Ye Yaodong and the others were holding on to the handrails of the tractor, banging along the way. This time, they did not stagger around as usual, but were stuck tightly by the dried fish.
In case the mountain road is not easy to drive because of the high stacking, the car will drive slower today. When we get to the city, before the goods are unloaded, the sky becomes white and dimly lit.
The transition from dark to dawn happens just when the sun is about to jump out of the horizon.
Ah Zheng and Ah Guang were both back for the first time. They were so excited that they jumped out of the car and ran directly to the market. They called it a beautiful name because they were afraid of running out of quantity if they were late.
After all, it's already dawn, and those rushing to the morning market have basically finished their shopping and left. Those who are still on the move are basically not rushing in the morning.
Ye Yaodong cursed as he unloaded the goods: "These two are too unreliable. I brought them here expecting them to help carry it back and forth, but before the car even stopped, they disappeared without a trace. Are you coming back to help me move?"
Damn it, by the time they come out of the market, the sun will be shining on them."
"Haha, maybe I'm anxious because it's already dawn." Uncle Zhou helped unload bags one by one on the tractor.
"It's really unreliable. You can't count on anyone."
"There's not much here, we can just move it a few times, it's quick for two people."
"Excuse me, Uncle Zhou. I'll let you help me with anything."
"No need to be polite. I hope that after I buy the tractor from the village, you will take more care of my business so that I can earn more."
Hey!
"By the way, didn't you say the day before yesterday that the village wanted to sell the tractor? Did you buy it?"
When he talked about this, Uncle Zhou was very happy, "I bought it yesterday, but I still have a thousand yuan shortfall. Secretary Chen said that I can owe it now and pay it at the end of the year."
Although I owe money, having a big guy in the family is something worth celebrating.
When he drove the tractor to his door and parked it during the day, Uncle Zhou washed it carefully, wiped it until it was shiny, and bought a set of firecrackers to set off.
"That's not bad. It's just a thousand yuan. You can earn whatever you want this year. You can go to the roadside and drive passengers back and forth in your free time. You can still pay it back at the end of the year. It's not bad, no one in the village can compete with you."
He really felt a little guilty when he said this.
"Who can compete with me? Not many people in the village know how to drive a tractor, and I have always been the tractor driver of the village production team. Others can't compete with me if they want to compete."
"Yes, yes, this is your personal property, and you can also make more money. I didn't know you had bought it so quickly. I just heard about it the day before yesterday, and I got it today. I will buy you another one when I get back."
Hang up firecrackers and send them over."
He had said hello two days in advance that he would use the car today, so he didn't go to the village committee to apply for it yesterday. He really didn't know that Uncle Zhou had already bought it.
"No, no, we have already bought firecrackers to set off. As long as you take care of my business, I will make enough money."
"No problem. You are the only one in the whole village who has a tractor. If not, who else can you invite? I'm not like Ah Cai and the others, who have partners."
Ye Yaodong is the only one in the whole village who uses a tractor every three days. He can earn a lot just by working for him for a month. Uncle Zhou is already very satisfied.
The two of them chatted while moving. After they finished moving and stacking, it was already bright and he was sweating all over. He simply took off his thin cotton-padded jacket and only wore the sweater underneath. He hung the cotton-padded jacket on his hand and went to the store to help.
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After looking at the sun high in the sky and seeing fewer people coming and going in the shop, he went to the nearby village to find the village chief to rent a house.
We had already asked them in advance, and the only difference was the rental price. One asked for a low price, and the other was not short of money. The two hit it off, and Ye Yaodong only went there for half an hour and came back immediately.
It happened that Uncle Zhou's tractor was parked right at the door and it was convenient, so he asked Uncle Zhou to help, and together they lifted the bed and all the things. They were all pulled up in one trip, leaving only Mrs. Lin to settle down in the rented house.
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He didn't even count on the two oil bottles, so he took care of it himself.
By the way, I took another 20 kilograms of dried fish and gave it to the village chief, asking him to take care of me. In a village, with the village chief taking care of me, everything is basically safe.
Ye Yaodong stood at the door of the store, wiping the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, and holding the sweater on his chest to shake it off to cool off. From the time he got off the car to the day when the sun was high, he had not stopped to rest at all.
"I'm so hardworking! I deserve to be rich!"
Lin's father smiled and brought out a bowl of porridge and handed it to him, "Yes, they say that hard work makes you rich, which makes sense. I have been busy all morning and I don't have time to eat, so I hurriedly eat something to cushion my stomach.
It’s almost nine o’clock.”
"Those two guys didn't know how to get out after they went in. They were not as slow as they were in giving birth. I had finished all the work. Fortunately, I didn't wait for them to unload the goods, otherwise the day lilies would have been cold."
Those two people are really slow.
After entering the market, it seemed that I couldn't see enough. I kept walking back and forth, lingering, browsing stalls one by one, and shopping around. Finally, Azheng was cruel and bought 2,000 kilograms of toads.
fish.
