Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Unexpected fortune.
Mu Fugui opened his mouth wide.
These red fruits and green leaves are so familiar! !
He only dug one up once in more than ten years, a little way deep in the mountains.
Mu Mian was also very surprised that she could really find it. Even though she knew there was one in this area in advance, knowing it and digging it up were completely different feelings.
One is illusory, the other is settled, there is a huge difference between them.
The father and daughter squatted under the tree, excited together for quite a while.
Mu Fugui immediately hugged his daughter in his arms, "Our daughter is really special! She has such sharp eyes! How did you recognize her?!"
Mu Mian opened his mouth and said, "There is a picture in the newspaper, it looks very similar to me."
She didn't lie, it was really in the newspaper and there were pictures.
Mu Fugui's big eyes narrowed from laughing, and he held his daughter's head and moved it, "Hahahahahaha, that's why they say that smart people can make a lot of money!"
Perhaps he realized that his laughter was too loud, for the next second, Mu Fugui stopped laughing abruptly and looked around like a thief. After making sure that no one was around, he laughed softly again.
The suppressed, rough laughter inexplicably revealed a bit of silliness.
Mu Mian grabbed the small shovel next to him and handed it to Mu Fugui, "Dad, dig it out quickly!"
Mu Fugui quickly took it over, "Yes, yes, yes, hurry up and dig!"
As he spoke, he squatted on the ground and started to work. People tend to talk a lot when they are excited, not to mention that Mu Fugui himself is a very talkative person.
He was busy with his work, but he never stopped talking, "Dad, let me tell you, I'm quite experienced in digging ginseng."
"When your eldest brother was two or three years old, I found one. It must be at least fifty years old."
"The harvests in those years were not very good. It was all thanks to the ginseng. Otherwise, your brother wouldn't be as strong as he is now. If his body is deficient when he is young, it will be difficult to replenish it when he grows up."
"If he was as skinny as a stick, he would definitely not have been selected in the last conscription. I'm not exaggerating, but your brother was selected because of at least half of the credit given by your father."
Mu Mian chuckled, "Nothing from my mom and grandma?"
Mu Fugui hushed, "They are not here. If they are not here, they are gone. Only when they are here can they exist."
Mu Mian laughed out loud like a goose, but she was afraid that her father would dig out her whiskers, so she interrupted the topic and said, "Dad, stop talking and dig quickly!"
His legs were a little numb, so Mu Fugui stretched his body half-straight and said, "With your father here, you can rest assured. I guarantee that I can dig it out intact."
After a short while, half of the ginseng was revealed.
Mu Fugui was surprised, "This is not too old, probably about 30 or 40 years."
Mu Mian was a little money-grubber, "Then we are rich!!"
Ginseng of this year must be worth more than a hundred yuan.
Mu Fugui had the same expression, "That's it! I'm going to make a fortune!!"
After all, it is now morning. Although this place is far away, we can still rule out the possibility that someone will come over.
Although Mu Fugui likes to talk outside, he also knows what he can talk about and what he cannot talk about.
This is something that cannot be known to anyone. Making a fortune quietly is the best strategy. Shouting it out may cause people to become jealous, which is not a good idea.
So even though he keeps talking non-stop, his hands are moving pretty fast.
Not long after, the back half along with its whiskers was dug out intact.
Without taking the time to appreciate it, Mu Fugui picked up a handful of weeds and spread them in his daughter's small backpack, then put the ginseng in it and hid it tightly, "Let's go, let's go home!"
Before leaving, he didn't forget to fill the hole he dug.
They did not forget the poplar tree that had just been cut into two sections. One of them carried the tree and the other carried a backpack, and the father and daughter happily went down the mountain.
When they met neighbors on the road, they chatted and greeted them as usual. No one knew that the father and daughter had just made a fortune.
I can't tell outsiders, but I can't hide it from my family.
After arriving home, Mu Fugui threw the tree into the yard, grabbed his wife with one hand, put his arm around his mother's shoulder with the other, and led the two of them into the house.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were completely confused and bewildered.
Liu Shuangcui patted her husband and said, "What are you doing? You look so nervous. I haven't even finished pounding the corn yet. You're just wasting my time."
Mu Fugui chuckled, "Good news! Great news!"
As he said this, he ran to close the door tightly, then turned to his daughter and said, "Show it to your mom and grandma!"
