After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had discussed it, Zhou's mother went out happily to order the piglets, and Yang Chunyan took the account book and went out to the new baking room.
As soon as I went out, I saw the old man pushing a small cart and politely greeting the villagers who came to sell truffles. Little Jiuer kept pulling the big red balloons tied on both sides of the cart.
During this period, truffles have passed the peak period of the first half month. The truffles sent from several villages near Funiu are getting less and less. The truffles collected yesterday plus the truffles sent by the forest farm and Qu Qiulin, totaled only more than 9,000 kilograms.
The good thing is that the supply from the Flower Market and Sancha Road is still sufficient, and more and more truffles are sent over by the mountain people from Bailing Mountain and Chuancheng. I heard that those mountain people have to drive mules and horses for a whole day to deliver the goods. Just that one purchasing point can collect 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms of truffles a day.
Zhou Huaian and Xu Laosan delivered the goods to Baicaoping and loaded them onto a four-wheel tractor. Zhou Yiding delivered the goods back to Funiu. The three of them drove the tractor on the road all day long. After more than half a month, they became dark and thin.
With so many truffles, the fire in the baking room has never been turned off since it was turned on. The old man has become tired and thin during this period. Fortunately, he found a helper, so he has time to take Jiuer out for a walk.
Yang Chunyan greeted the old man and arrived outside the oven yard, where she saw Luo Haili, Jiang Yu and Jia Chunhong. They had already weighed the goods for several villagers and were waiting for her to pay.
Turning around, I saw Li Yinfu, who hadn't sent truffles to my house since the market opened. I felt a little strange. Why did she come here to sell truffles today? Didn't Fang Sihai receive any goods today?
Li Yinfu looked at her with a fake smile, "Boss Yang, we're just waiting for you to pay us!"
"I don't deserve it!" Yang Chunyan replied calmly, took the bill and began to calculate and pay, "Auntie, the total is 45.6 yuan, can you calculate it?"
"The money is right!" Li Yinfu took the money, counted it, put it in his pocket and said, "But Chunyan, I want to say something you don't want to hear today. You earn so much money a day, why can't you afford to hire two more people to work?
Think about it, the old man is already 75 or 76 years old, it's time for him to enjoy his life, is it appropriate for you to ask him to help with the work every day?"
Yang Chunyan also felt that the old man was tired during this period. "Auntie, the family has been busy recently, and grandpa has also been tired. Don't worry, now there are more people, we will be careful in the future and not let grandpa get tired."
Li Yinfu didn't expect her to admit that she tired the old man, and looked at her in surprise, "Let me tell you, the old man lived well in the three houses in turn, why did you rush to take him to live in the second house?
After all this time, you found out that under the pretext of providing for the old man's retirement, you let an old man in his seventies do hard labor for your second house. He became ill from exhaustion, and you still want us to spend money and effort on him.
In the end, you, the second wife, got the good reputation of being filial to the elderly, while our first and third wives were left with the reputation of being unfilial. "
Seeing that she was being unreasonable, Yang Chunyan said angrily, "Don't worry, Auntie. If Grandpa has any illness, whether it's seeing a doctor or getting medicine, it will all be borne by our second branch. Just like the past two years, we won't ask your family for a penny!
Li Yinfu sneered, "You guys made the old man sick, why do you ask us for money?"
"Sister-in-law!" Aunt Zhou interrupted her, put down her basket, and stepped forward to say, "Sister-in-law, I just came in and overheard something. I want to say hello to you. Don't mention our third room when you talk next time.
And ha! Regarding the matter of supporting and honoring the old man, Chunyan is a junior and some things are difficult to say, so today I will say something fair.
The old man told us that he eats well and dresses well here, and that he is much healthier now than before. Even his eyes, which used to be blurry when he saw everything, have been almost cured by the youngest couple, who asked Doctor Wang to prescribe medicine and give acupuncture.
The three Huairong brothers also bought him a bicycle. The old man also became Western-styled, learned how to ride a bicycle, and wore a leather jacket and a cotton overcoat.
The second wife has never complained about the old man's food, clothing, medical treatment and medicine in the past two years, and has never asked us for a penny. They are filial to the old man on our behalf, and the third wife's family is grateful to them and would never do such a thing as blaming them. "
Li Yinfu was speechless after being rebuked by her. After a moment's silence, he said cunningly, "Don't speak for them. If they really want to be so nice to the old man, how come he has lost so much weight in this period of time?"
"Really?" Aunt Zhou looked at her with sarcasm on her face. "It turns out that the eldest sister-in-law is so filial! Since you think the second wife is not good to the old man, you can take him home to show your filial piety!
After all, you haven't even bought a piece of candy for the old man in the past two years, it's not too late to make up for it now!"
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan, who was busy calculating accounts, felt that she was really stupid. She thought that Zhou Sanshen was still good at talking back at people, and she wanted to applaud her.
Li Yinfu's face flushed. "Zhang Hongmei, don't say such nice things. I know that your two families are as close as brothers now. The eldest family is poor now, looked down upon by outsiders, and is also bullied by the two families together!"
