Back Hill. Reservoir!
When Li You came over, he saw from afar five or six teenagers messing around by the reservoir!
Seeing Li You, two kids wearing only shorts immediately ran over!
"Brother Yi, why are you here?"
Li You smiled and said, "Call everyone over, I have something to look for you!"
"Okay!"
Soon, everyone on the shore and in the water was called in front of Li You!
Looking at these little friends who grew up together, Li You's heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Dongzi, Shitou, Qiangzi, Gangzi, Datou, Xiaogouwa, in his previous life, most of these little friends lived an ordinary life. Even the best one, who opened a grain and oil shop in the county town, didn't have a net worth of one million.
However, even so, they were all very loyal.
In the few years when Li You couldn't make it in the village and went out to Make a living wandering from place to place, several of them often came to his house to help.
Especially after his father died of depression, his mother was left alone at home. It was these little friends who supported his mother through that most difficult time.
Although Li You had secretly compensated them in various ways after achieving success, in comparison to that brotherly bond, Li You felt that his material help was not much.
In this life, he not only wanted to rewrite Tang Ying's destiny, but also wanted to bring these little brothers to success together!
"Brother Yi, we agreed to come here to catch fish in the afternoon. Why didn't you come?"
"Brother Yi, I heard that you did something to Sister Xiaoying, is it true?"
"Brother Yi, are you going to marry Sister Xiaoying? Didn't you have a crush on Wang Erniu's sister..."
Li You smiled and said, "Stop it all. You asked so many questions at once, how can I answer you?"
Dongzi hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Uh... Brother Yi, did you really do something to Sister Xiaoying?"
Li You didn't hide it and nodded directly, saying, "Yes!"
"Brother Yi, what you did is not right!" Dongzi said.
Li You wasn't angry. He knew that Tang Ying had a favor on Dongzi's family.
Last year, Dongzi's ten-year-old sister went to play in the river, but unfortunately, the upstream reservoir Flood discharge and the little girl was washed away by the water before she could get ashore. Fortunately, Tang Ying passed by and, with a sense of justice, jumped into the river to save her without hesitation.
Since then, Dongzi's family has regarded Tang Ying as a living Bodhisattva!
He said that about himself because of Tang Ying!
Moreover, he did have responsibility in this matter, so it's not an exaggeration to say that he was not proper!
"I will take responsibility, but I need your help!" Li You said.
Dongzi immediately said, "Brother Yi, what do you want to do? We can do anything for you!"
Li You then said, "I plan to marry Tang Ying, and I want to hold a grand wedding. This requires a lot of money!"
Dongzi thought for a moment and said, "How much is a lot?"
"At least a thousand yuan for the bride price and other expenses!"
"One... One thousand yuan?"
Everyone was shocked by Li You's words. A thousand yuan was not a small amount. Many families could only save one or two hundred yuan a year after working hard for a whole year, and a thousand yuan was almost equivalent to the total income of many families in ten years!
"Brother Yi, I only have two cents here!"
"Brother Yi, I have four cents!"
"Brother Yi, I'll go back and talk to my dad to see if he can give some money to you and Sister Xiaoying for the wedding..."
Li You shook his head and said, "No need, I've already found a way to make money, but I need your help. And I won't let you help for nothing, I will give you reward!"
"Working for Brother Yi doesn't require reward. Brother Yi, just tell us what we need to do?"
The one who spoke was Qiangzi, the son of Village Chief Chen Tingying. He was 17 years old this year and the oldest among this group of little brothers except for Li You.
"You should know where there are mushrooms in the back mountain, right!"
"Yes, there are a lot of those things in the back mountain!"
Li You's eyes immediately lit up and he said directly, "What I want you to do is pick mushrooms!"
"Pick mushrooms?"
"Yes, both pine mushrooms and trumpet mushrooms!" Li You said.
"Brother Yi, what do you want those things for? It's not a famine year?" Qiangzi frowned.
"You don't need to ask about this for now. I'll tell you later!"
"Brother Yi, when do you need them?"
"The sooner the better!"
Qiangzi immediately said, "Then let's not catch fish anymore. Let's go to the forest to pick mushrooms now. We should be able to pick quite a lot by the time it gets dark!"
"I think it's feasible. It's estimate that there will be two more hours until dark, and we can pick tens of jin easily!"
"Brother Yi, why don't you go back and find a snake skin bag or a big basket? The brothers will go pick mushrooms first?"
Li You nodded and said, "Okay, then you go pick first, and I'll go back to get the basket!"
"Okay!"
.....
The back mountain is three miles away from Nianshan Village. When Li You returned to the back mountain again, it was already past seven in the afternoon, and the sun had already set in the west.
When Li You came to the forest, he saw that Dongzi, Qiangzi, and the others had already picked a lot of mushrooms and put them in several piles.
Putting all these mushrooms into the basket one by one, soon Li You's two large baskets were filled.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li You immediately called the little brothers to return to the village. Otherwise, it would be quite dangerous in the mountains at night.
Although there were no fierce beasts such as wolves, tigers, and leopards in the back mountain, there were wild boars, and their fighting power was no worse than that of wolves.
So, a group of people carried two large baskets of mushrooms and the fishing gear, and walked towards the village mightily.
When Li You and the others returned to the village, it was already completely dark, and many families had already lit kerosene lamps!
Although Nianshan Village had electricity at this time, after all, only a few people were willing to use electric lights, and the vast majority of villagers were still accustomed to using kerosene lamps!
There was no other reason, just to save money!
When he got home, his parents had already returned. His father was giving the mule water, while his mother was busy around the stove, presumably cooking.
Seeing Li You and a group of teenagers carrying two large baskets in, Li Shankui was a little surprised and asked, "What's in the basket?"
"Mushrooms!"
"What are you doing with those things? We don't have a shortage of food at home?" Li Shankui asked puzzled.
"It's useful. Don't ask any more questions, old man!"
Then Li You asked Qiangzi and the others to help carry the mushrooms into the house, and told them to continue picking them tomorrow afternoon. He would come to find them tomorrow.
After that, he sent them away!
After Qiangzi and the others left, Zhang Yuehong asked while lighting the fire, "Xiaoyu, I see that your tea tray is quite clean. How's the Liangpi selling?"
Li You smiled and said, "Not bad, it's all sold out!"
"Did you make money?"
"Yeah, I made about ten yuan today!"
"Ten... Ten yuan?"
At this moment, Li Shankui walked in from outside and said, "What ten yuan?"
Zhang Yuehong stammered, "Old man, Xiaoyu said he made ten yuan selling Liangpi today!"
Li Shankui was also taken aback, and then frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense, it's not that easy to make money!"
Li You knew that it was useless to explain empty-handed, so he directly lifted the felt on the kang, took out the bag that held the money, and poured all the money on the kang!
When a pile of one and two cent bills were scattered on the kang, Li Shankui and his wife immediately widened their eyes, full of shock!