Chen Tan smiled and said to Yu Hongying, "Aunt, I was going to the county to buy some candied lumps today, but I didn't have enough tickets, so I only bought brown sugar. I'll go again tomorrow. I'm sorry to trouble you on this journey, so please make sure to padded up."
Yu Hongying was also a smart person. Of course she understood that what she said was not just directed at her, so she agreed loudly.
"You are too polite, giving money and food. You can tell my aunt and Qin Li to rest assured. This road is built so that you can walk with your eyes closed without falling."
"Aunt, you guys are so kind, I can't be stingy. I'll come back to deliver water in the evening. I'll be back first."
"Go back, go back, go uphill slowly."
Before Yu Hongying finished her words, the young women who were watching the fun all ran over.
"Aunt Hongying, I'll do it this afternoon too. Don't forget to write it down for me."
"Aunt Meng, there's me too. I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I'll come too."
Chen Tan, walking up the hill, looked back and saw that people are selfish.
The money that was sent to their home was mostly taken away by the housekeeper's mother-in-law. Since they didn't get any of it themselves, it didn't matter whether they were grateful or not.
But this brown sugar water is different, it can actually reach their stomachs.
In the afternoon, the road was repaired much faster.
Chen Tan took advantage of the time when work was almost over and sent down three bottles of brown sugar water.
The next day, she got up early, took out two jars of frostbite cream from the backyard, weighing a total of 20 kilograms, put them in two baskets, covered them with vegetables, tied them to both sides of the bicycle, and went to the county.
Li Qiong happened to be waiting outside the yard, intentionally or unintentionally. After a few polite words, he and her each carried a basket and went into the house.
"I have a bag of lard candy here. It's made in our factory. No receipt is required. If you don't mind, take it home and have some."
When she heard that no tickets were needed, Chen Tan's eyes sparkled, "Sister, are you selling it? I want to buy ten kilograms."
"Sell it, come on, I'll take you to the factory."
Li Qiong changed into work clothes, carried the basket of agarwood on her back, and took her to the factory.
Before he reached the door, a smell of blood hit him in the face, and Chen Tan frowned.
After following him in, I saw the internal workshop, which was quite neat and clean.
Li Qiong was in charge of the finished product packaging. She led Chen Tan to find the leader who made lard candy and bought ten kilograms for Chen Tan at the internal price.
Looking at the big bag of candy, which only cost six yuan, Chen Tan asked for another twenty kilograms, not because he wanted to eat it, but mainly because it was cheap.
The leader's wife has been getting close to Li Qiong recently. She said she wanted to buy some facial masks but couldn't find any. He didn't want to sell so many to Chen Tan because it would be against the rules.
But for the sake of his wife, he had no choice but to agree.
Chen Tan went home happily carrying thirty kilograms of sugar.
When she reached the brigade headquarters, she happened to run into Fang Yuting looking for her. "Xiao Tan, I've sorted out the books. You can move them back by yourself."
"Sister Yuting, you are so kind," Chen Tan handed her a pound of lard candy wrapped in oil paper from the basket, "I just bought it in the county, it's delicious."
"No, eat it yourself."
Fang Yuting waved her hands in disdain. Her family had no shortage of food, and she went to school in the provincial capital, so she had plenty of money to spend. She usually ate milk candy, and she looked down on this greasy thing, so she didn't take it.
"Oh, don't be polite. How can I have the nerve to take your books if you don't want them?" Chen Tan forced them on her and put the two bundles of books she had tied up into his basket. "I'll go back first, Sister Yuting."
"This little girl is quite sensible." Fang Yuting went back with the lard candy.
After arriving home, Zhang Lirong was angry because she gave Chen Tanshu a gift, but when he saw her bring back a bag of candy, his expression improved a lot.
"Is this really given by Chen Caihua?"
"Yes, she thanked me for lending her the book." Fang Yuting opened a candy, put it in her mouth, and nodded after chewing it. "Not bad."
Zhang Lirong also ate one. "That little girl, I think she's quite cunning. Don't let her fool you."
She always felt that the girl had bad intentions when she approached her daughter.
"Mom, you think everyone is a bad person. What could she possibly be deceiving me about?" Fang Yuting demanded angrily. "Before, whenever I approached Qin Li, you stopped me, saying he'd never make it big and would be a farmer his whole life. Now, I'm getting closer to the people around him, and you're accusing her of deceiving me. Do you look down on Qin Li and think everyone around him is bad?"
"You damn girl, I'm doing this for your own good, but you're not willing to die with him!"
When Zhang Lirong thought about Qin Li's identity being exposed one day and eating peanuts, she wished she could send her daughter to the end of the world so that they would never see each other again.
Fang Yuting didn't want to argue with her mother anymore, so she turned and went into the bedroom, lying on the bed and crying.
Chen Tan came back early today. She took out six pounds of lard candy and gave it to Meng Wenwu, asking him to distribute it and send the candy syrup over later.
There are sixty or seventy people working today, and the speed is faster than yesterday. They have already reached the foot of the hillside.
Each of them was given three lard candies. The sweet and greasy candies brought a satisfied smile to everyone's face when they ate them.
When Chen Tan returned home, Qin Qiuniang was making breakfast. Chen Tan went over to help and talked about the lard candy.
"Grandma, I'll work with them this afternoon to build the uphill road into steps. It will be more convenient for you to walk down the mountain."
Qin Qiuniang disagreed with her going to work, "Talk to your aunt and tell her not to do it, it's tiring."
"I'm well again and can work."
The main thing is that she wants to build the road with landslides on both sides and steps in the middle. She will supervise the construction herself so that she can feel more at ease.
"Okay, just don't tire yourself out."
After the two of them finished breakfast, Chen Tan cleaned up the house and went to the backyard to make scar removal medicine.
After the medicine was prepared, he returned to Qin Li's bedroom and opened Fang Yuting's book to read.
She kept them all from junior high school to high school, and they also included her notes, which were clearly written.
She read it carefully and basically remembered it all.
She needs to find math, physics and chemistry questions to practice. She will have to wait until Fang Yuting starts school, and then she will find a way to get her to send them to her.
In the afternoon, she changed into old clothes and went downstairs with a hoe on her back. After telling Meng Wenwu about her idea, Meng Wenwu was embarrassed.
"Girl, the brigade has run out of broken bricks. Unless we use good bricks, we have to buy them with money."
"Uncle Meng, can you help me see how many bricks I need? I'll go buy them."
Chen Tan thought about the thick, sticky mud on her feet when she went downhill after the rain, and she was willing to spend the money.
"It will cost at least 5,000 bricks to build this road all the way to your door. You buy 5,000 first. If it's not enough, we can buy more."
"Okay." Chen Tan returned to the mountain and told Qin Qiuniang about this.
Qin Qiuniang agreed with her approach and immediately gave her fifteen big unity notes and asked her to go to the brigade headquarters to find Shi Wenju.
Chen Tan didn't want it, saying that the deposit Li Qiong gave her and the money Qin Li gave her were enough.
Qin Qiuniang pinched her little nose and put the money into her hand, "Little fool, that's your private money, you keep it, and Qin Li should pay for it."
"Okay." Chen Tan put the money into his pocket and rode out on his bicycle.
She went to the brigade headquarters to find Shi Wenju, talked about buying bricks to pave the floor, and also gave him two pounds of lard candy.
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