In the end, it is a young man, and it is not as difficult to accept this kind of thing as an uncle, after Xiao Zhengping repeatedly assured that no one said anything, Xiuye and Chen Yan felt that this was a good business.

Think about it, just a little cigarette from Xiao Zhengping's second uncle's house can be sold for more than 30 yuan, what if the whole team of cigarettes is collected? What if you collect all the cigarettes from the three brigades on the mountain? What if all the cigarettes from seven or eight towns in the northwest were collected?

"Mrs. Yan, what about people? Can't collect the fungus? A shout brought the thoughts of the three people back to reality, and Chen Yan hurriedly ran out of the door and began to collect mushrooms.

There weren't many people who came to sell mushrooms today, and the people who came brought very few mushrooms, so the three of them called it a day early.

These days, Xiuye is at home, and he doesn't need Xiao Zhengping to keep him, Chen Yan will take the initiative to stay after selling the mushrooms and have a dinner at Xiao Zhengping's house, and today is of course no exception.

"Hey, Pingzi, do you know, as long as it rains, there will definitely be more fungi after the sunny weather, like these days, if it is sunny for several days, there will definitely be fewer and fewer fungi." While eating, Chen Yan suddenly said this to Xiao Zhengping for no reason.

"Hey, you saw all this?" Xiao Zhengping was a little surprised.

"You think I'm just a dry eater? After receiving it for so many days, I still can't figure out such a little pattern? ”

Xiao Xiuye interjected at this time: "Brother Chen Yan, this is actually very simple biological knowledge, fungi, like all plants, need water and other nutrients to nourish to grow, you see the vegetables in my vegetable garden, aren't they shiny and shiny when it rains, and wilt after a day of dryness!" ”

Xiao Xiuye originally just wanted to explain the principle of fungus growth, and did not mean to belittle Chen Yan, but this did not sound very good to Chen Yan.

"Look, it's a high school student, and it makes sense for anything to make sense in her mouth." Chen Yan smiled awkwardly.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhengping hurriedly played a round, "Ye'er, your knowledge is all written in books, and before it was written in the books, it wasn't studied by those scientists little by little, but your Brother Chen Yan only collected a few days of fungi and summed it up, tell me, is your Brother Chen Yan more powerful than a scientist?" ”

Xiuye blinked his big eyes, thought about it, and said seriously: "It's true that you say this, the job of a scientist is to use phenomena to analyze the essence, Brother Chen Yan, you are so powerful!" ”

Chen Yan is rectum, the Xiao family brothers and sisters praised him like this, and his mood immediately rose, "Hey, what's that, your brother and I are not interested in studying, otherwise, I am also a scientist now." ”

After talking and laughing for a while, Xiao Zhengping put the topic on the right track, "Mrs. Yan, don't laugh, let's talk about cigarettes." This business must be capable, but at the moment we can't do it big, first, the older generation will not accept it for a while, and second, there is no means of transportation, so we can only rely on people to pick at present. I think so, you bring the cigarettes from your house, I get the cigarettes from my eldest and second uncle's house, go back and ask Zhang Gouzi, count him in. Let's weigh the weight first, and then divide the money according to the weight of each family. ”

Saying that, Xiao Zhengping paused, and continued: "There are not many cigarettes from each family, and after selling a few of our families, you can accept other people's, and first follow the relatives of each family, don't be too public." I figured that this would be about the same, and when the tobacco leaves were sold out, the mushrooms would not be collected, and it would be time to build the road. ”

Chen Yan nodded, "Just right!" When it's time to build roads, you can still earn a dollar a day, Pingzi, and we can all have a good year this year! ”

......

After walking out of Lao Ye's house, Xiao Zhengping only felt relaxed.

As the so-called debt-free body is light, he repaid the money he borrowed from Li Xianglang and the second uncle a few days ago, and today he also repaid Lao Ye's more than 100 yuan, except for the 20 yuan of the branch secretary, he has no foreign debts.

