Zhang Xiaohua kept staring at the two of them until their figures completely blended into the bustling crowd, then she looked away.
Just as he turned around to go back to find his mother who was selling eggs, he saw Meng Qiang and Meng Chao setting up a stall at the market.
After rolling his eyes, he realized how the Meng family made their fortune.
However, the vendors were just small individuals, so my interest immediately waned.
Forget it, it’s better to choose the son of the Zheng family in the village who works as a worker in the city.
Not to mention Zhang Xiaohua's little thoughts, Meng Sheng and Feng Yijia did not delay any further after leaving the market. They rode their bicycles back to the village before noon.
Meng Sheng went home and told his parents what his two brothers had done in the past two days.
Chen Hongxing was overjoyed. With her second son, who had lived a new life, she could foresee that her sons would have a worry-free future.
The honest Meng Chenglin still had doubts about speculation and profiteering, fearing that another campaign would bring disaster to his family.
Meng Sheng had no choice but to comfort and coax the person, but the effect was not very significant.
In the end, it was Chen Hongxing who slapped the man twice, and finally he suppressed his anxiety and nagging. He stopped complaining and huddled aside, sighing.
His father calmed down. Meng Sheng, who had been explaining for a long time, still hadn't breathed a sigh of relief when his mother pulled him aside and quietly asked him how far he and Feng Yijia were getting along.
The mouths of country women are no better than those of men in prison.
Meng Sheng, who was old-hearted, felt that he was thick-skinned enough, but he was still blushing after hearing his mother's harsh words.
Facing the gazes of people who looked at him as if he was a fool, Meng Sheng fled back to the house after giving his instructions. After calming down, he didn't want to hang around in front of his mother anymore, so he simply took some cigarettes, alcohol, and candies and went to the militia captain Meng Jiemin to discuss borrowing the militia's weapons before going into the mountains.
Feng Yijia, who lives next door, also went to several village cadres' homes to give gifts, carrying cigarettes, alcohol, and candy.
Now that I can afford a bicycle, it’s time to express my gratitude to the people I owe when I built the house and settled down there.
Normally, it would be best to treat everyone to a meal to express her gratitude, but she didn't want to get too close to these people and was too lazy to spend the effort. As long as the gift was a bit meaningful and the intention was clear, it would be fine.
Feng Chunhua, Chen Hai and other families all had the same thought in their minds when they saw Feng Yijiajia coming to their house, saying a few words, leaving after putting down the gifts.
This girl is really capable!
A girl managed to live her life quietly in a short period of time.
The village is not big, so no matter what happens, it will spread throughout the village in no time.
By the evening when the sun set and the ground turned cooler, almost everyone in the village knew that Feng Yijia had bought a bicycle and given gifts to express his gratitude to the village cadres.
There are sighs, envy, regret, calculation, and so on.
The topics of many families in the village also revolved around Feng Yi's family.
In the Feng family's old house, Zhuang Fang complained to her sister-in-law: "If I had known earlier, I should have brought her back.
I heard that the girl not only gave gifts to several village cadres today, but also came back riding a brand new bicycle.
If you hadn't stopped me, these might have belonged to both of our families!"
Li Yan felt extremely regretful, but she couldn't admit defeat in front of her sister-in-law, so she said stubbornly, "That girl is a traitor. It's impossible for her to learn the skills of collecting herbs and making medicine in just one or two months.
But before she got married, have you ever seen her picking herbs and selling them for money?
Can it be the same if I do it myself or if I do it to someone else's family?"
The random fabricated words not only convinced Zhuang Fang, but also made herself and a group of people around her believe them.
Feng Yifei, the oldest of the younger generation present, had a bad temper and cursed, "I didn't hit him enough at first. I didn't expect that even three sticks wouldn't do anything to him. He's quite cunning!"
His father Feng Youwei was also dissatisfied: "Just like her father who died early, she disregards blood relatives and human relations.
She's been so good at showing off outside, even thanking people for helping her fix up her house, but why doesn't she thank us, her uncles and aunts, who raised her?"
Uncle Feng Youwen agreed: "Big brother is right, we should have a share of those cigarettes and alcohol.
I heard they’re not cheap!”
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At Meng Changjun's house, where Feng Yi's family was driven out, Meng Changjun's father, Meng Tiezhu, was also blaming his wife, Chen Xiu: "Look at you, it would have been better if you had kept her instead of driving her out.
Who knows, maybe that bicycle will belong to our family now, and we will have a way to make money continuously in the future! "
The eldest brother, Meng Changshun, echoed: "That's right, let's keep my kid at home and adopt him to her, so the youngest one will have an heir!"
The second son, Meng Changzheng, nodded and said, "I have two sons. They can also adopt my little Shitou!"
Chen Xiu felt a little regretful when she heard a few days ago that Feng Yi's family had earned money to pay off the village's debts.
Now I regret it so much.
But she can't bear the blame alone, otherwise she won't have a say in the family anymore!
He immediately slapped his thigh and cried, "Did I make that decision alone?
Didn’t you all nod in agreement?
This was a decision made by the whole family, but now everyone is blaming me!
When we were dividing the things in the youngest's room, you were all smiling happily. Now you feel you've been taken a disadvantage. Is it my fault alone?
How did this old lady end up with a bunch of heartless people like you,...?"
Feng Yijia didn't care about all this. After giving the gifts, she came back and had a good meal of frying, stir-frying and cooking at home.
Now that she had a good income, she was no longer afraid of the aroma of meat wafting from miles away.
I put a lot of thought into cooking the dishes using the ingredients I bought in the county.
At dinner, the table was filled with crispy fried meatballs with tender insides, melt-in-your-mouth steamed pork with pork belly, and spicy and sour old duck soup. She was so happy that her eyes curved into crescents.
The Meng family next door was also very happy. Meng Chao and Meng Qiang drove home before dark.
I stocked up on some goods yesterday to sell for a few days, but except for half a bag of rubber bands, I sold out the rest in one day.
It was the first time for the two men to engage in reselling business. They earned almost a month's salary of an ordinary city worker in one day. They were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
The honest man Meng Chao was a little proud, and said: "Forty or fifty a day, four or five hundred in ten days, more than a thousand a month, in less than a year I will be a millionaire.
Dad, Mom, just wait and see, from now on your son will take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks!"
Meng Qiang dumped the entire bag of money he had earned today onto the table. His eyes lit up with a startling glint. He counted out twenty yuan and handed it to Chen Hongxing, saying proudly, "Mom, this is your filial piety. When you have time, go buy yourself two pieces of clothes you like, and get Dad two kilograms of good wine!"
Chen Hongxing didn't take the money and slapped each person. She scolded them to keep a low profile, but a bunch of crow's feet appeared at the corners of her eyes from laughing.
Money is a person's confidence and courage.
Meng Chenglin's worries were mostly suppressed by a table full of colorful banknotes, his sons' coaxing and deception, and the prospect of the future. The corners of his mouth almost stretched to his ears.
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