Although the villagers' murmurs were not loud, Pan Gaozhi heard them clearly. It turned out that the Wang family was really so despicable, especially their eldest daughter and second son, who had both been to prison.
Now I realize that Ye Chen'er really meant well for me back then, but what did I do? I even spat in her face! That was too much. It's too late to know now; what's done is done. I can only take it one step at a time.
After going around in circles, Pan Gaozhi's feet were sore. The roads in the countryside were uneven, full of potholes and difficult to walk on. Some villagers lived in remote areas, so he had to go around them just to give them a piece of candy.
Instead of holding a banquet, the Wang family made some steamed buns using cornmeal and corn flour from their own cornbread, and distributed them to the village chief and other elders, which made everyone in the village very unhappy.
You should know that when the Yan family got married in the southeast and southwest, they always held a wedding banquet. But when the southwest family got married, the Wang family and the Sun family were competing against each other, which caused many villagers to miss the banquet. They regretted it to the core.
Finally, someone from the Wang family got married, but they only gave steamed buns to the guests. Moreover, they only gave them to a few people, not everyone. The tactic of sizing up the guests was so obvious that the villagers' mouths started to chatter like clockwork.
But Wang Gou Dan wouldn't listen. He picked up a broom and started chasing people away. It wasn't enough that he was given candy to sweeten their mouths. He kept nagging and complaining. He knew that if he didn't give them any candy, he could save money.
Everyone was speechless. They had never seen anyone hand out a piece of candy on a wedding day. They wished the groom would die soon and become a bachelor.
Pan Gaozhi sat in her new house with her head down. Just yesterday she was arguing with the educated youth at the settlement, and today she was already a peasant woman. She never dreamed that things would go by so fast. How was she going to live from now on?
Wang Erniu walked in, looked at Pan Gaozhi and said, "Wife, as long as you live a good life with me in the future, I will not treat you badly."
Pan Gaozhi was overjoyed. He wanted to ask Wang Erniu about the money, but the words that came out of his mouth changed: "Erniu, as long as you treat me well, I will live a good life with you."
The Yan family was also talking about Wang Erniu, wondering why that educated youth would marry him. Bei Nan sneered and said, "They're all birds of a feather. That Pan Gaozhi isn't a good person either. I even chased her away last time."
Grandma Yan was taken aback: "Bei Nan, what's she trying to climb the social ladder for? We don't have any high branches for her to climb."
Yan Xiaonan laughed: "Grandma, his surname is Pan and his given name is Gaozhi, but he doesn't actually mean 'climbing the social ladder'."
"Oh, what a name! These parents must have been so eager to marry into a higher social class. It's a pity they married into the Wang family. It's truly unbearable to look at," Grandma Yan sighed.
"But that Pan Gaozhi is no good either. During the busy farming season, the Wang family men were eating steamed buns made from two kinds of flour, and the women were eating flatbread made from three kinds of flour. But this Pan Gaozhi was eating rice and fatty meat." Tang Xiaoling said.
Grandma Yan was even more astonished: "The Wang family can let others eat rice and fatty meat while they themselves eat cornbread. Could this girl have eaten the Wang family's meat and then been tricked into going there?"
Yan Xiaonan nodded. It was very likely. Throughout history, it was only greedy women who would fall for these tricks and then use the same methods to deceive others, creating a vicious cycle.
"Bei Nan, are you home?" Ye Chenming's voice came from the courtyard gate.
"Yes, yes, I'm here." Bei Nan jumped up, put on her shoes, and ran out.
Yan Xiaonan's consciousness spread out and she saw Ye Chenming waiting at the gate of the courtyard, carrying a basket on his back and two burlap sacks in his hands. One burlap sack was full of mountain delicacies they had picked recently, the other burlap sack contained a few pheasants, and the basket on his back contained a few wild rabbits.
So it turned out that Yan Xiaonan had asked Bei Nan to go to the state-run canteen to sell wild game. Yan Xiaonan whispered a few words in her grandmother's ear, and a look of worry appeared on her grandmother's face.
"Nan Nan, why is Bei Nan doing this to herself? There's no shortage of food or clothing at home," Grandma Yan sighed.
Yan Xiaonan knew the rebellious psychology of teenagers. The less you try to stop them, the more excited they become. Besides, the black market not only allowed them to make money, but also gave them a sense of adventure and excitement.
Bei Nan and Ye Chenming sold the wild game very smoothly. Ye Chenming bought ten large meat buns at the state-run canteen. Those meat buns were really big, one cent each, plus two jin of grain coupons.
Ye Chenming took four for himself and gave the remaining six to Bei Nan: "Take them back for your family to eat."
Bei Nan nodded: "Chen Ming, let's go to the black market and see what we can do."
Ye Chenming shook his head: "I promised my family I would stay here and not go to the black market for now."
“Alright, I’ll go tell Maotou that we won’t be going for now. You can go back first,” Bei Nan said.
Ye Chenming looked into Bei Nan's eyes and said, "I'll go with you."
North and South~
The henchman at the door recognized Bei Nan and greeted him with a smile: "Brother Bei Nan, it's been a long time, hasn't it?"
"Is Maotou there? I'm going to find him," Bei Nan nodded and asked.
“Zai Zai, you can go now,” the henchman said.
"Can you call Mao Tou out? We need to talk to him," Ye Chenming said to the henchman, grabbing Bei Nan who was trying to walk inside.
The underlings didn't quite understand what they meant, but they still obediently went in to call for help.
When Maotou heard that Bei Nan was looking for him, he quickly ran out. The group walked about 500 meters away from the black market: "Bei Nan, what's wrong with you guys?"
Bei Nan handed Mao Tou a large meat bun: "Eat it quickly, I'll tell you after you eat it."
Maotou now had over two hundred yuan, and he wasn't really craving the big meat bun, but since Beinan gave it to him, he had to give him face. He took the bun and ate it while recounting how he had tricked Wang Erniu.
Yan Beinan laughed, "You bastard, you sold ten pounds of rice and flour and four or five pounds of pork to Wang Erniu for more than forty yuan. You've ripped him off to the bone!"
Mao Tou said nonchalantly, "I'd be doing myself a disservice if I didn't teach that ingrate a lesson."
Ye Chenming's eyes flashed. Was there some kind of grudge between Bei Nan and Wang Erniu? But this matter was not urgent. It was more important to clarify things with Mao Tou: "Mao Tou, the situation is getting more and more tense. We want to temporarily stop doing this. You also need to be very careful."
Mao Tou nodded, then suddenly leaned close to their ears and said, "My cousin has gotten involved with some people in the county town, and he'll probably be moving to the battlefield soon."
Bei Nan was extremely reluctant to let him go. In just over six months, the three of them had earned five or six hundred yuan working together. After deducting food and drink expenses, they could still get about two hundred yuan in profit. If Mao Tou left, this path would come to an end.
While Ye Chenming wasn't paying attention, Bei Nan gave Mao Tou a hand gesture, which meant "I'll come find you later." Mao Tou was a little taken aback. Didn't they say they weren't going to do it anymore? But in an instant, he understood and excitedly ran into the market.
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