"Thank you, Uncle. I really didn't consider myself an outsider."
Shu Aiguo chuckled and patted him on the shoulder heartily.
"Don't treat yourselves like outsiders, eat more! If you're not full, there's more in the pot!"
Even if Chu Yu made dog poop, a male peacock would still applaud her, let alone her excellent cooking skills. Her braised pork was delicious and her stir-fried pig liver was refreshing, so Dai Donglin naturally enjoyed his meal.
After eating and drinking his fill, Dai Donglin felt embarrassed to stay any longer. He had come to visit someone's home, and after lunch, he shamelessly stayed. Wasn't it obvious that he wanted to have dinner?
Shu Aiguo is from a poor family. It would be one thing to treat him to one meal, but to ask him to treat him to two more meals is shameless.
"Uncle, Aunt, thank you for your hospitality. We have things to attend to, so we'll head back now."
Dai Donglin got up and walked out. Shu Aiguo felt that it was unreasonable for someone to leave empty-handed, so he picked a basket of cucumbers and tomatoes and asked him to take them. Shu Aiguo's cucumbers and tomatoes were indeed delicious, so Dai Donglin did not refuse and put the basket on the back seat of the car.
“I’m leaving.” He was emphasizing someone.
Chu Yu's lips curled slightly. "Wasn't Comrade Dai here to inspect Shanguan Village? Why did he only inspect our family and then have to go back?"
"What? Comrade Dai is here for an inspection?" Shu Aiguo asked in surprise.
What else could Dai Donglin say?
"I've already checked out other places this morning. In any case, having a meal at my uncle's house this time means the trip wasn't a waste."
Liao Hongmei opened the door a crack to eavesdrop, and when she saw Dai Donglin, such a tall and handsome young man, come out of Shu Lao Er's house, her eyes widened in surprise.
"So? What did you see? Who parked that car in front of the second son's house?" Shu Jiandang asked in a low voice.
Liao Hongmei turned her head in a daze, unable to process this shocking news. The Shu family was poor and could hardly afford to eat. How could they know a Beijing resident who drove a four-wheeled vehicle?
She said that Du Chun'e had taken her husband and children back to her parents' home to avoid trouble, so there was no way that the tempting aroma of meat could be coming from there.
It really is the Shu family eating meat!
Who is this handsome young man that makes even a poor wretch like Shu Lao Er willing to buy meat to entertain him?
Liao Hongmei was filled with regret. If she hadn't had a falling out with Shu Lao Er, she could have joined in entertaining the young men right now, which would have been impressive. She might even have been able to introduce her daughter to him, encouraging her daughter to work hard and rise to a higher social status!
It's a pity that now it all benefits that little hussy Chu Yu!
When Shu Aiguo returned home, he placed Xiao Jiang under house arrest, ordering him to stay home all summer and not go anywhere.
Xiao Jiang felt wronged, and her eyes reddened. "I didn't go to the river. Zhao Dabao forced me to the riverbank. He said you stole his business, so he pushed me into the river!"
"What?" Shu Aiguo stood up abruptly, his face turning pale.
Before Comrade Dai arrived, he saw Zhao Dabao at the door. Zhao Dabao looked like he had seen a ghost when he saw him and ran home in a panic. Shu Aiguo found it strange, and now he realized that was the problem!
Every child in Shanguan Village knows how terrifying the Stone River is. People drown there every year, and even the best swimmers can't guarantee they'll make it back to shore. If you fall into the Xiaojiang River, you're guaranteed to die.
Zhao Dabao not only pushed Xiao Jiang into the Shihe River, but he didn't even try to save him. He just turned around and ran away after seeing him. This kid is rotten to the core!
Shu Aiguo picked up a pitchfork and was about to fight Zhao Qianjin, but Deng Fangping put down her work and followed him out.
The Zhao family weren't stupid; they probably realized something was wrong and that Shu Aiguo wouldn't let them off the hook, so they packed their things and disappeared.
Right now, there's an iron lock hanging on the gate.
