Chapter 15
It was really expensive to send a telegram these days, 3.5 cents per word. Jiang Yao tried to be as concise as possible while making things clear, but it still had to be 20 words. In the end, it cost 70 cents to send the telegram.
Lu Che rushed to pay the money. It was difficult to refuse in front of the postal staff. When they walked out of the post office, Jiang Yao said, "You can't pay for this telegram. I'll give it back to you now."
"No need." Lu Che insisted on giving it himself. "You provide the source of the seeds, and I pay for the telegram. It's reasonable."
"..." If he said that, Jiang Yao had no way to refute him, so she could only suggest: "In the future, let's cooperate on this vegetable business. You can advance the telegram money and deduct it when the settlement is settled later."
"Okay." Lu Che was no longer shy and agreed readily.
The relationship has evolved from landlord and tenant to business partners, and they are no longer strangers along the way.
As long as she thought about the large vegetable garden of the Lu family and the many factories in the county, Jiang Yao was full of confidence in this road to wealth. However, she was still uncertain, so she asked Lu Che: "The factories in the county are all state-owned units. Will they look down on our private business?"
"Of course not." Lu Che was very confident about this. "I have delivered firewood to the state-owned factories in that area for several years. Every canteen director is worried about buying vegetables. Not to mention vegetables, they dare to buy meat if there is meat. Anyway, as long as the factory workers can eat well, they will do their job well. They don't care where the ingredients come from."
With his words, Jiang Yao felt completely relieved.
On the way back, they talked about the planning of the Lu family's vegetable garden and the plan to deliver vegetables to the factory canteen in the future. Jiang Yao then realized that although Lu Che was a firewood deliveryman, he was familiar with the canteen purchasers of the county's state-owned factories.
With his communication skills, it’s no wonder that his business will be successful in the future.
Because they were having such a good time talking, the journey back seemed to be shorter. When they were almost at the entrance of Qingyuan Village, Lu Che returned the things to Jiang Yao, asked her to take them back, and then went to the production team to pay the money and record the cents without looking back.
"Is it necessary to draw a line so quickly?" Jiang Yao muttered softly, then carried her things back to the Lu family.
Two days later, the Qingyuan Production Team welcomed the day of distributing grain.
After calculation, each member can get 100 catties of grain. This is the raw grain, and the rice yield is 60%. After the rice is milled, each person actually gets 60 catties. There is still half a year before the final harvest, which means each person gets 10 catties of rice per month.
These days people work hard and consume a lot of energy, so these ten kilograms of rice are obviously a drop in the bucket.
This time, the educated youth could also participate in the grain distribution, including Jiang Yao, who had been here for three months. Anyway, the grain was settled in centimeters at the end of the year, and those who did not have enough centimeters would use money to make up for it.
Even though the amount of food distributed was not much, it was still a festive day for food distribution, and every household lined up outside the granary early in the morning.
Jiang Yao was also pulled over by Lu Qing early in the morning. She said, "Let's count together later, and let Lu Che take all of them home, and then I'll give you your 100 kilograms."
"Okay, thank you." Jiang Yao agreed with a smile.
When they got there, there was already a long line in front of them. But they were not in a hurry, because Lu Che went to collect firewood for the rice noodle factory early this morning and did not come back so early.
Everyone followed the person in front of them and moved forward slowly, but there was only one woman who was chatting with people beside the team.
Jiang Yao recognized this woman. She was Zhao Pengfei's aunt Chen Shuanglian, a notorious shrew in Qingyuan. But today she had a constant smile on her face, which was really strange.
Soon, Jiang Yao learned the reason from the conversation of the woman in front.
It turned out that the tractor driver Lu Zhisen in the team was Chen Shuanglian's son. She took this opportunity to let Lu Zhisen help the members transport grain back home with the tractor, using public power to improve her favor.
Hearing about such a good deal, many members rushed to smile at Chen Shuanglian, but some also disliked her and said she was shameless and had to carry the goods back herself no matter how hard it was.
