After receiving Zhang Bin's call, Li Weidong headed to the west end of the village, intending to ask Tiezhu to go to Yinan County with him to help him transport some mushrooms.
More than 3,000 kilograms of mushrooms; I can't carry them all in one truck, I need two.
However, just as they were halfway there, they suddenly saw their aunt's family appear at the entrance of the alley ahead.
What bad luck!
Li Weidong didn't want to get entangled with them any longer, so he prepared to walk over quickly.
Just then, my aunt, who was standing nearby, spat out the sunflower seed shells from her mouth and said:
"Oh, who do we have here? Isn't this my nephew, Li Weidong? Didn't you brazenly say you were going to sever all ties with our family? What's wrong? Got it? Ready to come begging me for help?"
beg?
Li Weidong was stunned. It took him a while to figure out what was going on.
Tie Zhu lives right next door to them. She probably mistakenly thought that he came to see her.
After thinking it through, Li Weidong said with a cold laugh, "Stop being so sentimental. I'm not here to see you."
"Oh, still being stubborn?"
Wang Dahua didn't believe it: "Don't think I don't know what's going on. You have cooperation agreements with the big hotels in the city, right? If you can't deliver the goods on time, you'll definitely lose a lot of money, won't you?"
"So what if it is?" Li Weidong frowned.
“Nephew, we’re all relatives. You might be heartless, but as your aunt, I can’t be unjust. How about this? If you apologize to me today, I’ll sell you some of our mushrooms. I won’t charge you much, just eight cents a pound.”
"Eight cents? Are you out of your mind?"
“Wei Dong, how can you talk to my mother like that? Besides, we’re doing this for your own good. Even though you’re not earning as much as before, at least you don’t have to lose money for them anymore, right? If it weren’t for our family ties, we wouldn’t even be willing to sell it for 80 cents.”
"Heh, if you can't bear to leave me, then stay at home!"
Li Weidong was too lazy to pay attention to these two self-righteous idiots, and turned around to continue looking for Tiezhu.
After he left, Wang Dahua and Hu Zi's expressions turned extremely ugly.
They never imagined that Li Weidong would actually dare to do such a thing!
Wang Dahua even threatened, "You little brat, if you dare to leave today, we won't sell you these mushrooms. Forget eight cents, we won't sell them for even a dollar!"
"Idiot!"
Li Weidong cursed under his breath and continued walking forward.
However, after walking only a few steps, they ran into Tie Zhu, who had come out to watch the commotion.
"Hey, Brother Zhu, you're here! I was just about to look for you."
"What do you want from me?" Liu Tiezhu asked, puzzled.
"Didn't I buy 3,000 jin (1,500 kg) of mushrooms from out of town? I can't fit them all in one truck, so I wanted you to come with me to bring them back."
"Is that all? No problem, I'll go back and get the car now."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you at the village entrance."
After saying that, Li Weidong turned around and prepared to go home and drive.
Wang Dahua stood to the side, and after understanding what had happened, her face turned ashen.
Seeing that Li Weidong was about to leave, she grabbed his hand.
"Li Weidong, you can't leave!!"
"What's wrong?" Li Weidong looked at her coldly.
"How can you be so heartless? We're relatives, relatives! You won't buy mushrooms from your own relatives, but you want mushrooms from other places?" Wang Dahua's eyes were filled with anger.
"That's hilarious! Where I buy my mushrooms is none of your business!"
"If you buy someone else's, what about ours?"
"Do whatever you want, it's none of my business!!"
In the past, Li Weidong wouldn't have spoken so harshly out of consideration for their kinship, but now that they've severed all ties, who's going to tolerate you anymore?
"You, you, you..."
Wang Dahua was furious, her chest heaving.
To her utter surprise, Li Weidong hadn't come to ask them for anything; he'd even found mushrooms for them...
"Li Weidong, you're too vicious! You bought from another company, what are we going to do now? Aren't you driving us to our doom?"
"Yes, aren't you driving us to our doom? When you asked us to grow mushrooms, you promised to guarantee our sales. Now that you've used us, you're just throwing us away. Isn't that being an ingrate and burning down the bridge after crossing the river?"
"I used you, and now you're abandoning me after I've served my purpose?"
Li Weidong kept sneering.
“I ask you, who was it that begged me to help you grow mushrooms back then? Now you’ve bought motorcycles, built big houses, and your lives are getting better and better, and you’re saying I’m taking advantage of you? Tell me, how have I taken advantage of you?”
As for the idea of crossing the river and then burning the bridge, that's a joke. I did say I would guarantee you sales, but didn't I also say I would take two cents from every kilogram?
"You won't let me take a single penny, yet you expect me to guarantee your sales? What, do you think I, Li Weidong, am a spineless bastard?"
"this……"
Li Weidong's words left the two speechless.
After stammering for a while, the aunt repeated her old tune: "We're relatives, shouldn't relatives help each other?"
"Really? Where were you when my dad fell off the roof and desperately needed money for surgery? Why didn't you say that relatives should help each other back then?"
Li Weidong looked at his aunt, his eyes reddening.
His father's death was a hurdle he could never overcome.
"Back then, back then it wasn't..."
"Enough!!!" Li Weidong interrupted her angrily: "Even if you argue until the sky falls, I won't accept your mushrooms today, not today, and not ever again!!"
After saying this, Li Weidong didn't bother to argue with them anymore and left directly.
When Wang Dahua realized that she couldn't persuade him, she simply sat down on the ground and started wailing and crying loudly.
"My goodness, this is outrageous!"
"How did I end up with such an ungrateful nephew? Back then, he said his family was too busy to manage, so he begged us to help them."
We even stopped farming to focus all our efforts on helping them, but they just said they wouldn't care anymore!
You tell me, isn't this just crossing the river and burning the bridge? What else can you call this but being an ingrate?
You all have to be the judge in my family! He's just a junior, pointing his finger at me and cursing. Why am I so unlucky to have such a nephew?
"My God, I can't live like this, I can't live like this!!!"
Wang Dahua collapsed to the ground, wailing and crying out, trying to call Li Weidong back and also trying to gain the sympathy of the surrounding villagers.
However, after she cried and screamed for a long time, Li Weidong showed no sign of turning back.
The surrounding villagers didn't seem to be on her side either; they were all laughing and pointing at her.
Even if Wang Dahua has the thickest skin, she can't withstand the condemnation of thousands.
He angrily scrambled to his feet and glared fiercely at the crowd, saying, "What are you laughing at? Do you think I'm afraid of Li Weidong? You all just wait and see! In less than three days, I'll make this little punk regret it!!!"
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