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Chapter 567 - Chapter 567 567. Maozhus Son_1

Chapter 567: 567. Maozhu’s Son_1 Chapter 567: 567. Maozhu’s Son_1 The last package was much bigger.

Song Tan carried the items over, “8 jin of dried fish, 2 jin of dried shrimp, to be sent to Wanhe Garden in Imperial City.”

Brother Xiaozhang thought for a moment, “There are quite a few customers from your family in Wanhe Garden, which household is it?”

One really has to thank the Wind Speed Express delivery guy from Wanhe Garden; with that twist of his in the elevator, he instantly attracted three customers for Song Tan’s family.

Wait until those three customers start showing off and boasting, and the number of customers will expand exponentially… Now, just Wanhe Garden alone has almost 19 customers!

Song Tan: ….

Which household was it again? She had forgotten it, too. She had to check her records…

…

Song Tan’s home was bustling with excitement, and so were the homes of other people in the village.

Like Zhou Maozhu’s family, for instance.

After indulging in a feast at Lao Song’s family, he carried a ten-jin big grass carp in his left hand and a watermelon weighing more than ten jin in his right, slowly making his way home under the sun, with the fish still jumping around lively!

“Ah yo! That’s the fish from Song Sancheng’s home that sells for 40 per jin!”

Maozhu’s wife was startled and couldn’t help complaining, “You too! Knowing how expensive their fish is, yet you brought back such a big one!”

Zhou Maozhu also felt a bit embarrassed, “I said I didn’t want it, but Sancheng insisted on giving it. He even wanted to give me two!”

As a result, none of the others dared to accept it–

Goodness! If it were an ordinary day, they would have taken two, even three big grass carps without any qualms!

But the fierce competition for the fish yesterday and today, selling at 40 per jin as if it were only 0.40, how could they openly ask for it now? Song Sancheng himself is even shouldering a debt of several million!

The key thing is, after tasting it at noon, it was truly worth it!

In the end, after a round of polite refusals, everyone sheepishly took one fish each and returned home with a mix of embarrassment and uneasiness.

That’s what Zhou Maozhu was explaining now, “Sancheng said that for his own home’s produce, selling them off is one thing, but for us who have helped in every possible way, it’s not right to talk about money among our own people.”

That’s what Song Sancheng had said. Fishing isn’t an easy task, and since people came to help without mentioning money, his family naturally couldn’t calculate gifts by their monetary value.

As for the watermelon… now that it was brought up, they weren’t selling the watermelons after all. Giving them away for others to taste was also a kind gesture.

Maozhu’s wife was still a bit uncomfortable with it, “Then you could have at least picked up two crucian carps… This one, if he sold it, would go for four or five hundred!”

“And this watermelon, I don’t know the price, but it certainly won’t be cheap…”

She prattled on, yet her hands were busily taking the fish to keep it in water.

Zhou Maozhu could only respond, “Next time there’s something to do at his house, we’ll go help out…

However, Maozhu’s wife quickly cheered up again, “Perfect timing, our son said he’s coming back tonight! Put the watermelon in the pond to soak, and we’ll have stewed fish and watermelon tonight!”

She sighed with content, “Our boy, he sure has a good taste in food!”

It was Zhou Maozhu who was taken aback, “It’s not a holiday time, why’s he coming back?”

“Look at what you’re saying!” Maozhu’s wife glared at him, “Our son started work on the seventh, and he hasn’t come back once in between! He finally managed to save up a few days of annual leave, and he’s taking advantage of the smaller crowds to come back for a visit, how normal is that!”

The Tomb-Sweeping holiday is short, May Day tickets are hard to get, and the Dragon Boat Festival is crowded… if he delays any longer, it might not be until the Mid-Autumn Festival!

Zhou Maozhu muttered, “Then he has to go to that faraway coastal city for work…”

The high-speed train alone takes over six hours, isn’t that far? The round trip cost of coming back is over a thousand. Zhou Maozhu’s heart ached just thinking about it!

He discussed with his wife, “When he comes back, why don’t you ask the kid, see if he wants to find a job in a city closer to here? Housing prices in his city are just too expensive! Even the cheapest square meter costs several tens of thousands, how can he afford it?”

Don’t talk about their son working there for three years; even in thirty years, the old couple wouldn’t be able to save up for a down payment.

But as a grown man, ready to get married and have children, he can’t be without a home, right?

Although folks in the village would jokingly say how great it would be if a local girl took a liking to him… But everyone knew it was just a joke. After all, why would a local girl go for him?

In short, Zhou Maozhu didn’t understand the grand principles of development; all he knew was that housing over there was too expensive for his kid to afford! It would be better to find a smaller nearby city where the parents could at least help with the down payment…

And to speak selfishly for a moment, the two of them were getting on in years. If something cropped up, like a headache or fever, it would be more convenient if their child was close by.

Speaking of which, Maozhu’s wife also worried, “What to say? We mentioned it during the New Year and he still felt like we were holding him back…”

Zhou Maozhu thought for a while:

“How about… tonight we first find out how many days he’s staying at home? If he can stay a couple more days, I’ll ask Tantan later to see if there’s anything to be said about his job?”

He whispered to his wife, “You don’t know, the things in Tantan’s home are so expensive! She had a loan of several million and even had Professor Song, who has been on the news, come to personally give guidance before achieving those results!”

After saying that, he couldn’t help feeling proud: “Just today, I even clinked glasses with Professor Song!”

Of course, it was just the one glass. After that, everyone dug into their food and no longer cared about the drink!

In the end, not one of the seven or eight old men at the table could finish a single pound of liquor.

Maozhu’s wife gasped in shock, “A loan of several million?! This girl, always smiling, how can she be so capable!”

But then again, someone who can take out a loan of several million, knows a big expert, and sells fish for 40 per pound…

Tantan must really be something!

If someone so capable were to know something about their son’s industry… Tomorrow she would go and talk to Wu Lan! She heard their family was looking for people to sort tea leaves, and she would go tomorrow too!

…

High-speed train station.

Zhang Yanping, dragging his suitcase, dashed out of the station:

“Starving, starving! Hurry, hurry, let’s go home and eat!”

Cabs at the entrance of the high-speed rail station come and go, and just as the three of them stood there, a young man came up behind them.

Just as the taxi stopped, Zhang Yanping hurriedly leaned in to ask, “Driver, how much to Qingxi Town, Yunqiao Village?”

Whoa! Long trip!

The driver perked up instantly, “Get in, get in. How about 300 yuan?”

“No way!” Zhang Yanping refused outright, “Even chartered cars in the city region are 200!”

The driver wasn’t happy either, “But from the high-speed rail station, it’s already farther… How about this, 280 — with four of you, it comes out cheap!”

“Who said four? There are three of us!” Zhang Yanping stood his ground, “220!”

“That, uh…” The person behind them spoke up.

“260!” The driver wouldn’t budge too much, “It’s still the same for three to ride!”

After some back and forth, the driver sighed, “Fine, fine, 230. I have to get moving or the others will start to hurry me. But I have to take that young fellow behind you as well — young man, where are you heading? To the city? You can pay 30.”

The young man smiled gently, “Perfect, I’m also going to Yunqiao Village.”

The driver: …

His look became strange: You, a strapping young fellow, resorting to these tactics to haggle the price?!

Zhang Yanping: …!!!

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