Chapter 355 Life in the Countryside, Zhang Baiyan is here
Many people in the village are narrow-minded. They see each other every day. Zhang's family only has mother and daughter here. It would be bad to have unpleasantness over such a small matter.
As soon as the field was turned over, Zhang's mother immediately sprinkled the fertilizer she had saved during this period on it. She wanted to use a hoe to turn the field over again, but was stopped by Zhang Wanwan. Fortunately, Li Zhijie and others came to help in the afternoon, and they turned the field over again and irrigated it with water.
Since the Zhang family made such a big fuss, naturally some people came to ask questions. Zhang's mother always said that she wanted to raise chickens, ducks and grow vegetables, so no one said anything.
Everyone knew that Zhang's mother came back to recuperate, and it seemed that she would live here for a long time. Some people who were still planning to take advantage of the Zhang family immediately gave up their ideas. Even if they were unhappy and said a few sarcastic words outside, they did not dare to do anything to Zhang's mother and the others.
Even with such a large piece of land, Zhang Wanwan still felt a little uneasy, so she bought a surveillance camera online and installed it outside the door, and placed the monitor in the living room, so that she would be able to know the situation immediately if there was any situation outside.
Of course, protecting against people is secondary. The main purpose is to observe the situation of the chickens and ducks. After all, what Li Zhijie and his team brought this time were opaque baffles, which were piled up two meters high. People passing by outside could only hear the movements of the chickens and ducks inside, but could not see the situation inside clearly.
After that, Zhang's mother's daily routine gradually became regular. She got up before dawn to help Zhang Wanwan pack orders. When Zhang Wanwan went out to deliver the goods, she made breakfast, then cleaned the chicken and duck coops outside the door, and then went to the fields to tinker with the vegetable seedlings she had planted. After she finished her work, Zhang Wanwan was almost back. After the mother and daughter finished breakfast, Zhang Wanwan went to clean the chicken and duck coops on the roof, and then fed the chickens and ducks, while Zhang's mother went to do the laundry.
It was around ten o'clock when the two of them finished their work. They soaked the rice and relaxed for a while, watching TV or chatting. After lunch, they took a nap. When they woke up in the afternoon, they were busy for another two hours and stopped at about five o'clock. After cooking, Zhang's mother would take a shower first.
The two finished their meal at about 5:30, after which Zhang Wanwan washed the dishes while her mother started watching TV in the living room. When Zhang Wanwan was free, she would check the orders for the next day with her and remember what to prepare for the next day before going to bed. She went to bed at about 8 o'clock. Zhang Wanwan was a night owl and usually didn't turn off the lights until 11 or 12 o'clock.
Life in the countryside is relatively peaceful and tranquil. As the days go by, it seems as if there is no concept of time. On May Day, Zhang Wanwan’s door was knocked before she even went out to deliver the goods.
Zhang's mother ran to open the door and saw that it was Zhang Baiyan. She was very surprised and asked, "Why did you come here suddenly? Aren't you going to work?"
Zhang Baiyan took the luggage and said with a smile: "Mom! Our company is on holiday for five days on May Day. Where are you going to let me work?"
Mother Zhang suddenly realized what was going on. She slapped her head and said, "I forgot! It's already May Day. Time flies!"
When the mother and son entered the yard, Zhang Wanwan had just packed up and was about to go out. She immediately shouted to Zhang Boyan, "Brother, you're here just in time. Help me load my things onto the motorcycle. I'm going to deliver a shipment."
Zhang Baiyan didn't understand what was going on. When he saw the electric tricycle and the boxes on it, he was completely confused. "What is this for?"
"I won't tell you now. I'll explain it when I come back." Zhang Wanwan said, and stepped on the tricycle, which slowly drove out of the old house.
Zhang Baiyan watched Zhang Wanwan go away, but he still didn't come back to his senses. It took him a long time to return to the yard. He asked Zhang's mother in shock, "Mom, what did my little sister give me?"
While washing clothes, Zhang's mother replied, "What else can it be? These are the things we raise and grow at home."
Speaking of this, Zhang's mother was inexplicably proud. She talked incessantly as if she had opened a box of chatterboxes, "You may not know this yet, but your sister is selling agricultural products on her mobile phone and is doing quite well. She made 10,000 yuan a month at the beginning, and now she makes more than 10,000 yuan a month. Last month, she made almost 20,000 yuan. Now we have fenced off the land outside to raise chickens and ducks, and I have also planted vegetables in the field opposite the house. The seeds were prepared by your sister, and I was responsible for helping her fertilize, water and remove insects. You can go out and see that the vegetables are growing well. I guess there are more varieties, so the sales volume increased last month. Now your sister has to make a trip a day, and sometimes she has to make two trips.
We also cooperated with the passenger transport center. I don’t know how it works in detail, but I know that everyone is very supportive and has no objection to picking up the goods by themselves.”
As she spoke, Zhang's mother kept shaking her head and sighing, "Are people so rich nowadays? Your sister's products are so expensive, and there are still a group of people vying for them. Now she has to take a look at the orders in advance. If the quantity is enough, she will accept it. If not, she will refuse it. Tell me, who does business like this? I'm worried about her!"
Zhang Baiyan was stunned and murmured, "I'm worried about her too."
After realizing what was happening, he quickly asked, "No, no! Mom, why didn't you tell me and my dad about what my sister did? We've been worried about you having no source of income here. Before I left, my dad gave me 10,000 yuan and told me to give it to you as living expenses. It seems like you have no worries about food and clothing here, and you're richer than us. I worried for nothing!"
Zhang's mother was stunned for a moment after hearing what her son said, and then she said in annoyance, "It's all my fault! I thought you knew about this, and I didn't pay much attention to your sister's mischief. Although she made money later, I thought it was unstable, so I didn't plan to tell you, so that you wouldn't be happy for nothing."
The Zhang family is indeed short of money now. If the agricultural products that Zhang Wanwan is producing can continue to generate income, they will have hope in life. However, even so, Zhang's mother is becoming more and more cautious, fearing that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
"I knew she was selling this, but I didn't know it was so profitable!" Zhang Baiyan said hesitantly. This was what really shocked him.
When Zhang Wanwan came back from delivering the goods, Zhang Baiyan had to chase her to ask about this matter. When he found out that what Zhang's mother said was true, Zhang Baiyan suddenly felt bad and said dejectedly: "You said that I work so hard and only earn more than 4,000 yuan a month, which can't even support myself. But you just make more than 10,000 yuan a month by selling chickens, ducks and vegetables. We are siblings, why is there such a big gap? Mom, were you too careless when you gave birth to me, so I have such bad luck?"
Ever since he failed the college entrance examination, Zhang Baiyan felt that he had always been unlucky, which was indeed the case. He now increasingly felt that he should go to a temple to burn incense and pray to Buddha to ask for a lucky charm or something.
Mother Zhang glared at him fiercely and said angrily, "Get lost! You blame society for your bad luck! If you had used your brain more like your sister, you wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable situation and I still have to worry about you so much!"
(End of this chapter)
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