079: Wishful Abacus

"Dad, mom, you have a really good son, even letting his own son go against his uncle. Now it's even better. Their family is recruiting workers happily, but Ningkai was abandoned by his girlfriend and she almost broke up with him. If this happens, where else can Ningkai find a rich girlfriend like Lisa?” Li grew even more bitter after listening to Zhang’s words. Her family’s great future was ruined, just like this, and given to the third family.

"If I knew that my third child was such an ungrateful and unfilial son, I would have strangled him in the first place." Granny Wang was comforted by Li. The eldest aunt confided that, in their family's recent life, how could this suddenly happen? Everything was the third child of the family’s fault.

Wang Hongwei was sitting on the sofa and smoking a cigarette. He didn't say anything when he heard the words of his wife and mother-in-law, but his silence seemed to acquiesce in their words. In his heart, he also thought it was the fault of the oldest family.

"Uncle, sister-in-law, in my opinion, this incident is mainly because of Wang Cheng’s resentment towards your cub. He must have heard of your news before contracting the north mountain. Now he's blatantly recruiting workers, obviously despising you." Zhang poured oil onto the fire.

"Yes, Wang Hongxin had said that he hadn’t heard, but who knows whether it is true or not? Maybe the father has resentment against us in his heart, so he wants to deliberately retaliate against us.

Many words were said from Papa Wang to Granny Wang at the time, but she dared not say it.  Zhang learned when she went out to inquire, and then told Li, and Li told her husband, then everyone had learned that the third son had been complaining about them in his heart for many years.

"Well, stop talking." The cane in the old man's hand knocked on the ground, interrupting everyone's indignation.

"Why, you old man, shouldn't you more distressed? He harmed the eldest family so badly. If you dare to put in a good word for him, see if I’ll worry about you in the future." Granny Wang seemed to think of something and suddenly be dissatisfied.

The old man immediately reprimanded, "Nonsense, everything has a foregone conclusion. You can't say how much we can change the situation now, but you might as well think about how to help Ningkai recover his girlfriend."

Speaking of this, everyone was silent again.

In fact, what they really cared about was not the north mountain, but the golden doll, Lisa. No matter how high the value of the north mountain was, it couldn’t compare to the company behind Lisa. The company was a well-known large building materials business in Shanhai City.

"Is there any solution?"

Wang Ningkai walked in unexpectedly. Their somewhat haggard faces from yesterday’s incident were revived at the moment. Everyone was shocked when they saw him, and then happy again.

"Ningkai, why are you back? Is Lisa done with you?" Li responded first, and quickly got up, walked towards him, pulled him over, and sat down.

Wang Ningkai shook his head. "Not yet, but I thought of a good way to make Lisa change her mind. Whether I can do it or not depends on this move."

"What is it?" Li asked in a hurry.

Everyone in the room was attracted by his words.

"It's very simple. Didn't third uncle and Wang Cheng contract the north mountain only because of the medicinal materials on it? We only need the trees in the mountain, so isn’t there no conflict between the two?"

Wang Hongwei immediately understood his son's words, "You mean, we can talk to your uncle and ask him to let us cut down the trees in the north mountain?"

"Yes," Wang Ningkai said smugly.

"Okay, this is a good method," Li clapped and praised. He was indeed her son, he was really clever: in this way, her son could save Lisa, and Lisa did not need to break up with her son. Although they could not contract the north mountain, they could still achieve their purpose. The most important thing was that they could save money.

The old lady's face finally cleared, and the family had renewed their hope again. Only Zhang didn't take it seriously. She didn't think that Wang Hongxin would agree to this kind of thing. Surely even she wouldn't agree, but she didn't tell that to the eldest family, for two reasons. One: they wouldn't listen. Two: she wanted to see the eldest and the youngest sons fight again.

Wang Cheng and Papa Wang returned from the market. The rear bin of the tricycle was filled with a bunch of fruit-picking tools they had purchased. In addition to the baskets and bins for fruit, there were also ladders and poles with net pockets, because some fruits at high altitude could not be reached. Instead of climbing up trees to pick fruits, they could only use these things. In addition, there were more than a dozen small knives that could be used to cut stems and some soft branches. These were bought as the suggestions of fruit farmers who often picked fruits, not from their own knowledge. Wang Cheng and his father didn't know that they would use so many things, but they would have been in trouble if they went without the tools when picking tomorrow.

