"Yes, yes, that's how it is." Lin Meizhi nodded haughtily.
She then directed all her hatred at Su Xueli, blaming it all on that damned woman.
Lin Meizhi's eyes suddenly turned terrifying. She looked at Wei Mingyue and asked, "Mingyue, I have a plan..."
Wei Mingyue's eyes nearly popped out of her head, and her tongue lolled out. "Sister Meizhi, this...this won't do...you...you..."
Wei Mingshen returned when they were halfway through their meal. By then, the ground was covered in white snow. He stood at the kitchen door, took off his military overcoat, and patted it off, saying, "Ouch, this snow stings my face. Luckily, I have thick skin."
The whole family laughed.
He went to wash his hands, and Su Xueli instinctively got up to get him a bowl of food, then handed him a steamed bun, saying, "Eat it while it's hot."
Wei Mingshen took the steamed bun, took a bite, and said while chewing, "My wife is the best."
Su Xueli rolled her eyes at him, "Just eat yours."
Cao Maizi and Wei Tiezhu both burst into laughter, and Su Xueli laughed too.
Wei Mingshen was really hungry. He ate a big bowl of vegetables and asked for more. He even reached into the steamer basket and took another steamed bun.
Su Xueli served him another bowl of food and handed it to him, casually asking, "Did you see your comrade's father? Didn't you invite him to a meal?"
Wei Mingshen said, "Of course we saw them. We arrived early and got everything done. They were busy at noon, so we came back. After we treated them to a meal, Tiger will have plenty of opportunities to make money."
Su Xueli's eyes lit up with joy, "It's all done?"
Wei Mingshen said with obvious delight, "Of course, aren't comrades-in-arms bound by an ironclad relationship? When we arrived in the county town, I went to the department store and bought some high-end nutritional supplements. I took them to his house, and his father hadn't gone to work yet, so I told him about it."
"Hey, his dad agreed on the spot, saying that no one else would have gotten this done, but it was easy for his son's comrade."
"Then what should we do?" Su Xueli asked, her big, dark eyes wide.
Wei Mingshen said, "The county supply and marketing cooperative buys eggs for 10 cents each. If Hu Zi buys them and sells them, he can get 12 cents each. If he buys them from each household for 8 cents each, like everyone else, he can sell each egg for 2 cents more than others, which means he can earn 4 cents. Do you think it would be a huge profit for Hu Zi if he did it? Haha."
Su Xueli clapped her hands, "Great! Tiger has found a lucrative business this time."
I thought to myself, doing business with state-owned enterprises is great! This leader doesn't even blink an eye when he uses back channels because he's not managing his own money.
Wei Mingshen said, "My comrade's father said that there are many vendors who go to the countryside to collect eggs. If you want to collect more than others, you have to make the egg sellers want to sell to you."
Then he asked his mother, "Mom, if you were to sell eggs, who would you most like to sell them to?"
Cao Maizi said, "Why would I need to ask? The egg collector isn't my second uncle or fourth aunt. I'll just sell to whoever offers me the highest price."
Wei Mingshen smiled at Su Xueli and said, "That's what the leaders mean. They let Hu Zi charge farmers a penny more, so he can still make a penny more than others."
Su Xueli nodded with a smile: "This leader is indeed a leader. Is that Tiger any smarter?"
Wei Mingshen said, "Of course, that guy seems honest, but he's really good at scheming. Just you wait, he'll start collecting eggs tomorrow."
Cao Maizi and Wei Tiezhu, who had been listening the whole time, asked, "What are you two talking about? What is Hu Zi trying to do?"
Su Xueli told the old couple about it, and they were happy for Hu Zi.
Cao Maizi felt sorry for Hu Zi, "This child is more virtuous than anyone else, but his life is more miserable than anyone else's. Yet, in his older siblings' mouths, he is still a pampered youngest son. How is he pampered? He is more like a child destined to suffer."
Sigh, thankfully this child never complains about how hard life is, that God is unfair to him, and he's always cheerful. He's very filial to the three old folks in the family, and he's friendly to everyone. If anyone needs him, he'll come running at a moment's notice.
Shenzi, we've troubled him a lot these past few years in the army. If there's anything we can do to help him, we'll do our best.
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