After Chu Xuan asked, he looked at Mu Chenze.
I found the smile on his face exuding unique charm.
He quickly looked away and pinched himself while clenching his fists. He wanted to stay clear and rational and not be attracted to him.
Mu Chenze noticed her little movements, "Why are you clenching your fists? Your hands cramped from rushing to the sea?"
Chu Xuan felt that the reason he helped find was a good one. "Yeah! Both hands are a little cramped."
He stretched out his hand and made a fist again, repeating it several times.
Mu Chenze believed it to be true, "I have an ointment at home to relieve fatigue. I will give you one soon."
Chu Xuan waved his hands repeatedly, "No, it's much better. You can get down to business now!"
Mu Chenze didn't mention the ointment again, "That's it. I asked my friend to send a batch of men's shirts, both short and long sleeves. They are still not picked up at the post office in town. If you have nothing to do this afternoon, come with me to the town. Are you selling shirts? I'll give you two yuan for every one sold."
"Sell it in the town?" Chu Xuan looked apologetically, "I'm afraid I can't help you. I promised Xiaofeng to go to the county town this afternoon to sell grilled fish fillets, why don't we go together? Men's shirts will definitely sell well in the county town. Yes. Yes, Aunt Liu in town has been wanting to buy a batch, can you give her some twenty pieces?"
"It's okay. Then go to the county town and sell it. If Xiaofeng can help sell clothes, I won't give him a commission. As long as he sells more than ten pieces, I will give him a small-sized true-quality shirt."
"He'd definitely be happier asking for clothes."
The two of them chatted while walking around the mountain road back to the village. It seemed that they would arrive at the entrance of the village in a short time.
Neither of them planned to sell what they had harvested from the sea today. Except for sea ducks and sea bass, Mu Chenze would keep half of the rest.
Mu Chenze really only charged two yuan for that sea duck.
The two of them agreed to meet at the town post office at half past two and then go home.
Chu Xuan walked into her yard and smelled the aroma of rice. She could guess that lunch had been cooked without asking.
Putting down the backpack, he handed the duck in his hand to the cow widow.
"Aunt Niu, please continue to add extra food tonight. Please kill it before five o'clock in the afternoon."
The cow widow looked distressed and said, "Let's raise it for a few days! We all know that you are good to us people. We just ate stewed sea duck yesterday. Isn't there kelp in the basket? You can fry kelp shreds or stew kelp slices tonight. .”
Others also expressed their disapproval of continuing to eat sea duck tonight and wanted to change their taste and eat kelp.
Chu Xuan patted the basket on his back and said, "The seafood in here will be delicious for dinner."
The Cow Widow opened the kelp and saw king razor clams, sea bass, conch and octopus inside, "Xiao Xuan, these two days are really good for catching shipping!"
Chu Xuan smiled calmly, "It's just a coincidence. Aunt Niu, let's invite everyone to dinner. I'll go and change."
Qin Mahua and Fu Qing remained silent. They knew that Xiaoxuan had picked up a lot of razor clams before and were bought by Mu Chenze at a good price, but they didn't tell anyone.
It would not be good for Xiaoxuan to say this.
Before Chu Xuan entered the bedroom, he took a special look at Liu Zhaodi.
Liu Zhaodi was concentrating on killing fish, but still had no intention of talking to her.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, everyone finished eating and continued to kill fish.
Chu Xuan found a clean backpack, spread it with a white cloth, loaded it with thirty kilograms of grilled fish fillets, greeted everyone, and took his little brother out.
Even if Chu Xuan is not at home, everyone will not make a mess. They should kill fish when they should, carry water when they should, and look at the oven when they should.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, all the skinned fish were processed and marinated.
The yard is cleaned.
Everyone left except Miao Dacui who stayed to look at the oven.
Liu Zhaodi walked home first, and took a detour to Feng Chunhua's house while no one was paying attention.
Didn't notice the Cow Widow quietly following behind.
This morning, Chu Xuan specifically told Widow Niu to follow Liu Zhaodi and only listen and watch, not to alert others.
After Liu Zhaodi arrived at Feng Chunhua's house, she saw that the courtyard door was half open, so she went straight into the courtyard without knocking.
