novelraw Chapter 116 What's the point of talking about families now? Are we from the Qing Dynasty?
Chapter 116 What's the point of talking about families now? Are we from the Qing Dynasty?
The Li family also sent a car, mainly to take Tong Anfu and Tong Yuheng home. Li Chengsong never received this treatment when he went home; most of the time, his family would just pick him up or drop him off at the train station.
The Liu and Li families vied to send the person off, but in the end, the Li family said that since the person was their in-law, why should they get involved? And so they won the opportunity to send the person off.
The Liu family has more grandchildren than the Li family. Considering that Tong Yuheng has so many sisters, they wanted to discuss with Grandpa Tong about arranging a marriage between his youngest grandson and his second son, Yuyao.
This terrified Tong Anfu. His daughter, Yuyao, wasn't even seventeen yet; an engagement was far too early. And they hadn't agreed to Yuheng's proposal either.
Even if the Li family is well-off, they still need to consider whether Yuheng is a good match. They are not willing to let their child suffer just because they have a relative who is an official.
Run, run! Otherwise, a bunch of people will want to arrange marriages between our children, and even Xiao Qi'er will be targeted!
On the second day at noon, Tong Anfu firmly refused the two families' attempts to persuade him to stay. After having lunch at the Li family's house, he got into the car sent by Li Chengye and hurried back to Chenjiatun!
This made Tong Yuheng very nervous. She spent the whole afternoon and evening yesterday making pills, hurriedly dressed herself up, and secretly went to the agreed location to deliver the goods.
At 11:30 p.m., she first packed up the machinery that had been prepared for her, then put the fish and shrimp in one place, the various fruits in another, and the rice and noodles in yet another.
Because of the need to make pills and the insufficient power in the space, she only managed to gather 100 jin of flour. She tested the machines and found they worked fine, so she stopped there. The tractor would have to wait for another opportunity to be taken outside and assembled; she'd have to ask the brigade leader for that favor.
At midnight, Zheng Yunqing's men arrived, a total of more than twenty strong laborers, who turned on their flashlights and lit up the courtyard.
"Xiaoqiang, Haozi, keep an eye on the weighing, don't make a mistake or undercount it!" Zheng Yunqing instructed.
"Don't worry, boss, we're serious!" Xiao Qiang ran off to get busy.
Zheng Yunqing followed Tong Yuheng, this "auntie," into the dilapidated house. She took out a cloth bag containing three large aluminum lunch boxes!
"Each container contains a thousand grains, no more, no less, so we'll calculate it as a thousand grains. We won't collect payment this time; we'll settle it next time. This is my sincerity in cooperating with you."
"Auntie, I absolutely trust you!"
"I'll charge you 5,000 for the machine. You said you'd give me the two old ones, and I won't be polite. The extra money is for the parts of your other tractor."
"Are you waiting until tomorrow?" Zheng Yunqing was still a little disappointed that he hadn't gotten the fruit that could cure his chronic ailment this time. He had already brought it up once; he couldn't bring it up a second time.
"This is a gift for your grandfather; remember, you mustn't give it away!"
Tong Yuheng gave him fifteen Jian Ti Dan pills, told him about the effects of the medicine and three different ways to take them, and then closed his eyes to rest and plan a new planting area in the space.
Zheng Yunqing carefully hid the small medicine bottle, not daring to disturb her, and went out to watch her men move the goods. The fish and shrimp were very fresh and needed to be taken to the cold storage as soon as possible to be packed and frozen; the fruit could be stored for a few days, so it also needed to be stored in a well-ventilated and cool warehouse and distributed to the resellers as soon as possible.
These people all have their own group of regular customers. In this era of scarcity, good products are never hard to sell.
It was past 1 a.m. when Zheng Yunqing finally took everything away and had Tong Yuheng review the accounts.
There are four types of fish: black carp, crucian carp, common carp, and catfish, totaling 3,200 jin, calculated at 1.2 yuan per jin; 1,400 jin of sea shrimp, calculated at 1.5 yuan per jin; based on the previous price, there are five types of fruit, totaling more than 12,000 jin, calculated at 15,000 yuan; rice, flour, and unground wheat cost more than 5,000 yuan.
After deducting the five thousand yuan spent on the machine, Tong Yuheng received another twenty thousand yuan. Sigh! It wasn't for nothing that he worked so hard in the space every day; seeing so much reward made him quite happy.
Zheng Yunqing gave her cash this time. He said he had received some antiques and jade items, but hadn't had them appraised by experts yet, so he didn't dare give them to her as payment. He said he would wait until she came next time to confirm that they were good items.
"Then I'll use those things to pay for the pills next time!" Tong Yuheng threw twenty bundles of 100 ten-yuan bills into the large cloth bag he had brought, and left as easily as if he were carrying a pack of toilet paper.
Not long after she left, she sensed someone was following her! Was it someone sent by Zheng Yunqing? Why is this kid breaking the rules?
No, this person's footsteps are very light; he's clearly a master of internal martial arts. Did he target Zheng Yunqing before coming to find her? She stopped, wanting to figure out who had set their sights on her!
"Ma'am, do you have time to chat with me?" The man saw her stop and came out of the shadows.
"What should we talk about? Do you really think it's appropriate to chat alone with a beautiful woman like me in the middle of the night?"
Tong Yuheng showed a standard smile with eight teeth, but the black film made it look like two teeth were missing. The wrinkles on her face, combined with her eerie smile, were quite frightening!
"What's inappropriate about it? Do you only like doing business with pretty boys, sister? The price that kid offered you wasn't fair!" The man was a burly middle-aged man whom Tong Yuheng was certain she had never seen before.
"Whether the price is fair or not, it's my price, so it doesn't matter. Do you want to buy goods from me, or do you have some other plans?" Tong Yuheng was determined. If you're trying to rob me, I'll kill you!
"We don't care about this small amount of money. I know you gave that kid some special things that my family is very interested in, so we want to buy some from you," the man said, revealing his purpose.
It was indeed caused by the flow of fruit grown in the spiritual spring; it was right not to bring it out this time.
"Oh, that! I'm sorry, I only got that by chance, and I don't have it now, so I can't give it to you!" She thought to herself that she should go back and give the Li and Liu families a good talking-to, to keep her grandfather's identity and medical skills a secret.
"Sister, that's not fair. It's not like we're not going to pay."
"There really isn't any left! Go check if you don't believe me!" Tong Yuheng didn't want to do business with this person; he was being a bit domineering. If someone didn't want to sell, why would you force them to?
"Then I'll have to invite you to my home, sister. I'm sure you'll reconsider!" The man blocked her path, preparing to attack.
Who is this person? Talking about family at a time like this? Are they from the Qing Dynasty? Since they dare block my way, don't blame me for being rude to them later!
"I think you should reconsider. Don't cry if you get beaten later!" Tong Yuheng spoke in the manner of an elder scolding his grandson, which startled the man.