This time when they went to Sichuan Province, the journey was smooth because there were only two trucks driven by their own people. It was originally planned to take about 25 days to arrive, but they arrived in 20 days. When they arrived, they first went to the division headquarters in Sichuan Province to unload the supplies. While waiting for them to load the supplies, they still stayed in the guesthouse where they stayed last time.
Because they arrived five days earlier than expected, and without any leader or strangers following them, they planned to rest for a few more days in Sichuan Province and move freely.
Early the next morning, Chu Tian borrowed a bicycle from the guesthouse for fifty cents and headed towards the address left by Wang Long, the village chief. When he arrived, Chu Tian saw a middle-aged woman with a basket in the distance and hurried forward to ask.
"Auntie, is there anyone named Wang Long in your team?"
The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and asked in confusion, "Wang Long? That's my youngest son. Who are you?"
Chu Tian smiled and said, "I'm his friend, I have something to ask him..."
"Then come with me..."
Standing by a paddy field, a middle-aged woman shouted to several young men working in the fields, "Long Wa Zi, someone is looking for you!"
One of the men straightened up and looked towards the ridge of the field. "Mom, who's looking for me? I..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Chu Tian standing behind the woman. His eyes gradually widened and he quickly bent down to wash the mud off his hands and ran to the ridge of the field.
"Brother Chu, you, you're here!"
Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Did you receive the letter I wrote to you?"
Wang Long nodded, "Received, received, I have received quite a lot of goods..."
The middle-aged woman looked at Chu Tian in confusion and asked Wang Long in a low voice, "Long Wa Zi, who is he?"
Wang Long grinned, "Mom, this is the big brother who made our family earn money a few years ago."
The middle-aged woman's eyes lit up, and she quickly dropped the basket in her hand and held Chu Tian's hand with both hands. "Oh, nephew, you are really a great benefactor of our village!"
Chu Tian exclaimed "Ah" and looked at Wang Long in confusion, indicating that he didn't understand what she meant!
Wang Long smirked, "Brother Chu, you don't know. Because our village is close to the mountains, with few fields and poor people, many families can't find wives or build houses. But because you bought a lot of our dry goods that year, many bachelors in our village got married the following year, and several families also built new houses."
"So, the team members in our village all regard you as their benefactor!"
Chu Tian, "..."
The woman smiled happily and pulled Chu Tian to her side. "Nephew, you must not have eaten at this time. Come on, go home with me. I'll cook for you..."
"Dragon boy, don't forget to bring the basket."
"Oh, I understand."
"Auntie, I..."
Chu Tian staggered as the middle-aged woman pulled him. He opened his mouth several times to say that he didn't need it and that he wasn't hungry, but she interrupted him every time. He had no choice but to go to the other woman's house.
The few people still working in the paddy fields looked at Chu Tian being dragged away by Wang Long's mother in confusion. After they came to their senses, they looked at Wang Long on the ridge and asked loudly, "Wang Long, who is that? Why is Auntie so excited?"
Wang Long picked up the basket from the ground, stood up, looked at the people working in the paddy field, and said with a grin, "That's our God of Wealth!"
After saying this, he turned around and walked towards home, ignoring the few people who were standing there in a daze.
"Auntie, that's enough. Stop giving me food. You guys should eat too..."
Chu Tian looked at the pile of fried bacon in the bowl with an embarrassed look on his face. Wang Long's temper must be like his mother's. He was too enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that he could hardly bear it.
The Queen Mother waved her hand. "Hey, how come this little food is too much? My little grandson can eat as much as he wants! Nephew, please don't be polite! You've made my family so much money, and we are all grateful to you!"
Wang Long also grinned and advised, "Brother Chu, don't be polite, eat quickly!"
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Fortunately, the Queen Mother did not continue to give him meat, so he finally finished the food in the bowl.
After dinner, the Queen Mother waved her hand and drove everyone in the house, big and small, out, leaving only Wang Long and Chu Tian at home.
"Brother Chu, I received your letter ten days ago and started to absorb a lot of useful information."
Chu Tian took a sip of tea and suppressed the rice in his throat. "Well, what did you take? I can only stay in Sichuan Province for five days this time."
Wang Long thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "Brother Chu, come and see, I have piled them all in my warehouse."
Chu Tian followed Wang Long to his family's newly built warehouse. Looking at the space of about 30 square meters, which was filled with sacks, he opened a few of them and saw that they were filled with dried black fungus, day lily, tribute vegetables, brown sugar and other dried goods unique to Sichuan Province, as well as some smoked fish. He asked calmly.
“How much is this, roughly?”
Wang Long held up a finger and said, "Nearly ten thousand pounds."
Chu Tian nodded, "Then how much more goods can you receive in the next five days?"
Wang Long lowered his head and thought seriously. After a moment, he looked up at Chu Tian and continued, "I received your letter a few days ago and told a few brothers in the village who have a good relationship with me. They all notified their aunts and sisters who had married out of the village and asked them to collect the supplies in the village. They all said that each village could probably collect about 2,000 kilograms, and the total amount might be only about 20,000 kilograms..."
"It's mainly because the season is wrong now. If it were the same season as last year, or if we came a few months later, there would be more dry goods on the mountain..."
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "It doesn't matter, these are quite a lot!"
He thought that it was the wrong season, so the dry goods he received must not be much. It would be good if he could get about 10,000 kilograms. Who would have thought that he alone would receive about 10,000 kilograms...
Seeing that Chu Tian didn't mind the small amount, Wang Long chuckled and said, "Just as you said in your letter, I'll buy as much as I can! Besides, it's May now, and there are all kinds of fresh wild vegetables in the mountains. There's no shortage of vegetables to eat. Every household sells all their dry goods to me..."
Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Well, you are very capable. Then why don't you take the supplies back to the previous place to trade in the next two days?"
Wang Long nodded. "Well, I'll take the brothers and go gather the dry goods received by the various teams, weigh them, and send them to you!"
"At the earliest, we can send a batch tomorrow morning!"
"Okay, see you at the old place tomorrow morning..."
"Brother Tian, I'll take you..."
“No, no…”
Chu Tian refused Wang Long's offer to send him off, waved his hand, pushed his bicycle and headed out of the brigade. Along the way, he looked at the scattered paddy fields on both sides of the road. There were several people busy working on each small paddy field. He finally understood what Wang Mu meant when she said he was a benefactor. With such a small piece of land, it was not easy to have enough food and clothes, let alone marry a wife and build a house...
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