Lu Zhiye nonchalantly asked, "Does your family dry so much every year? Can you eat it all?"
Da Zhuang looked unhappy: "Not only my mother dries the fruits in the sun, but my grandmother does too. If we can't sell all the fruits at the market in three days, we take them home to eat.
I ate dried vegetables all winter last year. My mother even put dried vegetables in her Chinese cabbage stew!"
"Then no one will change?"
"Hey, our brigade has a spring flowing down from the mountain, and it's backed by a big river. Every year there are plenty of wild vegetables and mushrooms. Every household dries them, who would want to use it?"
Seeing that he was struggling to push the cart, Lu Zhiye lent him a hand and asked casually, "Then your team must have a lot of mountain products!"
Da Zhuang nodded repeatedly: "A lot. In addition to storing cabbage and radishes in our cellar, the rest are mountain products, pine nuts, chestnuts, black fungus, dandelions, and we also have a lot of small river fish!"
Lu Zhiye smiled and didn't say anything more. Dazhuang didn't need him to ask any more questions. His mouth was like a machine gun, selling out everything he had.
"Okay, just leave it here. Someone from our family will come and take it back home in a while."
Da Zhuang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Do you want me to deliver it to you?"
Lu Zhiye shook his head: "Go back and call your mother, I want to take all the remaining dried vegetables in your house!"
Da Zhuang opened his mouth in shock: "My dear, big brother, I don't want to frame you either. With so much food, I'll have to wait till the end of time!"
Lu Zhiye patted his shoulder and said, "Go talk to your mother!"
Da Zhuang walked away, looking back every few steps, feeling worried.
Seeing that there was no one there, Lu Zhiye threw the things into the space.
He took a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep puff.
I kept thinking in my mind that this lady is also a capable person.
Since Da Zhuang said that his family dries the dried fruits every year, they still have quite a few. If they can't sell much at the market, why do they still dry them every year?
It seems that this lady is a very brave person and must have gone to the black market often.
Before Lu Zhiye finished smoking his cigarette, he saw Da Zhuang's mother running towards him at a quick pace.
Even Da Zhuang behind her couldn't catch up with her.
Da Zhuang's mother grabbed Lu Zhiye's arm and gasped heavily.
Lu Zhiye was afraid that she would run out of breath and suffocate.
"Little boy, is what our Da Zhuang said true?"
Lu Zhiye did not answer her question immediately, but asked with a smile: "I wonder what price Auntie gave on the black market?"
Da Zhuang's mother didn't dare to breathe heavily at this time, and her face turned red.
She didn't know how the young man in front of her knew that she was selling things on the black market.
There was a flash of panic in his eyes, but he pretended to be calm and said, "What black market? I only sell it at the market!"
Lu Zhiye looked as if he had seen through her and whispered a few words into the old lady's ear.
Da Zhuang's mother's eyes lit up, and then she asked suspiciously, "Really?"
Lu Zhiye smiled: "Of course!"
When Da Zhuang arrived panting, pushing a cart, he saw his mother pacing back and forth as if she had suffered a stroke, mumbling something.
Suddenly his mother slapped her thigh and said, "Go!"
She pulled Lu Zhiye's arm and pushed him onto the cart: "Sit on it, let Dazhuang push you!"
Lu Zhiye looked at Dazhuang, who was a head shorter than him, and touched the tip of his nose speechlessly.
Da Zhuang looked as if he had seen a ghost: Mom, am I still your most beloved son?
Finally, Lu Zhiye strongly requested that he could just walk there!
The old lady had no choice but to get on the cart herself: "Da Zhuang, let's go!"
Lu Zhiye: ………
Looking at Dazhuang who was pushing the cart with great effort, Lu Zhiye felt sympathy for a moment.
Judging from Da Zhuang's submissive look, he must have done this many times.
If he had known this would happen, he would have sat on it himself!
We finally arrived at the aunt's village.
There were a few old ladies sitting at the entrance of the village: "Hey, Lotus, who is this? The young man who is dating your second daughter? He's quite handsome!"
"That's right. Look at his height and strong muscles. Your daughter is so lucky!"
Several people spoke without any scruples.
Da Zhuang's mother spat: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
She turned to Lu Zhiye and said, "Ignore them. It's easier to talk to them normally."
Of course Lu Zhiye wouldn't care.
When he arrived at Dazhuang's house, Lu Zhiye's eyes flashed with surprise. Dazhuang's house had six rooms.
Even in their village, Captain Lu's house only has five rooms.
It seems that this lady's family is quite powerful.
The old lady took Lu Zhiye to a locked room first. When they opened the door, they saw bags full of dried vegetables stacked there.
There were still quite a few dandelions piled up in the corner, and it looked like they hadn't been put away in time.
Then he took Lu Zhiye to the cellar. Looking at the ladder at the entrance of the cellar, Lu Zhiye guessed that their family must go down to the cellar often.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a ladder placed here.
"Look, young man, these are all the mountain products we picked, pine nuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, everything."
Lu Zhiye used the light of the flashlight to look at the neatly arranged cabbages, sweet potatoes, radishes, etc. on the other side, and couldn't help but admire them.
"Okay, I'll take them all. Tonight, you guys send them to the back hill, and I'll arrange for someone to pick them up."
Aunt Lotus was delighted: "OK!"
"How about packing me 50 kilograms of these vegetables?"
The old lady looked at the direction of Lu Zhiye's finger and slapped her thigh: "Oh, I thought it was something else. This is grown in our family's private plot. It's free. I'll install it for you!"
Lu Zhiye smiled happily: "Thank you very much! You know the rules of the black market."
"Of course! Don't worry! It's already noon, don't leave, eat at my house! I'll ask my daughter to kill a chicken!"
Just as Lu Zhiye was about to refuse, he heard the old lady say, "You've saved me a lot of effort. If you don't eat this meal, I won't feel at ease!"
Since others have invited him so warmly, Lu Zhiye couldn't refuse.
Auntie Lotus' family probably lives better than other families, so they are willing to use more oil when cooking.
The taste is also very good.
During the meal, the two older daughters of Aunt Hehua both had blushing faces and buried their heads in the food, not daring to look at Lu Zhiye at all.
The second daughter in her family was bolder and thought of joking with outsiders: Your mother brought a handsome boy and wants to arrange a marriage for you.
She raised her head slightly and looked at Lu Zhiye, who was eating slowly with his eyes lowered.
Her heart was pounding, she had never seen such a handsome man before.
Her every move was graceful, and the occasional response to Da Zhuang's voice was very charming, making people's ears warm and unable to help but want to take a second look.
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