If you don’t fall tonight, we won’t fall!
"We brothers have no intention of prying into your privacy, but this is no longer private. You are still young and your hearts are easy to be taken advantage of. We brothers are doing this for your own good." Cheng Enyue checked the account operated by Liu Huabao.
Liu Qinghua and Liu He came into the house with red plastic bags, sweating profusely. They happily stood in front of their two brothers and opened the bags, saying, "Brother Yue, Brother Fan, these are fresh early spring bayberries, just picked from the trees."
Song Yifan leaned over to take a look and said in surprise, "Oh, bright red bayberries."
Liu He said, "Yes! Brother Bao said the two brothers were coming over, so we went to pick them right away."
Liu Yanqing stood behind Cheng Enyue and watched him edit the video. She said admiringly, "Brother, the video you made is as good as the VIP template you edited. You are amazing."
Liu Huabao finished mixing the chicken feed. His red plaid apron was stained with old and new chaff. He took it off and hung it on the door. He came out and said seriously, "Brothers, don't worry. We will definitely abide by the law, and what happened before will not happen again."
Liu He immediately raised two fingers and assured, "Please rest assured, brothers, I have changed. I will never cheat again, and I will not believe what anyone says on the Internet."
Liu Qinghua poked Liu Yanqing on the back, and he immediately jumped up. The two of them promised in unison: "Now we don't believe anyone except our brothers. Raise chickens with Brother Bao."
Cheng Enyue frowned and said, "Okay." The bayberry was too sour.
Song Yifan put down his phone, looked at them and nodded: "Okay, the past is the past, now you are all good kids, the brothers believe in you."
Cheng Enyue grabbed a handful of bayberries and put them in his hand, saying calmly, "More sunny days are good, and the bayberries are so sweet."
Song Yifan squinted his eyes and looked at him, "Really? Why do I find it a bit unbelievable?"
Cheng Enyue took one from his hand, put it in his mouth and chewed it for a few times, with no expression on his face.
Song Yifan put it into his mouth half-believingly, and the moment his teeth bit down, the sour taste spread in his mouth.
"Ouch! It's so sore!" The mask of pain moved to his face, and he patted Cheng Enyue's shoulder, "We are brothers after all! Let's be sore together, right?"
After saying that, he locked Cheng Enyue's shoulders from behind and stuffed one into his mouth.
Several younger brothers watched them quarreling with bared teeth.
The car slowly drove out of the village. Song Yifan said, "Let's go to town to buy some snacks and carry a few boxes of wine back. Li Xuran will not be able to sleep tonight unless he gets drunk."
Cheng Enyue changed direction and said, "Okay, I'll cook some good dishes for you tonight. The goal of the brothers is to get Brother Ran drunk."
Song Yifan said: "Brother Ran is a man from the Northeast who can drink a lot. Don't look back and he wasn't drunk. Instead, he made us all drunk."
Cheng Enyue said confidently: "That's impossible! Brother Xu has the best alcohol tolerance."
"Who's the worst?"
"Brother Lin!" Song Yifan couldn't help laughing. "Brother Xu told me about this. Brother Lin got drunk at his house during the New Year and completely blacked out."
The embarrassing incident was brought up again, and the brothers gathered around the dinner table and laughed.
Jiang Lin was unconvinced and said, "How about this, no one drinks beer tonight, I'll go get Uncle Li a can of fruit wine."
Song Yifan subconsciously glanced at Li Xuran, pursed his lips slightly, and then said, "Brother Lin, stop making excuses for your food."
Cheng Enyue added fuel to the fire tacitly: "Brother Lin, we will give you a chance to prove yourself tonight."
Jiang Lin was so excited that he rolled up his sleeves, stood up and urged Pei Xu: "Hurry up, come with me to your house to move the wine."
Pei Xu was pulled up by him and smiled dotingly: "Don't look back, you fell down again. From now on, you can only sit at the table with children."
Pei Zongli enthusiastically contributed three jars of green plum wine.
"I tell you, if you don't fall down tonight, I won't fall down either!" Jiang Lin confidently poured wine for everyone.
Pei Xu looked at him lovingly, then lowered his head and shook his head slightly, whispering: "You are an alcoholic who loves to eat and drink." Then he went to the kitchen to prepare some sobering soup.
"Brother Ran, I heard that people from Northeast China don't even bother using cups when drinking. This proves that you people from Northeast China can drink a lot." Cheng Enyue changed the bowl for him.
Song Yifan fanned the flames: "Pour more, Northeastern men can drink a lot!"
Li Xuran picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. The light yellow wine flowed down his neck and into his collar.
The brothers looked at each other, and everyone understood Li Xuran's mood.
"Good! People from Northeast China are really as good as their reputation, straightforward!" Xiang Chuzhe applauded.
Jiang Lin was very enthusiastic and shouted towards the kitchen: "Pei Xu, are you hiding from the wine? Come on!"
Pei Xu turned off the gas and walked over, teasing: "Let me tell you, the people who make the loudest noises are often the most incompetent ones, making a lot of noise but doing little!"
Jiang Lin poured him a full cup. "Brother Ran just drank a cup. This is a contest between northerners and southerners. What do you say?"
Pei Xu picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Then we definitely can't lose!"
Pei Xu picked up the full bowl of fruit wine and drank it in one breath.
"Good!" The brothers applauded and cheered, and the atmosphere in the place became heated.
There is no moon tonight, only brothers and strong wine are their companions. The boys are drunk, playing rock-paper-scissors and guessing numbers, and the fruit wine is gradually running out.
