"How much?" Xiao Zhengping asked.

Zhang Gouzi raised a finger, "One hundred." ”

"A hundred?! What kind of teeth does he have, a hundred! ”

"The man said, it's just a hundred, give it, and if you don't give it, you will go to jail."

"Then you two will go to jail! Just kidding, a hundred bucks, I don't have it. With that, Xiao Zhengping turned around and left.

Mrs. Yan said angrily behind her back: "I told you, it's useless to look for him, let's go!" ”

Zhang Gouzi's temper is much better than that of Mrs. Yan, to put it a little worse, but thicker than Mrs. Yan, he grabbed Mrs. Yan and stopped Xiao Zhengping, "Pingzi, haven't you made some money recently?" It's a little bit even, it doesn't matter if it's not enough, we'll borrow it elsewhere. ”

Although Xiao Zhengping couldn't get used to the actions of the two, they were his friends, and Mrs. Yan knew very well that he would not deceive himself with this kind of thing.

Sighing, Xiao Zhengping turned around, "That person didn't say when to give money?" ”

Zhang Gouzi replied, "Within three days." ”

"Well, there's still plenty of time! In this way, I don't have that much money in my hands, you two come to me tomorrow morning, and I will take you two to earn money. ”

"Making money?" Mrs. Yan was reluctant, "You want the two of us to pick mushrooms with you?" ”

"What's the matter? Still not happy? I'll tell you both, either follow me up the mountain tomorrow, or you two go to jail! ”

This time, Xiao Zhengping didn't stop, walked directly into the house, and then bolted the door.

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The next day, Xiao Xiuye got up first, just pushed open the door and wanted to go to the thatched house, but was suddenly startled by the two people at the door.

Xiao Zhengping was awakened by Xiuye's voice, and ran out to see that Zhang Gouzi and Mrs. Yan were already waiting outside the door.

Xiao Zhengping beckoned the two of them into the door, made breakfast for four people, and after eating, Xiuye went to school, and he took the two of them and the two Hsinchu baskets that he got back from the uncle's house the day before yesterday and set off towards the back mountain.

In the past, Xiao Zhengping went up the mountain alone, and he was still a little scared, there were koalas, wild boars and leopards on the mountain, as well as poisonous snakes that would step on him if he was not careful, so he always walked very carefully and did not dare to go too far.

This time, with two people as companions, Xiao Zhengping was a little bolder, and after going out of the back mountain, the three of them stepped in the deep mountains and forests for a long time.

Among the two people, Mrs. Yan worked the hardest, and after Xiao Zhengping taught him what mushrooms to pick and how to pick them, he carried a bamboo basket on his back to look for it.

Zhang Gouzi is a lot more cunning, he follows closely behind Xiao Zhengping, and he doesn't work much, he always chats with Xiao Zhengping about the sky.

After surviving in the morning, Mrs. Yan picked a basket full of one person by herself, and one basket of two people on Xiao Zhengping's side was just full.

The three of them ate some of the dry food they brought, and then walked towards the supply and marketing cooperatives under the mountain with the basket on their backs.

The two baskets that the uncle made for Xiao Zhengping were a whole circle larger than the previous broken bamboo basket, and when the two baskets of fungi fell at He Yongfu's feet, He Yongfu's jaw almost dropped.

"I said Pingzi, where did you get so many sheep and sparrows?" He Yongfu sighed while calling his daughter in the supply and marketing cooperative.

Compared with He Yongfu's surprise, Mrs. Yan and Zhang Gouzi's expressions after listening to He Yongfu finish settling the account were even more exaggerated.

"One hundred and sixteen dollars and eight cents a morning! Pingzi, no wonder everyone in the team says you made a lot of money! Zhang Gouzi took the banknote first, staring at it with his eyes and sighing.

Xiao Zhengping hurriedly snatched the money, first counted out sixty-three yuan and three cents from it and handed it to Mrs. Yan, "This is earned by Chen Yan." Then he counted out twenty pieces from the rest, "This is yours!" ”

Mrs. Yan counted the money in her hand, and smiled from the face that had been stretched last night, "I said Pingzi, this money is easy to make, this time I will return the money, and we will go up the mountain every day in the future." It's fifty a day, and it's not more than 10,000 a year! ”

The three of them left the supply and marketing cooperative, and Xiao Zhengping said angrily as he walked: "You want to be beautiful, the fungus looks at the season, it will grow for two or three months a year, and it will be gone when the tobacco leaves are sold out." And this thing is still delicate, and after picking it this year, it will have to wait several years before it grows again. You really think money is so easy to make! ”

Zhang Gouzi disagreed, "That's okay, fifty a day, one thousand five a month, four thousand five in three months, you can't earn so much in ten years of working in the city!" ”

"Hey, let me tell you, the team doesn't know that those fungi can be sold for money, if they do, can they keep them for you to pick? Besides, you don't want to think about it, how far are we from the mountains today? After picking today, it will be gone, and if you want to pick it again tomorrow, you will have to go further. ”

A few words suddenly extinguished the arrogance of the two of them, and Mrs. Yan slapped the folded banknotes, and her sad face climbed up his cheeks again, "What should I do?" That's more than forty years away! ”

"What's the hurry? Aren't there two more days? It's really not good, isn't there still Zhang Gouzi here? ”

When Zhang Gouzi heard this, he immediately stuffed the money into his pocket, "Don't worry, don't worry, let's pick it tomorrow." ”

In this way, before dawn the next day, Zhang Gouzi and Mrs. Yan couldn't wait at the door of Xiao Zhengping's house, and ate the breakfast made by Xiao Zhengping, and the three of them went up the mountain again.

