Chapter 151: Sending Money in a Roundabout Way
Zhou Huaian and Yang Chunyan returned to the room, pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed, and looked at her with sparkling eyes, "Yan'er, guess how much those steel bars were sold for?"
"Didn't you say you didn't sell it?" Yang Chunyan looked at him and understood immediately, "Did you lie to my third sister-in-law?"
"My mom asked me not to tell you yet... She was afraid that I would leave the money with Dr. Xiao Wang and not be able to get it back. Also, when I came back today, I almost couldn't see you... Honey, if you don't do that with me, I'll die with regrets!"
"Pah~" Yang Chunyan twisted him, "You are in your twenties, and you don't speak politely at all." Then she looked him up and down, "Are you injured anywhere?"
"Tsk~" Zhou Huaian patted his chest, "Just three little bastards, want to hurt a veteran like me who has been through many battles? You underestimate your man too much!"
"Tsk~" Yang Chunyan curled her lips, "You're almost blowing it up."
Zhou Huaian grabbed her hand and looked at her deeply, "Wife, do you know? When I found out that those scoundrels were following me, I was most happy that my Chunyan didn't come today and that I gave the money to Doctor Xiao Wang!"
Don’t forget to show off your achievements anytime and anywhere!
Yang Chunyan looked at him lovingly, "Hanzi, I'll go with you and can help you!"
Zhou Huaian looked at her and smiled, "No, if you get hurt, I will be heartbroken!"
"You're such a smooth talker!" Yang Chunyan glanced at him, "Did those steel bars really sell for 2,500?"
"Yes! Mom said that the steel bar quota is Secretary Xu's family's thank you. We will get half of the money from the sale, and the other half will be divided into four parts for them to share equally. She secretly gave us their share as well."
"What do you think?"
"Half is enough for us, and the remaining half can be divided equally between my brothers. We won't be richer if we have 300 yuan more, and we won't be poor if we have 300 yuan less. Why should we make my brothers feel uncomfortable?"
Yang Chunyan looked at him and felt that he had really matured a lot. "Huai'an, I never thought you could say such a thing!"
Zhou Huaian looked at her arrogantly, "Do you really think your man is an idiot who knows nothing?"
"Okay, okay, you can do it, you are awesome!"
Zhou Huaian rolled his eyes, "You're just trying to fool me!"
"I really praise you!" Yang Chunyan said with a smile, "I'm going out first, we can talk tonight!"
Zhou Huaian said hurriedly, "This afternoon, Dakuan said that Cai Ermei met Mr. He who was collecting honey in the town. They were planning to go deep into the mountains to look for cliff honey. They asked me if I wanted to go, but I said no."
"You were right not to agree. You're risking your life by going deep into the mountains and forests these past two days?" Yang Chunyan thought of the time when they made cliff honey in their previous life. "Do you know that Boss He too?"
"Yes! His family lives in the town. We found Yami and didn't want to sell it to the purchasing station, so we secretly went to him to buy it. The price he gave was a little higher than the purchasing station, but we couldn't get the money that day."
"It's good that you didn't agree. I'm going to go pick some herbs."
"Go ahead!"
Yang Chunyan went out and felt that many things were different after she came back. In her previous life, she would go into the mountains to look for cliff honey in the early spring of the next year, but this time she would go this year.
They all knew Boss He and Cai Ermei. Could it be that in his previous life, Huai'an was really eager to make money and asked Cai Ermei and the others to go into the mountains?
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When Zhou's father and others came back, they were very happy to know that Huang, the purchasing manager, had come to their family to buy eggs and vegetables.
Yang Chunyan served crucian carp with patchouli, stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork slices, cold-mixed bamboo shoots, stir-fried peony root, and boiled young pumpkin to the table.
After dinner, Zhou Huaian divided the money he earned from selling herbs and eels. The whole family lit a bonfire, sat around the herbs, and picked them together.
Zhou's mother sent her grandchildren to sleep, and after sitting down, she said to Zhou Huaishan, "Third brother, you and the youngest brother will go to Ning'an together tomorrow. The youngest brother was robbed by three second-rate guys on the road today."
"Ah! Is the county town so chaotic?" Everyone looked at Zhou Huaian worriedly, "Why didn't you tell me you came back? Are you injured?"
"It's okay...they were all arrested by the police and locked up." Zhou Huaian recounted what happened. "Doctor Xiao Wang bought me a half-new bicycle. My third brother will go with me tomorrow and we can ride back by the way."
"You're so lucky, the youngest one. You'll have a bicycle in the future!" His brothers looked at him enviously.
There are only three bicycles in the village so far, one for the accountant, one for Secretary Xu's family, and one for the team leader's family. I heard that Zhou Huaixing's broken bicycle was lent to him by that noble man.
Zhou Huaian nodded proudly, "Yeah! I got it replaced at the Post Office, and it cost me ninety yuan."
Father Zhou gave him a sidelong glance and said, "I think you're just lazy. Can't you just push a chicken bus? You spent so much money on a second-hand one!"
"Old man, let me tell you..." Zhou Huaian repeated to his father what he had said to his mother.
"Lazy people don't care much!"
The old man glared at Zhou's father and said, "What the kid said is right. I've already bought it, so don't say anything more. But ninety dollars for a second-hand one is a bit expensive!"
Grandpa, which country are you from?
Zhou Huaian: "Grandpa, you'll know when I push it back, ninety dollars is still worth it. I also want to buy a new one, but we don't have industrial coupons, so we can't buy it even if we have money."
Zhou Huaijun took over the conversation, "I heard from Xu Gang that his 28-bar truck cost him 168 yuan and two industrial coupons to buy. We don't even know what an industrial coupon looks like, so it's pretty good to be able to buy a semi-new one for 90 yuan."
Zhou Huaishan was a little tempted, "Youngest, ask Dr. Xiao Wang if you can still buy one in the future? When the house is repaired, we will buy one too!"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "I'll ask when we go into the city tomorrow."
Zhou Huaijun hurriedly said, "Youngest, wait for you to bring it back and we'll buy it if we find it suitable."
“Yes!”
Zhou Huaian turned his head and looked at the old man, "Grandpa has finished his medicine, and he will go with us tomorrow."
Father Zhou asked hurriedly: "Old man, how do you feel after eating it for a few days?"
The old man: "I feel my eyes are more comfortable these days. I don't feel like there's a spider web in my eyes like before."
"That's good. Go get two more doses of medicine and take care of yourself."
There is strength in numbers, and it didn't take long to pick all the herbs.
Zhou Huairong and his brothers took flashlights and carried herbs to the ditch.
Zhou Huaian went down to the ditch and blocked it with stones and mud. Zhou Huairong poured a basket of herbs into the ditch. Several people stood in the ditch and soon washed the herbs and carried them back home.
Yang Chunyan and her sisters-in-law poured the herbs into a sieve and several large winnowing baskets, spread them out to drain the water, and they could dry them out in the sun the next morning.
After finishing the work, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Zhou's mother whispered to Zhou's father about the steel bar sales, saying that she had never dreamed that a piece of paper could be so valuable.
After hearing this, Zhou's father said, "I saw those steel bar indicators, and most likely the Xu family gave us money in a roundabout way to repay a favor. Tell Qiuyue and the others not to mention Chunyan saving his daughter outside."
Zhou's mother thought the same after hearing this. "They are so busy all day long, how can they have time to talk to others about this?"
"Whether you have time or not, tell them so they can remember it, so they won't be upset if they hear it."
"Okay." Zhou's mother glanced at him and said, "Then how should the money from the youngest child's sale be divided?"
(End of this chapter)
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