Of course Lu Qing would not join in the fun. Chen Shuanglian looked down on her background and would definitely not help her with transportation. But with Lu Che around, there was no need at all.
When there were only two households left in front, Lu Che came back.
The Lu family's pair of bamboo baskets can hold 200 kilograms of grain each time. They can carry all the grain back in just three trips.
When it came to the third round, Lu Qing and Jiang Yao also followed Lu Che back.
When they were almost at the door of the Lu family, they heard a rumbling sound from behind. Without looking back, they knew that it was Lu Zhisen driving the tractor.
"Hey, you second-rate guy, the tractor is coming, get out of the way quickly." Lu Zhisen shouted.
Jiang Yao and Lu Qing walked to the side of the road after hearing the sound. However, Lu Che seemed not to have heard anything and continued to walk forward steadily, step by step.
"Lu Che, don't be angry with them, just give way." Lu Qing advised.
Lu Che did not respond and continued to walk forward quickly.
Seeing that he had no intention of giving way, Lu Zhisen was so angry that he sped up and cursed as he passed by him: "A good dog doesn't block the road. You can tell at a glance that you are not a good dog."
As soon as he finished speaking, the rumbling sound suddenly stopped.
Lu Zhisen was dumbfounded. When he reacted, he realized that this second-hand car had fallen to its knees again.
Lu Zhisen failed at the critical moment and felt ashamed and angry. A few villagers who were carrying grain on the road saw him and laughed with glee.
"Some people must be too arrogant, and even God can't stand it."
"That's right, he used a government-owned tractor to do favors, and he thought he was so great."
"What's so great about being able to drive a tractor? If it breaks down, you still have to ask Lu Che to fix it. If you have the guts, fix the tractor yourself. Otherwise, stop showing off all day long."
“…”
Everyone was talking at once, and Lu Zhisen was so angry that he pointed at the villagers on the road and cursed them.
Lu Che glanced at him, and without even stopping, he carried the food back to the Lu family.
Jiang Yao and Lu Qing looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. But Jiang Yao laughed loudly while Lu Qing was laughing secretly. She was used to keeping a low profile and didn't want anyone to hold a grudge against her.
After Lu Che stored the last two loads of grain in the warehouse, the Lu family's small granary that was used to store grain had finally been piled up into a small valley.
"There are a lot of people going to the production team to mill rice recently. I'll go over to husk the rice next week when there are fewer people. Then I'll carry the rice to your kitchen." Lu Che said, standing opposite Jiang Yao.
Because he had just finished work, he was sweating all over, and his exposed wheat-colored skin was slightly red. Although they were at least half a meter apart, she seemed to be able to feel the heat from his body, making her feel hot too.
"Okay." Jiang Yao couldn't help but lower her head. Lu Che glanced at the top of her black hair and went out.
Lu Qing and the old lady had to organize the food to prevent it from getting damp or being eaten by rats. Zhou Yang and Zhou Xin were helping out and having a lot of fun.
Jiang Yao stayed for a while but couldn't help, so she went out.
As soon as she walked to the door of her room, she heard someone calling Lu Che outside. When she went out, she saw that it was Lu Zhisen.
Lu Zhisen had a sullen face at first, but when he saw Jiang Yao, the beautiful lady from the provincial capital, his face immediately became much better. He asked, "Jiang Zhiqing, is Lu Che here?"
Jiang Yao's face originally showed no expression, but when she thought of how he had just scolded Lu Che, her face suddenly turned cold and she looked at him with contempt.
Lu Zhisen clearly sensed her disgust towards him, and couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry for putting his face against her butt, "What's with that expression on your face?"
Jiang Yao sneered, "What kind of person are you? What kind of expression should I give you?"
"You..." Lu Zhisen was completely enraged. Just when he was about to curse, Lu Che came out and asked expressionlessly, "What's the matter?"
"Go and help me fix the tractor." Lu Zhisen said, suppressing his anger.
