But Pei Yang reacted faster than her. He took out a cigarette and handed it to the other party, smiling and saying, "Uncle, are you from the same village as Uncle Guo?"

The other person took the cigarette and held it under his nose lovingly.

The rural people all smoke leaf tobacco that they grow themselves, and it is rare to smoke a cigarette like the one sold in the city all year round.

While sniffing the cigarette, the other party replied to Pei Yang, "Yes, I am also from Hongxing Village. The apples from my family are no worse than those from Uncle Guo's. If you don't believe me, come with me and take a look now?"

“No hurry.”

Pei Yang used his lighter to light the cigarette for the other party, and then asked the other party what price the vendor in front of him charged.

The man smoked and curled his lips, "The boss is only willing to give five points."

Pei Yang laughed when he heard this, "To be honest, we also charge 5 cents."

"What? You guys charge 5 cents too? Didn't Uncle Guo say this morning that you charge 8 cents?"

"It was Uncle Guo who made a mistake. I bought apples from him last night and he agreed that they would be five cents."

The man looked at Pei Yang, then at Uncle Guo, "It's not eight points?"

Uncle Guo nodded honestly, "It's not eight points. I'm old and hard of hearing, so I misheard it."

"Five cents then I won't sell it."

After saying that, he turned and left.

After the man walked away, Grandpa Guo asked Pei Yang: "Young man, that apple..."

"Still follow last night's price, but tell others it's 5 cents."

"Oh, good!" Uncle Guo was overjoyed.

Seeing that the fruit vendor’s car would not leave for a while, Pei Yang asked Lao Zhu to lock the car door, and went to see Uncle Guo’s apples first and have lunch at the same time.

Uncle Guo’s house is at the entrance of the village. It is a mud house like Shen Mingzhu’s mother’s house, but it is more dilapidated and has a thatched roof.

Nowadays, rural families with slightly better conditions all use kapok tiles or gray tiles to cover their roofs.

Those families who still use thatched roofs are all in particularly difficult circumstances.

The Guo family has quite a few people, including two sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren, a total of about ten people.

Including Pei Yang and the other three, there was not enough space at one table.

The two daughters-in-law could only eat in the kitchen with their children.

The Guo family has several children, the youngest of whom is still in primary school. No wonder Grandpa Guo works so hard to go to the city to earn money.

The staple food is yellow flour steamed buns, and the dish is a large pot of pork stewed with vermicelli.

There were mostly vermicelli and sauerkraut, with only a few slices of pork. However, given the Guo family's financial situation, it was a rare treat to have these few slices of pork on the table.

Shen Mingzhu was not very hungry. She ate half a steamed bun with sauerkraut and put down her chopsticks.

After dinner, the women of the Guo family cleaned up the dishes, and Uncle Guo and his two sons took Shen Mingzhu and others to the cellar to look at the apples.

The cellar was built about two meters underground, with an area of ​​about ten square meters, and twenty or thirty baskets of apples neatly arranged.

There were about twenty baskets of bright red, plump, good-quality fruits, and the rest were inferior fruits of varying sizes or with blemishes on the skin.

After looking at the good fruits, Shen Mingzhu picked up a few inferior fruits and held them in her hand.

Uncle Guo thought she wanted to eat some, so he immediately said he would give her a basket.

Just give it to him, but he still said, "It's for the animals to eat anyway."

Shen Mingzhu: “…”

Thank you.

…

After returning to Guo's house, Shen Mingzhu asked Pei Yang to wash some inferior fruits and cut them into small pieces with a knife for tasting.

Except for a few that are smaller in size, the taste of most inferior fruits is no different from that of good fruits, and some even have higher sugar content than good fruits.

Uncle Guo was stunned by the question, but his eldest son responded quickly, "Sell it, boss, you name a price, I'll sell it if you pay."

Shen Mingzhu was not familiar with the market either, so she thought for a moment and said, "Name a price, and I'll take them all if it's suitable."

Uncle Guo held his two sons in the corner and whispered for a long time, and finally gave Shen Mingzhu a number.

"Two points."

Shen Mingzhu agreed without hesitation in her heart, but on the surface she imitated Uncle Guo and pulled Pei Yang aside and whispered for a long time before giving the yes.

"Okay, two points. I'll take them all."

One thousand kilograms of inferior fruit only cost 20 yuan, but for Grandpa Guo's family it was unexpected wealth, enough to pay the tuition for his youngest grandson next year.

Uncle Guo was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He immediately asked Aunt Guo to borrow some tea leaves to make tea for Shen Mingzhu and the others.

The villager whom Auntie Guo went to borrow tea was the one who had chatted with Pei Yang before, named Li Tiedan.

Upon learning that Auntie Guo had borrowed tea leaves for Pei Yang and the others, Li Tiedan could not help but scold them, "You are just a bunch of black-hearted bosses. You still made tea for them. What a waste of my tea leaves!"

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Auntie Guo was grateful to Shen Mingzhu in her heart, so she couldn't help but defend her after hearing this, "Nonsense, they bought 80% of my apples, and even took the inferior ones, how can they be so unscrupulous?"

Li Tiedan sneered, "Auntie Guo, you are dreaming. I asked them when they arrived and they said it was five cents. Your old man must have heard it wrong."

Hearing this, Aunt Guo stopped lending the tea and turned around and ran home.

…

Shen Mingzhu didn't eat much at noon, but she couldn't stop eating the sweet and sour, juicy apple.

Pei Yang saw that she was enjoying the meal, so he took a piece as well.

He Tao and Shen Chaobei stood together and chatted with Uncle Guo and the two brothers of the Guo family.

Aunt Guo rushed into the room, stopped, glanced at Shen Mingzhu and the other three, and walked up to Uncle Guo with a cold face.

"Old man, let me ask you, what is the price of our apples?"

Uncle Guo replied: "Eight points."

Aunt Guo was stunned. "Why did Tiedan say five points?"

"Oh, I was just kidding..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Tiedan's loud voice came from the door -

"Uncle Guo, you are not kind. You usually come to borrow things and money. When have I not borrowed from you? You hide the benefits for yourself. Is there anyone like you?"

Looking at the angry Li Tiedan, Uncle Guo's old face turned red.

"Tiedan, calm down. I was wrong. I will apologize to you..."

Li Tiedan's anger could not be calmed down by Uncle Guo's words, "Hmph, stop it, if you have any problems in your family in the future, don't come to me again!"

After saying that, he left angrily.

Mrs. Guo came to her senses at this point. She regretted causing trouble and couldn't help but blame her husband, "What a fool you are! Why did you lie to him? Is there anything you can't say?"

Boss Guo was a sensible person, so he stepped forward and advised, "The vendors outside charge five cents, but we charge eight cents. If the villagers find out, they will all come over. What do you want the two bosses to do?"

Aunt Guo glanced at Shen Mingzhu and his wife and said nothing.

Fearing that things might get more complicated the night went by, Pei Yang made an immediate decision and asked the Guo family to move the apples to the truck outside the village entrance and weigh them to load them.

…

Led by Grandpa Guo, the group had just stepped out of the Guo family's doorstep and were about to go to the cellar to move the apples when Li Tiedan led a few villagers and came towards them in a mighty manner.

Pei Yang pushed Shen Mingzhu back to Guo's house immediately and closed the door.

Shen Mingzhu looked at the tightly closed wooden door. Before she could come to her senses, she heard a strange question coming from outside the door: "Uncle Guo, I heard that your boss charges 80% for apples. Is that true?"

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