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Translator: tarararawr
Chapter 111 – The Commotion Caused by Buying a Truck
“Say, why haven’t you done better? You are both from the same unit. Look at him. It hasn’t been that long and he already saved enough money to buy his own truck. Your relationship with him is so good, so why don’t you think about how he did that? You’re all buddies. If you can’t follow him in making a living like that, you can still use him to help you out, right?” Lao Qin’s wife complained and nagged at him.
Lao Qin frowned and said, “Jianyun is only starting out. His business is not solid yet. All the money he has earned these past few days has been reinvested to buy a truck. It’ll be a while before it gets better. I don’t need to talk to him to help me out as brothers.”
They both came from the same unit and their friendship began as a life and death friendship. Lao Qin didn’t waver because of a few words from his wife that would stab his brother in the back.
And Jianyun was also very kind to him. Every time he asked for help, he would definitely give an explanation to him, and fill up the truck gas. Otherwise, it goes without saying that he would pay him. Other people were not paid more than in a month, and Jianyun’s wife was generous to give him a big pork leg last time. This time, Jianyun also gave him money and sheep meat.
When he took it home, he had an explanation for it and it could satisfy their cravings. It would be too much to ask for anything more.
“What do you mean? You took him to learn skills to manage the orchard. The mountains on our side are not much worse than his. If he can grow it on his side, can’t we grow it on our side?” Lao Qin’s wife grumbled.
“You can’t say it like that. Jianyun was successful, but I might not be. There’s still luck to consider,” Lao Qin said.
Several families in Jianyun’s village also planted the saplings at the same time. Moreover, it was saplings he had bought and picked out to sell to them. But there was one time where he saw that the other trees in the village were not good at all and could not grow.
The orchard from Jianyun’s family flourished and grew so well that it made people envious when they saw it. Other people’s trees were very skinny, even though they said that they took care of it to their best efforts. Yet, they couldn’t make it grow. There was also Jianyun’s uncle who sought him to discuss the trees, but how could Jianyun know what was going on with their trees?
How long has it been since Ji Jianyun started working on the orchard? If he had any tricks to make it successful, Lao Qin didn’t believe it.
That’s why it depended on luck.
Lao Qin’s wife said, “Just go to him and see if he is willing to help since you guys are brothers. If he is willing to help you, he will certainly tell you the secret. If there is none, then I won’t believe it!”
Lao Qin glanced at her and said, “I’ll ask Jianyun again when I’m free.”
He was honestly a little jealous. It was so easy to sell fruits, but he wasn’t confident. He didn’t know if he could do it, and if it didn’t work, then how much would it have cost?
Let’s not talk about the situation here anymore.
Meanwhile, the other side. Ji Jianyun drove back in the brand new big truck. It was confirmed by him that he bought it, which undoubtedly dropped a bomb in the village. It almost blew the village upside down.
“Jianyun, how much does this truck cost?”
“It must cost a lot of money. How’d you get so much money? Is it from selling fruit?”
“Fruit is easy to sell, but it’s impossible to make that much money from it.”
“Did you get help from your wife’s embroidery? I heard that her embroidery is very valuable. I heard a piece of embroidery can sell for one or two hundred yuan!”
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All the people in the village came to watch what was going on. They looked at the big truck as if they were looking at some rare treasure. Some of them even touched it carefully and were too scared to use any pressure.
But at the same time, they couldn’t resist asking how much the truck was, where the money came from, and so on.
Among those who asked these questions were relatives, such as the Lao Ji family’s cousin. They also had fruit trees in the family, but they did not have a harvest this year. Ji Jianyun didn’t say a word of reply. He just smiled and said it was not expensive.
Should they be allowed to ask him these kinds of questions because they are his elders? Even his father wouldn’t ask such a personal question, so why should the other elders ask it?
The main questions were ignored and not answered, but he was nice enough to answer some other questions, such as when he would drive it. He said that he had learned to drive it in the army, and that he had to take an examination for the truck, so he could not drive it around wherever he liked. If he drove out without a driver’s license, the truck would be confiscated. Also, the person would have to be detained because he was driving without a license.
This pretty much cut off the villagers who said they wanted to borrow his truck.
The truck became a novelty in the village for a long time. Father Ji and Mother Ji came down the mountain when they heard the news, and they were excited to see the truck.
While Father Ji was pretty okay, Mother Ji was obviously so happy that she burst into tears, and she wept with joy.
Her son had achieved great success. How could she be unhappy that he had come back with such a big truck?
She was afraid that Jianyun’s future would be ruined when he came back from the army. She never expected such a twist in fate. He went home and came across a brighter future. Mother Ji’s heart really could not express how happy she was.
Although she was partial to the Lao Si’s earlier, it was only because Jianwen had always been very good at school and so she hoped for his success. But despite her hopes, she knew best which son could provide for his parents in their old age. Jianwen was not suitable, so Jianyun was the best for them.
In the past, Danhong was still young, and Mother Ji did not dare to say it. Later, Danhong became as good as Jianyun. She took care of everything from clothing to food. There was nothing she didn’t think carefully about for them.
Like this, Mother Ji became hopeful for the success of her third son’s family.
Now that Mother Ji saw such a big truck that was driven back, her heart could only be described as crying for joy.
The other old ladies in the village began to calm her down: don’t cry, there is nothing bitter about it, the son is successful, that is a good thing, others can’t have those expectations.
Ji Jianguo and Ji Jianye heard it while they were working in the field. They also put down their hoes and came quickly. As soon as they came over, they also saw the truck.
The brothers were also envious. They were both born to the same mother, so why was there such a big difference?
There was a lot of commotion for a while, and then everyone left.
Father Ji didn’t stay longer, so he went back to the mountain.
Mother Ji stayed and whispered, “Just now, did your uncle and the others ask you how much the truck is? Did you tell them?”
“I didn’t say anything.” Su Danhong shook her head.
“Mother, we can’t talk about something like that,” Ji Jianyun said helplessly.
“That’s all right,” Mother Ji said. It was not important to tell them how much the orchard had earned at this moment if they spoke.
“Mother will go out and break up the rumors so that they won’t come up with any ideas about the orchard.” When Mother Ji finished speaking, she went out.
Danhong must be given credit for the money to buy the truck. They were going to tell the story like this so that the orchard wouldn’t attract more attention.
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So, Mother Ji went out and said that Jianyun spent a lot of money to buy the truck. But, Danhong also helped a lot. In order to buy this truck, she was making embroidery day and night. Didn’t people think about why she rarely went out recently? It’s all because she was working on some embroidery to buy this truck!
The orchard made some money this time, but everyone knew how much a jin of fruit cost. If they wanted to buy a truck with this, then they were dreaming.
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