"You bitch, you're really going too far! If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll think I'm a pushover!"
Wang Yuanguang was also completely enraged, and raised his carrying pole, ready to go and hit someone.
Fortunately, Zheng Laoliu and the others held on tightly, thus preventing a tragedy from occurring.
Chen Mei realized that things had gotten a bit out of hand, so she hurriedly carried the potato bin on her back and fled.
Before long, the noisy scene finally returned to calm.
"Let's get down to business first!"
Lin Xiaoyu tugged at Wang Qian's sleeve, "Everyone's waiting, let's weigh them first!"
"good!"
Wang Qian nodded and immediately told everyone to bring the potatoes over to be weighed.
Lin Xiaoyu sat down behind the table, opened her notebook, and took out a pencil to start keeping accounts.
"Xiaoqian, Xiaoyu, Mom can't be of much help here, I'll go cook for you!"
Lu Aihua smiled kindly and turned to walk towards the kitchen.
Seeing her son and daughter-in-law so loving, she felt genuinely gratified and happy.
"Mom, wait a minute!"
Wang Qian hurriedly called out and returned to the tractor, taking a heavy plastic bag out of the toolbox.
What is this?
Lu Aihua was somewhat surprised.
"This is five catties of pork that I bought from the county town. Mom, you can take it and cook it. We'll have meat for this meal!"
As they were talking, Wang Qian handed the pork to Lu Aihua.
Five catties of pork?
Lu Aihua was so shocked that her mouth dropped open.
Wang Yuanguang's lips twitched as well.
"Xiao Qian, we have enough to eat at home, why did you buy so much pork? It's such a waste of money!"
Wang Yuanguang said with great distress, "Even if you make money, you shouldn't spend it so recklessly."
Pork is now 2.3 yuan per jin (500g), which is ridiculously expensive.
Unless you're a wealthy family, who could afford to eat that?
Wang Qian, on the other hand, actually bought five jin (2.5 kg) in one go.
That's more than ten yuan!
Just thinking about it makes my heart ache.
"Dad, I didn't waste it; this money was meant to be spent!"
Wang Qian smiled and comforted him, "Besides, isn't the point of making money to spend it? As long as it's spent wisely, it's not a waste."
"But……"
Before Wang Yuanguang could say anything more, Wang Qian urged, "Mom, I've been wandering around the county town for half a day, and I'm starving. Hurry up and cook this for us so we can have a good meal."
"I'm hungry! Okay, okay, Mom will go cook it right away!"
Lu Aihua could no longer afford to delay and immediately took the pork to the kitchen.
Although she was reluctant to spend the money, she had already bought the pork; she couldn't possibly return it, could she?
Besides, her son Wang Qian had finally managed to pull himself together and even made some money. If he wanted to have a nice meal, she certainly couldn't object anymore.
Of course, she only intended to cook this pork for her son and daughter-in-law.
As for herself and her husband Wang Yuanguang, they are content with eating roasted potatoes and pickled cabbage rice porridge.
"Xiao Qian, let me help you load the potatoes onto the truck!"
Beside him, Wang Yuanguang, his face flushed, was eager to try.
He had actually been against it when his son, Wang Qian, said he wanted to start a potato business yesterday.
His thoughts were the same as everyone else's; he always felt that Wang Qian knew nothing and was just making a losing deal.
The reason I didn't forcibly stop him was simply because I didn't want to discourage my son, who had finally managed to pull himself together.
Unexpectedly,
Wang Qian actually made money!
As Wang Qian's father, he was incredibly gratified and excited at that moment.
"Alright, Dad, you can lend a hand from the side!"
Wang Qian did not refuse, and then said to everyone, "Uncles and aunts, please line up and come one by one!"
Everyone cooperated, lining up and weighing the potatoes they had brought.
After weighing each household's potatoes, Lin Xiaoyu would write down their names and the weight of the potatoes in her notebook, and also calculate the price based on one cent per pound.
While Wang Qian and Wang Yuanguang were carrying potatoes onto the scale, Wang Qian counted out the corresponding amount of money and gave it to the other party.
Occasionally, I would compare my notes with Lin Xiaoyu's to see if there were any discrepancies.
He was surprised to find that Lin Xiaoyu's handwriting was actually quite beautiful.
Especially when keeping accounts, the format is clear and organized, and the whole page looks meticulous and beautiful, like a painting.
There wasn't a single mistake on the bills I kept.
"Xiaoyu, it's a real waste of your talent that you're not going to high school!"
Thinking of this, Wang Qian couldn't help but praise him.
Lin Xiaoyu frowned slightly.
She had also dreamed of going to high school and university like Wang Qian.
However, in their time, the preference for sons over daughters persisted. Even though her grades were better than her brothers', she was forced to drop out of school after finishing junior high because her family could not afford it.
Otherwise, she would have been admitted to a pretty good county high school during her junior high school entrance exam.
"That's all in the past, let's focus on weighing potatoes!"
Not wanting to bring up painful memories, she could only force a smile.
...
An hour later, all the potatoes that everyone had brought were weighed.
All seventeen families contributed, some weighing tens of kilograms, others a hundred or two hundred kilograms, totaling 2,826 kilograms.
Based on a price of one cent per pound, Wang Qian's expenditure here is exactly two hundred and eighty-two yuan and six cents.
"Xiao Qian, you really didn't need to buy them for one cent per pound!"
After weighing the potatoes, Zheng Laoliu came to Wang Qian and said, "Given the current potato market, if you offer five or six cents a pound, everyone will sell them."
"Uncle Zheng, I earn money honestly!"
Wang Qian said seriously, "We are all from the same hometown, and I will definitely not forget everyone while I am making money."
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