Chapter 288 Mom, take these 200,000 later (5100 words)
There is one more, ten thousand today
"Shujie, there are many people coming from the south, please let them come." Cao Shuchao trotted up to Cao Shujie and asked him.
"Brother Chao, are you from the village?" Cao Shujie asked him.
Cao Shuchao nodded, then shook his head: "Not all, I know most of them, but there are also some I don't know."
"It's okay, just let them come over. But you guys will stay here later and tell them clearly. Don't let them get too close. The sika deer has just been delivered and they are still afraid of life." Cao Shujie warned them.
Cao Shuchao and the four others nodded in agreement.
Cao Shujie continued: "I'll take Boss Ren down first."
Ren Yukun saw that Cao Shujie was so busy here, and he didn't want to disturb Cao Shujie, but Cao Shujie wouldn't let him go: "Boss Ren, it's okay, let's go have some tea first, and later go to the farm restaurant to have some food, you can try it
Our specialty here.”
Cao Shujie and Ren Yukun were chatting. When they came down from the mountain, before entering the house, they saw his daughter Mengmeng holding the hand of her grandfather Cao Zhenghu and walking out.
"Grandpa, Mengmeng, what are you doing?" Cao Shujie asked them in confusion.
Before Cao Zhenghu could speak, Mengmeng shouted: "Dad, I want to go up the mountain to see sika deer."
"There are a lot of people on the mountain now, can we go and see them later?" Cao Shujie asked her.
Then he pointed at Ren Yukun and said to her: "Mengmeng, look, who is here?"
"Uncle!" Mengmeng has a good memory and recognized Ren Yukun the first time she saw him.
"Hey, Mengmeng, hello!"
Cao Zhenghu also recognized Ren Yukun: "Oh, when did Xiao Ren come? Why don't you come home for a glass of water?"
"Uncle, I've just arrived. I was just on the mountain explaining to Shujie and the others what they should pay attention to when raising sika deer," Ren Yukun said.
"Grandpa, hurry up and go, I want to see the sika deer." Mengmeng couldn't stay still.
Cao Shujie still wanted to persuade her, but his grandfather Cao Zhenghu said: "Shujie, you and Xiao Ren go home and sit down first, and I will take Mengmeng up to have a look, otherwise this girl will talk about me to death."
After he finished speaking, he laughed to himself.
Mengmeng was very happy when she heard that her grandfather was willing to take her there: "Grandpa, let's go now!"
"Oh, don't rush me, I'll take you up on a tricycle." Cao Zhenghu said.
It's not a big problem for him to walk up there, but he's worried that his great-grandson Mengmeng won't be able to bear it.
Ren Yukun watched Cao Zhenghu and Mengmeng go up the mountain. He was envious from the bottom of his heart: "Boss Cao, four generations live under one roof. It's great!"
"Haha, it's not bad. My grandfather drinks and smokes, and he doesn't fall behind." Cao Shujie said this, but Ren Yukun could hear a bit of pride in his words.
Grandpa's body is very strong, which is the greatest happiness for Cao Shujie.
When Cheng Xiaolin saw Ren Yukun, she also said hello to him and went to make tea.
After staying at Cao Shujie's house for more than half an hour, they went to a farm restaurant to eat together, a portion of braised beef, a bowl of beef soup, and some hard vegetables.
Ren Yukun tasted the different flavors. When Cao Shujie said that the beef was from the cows raised in his orchard, Ren Yukun was indescribably impressed.
When he was unloading the sika deer just now, Ren Yukun noticed that the cattle in the north were probably in the hundreds. Judging from the breed, they were just ordinary cattle, but they were raised by Cao Shujie to be high-quality cattle.
In the next two days, Cao Shujie has been receiving the villagers who came to see the sika deer.
Not to mention Caojiazhuang, Pingyuan County is the first to raise sika deer here.
In Yiling City, there are only a few skinny deer in the zoo, and they really don't look like them.
Because of this, both adults and children are very curious about sika deer.
Every morning early in the morning, children would bring the elders of the family over, and it was not enough to watch them all morning.
Some people will pick a pot of strawberries in the orchard when watching the sika deer.