After all, this fish is something they are used to drying, and they know how many pounds of fish it can produce per pound.
When he came here, he calculated it with his wife. Although it was a little more expensive than the purchase price at the dock, he could still make money by showing it off. This fish is currently the most popular in the market.
When the fishing for this fish comes to an end, he can dry other fish.
However, when they came out, Uncle Zhou also took on other jobs. He couldn't find it and couldn't take them home right away. They both stood at the door dumbfounded.
"He drives a tractor to do private work?"
Ye Yaodong explained: "Uncle Zhou bought the tractor yesterday. Now the tractor belongs to him personally and does not belong to the brigade. He can take on any job he wants."
"Ah? When did it happen? Why didn't we know?" Azheng was surprised.
"Why do I have to tell you? The production team has been disbanded a long time ago, and the village has been reluctant to distribute the tractors. Now that Mazu is almost finished, I feel that the tractors are useless there, so it is better to get rid of them."
"Okay, then let's carry these goods to the door of your store and wait. Take some rags to cover them to save them from the sun. There is at least a 5 degree difference between the inside of the market and the outside."
"Isn't it? It's freezing inside the market, and it feels hot as soon as you come out."
"What you are saying is all nonsense. The fresh fish in the market are covered with ice. Wouldn't the temperature be low?"
Mr. Ye Yaodong ignored them and helped them carry it back and forth several times.
Fortunately, Uncle Zhou had a good sense of time. He came back just after lunch time, and they moved the goods onto the tractor again.
It was only after three o'clock when I got home, which was earlier than Ye Yaodong's usual arrival time.
Azheng was also relieved. He got home at this time and had a large family. He could kill these fish before going to bed to avoid leaving them overnight and becoming stale.
After Ye Yaodong got home, he took a sip of water and heard Lin Xiuqing talking excitedly about the follow-up of this morning.
"It was just a little brighter in the morning. When the second sister-in-law went out to empty the house with a spittoon, she screamed in fright. The spittoon fell to the ground and she didn't bother to clean up the urine. She quickly called all the nearby houses."
"After I heard the noise, I immediately got up and explained to everyone that it was a thief. Everyone was relieved. They thought someone was hanging from a tree when they looked at it from a distance."
Ye Yaodong laughed. When he hung the person up last night, he thought that people who got up early this morning would probably be shocked.
Unexpectedly, it was his second sister-in-law who won the prize!
"A few of their men came forward and released the person, and then hurriedly went to the village committee to call someone. Then the whole village came over, and I told you again what you told me last night. The neighbors next door were very worried.
angry."
"If I hadn't seen him hang up all night and had more air coming out and less air coming in, I think everyone would have rushed up and beaten him again."
"Then what?" Ye Yaodong sat on the armchair with interest, crossing his legs, half resting and half listening to the story.
"Then there were people in the village who were related to their village and took the initiative to go to their village to tell them. Not long after, many elders from the two villages gathered around the slope at our back door. The quarrel was so intense that they almost broke out again.
Let’s get started.”
"Especially the brothers from the Zhou family and the Lan family next door pointed at Aqiu's family members and scolded them. They also said that if they see anyone from their family entering our village in the future, they will beat them every time they see them."
Ye Yaodong sounded satisfied. It seemed that they also had a strong sense of crisis.
"Where's the back?"
"The parents of Ah Qiu in the back cried and begged the village committee to let them take the person for treatment first, lest he really died. The village chief raised his hand and let them go, and asked them to take the person away, and said
He is not allowed to enter our village again."
"Oh, that's it? That's okay, the lesson learned last night was enough. Anyway, it was just to beat the folks, and the goal was achieved."
Lin Xiuqing nodded, "The man looks half dead, so we can't do anything else. Anyway, the whole village has seen it and knows the consequences of sneaking into our house, so that's fine."
"Um."
After Ye Yaodong listened to the subsequent story, he began to take off his clothes, took out the cloth bag and handed it to her, "This is a reward for you. You told it very well."
Lin Xiuqing looked at him angrily and took the bag, "Hurry up and put on your clothes. Has the house been rented?"
"Well, living in the village, they should be able to sleep more peacefully at night. I also asked the village chief to help take care of them on a daily basis. Anyway, I rented their house."
"This is good. Their house can be a little more thoughtful."
"It would be better if I could buy it."
"Why did you buy it? It's an old house, right?"
"It's quite old, but it can be lived in. It's not much different from our hometown, so it's okay. I'm thinking of buying it. We can tear it down and build a better one, so that we can go back and forth in the city later.
Having a place to stay is equivalent to having a home in the city."
Lin Xiuqing frowned and thought about it, and she thought it was feasible, but she felt that he was moving a little too fast. The big projects at home had not been completed yet, and he was thinking about the city?
I'm really busy. I only sleep four or five hours a day recently. Alas, I didn't mean to delay the update. I will try my best to update it as soon as possible.
I'm really busy, but I haven't asked for leave this month. I would rather endure it and try my best to make up for it as much as I can.
Chapter completed!