Chapter 23 Recruiting Boy Scouts
The village chief’s child, about seven or eight years old, led a group of children to play slingshot happily.
Ruan Fu walked over and took out a few pieces of candy with a smile.
“Soldier, come here. Sister Fu has candy here.”
The child had some impression of her. Seeing this, he hesitated for a moment, but could not resist the temptation of the sugar-coated bullet, and walked over reluctantly.
“Sister Fu.”
Ruan Fu did not lie, and directly peeled off the plastic flower paper and stuffed the candy into the other person’s mouth.
“Just bought it from the county town, it’s sweet.”
The soldier took a sip and it was indeed candy! He was immediately delighted.
Ruan Fu stuffed the remaining pieces into his hands, and the little boy's eyes lit up, "Thank you, Sister Fu."
A circle of children surrounded them, all craning their necks to look.
Ruan Fu could almost hear the sound of swallowing saliva, and she felt that the time was almost right.
"Do you want candy too?"
A group of little heads immediately nodded like crazy.
"Candy is fine, let's do this, you go pick mulberry leaves, one pound can be exchanged for five cents from me, and you can buy a piece of candy."
Ruan Fu knew that the Junjun in front of her was the king of children in the village. As long as he spread the news, she would not have to worry about her supply.
The children widened their eyes when they heard this, could there be such a good thing? Can you just pick the mulberry leaves from the trees and exchange them for candy?
"Sister Fu, are you telling the truth?"
"I'm an adult, I won't lie to children," Ruan Fu touched his head and smiled, "You guys don't have anything to do anyway, just pick some and try and you'll know." As
soon as the voice fell, the children around them scattered.
They were used to climbing trees to dig holes, so instead of playing slingshots here, they might as well pick mulberry leaves and exchange them for candy!
Qin Fang was still a little worried, but he didn't expect that in less than an hour, two children would pull baskets and rush over here excitedly.
"Sister Fu, we're here to pick mulberry leaves!"
"Great!"
The smooth progress of the matter was beyond Ruan Fu's expectations. She was overjoyed and checked it out. Most of the mulberry leaves were very fresh, but some children pulled them too quickly and the leaves were rotten.
After taking them to the threshing ground and weighing them, there were still about 20 jins after deducting the damaged ones.
"Just now they said it was 5 cents per jin, and now there are 20 jins in total, so that's one yuan."
Ruan Fu gave them the money without hesitation.
Rural incomes are low, and no child has ever touched such a large amount of money. The child stared at the banknotes in his hand with his eyes wide open. He just picked some mulberry leaves casually, but he never thought that he could really exchange them for money and buy candy with money.
He was so excited that he danced with joy and ran towards the tavern.
More children saw this place and worked harder.
In a short while, more than 100 jins of mulberry leaves were collected.
Ruan Fu exchanged money for them, and finally said with a smile: "I will collect about 100 kilograms every day for the next 30 days. Whoever comes first can collect it. I don't want the damaged ones."
In those days, supplies were scarce, and sugar was a rare commodity. People could not even have a few during festivals. Now they could get some from Ruan Fu with a few mulberry leaves. The children were so happy that they clapped their hands.
As soon as the news got out, the business started.
Qin Fang liked this girl more and more when he saw her busy.
She was casual at work and reliable at doing things. These two points made her very attractive.
Ruan Fu found a thick wooden stick, thinking of carrying the collected mulberry leaves back.
Qin Fang said quickly, "Why don't you put it in my car first? I'll pick you up tomorrow morning anyway, so we don't have to bother
you with the transportation." Ruan Fu shook her head this time, "Brother Qin, even if you're nice to me, I can't keep taking advantage of you. My business is busy for a month, and it would be too much trouble if I asked you to pick me up every day."
Qin Fang was eager to have such a chance to be bothered, and said quickly, "I'll think about the rest tomorrow. Let's leave it at that for tomorrow." Without saying anything, he picked up the mulberry leaves and walked towards his jeep.
Ruan Fu could only follow him, "Brother Qin, I'm really sorry to bother you."
"Don't be polite between us."
Qin Fang deliberately slowed down his pace, wanting to stay with the people next to him for a while.
He actually had his own selfish motives, and he made excuses one after another, just to see Ruan Fu more.
In the past, he thought he was very popular with girls, but he kept hitting a wall with Ruan Fu.
But what does it matter? Qin Fang was originally a person who would become more courageous with more setbacks.
He didn't believe that Ruan Fu was a heartless person. On the contrary, after getting to know her for a few days, he found that she had a kind personality, was clear about gratitude and resentment, and was really very carefree. With
a girl like this, it is natural to develop feelings after spending a long time together.
Although Qin Fang had little experience in the matter of finding a wife, he knew that he had to be thick-skinned. There is still some truth in the saying that a strong woman is afraid of a clinging man.
When the car was about to start, Ruan Fu suddenly remembered something and took out a handful of mulberries wrapped in lotus leaves and handed it over.
"Give this to Tiantian, she will definitely like it."
Seeing the jeep disappear at the end of the road, Ruan Fu turned around and walked back.
While walking, she thought that the supply of mulberry leaves could be secured. The only worry was that once the news got out, it was inevitable that someone would be jealous and want to get a piece of the pie.
Tomorrow she would have to think of another way to stop them from thinking about it.
It was still early, so she thought about picking the honeysuckle in the valley first.
After walking two steps, a person appeared in front of her.
Ruan Fu didn't expect to meet Ruan Hongxing here, and her face fell immediately.
"What are you doing here?"
She thought Ruan Hongxing would quarrel with her immediately, but she took her arm and smiled gently.
"Sister Fu, I've been waiting for you on purpose. You've moved out of home for several days, and everyone at home says they're not used to it, and I really miss you too."
They had been sisters for many years, and whenever they had a quarrel, Ruan Hongxing would always use this tone to beg for mercy and show weakness. Ruan Fu didn't care too much about it, and the matter let go.
But after going through so many things before, she no longer believed what this person said.
Would the Ruan family miss her? Why haven't they died yet?
She didn't expose it, but wanted to see what tricks her good sister was up to.
"Okay, then I'll go back and take a look when I'm free."
Ruan Hongxing was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Ruan Fu to agree so readily. The words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat.
Ruan Fu looked at her coldly, "Is there anything else? If not, I'm leaving."
"Yes, yes," Ruan Hongxing responded immediately, "Brother Lijun asked me to go to the back of the threshing ground. He said he had something to tell me. Sister Fu, can you accompany me?"
Ruan Fu looked at her coldly.
The sharp eyes made Ruan Hongxing feel scared. Could it be that this damn girl already knew their plan?
How could it be possible? They had planned it all. Today was Ruan Fu's bad day. There was no way she could escape.
"I won't go. You can just talk to me alone. Why do you have to drag me to do something?"
Ruan Fu didn't agree easily this time.
She was now domineering and aggressive. If she easily gave in to the other party, it would arouse Ruan Hongxing's suspicion.