After working for two or three hours, Hou Baolin and Wu Di arrived with their donkey cart.
"Beiping, we're back."
Ye Beiping, who was sweating profusely from the heat, straightened up and shielded his eyes from the glaring sunlight with his left hand before he could see that it was Hou Baolin and Wu Di.
"Here you are."
With that, Ye Beiping turned to Tao Qiuyan and Ye Xiaoxin and said, "Mom, I'm going to get back to work."
"Go on, go on." Ye Xiaoxin waved her hand, then suddenly remembered something and called out to Hou Baolin on the road, "Monkey, can you get me an ice pop? Hehe."
popsicle?
This sound startled everyone in the entire field.
Everyone unconsciously swallowed.
Many people in the countryside have never tasted popsicles; they've heard of them but never seen them.
"Okay."
Hou Baolin agreed and immediately grabbed two popsicles from the truck bed and jogged over.
One was handed to Ye Xiaoxin, and the other to Tao Qiuyan.
"Sister Xiaoxin, Auntie, please eat."
Looking at the popsicle in front of her, Ye Xiaoxin's smile was incredibly bright.
Tao Qiuyan, however, was unsure whether to accept or not: "This must be very expensive, right?"
"It's not expensive, just a few cents." Hou Baolin, afraid that Tao Qiuyan would think it was too expensive, directly stuffed it into her hand.
Tao Qiuyan took the popsicle, tore open the packaging, and put it in her mouth.
My eyes lit up at the first bite: "It's so sweet!"
These three words instantly made some people lose their temper. The first one was Wu Guangfa, who pointed at Wu Di and said, "You brat, didn't you see your dad is almost dying of heat here? Hurry up and get me an ice pop."
"Okay... alright." Seeing that Ye Beiping didn't say anything, Wu Di quickly grabbed an ice pop for his father.
Seeing that Wu Guangfa had received popsicles, the villagers all said they wanted popsicles too.
Finally, Ye Beiping stood on a small mound and shouted, "Uncles and aunts, you can have popsicles. White sugar ones are four cents each, and red bean ones are six cents each."
“Beiping, we’re all from the same village, and you still want our money? You know that’s speculation, right?” Aunt Pang was the first to stand up and accuse us.
Soon, others chimed in.
"What you're doing is speculation. Be careful, or I'll call the police."
"We watched you grow up in Beiping, and you're actually making money off us?"
"You brat, you're a real scoundrel, nothing good."
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Under the barrage of criticism, Tao Qiuyan and Ye Xiaoxin also became nervous.
This has angered the public.
Tao Qiuyan wanted to say something, but as a rural woman who hadn't received much education, she was lucky not to have a heart attack from the accusations everyone was talking about.
At the educated youth settlement, apart from Su Xinyi looking at Ye Beiping with some concern, everyone else was sneering.
The next second, Ye Beiping's face darkened instantly.
Pointing at the plump aunt, he cursed, "We're all from the same village, can't I come to your house to get some rice? We're all from the same village, so what? Your money is money, but mine isn't? If I give it to my sister and mother, that's filial piety. If I give it to you, that's considered wasteful, haven't you heard?"
This retort effectively silenced everyone.
After thinking about it, Ye Beiping wasn't wrong. Why should people give you food for free? Earning money isn't easy these days.
Besides, something so precious.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Ye Beiping lowered his tone and said, "Don't say we won't give you a discount just because we're from the same village. You can buy ten together, and there's a discount for ten. One stick is four cents, so ten sticks are only three cents, almost half price. Each of you only needs to pay three cents, isn't that a good deal?"
After Ye Beiping said that, everyone nodded in agreement.
It seems like buying them together is definitely more cost-effective.
"Alright, Fatty, if anyone wants to buy, they can buy; if not, we'll leave. Monkey, you collect the money; Fatty, you distribute the popsicles."
After saying this, Ye Beiping climbed down from the small mound.
Seeing this from a distance, Su Xinyi smiled slightly. Although Ye Beiping hadn't given her an ice pop, she was still happy.
Qiu Mingyue glanced at Ye Beiping with disdain, and when she saw Su Xinyi laughing, she started picking a fight again: "Xinyi, he's making money, what are you laughing at? He's not going to give you any."
Upon hearing this, Su Xinyi's face instantly turned cold, but she didn't retort; she simply continued working.
Seeing this, Peng Tian said, "Mingyue, that's alright. We're classmates, what are you doing?"
On this issue, Peng Tian also felt that Qiu Mingyue had gone a bit too far.
If they hadn't made Su Xinyi promise, she would have been eating popsicles by now.
Just as Qiu Mingyue was feeling indignant, Ye Beiping walked over with two popsicles, but this time he didn't go to Su Xinyi; instead, he gave the popsicles to Zhou Ying.
"Hehe, it's my treat."
Zhou Ying was at a loss, unsure whether to accept or not, her throat bobbing as she craved the food.
Qiu Mingyue was even angrier. It was one thing for her not to be as pretty as Su Xinyi, but now she couldn't even compare to Zhou Ying. She snorted and looked at Su Xinyi with a sarcastic tone, "Xinyi, look at this country man, he's just a country man. It's only been a day and he's already starting to fawn over others."
"Is he still trying to please you in front of you?"
Upon hearing this, Su Xinyi frowned and looked at Ye Beiping without saying a word.
Qiu Mingyue was determined to hurt Su Xinyi's feelings; seeing her like this made Qiu Mingyue happy.
"Zhou Ying, just accept what others give you, it's free anyway."
"Okay." Hearing this, Zhou Ying politely accepted the popsicle, tore open the packaging instantly, and put it in her mouth.
"Wow, it's so sweet and icy. Thank you, Ye Beiping."
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