Liu Ming did not directly tell Xu Zhenting how much he sold the fish to the state-owned fish farm:
"After you go back, find a way to catch fish for me. You can buy them from the villagers at two cents a pound. Once you have a thousand pounds, bring them over to me. The key is that they must be fresh."
“I’ll sell it to you for three cents a pound, and you can make a 30% profit by reselling it.”
"Also, while you're busy in the village, keep a close eye on those villagers. Whatever they do to make money, that's what you do too, understand?"
Liu Ming explained the details to Xu Zhenting in just a few words.
Xu Zhenting outwardly maintained the appropriate level of surprise, but inwardly he was grinning from ear to ear.
OK.
Lin Mo only amassed a fortune because he had connections to sell his goods.
With my uncle's connections to get these goods, we can make money too!
Moreover, our connections are definitely more reliable than yours!
Sooner or later, he'll earn more than you!
Then we'll see how arrogant you are in the village!
After the conversation, Xu Zhenting not only knew what he should do when he got back, but also thought of a whole bunch of ways to retaliate against and suppress Lin Mo.
Even the earlier failed attempt to rob the village chief of his sidecar motorcycle had dispelled that fear.
"I got this car for you so that it would be easier for you to travel between the village and the county."
While Liu Ming was speaking, he made a special trip back to the compound of his workplace.
When he came out again, he was riding a brand new bright red motorcycle, a Happiness brand one!
She appeared before Xu Zhenting in a stunning manner.
"Wow, Uncle, where did you get this motorcycle?" Xu Zhenting was overjoyed.
Having a motorcycle really makes things much more convenient for us!
Liu Ming smiled slyly but didn't respond directly, instead waving his hand impatiently:
"I'm busy, go ahead. I usually get off work at 6 p.m., you can wait for me here a few minutes before 6 p.m."
"If you have an emergency on Sundays or after 6 p.m., come to my house."
After agreeing on a time to meet again, Liu Ming returned to his workplace.
When they rode their motorcycles back to Jiang Ying and the others, the three former educated youths were so surprised that their jaws dropped.
Xu Zhenting smugly beckoned Jiang Ying to get into the car.
"Hey, what about the two of us?" Liang Zhenguo asked anxiously, afraid that he would abandon them and run away on his motorcycle.
Xu Zhenting only had a headache for three seconds before he came up with a solution—
These days, donkeys are incredibly expensive, costing several hundred yuan, but at most three hundred yuan.
We have a thousand yuan in our hands.
Although Liang Zhenguo and Wang Xin could not be called loyal, they had no achievements to speak of, and their family wealth had been confiscated long ago due to their class background.
In this situation, one can only follow one's own lead.
He generously opened his jacket, pulled out three stacks of ten-yuan bills, and smugly tossed them to Liang Zhenguo.
"You two figure out how to buy a donkey yourselves. I'm going back to the village first. Once you've bought the donkey, you can drive the donkey cart back to the village yourselves."
After saying that, Xu Zhenting revved the engine and drove Jiang Ying back to the village.
Jiang Ying felt somewhat lost and scared:
"Brother Xu, let's go back to the village like this..."
"Hmph," Xu Zhenting said nonchalantly.
“From now on, we don’t need to do that anymore, no more household registration or class status.”
"You are my wife, Xu Zhenting's wife! Let's be open and honest about it!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ying's heart skipped a beat:
"Are you crazy...? Everyone in the village thinks I'm with Lin Mo..."
"Tch! From now on, don't mention Lin Mo again! And don't fawn over him anymore! Let's just be open and honest with each other!"
"Who cares what others say! A bunch of foul-mouthed bastards!"
...
After Lin Mo brought Su the carpenter back to the village from the county, Su the carpenter returned home and found that no one was home.
He slowly made his way out, leaning on his cane.
I asked Lin Mo and found out that he had actually opened a store and even bought a television.
The mother and daughter must have gone to the store to watch TV.
So he asked Lin Mo to take him along.
He had only been in the hospital for a few days when the village underwent significant changes, which, while for the better, were also moving towards the anti-public ownership movement.
Even Su the carpenter couldn't figure out whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
Huh? Even Chen Gang, the production team leader, is here watching TV and shelling pine nuts?
"Oh, Uncle Su has been discharged from the hospital!"
"Old Su, the rabbit cages we ordered from you, are you still able to work these few days? Our rabbits have left their burrows, and we urgently need a new wooden cage."
"Yeah, yeah, our rabbit has started its litter too! Wow, it had ten little bunnies in one go! Hahaha!"
The villagers, who were watching TV and peeling pine nuts, started urging Su the carpenter to finish the rabbit cage as soon as they saw him.
Su the carpenter was quite happy. Although his family hadn't followed the trend of peeling pine nuts, he had earned a lot just by making cages for the village.
Especially after the villagers started processing pine nuts, they not only stopped asking him for IOUs, but also paid back all the debts they owed him for the famine.
I don't know if it was simply because they made money, or because they saw that they were injured and knew that their family was short of money, so they actively cleared the famine.
"I just got out of the hospital and heard that there's a TV in the village now, so I came to join in the fun. Let me watch for a while before I go home and make cages for you guys." The usually stoic carpenter, Su, was unusually cheerful this time.
There are several reasons, one of which is—
Lin Mo's house has changed quite a bit.
Looking up, I saw that although the shed was simple, people were going into the shop to buy things.
Most of the villagers who come here are just there to watch TV.
However, he could tell why Lin Mo did this: to attract people.
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