Last night, Xiao Zhengping pulled Xiuye to calculate the account, and in the past two months, the money from selling cigarettes and mushrooms has been added up, and there are still 857 yuan and 3 cents and 5 cents left, and today I paid back Lao Ye's money, and in addition to the 20 yuan of the expense book, there are more than 714 yuan at home. This is not counting the money for the township to supply Xiuye and the 200 yuan for the purchase of mushrooms.

Thinking that the more than 700 yuan were all his own, Xiao Zhengping felt very comfortable in his heart.

It's late August now, the flue-cured tobacco is nearing the end, and the fungi are almost gone, Xiao Zhengping wants to save a little more fungi, and he won't collect them after selling, and the tobacco leaves can be sold twice, and when the tobacco leaves are sold, he still has to go to the county seat to see - Xiuye's admission notice came down early in the morning, and in less than ten days, Xiuye will have to go to school in the township, Xiao Zhengping wants to buy some boarding things for Xiuye, and by the way, see if there is a chance to make a fortune in the county.

After walking on the avenue, Xiao Zhengping did not rush home, but went to the branch secretary's house.

Zou Shusheng's flue-cured tobacco stove is still smoking green, which is extremely rare in the team, the tobacco leaves of ordinary people are almost roasted in early August, and now there are only two kinds of people still smoking in the stove: one is that the flue-cured tobacco yield is good, there are not too many diseased plants, just like the second uncle's house; The second is that there is little labor at home and the tobacco leaves cannot be picked back in time, just like Zou Shusheng's family.

As usual, Xiao Zhengping walked directly into the backyard of Zou Shusheng's house, and as soon as he entered, he helped out without saying a word.

"Pingzi, why are you here again?" It can be seen that Zou Shusheng is in a hurry, he is thinking about finishing his little tobacco before building the road.

"I'll pay you back!"

"It's a lot of money these days, I see that everyone in Caojiaao has come to you to sell mushrooms?"

"It's a little bit of money, and if I pay back your money today, I won't be in debt."

"Well, yes, you're finally on the right path. But Pingzi, it's not good to say that private people are doing business now, isn't there no fungus now, I think you just don't do it, lest you have to be criticized again! ”

Xiao Zhengping didn't want to dwell on this issue, so he nodded, "Well, don't you do it, didn't you say road repair?" Road repair is a big deal, and in the second half of the year, I will do everything and specialize in road repair. ”

Zou Shusheng smiled with satisfaction: "That's right!" ”

"Alas, by the way, uncle, I have other things to do today. Isn't Uncle Huaili a carpenter, can you tell him about it, help me clean up the house, and I'll take out the wood. ”

"Okay, I'll let him go to your house in two days, and you can talk to him yourself."

"Then thank you, uncle!"

After speaking, the two chatted a few more words, and finally Xiao Zhengping put down the twenty yuan and left.

......

Two days later, Xiao Zhengping finally saved two baskets of mushrooms, and he told the mushroom sellers that he would not accept them in the future and let them come back next year, and then he and Chen Yan went to the township with the mushrooms.

The next day, it was still early in the morning, he came to the second uncle's house, handed over the money from the last cigarette sale to Xiao Zhengwen, and went out with the cigarettes.

Xiao Zhengwen's spirit is getting better and better, he now has more than eighty yuan in his hand, although he knows that this is the result of his brother giving him the big share, but after all, he has begun to make money.

Just like Xiao Zhengping said before, people need to run for a head to live, and Xiao Zhengwen feels that he has a head now.

Because there is no work to sell mushrooms, Xiao Zhengping specially brought Chen Yan and Zhang Gouzi with him today, which can be regarded as letting them see the world.

As soon as the three of them walked onto the road, they saw a jeep parked next to the intersection.

There were three "big caps" sitting in the jeep, and when they saw these three people, they immediately got out of the car and walked towards them.

Xiao Zhengping looked at the "big cap" with a serious look on his face, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

Sure enough, the big cap walked straight in front of him, glanced at the cigarette bundle twice, and then fell on the faces of the three people.

"Which of you is Xiao Zhengping?" One of the "big caps" asked.

Xiao Zhengping took a step forward, "I am!" ”

"This cigarette is yours?"

"It's mine, what's wrong?"

"It's yours to do, come with us!"