vrcanaries Chapter 480 Unboxing
Chapter 480 Unboxing
The Zhou family is ready.
Baskets of strung-up money and loose coins were placed in the yard. The old man sat beside them. Zhou Gu was guarding the baskets of strung-up money, Zhou Su was guarding the basket of loose coins, and more than twenty young men were standing around them.
Hei Dadan stood at the front with his head held high and his chest puffed out, as if he was ready to bite anyone who dared to come up to him.
Zhou Guo sat at a table on one side, and Zhou Xing was on the other side, with account books and pens in their hands.
The first person arrived. When he entered the yard, he was shocked to see this scene. His aura suddenly dropped. He whispered, "What, what is this for?"
Li pointed Zhou Guo to them and said, "Go and get your money."
Seeing so many people, the man's legs and feet suddenly trembled. If they were taken away, would he lose his hands and feet?
A few more people came behind. They were family members. Seeing so many people, the women immediately shouted, "What's going on? What are you doing? You won't let us get it?"
Zhou Guo said, "Who said you can't collect it? If you want to collect it, come up quickly. Don't waste time. There are so many people behind you. Hurry up. You can go home and count the money after you collect it."
Several people suddenly burst into laughter.
He didn't leave after receiving the money, but waited for his second uncle, third uncle and fourth uncle to receive the money and go back together.
More and more people came behind us. For such a big happy event, of course the whole family had to come together.
Although the Zhou family's yard was large and Zhou Guo thoughtfully placed the table at the innermost part, it still could not accommodate everyone in the village, and it was immediately surrounded by people.
Li hurriedly shouted, "Those who received the money first should go home first. If you all block here, the people behind you will not be able to get in. You have made so much money this time. Go home and count it carefully behind closed doors. What's the point of watching it here? No matter how much others make, it is not yours. It has nothing to do with you. It's frustrating to see how much they make. Go home quickly!"
When this was said, many people laughed, "Ms. Li, it seems that you count money often. Does it really sound like that?"
Li said, "Who wouldn't be happy if they made money? Why do I need to count it all the time? I'm jealous of all your money. If you stay here, be careful that I'll ask you to borrow money. Anyway, my two children are in school, and they've been spending a lot of money recently. My family is out of money. Who of you can lend me some money?"
When they heard that she wanted to borrow money, even though they knew she was lying, everyone just walked away. Even if she didn't lend the money, who knows? Someone else might come to borrow money. Some people who earned little or owed a lot of foreign debts might come to borrow money. It's better to leave quickly.
As soon as these people left, the yard suddenly became relaxed and the people outside were able to come in.
This time, there was more money in the yard than last time. Some people rolled their eyes and saw the young men standing upright on both sides of the money basket. They suppressed their thoughts and couldn't help but mutter to the people around them, "Where did the Zhou family find so many people?"
"I heard they were hired from outside. I can imagine that without hiring anyone, how could they, with just a few people, transport the goods in from so many people and sell them, and bring the money back safely? I'm afraid they were robbed just like us! But with so many people, I'm afraid it would cost a lot of money. If it were a family like us, how could we afford it!"
People below were talking. Wu Jiang and his party stood in the yard, looking at this huge group of people. At first they were afraid that they would recognize them, but then they thought that it was dark at that time and they were dishevelled and looked not much presentable compared to now, so they raised their heads again.
As expected, no one recognized it.
Instead, he felt more and more proud under the gazes of everyone. He stood straighter and raised his head higher.
Fortunately, although there seemed to be a lot of people, there were only about 60 households. Except for the first few families, the rest all gave the same weight, 30 kilograms of top-quality products, and the money was the same. Before the sun set, everyone in the village took the money home.
Zhou Guo shook his neck, swung his hands, turned to Wu Jiang and the others and said, "It's your turn."
The boys' faces lit up with joy and they rushed forward impatiently. It was time to get their money. They now had wages. This was the first wage they had earned through their own efforts since they were little.
It was agreed that each person would be paid 100 wen per trip. Zhou Guo took out the remaining money from the basket and put it into their cupped hands one by one.
The young men were so happy looking at the money in their hands. One hundred coins was enough to buy a lot of things.
Wu Jiang said: "Boss, the work is done, we will go back now."
Zhou Guo didn't try to keep them. He knew they had many brothers and sisters at home, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you've been out for so many days, it's time to go back and visit them."
He stood up and went into the house, "Wait for me."
He turned around and carried out two stone of rice and flour that he had bought in the city. "Take these back with you. I said I would take care of your food and drink and I won't break my promise. You have food and drink when you are away from home, and your brothers and sisters at home won't go hungry. Take these back with you."
"Hey!" Wu Jiang nodded with red eyes. Several brothers also came up with red eyes and each carried a bag.
Wu Jiang said: "I wonder when we will leave next time?"
Zhou Guo said, "We have to harvest mushrooms tomorrow, so I'm afraid it will be the day after tomorrow. You don't have to come tomorrow. Stay at home and spend more time with your brothers and sisters. We will leave again early the day after tomorrow."
"Got it." Wu Jiang nodded, "Shall we go then?"
Zhou Guo nodded, and the boys happily left the yard, heading home impatiently.
Although the Zhou family is well-off, this is not their home after all. Their home is deep in the mountains, in a cave, and they have younger brothers and sisters waiting for them at home.
After dinner, the family sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air, lit two lamps, and prepared to count money.
Zhou Guo moved out the two large boxes given by Manager Qin. She had not yet seen what was inside.
Li said, "These two boxes are so big that I have never dared to open them. Xiao Su said that the shopkeeper gave them to our family. I don't know what's inside."
Zhou Mai smiled and said, "It's so big, there must be a lot of things inside."
Zhou Mi squinted his eyes and looked around, then shook his head. "Valuable things are usually packed in small boxes. This one is so big, it must not be valuable."
Zhou Gu opened one with his backhand, "Just open it and take a look, you will know. You are just guessing and having too much free time."
Everyone stretched their necks to look inside, and even the old man couldn't help but lower his head.
Zhou Mi shut up.
Zhou Guo leaned over to take a look, and saw that there were two pieces of colorful cloth on the top. He touched them and found that they were made of silk. They were very comfortable and smooth.
Take out two pieces of cloth and prepare to place them on the table.
Li quickly stretched out her hand, "Give it to me, give it to me. How can such good material be left on the table? Hold it for me."
Below are four pieces of fine cotton cloth, in peach pink, gray blue, stone blue and goose yellow. This really takes care of the whole family, with suitable colors for all age groups.
Li and Zhou Xing looked at the pieces of cloth and could not take their eyes away. "It turns out that cotton cloth can have such beautiful colors."
Zhou Guo nodded. It was indeed much better looking than what they had bought themselves, and probably not cheap either.
There are six pieces of cloth on top and another layer underneath.
When I opened it, I was surprised to see that there was half a box of four treasures of the study inside!
Zhou Guo looked at these things with his mouth open, especially the thick stacks of paper, which were enough for their family to use for most of half a year.
Even Zhou Mai, who is usually calm, couldn't help it. He squatted down and looked at the things in the box, touching this, looking at that, and couldn't let go.