Back in Stone Village, walking along the country road.
“Yansheng, I don’t know if that boss has been arrested yet. Are we still going to Longfeng Teahouse in the county town for lunch?”
Yu Bingjie said to Chen Yansheng.
“Go, why wouldn’t you go?”
Without even thinking, Chen Yansheng said: “Even if the boss who sold jackal skins is gone, there are other bosses.”
“I have good stuff, why would I be afraid of not being able to sell it?”
At this point, to avoid worrying Yu Bingjie, he added another sentence: “Moreover, I can also sell jackal meat at the Longfeng Tea House in the county town this time, which will also be a source of income.”
“I’ll go with you!” Yu Bingjie said without hesitation when she heard Chen Yansheng say that.
No matter what decision Chen Yansheng makes, I will always be by his side.
Hearing Yu Bingjie’s words, Chen Yansheng smiled and said, “Okay!”
The two chatted and laughed until they returned to the outside of the Yu family’s courtyard.
Chen Yansheng suddenly stopped in his tracks. He saw a figure standing outside the courtyard, none other than his sister, Chen Yuting.
“Sister, what brings you here?” Chen Yansheng asked with an awkward smile.
Chen Yuting gave Chen Yansheng a cold look and said, “Let me see if you’ve died out there since you haven’t been home for two days!”
Hearing his sister’s words, Chen Yansheng gave an awkward smile.
“Sister Yuting…” Yu Bingjie stepped forward and tried to take Chen Yuting’s hand.
But the latter simply stepped back, avoiding her hand.
“Come home with me, study hard in college, and I will give her family a sum of money as compensation.”
Chen Yuting looked directly at Chen Yansheng, her tone carrying a hint of command.
Upon hearing Chen Yuting’s words, Chen Yansheng’s smile vanished, and he said in a deep voice: “Sis, I told you, I’m not going to college.”
“I want to stay and marry Yu Bingjie!”
Seeing that Chen Yansheng had been outside for two days and was still stubbornly unrepentant, Chen Yuting frowned deeply.
“I’ll ask you one more time, are you going to reply or not?”
“I won’t go back!” Chen Yansheng said, his neck stiff.
“Fine, if you won’t come back, then don’t ever come back again.” Chen Yuting pointed at Chen Yansheng’s nose and cursed.
“I don’t have a stupid younger brother like you!”
“You can die out there from now on, and I won’t care about you anymore.”
Chen Yansheng also lost his temper: “Fine, I won’t care. I can take care of myself.”
Seeing Chen Yansheng speak to her like that, Chen Yuting was so angry that her face turned red. She pointed at Chen Yansheng and couldn’t speak for a long time.
Finally, she just snorted and turned to leave.
“Yansheng, how can you talk to Sister Yuting like that? She’s your sister.”
Seeing Chen Yuting storm off in anger, Yu Bingjie patted Chen Yansheng on the shoulder and said.
“Even if she’s my sister, she can’t ask you for money as compensation. What does she take you for?” Chen Yansheng said angrily.
“It’s normal for your sister to blame me if I do something wrong.”
Yu Bingjie shook her head and gently advised: “But you are siblings, and there’s no grudge that lasts overnight. No matter how much you quarrel, you’re still family. She’s only doing this for your own good.”
“From now on, you’re not allowed to talk back to your sister like that again!”
Seeing how sensible Yu Bingjie was, Chen Yansheng’s anger subsided considerably.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a bundle placed behind a large tree.
“What’s this?” Yu Bingjie also noticed the bundle, picked it up, and opened it to take a look.
Inside, several sets of clothes were clearly visible.
“Yansheng, aren’t all these clothes yours?”
“Did your sister bring it?” Yu Bingjie asked.
Chen Yansheng’s expression changed slightly when he saw these outfits.
He rummaged through his clothes and found a wad of cash, about 2,000 yuan, in the innermost layer.
Yu Bingjie also noticed this and said to Chen Yansheng, “Yansheng, your sister may be angry, but she is still worried that you are not warm enough or have no money while living outside.”
“Your sister really cares about you.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Yansheng’s face also showed a hint of guilt.
When he was a child, his parents had to work in the fields, so his older sister took care of him.
Once, he had a fever, and there was no effective medicine in those days. His sister stayed up all night, constantly wiping his forehead with a towel to bring down the fever.
Now that he has been admitted to university, he is unwilling to go, which his sister considers foolish.
Even so, she secretly slipped money into her clothes, afraid that her younger brother would not have a good life.
Although Chen Yuting runs a stall business in the city, 2,000 yuan is not a small amount for her.
The eldest sister is like a mother; this saying perfectly describes the eldest sister, Chen Yuting.
“I’ll apologize to my sister next time I see her.”
