Xu's mother's eyes widened, and even Xu's father stopped his chopsticks and looked at Xu Jiashu.
"Jiashu, what did you say? You said it again, mother didn't hear you clearly!"
Xu's mother moved the stool towards Xu Jiashu and looked at him with bright eyes.
With Xu's father and Xu's mother staring at him like this, Xu Jiashu couldn't eat no matter how hungry he was.
He coughed lightly and said to his parents: "I said I already have the person I like. Mom, please don't ask for help from matchmakers anymore!"
"real?"
Xu's mother almost couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.
"Mom, why are you the same as Xiaopang and the others? Is it weird that I have someone I like?"
Xu's mother hurriedly waved her hands and shook her head: "No, no, no, it's not strange! It's not strange at all! My son, tell me quickly, which family is the girl from?"
Since this was the first time that Xu Jiashu said that he was interested in someone, he had always used various excuses to avoid marriage whenever he mentioned it. Xu's father and Xu's mother expressed their deep belief in his words.
"Mom, please don't ask me yet. I like her now, and she doesn't know it yet. When I catch her, I will take her home as soon as possible and show her to my mother!"
"Eh, eh!"
Although she didn't ask the girl's identity, Xu's mother was still so excited that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear.
The worthless smile on this silly boy's face when he mentioned the girl, it was obvious that he was serious!
Thinking of the villagers' evaluation of Xu Jiashu, Xu's mother began to persuade her earnestly.
"Jia Shu, you need to be more stable in front of other girls in the future. Don't always act like a gangster. You should smile more, you know? You don't want to scare that girl away!"
"Mom, don't worry, she is different from others."
Xu Jiashu said as he stuffed the last piece of steamed bun into his mouth: "Dad, I have something to discuss with you!"
Xu's father also finished eating now. He picked up the cigarette pole and stood up: "Let's go, let's talk in the house."
After the two men left, Xu's mother still sat at the dinner table, chatting and having fun.
"My son has a girl he likes. Hehe, it's finally my turn to be a mother-in-law, Ma Guiying!"
Xu's mother muttered to herself, then got up and ran to the back room: "Jiashu, take off your dirty clothes quickly. You're already soaked through after running for a long time, right?"
"Now is different from before. How can I go to see other girls staring at the smell of sweat every day? Please be more careful in the future!"
Xu Jiashu lowered his head and smelled his vest, and there was indeed a smell of sweat.
Comrade Xiao Jiang shouldn’t think that he doesn’t care about cleanliness, right?
Thinking of this, Xu Jiashu hurried back to his room and changed into clean clothes.
Xu's mother took a look at Xu Jiashu. He used to be disgusted by others, but now he seems to be satisfied with everything!
"Okay, go and talk to your father about business. Look at how upright my son is. What's wrong with him?"
After Xu Jiashu returned to Xu's father's house, Xu's mother put away the dishes and even hummed while washing the dishes.
Seeing Xu Jiashu come back, Xu's father took a puff of his cigarette holder and said, "How are you doing? Is there any news in the town?"
Xu Jiashu shook his head: "I visited all the farms in the town, and they all said that the price of pig feed will not be reduced for the time being."
Xu's father looked solemn after hearing this. The Xu family is the only farmer in the village. They raise dozens of pigs and recently gave birth to more than a dozen piglets.
In the past few years, their family made a lot of money raising pigs, and the pig feed they bought was also good.
However, the pig industry is in recession this year, and the price of pork has been falling. In addition, more than a dozen piglets have been added to the pig factory, which is another huge expense.
Xu's father wanted Xu Jiashu to go to the town to inquire about whether the price of pig feed would drop in the near future. If the price of pig feed would not drop for a while, they would first sell a batch of pigs at the current market price.
This can not only ease the financial problem, but also prevent them from losing too much if the price of pork drops again in the future.
When doing business, there are profits and losses. Even if the price of pork rises after they sell the pigs, they will have no choice but to admit defeat.
"Jiashu, please sell those pigs first."
Xu's father was silent for a moment and told his plan.
But Xu Jiashu disagreed: "Dad, although the price of pig feed has not been adjusted, I also found out another news during my trip to the town."
"What news?"
"The higher-ups' policy to support rural breeding is coming soon. I heard that as long as you get the breeding certificate, you will get subsidies!"
"Dad, before the new policy comes down, not only can our pigs not be sold, but we will have to buy another batch of piglets to raise!"
Xu's father knocked the cigarette pole on the table: "You are crazy!"
"Not to mention when the policy will be released, we don't know how long we can last just by raising these pigs with the money we have. If we buy a batch of piglets, what will you rely on to raise them? Is there a northwest wind?"
Xu's father did not agree with Xu Jiashu's idea. Now that he is older, he just wants to live a peaceful life and does not dare to take risks anymore.
"Dad! Believe me, we will definitely survive the current difficulties! This opportunity to make a fortune is once in a lifetime. If we don't expand the pig factory now, when the policy comes down, everyone will start raising pigs, and we will have no regrets then." The ground is crying!”
It can be said that the Xu family has spent all their money on the pig factory. If they stop now, all the money they invested in it will be in vain!
Xu Jiashu is ambitious and has a long-term vision. He has his own considerations in everything he does.
Compared with his father, he has more drive in his bones and dares to try anything. If he fails, he will come back again.
Father Xu was silent.
He knew that his son had always had ideas.
Sometimes he suspected that he was so hesitant because he was old and was holding his son back in certain things.
"Dad, what do you think? If you agree, I will go to the town to get the breeding certificate in the next two days!"
"Let me think about it again."
Although Xu's father didn't agree directly, he didn't reject it outright.
He needs to take time to process the consequences of success or failure.
Xu Jiashu didn't push him and gave him time to think about it.
"Okay, dad, please think about it slowly, I'll go to the pig factory first to check it out."
After Xu Jiashu finished speaking, he jumped off the kang, put on his shoes and left the back room.
As soon as he opened the main room, he heard Xu's mother humming music in the yard. Xu Jiashu raised his eyebrows, opened the door curtain and looked at the old mother in the yard.
After seeing the clothes in Xu's mother's hand, Xu Jiashu was startled and ran over.
"Mom, don't move!"
Xu's mother was stunned and turned to look at Xu Jiashu. Before she could react, Xu Jiashu snatched the vest from her hand.
"You brat, you scared me! What did I just tell you? Be steady, be steady! Why didn't you listen?!"
Xu Jiashu held the vest in his arms like a treasure.
“You don’t need to wash this vest anymore!”
After speaking, he also smelled the smell above.
The corner of Xu's mother's mouth twitched: "What's wrong? Do you still smell it?"
