The island can now be considered a small town, although it is not as prosperous as the towns outside, it has everything it needs.
So now everyone is starting to pursue a better life, and money has become a necessity.
After all, most people don't earn much, only ten to thirty yuan a month, which doesn't amount to much over a year, so they try to earn as much as they can now.
Half an hour later, people started arriving one after another, carrying corn on their backs.
Xiang Wanwan settled the accounts, and Wang Sao weighed the items.
"Auntie, you have 150 jin here, it's 30 yuan in total, please take the money."
Xiang Wanwan handed the woman the change she had prepared in advance.
The woman took the money, her eyes crinkling into slits with joy. "Thank you, thank you! I was just thinking of growing some food for myself, but I never imagined I could exchange it for money right at my doorstep. No wonder people say that labor is the most glorious thing!"
"Thirty yuan is more than a month's salary for my husband."
The people in line behind couldn't contain their excitement when they saw that it really could sell for so much money.
When it was the second person's turn, Wang Sao glanced at the long line behind her and quickly weighed herself.
"Two hundred and thirty catties."
Xiang Wanwan noted down the weight and then quickly calculated the bill, "Auntie, it's forty-six yuan in total."
She had just finished counting the money and reached out her hand when Aunt Sun hurriedly came out from behind, holding a handful of corn and saying, "Wanwan, there are stones in this corn. Whose is this?"
Xiang Wanwan glanced at the woman in front of her and withdrew her hand from the money.
Upon seeing this, the woman covered her face, not daring to look at them: "Well, I accidentally mixed some pebbles in when I was drying them. I didn't have time to remove them, so I just left them like this."
Aunt Sun looked at the woman and recognized her at a glance.
"Luo Yuzhen? This is yours?"
When her name was called, she felt even more ashamed: "Okay, I'll charge you less, forty will do, I'll take forty."
Seeing this, the people in line behind all crowded to the front to watch.
"Oh dear, so many pebbles! It's obvious they were deliberately mixed in to make it heavier when weighed."
"They're so greedy. They're already doing a good job of buying corn at a high price, yet they still try to take advantage of this."
"The woman surnamed Luo is always trying to take advantage of others. I bought vegetables from her before, and she sprinkled a lot of water on them just to increase their weight."
The murmurs grew louder and louder, and Luo Yuzhen was so ashamed that she dared not raise her head.
If I had known they were going to inspect it, I wouldn't have added the pebbles.
Xiang Wanwan smiled slightly and looked at Luo Yuzhen: "Sister-in-law Luo, I can't accept this corn. You should take it back!"
Luo Yuzhen suddenly looked up and said, "Why won't you take my money? I already told you I'd charge you less."
"Besides, it's normal for there to be a few pebbles in corn. I just had a few more, it wasn't intentional, so what!"
"No, you have to take mine today."
She went through so much trouble to transport it here; it weighed over 200 pounds. There's no way she'd take it back!
This year she harvested 300 jin of corn, more than her family could possibly eat. Now that a pig farm is finally buying in bulk, she couldn't possibly miss such a lucrative opportunity.
As soon as Sister Sun heard Xiang Wanwan say she wouldn't accept it, she immediately turned back and dragged out Luo Yuzhen's more than 200 jin of corn, which she then piled up in front of her.
"Look at this! It's full of pebbles, and you still say it wasn't intentional!"
"It's obvious that you hid it in there on purpose. I wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't poured it out."
Aunt Sun put her hands on her hips. Wanwan asked her to check the grain. If she accepted all of these, wouldn't she be betraying Wanwan's trust?
Therefore, this kind of corn would absolutely not pass her test. (This chapter has been read. Please click to continue reading the next chapter!)
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