Mu Mian's smile never faded. She reached into the backpack, took out the ginseng and held it in front of her mother and grandmother, "Look! My father and I dug it up!"
“Wow!”
"Oh My God!"
“This, this, this is…”
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law approached Mu Mian at the same time, one on each side, with the same expression of shock on their faces.
Liu Shuangcui opened her mouth wide, "Such a big ginseng?! Where did you dig it? Oh my God."
Zhao Meihua looked at Mu Fugui, "You didn't take Mian Ya to the mountains?"
Mu Fugui denied it again and again, "How is that possible?! Am I such an unreliable person? We dug it halfway up the mountain."
"Your eldest granddaughter has very sharp eyes. She saw the tall grass next to it at a glance!"
He still thinks his daughter is incredibly lucky.
Liu Shuangcui and Zhao Meihua, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, looked at the little girl as if she were looking at some gold nugget.
Liu Shuangcui even moved her hand on her daughter's head.
Zhao Meihua took the ginseng in her hand and looked at it carefully. "This is a big one. It must be quite old."
Mu Fugui smiled and said, "That's right, it's about the same size as the one I dug more than ten years ago, and it seems to be even bigger."
Mu Mian's head next to her was moved by her mother so that it became a little frizzy, but Comrade Liu Shuangcui still looked like she couldn't let go of it.
Mu Mian had to speak up, "Mom, what are you doing?"
Liu Shuangcui laughed happily, "Mom, please take advantage of my luck."
Mu Mian took her mother's hand off her head, and held her mother's hand with hers. "If you keep rubbing, your daughter will become bald. Then you will have a Mediterranean bald daughter."
Liu Shuangcui didn't understand, "What is Mediterranean baldness?"
Mu Mian stretched out his fingers and made a circle on his head. "There is no hair on the top of my head, but there is hair elsewhere."
Liu Shuangcui imagined what her daughter looked like, and then quickly smoothed out her hair.
That wouldn't work. Even though she was her own daughter, if she was really bald like that, she couldn't say she looked good against her conscience.
Zhao Meihua immediately hugged her granddaughter and said, "What a blessed one!"
Mu Fugui sat nearby and looked at the ginseng curiously, and asked, "What should we do with it? Should my mother put it away? Or should my wife put it away?"
"You have to keep it safe. If someone steals it, I'll be so angry that I'll die."
"How about hiding it on the beam?"
Zhao Meihua looked at her granddaughter, "Mian Ya found it, what do you want to do with it?"
Mu Mian thought for a moment and said, "Why not sell it?"
Anyway, everyone in her family is in good health and no one needs to eat this for nourishment.
Mu Fugui repeated, "Are you really selling it?"
Mu Mian nodded, "Didn't Dad say there are a lot of rich people in the city? If you sell it to a rich person, maybe you can get a bicycle ticket in exchange."
First of all, it would be much more convenient to have a bicycle at home.
Secondly, Mu Mian really felt sorry for her father, walking back and forth like this every day.
It’s okay in summer and autumn, but when winter comes, it’s really unbearable.
There is no work in the fields in winter, so the villagers can rest.
Her father was the busiest at that time. He didn't kill livestock every day, and most of the time he was looking after the livestock that were sent to him.
But it was different in winter. At that time, all the teams handed in their pigs, and the Chinese New Year was approaching, so every household was looking forward to buying some meat at this time.
It can be said that during that period Comrade Mu Fugui was really busy from morning to night. He would go out before dawn and return home after dark.
Sometimes they couldn't even come back and would just find a random place to stay in the slaughterhouse.
The third one is...
She wanted to requisition some money so that she could go to the county to buy things.
Mu Fugui didn't think so much. When he heard that his daughter wanted to exchange a bicycle ticket for him, the grown man was so moved that he burst into tears.
Mu Fugui: "Dad won't take it from you for nothing. Dad will keep the tickets for you, and let your mom keep the rest for you. When you grow up, you can take them yourself."
Liu Shuangcui: "Whether or not it can be changed is another matter."
Mu Fugui said affirmatively, "This is a rare commodity in the city, it will definitely fetch a good price!"
Finally, Zhao Meihua made the decision, "The eldest brother's wife should keep it for now and ask more questions before making a move."
Mu Fugui: "Don't worry, I'll do the job. I won't lose money."
He spent nearly a week asking around.
This day is Friday.
When Mu Fugui came back in the evening, he was full of joy. Mu Mian understood immediately and approached her father, "Dad, did you get it?"
