"What's wrong?"
Lin Boyu asked weakly, Dad, I’m scared when you talk to me like this!
"Take ten eggs to Xiaopang's house early tomorrow morning." Lin Anru ordered: "Deduct them from your share."
Lin Boyu: ??o·(? ??????????? )?o·?
He only ate five eggs in a month, and you took away two months' worth of his food in one go. Woohoo!
When he lived in the old house, he had no eggs to eat. It was only after he made money in the new house that my sister and I suggested adding eggs to the family diet that he had eggs.
He hasn't even taken it for a month and has to stop taking it for two months.
"A real man shouldn't cry like that. It's so disgraceful." Lin Anru looked at his son with disdain, but the child in front of him was his own child after all. No matter how much he disliked him, he still had to continue educating him.
"Based on the size of your stomach, you should have eaten enough. You must have eaten at least a basket of lychees, right?"
Lin Boyu thought about it and realized that it was almost two small baskets. Although his sister also ate some, she only ate a dozen or so, which meant that he ate up all two small baskets.
"Do you know how much a basket of lychees sells for?"
Lin Boyu shook his head.
"According to the basket at home." Lin Anru pointed to a small basket not far away. "One basket weighs about five pounds, and it costs about fifty coins."
Not to mention Lin Boyu, even Lin Shiyu's eyes widened.
This is ridiculously expensive.
It sounds like ten yuan for a pound of lychees, but the purchasing power of one cent here is completely different from that of one yuan today.
But when I think about it, the lychee production and planting volume at this time are not high, so it doesn’t seem to be a problem if the price is a little higher.
"This price is not expensive. You know, if you sell it outside, people will buy it for one or ten taels of silver."
Lin Anru was not exaggerating. The lychees from their production area are so expensive to transport outside.
Lychees are not long-lasting, so they need to be washed with ice water and ice cubes during transportation to prevent them from spoiling along the way.
The cost of ice alone is very high, and the farther it is transported, the more expensive it is.
"You ate something so expensive, so what if you gave me ten eggs?"
Lin Boyu lowered his head and said that he had made a profit, but it felt like he had lost money.
"Dad, take ten of my share too. I ate a lot too."
It was all her fault. She always thought that no matter how expensive the fruits from their place of origin were, they couldn't be that expensive, so she didn't stop her brother.
And she can eat an egg every other day, so if you take out ten, she still has five left!
“No, no…”
"Okay, you have to take ten too."
Lin Boyu and Lin Anru's voices rang out at the same time.
"Dad is telling you, don't be reluctant to part with these ten eggs. No matter how valuable something is, it's better than owing someone a favor!"
Today, their dinner time was extended indefinitely, and for the first time in his life, Lin Boyu received the so-called "human relations" education.
Early the next morning, the brother and sister came to Xiaopang's house carrying a basket.
But when they got there, they didn't see Xiaopang.
"Xiaopang and his father went to watch the show, you can go find him there directly!"
The village chief's wife spoke to them with a smile, and fearing that they didn't know the way, she went out to point them in the direction.
The two men thanked the village chief's wife and headed towards the litchi forest.
"Little Fatty, Little Fatty!"
As the two got closer, they started shouting, and soon Xiaopang's voice was heard coming from inside.
"Here it is! Here it is!"
"Why are you here?"
"Why are you here?"
As soon as they met, two voices rang out at the same time.
"I heard you like eggs, so my dad asked us to bring some eggs over for you to eat."
Lin Shiyu handed him the basket in her hand. Of course, the reason couldn't be that she was afraid of owing someone a favor by eating his lychees. It would be so hurtful if she told others about it!
Xiaopang scratched his head embarrassedly and took the basket.
Xiaopang's father kept winking at him, but Xiaopang pretended not to see.
He chatted with his friends happily and ignored his father.
"Since you want to watch the show, let's go back first. We'll go out and play next time." Lin Shiyu said goodbye first.
"Are you going back so soon? Play for a while longer!" Xiaopang still wanted to chat with his friend and tried to persuade him to stay.
"Yes, let's play for a while longer!" Xiaopang's father also said.
"No, no, I have a lot of things to do at home, so I'll go back first."
Lin Shiyu refused again.
"Wait a moment, I'll pick some lychees for you to take back."
"No, no, we'll go first."
When Lin Boyu heard the word litchi, he immediately became anxious and ran away with Lin Shiyu.
After the two of them walked away, Xiaopang's father slapped Xiaopang directly on the head.
"You accepted something so valuable? Didn't you see that Dad was giving you a look?"
"I thought there was something wrong with your eyes." Xiaopang said and immediately moved away from his father.
"Hey! This kid..."
…
"Lychees are indeed valuable. People in Xiaopang's family take turns to check on them every day, day and night, for fear that the fruits will be stolen."
As soon as Lin Boyu came back, he ran to his father and looked at him with admiration.
I was a little unconvinced at first, but now I am completely convinced.
Xiaopang’s father really has “bad intentions” and his father is really good at predicting things.
"Think carefully before accepting anything someone gives you in the future."
Lin Anru only said this one sentence and didn't say anything else. He had said everything he needed to say last night, and besides, his son couldn't understand it now.
In the blink of an eye, it was the busy farming season.
For the first time, Lin Shiyu understood the meaning of the saying "a farmer's livelihood depends on the weather."
Harvesting is hard work, but what is even harder is drying the crops after harvesting.
There is no problem when the weather is good, but the thing I fear most is bad weather.
The weather in June changes so quickly. It could be sunny just one moment and pitch black the next.
So every day someone would shout in the threshing ground, "It's going to rain, come and harvest the rice!"
As soon as this sound is heard, the villagers become busy and panic. If they are slow, half a year's harvest will be ruined.
In just about ten days, Lin Anru and Lin Boyu, father and son, became more than one degree darker due to sun exposure.
As for the weak duo of Liu and Lin Shiyu, they were ordered to do some light work at home, which was not a big change compared to the past.
"Pooh!"
When Zhang saw Liu's appearance, she felt jealous.
No matter how much Lin Anxiang likes her, she still has to go to the fields during the busy farming season, and now she is completely tanned.
Her originally beautiful face has become much duller due to the darkening of her skin. How could she not be jealous as she is proud of her beauty?
"Don't pay attention to her, Mom. Let's eat more while there are fewer people around."
As Lin Shiyu spoke, she grabbed a piece of meat and put it in her bowl.
There was meat in the bowl, which was picked by her daughter. With Zhang's distorted face, Liu felt that the meat tasted even better.
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