"It must be useful, Uncle Wang, just tell me how much it will cost, I will use it."
When Li Mu heard that no one else wanted it, he became interested. This way, he could save a lot of money by renting the pond.
"Xiao Mu, don't spend your money recklessly. I heard that when you were in town, you always beat your wife and didn't work. Is that true? You can't do that. You have a wife and children, you have to cherish them."
Uncle Wang's eyes suddenly turned serious, and he spoke with a tone of disappointment.
After hearing what Uncle Wang said, Li Mu didn't know how to continue talking about renting the pond.
Zhou Qiang, who was standing by, said with a smile, "Hey, Uncle Wang, don't be angry. My brother has changed now. He and my sister-in-law have a good relationship."
It would have been fine if Zhou Qiang didn't say anything, but Uncle Wang at the side got even angrier. He got off the kang, picked up a broom, and prepared to beat the two of them, saying, "I haven't said anything yet, but you've found an excuse for your brother. You're just as bad. Come down. Your grandma is too old to teach you a lesson. Uncle will teach you two a lesson today."
Just as the broom was about to hit the two, Aunt Liu came in with dumplings and hurried forward to stop them, saying, "Don't hit them, don't hit them. Let's talk it over."
As he spoke, he snatched the broom from Uncle Wang's hand and threw it on the ground.
He also did not forget to ask the two of them to eat quickly.
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Li Mu cleared his throat, looked at Uncle Wang seriously and said, "Uncle, I have changed now. I came back this time to see if the village can help me collect some earth dragons. I will buy them at three yuan per pound."
Hearing what Li Mu said, Uncle Wang and Aunt Liu looked at him suspiciously and did not rush to respond.
"Uncle, aunt, I'm serious. I want to buy thirty kilograms this time, and I'll need it later. If you can buy it for me, I can pay you. If you can rent the pond and the price is not expensive, I can also consider it."
Seeing the two people's disbelieving expressions, Li Mu had to look at them seriously and explain.
Uncle Wang pondered for a long time after hearing what Li Mu said, and said hesitantly: "Really? If you want, I can give you 30 kilograms of earth dragon in no time, but don't joke. You also know that the villagers are simple and honest. This matter is not a joke."
Li Mu sighed and explained seriously: "Really, no kidding, settle it on the spot."
"Okay, let's eat first. I'll call someone to catch them for you later, and then you can just give them the money." Uncle Wang saw Li Mu like this and decided to help him to see if Li Mu had really changed.
After hearing Uncle Wang say this, Li Mu and his friend quickly finished eating the dumplings that Aunt Liu brought to them. While eating, they did not forget to praise Aunt Liu's good cooking skills.
Aunt Liu was so praised that she couldn't stop laughing.
After finishing his meal, Li Mu immediately urged Uncle Wang to find someone to catch earth dragons for him. Uncle Wang directly gathered three or five women who had nothing to do at home at the village radio station, and asked them to accompany Li Mu and Uncle Wang to catch earth dragons in the pond at the entrance of the village.
There is strength in numbers. After spending several hours, the group had caught a 30-pound earth dragon.
After everyone's catch had been weighed, Li Mu gave money to several people one by one. Everyone went back happily. Some of them were even brave enough to say directly that if they wanted more, they could just tell the village chief next time and that they could just send the catch directly to his house.
Li Mu nodded in agreement.
Uncle Wang looked at Li Mu from the side and smiled with some relief. Through this incident, he could clearly feel the changes in Li Mu.
"Uncle Wang, now we can have a good chat about taking over the pond."
Li Mu looked at Uncle Wang with a smile.
"Let's go home and talk." Uncle Wang took the two of them home.
Zhou Qiang and Li Mu carried the earthen dragon and followed the village chief into the house.
"Are you sure you want to rent the pond? The pond is not cheap, five hundred dollars a year."
When Li Mu heard the number the village chief said, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not very expensive.
Without thinking, Li Mu agreed immediately and took out five hundred yuan from Zhou Qiang's pocket and handed it to Uncle Wang.
Uncle Wang took the money and wrote a receipt for Li Mu.
After everything was settled, Li Mu and Zhou Qiang said goodbye to the village chief.
On the way home, Li Mu and Zhou Qiang discussed that Zhou Qiang would return to the village to learn how to raise eels. When the time came, Li Mu would give Zhou Qiang 3% of the money from the sales. Li Mu's main task was to expand sales.
The two of them discussed almost everything on the way.
As soon as he got home, Li Mu asked Lin Wan for five hundred yuan to give to Zhou Qiang. Zhou Qiang took it without hesitation and gave it to Grandma Zhou in front of Li Mu and Lin Wan, hoping that Grandma Zhou would keep it for him, as this was the money for him to marry a wife in the future.
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Grandma Zhou has been taking care of Lin Wan for two days. The couple wanted to ask Grandma Zhou to stay a little longer, but the old lady said she didn't want to stay any longer.
Li Mu knew that the old man just didn't want to trouble the two of them too much and wanted to give them more time to develop their relationship.
He had no choice but to reluctantly agree to let Grandma Zhou go home, and asked Zhou Qiang to stay at home and accompany Grandma for the next few days. He would go to Qingshui Village first to take care of things, and then Zhou Qiang would just have to keep an eye on her every day.
Lin Wan, who was standing by, was full of doubts when she heard about Qingshui Village. Not long after Grandma Zhou and Zhou Qiang left.
Following Li Mu into the living room, he saw Li Mu grab the water cup on the table and take a sip before he asked, "What are you doing in Qingshui Village today?"
Li Mu took a sip of water, cleared his throat, looked at Lin Wan and said:
"Qiangzi and I went back today. I saw that the soil and water quality in the village were good. I was thinking of renting a pond and raising eels and fish to sell in the future."
When Lin Wan heard Li Mu say that, her eyebrows knitted together and she asked anxiously, "How are you going to sell it? Have you thought about it? What if you lose money?"
Li Mu patted Lin Wan's shoulder soothingly and said softly:
"Don't worry, I have a plan. I recently negotiated an order with Qiangzi at the state-owned restaurant in the county. He ordered 30 kilograms of yellow eels from us today. I'll talk to them later and we'll supply the fish as well."
Hearing what Li Mu said, Lin Wan's frown did not relax, and she was still worried that what Li Mu said was unreliable.
After all, how could a state-owned restaurant really want food from a country guy they didn't even know?
I always feel that Li Mu is daydreaming.
Lin Wan thought about it and advised: "I still think it's a bit unreliable. You should not rush to raise others. Don't lose all the money you just earned later."
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