Feng Chunhua, who was sitting in the shade in the yard to enjoy the coolness, saw Liu Zhaodi and immediately stood up to greet her, grabbing her hand and saying, "Let's go inside to talk."
Liu Zhaodi nodded in agreement.
Widow Niu was brave. After they entered the house, she secretly entered the courtyard door and hid under the window to listen to what was going on in the house.
Neither Chu Zhi nor Chu Dashan were at home at this moment, which was convenient for Widow Niu.
"Grandma Feng, what do you want me to help you with?"
Feng Chunhua curled her lips with a look of disgust, "This money is really good. It allows you to call me Grandma Feng. Why don't you call me Granny Feng?"
Liu Zhaodi smiled.
Feng Chunhua muttered, "Just like a boring gourd. That's fine. He does things quickly."
Open the closet and take out a palm-sized covered enamel jar.
Open the lid to reveal the paper packet inside.
"Zhao Di! Take this packet of medicine and sprinkle it on Chu Xuan's grilled fish fillets this afternoon. It must be evenly spread!"
Liu Zhaodi took a step back in fright, "This... what is this? It can't be poison, right?"
Feng Chunhua sat on a chair aside and smiled, showing her yellow teeth, "Of course not. It's croton powder, which can cause diarrhea when people eat it. The poison won't kill you, don't worry! I just want Chu Xuan's business to be ruined." "
Liu Zhaodi took a long breath, stepped forward to pick up the package of medicine, and at the same time reached out to Feng Chunhua, "Give me another four hundred yuan, or I won't have the courage to sprinkle this medicine."
Feng Chunhua looked leisurely, "Then I'll switch to someone else, and you give me back the 100 yuan deposit!"
He stretched out his hand to signal Liu Zhaodi to quickly take out the money.
I think Liu Zhaodi is easy to handle.
However, Liu Zhaodi decisively put the medicine bag back to its original place, took out a stack of money totaling one hundred yuan, and put it in Feng Chunhua's hand.
Turn around and leave.
He was grabbed by Feng Chunhua.
"You are so angry, let's discuss it carefully. Is this okay? I will give you three hundred yuan first, and then I will give you seven hundred yuan when the matter is completed..."
"No. It must be five hundred. If my mother didn't need money for medical treatment and medicine, I wouldn't take the risk to help you do this."
Seeing that Liu Zhaodi was very insistent, Feng Chunhua had to give in.
She took out a thick stack of money from her pocket, with a denomination of ten yuan. She counted forty pieces, plus the stack of money that Liu Zhaodi gave her, and patted it into Liu Zhaodi's hand, "Count it!"
Liu Zhaodi's hands were shaking a little, "It's the first time I see so much money. I can't believe it."
After counting the money shakily, he confirmed that it was five hundred yuan and stuffed it into the right pocket of his pants.
He picked up the packet of medicine again and stuffed it into his left pocket. "I promise to sprinkle the medicine on the grilled fish fillets this afternoon. No matter whether Chu Xuan's business is bad or not, you have to give me the other five hundred."
Feng Chunhua immediately objected. "That won't work! I have to see her business go bad before I can pay another five hundred yuan."
Outside the window, Widow Niu stopped listening and left quietly.
Walking to a deserted place, Widow Niu chopped off her feet several times. If Liu Zhaodi dared to drug her, she would be the first to spare her!
My son is not at home today and will stay at his uncle's house.
Widow Niu simply didn't go home to rest, and went straight to Chu Xuan's house to fetch water and chop wood in advance so that she could have time to watch Liu Zhaodi later.
Miao Dacui was a little surprised when she saw that Widow Niu had started work early. Before she could ask, Widow Niu took the initiative to explain, "The children are not at home, so I can't stay idle. I just wanted to come over and do more work."
Miao Dacui didn't think much about it.
At this moment, the Chu Xuan siblings had arrived at the door of the town post office and met with Mu Chenze.
Mu Chenze's usually beautiful face was very ugly at the moment.
Chu Xuan stepped forward, "Is there something wrong with the goods?"
(End of chapter)
