Chapter 175 Chapter 174: Making Money Again
When the Zhou Huaian brothers arrived in front of Desheng Hall, they saw Yang Chunyan and Yang Xiaoxue standing at the door, and Fang Zhiqiang sitting on the chicken bus next to them smoking.
Zhou Huaian got out of the car and handed Fang Zhiqiang a cigarette. "How are the herbal medicines selling?"
Fang Zhiqiang smiled and said, "Not bad, I sold it for nearly thirty yuan. Are you going to go up the mountain when you return?"
"I need to go to Nantou Forest Farm."
The two of them were chatting dryly, and it was mostly Zhou Huaian who was making small talk.
Yang Xiaoxue said to Yang Chunyan, "Yan'er, let's go to his sister's house first to get back the work from the cement factory. When you come down the mountain, we'll go to the mountain behind my house together."
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Okay, we still have to go to the Chinese medicine hospital."
"Yeah!" Yang Xiaoxue put on her backpack, said hello to Zhou Huaian, and left with Fang Zhiqiang.
Yang Chunyan looked at the two of them and felt that Zhou Huaian was the best. As long as the two of them were together, he would never let her carry the basket and let him fight empty-handed.
Zhou Huaian locked the bicycle and said to her, "Yan'er, let's go see if Third Uncle has left?"
"Okay!"
The three of them went to the Chinese medicine hospital together. When they arrived at the ward where Zhou Dahe was staying, the door was already closed.
Zhou Huaian leaned over to the glass window and took a look. "Everything is gone. Third Dad and the others may have gone back early in the morning."
"We went back too."
The three of them turned around and went back to Desheng Hall. The Zhou Huaian brothers packed up their things, said goodbye to Dr. Wang and his grandson, and prepared to leave.
Wang Zhen came out and stopped the three people, and took out a bamboo basket from the clinic, "Brother Zhou, these are fruits sent by my friends, you can have a taste too."
Yang Chunyan glanced at the bamboo basket and saw the yellow fruits on it. They were actually milk mangoes, which were obviously grown on the tree. Thinking of the golden and delicate flesh and the sweet and sour taste, she swallowed involuntarily, "How can I bear to have so many?"
She remembered that in her previous life, no one had planted milkgrass!
Zhou Huaian saw that the bamboo basket was full of watermelons and other fruits with rich aromas. "That's right, just take two to try."
Wang Zhen smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, Sister Yang, these fruits are not valuable. If you don't want them, I won't want the mushrooms and meat you gave me in the future."
"Yes! After eating so much from you, a little fruit is nothing!" Doctor Wang said with a smile, "Xiao Zhou, Xiao Yang, don't complain about it, take it!"
"It's not too little, it's not too little!" Zhou Huaian picked up the bamboo basket, and Yang Chunyan put the watermelon and fruits into the backpack. "Thanks, we'll go back now."
"Walk slowly!" Wang Zhen took the bamboo basket, thought for a moment and said, "This is a new variety of mango that the research institute has just cultivated. It's called Rumang. After eating it, bury the pits and use them as seeds."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan realized that it was a newly cultivated variety. No wonder the county did not promote its cultivation until the 1990s.
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian hung the backpack on the back seat and put the bamboo basket on the chicken bus, "Third brother, let's go."
Zhou Huaishan took out the pork belly and buns from the bamboo basket and handed them to Zhou Huaian, "You two go ahead on your bikes, I'll push the chicken cart behind you."
Zhou Huaian took out two buns and said, "Take two and eat them on the way." Then he took out another fifty cents and gave it to him, "If you see a tractor, you can take it back."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaishan took it and put it in his pocket, then pushed the chicken bus and left.
Yang Chunyan and Zhou Huaian rode past Zhou Huaishan who had left earlier, and when they passed the grain and oil shop, they said, "Huaian, we have pork belly, and we have some lard residue from the last oil refining. I'll go see if you need tickets for the flour. If not, I'll weigh some and bring it back to make buns."
Zhou Huaian nodded, "It's more cost-effective to make them yourself. Without food coupons, it costs 12 cents a piece."
Yang Chunyan jumped off the car and went to the grain and oil store. After asking, she was told that white flour without food coupons cost 25 cents per pound. She weighed ten pounds and carried them out. "I weighed ten pounds, and one pound is seven cents more expensive."
"Ask me for some food coupons next time." Zhou Huaian took the money and put it in a backpack. The two of them got in the car and headed out of the city.
The road from the county town to the bridgehead was all downhill, and Zhou Huaian and Yang Chunyan got there without much effort.
After crossing the bridge, Yang Chunyan looked at the gentle slope on the west side of the bridge and said, "Huaian, the slope is too long. I'd better get down!"
She used to ride a bicycle to sell herbs and often took this gentle slope. It didn't look very high, but the uphill road was too long. It was a bit difficult to climb it alone, and it still took some effort to carry someone up the slope.
"I underestimated your man. This gentle slope is nothing. I climbed it without even taking a breath."
"You are awesome, let me see how you get up there."
"Huff, huff!" Zhou Huaian started panting when he reached halfway up the slope.
Yang Chunyan jumped off the bicycle neatly while he was slowing down, "Ride faster and wait for me on the slope."
Zhou Huaian also got out of the car, looked at her and smiled awkwardly: "It's mainly because you slept too late last night. I promise to take you up next time if you sleep well."
Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Fool, why are you trying to be brave in front of your wife?"
Zhou Huaian said with a playful smile: "You are so capable, I have to work harder too. What if you despise me and don't want me anymore?"
"What a smooth talker!" Yang Chunyan walked straight up the slope.
An hour later, the two men returned to the village and just walked to the brigade headquarters, they saw Zhou Huaixing coming out of the brigade headquarters with a radio in his arms, looking proud, followed by a few villagers who were looking at him curiously.
Zhou Huaixing saw Zhou Huaian and wanted to show off, and then he saw that the bicycle he was pushing was much better than his own:
"Oh~ The youngest has become rich now! He even rides a bicycle. But, I think your bicycle looks like a post office bicycle?" Zhou Huaixing pretended to be distressed and looked at Zhou Huaian, "Youngest, stealing a bicycle..."
"Shut your stinky mouth!" Zhou Huaian interrupted him unceremoniously, "I bought this with real money. You can't afford to pay for ruining my reputation by saying such things!"
"Youngest brother, you are becoming more and more outrageous. I am your eldest brother, who are you going against?"
"Don't act like a big shot in front of me. If I piss you off, all your good deeds will be ruined. Don't blame me!"
Zhou Huaixing's face turned green with anger after hearing this. "What did I do wrong? Tell me, if you can't tell me, you are just jealous of me!"
"Huai Xing!" Chen Limei called him and looked at Zhou Huaian with disdain, "Why are you wasting your breath with this kind of person? Let's go to the agency store to buy some soda!"
Yang Chunyan sneered, "Sister-in-law! What you said is a bit unpleasant to hear. My Huai'an never steals, robs, or cheats. What kind of person do you think he is?"
Chen Limei paused, then took Zhou Huaixing away.
Zhou Huaian looked at Yang Chunyan with sparkling eyes, "Yan'er, hurry up and get in the car. Let's go home and cut a big watermelon to eat!"
Yang Chunyan: "Soak it in the well for a while, it will taste much better than soda."
"Haha!" Zhou Huaian gave her a thumbs up after hearing this, "My wife is really knowledgeable."
(End of this chapter)
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