He had been fiddling with the tractor for a long time, but it still didn't work, so he had no choice but to look for Lu Che, or else he would be scolded by Lu Dazhou again. So, seeing Lu Che was like seeing a savior, and he had no time to argue with Jiang Yao.
"Okay." Lu Che didn't say much. Just as he was about to leave, Jiang Yao stopped him, "Lu Che, this kind of person is not worth your help."
Lu Che looked back at her and said, "The tractor belongs to the production team, not his. I'm helping the production team repair it."
She didn’t know if it was Jiang Yao’s illusion, but she always felt that Lu Che’s expression and tone at this moment were as if he was coaxing an ignorant child, and she was this child.
"Oh." She responded and said nothing more.
After Lu Che left, Jiang Yao returned to her room. She was bored, so she looked through the useful information Jiang Zhen had sent her to see if she could find a way to get rich from it.
Every time she saw a piece of dried food, she wondered if she could make something out of it and sell it. Until she saw a large bunch of grass agar-agar, she immediately had an idea.
She immediately took out a pen and paper and started to do the math. Just as she finished listing the various costs, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." She shouted, and the door was pushed open the next moment. She looked up and saw Lu Che standing outside the door.
"Something?" Jiang Yao was pleasantly surprised, and she couldn't wait to tell him this idea.
Lu Che hummed and said, "It is a man's job to teach a ungrateful guy a lesson. Don't be so stubborn next time."
Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment before she realized that he was talking about Lu Zhisen. If it were in the past, Lawyer Jiang would definitely think that this man was too chauvinistic and too chauvinistic, but at this moment, she felt protected.
"I understand." Jiang Yao responded obediently, then waved at him, "Come here, I have something to tell you."
"What's up?"
"Sit down first, I'll tell you slowly." Jiang Yao handed him the piece of paper she had just written and said, "Won't there be a market in the county town in a few days? I saw that we can set up a stall in front of the theater. My brother sent me some jelly grass last time, and I'm thinking of making it into jelly and selling it in front of the theater."
"Look at the calculation I made. One pound of jelly grass plus three pounds of rice can make eighty pounds of jelly. The syrup needs two pounds of sugar. All the costs add up to about two yuan plus two pounds of sugar tickets. A bowl of jelly weighs about half a pound. We sell it for eight cents a bowl. After selling all of them, we can make a profit of eleven yuan."
"What do you think? Do you want to sell it with me?" At the end, Jiang Yao's tone could not hide her excitement.
Lu Che carefully read her cost calculations and finally looked up at her. "Eight cents a bowl, isn't that too expensive?"
"Of course not. Those who go to the theater to watch a movie are mostly young men and women who are dating." Jiang Yao said, unconsciously leaning closer to her face and said, "Let me ask you, if you go to the movies with your partner, and it's so hot, and you are asked to spend eight cents to buy her a bowl of jelly, would you be willing to do so?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Che's gaze towards her suddenly became hot. Jiang Yao gradually became unable to resist. When she was about to look away, she heard him say, "Don't even mention a bowl of jelly. I'm willing to give my life for it."
"Boom, boom, boom..." Jiang Yao heard her own heartbeat like thunder. At the moment when her heartbeat was about to go out of control, Lu Qing's voice came from outside.
She suddenly woke up as if from a dream, and when she stood up, Lu Qing had already walked to the door of her room.
"You two are here!" Lu Qing was a little surprised.
Jiang Yao explained hurriedly, "I discussed with Lu Che about setting up a stall to sell jelly at the market in a couple of days."
"Oh." Lu Qing didn't doubt it. He walked in and pulled her aside and said, "I heard that a duck girl who was arranged by the commune to raise ducks in our team was raped by a bastard more than a month ago. It seems to be the night you were drugged."
The author has something to say:
Xiaomi: Hey, hey, hey, watch your eyes, be more subtle.
Lu Che: If you are too reserved, you won’t be able to have children.
I know everyone is anxious, but I think their relationship will develop naturally. But don't worry, they are about to break the paper window!
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