"Li Yinfu, your family has never taken us seriously before! Even when my Dahe fainted and went to the hospital, he asked your family to borrow money to save his life, but you didn't lend a penny for the sake of being brothers!"
Aunt Zhou San was filled with anger when she thought of the past. She sneered, "I thought you guys would be rich forever! After all this time, the private money you hid before the family division didn't make you rich forever!"
Li Yinfu was furious and pointed at her and shouted, "Zhang Hongmei, how did you see us hiding our private money? How can I lend you money when my family has no money?"
Aunt Zhou San sneered, "Do you have any idea of what's going on? Of course I don't have the money to borrow a hundred yuan from my own brother to save his life, but I do have the money to buy a quota and make a fortune. No wonder people say that bad intentions will be punished by heaven."
Jiang Yu and the others whispered, "I heard that the third child was sick and hospitalized, and the three of them didn't have money to sell blood for his treatment. Later, they met the youngest couple who took the old man to see a doctor, and borrowed money to pay for the hospitalization."
Jia Chunhong whispered, "Zhou Dachun's family hasn't been in a good situation either. Didn't they use all that money to buy a place?"
"My family was also tricked into buying a quota by them, but luckily we got the money back."
"The money Zhou Huaishan's family paid for the quota has not been reimbursed to them yet!"
Li Yinfu listened to those discussions and his face became as dark as the day before rain. He thought that if his family had not paid compensation for buying the quota, they would not have ended up in such a situation.
He is so poor that he can't even speak a word, and now he is being scolded by the shrew from the third room, who was so heartless and didn't help him.
The old man came over holding the sleeping Xiao Jiuer in his arms, and saw his two daughters-in-law standing there with dark faces, "What are you two doing? You are over a hundred years old in total, and you are still arguing here. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by everyone?"
"Old man, I can't stand someone who doesn't behave like a human being and doesn't speak like a human being, so I said something back to her!" Aunt Zhou San said to Li Yinfu unceremoniously.
Li Yinfu wiped away his nonexistent tears, "Old man, I told Chunyan that you are tired and thin, and asked them to be more careful and not let you do too much work. As an elder, I want to say a few words to her..."
"Why do you keep talking? Why do I need you to teach me?" The old man glared at her unhappily. "You are so filial. Today I will move with you to your big house!"
"We are just talking too much because we feel sorry for you. If you say that, don't blame us for ignoring you in the future!" Li Yinfu said as he picked up his backpack and walked out.
The villagers who were watching the fun began to talk in low voices, "What a fake filial son! He didn't even dare to respond when asked to stay at her house."
"There are many people like this who are not filial themselves and cannot bear to see others being filial."
Aunt Zhou curled her lips, "That's right, you talk as if they have been in charge before!"
The old man gave her a sidelong look and said, "You're not making money? Leave the truffles here and go sell your tofu pudding."
"Got it!" Aunt Zhou put down her basket and said, "Chun Yan'er, I'll bring you a pot of tofu pudding later!"
"Thank you, Third Auntie!" Yang Chunyan handed the money to a villager and took Xiao Jiuer from the old man. "Grandpa, please ask me to take the pig food to my brother and the others."
"Stop listening to your aunt's nagging. It's not like I can't carry it." The old man turned around and walked towards the baking room.
He felt furious when he thought of his eldest brother's wife who thought she was smart. She had no skills at all, but she was very good at stirring up discord among the brothers.
And the eldest brother has a stupid brain. He listens to his wife in everything. The villagers from Fangtian Brigade, who live so far away, send the truffles to the youngest brother's house to sell, but he sends the truffles to Fangtian to sell to Fang Sihai.
Father Zhou came out of the oven and said to the old man who came in with a dark face, "Old man, don't be angry. Sister-in-law is just that kind of person. Chunyan won't bother with her."
"I know, it's unfair to them." The old man sighed, picked up the gourd ladle and started to scoop pig food.
After Yang Chunyan put Xiao Jiuer to sleep in the cradle, he was busy for a while and then he found that more and more villagers from Fangtian Brigade came here to sell truffles, but only a few people from the Construction Brigade came.
After asking the villagers from the construction team, they said that their homes were close to this place, so they came here to sell, and they didn’t know why no one came from the team.
After a while, Yang Chunyan saw Fangtian Brigade. A man who had never come here to sell truffles came over with a bill to pay the bill. "Brother, the Fang family didn't receive the goods today?"
"Confiscated!" The man hesitated and said, "I heard Fang Sihai complaining that his job was taken away by that side. Our purchasing point was also withdrawn, and they set up a new purchasing point in the construction team to receive the goods."
"Oh!" Yang Chunyan handed him the money, and then she understood why only a few people from the construction team came to sell goods today.
I was a little curious about Fang Sihai's purchasing point. Why was it closed down after only operating for half a month?
After asking several villagers and failing to find out the reason, Yang Chunyan put the matter aside and went back to work.
When it was getting dark, Xu Laosan came back with the truffles and just started unloading them, Zhou Yiding's mother-in-law ran over in a hurry, "Chunyan, Xuejiao is in trouble, when will Yiding come back?" (End of this chapter)
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