In Dayuan Village, Lu Tao had already come to a family at this time.

An old and somewhat green fence surrounded a white wall and black tiles, and the iron fence used to enter and exit was rusted and unlocked.

This is the home of the team leader of Lu Tao and his team in Dayuan Village, the team leader's name is Zhang Jianjun, I remember that when he was running for the village head, Zhang Jianjun was also a fierce candidate.

It's just that Zhang Jianjun was a few votes short of defeat at that time, and he failed to become the captain, so he could only continue to be a captain in the end.

Lu Tao went out through the unlocked iron door and called a few times.

Someone came out of the house, it was a middle-aged woman, it was Jiang Xiuzhu, the daughter-in-law of their squad leader Zhang Jianjun.

"Lu Tao, why are you here?!"

"Come in and sit!"

Seeing Lu Tao come in, Jiang Xiuzhu smiled and invited him in.

I have to say that Jiang Xiuzhu is really kind-hearted, when Lu Tao was gambling, the people in the village basically didn't want to see him, but Jiang Xiuzhu has always taken care of them.

From time to time, he would send some food to Su Yuqing and Lu Sitian to eat.

Sometimes when I see Lu Tao, I will always step forward to dissuade Lu Tao and ask Lu Tao to stop gambling, although he has been ignored and impatient by Lu Tao, Jiang Xiuzhu is not discouraged, as if he is taking Lu Tao as his son.

Just like now, most of the people in the village should have kicked themselves out when they saw them, or treated them coldly, for fear that they would borrow money.

Only Jiang Xiuzhu not only did not drive herself out, but also invited herself to sit in.

Thinking of this, Lu Tao was even more grateful to Jiang Xiuzhu in front of him, and he handed Jiang Xiuzhu the pork he had just gone home to get in his hand: "Aunt Xiuzhu, this is a little pork brought by my friend some time ago, take a little and give it to you to eat." ”

"What!? Pork? You can eat this yourself, your family is Tiantian is the time to grow your body, you have to eat a little more meat. ”

Jiang Xiuzhu refused again and again, and did not pick up Lu Tao's meat, Jiang Xiuzhu was very clear about the situation in Lu Tao's family. Not to mention eating meat, even the rice has to rely on Su Yuqing to find a way.

"Aunt Xiuzhu, just take it, we still have half a pig at home, we just eat it every day, and we can't finish it."

Lu Tao smiled and stuffed the meat into Jiang Xiuzhu's hand, and then said, "I came today, and I also want to ask Aunt Xiuzhu for help." ”

Jiang Xiuzhu saw that Lu Tao was tough, and thought that she would go to Lu Tao's house to verify the situation for a while, if their family was really good, then this meat would be kept at home to improve the food, if their family was still very hard, they would have to send it back anyway.

It's just that she doesn't believe it at all in her heart, after all, the fact that there is half a pig is really a bit incredible.

She should say:

"You said, my aunt will definitely help you if she can help, but if you come to borrow money, your aunt really doesn't have it, even if I have it, I can't lend it to you, otherwise you really have to borrow how much money you can borrow and how much money you lose."

"To tell you the truth, I have persuaded you many times, auntie, but you just don't listen, this is good, what kind of gamble are you going to bet!"

As she spoke, she beckoned Lu Tao to sit down. took another basin, put the meat in the basin, put it aside, and made a cup of tea for Lu Tao.

Lu Tao smiled and explained: "Aunt Xiuzhu, I'm not here to borrow money, I'm not gambling now." I've changed it now, I used to be ignorant, but now I'm thinking about earning my family well. ”

Jiang Xiuzhu chose to believe Lu Tao, and when Lu Tao just finished speaking, she continued to praise:

"Yes, I believe you, a man just has to stand up to the sky and make the house right! Say, what are you looking for me? "Oh, that's right, I want to harvest this grass in the village." Lu Tao said and took out a gynostemma that he had just dug up from the mountain and handed it to Jiang Xiuzhu as a sample.

"Isn't there a lot of grass on the mountain?" When Jiang Xiuzhu saw gynostemma, she immediately recognized it and asked in surprise, "What are you going to do with this weed?" ”

In her opinion, what is the use of this weed, which can only be used as firewood? It may be lost on the road, and no one will pick it up. Lu Tao actually wants to spend money to collect it, isn't this a proper wrong.

"Haha, Aunt Xiuzhu, this grass is a weed for you, but for me, it is a baby, so I am ready to collect it from the village for five cents a pound."

"Anyone who has time to dig in the mountains can sell it to me."

Lu Tao had already thought about it on the way here just now, so he collected it at five cents a catty.

First, if the collection is too cheap, there is basically no one in the village who wants to collect it.

Second, Lu Tao also knows that the people in Dayuan Village are actually living a hard life.

Most of the villagers in Dayuan Village are relatively simple, not the kind of people who will speculate, they will only farm with peace of mind, or work for others, so the natural conditions are also a lot worse.

Therefore, Lu Tao is also ready to use his own strength to change everyone's conditions a little.

And if you collect too much from the beginning, it will cause some unnecessary misunderstandings, after all, it is obviously inconsistent with the prices of this era, and you still have to make money.