However, there are still few people in the village buying strawberries from him. The reason is that the strawberries in Cao Shujie's orchard are not cheap, and not many can be afforded in the village.
On the contrary, when Cao Shujie sees children coming over, he always picks some strawberries, washes them and prepares them in advance.
If children like to eat, let them eat some.
When some elders of the Cao family come over, Cao Shujie will also give them a strawberry.
By this time, the peak fruiting period of strawberries has passed, and the yield has gradually begun to decrease.
Even so, hundreds of kilograms of strawberries can be sold every day. Occasionally, large customers will drive directly from the city or provincial capital and take away hundreds or even thousands of kilograms. Although the sales are scattered and not concentrated enough, Cao Shujie also makes Cao Shujie happy.
There is business every day in the orchard.
During this period, Zuo Le also called Cao Shujie and asked him if there was still a batch of strawberries left for him in the orchard.
Cao Shujie saw that the strawberries in the orchard were no longer as red as before, and he also explained the situation to Zuo Le.
Zuo Le was a little regretful and wanted to ask Cao Shujie to grow more strawberries.
Cao Shujie smiled. No matter how much money you make, you can't grow too many strawberries.
This thing is much more difficult to maintain than fruit trees, and the investment is not low at all. Unlike the fruit trees he is planting now, when they are in full fruit season, they can make a lot of money and are easy to take care of.
At the end of the day, Zuo Le asked Cao Shujie to book kiwi fruit for this year.
When I met Cao Shujie last year, Cao Shujie’s kiwis had been sold out for almost two months.
Zuo Le finally emptied the apples planted by Cao Shujie, and he still had a lot of regrets in his heart.
I have always wanted to taste the taste of the kiwi grown by Cao Shujie?
But Cao Shujie told him: "Boss Zuo, it's really not possible this year. I only have 7 acres of kiwi fruit, and the yield is too low. If you are willing to wait, I will definitely set aside some for you after the newly planted kiwi fruit matures."
"But if you want to eat it yourself, come and I'll give it to you for free." Cao Shujie said.
How could Zuo Le agree when he heard Cao Shujie ask him to wait for next year's kiwi fruit?
However, he didn't argue with Cao Shujie on the phone about this. Instead, he planned to drive directly to Cao Shujie to talk in person after finishing what he was doing.
May 19th, Saturday.
This is also the first Saturday after the sika deer was delivered.
Just two days ago, his wife Cheng Xiaolin made a special video, asking the sika deer in the orchard to follow him out of the country and show a little face.
Just because of this appearance, many netizens who follow "Mengmeng Orchard" noticed that there are new members in Mengmeng Orchard.
Or a sika deer.
Many people who have children at home take advantage of their Saturday off to bring their children over to have a look and pick some strawberries to eat.
So on this Saturday morning, many people in Caojiazhuang discovered that a car drove to the north of Caojiazhuang and stopped early in the morning. Then a family got out of the car and walked towards the mountain.
As time goes by, more and more people come.
The folks in Caojiazhuang thought this was a coincidence at first, but when they saw more and more cars passing by, many people later realized that Cao Shujie’s place was not only crowded with people during the long holidays.
There is nothing to hesitate about. Many people hurried home to make their own things and prepare to come over to set up stalls and do business.
In the orchard on the mountain, when Cao Shujie heard many people talking about sika deer, he knew that his unintentional move had had an effect beyond imagination.
As for what kind of chain reaction it can have in the future, Cao Shujie thinks that is no longer important.
…
In late May, in the evening, a gust of wind blew, making it feel particularly cool.
Four dog brothers, Daha, Erha, Dahei and Xiaohei, came out again pulling their cute chariots.
Let’s walk around the village first to attract attention.
This combination is the center of attention wherever they go.
The more people watched, the happier Mengmeng stood on the chariot, as if she enjoyed the feeling of being watched by everyone.
Cao Shujie didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He saw that his daughter was just here to show off.
When he reached the south end of the village, Cao Shujie suddenly heard a quarrel.
The sound faded in and out. At first, Cao Shujie thought he heard it wrong. He listened carefully and then noticed that the sound was coming from the east.
"Whose house is this?" Cao Shujie wondered.
Seeing Cao Zhengde, an elder of the Cao family, standing on the roadside enjoying the cool weather, Cao Shujie led four dogs over and said hello: "Grandpa."