Shu Hui shook her head. "As the old saying goes, a good neighbor is a treasure! Having a neighbor like this means you'll have trouble every day."
"You can run away from the monk, but you can't run away from the temple. I don't believe he'll never come back!"
Shu Aiguo plans to settle this score properly once Zhao Qianjin's family returns!
Chu Yu thought that once she made some money, she would persuade her second uncle's family to move to the city with them. Although life in the countryside was pleasant, she was afraid of encountering neighbors like the Zhao family, who would take a piece of land from her today and bully her tomorrow because no one was home. They caused a lot of trouble all the time, which was very annoying.
These kinds of people are like rats in the gutter; there's no need to waste your energy on them.
Aunt Tong dug up three hundred catties of night-shining sand from somewhere, and Chu Yu weighed it and gave her the money directly.
The original debt of over 9,000 jin has been settled. It was only a matter of about a hundred yuan, which wasn't much, but once it was settled, I felt relieved.
These days, it's mostly individual buyers, bringing in two or three hundred kilograms each time. Even if the herbal medicine purchasing station doesn't buy it, she won't lose much money. So she simply settles the accounts and is too lazy to keep a record. It's just a matter of two or three yuan; it's really not worth the trouble.
Aunt Tong was very happy to receive the cash. When she asked about Xiao Jiang falling into the water, she heard that Zhao Dabao and a few children from the village had pushed him. She scolded them severely and also helped Shu Aiguo spread the word about it so that everyone knew.
Even so, Okawa Niwa's family did not bring their child to apologize.
Chu Yu and Uncle Shu are both very capable of taking action.
Chu Yu would haul the loose pieces of Night-Shining Sand to Deyang every day, planning to sell this batch before going to Zheng Laojiu in Guanxian to wholesale quail eggs.
Two days later, Shu Aiguo also followed behind her with a handcart pulling a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) cart, helping Shu Hui and Deng Fangping with their business.
It was still dark when we set off, and we arrived in Deyang at just past six o'clock.
In Deyang, breakfast shops open at five o'clock, and by six o'clock the streets are already bustling with activity. Many people have come from the countryside to the market, and there are quite a few people coming and going to eat breakfast.
Following Chu Yu's instructions, Shu Aiguo set up the cart next to the pharmaceutical factory gate.
An old man across from me set up a fryer to fry dough sticks. I glanced up at him, then continued stretching the dough.
The cooked pork and eggs were placed in a large pot, and Deng Fangping carried them up by herself.
The round bucket that Chu Yu ordered from the blacksmith hasn't arrived yet. This pot was originally used by Shu Ai's family to steam buns, and it's the perfect size, so they'll just make do with it for now.
The coal stove was brought out to heat the meat.
The garlic was pounded into minced meat using a mortar and pestle, and some green peppers were chopped up and placed in the cart.
Chu Yu also pasted the handwritten calligraphy on the top of the glass cabinet, so that it would not obstruct the view but would let people know what it was selling.
Just as the stall was set up, a middle-aged man came out of the pharmaceutical factory.
The middle-aged man had messy hair like a bird's nest, wore baggy shorts, and slippers.
He walked straight to the fried dough stick stall, bought five fried dough sticks, yawned and was about to leave when he caught a glimpse of Chu Yu's roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) stall out of the corner of his eye.
The uncle glanced at it a few more times. Although there were more self-employed individuals in Deyang than in Rongtai County, they were still a minority. There were many people in the pharmaceutical factory, but it didn't mean that business was easy to do where there were many people.
In the first half of the year, vendors selling steamed buns, mantou, and vegetable pancakes set up stalls in front of the pharmaceutical factory.
The proprietress who sells steamed buns has hair so greasy it could smother flies, while the man can pick his ears and scratch his feet and then hand out steamed buns to someone with his bare hands.
The old lady who sells steamed buns has poor eyesight, and there are often dirty things like hair, pebbles, and insects in her buns. Also, her buns often taste sour.
The old man selling vegetable pancakes was kneading the dough when he actually took a sip of water, held it in his mouth, and then sprayed it all over the pancakes!
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