sinovels Chapter 38 After the whole village knew I had suddenly become rich
Chapter 38 After the whole village knew I had suddenly become rich
Qian's mother's words made the salespersons who were receiving the money look at Xu Chunsheng with curiosity.
Xu Chunsheng didn't want to say more.
However, he thought that the Qian family wanted to use their poverty as an excuse to marry his eldest sister into the family. Now he needed to let the Qian family know that his family was rich. In addition, the fact that Ophiopogon japonicus was selling well meant that his family could not keep it a secret for long.
That's why Xu Chunsheng looked over with a smile:
"I made a little money by selling Ophiopogon japonicus."
"Ophiopogon japonicus?"
Mother Qian smiled, and said to Xu Chunsheng, seemingly jokingly:
"If there's such a way to make money, why didn't you think of our Junwei?"
"Aren't you two best buddies?"
"Go ask Qian Junwei."
After Xu Chunsheng finished speaking, he didn't wait to see Qian Mu's reaction and turned to ask the salesperson to help him deposit the money.
"Comrade, there's a one-year fixed deposit available now with an interest rate of 7.56%, yielding a total of 2151.2 yuan in principal and interest upon maturity. Would you like to deposit some?"
"No need. Just open a current account."
Within minutes, the salesperson handed Xu Chunsheng a red plastic passbook with two thousand yuan neatly recorded on it.
Xu Chunsheng had just received the passbook when he heard the clerk say to him:
"Comrade, please keep this passbook safe and don't lose it. Deposits and withdrawals must be made using this passbook, so please keep it safe and don't lend it to others."
Xu Chunsheng nodded to him:
"Okay, thank you."
After finishing his business, Xu Chunsheng hurried home. The lilyturf in the field needed to be harvested urgently, and he couldn't afford to waste a single moment.
Xu Chunsheng originally wanted to wait until all the Ophiopogon japonicus was sold and all the money was received before depositing the money, but his family members all disagreed with his idea. Xu Chunsheng only agreed to deposit the money today last night.
After arriving in the village, Xu Chunsheng didn't go home. He went straight to his own field of Ophiopogon japonicus. Occasionally, he would encounter one or two passersby who would greet him.
"Xu Erwa, are you almost done harvesting your Ophiopogon japonicus?"
"Xu Erwa, you just woke up? Everyone else in your house is already working, why are you only just getting there?"
The Xu family's life has improved this year, which is obvious to everyone in the village.
Because they could smell the aroma of Xu's stir-fried meat every few days, and the whole family had bought new clothes, even umbrellas, which could be replaced by hats for rain protection.
So now, when people see members of the Xu family on the street, they will usually greet them.
Xu Chunsheng greeted him cheerfully, repeating the same few phrases over and over again:
"Have you eaten? What did you eat? Where did you go? What were you doing?"
When Xu Chunsheng arrived at the field, he saw his parents and sister working enthusiastically, clearly more energetic than before.
He could even hear their thoughts on what to do next:
"If you ask me, we should buy two more piglets to raise. It's much more cost-effective to raise pigs ourselves than to buy meat."
"We should rebuild the house, buy a new batch of tiles, and replace the broken ones. Otherwise, every time it rains, it's like 'it's pouring rain outside, and it's drizzling inside.'"
"We should have two more beds made. The youngest sister is still sleeping squeezed in with the eldest child, and the third child is still in a small bed; he's already longer than the bed."
"Let's wait for Erwa to come back and then discuss it. He's the one who mainly earned the money, so how he spends it should be up to him."
"That's true, Erwa is becoming more and more opinionated, that's great."
Upon hearing this, Xu Chunsheng loudly addressed them:
"If you ask me, we should do it all. We need to repair a big house in two days, one room for each person, and also install electrical wires, buy color TVs, and install telephones..."
Upon hearing Xu Chunsheng's voice, the others echoed him.
"Haha, yes, yes, from now on we'll live in a big house, a two-story bungalow, whatever you say, Erwa."
The Xu family members worked happily, chatting about "back in the day" and their dreams for the future, and they didn't feel tired at all.
By noon, the family had removed the leaves from the dug-up Ophiopogon japonicus and carried it home. Some cooked, while others picked Ophiopogon japonicus. Fueled by the two thousand yuan they received yesterday, the family had boundless energy.
The Qian family.
When Qian's mother saw that Xu Chunsheng had actually deposited two thousand yuan at the credit union, she found it hard to believe:
Is it really true, as Xu Chunsheng said, that he made his money by selling Ophiopogon japonicus? Or is there some other way he makes money, and he's using selling Ophiopogon japonicus as a front?
She kept this matter on her mind the whole way home, and when she got there, she woke up Qian Junwei, who was still sleeping:
"Son, son!"
"Wake up, I have something to tell you."
Qian Junwei rolled over: "Hey, what's wrong!"
"You're probably not going to be able to marry the eldest sister of the Xu family!"
"Huh? What did you say?"
Qian Junwei sat up abruptly and opened his eyes.
"Xu Chunsheng has money now. I saw it with my own eyes at the credit union; he deposited two thousand yuan!"
Qian Junwei stopped sleeping, sat up, and ran his hands through his hair.
"Where did he get so much money?"
"impossible!"
"That's absolutely impossible!"
Qian's mother said somewhat uncertainly:
"He told me it was money he made selling Ophiopogon japonicus. Do you think that's true?"
"Mom, that's impossible! Ophiopogon japonicus only costs two yuan a pound, how could it sell for so much?"
"I think so too. There must be some other way. Selling Ophiopogon japonicus is probably just a cover. Okay, you go back to sleep. I'm going out for a walk."
After seeing his mother leave, Qian Junwei couldn't sleep. He couldn't understand why Xu Chunsheng had two thousand yuan.
Among the pretty, hardworking, and easy-to-manage girls in the village, Xu Chunhua is the only suitable one. If Xu Chunsheng really had two thousand yuan, how could he marry Xu Chunhua?
After leaving Qian Junwei's room, Qian's mother went straight out of the house. She was going to talk to people in the village about this matter.
Before long, Qian's mother joined the group of aunts and uncles chatting at the village entrance.
After listening to a few words, I heard, "The Li family has hatched another brood of chicks"; "The Zhang family bought a piglet"; but no one mentioned that Xu Chunsheng's family was selling Ophiopogon japonicus.
Finally, Qian's mother couldn't help but interject:
"Xu Hongjun's family is selling Ophiopogon japonicus. I saw Xu Erwa deposit two thousand yuan there today."
"Really? You must have mistaken me for someone else."
In fact, few people liked talking to Qian's mother because she often looked at people with a sidelong glance and always found fault with the villagers.
However, what Qian's mother said this time was so shocking that people couldn't help but want to confirm it with her.
Xu Chunsheng's family planted more than two acres of Ophiopogon japonicus, which is known to every household in the village. This is not a new thing. Recently, they have been seen harvesting Ophiopogon japonicus. However, the villagers could not believe that they had already sold it for two thousand yuan. Two hundred yuan would be more like it.
"Hey, I think I saw two people carrying something out of their house that day, it was probably Ophiopogon japonicus."
……
So, by the end of the afternoon, everyone in the village knew that Xu Chunsheng's family was selling Ophiopogon japonicus. However, no one believed that they had made two thousand yuan from it, thinking that Qian Mu was just making things up.