Dachao took the kettle from the old lady and asked carefully, "Auntie, are you okay?"
His heart was beating like a drum. Oh my god, I hope this lady won't blackmail me.
The old lady rolled her eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "It's okay! Fortunately, I'm lucky, otherwise I would have been scared to death or choked to death!"
Dachao heaved a sigh of relief, smiled innocently and asked again: "Auntie, why are there so many people here?"
"Last year's harvest was not good, so no one was willing to buy food. But this year we have some extra money. I thought I would buy some food and keep it at home to eat slowly."
The old lady turned her head and glanced at their tractor, and said, "Are you buying this as a group?"
Dachao nodded repeatedly: "Yes, no matter how many people in our village need, let us be responsible for purchasing them all."
The old lady's eyes rolled and she looked at Dachao with even more loving eyes.
She patted Dachao's arm and said, "Young man, I want to discuss something with you. Is that okay with you?"
Dachao's heart suddenly became alarmed. Why did he feel that this lady had bad intentions?
He waved his hand and said, "I am just a laborer. He is the one in charge here. You can ask him."
The old lady looked in the direction that Dachao pointed, and her eyes lit up when she saw Lu Zhiye for the first time.
Wow, such a handsome boy, I wonder if his family has arranged a marriage for him.
Looking more closely, all three of them are good-looking, and she happens to have three daughters!
Her fiery eyes successfully attracted the attention of several people.
The old lady twisted her body and rushed to the front of the tractor. She smiled and said, "Young man, I heard that you are the one in charge?"
Just as Lu Chuan was about to nod, Lu Yong patted his chest and said, "What's the matter, Auntie? What's the matter?"
The old lady rubbed her hands and said quickly, "I have something I want to discuss with you.
If a group wants to buy pears, they can go directly to the team leader, provided that the quantity desired by a village exceeds 6,000 kilograms.
See if you can count me as one of your villagers. I'll give you the money, and when you leave, you can just take mine out separately.
This way, we don’t have to wait in line here.”
The old lady looked embarrassed, fearing that these young men would not agree.
Lu Yong's eyes lit up and he jumped down from the car: "Why didn't you tell me earlier, how much do you want? Let me calculate whether our village has enough for 6,000 kilograms."
The old lady happily handed over the money: "I want fifty kilograms!"
This year, their family has many strong laborers, so they have saved a lot of food. They can buy more and send some to her parents' home later.
Lu Yong took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket and began to calculate with his fingers laboriously.
In the end, Lu Zhiye couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the paper and started calculating.
"Thirty households asked for 80 kilograms, ten households asked for 100 kilograms, and twelve households asked for 50 kilograms. Everyone at the educated youth site asked for 50 kilograms.
The total is 5,500 kilograms, plus our family's 100 kilograms and Auntie's 50 kilograms, there is still a shortfall of 350 kilograms to make 6,000."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old lady's eyes rolled around and she ran over to pull a few aunts over.
"We need fifty kilograms."
"We need 80 kilograms."
"And my family needs 70 kilograms."
The three aunts spoke at once, but they were still short of 150 kilograms.
Several young men in the car quickly said: "Our family will add ten kilograms."
Lu Zhiye nodded: "I'll add fifty kilograms."
Lu Yong looked at his brother, but he didn't say anything. He was so anxious that he patted his chest and shouted, "We will add 50 kilograms too."
As soon as he said this, the old lady clapped her hands and said, "Okay, hurry up and go find the captain and the others."
Lu Chuan looked at his silly brother and was speechless. His family had already asked for 100 kilograms, and if they asked for another 50 kilograms, he would not be able to save enough money to marry a wife...
However, when they arrived at the entrance of the pear garden, the captain of Dali Village saw them, straightened up and said, "You are from the same team, right?
We don't have many pears this year, and there are many people who want them, so we can't be picky. Do you want to?
If you like, drive the tractor in and we will arrange for someone to load it for you."
Lu Chuan and his companions looked unhappy, but they were not allowed to pretend or choose. Aren't they the ones who have the final say on what kind of pears to give them?
"Hey, can I still cheat you? Everyone is really doing it to save time."
The captain of Dali Village clapped his pipe so hard that it made a clanging sound. He was sure that they would have to buy pears from their village.
After all, there is only one team growing pears in every ten miles of the surrounding villages.
Oh, there is another one, but I heard that it was not planted and the pear orchard was abandoned. The fruits are sour and astringent.
The shape was not good either, and over time the pear orchard became abandoned.
Lu Zhiye did not miss the gleam in the captain's eyes.
He pulled Lu Yong, who was about to argue, aside and said with a sullen face, "Our village asked for 6,000 kilograms. Even now, it is rare for the entire brigade to ask for so much.
Otherwise they wouldn't have stopped there and queued up obediently.
Captain, we won't beat around the bush with you. We want the fruit to be above average.
If you don't agree, or if the ones you install for us are all crooked and broken, then we won't be willing to do it.
Although there are no fruit orchards nearby, we have a tractor. If we go to a few more communes, we can always buy one.
If you agree, we will drive the car in and you can load it.
If you don’t agree, that’s fine.”
The captain of Dali Village blinked his eyes several times, looked at the branch secretary or accountant next to him, and after a long time he nodded and agreed.
"Okay, I'm just giving your team some face, you can leave two of you here to watch us perform.
We agreed on six thousand kilograms, it can’t be less…”
When Lu Chuan and his companions heard what the captain said, they realized that the conditions that the old lady had mentioned earlier were probably sent by the captain.
Even if they want 5,000 kilograms, the captain will still rush to load it for them.
Lu Chuan did not listen to the captain, but personally brought three people to watch there.
Lu Yong looked around and found that there was nothing for him to do, so he pulled Lu Zhiye and walked out of the Pear Garden.
"This side is close to the mountain. I heard there are more things on the mountain than where we are. Let's go up the mountain and take a look around."
Lu Zhiye was thinking about something in his mind, so he just followed him up the mountain.
Lu Yong muttered as he walked, "Last year when we came here, we met a woman with a lot of cunning schemes. Do you remember her?
I don’t know if she’s married yet, but please don’t run into her again.”
Lu Zhiye was about to say: Shut up your crow mouth...
When I turned around, I heard a surprised voice.
Lu Yong turned around and saw several girls squatting by the stream at the foot of the mountain, washing clothes.
A girl stood up and waved towards the two of them with a smile...
Lu Yong: What bad luck!
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