"Five cents a pound? That's it? ”

Jiang Xiuzhu was not calm in an instant, five cents is really not cheap, and at this time, the crops that were hard planted in the field were actually sold for one or two cents a catty.

After all, pork is only one or two yuan a catty, and everyone's salary is only ten yuan a day.

Five cents a pound, if you dig seriously, there are quite a lot of weeds on the mountain, digging dozens of pounds a day is not a problem, then you can earn dozens of dollars a day?

It all feels a little unreal.

However, Lu Tao said with great certainty: "Yes, at this price, as long as everyone takes it, I will accept it." I want you to help spread the word in the village. ”

Jiang Xiuzhu hesitated for a moment, but was still ready to come down: "This... I can help to say it, but to be honest, I can't say if they can believe it or not. Because, this thing is not very easy to accept. ”

In fact, her words are quite tactful, according to Lu Tao's current image in the village, everyone already thinks it is strange that he can borrow money from everyone, let alone that he spends money to buy it.

There is also such a grass that can be sold at such a price, Jiang Xiuzhu herself does not believe it.

"It's okay, as long as you help me publicize it, when everyone knows, they will naturally collect it and sell it to me." Lu Tao said disappreciatively, very confident in this matter.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but as long as one or two people taste the sweetness, according to the speed of this kind of talk in the countryside, everyone will soon know, and there will be no one to sell gynostemma at that time.

"Okay. Then I'll give it a try. Jiang Xiuzhu responded.

Lu Tao left early.

He had to go to the mountains to dig up some herbs while it was still early, after all, if the people in the village didn't believe in him and were unwilling to dig up gynostemma and sell it to him, then he would have nothing to take to Renhetang tomorrow.

Considering that today is his first day of harvesting, there must not be many people coming, so Lu Tao is going to stay on the mountain for a while and dig a little more, so that he can make up the arrears on Zhu Mazi's side as soon as possible.

And when Lu Tao went up the mountain to dig gynostemma, Jiang Xiuzhu had already set off with the gynostemma given by Lu Tao.

It's just that before this, she went to Lu Tao's house first, and after Su Yuqing invited her in, Jiang Xiuzhu really saw half a pig being hung on the beam of Lu Tao's house.

It seems that after Lu Tao didn't lie, she was even more concerned about what Lu Tao told her to help, and she first walked to the ponds and small shops in the village.

Jiang Xiuzhu knows that these two places where there are more idle people in the village now.

The river port on the edge of the pond is where the women of the village gather, and in the countryside, everyone likes to give water to the washed clothes and wash off the soap.

The small shop is full of empty men, busy with the work in the fields, sitting in the small shop, taking advantage of the shade, drinking cheap beer, smoking cheap homemade cigarettes, and bragging and farting to each other.

She came first to the river port, where three or four women were doing laundry.

Seeing Jiang Xiuzhu passing, they greeted one after another: "Xiuzhu, why did you come to wash your clothes empty-handed today?" Did you do that with your man last night? ”

The rural women's speech is absolutely amazing, and Jiang Xiuzhu is more playful with everyone, so there is no barrier to everyone's speech.

Jiang Xiuzhu didn't answer their meat words too much, and went straight to the point. stepped forward and showed them the gynostemma in his hand: "Don't talk nonsense to me, I'm not here to wash clothes, I'm telling you, Lu Tao of our team, he has been collecting this herb recently, five cents a pound, if you have time, you can go to the mountains to dig a little, and it's good to earn some meat money." ”

When several women heard that there were five cents a pound, they all came over.

Soon, however, doubts came out.

"No, this thing, there are many on the mountain, where is it worth five cents a catty, Lu Tao, an old liar, I'm afraid he's not cheating people again, right?"

"Yes, I saw him coming out of Zhu Mazi's house just now, why did he turn his head and start harvesting this grass."

"How is it possible, if it can really be sold for money, why doesn't Lu Tao dig it himself and sell it himself? Will it be our turn? ”

The hearts of the people in the village are simple, and they are all relatively direct, usually facing the loess with their backs to the sky, without many twists and turns.

Some people even began to persuade Jiang Xiuzhu.

"Xiuzhu, we all know that you are a kind-hearted person, but don't be deceived, when the time comes, everyone will go to Lu Tao's house, but people say it's just a lie, so you have to complain!"

Jiang Xiuzhu listened to their words, and was a little hesitant at first, but when she thought of the look and tone in which Lu Tao was talking to her today, as well as the pork he brought, and the large piece of pork and various supplements that she saw when she went to Lu Tao's house just now.

said firmly: "I believe that Lu Tao is not a lie this time, Lu Tao has changed now." If you have time, you can give it a try, but what if it really works? Anyway, it doesn't matter if you just take some time. ”

After she finished speaking, she didn't dwell too much with everyone, and continued to lobby for the next point where there were more people.

Wait until Jiang Xiuzhu leaves.

Several women were muttering to each other.

"Hey, you say, could this be true? Lu Tao may deceive people, but Xiuzhu is a real person. ”

"I'm also thinking, why don't we try it together after we finish washing and get dressed."

"Count me in, let's get less today, see if we can get money, if we can't change it, take it home and dry it on the fire."

In this way, some people in the village directly doubted and disbelieved, but there were still some people who had the attitude of giving it a try and went up the mountain to dig gynostemma.