Hearing that his elder sister had arrived, Xue Guibao pulled up his torn trousers and got up. Sun Junqiao also yawned and put on his clothes.
"Sister, why are you here?" Xue Guibao asked while tying his belt.
"Guibao, I'm not saying anything harsh on you, but it's so late and you haven't gotten up yet?" Xue Guixiang prepared a meal for the children, brought it to the table, and placed the cooked peanuts she brought on the table for them to eat.
Sun Junqiao rolled her eyes and said, "Sister, don't blame Guibao. It's okay if you get up. You can save food if you don't."
Xue Guibao glared at his wife and said, "You have no right to speak here!"
Lin Qingqing hurriedly took out two boxes of cigarettes and soap: "Uncle, aunt, this is a small gift that Zhou Zhuo and I bought for you two."
Xue Guibao's eyes widened when he saw the cigarettes. Only the county magistrate of Daqianmen could enjoy this. Usually, he smoked the dry tobacco he rolled himself.
Sun Junqiao smiled like a flower. The young wife of the Ma family in the west of the village liked to wash her face with White Cat soap, which exuded a sweet scent every day.
She was almost envious to death, but she had neither a ticket nor money, so she could only stare blankly: "Hey, nephew and daughter-in-law, just come, why are you spending so much money? Come and sit down."
She seemed to have just seen Lin Qingqing and Zhou Zhuo, and wiped the two stools again and again with her sleeves.
"Aunt, I won't sit down. To be honest, I came here today because I want to ask your help for something."
"Tell me what it is, as long as your uncle can do it!" Xue Guibao patted his chest loudly.
Lin Qingqing told the story of picking pears: "Uncle, you still need to step in for this matter. After all, I am not familiar with the villagers."
Xue Guibao thought that his eldest sister and her family came to borrow money. Even if Sun Junqiao had some, she would not be willing to lend it to them. However, he did not expect that they came to collect pears.
"You've found the right person. There was a pear orchard in the village before the land was subcontracted to each household. Now it has been distributed to each household. I will go to them right away." As long as it's not a loan, everything else is easy to discuss.
"Okay, thank you for the trouble. I can't handle that many people today. Just find seven or eight households for me."
"I see."
"I'm going to the Pear Garden now. If you find someone, take them directly to the Pear Garden."
"Um!"
Xue Guibao agreed and went out. Lin Qingqing, led by Xue Guixiang, came to the pear garden in the village.
This pear orchard is very large, estimated to be over a hundred acres. There are many green fruits on the ground, enough for her to harvest for a while.
The fruits would rot quickly if they fell to the ground, so she could only pick up those that had fallen in the last one or two days. Besides, Mr. Li, who worked in cotton processing, repeatedly emphasized that price was not an issue, but quality must be good.
Pear trees aren't profitable these days. Even the ripe pears are eaten by themselves or given away; no one thinks of selling them. Even if they were, no one would buy them. People are content to eat, so who would spend money on snacks?
In the past few years, these pear trees belonged to public property and no one dared to have any bad intentions. Now that they have been subcontracted to households, some people want to cut down the pear trees and grow crops. Pears are not valuable, but crops can at least fill their stomachs.
When Lin Qingqing was thinking about it, Xue Guibao brought the person over.
When the owner heard that someone wanted the pears on the ground, he was very happy.
"How to collect and how much to pay?" The hosts are most concerned about money.
"The pears on the ground aren't sweet, and they're not good looking. I'll pay five cents per tree, but I'll pick up any pears on the ground. Will you sell them?"
"Only five cents." Someone shook his head.
Xue Guibao was annoyed: "Five cents is not enough? If I don't sell it, I won't get even five cents!"
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