Mu Fugui chuckled twice and said, "Go call your mother over, and let's go inside and talk."
Mu Mian ran quickly to the kitchen.
A minute later, the Mu family held a small meeting at the square table with the door closed for the second time.
Mu Fugui didn't keep the secret and said directly: "I exchanged it for a bicycle ticket, and there is still 230 yuan."
Mu Mian opened his eyes wide, "So many?"
Bicycle tickets are hard to come by now. A ticket may not be worth a hundred yuan, but it must be sixty or seventy yuan.
So these two things added up would cost at least three hundred dollars!
It was much higher than Mu Mian expected. She thought it could only be exchanged for about two hundred yuan at most.
Mu Fugui looked very proud, "Who is your father?! He has made some connections after working in the commune for a few years. The man is a deputy factory director and is very filial. He said that the old man in his family is in poor health, so he gave the money to replenish his body."
"Before, an old man tried to rip me off. He said he would buy it for 150 yuan. He thought I was a fool. How could ginseng of this year be worth only 150 yuan? It should be at least double the price."
Mu Mian looked at the bicycle ticket with curiosity, and compliments came out of his mouth easily, with a sweet little mouth.
Mu Fugui was a little confused by the praise, but he did not forget that it was his daughter who found the ginseng.
Mu
Fugui: "Dad will keep this ticket, plus this money, dad will keep a record for you, count it as 300 yuan, and give it to you when you grow up, or give it to you together with your dowry."
Mu Mian shook his head, "No, no, I need to support my parents."
Mu Fugui was a bit stubborn in this regard. "Your money is not needed to support the family. Don't think that you need money for food and clothing. It is your parents' duty to raise you. You should keep the money to yourself."
"When your mother and I grow old, it is your responsibility for you and your eldest brother to take care of us. You can't deny it even if you want to."
"When the time comes, I will bring your mom and grandma with me. I will live at your house today and at your eldest brother's house tomorrow. I will eat your food and drink your drinks."
As he spoke, his eccentric nature came out again.
Mu Mian wanted to say something, but Liu Shuangcui interrupted, "Listen to your father, but I can't give you the money now. I'm worried."
Mu Mian nodded. She knew that it was impossible for an eight-year-old girl to hold one or two hundred yuan in her hand.
Just as he was thinking this, Mu Mian suddenly paused.
Maybe this is really possible, for example...Shi Xiaolian.
If she hadn't told her mother and sister about the hundred yuan, there would be a seven-year-old girl in the team with a hundred yuan in her pocket.
But it's probably useless to carry it with you, and you'll have to take great pains to hide it.
Mu Mian was not very envious, because she also had her own small treasury, and those small golden melon seeds were quite valuable, and she didn't have to find a place to hide them.
If she doesn't tell anyone, who would know what's inside the box?
Thinking of his previous plan, Mu Mian raised his head and spoke boldly, "Can I requisition some first?"
Liu Shuangcui said with a smile: "How do you want to requisition it?"
Mu Mian: "I want to go to the county to buy some books and pens."
Fountain pens are not cheap. A good one costs nearly twenty yuan. If it weren't for this unexpected windfall, Mu Mian would never have asked her parents for one.
I really can't bring myself to say it, but she is indeed useful.
Mu Fugui was not surprised at all by his daughter's big words. Instead, he was very pleased. "Otherwise, she is going to go to college in the future."
Then he said cheerfully, "Buy it! How about this Sunday? The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, Dad will take you to the county."
Of course Mu Mian had no objection. Her father was really a very decisive gay man.
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The next day was Saturday, and Mu Mian was still looking forward to going to the county the next day, but her father had a big accident that night...
He came back on a bicycle, followed by a group of little boys chasing the bicycle.
Xu Lele was also playing in Mu Mian's yard at this moment. The little girl was jumping up and down, "Wow! Did Uncle Fugui buy a new bicycle?"
Mu Mian: "Well, my dad wanted to buy it before."
I just didn't expect it to be so fast. I just got the ticket yesterday and I rode back directly today.
It can be seen that her father has been thinking about it for a long time.
It's something he's been thinking about for a long time. Mu Fugui was riding his bike, smiling like a groom who was going to pick up his bride.
It's time to get off work.
A bicycle is a big thing, and the neighbors all came over curiously...
"Oh, it's Phoenix brand, how much is it?"
Mu Fugui smiled and said, "One hundred and fifty."
