It was late at night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.
Wang Shumei stood in the ditch and explained to Qian Guozhu and Sun Mancang for more than ten minutes. Only then did she convince her two brothers that there was no black market brother in Lan County who held their girl hostage.
"Then I'll go up the mountain and take a look. If there is any, you guys will wait to receive the goods." Sun Mancang took the initiative to stand up.
Wang Shumei was a little worried: "Brother Cangzi, let me go up with you, the mountain road is dark."
"No, you two can talk for a while."
Sun Mancang is still very measured. In the middle of the night, he is not Wang Shumei's brother, so it is not good to get along together.
Qian Guozhu was also a little worried about Sun Mancang, fearing that something might happen if he went up the mountain by himself, but he was even more worried about Wang Shumei being in the wilderness.
So he said: "Be careful on the road, don't be afraid of being slow, and don't let anything happen to you."
"Hehe, don't worry, brother, I've been working in the mountains since I was a kid. You know what I'm capable of."
Sun Mancang responded and dove into the forest.
After his figure disappeared, Qian Guozhu silently put the dates into the carriage, moved other things to cover them up, and moved them out to an empty space to prepare for the arrival of Apple.
Wang Shumei stood at the back of the car, looking up at him as he was busy.
Qian Guozhu was a little angry. He felt that it was too risky for Wang Shumei to cooperate with an educated youth whom he had only known for a month.
But he also understood that Wang Shumei did this so that they could all earn more.
Qian Guozhu was Wang Shumei's mother's eldest nephew. His mother left early, and after his stepmother came in, he was taken home by his aunt.
Later, it was his aunt who bought him this truck driver's job through some connections.
Later, the aunt disappeared and another stepmother came in.
At that time, Qian Guozhu looked at the three children, one big, two small and three small, left behind by his aunt. The eighteen-year-old boy silently took on the responsibility of taking care of them.
In the first two years, Qian Guozhu supported them. Later, when Wang Shumei grew up, she carried it with him.
The mother is deceased and the eldest sister is the mother.
Wang Shumei didn't remember how much hardship she had endured and how many grievances she had endured over the years. She only knew that her younger brothers and sisters could no longer bear the suffering and sin she had endured.
Qian Guozhu put down a wooden box and suddenly sighed: "I took Damin and Xiaoxiao home before I came out this time, and asked your sister-in-law to take care of them. You... don't worry."
Wang Shumei smiled. She leaned against the car door, looked at Qian Guozhu and said, "Brother, don't be angry with me. I'm thinking...after a while, I will send Damin to serve as a soldier. After Xiaoxiao finishes reading, After high school, bring her to my place."
"The captain of our brigade is very nice. When the time comes, I will discuss with him to allocate a piece of land in the brigade and build two houses. I will live with Xiaoxiao and will not go back."
"My sister-in-law is pregnant. You should save more money and have more babies in the future. The children will also have help."
Wang Shumei rarely speaks her mind.
Life has turned this girl, who has just turned eighteen and two months old, into an old fritter.
When other people were eighteen years old, they could complain about the hardships in the countryside and the tiredness of work, but she had long been accustomed to this, and even...
She felt that this month in the Shili Brigade was the most relaxing time she had had in recent years.
There is no need to battle wits with the stepmother, and there is no messy trouble to bother her.
Do farm work, gossip, tease Wen Lan, pinch Lin Nianhe's soft little face...
The days passed easily and quickly.
Qian Guozhu listened to Wang Shumei talk about the family's shortcomings, and occasionally heard her talk about the two new friends she made at the educated youth spot.
His eyes were a little hot.
His eldest sister has no friends since her aunt left.
When she was a child in school, she would be busy gluing match boxes after class, and all the work at home was hers.
She doesn't have time to make friends.
Later, when she grew up, she went into the black market. The shy little girl learned to talk to people and talk to ghosts.
She is very wary when meeting people like this.
Qian Guozhu did not expect that going to the countryside, which most people were afraid of, would become an opportunity for Wang Shumei.
The moon rose, and suddenly, there was the rustle of branches being pushed aside in the forest.
Wang Shumei's eyes lit up instantly: "Here we come!"
Before she could move, Qian Guozhu jumped into the ditch, raised his hand to block the tree, and caught the sack sliding down the rope.
Lin Nianhe was afraid that this small mechanism would be seen by others, so he deliberately stepped on the ladder to hang it higher.
Fortunately, Qian Guozhu could climb trees, so he climbed up the tree in a few moments and took off the sack.
He was holding the sack, hesitantly.
Just throw it down?
How to fix it if it's broken?
This is all money.
Wang Shumei had already run under the tree and reached out to him excitedly: "Quick, I'll take over!"
Qian Guozhu hesitated for a moment, held the tree trunk with one hand, leaned over and put the sack into Wang Shumei's arms.
Wang Shumei staggered a bit at the 100-pound sack, but she still held on tightly and refused to let go.
Bag after bag of apples fell down the hemp rope. After Qian Guozhu caught it, he bent down and gave it to Wang Shumei, who put them on the ground one by one.
Twenty bags.
When Qian Guozhu drives a truck, he also helps people load the truck, and he has a very stable grasp of the weight.
He could conclude that each bag here weighed a hundred kilograms, and might weigh one or two kilograms more.
Qian Guozhu came down from the tree, wiped his sweat and said to Wang Shumei: "I will get you eight hundred first. You tell the girl that you will give her more next time."
"OK."
Wang Shumei did not hesitate and agreed directly on behalf of Lin Nianhe.
After a pause, she added: "Brother, be careful and don't let anyone ask about the source of the goods."
"I know."
Qian Guozhu chuckled, returned to the car, took out a tattered jacket from a tattered baggage, tore open an inner pocket, counted it, and found it was not enough.
He took apart the remaining two jackets one after another, and then counted out 860 yuan.
He returned to Wang Shumei, scratched his head, and felt a little embarrassed: "Sister, I didn't bring any money. You take sixty first, and I'll take the rest..."
"I'll take fifty, and you give the rest to Damin and Xiaoxiao." Wang Shumei handed him a big solidarity card.
She knew what kind of temper her cousin was, and it was estimated that this was all the money he and Sun Mancang brought out.
If she took them all, it would be difficult for the two of them to have a hot meal in a state-owned restaurant before selling the apples.
Qian Guozhu planned to get some pork in the provincial capital this time, otherwise he would not have brought so much.
He clutched the ten dollars in his hand and nodded seriously: "Then, I will give it to Damin and Xiaoxiao, these two children... Forget it, I will ask your sister-in-law to get money back to them every half month, don't let that The woman searched it."
"Okay," Wang Shumei nodded with a smile, "I can rest assured that my sister-in-law will take care of me."
Qian Guozhu's daughter-in-law was an honest person. When she married Qian Guozhu, almost all the money he earned was spent on his younger brothers and sisters. He was so poor that he didn't even have a decent cotton-padded jacket.
That's it, the girl didn't complain at all. After entering, she went about her life. When nothing happened, she stayed at the gate of Damin and Xiaoxiao's school. After school, she took the two children to her home and cooked for them.
It is precisely because of them that my sister-in-law did not dare to have children after three years of marriage, and she became pregnant recently.
"Okay, you wait aside. When the warehouse comes down, I will take you back to the educated youth point."
Qian Guozhu drove Wang Shumei aside and started to load the apples into the car.
