At the dinner table, Mai Juncai was very curious and asked Mai Xiangdong:

"Dad, what kind of way did Third Uncle find to make money? Is there any problem with his sudden big spending?"

"Did his uncle help him arrange it?" Mai Liangcai guessed.

Mai Xiangdong frowned: "Yeah, I was so happy just now that I forgot to ask. I'll go to Lao San's house after dinner."

"Dad, I want to go too." Mai Juncai said quickly.

"And me, I'm going too." Mai Liangcai also stepped forward to join in the fun.

They are all family, so Mai Xiangdong did not refuse.

As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang, and maybe the third one can even help the third one think about something.

......

On the other side, Mai Laosan was feeling heartbroken.

He felt a little reluctant to give away so much food at once, and they were all the finest rice, not the bad kind.

But since there was a living ancestor in the family whom he could not disobey, he could only bear the pain and pretend to be generous.

After a while, Mai Hongcai came back.

The three of them ate a big pot of white rice with the fragrant pheasant, scrambled eggs and fried eggplant.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Mai Lao San's heartache was healed without any medicine. He patted his round belly and sighed:

"How happy life would be if we could eat meat like this every day!"

Mai Hongcai immediately took over the conversation, saying in a flattering manner: "With me here, days like this are easy to come by.

Sister, don’t you think so?

Mai Sui nodded: "That's right!

Besides, this is not a good day.

As long as you are obedient, there will be better days waiting for us in the future."

Mai Hongcai immediately said, "Sister, I will definitely listen to you!"

Mai Lao San also came over and asked, "Girl, are we going into the city tomorrow?"

"Of course! There are still many things missing at home. I only have two sets of clothes to change back and forth. I have to buy two more sets at least."

"Sister, I want to buy new clothes too!"

"Okay, as long as the money is enough, I'll buy you one."

Mai Laosan was not interested in new clothes, he just wanted to buy some good cigarettes and wine to enjoy himself.

"Okay, buy them all!"

Mai Sui is very generous to her subordinates, otherwise no one would work for her.

Just as the three of them were imagining the future here, Mai Xiangdong and his two sons suddenly came to their door.

He also sent a basket of vegetables to Mai Lao San, including eggplants, cucumbers, potatoes, etc., all of which were grown at home.

Although the land is public, every household in the countryside has one or two acres of private land.

The vegetables we eat at home all year round are basically grown by ourselves and we rarely buy them outside.

This is the time when vegetables are ripe in large quantities.

Sometimes when villagers cannot finish their food, they can take it to the commune market and sell it for a few cents, which is also a source of income.

After Mai Xiangdong sat down, he didn't beat around the bush with Mai Lao San and asked directly, "Lao San, what on earth did you go to the city for today?"

Mai Laosan still trusted his eldest brother Mai Xiangdong very much, and his two nephews were not outsiders, so he told them everything.

"Brother, you didn't see it, as soon as I took out the chicken, everyone went crazy and wanted to buy it.

In less than ten minutes, five chickens were gone, and I easily made more than twenty dollars.

If I had known this, I would have taken more prey. I think we could sell all ten of them. The people in the city are just like us, they all crave meat."

Mai Laosan spoke with great joy, as if he had reached the pinnacle of his life and become a millionaire.

Mai Juncai and Mai Liangcai were also very envious when they heard this.

They can earn twenty yuan in less than ten minutes, but they work in the fields every day and can't even earn twenty yuan in a month!

No wonder everyone wants to go into the city, this city is really full of gold!

Uncle San’s family is really going to become rich!

Mai Xiangdong's face was filled with worry: "Third brother, you are engaging in speculation and profiteering. If you are not careful, you will end up in jail."

Mai Lao San didn't take it seriously, waved his hand and said, "Brother, you know Lao Ding from the next village, right?

He has been doing this business for many years and nothing has ever happened to him.

How am I worse than Lao Ding? If he can do it, why can't I?

Don't worry, I will be careful and will never be caught."

How could Mai Xiangdong be assured? He asked again: "Where did you get these prey?"

"I caught it in the mountains. Otherwise, could it have fallen from the sky?"

Mai Laosan acted like a big shot and kept telling lies.

"Just you?"

Mai Xiangdong knew Mai Laosan very well, and he would never believe this even if he was beaten to death.

"Third brother, it's not that I look down on you. From childhood to adulthood, you are only good at taking bird eggs. You have never caught a living thing."

Mai Lao San failed to show off, touched his nose awkwardly, and said reluctantly: "Mai Sui caught it."

"Wheat ears? What's going on?"

Everyone's eyes instantly fell on Mai Sui, filled with inquiry, suspicion, and disbelief.

Mai Sui could only bite the bullet and explain: "It's just luck. I can't catch it every time."

Everyone thought about yesterday's wild boars and rabbits, plus today's pheasants. This is not just ordinary good luck, it's simply incredible!

Mai Sui shrugged helplessly.

The strength is there, there is nothing I can do.

In the end, Mai Xiangdong did not agree with Mai Laosan going to the black market, and asked him to take the goods to the commune market to sell, which was allowed by policy.

But the commune market only opened once a month, and by the time the market opened, the day lilies were already cold.

If Mai Laosan had been so obedient, he would not have been known as an idler in the village.

Mai Xiangdong couldn't convince Mai Laosan and thought, the prey is hard to catch anyway, Mai Sui was lucky today but he may not be lucky every day, so he just let him be.

I just told him to be careful.

If he was caught by the Red Sleeves Soldiers, he could only pool some money with the Fourth Brother to redeem him.

We are brothers, we can’t just watch the third brother go to jail.

Seeing this, Mai Lao San became more aggressive and said, "Then I will take another day off tomorrow and you can lend me your bicycle.

Oh, and please lend me your scale. I didn’t prepare anything today, so I’m using someone else’s.”

Mai Xiangdong: ...

"You haven't caught any prey yet, why are you asking for leave? You are not allowed to do so!"

"How can I go hunting in the mountains without asking for leave? No, I must ask for leave! If you don't agree, I will just skip work."

"..... Then Hongcai is not allowed to ask for leave. The village is now trying to recruit double guns. There are three of you in your family, so one of you must go!"

"Okay! Then Hongcai will stay!"

Mai Hongcai: .....Why am I the only one who got hurt in the end?

This time Mai Laosan learned his lesson. In order to minimize the impact, he and Mai Sui went out before dawn.

Since the villagers didn't see Mai Laosan riding his bike out with their own eyes, there were fewer people gossiping about him.

But the people who worked with Mai Hongcai still discovered that Mai Laosan and Mai Sui were missing.

Mai Hongcai could only lie and say that his sister had a headache and his father took her to see a doctor.

Everyone didn't believe it at first, but when they saw that Mai Hongcai had changed his usual lazy attitude and was working very seriously.

It is obvious that he is trying to get ten work points.

Everyone started to speculate: "It seems that Mai Sui is about to die this time. Look how upset Hong Cai is."

"This is a huge change for the family. I have to be sensible."

"When Hongcai's mother died, Hongcai was just born and didn't remember anything. This time his sister is seriously ill, so his feelings are naturally different."

"Alas, Mai Sui is such a pitiful child."

Mai Hongcai: I am the most pitiful one, okay!

My sister said that if I didn’t get ten work points, I wouldn’t be able to eat meat. I cried my heart out.

Woohoo…..