“Now, we have to work hard to make money; only in this way can we prove that I am right.”
“Only then can I get my sister’s approval.”
Chen Yansheng put away the bundle and said seriously.
I had just entered the Yu family’s courtyard.
When Aunt Mei saw Chen Yansheng and Yu Bingjie return, a look of surprise and delight appeared on her face:
“Daughter, you didn’t come home all night. I was worried you might have gone to the black market and gotten into trouble.”
“Mom, we’re fine. We just encountered a surprise inspection by the police. While we were hiding, we missed the time for the country buses to return to the city…”
Seeing her mother’s worry, Yu Bingjie briefly recounted what had happened yesterday.
It also omits the thrilling parts.
After hearing this, Aunt Mei breathed a sigh of relief and said, “It’s good that you’re alright, it’s good that you’re alright.”
“However, we should avoid going to the black market in the future; it’s too dangerous.”
Hearing Aunt Mei’s words, Chen Yansheng smiled and said, “Aunt Mei, the black market is indeed risky, but it’s also a quick way to make money.”
As he spoke, he took out the money he had earned from selling jackal pelts the day before and said: “Look, I sold those five jackal pelts for 500 yuan yesterday.”
Aunt Mei was also surprised when she heard that five jackal skins had been sold for 500 yuan.
“500 yuan? Wow, that’s a lot?”
Aunt Mei exclaimed in amazement: “This amount of money is something that an ordinary family couldn’t earn even if they didn’t eat or drink for a year.”
“Mom, you can see how fierce these jackals are. Ordinary people can’t hunt them,” Yu Bingjie said.
Aunt Mei agreed that this made sense.
After washing up, changing into new clothes, and resting for a while in the Yu family’s courtyard, Chen Yansheng and Yu Bingjie packed the meat of four jackals and a century-old blood ginseng into bamboo baskets and prepared to set off for the county town again.
They carried jackal meat on their backs as they walked along the village road, making them very conspicuous.
“Good heavens, did you hunt all these jackals, Yansheng?”
“Yansheng, you’re a man of both literary talent and hunting prowess!”
“Jack meat is expensive these days; it can fetch a lot of money in the city!”
The villagers were talking all at once.
Chen Yansheng simply greeted him with a smile, without saying anything more.
In a nearby corner, a villager who was on good terms with Wang Mazi, upon hearing that Chen Yansheng had killed four jackals and was planning to sell them in the city, grinned.
“The meat from these four jackals can fetch a lot of money. If Chen Yansheng really makes money, he can pay off the debt that Yu Bingjie owes to Brother Ma.”
“Does that mean Ma Ge won’t be able to marry Yu Bingjie?”
“No, we have to tell Brother Ma about this right away and let him think of a way to ruin Chen Yansheng’s business!”
Thinking of this, he turned and ran towards Wang Mazi’s house.
really.
Upon hearing this, Wang Mazi immediately flew into a rage: “What? He actually found something good while hunting in the mountains?”
“Yes, Brother Ma, I heard that jackal meat can sell for several times the price of pork in the city.”
The villager echoed: “The meat from those four jackals could fetch at least several hundred yuan, not to mention their hides.”
“If Chen Yansheng really makes money in the next few days, even if it’s not enough to cover the 10,000 yuan, I’ll only pay you back a portion.”
“Your plan to marry Yu Bingjie is also off the table.”
At this point, the villager paused for a moment, then continued, “Moreover, I heard that Chen Yansheng has been staying at Yu Bingjie’s house for the past few days. Nobody knows if they’ve even slept in the same room.”
“As time goes on, even if you marry Yu Bingjie, nobody will know if your wife is still virgin…”
Upon hearing the villager’s words, Wang Mazi’s face darkened, and he roared angrily, “Stop talking!”
He recalled that night when Chen Yansheng confessed that he had already had relations with Yu Bingjie.
He certainly doesn’t want to be cuckolded.
“If Chen Yansheng really makes money, how can I humiliate him and defile Yu Bingjie!”
Thinking of this, Wang Mazi gritted his teeth and said:
“Chen Yansheng has no chance of making a living selling mountain products and wild game!”
Thinking of this, he said to the villager, “Go now and call Gouzi and Laipi She here.”
“Let’s rob Chen Yansheng of his money!”
“Robbery?” Upon hearing this, the villager hesitated for a moment.
This is no small crime.
Seeing that his younger brother was hesitant, Wang Mazi tried to entice him, saying, “Didn’t Yu Bingjie leave the village with Chen Yansheng?”
“Once we’ve robbed Chen Yansheng of his money, tonight I’ll let you have your fun!”
Upon hearing Wang Mazi’s words, the villager’s eyes lit up immediately.
He’s wanted to get rid of Yu Bingjie for a long time!