305 Cash Return
As the village chief, Chen Jiang went to the commune for meetings often. He was disdainful of the commune’s principle of gender equality, but many villages were supporting it. However, no matter what, he wouldn’t allow gender equality in Tunli Village, which he ruled over.
Because their village was the most remote from the commune, the leaders rarely came over to inspect. Even if they did, the men in those families would hide them. Therefore, Chen Jiang’s noncompliance was never discovered.
When he saw that Xiao Sheng had the same attitude, he immediately felt a sense of kinship with him!
Chen Jiang extended an olive branch. “You’re welcome to purchase goods!” Xiao Sheng smiled and shook Chen Jiang’s hand. “I want to see the crops first.” Because the village was remote, many people were unwilling to come to buy it. The villagers could only send the crops to the supply company in town themselves and the price wasn’t high. Therefore, Chen Jiang took this matter quite seriously.
“No problem. Chen Ping, Jiang He, come with me to accompany Xiao Sheng. The rest of you, hurry up and disperse!”
After watching the commotion, everyone obediently dispersed.
On the way into the village, Chen Jiang continued to look at Xiao Sheng suspiciously. “Why did you come all the way here to collect them?”
Xiao Sheng made up an excuse without batting an eye. “Transportation is inconvenient, so the further you go, the cheaper it will be. I know that the price you sell to the supply company at is lower than its actual value. You’re a practical person. My price isn’t higher than the price the supply company pays, but I can get someone to come in and collect…”
After Xiao Sheng looked at the two villagers accompanying him, he leaned closer to Chen Jiang and whispered, “Moreover, I’ll give you 0.02 yuan for every catty. I also want to earn some profit from it.”
When Chen Jiang heard this, he revealed a meaningful smile. “I understand! Don’t worry, I am the one who makes the decision!”
After Chen Jiang finished speaking, he began to plan. Every year, he would sell two to three thousand catties of chili during the harvest. This meant that he could earn 50 to 60 catties!
Tunli Village was extremely poor. Chen Jiang, who was the village chief, only little money every year even after embezzling. If he could help Xiao Sheng facilitate this matter, he could easily get more money. If they could cooperate over the long term, his family would have an additional fixed income every year. This was a great thing!
With this in mind, Chen Jiang looked at Xiao Sheng even more fervently. He glanced at his right-hand men and suddenly felt that they were in the way, so he said, “Go to my house and ask my wife to cook more food today. I want to keep Brother Xiao for lunch. After informing her, you guys can go to the fields. There’s a lot of work to do today.”
Yu Bing suppressed her laughter when she heard Xiao Sheng’s lies.
The division of labor between the two of them was very clear. Xiao Sheng was in charge of diverting everyone’s attention while she thought of a way to secretly figure out the situation in the village.
Now that Chen Jiang had sent the two of them away, Yu Bing walked behind them slowly and began to size up the houses.
Tunli Village was completely different from He Mountain Village. The houses here were very concentrated. Yu Bing guessed that it was to control the woman they had bought better. At such a close distance, if there was any commotion, they would quickly discover it.
Unfortunately, all the doors were locked at this moment, so Yu Bing couldn’t see the situation in the houses.
At that moment, a pregnant woman in tattered clothes ran over. Her face and hair were dirty and messy. “Go home. I want to go home.”
Chen Jiang quickly stopped her and shouted at a house behind the road, “Jiang He’s mother! Your daughter-in-law is acting up again!”
Jiang He’s mother had been cooking in the house and didn’t notice that her daughter-in-law had run away. When she heard Chen Jiang’s voice, she hurriedly ran out. “This lunatic really thinks I’m not busy enough. If it weren’t for the fact that she has a child in her stomach, I would have beaten her to death!”
Chen Jiang glared at Jiang He’s mother and signaled with his eyes that there were outsiders in her village. “Alright, hurry up and bring her back.”
Jiang He’s mother didn’t dare to say anything else. The woman who had been causing trouble was so frightened that she didn’t dare to move when she saw Jiang He’s mother and let her drag her away.
Chen Jiang was afraid that Xiao Sheng would notice something, so he smiled helplessly and said, “One can’t help but complain when one has a mentally ill daughter-in-law.”
Xiao Sheng smiled in understanding and pointed at Yu Bing. “That’s normal. How many times has my mother said she would beat her to death? Isn’t she still fine?”
As Yu Bing watched as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered the second house in front, she had an idea and tugged at the corner of Xiao Sheng’s shirt. When she saw him turn around, she carefully raised her head and said softly, “Hubby, I want to go to the bathroom.”
Xiao Sheng was shocked by this form of address. Fortunately, he immediately came back to his senses and said impatiently, “You’re so troublesome! You don’t even know anyone. Where do you plan to go?”