"What happened?"
"Those mushrooms, Mr. Sun doesn't want them!" Wang Dahua's voice was already trembling with tears.
"What? You don't want it? Why?" Tiger was startled.
I thought my mother had brought the money over after she sold everything.
Unexpectedly, the first thing I said was devastating news.
He said our mushrooms have contracted yellow mushroom disease and can't be kept.
"Yellow mushroom disease? Isn't that nonsense?" Tiger was completely unconvinced: "These mushrooms were perfectly fine at our house, how come they got sick after they went to his place? Is he trying to renege on his debt?"
"I thought so too, and I argued with him for a long time, but Boss Sun insisted that our mushrooms were sick. He even asked many vendors to identify them, and they all said the same thing."
"Mom, don't worry, where are the mushrooms?"
"He's in the car."
"Wait for me a minute." Tiger walked quickly to the door.
He took a handful of mushrooms from the car and turned back.
"Mom, these mushrooms are perfectly fine! They don't look sick at all. That Boss Sun must have ripped us off. You wait, I'm going to confront Er Gouzi!"
After saying that, Hu Zi prepared to go and ask Zhao Xiaofeng for his phone number.
But then Li Weidong suddenly spoke up: "Wait, let me see it first, I know about this."
"You really understand?"
Tiger hesitated.
Believe it or not, it's up to you.
"Okay, take a look for me." Tiger handed the mushrooms to Li Weidong.
Li Weidong picked up the mushroom and examined it carefully in the sunlight...
And you know what? Their mushroom disease wasn't very serious; it was only in its early stages.
No wonder they hadn't noticed it.
"How are my mushrooms? Are they alright?" Wang Dahua asked anxiously.
“There’s a problem.” Li Weidong turned and glanced at her. “It’s yellow mushroom disease, no doubt about it.”
"You little brat, are you cursing our family? What's the difference between this mushroom and the usual ones? If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense!!" Wang Dahua cursed angrily.
"Heh, don't believe me?" Li Weidong sneered and casually tossed the mushroom to Wang Dahua: "If you don't believe me, look for yourself. Aren't there mud spots on the cap? If you touch it, it feels sticky and has a rusty smell. These are all characteristics of yellow mushroom disease."
Wang Dahua still didn't believe it, so she touched it with her hand and smelled it.
His expression immediately changed.
Tiger, refusing to believe it, snatched the mushroom away and tried it himself.
Immediately, his face turned as ugly as Wang Dahua's.
The mother and son finally accepted their fate.
After a long while, Wang Dahua said dejectedly, "Son, what should we do? Boss Sun instructed us to quickly replace the goods with a better batch and deliver them. If we can't deliver them on time, we'll have to pay a penalty."
"Where are we going to get any good mushrooms? If all else fails, we can just pay some penalty money. How much was it again?" Tiger said with a long face.
"Two thousand yuan, a full two thousand yuan!"
"What? Two thousand?" Tiger exclaimed in disbelief.
Realizing that Liu Xiao and other relatives were still watching, he quickly lowered his voice.
He pulled his mother aside and they spoke in hushed tones.
"Mother, is there any other way to handle this?"
"What can I do?" Wang Dahua said with a look of despair. "Why am I so unlucky? I worked so hard to grow mushrooms, but not only can I not sell them, I even have to lose money. How am I going to live from now on?"
They had already compensated Ji Dahai with two thousand yuan, and now if they compensate him another two thousand, it would be too much.
They only paid four thousand!
That's nearly ten thousand yuan in total...
Wang Dahua looked utterly desperate, and Hu Zi felt even worse.
He was waiting to sell all the mushrooms so he could use the money to propose marriage to Liu Xiaohong.
But after this incident, where would their family get any money?
Are we just going to keep making Liu Xiaohong wait?
That's definitely impossible... He knew better than anyone just how sought-after Liu Xiaohong was; all the eligible young men in the surrounding villages were eyeing her.
If this delay continues, she might run off with someone else.
"Mom, don't worry, I'll call Brother Gou. He's his uncle, maybe his word will carry."
"Yes, yes, Mom, how could I forget about that? You should quickly call that dog and ask him to put in a good word for us."
"Okay, I understand."
...
Ten minutes later, Tiger used Zhao Xiaofeng's cell phone to finish his call with Dog.
"Son, how's it going? Did Er Gouzi help out?"
"It helped. His uncle agreed and will only charge us 1,500."
"What? I have to pay another 1,500? Isn't Er Gou your brother?"
"Mom, they've already saved us five hundred, why aren't you satisfied? Besides, even brothers have to keep clear accounts, right?"
"Sigh, fifteen hundred it is then," Wang Dahua said with great reluctance.
But just then, a brilliant idea struck her.
"Tiger, come with me. I have a way to make sure you don't have to pay the 1,500 yourself."
After saying this, she took Tiger and quickly walked towards Li Weidong, who was still eating at the table.
"Li Weidong, we've confirmed that the mushrooms in our yard have yellow mushroom disease."
"oh."
Li Weidong responded indifferently, without even raising his head.
"Our mushrooms got this disease, all because of you! You have to compensate us for the four thousand yuan loss!!"
"What? I'll pay for it?"
Li Weidong was so angry at Wang Dahua that he laughed. Was this woman out of her mind?
At this moment, Li Xiaoli slammed her hand on the table and stood up.
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