"You are going to school the day after tomorrow, right?"

Because the third grade students are taking the high school entrance examination, all the first and second grade students have a week off.

I have to rush to school the day after tomorrow morning.

"That's right, I have an exam the day after tomorrow, and I'll be on administrative leave after the exam. I'll be as busy as a dog again."

The seedlings in the rice field outside are growing green and lush, and the rice in the rice field is starting to turn yellow and bend.

"Will you go with me to Guzhang Village to pick bayberry tomorrow?" Pan Dazhang asked Li Weiguo.

"Is that Wen Xiaoqin's family?"

"Yes, her father's right hand is disabled and he can't climb a tree, so he can't pick the bayberries from her tree. I promised her just now that I will help her tomorrow."

"She is your future wife, shall I be your light bulb?"

"You are a big-headed idiot. She and I are just classmates. Anyway, we have nothing to do at home. We can go pick some bayberries and come back to satisfy our cravings."

"Okay then, you can call me tomorrow."

After returning home, Pan Dazhang made a fruit picking tool out of a long bamboo pole.

I found an old mosquito net and tied it to two long bamboo poles.

Fix a piece of No. 8 wire at the top and bend the wire into a hook.

Use hooks to pick off the bayberries, then drop them into the net, and then collect them from the net into the basket.

This eliminates the need to climb a tree.

Even if you climb a tree, some bayberries are not easy to pick, and there is a risk of falling down.

He asked Pan Xiaozhang to help deliver the tools.

"Brother, what are you doing this for?"

"Pick bayberry."

"Yangmei? Oh, I understand. You are going to Guzhang Village to help your girlfriend pick bayberry."

"Don't talk nonsense. You said you're not your girlfriend, just a classmate. Quickly bring me the steel pliers."

Drill a small hole on the top of the bamboo pole and fasten the thick wire with the hook bent.

Then tie the mosquito net cloth into a mesh bag shape.

Pan Dazhang made several sets of the same tools.

"Brother, let me discuss something with you. Can you take me to Guzhang Village to pick bayberry tomorrow?"

Pan Dazhang thought: If we don't take him with us, this kid will cause trouble everywhere, like a wild horse.

When he becomes an adult in his previous life, it is impossible to change him.

He must be tied tightly in this life.

"Okay, you can pick a basket tomorrow. As long as you pick it, you can pick it back. You can even pick it and sell it, and I can give you half of the money."

"How much does a pound of red bayberry cost in the market?" This guy is still a bit shrewd.

"In the beginning, it sold for five cents per catty, but now it may cost eight cents per catty."

Pan Xiaozhang made a calculation in his mind: five cents per catty, ten catties is fifty cents, if you pick him for fifty catties, wouldn't you get two and a half dollars?

I feel very happy.

After returning from chopping firewood in the afternoon, Zou Xiuhua made dinner early and asked her son-in-law and daughter to eat before returning to her husband's house.

Xu Jingjin sold popsicles for a day and returned to Pan's house in the evening.

There are still a few popsicles left in the popsicle box.

Pan Xiaozhang ate three sticks in a row by himself.

Pan Dazhang also ate two.

The hot sun is scorching the earth. Apart from swimming in the reservoir, the best way to relieve the heat is these refreshing popsicles.

"How's it going? How many popsicles did you sell today?" Pan Dongling was also eating popsicles while asking the question she was most concerned about.

"I went to the popsicle factory twice today. The first time I batched a hundred popsicles, and the popsicle factory gave me twenty popsicles as a gift. After I sold them, I went and batched fifty popsicles, and these are the only ones left."

Xu Jingjin found a plastic bag from the popsicle box, which was filled with various banknotes.

One cent, two cents, five cents, one dime and two dimes are all available.

"Let me count how much money I have?" Pan Dongling looked excited.

In the morning, Xu Jingjin said she was going to sell popsicles, and she gave him three yuan as capital.

Since her marriage, Pan Dongling has taken control of the family's finances. Except for Xu Jingjin's cigarette money, she is in charge of all other money.

Just like after Pan Chaijiu received his salary every month, except for keeping some money for his own food, all the other money was handed over to Zou Xiuhua.

Pan Xiaozhang also wanted to join in and help his sister count the money, but Pan Dongling pushed her away.

"You don't need to count, I can count myself."

This little brother's hands and feet are not so clean.

At the end of the year before last, he was only ten years old.

The family slaughtered a pig and took it to Fuqianwei Town to sell it.

Pan Shenghu was specifically asked to collect and keep accounts.

When he came back in the evening, Pan Shengzhu hung his bag on the bamboo chair and said he would do the math after dinner.

In just ten minutes, I lost more than ten dollars.

No matter what, the account cannot be accounted for.

Pan Shenghu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Pan Dazhang's grandmother went to Yuezhou Village to marry Pan Shenghu for her second marriage, but she treated Zou Xiuhua as her own daughter.

He has the same surname as Pan Dazhang.

Pan Dazhang has been taken care of by two old people since he was three years old.

It is absolutely impossible for him to be greedy for a penny.

At that time, I also asked Pan Xiaozhang if he had taken money from his wallet while the adults were not paying attention.

Pan Xiaozhang just shook his head and refused to admit it.

He sneaked outside again and was discovered by Pan Dazhang. He followed him and saw him searching through a crack in the bricks.

Pan Dazhang ran over and found the missing ten yuan from the cracks in the bricks.

Until Pan Shenghu fell ill and passed away later, he would shake his head and sigh when he mentioned this little brother.

So later on, everyone in the family guarded him as much as they guarded against thieves.

"Wow, not bad, five dollars and sixty-seven cents. Excluding the three yuan capital, I made two dollars and sixty-seven cents today."

Pan Dongling said happily after counting the money.

"I also bought a box of eight-cent cigarettes and a two-cent box of matches." Xu Jingjin said honestly.

"Then you'll earn two dollars and seventy-seven cents, which is pretty good."

It is normal for men to smoke and drink.

Pan Dongling pushed three yuan into Xu Jingjin's hand.

Xu Jingjin said worriedly: "Today we can say that we are working here, but if we sell popsicles tomorrow, we will have to pay our parents. Because after all, we are still eating in the same pot, so it is impossible to save private money for us."

Pan Dongling took the three dollars back from Xu Jingjin and said to him: "I'll ask your father for the capital tomorrow. If he gives it to you, you will hand over the money you earned to him. If he doesn't give it, tell him clearly that the money you earned will be given to him."

Don’t give him the money.”

Zou Xiuhua interjected: "It doesn't make sense if you don't give him money. After all, you haven't separated yet, and you are still eating from the same pot. But be more sensible and deduct a little bit from the money you earn every day. He probably doesn't know. For example

You can hide the money you earn from the fifty popsicles you put in for the second time today."

In his previous life, not long after his family opened a brick and tile business, he and his wife were kicked out and separated into separate families.

That brick and tile factory also made a lot of money under Xu Danian's help.

Pan Dongling saw Pan Dazhang making several bamboo poles for picking bayberry, and also knew that he was going to help Wen Xiaoqin's family pick bayberry tomorrow.

She smiled and said to Zou Xiuhua: "You don't have to worry about Da Zhang finding a wife. He has already found one while he was studying."

"That's best. I also asked someone to help him find a girl." Zou Xiu smiled happily.
Chapter completed!