat? It's not Chinese New Year, who can afford to eat that?"
"Really? Shen's little sister bought three pheasants in the county town and stewed them. Her brother is bringing them to your house." The auntie spoke in a loud voice as if she was arguing.
"Really? No, it's impossible." Zhao Ye was full of doubts and spoke haltingly, but he was already walking towards home.
When Zhao Ye hurried back, he saw Shen Rushan and Shen Tiancheng squatting in the yard with a small pot of boiling water in the middle. "Big boy, why didn't mother wait for you at the entrance of the village?"
"Mom, I came from the back of the village." Shen Rushan walked to Zhao Ye, pulled her to the middle of the yard, pointed at the pot on the ground and said, "Mom, Brother Tiancheng brought us chicken, come and have a look.
He lifted the lid of the pot and fanned the heat, allowing the aroma to spread out. Zhao Ye saw the chicken leg on the top, which was big and fat, and swallowed silently.
"Jiaojiao, did you really buy three pheasants?" Zhao Ye asked, holding Shen Tiancheng's arm. The second brother smiled and nodded.
"Mom, why don't you ask how we have the money to buy chicken?" Shen Rushan knows how to get to the core of the issue.
"Isn't it the money earned from the stall?" Seeing his son shaking his head, Zhao Ye was shocked and pulled Shen Tiancheng into the main room to sit down, pouring water and fanning him, "Tell me quickly, what new way you brothers and sisters have thought of to make money."
"Mom, they are digging medicinal herbs now." Shen Rushan spoke quickly.
"Medicinal herbs?" Zhao Ye raised her eyes and glanced at the bag in the corner of the main room. "It can't be this." She took out a small bundle of dried grass from the bag and handed it to Shen Tiancheng.
This time, it was the second brother's turn to be surprised. He looked at the comfrey carefully. Boss Chen had just told them about it at noon, saying that it was very effective in treating injuries and fractures. The brothers and sisters had never seen it before, but they had never thought that Aunt Zhao would have herbal medicine here. "Auntie, how did you get this?"
At the beginning of last year, Zhao Ye's feet became inexplicably swollen and she couldn't walk. Da Wa went to several villages before he found a barefoot doctor to treat her.
The doctor pressed on the swollen areas on Zhao Ye's feet and left a dent. After making sure that there was no problem with the bones, he went up the mountain to collect some grass, mashed it into a paste, and applied it to her feet.
He also specifically taught Shen Shanhe how to identify medicinal herbs. In the next few days, my uncle went up the mountain to collect them and then helped my aunt apply the medicine. After five or six days, the swelling really went away.
At that time, I thought the doctor was amazing and didn’t think much about the medicinal materials.
Later, about half a month later, the barefoot doctor came to the village again to check Aunt Zhao's foot again. The swelling had subsided and she had fully recovered.
Speaking of herbal medicine, he told Zhao Ye that if he saw any in the mountains, he should pick them for him, dry them, and he could use them as medicine to treat illnesses.
Of course, it’s not free, you have to pay.
From then on, when Aunt Zhao went to work in the fields, she would look for this grass and take it home to dry. The doctor collected it once every six months, and last time he gave Zhao Ye three yuan for half a bag.
"Auntie, this is called Comfrey, also known as Eight-angled Hemp. The edges of the leaves are serrated, the leaves are alternate, and the stem has eight ridges. This kind of grass is best for treating edema and inflammation. The dried stuff is three yuan per catty, and this bag is almost three catties, about ten yuan." Shen Tiancheng squatted in the corner of the main room, looking through the bag of herbal medicine.
Shen Rushan walked over, looking at him with admiration, "You really understand!"
"I have a basic understanding." These two words were spoken calmly.
When faced with the same thing, some people see a story, some see medical treatment, and some see business opportunities.
People can never make money beyond knowledge unless they are guided by a master.
Their master is Shen Roujiao, and Shen Roujiao’s master is Zhou Huaiyue.
As for Zhou Huaiyue’s master, it is probably Shen Roujiao.
"Cheng, are medicinal herbs really so valuable? Are there many medicinal herbs on our mountain?" Zhao Ye called more and more affectionately, his eyes already shining. It was indeed possible to make money by following the second brother's family.
"A lot. There are treasures everywhere on our mountain. If you dig carefully, you can make a lot of money." Shen Tiancheng stood up and patted the dirt on his hands.
"How much can you earn?" Zhao Ye came closer.
Shen Rushan walked around behind her, quietly stretched out a finger, and blinked at Shen Tiancheng.
"Every month, it's at least a hundred yuan." Shen Rushan gave him a thumbs up, meaning, well said.
He didn't know that Shen Tiancheng originally wanted to sell goods once a week, earning about 100 yuan, which would mean at least 400 to 500 yuan a month. This did not include the big goods he found, such as ginseng, Polygonatum sibiricum and other rare and precious medicinal materials.
If you dig these, it’s hard to say, it’s several hundred yuan at a time, such as the 798 yuan that the brother and sister earned.