However, just like to confirm what Xiao Zhengping said yesterday, they gained a lot less this time, and when they arrived at He Yongfu, the two baskets combined were only sold for more than fifty yuan.

By the third day, the harvest was even less, and only more than 30 yuan were sold.

Fortunately, Xiao Zhengping snatched ten yuan from Zhang Gouzi's pocket, plus his own ten yuan, to make up enough yuan for Mrs. Yan to make up a hundred yuan.

When he went home, Xiao Zhengping cut two catties of meat, bought wine and peanuts, and said that he had worked hard for two days and wanted to invite them to drink.

The two of them naturally readily agreed, and they talked and laughed all the way back to Zhangshuya.

Back at Xiao Zhengping's house, Zhang Gouzi chose vegetables and washed vegetables, Mrs. Yan chopped firewood to burn the fire, and Xiao Zhengping held the spatula.

Before the meal was ready, Xiuye also came back, and when she entered the door and saw Zhang Gouzi and Mrs. Yan, Xiao Xiuye's brows immediately furrowed.

In fact, when I was young, Xiuye and Mrs. Yan were also acquainted, and at that time, Chen Yan and his eldest brother studied together, just like another brother of his.

Later, both of them stopped studying, and after working in the team for two years, they couldn't afford to endure the hardships and began to make a living.

Originally, these two were just idle, even if they couldn't do hard work, they weren't annoying, until Zhang Gouzi joined in.

Zhang Gouzi is actually not a local, he remarried with his mother after his father died of illness, and he didn't know where he contracted a stinky disease, and over time it was passed on to his eldest brother and Chen Yan.

Xiuye is a polite child, and despite the ten thousand displeasures in her heart, she endured it, and after greeting the two, she sat down at the "dinner table".

"Ye'er," Xiao Zhengping handed Xiuye the dishes and chopsticks first, "You don't care about us, go do your homework when you're full, and let's drink some wine." ”

So saying, he took three glasses and filled them one by one.

The three of them raised their wine glasses and touched one, and after drinking, Mrs. Yan was just about to eat vegetables, and Xiao Zhengping filled the empty cup again.

"Buddy, what about today's drink, I will make amends for the two of you." Xiao Zhengping said while pouring wine, "You two also saw it, Ye'er still has to study, and she has to go to high school and college in the future, Ye'er works so hard, I can't hold her back!" So from now on, play cards and drink, and you two won't call me anything. ”

After pouring the wine, Xiao Zhengping raised the cup again, and when the other two saw this, they had to touch Xiao Zhengping again.

"In addition, I also want to persuade you," just after drinking, Xiao Zhengping poured a circle again, not only Zhang Gouzi and Mrs. Yan, but even Xiuye was stunned, "It's not a problem to keep messing around like this, I don't have a father or a mother, but you two have, your parents are old, let's let them save some heart." ”

After speaking, Xiao Zhengping raised his glass again, and this time before the two of them came to clink glasses, Xiao Zhengping dried up.

Mrs. Yan was afraid that Xiao Zhengping would pour wine again, so she quickly stretched out her hand and pressed it on the wine bottle, "Pingzi, what are you doing?" You want to kill us both! ”

"Hehe, don't I think I'm sorry for my buddies, anyway, what I said is what I said, you two can understand it, if you can't understand it, after drinking this meal, our brothers will go their separate ways and live their own lives."

Having said that, no matter how stupid the two of them are, they can understand that Pingzi is drawing a line with them.

After drinking the wine in a hurry, the two of them left, although Zhang Gouzi and Mrs. Yan did not eat happily at this meal, but Xiao Xiuye ate especially happily, and she now completely believes that the eldest brother has really changed.

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As the old saying goes, "good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles", Xiao Zhengping felt that this word needed to be considered, no, the matter of selling fungi to make money soon spread throughout the brigade, not only spread, but many people began to follow suit.

Some people have seen those strange things that Xiao Zhengping picked on the way to sell cigarettes, and Xiao Zhengping did not hide it when they asked, so many people began to understand that there were actually treasures hidden on their Chai Mountain.

So, in the past, Xiao Zhengping could quietly go to other people's mountains to collect mushrooms, but now, people don't do it.

Xiao Zhengping was originally prepared, but when he went to other people's mountains before others could find the way, he was picking valuable things. When they find their way, he can also go to his mountain to collect fir mushrooms.

But he picked it too often, and within a few days, the fir fungus was gone, and Xiao Zhengping's financial road was cut off.

The villagers can make money, and Xiao Zhengping is naturally happy, but no matter how happy he is, he can't let them cut off his own financial route.

On this day, Xiuye came back from school, Xiao Zhengping pulled her and asked her how much money she had saved, Xiuye almost didn't think much about it, and replied directly that it was three hundred and forty-seven yuan and eight cents, and she also had ten yuan from the township.

More than 300 yuan, which is already a lot in the brigade, and the branch secretary and accountant are more than 200 a year. To say that using this money to live is enough for his brother and sister to eat and drink well for a year, but if it is used for something, this money is very small.

But what can be done? It will be next year's business to make dry goods, and now he doesn't even know how to bake the mushrooms dry!

was pondering, and suddenly Xiuye whispered, "Brother, I have to get ten yuan tomorrow." ”

Xiao Zhengping came back to his senses, "Ten yuan? You take it directly! ”

"The day after tomorrow, I have to go to the township, the teacher said that I will live in the township middle school during the exam, I'm afraid I will have to stay for three or four days."

Xiao Zhengping reacted at this time, "You said it earlier, look at me, I almost forgot about such a big thing!" In this way, you take more, the exam costs brains, don't save money. ”