Li Xuran drunkenly looked at Xiang Chuzhe and Jiang Lin lying on the table, staggering and laughing: "How can you be a match for your brother Ran!"
Cheng Enyue supported himself on the edge of the bucket with both hands, lowered his head and made bursts of retching sounds towards the squat toilet, his face flushed red.
Before he could even swallow the peanuts in his mouth, Song Yifan fell drunk.
Pei Xu picked up a bottle of beer and knocked the cap off accurately on the corner of the table. White foam spilled out and he handed it to Li Xuran at random, saying incoherently: "South... The dispute between the North and the South is not over yet, come on!"
"Come on!" Li Xuran clinked bottles with him, and the two drank until about 3 a.m. When Director Zhou arrived, the boys were already drunk and lying on the table, and Cheng Enyue was drunk and passed out next to the washing machine in the bathroom.
The sun shone through the clouds, dappling the courtyard. Director Zhou woke them up one by one: "Don't sleep anymore. The police have already locked Pei Jiming's approximate location."
The young men woke up from their dreams and sat up, hurriedly washed their faces with cold water and forced themselves to turn on the computer.
After a whole morning of investigation and visits, the police found him on the stairs of a building in a village in the county town.
The teenagers leaned against the outer wall of the police station's reception room, and Chen Liting's crying voice clearly reached their ears.
"Where have you been these days? I thought you died outside!" Chen Liting beat his arm with tears in her eyes.
Pei Jiming, covered in dirt, sat on the sofa with his head lowered dejectedly, allowing her to vent her emotions.
The police officer called out, "Pei Jiming, come up and take a statement."
Chen Liting asked worriedly: "Comrade police, is our man going to be locked up?"
"Family members please wait in peace and do not interfere with our work."
Pei Xu called a few aunts to wait with her.
The thin rice noodles were boiled in water, topped with a spoonful of braised pork sauce and sprinkled with chopped green onions, and served to the teenagers' table.
Li Xuran's head was buzzing with a hangover, and the steaming food warmed his stomach and relieved his headache. He took a tissue and wiped his mouth, saying, "Brothers, if the police need me to return the stolen goods, I'll pay for it."
Pei Xu disagreed, "Brother Ran, if we have to pay for this, it should be from the company's public account. Don't take the responsibility on yourself. If you follow your logic, then I and my brothers should be the ones to operate the account."
"Brother Ran, the brothers have already discussed this matter last night. According to the principle of minority obeying majority, let's do it this way."
Li Xuran's gaze moved from Jiang Lin to Xiang Chuzhe. It turned out that spring with its warm weather, blooming flowers, and singing birds was so fascinating. His brothers brought him the warm branches of April.
Pei Jiming fell into the trap of investment fraud. He took advantage of the trust of his fans and defrauded more than 40,000 yuan in total, but later lost all his money.
Wang Xiuping happily took the brochure home, as if she had held an instruction manual for getting rich.
"Stop shaking! What's the point of taking care of a few boxes of bees all day? I've decided that we want to raise Xiayan chickens!"
Pei Yitian said without even looking up: "You are like a dog without a tail. You jump just like everyone else does."
Wang Xiuping stepped forward and fanned him on the back of the head with a brochure, "If you don't raise them, I will! Lijia Village has sold a new batch of Xiayan chickens today, and the price is high. Xiaoxu and the others have already received the subsidy. You'd be crazy not to seize this great opportunity!" After saying that, Wang Xiuping raised her foot and kicked him lightly.
Pei Yitian leaned forward, suddenly raised his head and touched his back with a frown, "Oh, did you get rich? You treat me like this."
The villagers actively responded to the policy call, and the number of breeders increased to more than 20 households, and the barren fields at the foot of the mountain in the village were planted with sweet potato seedlings.
The rain finally fell! The rain trickled down the brown-grey tiles, the wind and rain blew, the countryside was renewed, the branches full of mangoes swayed like wind chimes, and the pheasants hid under the trees and roosted in the shed to avoid the rain.
Liu Huabao stood at the door and watched. The wind and rain drifted in under the eaves, and the rain wet the threshold.
"When the rain stops, we have to pick bayberries and sell them tomorrow, otherwise they will all fall if it rains again."
The blade rubbed against the grindstone and made a rustling sound. Liu Shilu looked up and said, "I'll get up early tomorrow morning to mix the chicken feed. You can pick it after you feed the chickens."
The Xiayan chickens ran across the wet hillside and gathered to feed.
Jiang Lin was standing under a tree picking bayberries with a bamboo basket in his hand. His eyes were filled with red bayberries, which were quite fascinating. He said, "Why do I feel that each one is redder than the other?"
Liu Huabao carefully put the bayberries into the basket, looked in his direction and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, do you feel dazzled?"
"Yes." Jiang Lin's hands were stuck between the branches and leaves, not knowing where to start. "At first glance, I thought this one was more familiar, and then I looked at that one more familiar."
Liu Qinghua said: "Brother Lin is a bit like a monkey picking star fruits. This is what my mother always says to me." Everyone laughed.
Song Yifan asked: "Xiaobao, how much is a pound of bayberry now?"
"It's about four yuan. Our variety is not early waxberries, so it can't keep up with the high prices. Now it's the middle stage of waxberries' maturity."
Song Yifan shook the basket in his hand. After nearly an hour of picking, the red and juicy bayberries in the basket barely weighed one kilogram. He said helplessly, "So my hourly wage is only four yuan now. If I meet a customer who bargains, it will probably be three and a half yuan or three yuan."
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