C50 (1/2)
Rural incomes are low, and smoking is counted by the roots.
”Xiaobei heard that you have gone to university, you are doing well. Sigh, don't stay in the countryside, otherwise, you will never be able to do well in your entire life.”
Looking at Zhuo Xiaomai who had gone to pour water, Zhuo Mantun revealed a bitter expression. What conditions does his family have?
Bai Xiaobei knew that it was hard to earn money now, so he looked at the busy Zhuo Xiaomai and laughed: ”Uncle, there's one more thing I want to do, and that is that a few people from my village are here to pick up Mountain Rat s, Bamboo Rat s, snakes, and bullfrogs. The Mountain Rat weighs one catty one hundred and one per catty, the Bamboo Rat weighs one hundred and ninety percent, and Da Zhuang sold a snake for more than a thousand.
”What?” Someone offered such a high price for that thing? ”
Zhuo Mantun was shocked, the teacup he had just picked up started to shake, even the Mountain Rat s were taken? He had heard that there were people who wanted to take it, but the price was too low and it was difficult to capture. Thus, no one bothered with it.
Zhuo Xiaomai was also surprised: ”Right now, the ground is full of Ox Frogs and Frogs, there are also a lot of Mountain Rat and Bamboo Rat. If we catch them, we will definitely catch a lot, is there really someone taking them?”
”Yes!” It's right in front of my house! ” Bai Xiaobei drank some water and said, ”You all can go take a look now. Everyone in our village is catching them, and it's very easy to get lucky for five hundred and one thousand people in one day. Even if it's children, there are some who are selling it for a few hundred yuan.”
In the past, they were only playing around. If his parents saw him now, they would teach him a lesson, and even beat him up. Right now, he was extremely happy to earn money, and it was much better than catching a loach eel or eel.
Zhuo Mantun hadn't worked for the past few days, and went to take care of the land everyday. He was anxious to death.
”Xiaobei, is that true?”
It was normal if he didn't believe it. How much money did the countryside earn in a day? Money is so easy to earn?
”Really.” Bai Xiaobei confirmed: ”Uncle, you are also someone I know in our village. You can just call me and you will know, but I doubt if you can get through. Right now, let alone children, even some old people have gone up the mountain to block the rat's cave.”
Zhuo Mantun stood up and walked around, he thought for a bit and said, ”I'll go look for my brother first, we'll go first and earn a sum from our clans.”
In a moment, Bai Xiaobei understood what he meant and nodded: ”Uncle, you guys go ahead first, I'm just here to deliver the books, but tomorrow they will probably hear about it and there will be more people.”
”It's nothing, it's nothing!” Zhuo Mantun revealed his yellowish teeth: ”Wheat, play with your classmates for a while, I'll go find your uncle and the others. If your mother comes back, don't let her uncle go out for now.”
Zhuo Xiaomai's face turned red, and without saying a word, Zhuo Mantun had already anxiously pushed the cart out.
Bai Xiaobei was sure that he was going to take a look at his own door to confirm something, but he would not care about that.
Looking at the blushing Zhuo Xiaomai, Bai Xiaobei laughed out loud. ”You were the same as a fake brat in the past, how come you have become a lady now?”
Zhuo Xiaomai looked at Bai Xiaobei with a red face, then turned and carried the books. Bai Xiaobei followed him to help, the books were not light at all.
”He really gave it all to me?”
Zhuo Xiaomai was holding onto a math book and she couldn't bear to let go of it. Her little sister was the same as her, she hadn't even finished middle school yet, and her big brother was in vocational high school and never came back with a book. She asked for a few times and only brought a few books, while throwing the rest away.
Bai Xiaobei organized his thoughts, and looked at Zhuo Xiaomai: ”You probably won't have time to read for the next few days, but I think you should take this time to earn more money. When you have time, you should be able to learn well.”
”En!” Zhuo Xiaomai happily nodded: Thank you, Xiaobei.
”You're welcome.” He shook his head and said, ”You used to help me a lot. Why are you being polite with me?”
Looking at the sky outside, Bai Xiaobei stood up and said, ”I need to go back quickly, otherwise my mom will be nagging again.
”Mn, Xiaobei, slow down a little.”
She was too embarrassed to stay, so she followed Bai Xiaobei out with a reddened face.
Zhuo Xiaomi quietly came behind her and said, ”Sis, it's time to cook. He's gone. Are your eyes still tired? Why don't we go to the main road and take a look? ”
let her blush from embarrassment. Zhuo Xiaomai pinched her: ”Let's cook together. Don't even think about sleeping tonight!”
”Hee hee!” Zhuo Xiaomi laughed, ”I just heard it. We need to catch bullfrogs tonight. Hehe, there are so many in the paddy fields. We can definitely catch quite a number of them tonight!”
Sure enough, Zhuo Mantun came back later with an excited look on his face: ”Quickly, quickly, get something to eat. It's getting late, let's go and catch the Mountain Rat and Bamboo Rat first.