Together, the father and son moved things into the house, and then piled them into the corner of the first floor. Tomorrow, when the villagers would come over, they would be able to take things to the mountain little by little.

Mama Wang and Wang Ziyu came back late, and they went to buy dinner dishes. They both saw a few pieces of furniture they liked and paid the deposit. Mama Wang set a time with them and waited for the furniture store to deliver things here.

At six o'clock, after the family had dinner, Wang Ziyu and Wang Cheng were ready to take a walk with the pig.

In the past two days, they were quite busy. The little fragrant pig was kept in the chicken shed, and he felt very wronged. He thought that he would be free since Wang Ziyu returned, but he was still kept in the chicken shed.

Now they knew more and more villagers in the Guan’s Village. Along the way, dozens of villagers greeted them. Some asked Wang Cheng, could he really not hire more workers? Wang Cheng was too scared to continue walking, and pulled the pig home directly.

Before going to bed, Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng talked on the phone. In the few days without him, Chu Yifeng could only eat Liu Ye's meals, but the food was not fragrant to his appetite that was raised by Wang Cheng.

"Boss Chu, it seems that you cannot leave this young man." Wang Cheng replied with satisfaction immediately after listening.

"So you know, then when will you come back?" After staying with him for a long time, Chu Yifeng's skin had also been thickened.

Wang Cheng was stunned for a moment, he was really dead. Why talk to him about this topic? "Well, I will start to pick fruits tomorrow, and I may not have much time around now ..."

"You have to do a good job. My patience is limited."

He had a strong lover, and really didn’t know if it was good or bad. Wang Cheng couldn’t help but envy Yuan Xia. Although he had never met Yuan Xia’s lover, his partner seemed to treat him well and respect him very much.

Arriving at 7:30 the next day, the villagers came to gather, and some brought their own home-made tools. Wang Cheng and his parents also rushed over with the pile of tools, and a few minutes later, they were all divided and had two pieces each. They went up the mountain together, and some children thought it would be fun to follow.

The fruit mountain was not the same as the north mountain that had plentiful medicinal plants. Although the terrain was similar, the fruit mountain had many sections, and was easier to walk in. Some villagers who were familiar with the fruit mountain took the initiative to bring them to places where the fruits were more mature.

From a distance, the red fruits hanging on the tree were jujubes, persimmons, pears, and so on. They were big and large, with many different varieties. They would need to pick a lot. Wang Cheng was lucky to have foresight, if only a dozen people were recruited, they would be too busy.

After everyone got to work and cooperated, Wang Cheng himself took a large basket and a long pole to pick the fruit from further heights.

Because they were wild fruits, some grew well, and were big and tasted sweet; some of them were smaller than the ones sold on the market, with sour flesh that could rot soon. Wang Cheng and Papa Wang had asked the villagers to pick those off as well.

Wang Cheng came to a fruit grove, and the grove was already full of fruits. These were plum trees. The plums were only half the size of their fists. Some had turned red, slowly maturing-- some were mostly green. All were plum trees.

Because the mature plums were all in the higher places, Wang Cheng used a long pole to net them. This was the first time he had done this kind of work, and it was not very easy. He had only picked half of the bamboo basket in half an hour.

At this time, a man who looked like he was about thirty-years-old ran over. "Brother Chengcheng, do you need my help?"

The man was obviously bigger than Wang Cheng, and he still called him brother. However, Wang Cheng was not surprised at all. This man was the eldest daughter. Guan Meifang's, mentally-eight-year-old son He Ping. Although his brain didn’t work like others his age, his strength, hands, and feet were that of an adult’s. He was most suitable for this simple and rough job. Yesterday, when talking about recruitment, Wang Chengcheng first thought of his big cousin.

"It turned out to be Pingping, do you know how to pick fruit?" Wang Cheng didn't treat him as an adult, and called his nickname as his aunt did, and so did his parents and grandpa.

"Of course I do." He Ping said smugly, "I used to go up the mountains with my mother to pick fruits, and my mother taught me and praised that I was great."

"Wow, Big Cousin Pingping is so powerful, then you come to help me to pick the fruits above." Wang Cheng handed him the pole.

He Ping skillfully took over the plums. What he did in fifteen minutes took Wang Cheng half an hour; the big cousin’s efficiency was twice as high.

Wang Cheng watched for a while, then determined that he could leave with confidence.

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