"Oh, that's not cheap. Does your Shuangcui agree?"
Mu Fugui opened his mouth and said, "My wife asked me to buy it. She felt sorry for me running back and forth every day. It was so painful in winter. I had frostbite all winter last year. I was itchy when I slept at night and couldn't sleep well every day."
Liu Shuangcui's eyebrows twitched as she listened in the room.
When the brothers Mu Xingwang and Mu Xinglong heard the news, they also came running over. It seemed that the men were obsessed with cars.
Mu Xingwang's usual calmness was gone. He kept touching the bicycle and seemed to be liking it very much.
Mu Xinglong was even more direct, "Brother, give me a ride for two laps. I have never ridden a bicycle before in my life."
Why is my eldest brother being so polite? !
Mu Fugui refused without hesitation, "No, what if you fall? Come on up, I'll take you for a spin."
Mu Xinglong smiled and said that this was fine as he was not picky.
Mu Fugui sat astride the bicycle and gave orders, "Fourth brother, sit at the back, and fifth brother, you sit on the horizontal bar."
The quality of this bicycle is very good, and there is no problem for a man to sit on the crossbar.
In the past, Mu Xingwang would have definitely refused, as he didn't want to follow his elder brother and his younger brothers in making trouble.
But today, under the temptation of the new bicycle, before his brain could react, he had already lifted his legs and occupied the position on the back seat with a "pop".
The three brothers left with the villagers who were watching the fun and went away. Mu Xinglong, a grown man, nestled in Mu Fugui's arms like a little wife. The villagers' eyes twitched at the sight.
As their biological mother, Zhao Meihua looked even more disdainful and went straight into the house.
The main idea is out of sight, out of mind.
Mu Fugui didn't ride for long. He put his two younger brothers down and picked up the children again. "Come on, girl, sit in the front."
Little Orange and Bone were jumping around, "Me, me, me! Uncle! We haven't sat down yet."
Mu Fugui ignored his nephews and waved to Mu Wan, "Boys, please sit at the back. Girls, please sit first this time. Come, Xiao Wan, sit at the back."
Mu Wan smiled and used his hands and feet to climb up quickly.
Mu Fugui: "Let's go, hold on tight!"
Mu Mian, nestling in her father's arms, held the handlebars of the bicycle tightly with both hands. It was quite novel at first, but after sitting for a while, she found that her butt was hurting.
Just when Mu Mian was thinking about whether to come down early, he saw Shi Xiaolian coming back from the mountain carrying a basket.
Speaking of which, their two families are really far away from each other, and she hasn't seen Shi Xiaolian for several days.
Mu Mian patted the handlebars and said, "Dad, put me down. I'm going to play with Shi Xiaolian for a while."
Mu Fugui: "Ah? You don't want to sit down?"
As soon as the car stopped, Mu Mian jumped down and said, "No, no, no, you take Xiao Wan back, I'll go back by myself later."
Then he ran towards Shi Xiaolian without looking back.
Mu Mian's eyes sparkled. What a good person!
Good man! !
One hundred dollars for three hundred dollars, it’s totally worth it! !
Shi Xiaolian had also seen the person a long time ago. She slowed down her pace a little, with a complicated expression on her face.
She finally realized that Mu Mian was really lucky.
Just now she heard a few aunties whispering that the bicycle ticket for Mu Mian's family was exchanged because Mu Fugui did a big favor for a city dweller.
It sounds enviable and makes sense.
But she guessed that it was not a big favor at all, and it was more likely that he would exchange it for ginseng.
It turns out that this person is incomparable to others. She searched for two months and still couldn't find it, but this person found it within a week.
Mu Mian ran fast and soon reached Shi Xiaolian, squeezing the crowd with a smile. If you didn't know, you would think they were as close as sisters.
Shi Xiaolian was helpless, "What?"
Mu Mian pulled the person along, and as he walked, he said with a low laugh, "Do you know where it is? Let's cooperate!"
As he spoke, he began to analyze, "Look, the power of two people is always greater than that of one, right? I have really good luck, and I'm not exaggerating. Everyone says so, and it seems to be true."
"It's not in vain that I heard the news. We'll split it fifty-fifty when the time comes!"
It makes sense and is very tempting, but...
Shi Xiaolian rolled her eyes into dead fish eyes and looked at Mu Mian dimly, "Do you think it's cabbage?"
She can't just have what she wants.
This was the only one she knew of.
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