"Mom, you are not lying to me, are you? It's only one hundred yuan a month. Can you let your uncle follow you?" Zhao Ye said it with all her heart, she also wanted to follow you.
Seeing Shen Rushan waving his hands, Shen Tiancheng smiled awkwardly and said, "Uncle's personality is not suitable."
"Then take a look..." Before Aunt Zhao could say the word "I", Shen Rushan stepped forward from behind and covered her mouth.
"Fuck! I'll tell Jiaojiao tonight that she can't let me down when it comes to making money." Aunt Zhao, who was behind him, tugged at her son's hand and said, "Mom, I'll pay you 20 yuan every month from now on, which is two yuan more than what I get in the factory. If I work with them, I can eat meat every day and ride a bicycle."
Seeing that Zhao Ye was about to persuade him again, Shen Rushan said, "Think about Jiaojiao. Mother, she is a girl and she can break in. There is no reason for us brothers to be trapped here. At worst, we have a place to stay to avoid starvation."
Shen Shanhe and Erniu walked in from outside, one in front and one behind. "Yes, this is my son."
"Mom, I will be able to support the family in the future, don't worry." Erniu Shen Ruyu took Zhao Ye's arm and leaned on her mother's shoulder, acting like a coquettish little girl.
This scene reminded Shen Tiancheng of his younger sister, who had no mother to lean on and act coquettishly. "If my mother were still here, I could also lean on her shoulder like this."
It was an unintentional remark, but it touched Zhao Ye's heart.
She was blinded by the Xu sisters before, and all she saw were the shortcomings of the Shen family's children. But this girl who had no mother to love her, relied on her own efforts to bring the whole family to eat and drink well, and did not become as distant as a mountain and jade because of her various deliberate difficulties. If a child can do it, why are adults so petty.
Money is really a powerful tool to magnify advantages.
The gold-plated filter really worked, and Aunt Zhao officially surrendered.
…
After listening to the second brother's story, the first person to worry was Shen's father.
He was afraid that if he failed to make money with Shen Rushan, how would he explain to his elder brother? Aunt Zhao agreed because she saw the result, the result that the Shen family's life suddenly improved.
If she doesn't get the result she wants, she will completely lose Shen Shanhe as a relative, and they might even become enemies.
"Dad, don't worry. Big Brother Da Wa is ambitious and able to endure hardships. He will definitely achieve great things. I believe in him." Jiaojiao almost patted her chest to make the promise.
Help the poor, not the lazy.
In an age full of opportunities, as long as people are diligent and willing to use their brains, they will surely be able to live a good life.
"Little sister, Dad, I am the one who wants to take care of him, and I will definitely take good care of him." Shen Tiancheng said sincerely.
Father Shen didn't say anything else, but Shen Roujiao suddenly thought of something, "Dad, let me see the book I asked you to write down." She had specifically asked Father Shen to write down the names of all the neighbors who came to visit.
"No need to look. I know what you want to see. Forget it, petty. Anyway, it won't affect us." Father Shen lit the cigarette in his hand, took a deep breath, and exhaled white smoke, which enveloped him in a layer of melancholy mist.
"Look, little sister, take it." Shen Tianyou found the notebook from somewhere and threw it on the round table in front of her. "I want to see who reported it. Do you really hate our family so much?"
Shen Roujiao's fingers stroked over Aunt Xu, Aunt Xu, Wang Jianxin, Wang, Jian, Xin?
"Fourth brother, who is Wang Jianxin?" Shen Roujiao was unable to search for information about this person in the original text.
"He is an old widower in the village. Our family has no connection with him. Why did he report our stall?" Shen Tianyou turned around and asked his third brother. Shen Tiannan shook his head in confusion.
"Dad!" Shen Roujiao turned to ask Shen's father, but he just smoked his pipe silently, the sadness on his face was obvious, making it difficult for her to continue asking.
"Brother, come here and tell me what grudge Wang Jianxin has against our family. He was the one who reported our family." Shen Tianyou pulled Shen Tianhua from the yard and pointed at the notebook on the table, feeling a lot of resentment in his chest.
The eldest brother didn't say anything, but sat quietly next to Shen's father, staring at his father who was smoking a pipe. It was obvious that he knew the truth, but he would not say it unless Shen's father nodded.
The air suddenly became quiet, and the air pressure dropped to negative numbers. Puffs of white tobacco, with a slightly tingling burning sensation, entangled into knots, lingering in everyone's heart.
After an unknown amount of silence, the fourth brother Shen Tianyou suddenly stood up, his face full of grievance, "I just don't understand why we have to endure everything that happens to our family. We were bullied when we were young, and we endured it! We were isolated at school, and we endured it! We were excluded after work, and we endured it! We have endured it until now, what on earth are we, the Shen family, enduring, and how long are we going to endure it?!"
The fourth brother felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, and finally he just squatted on the ground and wiped his tears.
He felt aggrieved, so aggrieved!