How could she let her children eat alone? Thanks to them, they had a temporary place to stay.
"Oh, thanks to my sister-in-law, I can have a good meal today."
"You're talking like I'm torturing you every day. Hurry up and sit down, big tree, sit down."
While drinking the white rice porridge in the bowl and chewing the steamed bread, he said, "Dashu, the house at the end of the village is no longer habitable. You can live here first, and move in after the other house is built." The house was crooked and looked like it would collapse at any time. The village chief had previously asked the old man to tear down the house, in case someone from Laiwu got trapped there, it would be disastrous.
"I have no plans to live there, nor do I plan to build a house there." He didn't want to build a house, his father said shamelessly, it was his. After all, he didn't give him the title deed last night.
"You can't move now. If you start now..."
They will definitely make a big fuss and accuse him of hiding some private money.
"I'll discuss it with the village chief later. I want to move to his old house and live there for a while."
"Why don't you live in my house?"
"That's right, why move? We're going to make bamboo shoots anyway, so it's more convenient here. What? Do you think our house is too shabby?"
"Really not, sister-in-law, I'm just afraid that the neighbors will come and make trouble. It's unlucky."
Zheng stopped talking.
Liu Shunzi didn't care. "The village chief is here, so they don't dare. That's right, you can work now, so why do we still need the village chief? Or should I push him away?"
"No need. Ask him to guard the house. I will help them pick bamboo shoots in the yard. If you are too busy, I will help you."
Are you kidding? I've already told the village chief. There's no reason to reject them.
He still has to rely on him for protection now!
House protection? Her father is so rich now!
After breakfast, before we cleaned up, someone came to sell bamboo shoots. The village chief hasn't arrived yet, Zhao Dashu is on top.
"A total of 17 pounds, 17 cents."
After receiving the money and confirming that the transaction was genuine, the villagers happily left with the money. He wanted to take his whole family to pick bamboo shoots as soon as possible.
Following suit, one person left and others came one after another. As expected, the quantities were not large, ranging from one or two kilograms, to six or ten kilograms, to more than ten kilograms.
"Shunzi, here I come! Oh, it has already started! With Dashu helping you, that should be enough manpower, I'll go first!" The same goes for picking bamboo shoots.
"Of course we don't need you, we need you!" Zhao Dashu grabbed the village chief who was about to leave, "Uncle, you and Shunzi are busy outside, I need to help process the bamboo shoots inside. Call me if you are too busy!" As he said that, he opened the gate and was about to go in.
"this……"
"Uncle village chief, we are really short of people. Dashu and I have to deliver goods every day."
"Are you really short of people?"
“It’s really needed.”
So the village chief felt relieved and sat down to help harvest the bamboo shoots.
On the first day, there were few bamboo shoots, as everyone expected. The whole village went to the mountains to pick them, even the children. I don't even have time to pick the bamboo leaves.
"Let's not count today's wages. I've been sitting here for half a day and have done nothing."
"Thank you, uncle." Liu Shunzi was not polite, sometimes too polite. He knew very well what kind of person the village chief was, and he would not accept the gift even if you gave it to him.
"Dad, Dad, we are here!"
When it was dark, the village eldest son pushed a cart with bags of bamboo shoots piled high on it.
"Oh, that's quite a lot!"
"After you told me yesterday afternoon, you told them to go pick them. These were picked up last night, and those picked today must not have been picked up yet." He told them yesterday to pick the fruits as hard as they could until the road could no longer be seen, and then go back to his house to pick them up in the evening.
"Dad, the villagers were too quick today. All the bamboo forests in our village and on the mountain were cleared in one day."
"What are you afraid of? This thing will grow back in a few days. Did you tell them not to break it if it's too small, and wait until it grows bigger?"
"I said it." But most of the people ignored him. They only knew that if they broke one, they would make a profit. If they didn't break one, it would be broken by others.
Looking at my son's expression, I knew it was useless to say anything. Never mind. Everyone has their own ideas and you can’t force them.
"Come on, come on, take it out of the car and I'll weigh it for you."
The village chief stood aside, and he didn't touch his own things. The sense of boundaries is well grasped.
There were eight bags, each bag weighing about 120 kilograms, for a total of 976 kilograms. Oh my goodness, the village chief must have dug up the mountain yesterday. Zhao Xiaoyu admired the village chief's courage. After all, the first person to try something new makes the most money. Yesterday, they were the only ones picking bamboo shoots in the village. It was like picking up gold everywhere. Today, there is no doubt that there will be a lot of scramble to get in. It is not uncommon for people to fight over a bamboo shoot.
"Village chief, do you have 24 coins? I'll give you one ounce of silver."
Liu Shunzi looked at the village chief with envy. He was the first person who knew how to harvest bamboo shoots, but he had been hanging around for a long time and didn't earn anything. As a result, those who can become village chiefs have visions that are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
The village chief's son pushed away the empty cart with only one or two taels of silver in his arms, looking very proud. Pay attention, there is something strange about the way he walks. Money, when did you make money like this? I put my hand on the place where the silver was stuffed, and the whole area was hot. Dad told him to bring the baby home to Mom. He has to go home quickly and give it to his mother!
God! How much silver! This was the first time he had so much money in his hands.
After dark, people came one after another to sell bamboo shoots. The village chief and Zhao Shunzi started to get busy. The water in the stove inside was also boiling. Muddy water, muddy water, and more muddy water. Zhao Dashu kept some to be delivered to the restaurant tomorrow, and he was responsible for drying the rest of the Naotu water in the yard.
My daughter said that after the fresh bamboo shoots are sold out, they will sell dried bamboo shoots.
"Xiaoyu, you are smart. Let's eat something in the afternoon to fill our stomachs. Look now, we don't know when we can stop!"
"Rest when you are tired, and continue to work tomorrow. It will be like this from now on. The villagers will pick bamboo shoots during the day, and the villagers will quickly pick them up and send them over at night. But Dad, you have to remind the village chief and Uncle Liu that it is easy for someone to take advantage of the situation when it is dark, so they must be careful when they pick them. If they are too big, there must be something fishy, they must be old bamboo shoots."
"Yes, they are so old, how can they not know this?"
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