Early the next morning, Li Yi did not go to the county seat, but asked his father Li Shankui to drive a black carriage into the city to deliver goods.
He himself rode a bicycle and returned to Yaogou Village with his second sister and eldest nephew Zhang Ning.
First of all, it has been nearly a month since the second sister returned to her parents' home, so she wanted to go back and have a look first.
Secondly, I have to send some money to my second brother-in-law, because he purchases quite a lot every day.
Although the purchase price is relatively low, a pound of mushrooms is only 10 cents or 15 cents. Although the price is not fixed, a lot of money is consumed every day.
Some time ago, the second brother-in-law said that he had no money. The family scraped together two thousand yuan to prepare for him, but compared to the huge amount of purchases, it should not be able to sustain it for long.
According to Li Yi's estimation, his funds should have been gone long ago, and he doesn't know what he did.
After riding for more than two hours, Yaogou Village was in sight.
With two people, one large and one small, the walk was still uphill, and even Li Yi's general appearance was a little tiring.
Seeing his brother breathing heavily, Li Lan said with some distress: "It's not far, let's take a rest before leaving!"
The eldest nephew sitting on the crossbar of the bicycle excitedly slapped the handlebars of the bicycle and shouted: "Uncle, drive!"
Li Yi gasped slightly and said with a smile: "It's okay, sister, just hold on, we'll be there soon!"
After riding for more than twenty minutes, we finally arrived at the entrance of the village.
Before entering the village, I saw several women carrying baskets or carrying panniers on their backs.
After seeing Li Lan, several women were stunned for a moment.
Because Li Lan didn't need to work in the fields during this period of time at her parents' house, she wore relatively clean clothes.
In addition, Li Yi bought her a floral shirt and plastic sandals, so her dress was much more fashionable than the rural women in front of her, just like the women in the city.
Therefore, everyone really didn't recognize it at first.
"Ah, is Ning Ningniang back?"
"Oh my God, you almost didn't recognize me!"
"It's been a long time since you returned to your parents' home. It's been almost a month..."
The second sister also hurriedly got out of the back seat of the car and greeted these women.
After chatting for a while, these women also knew that the second sister was in a hurry to go home, so they didn't ask her to say anything, not to mention that they were also busy picking mushrooms.
Although these women were far away, Li Yi and Li Lan could still hear their voices of wonder or envy.
It can be said that before entering the village, Li Lan felt the changes in the people in the village.
You know it wasn’t like this before!
Because of her fierceness, especially the fact that she forced her second brother-in-law to separate from his parents with a kitchen knife, the villagers did not dare to say anything openly, but they did a lot to arrange her secretly.
In addition, everyone knows that the situation of the second sister's natal family is not good, so everyone avoids her.
Unlike now, these people will take the initiative to say hello when they meet, and they are so enthusiastic.
Li Lan knew that the change in these people's attitudes was not because she had changed, nor because they had changed, but because her younger brother Li Yi had become successful.
Thanks to his influence, she and her men became capable people in the eyes of the villagers, so these people looked at her differently.
Thinking of this, Li Lan looked at his younger brother with a hint of gratitude!
Li Yi, who was riding in front, didn't see the second sister's expression. He was rejoicing that he had finally reached his destination.
Bicycles are a luxury item in the eyes of the villagers, but in Li Yi's opinion, this thing is fine for short distances. It is really not as good as a mule and carriage for more than 10 kilometers, it is too tiring!
Arriving at the yard of the second sister's house, Li Yi saw the second brother-in-law working shirtless in the yard.
At this time, the yard of the second sister's house had completely changed from the last time I came here. The huge yard was almost completely occupied by wooden shelves.
These shelves are made of wood as thick as the mouth of a bowl as the backbone, then put on thin wood and bamboo poles, and then covered with waterproof tarpaulin, layer by layer.
As expected, it was used by the second brother-in-law to dry mushrooms.
Xiao Zhang Ning had not seen his second brother-in-law for more than half a month. When he saw it, he immediately shouted excitedly: "Dad...Dad..."
At the same time, he struggled to get off the crossbar of the car.
Li Yi was afraid that he would fall, so he immediately put him on the ground.
The second brother-in-law immediately turned his head when he heard his eldest nephew's cry.
When he saw that his wife and son were back, he immediately dropped what he was doing and ran out to greet them.
After a while of greetings, several people returned to the house.
After entering the house, Li Yi immediately asked: "Second brother-in-law, how are you doing here?"
"It's good. Everyone is very motivated. Not only our village, but also members from nearby Xuejiawa, Xiaoyushuying and Fugou villages also come to sell mushrooms. They can collect at least four to five thousand kilograms every day! "Second brother-in-law said.
"Where have you put all these mushrooms? I don't think we have many at home?" the second sister asked in surprise.
"As much as we can fit in this small place in our house, I put them in the big warehouse in the village!"
"Big warehouse?"
"Well, it's not the autumn harvest time anyway, and the production team's large warehouse is empty, so I told my third uncle to borrow it for a while!"
The second brother-in-law's third uncle is the production team leader of the village. Li Yi knows this. There is nothing wrong with him sending the mushrooms there for storage, but how to prevent theft is a problem.
At that moment, Li Yi asked: "Second brother-in-law, aren't you afraid of losing it if you put it over there?"
"I only send them to you after they are dried. Dried mushrooms are generally not rare in our village!"
Then the second brother-in-law said again: "Besides, the big warehouse is in the yard of the brigade headquarters. There are livestock sheds there. In order to prevent the big animals from being lost, the villagers have to send people to keep vigil there every day!"
"Haha, this is a good thing. The free warehouse also has security guards keeping watch!" Li Yi said with a smile.
"Actually, everyone is also willing to help look after the mushrooms in the warehouse!"
"Why?" the second sister asked in confusion.
"Haha, only in this way can I collect everyone's mushrooms with peace of mind, and the villagers can also make money!" the second brother-in-law explained.
Hearing the second brother-in-law mention money, Li Yi immediately asked: "Second brother-in-law, logically your money should have been used up long ago. Why didn't you go home to get it?"
"When I went there last time, your second sister said that the family didn't have much money left, so I owed the money during this period and will pay it to them after a while!"
"Then the members will be happy?"
"Why don't you like it? It's not that you won't give it to them!" the second brother-in-law said with a smile.
"How much do you owe?" Li Yi asked immediately.
"Almost two thousand yuan!"
"Um!"
At that moment, Li Yi untied his satchel, took out a thick stack of unity, and pushed it in front of his second brother-in-law.
"Second brother-in-law, this is 12,000 yuan. You can keep it and collect it later. Money is not a problem!"
Looking at the bundles of brand new big black things in front of him, Zhang Xuefeng was stunned.
Twelve thousand yuan, that's one thousand two hundred tickets. He has never seen so much money in his whole life.
You know, even if two people in their family work hard for a year, the money they will receive in the end will never exceed 500 yuan.
This has to be a good year. In an average year, you can only get three or a few hundred yuan at most.
Twelve thousand yuan, their family has worked hard all their lives, and they may not be able to earn so much money without eating or drinking.
For a moment, Zhang Xuefeng looked at his wife-in-law at a loss.
Li Lan naturally understood how her man felt, and immediately smiled and said: "These money belong to Xiao Yi. They are given to you to collect mushrooms. You just need to put them away and use them!"
"OK!"
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