"It's Shujie, are you guys out to play again?" Cao Zhengde looked at Mengmeng on the chariot with a smile. He had seen them several times.
"Grandpa, whose family is this quarreling about?"
"Alas!" Cao Zhengde sighed.
"Shujie, that's your grandpa Zhengting's house."
"Grandpa Zhengting?" Cao Shujie thought about it carefully and suddenly said: "Grandpa, isn't my grandpa Zhengting gone?"
"That grandma of yours is still alive!" Cao Zhengde said.
"Oh!" Cao Shujie nodded and then asked, "What are they arguing about?"
"Your grandma is not in good health. Her son and daughter-in-law want to see a doctor for her, but your grandma refuses to go and keeps quarreling about it every now and then," Cao Zhengde said.
Cao Shujie frowned: "Is this the reason for the quarrel?"
"Otherwise, I heard it would cost a lot of money." Cao Zhengde said.
After hearing what he said, Cao Shujie seemed to understand.
He asked Cao Zhengde: "Grandpa, what's wrong with my grandma?"
"We don't know. She has been feeling unwell for several years. When I asked her, she didn't tell her, and her family didn't tell her either. It made her feel like she was seriously ill," Cao Zhengde said.
Cao Shujie had been listening carefully. When he heard what Cao Zhengde said, he thought to himself: "Is it really a serious illness?"
With this question in mind, Cao Shujie took the dog and continued walking north. He also met a few people on the road. Cao Shujie asked them about what happened to Cao Zhengting's family, but many people didn't know much about it.
Cao Shujie was quite puzzled. What disease did Grandma Zhengting have? She hid it so well?
When he returned home, he saw his father Cao Jianguo and mother Wang Yuelan here. Cao Shujie told what happened just now.
His parents don't know about this either.
Mother Wang Yuelan said: "I heard them mention that your grandma Zhengting is not feeling well. I don't know what happened specifically."
"Isn't it enough to let them go to the hospital for a checkup? Will there be a quarrel?" Cao Shujie asked.
Cao Jianguo glanced at his son: "It's money, what else can happen?"
"Dad, are you saying that Grandma Zhengting's family has no money?" Cao Shujie asked.
Cao Jianguo shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with whether you have money or not. It's just that you are reluctant to spend money."
But Wang Yuelan added: "I remember hearing someone tell me that it is really a serious illness and it will cost a lot of money."
Hearing what his mother said, Cao Shujie was thoughtful and did not delve into the issue further.
His wife Cheng Xiaolin was cooking in the kitchen. When she saw him coming back, she asked him: "Shujie, what's wrong?"
"It's okay. When I was playing with Mengmeng in Nantou just now, I heard someone arguing at home." Cao Shujie explained to his wife what had just happened.
After hearing this, Cheng Xiaolin said: "She can't have cancer, right?"
Cao Shujie was stunned, but then shook his head: "Probably not."
"Don't worry about this, let's eat first." Cheng Xiaolin said.
After finishing speaking, Cheng Xiaolin directed her husband: "Shujie, take a bowl with the porridge and take it out to cool down."
"Okay." Cao Shujie started to work.
The couple had a tacit understanding, and soon Cheng Xiaolin brought out the fried dishes.
While eating, Cheng Xiaolin said something: "Mom, after dinner, I will get you 200,000. You and my dad must not be reluctant to spend it, and go to the hospital for regular check-ups."
As soon as she finished speaking, Cao Shujie immediately turned to look at his wife.
Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo also looked at their daughter-in-law.
Cao Zhenghu was drinking porridge. He raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and continued to drink porridge as if nothing had happened.
"We still have money, why do you give us money?" Wang Yuelan waved her hands away.
Cao Jianguo also said: "Linlin, just save the money, don't just think about giving it to us."
"Dad, Mom, it should be." Cheng Xiaolin said.
After eating, she was talking to her parents-in-law downstairs and asked her husband to go upstairs to get the money.
"Shujie, there is a black bag in the safe and a cloth bag next to it. Please take them down," she said.
Seeing that her husband hadn't moved yet, Cheng Xiaolin glared at him: "Can you hurry up? What are you doing?"
