Chapter 439: She has to work harder to make money!
After hearing what they said, the old man felt very sorry but didn't say anything. He found a wooden stick and helped them load the pig into the car. After watching them leave, he took Niuniu and went home.
Originally, Wen Jiu thought it would be uncomfortable to sit with a pig, but now that it has really come to this, there is not even a trace of discomfort, and my heart is filled with emotion.
Life is really not easy for ordinary girls. They are bound by layers of shackles and constraints, and it is very difficult for them to escape their fate, which is much more difficult than for boys.
She has to work harder to make money!
Make yourself stronger so that you can help these girls.
Soon, Squad Leader Zhang took them to another nearby village, bought a pig, and had lunch at a fellow villager's home.
Although the food was simple, it was prepared with great care. If it weren't for squad leader Zhang's supervision, the fellow villagers would have cooked all the good things at home, for fear that the hospitality was not good enough.
After lunch, I bought two more pigs. The total cost of the four pigs was 420 yuan, and there was 80 yuan left for warming the wine.
When he was carrying the pig and was about to leave the village, he warmed up his wine and saw the lotus roots planted in the fields by the road. He thought for a moment and said, "Team Leader Zhang, why don't we buy some more lotus roots? Lotus roots stewed with bones are very delicious, and drinking them will warm you up in this cold weather."
Squad leader Zhang said, "That's a good idea, but I don't know whose lotus root it is."
Wang Ergou said nonchalantly, "Can such a small matter really stump you?"
"Just wait and see."
As he spoke, he put his hands on his left side to make a trumpet shape and shouted loudly: "Hey——"
"Whose lotus root is this?"
"We want to buy some lotus roots!"
"Whose lotus root is this——"
…
He roared like that about ten times, and immediately someone in the village came out to respond.
“My lotus root.”
"Wait a minute, I'll be there soon!"
"Okay, hurry up!" Wang Ergou stopped shouting when he heard someone respond. He turned around and looked at squad leader Zhang and said proudly, "How is it? Am I fast enough?"
Niu Tiezhu interrupted, "It's so fast, others are still taking off their pants and you've already shit."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Everyone else was amused, and Wenjiu couldn't help laughing along.
This description is quite accurate——
It's just a little bit ungentlemanly.
Wang Ergou kicked Niu Tiezhu and said, "I knew you were not going to say anything good! You said such nasty things when your sister-in-law is still here. Do you have any sense?"
Wen Jiu quickly said, "It's okay. I'm happy to be with you guys."
"You are all very—"
She thought for a long time before saying, "Soldiers have a sense of responsibility, mission, and duty. It is a blessing for everyone in the army to have soldiers like you."
Although they are cooks, the least prominent branch of the army, and many people think that they are just cooks and not soldiers, they still strictly hold themselves to the standards of soldiers, doing their duties conscientiously without any complaints, and trying every possible way to improve the food standards for everyone.
Niu Tiezhu scratched his head and asked, "Really? Why don't I feel anything?"
When squad leader Zhang heard Wenjiu's words, he turned his head and looked at her deeply.
At first, after hearing the messy, half-true, half-false gossip circulating in the army, he thought Wen Jiu was just a coquettish lady, but later he heard that she opened a shop, was doing business, and was on good terms with Lu Beiye.
He knew that warm wine must be good, otherwise Lu Beiye would not like it so much.
But after getting to know her, he had a deeper understanding of her character.
She is excellent.
She was the most thoughtful, intelligent and sincere woman he had ever met.
He might see many possibilities in her that he had never seen before. Thinking of this, the smile in Squad Leader Zhang's eyes deepened.
Try to stay for another three years!
He wanted to see what was possible in her!
Soon the owner of the lotus field came running over panting, carrying tools for digging lotus roots. As soon as he put down the tools, he said anxiously, "That's it. If you want it, just pay for it. I won't charge you."
"Take it back and feed it to the warriors!"
Squad Leader Zhang said directly: "If you don't want the money, then we don't want it. The army has regulations and we can't disobey them!"
Seeing them leaving, the fellow villager asked anxiously, "Then can't I just collect the money?"
As he spoke, he called out to the neighbors who had been called over to help dig the lotus roots, "Hurry up and help dig the lotus roots. What are you looking at?"
"Okay, okay!"
The others quickly rolled up their trouser legs and walked into the fields with shovels. In order to facilitate digging lotus roots, the water in the fields had been drained long ago. In addition, the temperature had risen due to the strong sun in recent days, and the soil in the fields had not frozen, making it very suitable for digging lotus roots.
Seeing that the villagers had all gone to the fields, Team Leader Zhang also took Wang Ergou and the other two with him, leaving some warm wine on the ridges while watching them dig.
Digging lotus roots requires certain techniques.
You won't know how to dig if you haven't tried it before. You won't be able to dig anything out and it's very laborious and easy to ruin it.
For example, Niu Tiezhu.
Everything they dug up was rotten.
This caused squad leader Zhang to curse angrily, "Did your eyes get blown out by a fart? Open your eyes and take a good look at what you have done to the lotus root? Go sit over there!"
Niu Tiezhu said aggrievedly: "How could I know that digging lotus roots is so difficult!"
The villager next to him said, "It's not difficult. Don't rush to dig mine first."
There is a skill to digging lotus roots. You have to dig down along the lotus leaf stems. After you see the lotus root, follow the direction of its growth. Don't just use a shovel to dig however you want, as that will cut the lotus root.
Niu Tiezhu looked for a long time and finally dug out the first complete lotus root of the day. He happily lifted it up and showed it to squad leader Zhang, "Squad leader, look, this is the lotus root I dug."
Squad leader Zhang smiled helplessly, "I saw you digging hard."
Wen Jiu felt that Team Leader Zhang was like an old father who was worried about his children alone. Every child was eagerly waiting for him to praise and feed them.
By the time they came out of the field, the sun had already set and was barely visible.
"Call me, brother?"
"What are you weighing? It's just this little. Give me five dollars and take it all." The host waved his hand very readily.
Squad leader Zhang said, "That won't work. We should still weigh it according to the market price. We can't break the rules of the army."
"Okay, okay, I'll go back and get the scale!"
The elder brother was helpless, and quickly went back to the village to find a scale to weigh the lotus roots. It was 86 jin. According to the market price of 0.15 yuan per jin, the total cost was 12.9 yuan.
When we warmed the wine, the elder brother was only willing to charge ten yuan no matter what, saying that the lotus root was still sticky with mud and he felt embarrassed to charge so much, and the others followed suit.
Finally, it was Squad Leader Zhang who threatened to punish himself before the boss compromised, but he only accepted 12 yuan.
After putting all the lotus roots into the car, the originally spacious compartment suddenly became a bit crowded. The pigs tied up with meat belly were grunting and pooping a lot.
Wang Ergou was so angry that he pinched his nose and cleaned up the shit with a shovel before letting Wenjiu get in the car.
In the dim sunset——
They returned home happily with a full load.
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