Chapter 23 Recruiting Scouts
The village chief's child, who was about seven or eight years old, was happily playing slingshot with a group of other children.
Ruan Fu walked over and took out a few pieces of candy with a smile.
"Junjun, come here. Sister Fu has some candy."
The child had some impression of her and hesitated for a moment, but couldn't resist the temptation of the sugar-coated bullet and walked over reluctantly.
"Sister Fu."
Ruan Fu didn't lie. She simply peeled off the plastic wrapper and stuffed the candy into the other person's mouth.
"Just bought it from the county town. It's very sweet."
Junjun took a sip and found it was indeed candy! He was immediately delighted.
Ruan Fu stuffed the remaining pieces into his hands. The little boy's eyes lit up and he said, "Thank you, Sister Fu."
There was a circle of children surrounding it, all craning their necks to look.
Ruan Fu could almost hear the sound of swallowing saliva, she felt that the time was almost right.
"Do you want candy too?"
A bunch of little heads nodded immediately.
"Candy is fine too. How about this: go pick some mulberry leaves. I'll give you five cents for a pound of them, enough to buy a candy."
Ruan Fu knew that Junjun in front of her was the king of the children in the village. As long as he spread the news, she would not have to worry about the source of goods at all.
The children's eyes widened when they heard this. How could such a good thing happen? Picking mulberry leaves from the tree and exchanging them for candy?
"Sister Fu, are you telling the truth?"
"I'm an adult, I don'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 it and you'll know."
As soon as he finished speaking, the children around him scattered.
They are used to climbing trees to dig out nests. Instead of playing with slingshots here, they might as well pick mulberry leaves and exchange them for sugar!
Qin Fang was a little worried at first, but he didn't expect that in less than an hour, two children would come over here excitedly, pulling baskets.
"Sister Fu, we're here to pick mulberry leaves!"
“That’s awesome!”
The smooth progress of the matter was beyond Ruan Fu's expectations. She was overjoyed and then checked. Most of the mulberry leaves were fresh and tender, but some children pulled them too quickly and the leaves were torn.
After taking it to the threshing ground and weighing it, and excluding the damaged parts, there were still about twenty pounds left.
"Just now it was said to be five cents per jin, and now there are twenty jin in total, so that's one yuan."
Ruan Fu gave them the money without hesitation.
The income in rural areas is low, and no child has ever touched such a large amount of money. The child stared at the banknotes in his hand with wide eyes. He was just picking mulberry leaves casually, and never thought that he could really exchange them for money and buy candy with the money.
He was so excited that he danced with joy and ran towards the grocery store.
More children saw this and worked harder.
In a short while, more than a hundred pounds of mulberry leaves were harvested.
Ruan Fu exchanged the money for them and finally said with a smile: "For the next thirty days, I will collect about a hundred kilograms every day. Whoever comes first will take it. I don't want any that are damaged."
In those days, supplies were scarce and sugar was a rare commodity. We could only eat a few pieces during festivals. Now, we could exchange it for a few mulberry leaves from Ruan Fu, and the children were so happy that they clapped their hands.
As soon as the news got out, the business started.
Qin Fang liked the girl more and more as he watched her busying around.
He is free and easy at work and reliable in doing things. These two points make him very attractive.
Ruan Fu found a thick wooden stick and planned to pick up the mulberry leaves.
Qin Fang quickly said, "Why don't you put it in my car first? I'll pick you up tomorrow morning anyway, so it won't be a hassle to move it here and there."
Ruan Fu shook her head this time. "Brother Qin, even if you're nice to me, I can't keep taking advantage of you. I have a busy business for a month, and it would be too much trouble if I asked you to pick me up every day."
Qin Fang was really looking forward to this opportunity to be in trouble, and hurriedly said, "I'll figure out the rest tomorrow. Let's do this for tomorrow." Without saying anything else, he picked up the mulberry leaves and walked towards his jeep.
Ruan Fu could only follow him, "Brother Qin, I'm really sorry to trouble you."
"There's no need to be polite between us."
Qin Fang deliberately slowed down his pace, wanting to stay with the person next to him for a while longer.
He actually had his own selfish motives, and he found excuses one after another just to see Ruan Fu more often.
He used to think he was very popular with girls, but he kept running into obstacles with Ruan Fu.
But what does it matter? Qin Fang is the type of person who becomes more courageous when faced with 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 free and easy.
If you spend a long time with a girl like this, feelings will naturally develop.
Although Qin Fang had little experience in finding a wife, he knew that he had to be thick-skinned. There was some truth to the saying that a strong woman was afraid of a clingy 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.
As he walked and pondered, he realized that he had managed to secure the supply of mulberry leaves. His only worry was that once the news got out, some people would inevitably be jealous and want to get a piece of the pie.
I have to think of another way tomorrow to stop them from doing that.
It was still early, so she thought about picking the honeysuckle in the valley first.
After taking only two steps, a person appeared in front of him.
Ruan Fu didn't expect to meet Ruan Hongxing here, and her face immediately fell.
"what are you doing here?"
I originally thought that Ruan Hongxing would start arguing with her immediately, but who knew that she would take her arm and smile gently.
"Sister Fu, I've been waiting for you. You've been away from home for several days now, and everyone in the family says they're not used to it. I really miss you, too."
The two of them 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 take it too seriously, and the matter would pass.
But after going through so much before, she no longer believed what this man said.
The Ruan family would miss her? They would miss her, so why isn’t she dead yet?
She didn't expose it, but wanted to see what tricks her good sister was up to.
"Okay, I'll go back and take a look when I have time."
Ruan Hongxing was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Ruan Fu to agree so readily. The words she wanted to say suddenly got stuck in her throat.
Ruan Fu gave her a cold look and said, "Anything else? If not, I'm leaving."
"Something's going on," 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, could you please come with me?"
Ruan Fu looked at her coldly.
That sharp look made Ruan Hongxing feel scared. Could it be that this damn girl already knew their plan?
How is that possible? They have all planned it out. Today is Ruan Fu's unlucky day. There is no way she will escape again.
"I'm not going. You two can just talk alone. Why do you have to drag me along?"
Ruan Fu did not agree easily this time.
She is now a domineering and aggressive person. If she easily gives in to the other party, it will arouse Ruan Hongxing's suspicion.
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