"I'll go right away." Cao Shujie stood up and walked towards the second floor.
He didn't communicate this matter with his wife in advance, which was quite puzzling!
I went to the room with the safe upstairs and opened the safe. There was indeed a thick black plastic bag inside, and a floral bag next to it.
It's quite heavy to lift.
Without counting, he took out the black bag and floral bag, locked the safe, and came downstairs again.
As soon as he arrived in the living room, he heard his wife talking.
"Dad, Mom, don't be too little. This time I made almost 4 million from selling strawberries. You are also busy. You should take this money..."
"Linlin, how can you child say that? Isn't it right for us to do some work?" Wang Yuelan said.
But Cheng Xiaolin shook her head. She disagreed with this statement: "Mom, no matter what you say, these 200,000 are from me and Shujie to honor you, just take it."
"And grandpa, I also left fifty thousand..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Cao Zhenghu waved his hand: "I don't want it."
"Grandpa, just hold the flowers." Cheng Xiaolin said.
It seems that this decision is beyond doubt.
Wang Yuelan looked at her son, a little embarrassed.
Last year, my daughter-in-law gave them 100,000 yuan, and that time Wang Yuelan took 50,000 yuan.
But in the village, there were no big expenses at all. She saved most of it, thinking that she would give it to her son and daughter-in-law when they needed money one day.
Who knew that this year would be even more outrageous. Last time, her son said he would give them 200,000 yuan, but before her son mentioned it, her daughter-in-law gave it to them first.
Wang Yuelan is still wondering, is this because her son and daughter-in-law passed away in advance?
But looking at the expression on her son's face, Wang Yuelan didn't feel like it!
"Mom, take it," Cao Shujie said.
But Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo only took away 100,000 yuan in the end, and wanted nothing for the rest.
…
Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan carried 100,000 yuan in their schoolbags and rode back home.
On the way, they said nothing about money.
After returning home, Wang Yuelan said to her husband: "Lao Cao, you can take this money to the town and deposit it tomorrow."
"Okay! Leave it to them." Cao Jianguo also meant the same thing.
The two of them are getting older, and their need for "external goods" is getting lower and lower.
Cao Jianguo was filled with emotion when he thought about his son and daughter-in-law when they returned from the capital last year.
He said: "I still think it was a dream. Who knew Shujie and Linlin were doing so well now."
"Don't talk about you, I don't even believe it!" Wang Yuelan thought about how her daughter-in-law said that she had earned more than 4 million yuan this year just from selling strawberries during dinner.
When she heard this number, her mind went blank, and her ears seemed to be deaf at that moment, unable to hear any external sounds.
There was only one thought in her head: "Why do you earn so much?"
…
"Honey, what do you think?"
When sleeping at night, Cao Shujie asked his wife.
Cheng Xiaolin looked away from the phone and turned to ask her husband: "What do you think? Can you make it clearer?"
"That's the money." Cao Shujie said.
After hearing this, Cheng Xiaolin said: "What else can you think about? Isn't it right to give our parents some money?"
Cao Shujie: "..."
He felt that he had overcomplicated things.
His wife continued: "Besides, my parents also help us a lot."
"When we are busy, our mother looks after Mengmeng and takes care of the family."
"My dad works in the orchard. He does more than Brother Chao and the others. When he is really busy, my dad always works until the end. Has he ever told you that he is 'tired'?" Cheng Xiaolin asked him.
Cao Shujie sighed as he thought about his father's silent sacrifice.
Indeed.
"Besides, after our mother cut the wheat some time ago, didn't she ask you to plant grass? The orchard was also given to us. They will really have no income in the future. If you don't give it, are you still waiting for them to have no money to spend?
Want it from us? Do you think they can open their mouths?"
While talking, Cheng Xiaolin remembered something and suddenly turned around and asked him: "Shujie, are you reluctant to give it to me?"
Cao Shujie slapped her twice on the butt: "Don't talk nonsense, am I that kind of person?"
"Ouch!" Cheng Xiaolin covered her butt with her backhand and said sadly, "Who knows!"
"You know people but don't know their hearts. Maybe you really can't bear to pay..."
Seeing his wife talking more and more passionately, Cao Shujie directly reached over and blocked her mouth.
