Luo Chunlei was of sound mind. The first thing he did when he arrived at Lin Ye's house was to ask Lu Wanqing for the ointment.
Luo Hao applied the cool, refreshing ointment, and the pain immediately disappeared. He marveled at how amazing the ointment was and insisted on putting it in his pocket.
Upon seeing this, Lin Ye rushed forward to snatch it, saying, "This was made by my wife, she didn't say it was for you!"
Lu Wanqing found it amusing and took his hand. "Aye, since he's already used it, let's give it to him. I'll just make another box."
Lin Ye thought about it and felt that his wife made a good point, so he generously said, "Take it. Anyway, it's unhygienic since you've used it."
Luo Hao was furious. Was he being rejected? So what if he has a wife? Now he knows how to be hygienic. I wonder who ate with snotty, greasy hands when they were kids.
However, considering that he had treated him to hairy crabs, he decided to save face for him and not bring up those embarrassing childhood stories.
"Tomorrow is the weekend, and Teacher Du's father will send a car to pick up hairy crabs. This is the last time I'll treat you to one," Lin Ye suddenly said during the meal.
Luo Hao pursed his lips. "I said, why are you being so kind, even calling Kunkun over? Kunkun, eat as much as you want. If you're still hungry, I'll have your Uncle Lin go to the field and catch some more."
Kun Kun clapped his little hands so enthusiastically. Watching the forest catch hairy crabs was a lot of fun, even more so than eating them.
"Don't listen to your second uncle. You can't eat too many crabs, or you'll get diarrhea. Don't worry, as long as the rice isn't harvested, there will be some crabs left in the fields." Lu Wanqing glared at Luo Hao, then spoke gently to Kun Kun.
Kun Kun is fair-skinned with clear, grape-like eyes; he is a very lovable child.
Seeing him reminded her of how adorable a child she and Lin Ye would be if they had one.
As for the rice, let's wait until after the autumn harvest and then ask Luo Hao and Luo Chunlei for help.
Yesterday, Lin Ye was picking sweet potatoes and got blisters on his shoulder, which made her very distressed. At first, she didn't know, but later when Lin Ye hugged and kissed her, her shoulder hurt whenever she touched it, and that's when she realized how badly injured it was.
She quickly found some ointment and applied it to him before allowing him to continue working!
The group ate and chatted, and after a hearty meal, Luo Chunlei carried Kunkun on his shoulders and went home with Luo Hao.
As Luo Chunlei left the hospital, he glanced back at the east side, where only a dim light was coming from a room. He wondered if he could do his homework in that light.
His learning conditions were always good. Aunt Luo would turn the kerosene lamp up very brightly while he did his homework, afraid that he would become nearsighted. With such good conditions, it's no wonder that his grades were better than hers!
What he didn't know was that once Lin Xiaocui had some money of her own, she wouldn't rely on the kerosene lamp at home. Instead, she bought candles, two for a penny. She didn't need to suffer. Moreover, she had decided to work hard and try to get a higher score than Luo Chunlei on the final exam.
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The next day was another sunny autumn day, and the fields were bustling with activity.
A sudden, sputtering sound immediately drew everyone's attention.
Du Wenbing brought several of his team members to collect crabs.
The crab collector was stunned when he first saw the crabs; he rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
"Wenbing, are you sure this comrade only wants six cents each?"
He often delivered crabs to state-run restaurants. These hairy crabs are especially popular in the city and cost three yuan a pound! Lin Ye's crabs, which weigh at least eight ounces each, only cost him six mao (0.6 yuan). He felt like he was losing out.
Before Du Wenbing could speak, Lin Ye interrupted, "Master, you've heard, haven't you? These are animals that your farm entrusted me to raise. It's not a sale, so I'm already very satisfied with the small fee you're giving me."
The workers didn't say anything more and started catching crabs with nets, since their own farm would ultimately benefit anyway.
Du Wenbing and Lin Ye were also busy and helped with the catching. They knew that there were 5,000 crab seedlings, and it wasn't something that could be caught all at once.
The people working in the fields craned their necks to look this way; if it weren't for their heavy production tasks, they would have come over to watch the excitement long ago.
Let's wait until we finish work before coming back.
Lin Ye wouldn't let them have their way. In half a day, he scooped out all the crabs and counted them. There were 4,562 of them.
Before everyone could join in the fun, Lin Ye told Du Wenbing to leave quickly.
There are still quite a few crabs left in the field; we'll just have to wait and eat them slowly later.
After finishing two pieces of clothing at home, Zhao Xiaolan insisted on coming to see the crabs, so Lu Wanqing had no choice but to bring her over.
"Ah Ye, they left so quickly?" Lu Wanqing greeted him with a smile.
Lin Ye is restoring the fishing nets along the edge of the field to prevent the remaining crabs from escaping.
"I was afraid they'd come over, so I quickly told Teacher Du and the others to leave. You don't know, those crabs were huge; they filled an entire tractor," Lin Ye chuckled.
He never expected that all 5,000 crab seedlings would survive and grow so big. The 4,000+ crabs were eventually sold for 2,737 yuan, and he generously rounded down the two cents.
When Elaine Chao saw the crabs, she happily poked them with a stick and had a lot of fun.
Just as the group was chatting and laughing, He Shujuan led a group of people over aggressively.
Walking up to Lin Ye, He Shujuan put her hands on her hips, trying to overwhelm him with her presence.
To her surprise, Lin Ye stood up and was much taller than her, causing her to lose her momentum.
“Lin Ye, the rice paddies you’re planting now belong to my family. You’ve also raised a lot of crabs. You should give me half of the money from selling them. And from now on, my family should get half of the rice from these fields!” He Shujuan said shamelessly, undeterred.
She had to use a lot of persuasion to convince everyone to come. She promised that if she could get half of the crabs in the field, she would share them with everyone.
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this.
They had all heard that Lin Ye's family raised crabs in their fields, and they had even secretly come to check on them at night.
At this time of year, other fields would be drained of water for harvesting. Only the fields in the woods still had about a foot of water.
They wanted to steal crabs, but they couldn't find any.
Lin Ye and Lu Wanqing are too stingy. They raised crabs but didn't even offer them to everyone.
He Shujuan was the most generous, willing to share the crabs.
Seeing so many greedy faces, Lu Wanqing didn't get angry but laughed instead. "The crabs were raised by the farm for us. They've already taken them away. If you want to eat them, you can buy them from the farm."
Lin Ye clenched his fist, glared angrily at He Shujuan, and said sternly, "Aunt He, you're so proud of yourself, inviting so many people here. Aren't you afraid that your own black heart will rot away?"
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