"ah?"
Xu Zhenting was so frightened that his heart felt like it was going to jump out of his mouth.
He had already inquired about it extensively in the village beforehand.
The village chief paid the villagers one yuan per kilogram. Logically, he should have kept a considerable profit for himself!
Otherwise, how could Laoshu Village, so poor and stingy, have managed to lent out so much surplus grain to the famine relief efforts?
"Idiot! Idiot! You can't even handle this simple matter!"
Liu Ming sternly reprimanded Xu Zhenting, and in his anger, he rolled up a sheet and slammed it hard on Xu's head, making it appear as if it were a phantom.
"Look at it for yourself, what would I do with it at this price!"
Xu Zhenting personally saw that the price for the "pine nuts" section was indeed "1.5 yuan".
My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally sank into an ice cave.
"Keep it for yourself, I don't want it!"
Liu Ming turned to leave.
"Huh? Uncle!" Xu Zhenting was shocked.
What would I do with this thing!
On this trip, the motorcycle can only carry 1,000 kilograms.
The amount of money still in the dormitory and the boasts made to the villagers totaled more than 3,000 jin...
If this thing gets stuck in your hands, what's the difference between this and dying without a burial place?
"Uncle, I don't have any orders, you know. Wu Fengshou is doing this kind of work in the village at this price, so in order to... well, we have no choice but to..."
Xu Zhenting clung desperately to Liu Ming's sleeve, his face full of pleading:
"Then you can give me 1.5 yuan..."
"I promise I'll get it next time! I'll make sure you make a good profit!"
Overwhelmed with fear and losing control of his emotions, Xu Zhenting shouted out the words "profits" at the top of his lungs.
Liu Ming, sensing something amiss, quickly raised his hand and shoved the rolled-up sheet into his mouth to gag him.
"Keep your voice down."
After a moment's thought, the refugee glanced at Xu Zhenting with annoyance:
"That's all?"
“No,” Xu Zhenting quickly replied:
"In total... the agreed amount is close to five thousand catties..."
"Smack!"
These words earned Xu Zhenting another big slap in the face, and the word "idiot" playing on a loop.
"Uncle, I beg you, if you... I'm finished..." Xu Zhenting continued to plead desperately:
"If it really falls into my hands, and I make an agreement with the villagers one minute and then go back on my word the next, how am I supposed to keep an eye on things for you in the village?"
"I still have some use."
The words had been spoken so plainly, and although Liu Ming looked disgusted, he certainly understood the meaning in his heart.
After hesitating for a dozen seconds, Liu Ming impatiently told him to transport the items to his secret warehouse by motorcycle.
I'll come back later to settle the bill for him.
Xu Zhenting's heart pounded with anxiety as he obediently followed orders like a lapdog.
It wasn't until several hours late at night that Liu Ming finally came over to talk to him.
He was given a sack full of 5,000 jin (2,500 kg) of money, totaling 7,500 yuan.
His dead heart came back to life, and Xu Zhenting's nerves were in complete disarray from shock and excitement.
"Thank you, Uncle!" Xu Zhenting thanked him repeatedly, almost kowtowing to his uncle.
"Go back, and don't let it happen again."
Seeing that his uncle was about to leave, Xu Zhenting hurriedly stepped forward again, bowing and scraping as he followed beside him:
"Uncle, could you do me a favor?"
Xu Zhenting recounted how his girlfriend had been splashed with gold water by the village chief's wife, and at one point, he was so emotional that tears welled up in his eyes.
“They were bullying me. When I tried to reason with them, they beat me up.”
"Look at the slaps I've received."
If Xu Zhenting hadn't spoken up, Liu Ming wouldn't have noticed that Xu Zhenting's face was covered in bruises.
In fact, for Liu Ming, this nephew was dispensable; he was related to him in some ways, but not so much.
It mainly depends on whether it has value.
After realizing that Xu Zhenting wanted him to stand up for him,
Liu Ming frowned again.
However, the tone of the voice was:
"Just because your uncle is a member of the Revolutionary Committee and because your mother is my sister, you're always trying to boss your uncle around?"
"...?" These unfamiliar words made Xu Zhenting's heart feel like it had fallen into the snow, chilling him to the bone.
"We'll talk when you show me what you're capable of."
After uttering those final words to distance himself from Liu Ming, he left without looking back.
Xu Zhenting experienced firsthand what cold-heartedness meant, and felt the wound to his self-esteem.
From a relative's perspective, my uncle treated me quite well.
But from the perspective of using people, the uncle is just complaining that he is useless.
Feeling useless, he refused to help with even this small favor.
...
Outside the Commercial Bureau compound, Wu Fengshou, having failed to catch up with Xu Zhenting, could only turn to his older brother for guidance in his bewilderment.
Lin Mo sat on the sidecar, watching the two of them muttering to themselves from a distance, but he couldn't hear what they were saying.
Because the village chief wouldn't let him go.
Upon learning the details, Wu Mancang sent someone to take a stroll around the Revolutionary Committee, but they didn't see anything unusual.
"Don't panic. If you're afraid of having your house raided, just hide your things." Wu Mancang hadn't expected his younger brother to be so foolish.
They were so frightened by such a small disturbance.
With just a few words, Wu Fengshou's eyes widened in a mixture of confusion and sudden realization:
"Yes..."
"..."
"We were so scared that our brains turned yellow, we actually forgot that this was possible."
Wu Mancang looked at him as if he were a fool.
However, I can understand my younger brother. After all, the village was raided by the Revolutionary Committee once before, and he was still traumatized by the sight of a snake in the ground. It's normal.
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