Rebirth to the Eighties to Get Rich

Chapter 112: Uncle's Invitation

Chapter 112: Uncle's Invitation

Mother Ji’s efforts didn’t go to waste. Originally, everyone thought that Ji Jianyun's money for buying a car must be because he made a lot of money from the fruits. That had to be the reason why he had so much money to buy it.

However, when Mother Ji said this, everyone agreed. The reason was very simple. A jin of fruit was not expensive. Although they had an enormous quantity of fruit, according to what Mother Ji said, the reason why it could be sold so fast was all because of the low price. What else could they have done?

There weren't any shops. They all go to the city the same day and come back on the same day. What could they do without dumping the fruits? They had so many fruits that they couldn’t afford to delay selling them.

Like this, the price was naturally even lower.

Therefore, when everyone heard this, they had an idea in mind. Su Danhong was rarely seen recently. Although she just went to Lao Ji's house, she looked healthy and had put on a lot of weight. More obviously, everyone knew that Su Danhong could make money.

A piece of embroidery could earn more than 100 yuan. She had not been out much in the past few months, so she should have been able to embroider ten pieces or so. This was how they could earn more than 1,000 yuan.

With this money and a little more money from the orchard, it would be enough to buy a car.

But now their family was emptied out. They had to pay wages to Ji Hongjun and Xu Aidang every month, which was also a lot of money.

So when Mother Ji made such a big deal about it, people were not that jealous of Ji Jianyun's truck purchase.

But one of Mother Ji’s sisters-in-law came to see her.

Mother Ji's sister-in-law was Ji Jianyun's aunt from his uncle's family1. The family also contracted for the top of the mountain and had fruit trees, but this year it could be said that they had zero fruits.

“Jianyun’s mother, I won't be polite to you. Our two families belong to the same elder parents. Why don't you give me some advice on how fruit trees can grow well?” Aunt Li said straight to the point.

Mother Ji laughed. As a matter of fact, her relationship with her was very soso. It could almost be regarded as a bad friendship. It had become a bit better over the years, but Mother Ji’s perception of her was still very bad.

“What do you want me to say about it? I don't understand it either. I used to work in the fields with Jianyun's father for many years, but it didn't get any better. You used to laugh at us all the time,” Mother Ji said with a grin.

Wasn’t this ironic? Back then, the failure on the mountain hit Mother Ji’s family really hard. This sister-in-law mocked her everywhere, and now that she saw the success of her son's orchard, she came to learn from it. How could she let herself be exploited?!

Aunt Li was so pale since she knew that she would not be able to beg her this time. She said, “We’re all family, and it was a long time ago. I know I was out of line before, but aren't we living better lives now?”

Mother Ji thought, the success came from my son and my daughter-in-law. If it didn’t happen, I don’t know how I would be ridiculed by you!

But in the end, for the sake of being relatives, Mother Ji said, “I don't know anything about this. I'll take your message and ask Jianyun for you.”

“Okay, you tell Jianyun that his uncle has invited him to dinner tonight. Ask him to come and have a drink with his uncle at six o'clock,” Aunt Li said.

When Mother Ji came back, she said to Ji Jianyun, “Look, Jianyun, your orchard is doing well now, and they want to follow what you’ve done.”

Although she knew that this would eventually happen, Mother Ji was still very upset. The reason was very simple. If there were more orchards in the village, then Jianyun’s orchard would be worthless. When other places followed and there were more fruits, how much could they sell their fruits for?

“Mother, don't worry, I know. It's not easy for them to achieve this. Our village is not suitable for planting fruit trees,” Ji Jianyun said.

His family's orchard rose and it was all a matter of luck from his wife. Other people didn't have that.

Mother Ji also thought about it, and her complexion immediately became much better. She said, “All right. Be more generous to them. If they want our fertilizer or water, you can give it to them. It’ll save us from their complaints. And give them the opportunity to look at these fruit trees.

With that, Mother Ji went to the mountain to work.

Mother Ji was very confident, and her side of the family was not harsh with her. Meanwhile, others wanted her to bow her head, and not think too much about anything. Now though, she could make money by herself. With what she split with Danhong, she had saved more than 200 yuan this year!

In the future, the village would highly respect her for this.

They would look up to her. (????)? ? ???? ??? ???? ?? ?????????.????

When all was said and done, she had a son who was the best!

After Mother Ji left, Su Danhong smiled and asked, “What are you going to do?”

“I think they want sheep poop and chicken poop from the mountain. We will let them pick it up,” Ji Jianyun said. “Hm, my aunt saw Hongjun carrying water last time and specifically asked me if the spring in our backyard was good. I think they would also come to get water.”

“All right.” Su Danhong smiled.

Ji Jianyun smiled when he saw her like this. His wife understood what he meant.

“But what if we give them everything, and nothing grows for them?” Su Danhong wondered.

“There’s nothing we can do about it. I'm going to expand the chicken farm a bit. We need another worker on the mountain. When it’s time, let’s ask my second cousin to work, he can do a good job.” Ji Jianyun has even figured out a backup plan.

This second cousin went with him to Lao Qin to learn orchard management skills. There was also his third cousin, who he wouldn't ask since he was always fooling around. He thought his second cousin was good and was very serious while they were studying. More importantly, his second cousin was not young and was in his thirties. Back when birth control was not available, he had four children. The family burden was heavy, and he separated from the main family early. He was the breadwinner of the family, and he had to be diligent.

The second cousin sister-in-law had a facey personality, but she did a good job. Mother Ji asked her to help the last time they harvested fruits.

When Su Danhong saw that he had made plans, she nodded. She still wanted to live off of their own lands by themselves, but for now, she wouldn’t mention it. The orchard was not small and they needed help in managing it.

In the evening, Ji Jianyun brought over a dish, a meaty dish. His wife had stir fried some pig intestine for him. Well, he wanted to eat it, so he bought it and cleaned it by himself. He asked his wife to cook it for him when there was no smell, otherwise his wife would not have stood the smell.

“Jianyun, you are so polite that you came on time. Why’d you bring over a big plate of Intestine?” Uncle Ji said with annoyance.

When Aunt Li saw what was happening, she smiled and said, “Why are you talking about Jianyun like that? This has to be because Jianyun is concerned about you, otherwise why would he bring something nice to serve with your drinks?”

The second cousin, Ji Jianchuan, and three other cousins were also here. Ji Jianchuan didn’t say anything, but the third cousin, Ji Jianhe, saw such a large plate of pig intestines and his eyes lit up.

Ji Jianchuan had been separated from the main family, but Ji Jianhe had not. He had just married a wife, and Aunt Li favored him, so he did not separate yet.

“Brother Jianyun, you're so nice. I like pig intestines a lot.”

As Ji Jianhe spoke, he grabbed a large piece to put into his mouth. He immediately expressed happiness. What else would he want besides a life like this?

1. specifically, this is the son of the paternal grandfather's brother who is older, but I’m going to just use uncle’s family.