60s: I have a store

Chapter 59 Wild Boars Can’t Eat Fine Bran

In fact, Chow Tai Fook was beaten not because he skipped work to find a job in the city, but because he came back to ask his family for 200 yuan. Wasn’t this asking for his family’s lives?
Besides, there is not that much money at home.

"Who told you that?" Zhou Yimin asked him with a strange look on his face.

Chow Tai Fook: “A caring person.”

"Hot ass, he wants to cheat you out of your money. A job in a bakery only pays 200 yuan? If you can get in, I'll take your last name."

"Ah! Uncle Sixteen, your last name isn't Zhou?"

Zhou Yimin glared at him and said, "Jobs in the city are scarce now. If the salary is not over 600 yuan, don't even think about it. 200 yuan, only those of you who don't understand the market will believe it."

They just take advantage of the ignorant country folks and rip them off and leave.”

The young people present gasped.

600 yuan?
200 yuan is already a huge sum of money for them, and 600 yuan is simply an astronomical figure.

Zhou Dafu was dumbfounded and broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, his family didn't have 200 yuan, if they did...

He couldn't imagine what would happen to his family if he was defrauded of 200 yuan. His father would probably strangle him to death. It was scary to think about it.

"No...that's impossible?" he asked weakly.

"How is it impossible? Do you know this, or do I? The job at the bakery is very popular, and it is impossible to buy it for 200 yuan. Use your brain to think about it!"

Who would sell a job that involves contact with food for 200 yuan?
It's totally unreasonable.

They can only cheat the country folks. After all, 200 yuan is a huge sum of money for rural farmers, and they probably can't come up with any more.

Now, Chow Tai Fook even wanted to kill that "enthusiastic person".

200 yuan! How dare he do that?

"Okay, be careful next time. If the price is lower than what I said, there is basically something fishy. Be careful," Zhou Yimin reminded.

After saying that, he rode his bike home.

Laicai and his sister washed Qianqian's diapers, while Laifu went to school. School officially opened today, and all children over the age of seven went to school.

This time, no family stopped their children from going to school, and some even hoped that the school could lower the admission age, for example, to send their children there at the age of five or six.

After all, this can reduce the pressure on the family and allow the children to eat better.

"Wash your hands and come in to eat." Zhou Yimin said to the two children.

When Laicai and Laifang heard this, they were very happy. They quickly put down their diapers, rubbed their hands several times, and then jumped into the house.

Zhou Yimin bought a box of cakes in the store.

"Grandma, try it." Zhou Yimin gave it to the old lady first.

The old lady was also happy, not because she was greedy, but because she liked her grandson to think of her first before eating. The old people just enjoyed this attitude, and it didn't matter whether they ate or not.

"Hmm! Very delicious." She took a bite and found it soft, sticky and sweet.

Third Aunt was there too. She took the small cake from Zhou Yimin and ate it in one bite.

It was indeed delicious. It was her first time to eat this kind of pastry. She guessed that this must be a high-end product in the city! It was just a little small and was gone in one bite.

The old lady laughed and scolded her, saying that wild boars could not eat fine bran, which made Zhou Yimin happy.

Third Aunt was not annoyed. Instead, she laughed and said that she had only recently started to eat some good food.

It was only because of her nephew Zhou Yimin that she was able to eat these good things. Otherwise, how could she have had the chance? Look at other women in the village, who got to eat them? None of them were as lucky as her.

Those village girls and women are so envious!

Whenever she saw those envious eyes, she couldn't help feeling happy.

"That's enough, that's enough. I'll just have a piece to taste it." Third Aunt politely declined Zhou Yimin's offer to eat more.

The old lady was right about her. She herself felt that she, a wild boar, could not eat fine bran.

Zhou Yimin didn't persuade them. Since she ate two pieces less, he would let Lai Fu and the others eat two more pieces. "Leave some for your brother." Zhou Yimin reminded the two greedy kids.

"I got it, big brother. Leave these to dad and the others." Lai Fang drew a line on the pastry box with his finger, and the other half, which had not been touched, was left for the others.

……

On the other side of the riverbed, Zhou Dafu and others carried the corn seeds over.

"Secretary, Captain, these are the corn seeds my sixteenth uncle brought back."

When the old branch secretary and others heard this, they were overjoyed and gathered around.

They opened the bag and took out a handful of seeds. As experienced farmers, they could naturally distinguish the quality of seeds.

These are clearly top-quality corn seeds, with full grains, and they don't seem to be a same variety as the ones they usually grow.

"Secretary, this kind of corn is good!"

The old branch secretary rolled his eyes and said, "Can't I see it?"

Want you to say?
The guy smiled awkwardly.

The captain sighed: "Yimin is thoughtful."

The old branch secretary nodded and said, "It's hard to get so many seeds now. I don't know how many connections Yimin has. You all should be more careful with your mouths and stop talking nonsense."

"Secretary, don't worry! Even if my mother asks, I won't tell her."

Everyone looked at it and their mouth corners twitched.

You fucking!

Your mother has been dead for many years, how can you ask? Of course I can't tell her!

Do you think you are very humorous?
The guy quickly changed his words: "My dad is the same."

An old man in the crowd glared, "Do I want you to tell me?"

That’s right! This old man is that guy’s father.

There was an immediate burst of laughter all around.

Someone else echoed, "Yes! Secretary, don't worry! Whoever dares to spread rumors, I will be the first one to not let him go."

The old Party secretary said: "I'm talking about you guys. You have no control over your mouths. Go back and explain everything to the women in your families."

Women are most likely to leak secrets. They may accidentally leak secrets when they are quick to speak or gossiping with others. Aren’t there many such cases?
With the seeds, everyone worked harder.

The hoe was swung so hard that the scene was quite spectacular.

They also cleared out the rocks from under the riverbed.

"This soil really doesn't need any fertilizer." someone said.

We are all farmers, and we can recognize the fertility of soil. The soil in the riverbed is undoubtedly fertile soil for growing crops.

They could not help but thank Zhou Yimin again for coming up with this idea. They had a hunch that these corns would have a good harvest in the future and would become the most important food for their village.

Therefore, there is no room for carelessness and everyone has to turn the soil carefully.

At this time, the villages on both sides of Zhoujiazhuang, including Shangshui Village, followed suit and began to follow the trend, and all realized the correct way to use this section of dry riverbed.

However, they did not think of growing vegetables, but looked for grains. Any grain would do, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, sorghum...

Just have it.

Despite this, grain varieties were still difficult to obtain. At this time, the control over grain varieties was very strict.

In fact, they also know that it is too late to plant some crops now, but it doesn’t matter. As long as they can harvest any amount, it is a profit, so they cannot demand too much.

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