63: Chapter 62 Wang Shui’s Ho 63: Chapter 62 Wang Shui’s Ho In the dead of night, under a moonless and windy sky.
Wang Shui stood in the ditch, explaining to Qian Guozhu and Sun ManCang for over ten minutes, finally convincing her two brothers that no underworld boss in Lan County had abducted their younger sister.
“I’ll go up the mountain and check, if there’s anything, you wait to receive the goods.” Sun ManCang took the initiative to step forward.
Wang Shui was sowhat worried: “Brother Cangzi, let go with you.
It’s dark on the mountain roads.”
“No need, you two just talk for a while.”
Sun ManCang still had a sense of asure; in the middle of the night, and not being Wang Shui’s biological brother, it was not appropriate to be together.
Qian Guozhu was also worried about Sun ManCang going up the mountain alone and encountering trouble, but he was even more worried about Wang Shui being alone in the wilderness.
So he said, “Be careful on the road, don’t rush, and avoid accidents.”
“Hehe, don’t worry, brother, I’ve been scrambling in the mountains since I was a kid, you know what I’m capable of.”
Sun ManCang responded and then plunged into the woods.
Once his figure disappeared, Qian Guozhu silently put the dates in the trunk of the vehicle, shifting other items to cover them, and clearing a spot in preparation to receive the arrival of the apples.
Wang Shui stood at the rear of the vehicle, looking up and watching him busy.
Qian Guozhu was sowhat angry; he felt that Wang Shui’s collaboration with an Educated Youth she had only known for a month was too risky.
But he also understood that Wang Shui did this to help them all earn a bit more.
Qian Guozhu was the eldest nephew of Wang Shui’s biological mother, whose own mother passed away early, and after the stepmother entered the door, he was taken in by his aunt.
Later, it was his aunt who arranged for him to buy this job as a truck driver through her connections.
Then, after his aunt passed away and another stepmother entered the door.
At that ti, Qian Guozhu, looking at the three children his aunt left behind – one elder and two younger, an eighteen-year-old boy, silently took on the responsibility of caring for them.
The first two years, it was Qian Guozhu who supported them, and later, as Wang Shui grew up, she joined him in bearing the burden.
The mother has passed away, and the eldest sister took on a maternal role.
Wang Shui could hardly recall the bitterness and grievances she had swallowed over the years, she only knew that the hardships and miseries she had endured were not to be experienced by her younger siblings.
Qian Guozhu put down a wooden box and suddenly sighed, “Before I ca out this ti, I took Damin and Xiaoxiao back ho, asking your sister-in-law to look after them, you…
don’t worry.”
Wang Shui smiled as she leaned on the car door, watching Qian Guozhu speak: “Brother, don’t be angry with , I’ve been thinking…
after a while, I’ll send Damin to join the army, and when Xiaoxiao finishes high school, I’ll bring her here to be with .”
“Our Ten Miles Team leader is a good person.
By then, I’ll discuss with him and maybe settle for a piece of land in the team and build two rooms; I’ll just live with Xiaoxiao and not go back.”
“Your wife is pregnant, so try to save more money, and plan to have more children in the future; it’s good to have support from children.”
Wang Shui seldom spoke her heart out.
Life had turned this girl, just eighteen years and two months old, into a seasoned veteran.
At eighteen, others might complain about the hardships of country life or the exhaustion of work, but she had long beco accustod to these, and even…
She felt that the past month in Ten Miles Team was the most relaxed ti she had had in years.
There was no need to outwit a stepmother, nor were there any chaotic troubles bothering her.
Doing farm work, chatting leisurely, teasing Wen Lan, pinching Lin Nianhe’s soft little face…
Life was quite leisurely and pleasing.
Qian Guozhu listened as Wang Shui prattled on about their family matters, occasionally hearing her ntion the two new friends she made at the Educated Youth Corps.
His eyes grew a bit warm.
His younger sister, ever since their aunt passed away, had no friends.
As a child, she was busy pasting matchboxes right after school; all household chores were on her.
She had no ti to make friends.
After growing up a bit, she delved into the black market, where the shy young girl learned to talk to people like people and to demons like demons.
Such a girl, always has a guard up when eting soone.
Qian Guozhu didn’t expect that most people who feared going to the countryside found an opportunity when they ca to Wang Shui.
The moon rose high, and suddenly, there was a rustling sound of branches parting in the woods.
Wang Shui’s eyes instantly lit up: “Here they co!”
Before she could move, Qian Guozhu jumped into the ditch, raised his hand in front of the tree, catching the sack sliding down the rope.
Lin Nianhe, fearing that this contraption would be seen, deliberately hung it higher by stepping on a ladder.
Fortunately, Qian Guozhu could climb trees, and quickly climbed up to untie the sack.
Holding the sack, he hesitated.
Should he just drop it?
What if it breaks?
This is all money.
Wang Shui had already run underneath the tree, excitedly reaching out her hands: “Quick, give it to !”
Qian Guozhu hesitated for a mont, hugged the tree trunk with one hand, and leaned over to place the sack in Wang Shui’s arms.
The one hundred pounds sack made Wang Shui stagger, but she still clung to it tightly, refusing to let go.
Sack by sack of apples slid down the hemp rope, and after Qian Guozhu caught them, he bent down to hand them to Wang Shui, who placed them on the ground one by one.
Twenty sacks.
Qian Guozhu, who also helped load trucks when transporting goods, had a steady grasp on the weights.
He could tell that each sack here weighed a hundred pounds, maybe even a pound or two more.
After coming down from the tree, Qian Guozhu wiped off his sweat and said to Wang Shui, “I’ll give you eight hundred first, and tell that girl, I’ll make up the extra next ti.”
“Okay.”
Wang Shui agreed without hesitation, answering on behalf of Lin Nianhe.
After a pause, she added, “Brother, be careful not to let anyone inquire about the origin of the goods.”
“I understand.”
Qian Guozhu chuckled, turned back to his truck, took out a torn jacket from a ragged bag, tore open an inner pocket, and counted— not enough.
He then continuously tore open the remaining two jackets, and finally counted out eight hundred sixty yuan.
He went back to Wang Shui, scratching his head sowhat embarrassedly: “Big sister, I didn’t bring much money, take sixty first, and I’ll…”
“I’ll take fifty, give the rest to Damin and Xiaoxiao.” Wang Shui handed him back one banknote.
She knew what kind of person her cousin was; probably this money was all he and Sun ManCang brought.
If she took it all, these two might struggle to afford a warm al at the State-Owned Restaurant before they had sold the apples.
Qian Guozhu was planning to get so pork in the provincial city this ti; otherwise, he really wouldn’t have brought so much.
Clutching the ten yuan in his hand, he nodded earnestly: “Alright, I’ll give it to Damin and Xiaoxiao.
These kids…
never mind, I’ll have your sister-in-law give them so money every half a month, don’t let that woman take it.”
“Alright,” Wang Shui smiled and nodded, “With sister-in-law looking after things, I’m relieved.”
Qian Guozhu’s wife was a forthright person, and when she married him, he spent almost all of his earnings on his younger siblings, leaving himself with nothing, not even a decent cotton jacket.
Even so, the girl never complained and took care of daily affairs after entering the door, often waiting at the school gates for Damin and Xiaoxiao, bringing them ho after school to cook for them.
It was also because of them that sister-in-law dared not have children for three years after the marriage and only recently got pregnant.
“Alright, you wait over there.
When Cangzi cos down, I will take you back to the Educated Youth Corps.”
Qian Guozhu shooed Wang Shui to the side and began loading the apples onto the truck.
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