Chapter 12: This Is the Man

"Auntie!"

Chen Jing walked into the house of the owner Chen Honghai, and at this moment, the middle-aged village woman who was cooking in front of the stove, after glancing at him, reluctantly squeezed out a smile and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Jing'er is here...... Sit down, sit down...... The porridge I just boiled, you can eat it here later. ”

"Sit down."

Chen Honghai asked Chen Jing to sit down, and then asked with a smile, "How is it?" I've heard about you these days. The people in this village say that you catch fish and sell it? ”

"Yes."

Chen Jing nodded. At this time, Chen Honghai's mother-in-law brought a bowl of black and mushy pickles, followed by two bowls of clear porridge.

Looking at the porridge in the bowl, there is more rice and less water, and it is really clear enough. Chen Jing nodded at her: "Thank you, auntie......"

After speaking, he glanced at Chen Honghai: "Owner, you and my aunt will eat this?" ”

"Ah, yes, haha......"

Chen Honghai smiled bitterly and picked up the chopsticks, and said: "In the past few years, the taxes of the government have increased, but there is only so much land, and the harvest is not satisfactory, everyone has no surplus grain in their hands, not to mention, there is not much money, or your father will not ......."

Chen Jing looked at him and asked, "Owner, I have a way to make money right now, I don't know if you and your aunt are willing to follow?" ”

"What's the way to make money?"

Chen Honghai's mother-in-law, who came up with a bowl, sat next to Chen Jing: "Jing'er, tell me quickly, your uncle and I are almost unable to open the pot, I am afraid of ...... if we don't make money."

"Oops, what are you talking nonsense in front of your children? Don't we still have those acres of thin fields? This year, when the land is harvested, won't there be food to eat? ”

Chen Honghai's old face turned a little embarrassed, and he took a bite of pickles: "Eat, eat, Jing'er." ”

"Humph!"

Mrs. Chen Honghai, who snorted coldly, put down the chopsticks in her hand angrily and pointed outside: "Look at the weather this year, it is another year of great drought...... What if Daxia is the land of fish and rice, how can our Dawei compare with others? ”

"This ......"

Chen Honghai was momentarily speechless by her question, so he could only slap the chopsticks on the table angrily: "Then what do you want?" ”

"I ......"

Chen Honghai's mother-in-law glanced at Chen Jing: "Didn't people Jing'er come to you and say that they want to give us a way to make money?" Why don't you tell me about it? ”

As soon as she said this, Chen Honghai squinted at his woman, and then looked at Chen Jing embarrassedly: "Jing'er, you...... You still owe the government household tax, so hurry up and find a way to get this money together, and people will come to ask you for money in a few days. ”

"Don't worry, I've got the money ready."

"What!"

Chen Honghai, who picked up the dishes and chopsticks and was about to drink porridge, looked at him in surprise: "You, have you made up the money in so many days?" ”

"It can't be said to be a scrap-up, in fact, I earned it myself, owner, do you know who dares to lend me money in Chenjiazhuang now? Again...... They don't have much money in their hands, they don't have any money. ”

Chen Honghai nodded in surprise, then looked at Chen Jing in surprise, and said, "You mean...... You have earned 150 wen in the past two days by catching fish and selling them? ”

"Hmm."

Chen Jing smiled and nodded, then took a sip of porridge and a mouthful of pickles, but the pickles were bitter and difficult to swallow.

He shook his head: "Owner, will you and your aunt eat this?" ”

"What do you want to eat?"

Chen Honghai reluctantly took a sip of porridge and said, "If you can eat this, we will have a good day in the village." ”

"......"

Chen Jing frowned slightly: "If people always eat these, young people are okay, but people of your age, and those children can't bear it." ”

"Jing'er, you're right, but you have also seen it, now the sky doesn't support people, God doesn't give rain, those few acres of thin fields in your uncle's mouth can't produce food, and it will be a problem for us to have a few people left in Chenjiazhuang next year!"

Seeing his mother-in-law say this, Chen Honghai put down his chopsticks angrily: "What are you talking nonsense about your mother-in-law, how can it not rain?" ”

"I'm talking nonsense...... Okay, then you have a good face and don't want to make money with Jing'er...... I'll go! ”

Chen Honghai's mother-in-law looked at Chen Jing: "Jing'er, you take me with me, I don't want to starve to death without food, and I don't want to leave my hometown to flee." ”

"Auntie, don't worry, with me Chen Jing here, I won't let the people of our Chenjiazhuang starve."

"Really!"

Looking at Chen Honghai, she glared at her man fiercely: "Look at people Jing'er, this is like what a man should say, Jing'er, tell your aunt quickly, how can I make money." ”

Chen Jing told Chen Honghai and his wife about his thoughts, and then told Chen Honghai's mother-in-law: "The daily salary is five yuan, and if you catch more fish, you can be rewarded...... The time is also an hour in the morning. ”

"Wuwen! Just do it for an hour! Is this, is this true? ”

Chen Jing smiled and nodded: "Of course." ”

"Jing'er, my aunt is ...... with you"

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Chen Honghai: "What about you?" The two of us together are Shiwen, what else do you want, Jing'er is just like sending us money. ”

Chen Honghai, whose face was slightly gloomy, put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked at Chen Jing and said, "Jing'er, why did you do this?" ”

"What?"

"I mean, take the people of Chenjiazhuang to make money, others are rich and stealing, I hate that others are poor to death, and I won't tell others how to make money, but what about you...... You want to take everyone to make money together, uncle, I really don't understand. ”

Chen Jing glanced at Chen Honghai, who was full of doubts, and the aunt on the side who seemed to be suspicious of what his man said.

He drank all the porridge in the bowl, then took a mouthful of black paste, pickles with a very bad taste, and said while eating: "People have no long-term worries, Chen Jiazhuang is good, I Chen Jing will be good, if I just live a good life alone, then sooner or later, I Chen Jing will not be able to gain a foothold here." ”

After Chen Honghai heard what he said, his expression was solemn and respectful, and he looked at Chen Jing in shock: "The worries of the world first, the joy of the world after the world, Jing'er, you, you have such a mind and such a pattern, it really makes me admire!" ”

As he spoke, Chen Honghai hugged his fist at Chen Jing: "Jing'er, just take on your responsibility, and I, Chen Honghai, will also follow you." ”

"It's so good to be in charge!"

Chen Honghai glanced at her, then got up and walked out, which made his mother-in-law stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Why are you going?" ”

"What? I'll go find the others and let them all follow Jing'er! ”