Chapter 252 I Want to Help Too (Two in One)

Nan Qiumei, who was curled up on a small stool, was startled when He Yingjie shouted at her, and then she slowly raised her head.

The moment she met Dai Song’s eyes in front of the stall, she felt as if she had been electrocuted and her lips couldn’t stop trembling.

Today, Dai Song was specially dressed up for a long time by the Dai family before going out.

Not only was he wearing a brand new grey cotton-padded jacket, he also had a jacket underneath. The exposed collar instantly elevated his overall temperament.

Standing between Su Shaoda and He Yingjie, if you didn’t know him, you would think he was a leader who came to the countryside for an inspection. How could he look like a country boy at all?

When she married into the town, she had nothing but disgust and aversion for her brother-in-law from the village. But seeing Dai Song cleaning up so neatly, and the dramatic changes in her family in recent days, her reluctance and the embarrassment at the moment continued to intertwine, eventually converging into endless bitterness and grievance.

She didn’t understand why all the decisions she made were so rational, but ended up like this!

In front of Dai Song, tears welled up in Nan Qiumei’s eyes. At that moment, the self-esteem that she had been holding on to and maintaining with great effort seemed to shatter and disintegrate like a clay chicken or a pottery dog.

She covered her face and cried bitterly. No matter how much she didn’t want to admit it or face it, the reality was right in front of her:

The person whom she looked down upon and despised in the past, through her own efforts, has now transformed into someone she cannot even reach even if she raises her head!
After self-esteem collapsed, fear came to my heart.

Nan Qiumei knew that based on Dai Song’s love and care for her sister, he must have known everything she had done to Nan Chunwan.

In this case, let alone expecting him to help her family through the difficult times, he might even secretly plot to tie her and Ren Daming tightly together, trapping them completely in the quagmire.

Thinking of this, Nan Qiumei was shaking with fear all over, and no longer cared about Su Shaoda and He Yingjie who were standing in front of the stall with embarrassed faces. She put her arms on her knees, buried her face in them, and burst into tears.

“Old He, this…” Su Shaoda blinked his eyes. Faced with such a situation, he didn’t know what to do for a moment.

Although family disgrace should not be made public, Nan Qiumei’s affair in the town caused such a big fuss that the two of them, as leaders of the village, knew basically everything about it through their circle of connections in the town.

I also heard that someone in the town was selling apple juice under the name of Nan’s Orchard, and the business was pretty good, so I thought of bringing Dai Song here to take a look. If he thought it was good, I would do the same, which would also add an income source to Nan’s Orchard, and in this way I could at least sell Dai Song a good business, so why not?
But when they got closer, they found that it was Nan Qiumei who was selling apple juice. Then they connected the matter with what happened in Nan Qiumei’s family in recent days.

Nan Qiumei must have been implicated in Ren Daming’s affairs, causing her to lose her job. Now she has no choice but to stay at the stall and sell apple juice in this freezing cold weather.

And these juices of hers must have been the ones that Lu Yinhua and her gang in the village had been dealing with recently.

Thinking of this, Su Shaoda and He Yingjie couldn’t help but look at each other, both of them had embarrassment in their eyes.

In the end, He Yingjie coughed lightly and picked up the three remaining bottles of juice on the stall.

The soda bottles collided with each other, making a crisp tinkling sound. Seeing this, Su Shaoda hurriedly took out money from his pocket and put it in the snack box beside him which was specially used for money.

The two men, with awkward expressions on their faces, held Dai Song in between and walked towards the state-owned store diagonally opposite.

“Dai Pao, this… I’m really sorry. We didn’t mean any other thing. I didn’t expect this to be such a coincidence.” Su Shaoda took a bottle of juice from He Yingjie and handed it to Dai Song.

“It’s okay.” Dai Song took the apple juice.

He was a little confused at the moment. Although he had expected that Nan Qiumei’s family would be in an uproar, the degree of embarrassment she displayed when they met suddenly was far beyond his expectations.

He Yingjie saw the doubt on Dai Song’s face, and hurriedly told him all the information he knew.

From Ren Daming’s separation from Nanxia Ze to start his own business, to his engineering accident, to having to sell his house to raise money due to huge compensation, to the reasons behind his current selling of apple juice, Dai Song couldn’t help but sigh at the impermanence of life.

Seeing that Dai Song had no intention of blaming him, Su Shaoda and He Yingjie breathed a sigh of relief. They just looked at the apple juice in their hands and couldn’t help feeling annoyed.

At first, I heard from others that this juice was squeezed from fruits in the Nan Family Orchard, and I also knew that it was Lu Yinhua and her group who were tinkering with it.
Then we should definitely think of the possibility that Nan Qiumei distributed it in the town.

As long as I had thought of this in advance, I would never have suggested to Dai Song to steal the apple juice business.

Although there is nothing much to say about what Nan Qiumei did, she is surnamed Nan after all, and it is not up to outsiders like them to decide what to do. But now that they have taken the lead, this incident certainly cannot be treated as if it never happened.

Fortunately, Dai Song had a new life and was more familiar with the ways of the world. He saw the dilemma of the two and said,

“Captain Su, Director He, this incident was not caused by us. Who could have known that things would turn out like this?

I just found out about the situation here today. Thank you so much for telling me this. I will go back and think about how to tell Xiaowan about this, and then how to discuss this apple juice matter with my father-in-law and my eldest brother-in-law.”

As he spoke, Dai Song shook the separated red juice in the bottle, which looked like rusty water, pulled out the cork, tilted his head back and took a sip.

As the juice entered his mouth, Dai Song’s expression suddenly became subtle. He stared at the juice in his hand for a long time without being able to speak.

Su Shaoda and He Yingjie on both sides were already upset that the matter was not handled properly. At this moment, Dai Song took a sip of apple juice and stopped talking. He felt a pang in his heart and immediately shook the juice in the bottle, then blew a sip into the bottle.

Both of them were determined to drink it out, so they drank half the bottle directly, and then their facial features were twisted together as expected.

“Oh my gosh! It’s so sweet! It’s so sweet that my tongue is stuck in my throat!”

“Tsk… why does it still have a bitter taste? It doesn’t taste like the fragrance of Lao Nan’s fruit at all~”

The two of them frowned and looked at the half bottle of juice left in their hands, wondering how such an unpalatable thing could be sold.

“There should be a lot of water added to it.” Dai Song spat out the sour apple juice in his mouth when the two were not paying attention, and looked at the bottle. After a short while, the juice in the bottle began to stratify again.

“When it’s diluted with water, the taste is bound to be diluted, so they add something to it.”

Dai Song smacked his lips and said, “It’s definitely not sugar. The sweetness of sugar won’t get stuck on the tongue. It can only be saccharin.”

“Oh my god.” Su Shaoda’s brows were still twisted together, “How much did you add in there? It’s already marinated my tongue.”

“And this thing isn’t sealed well, otherwise it wouldn’t be so red.”

Although Dai Song couldn’t explain what oxidation was, he knew that apples change color when exposed to oxygen. Seeing the painful expressions on Su Shaoda and the other man’s faces, he took the juice from them and
“Captain Su, Director He, let’s not drink this. I will discuss this with Xiao Wan later. The specific method depends on what my father-in-law says. If my father-in-law wants to make this, I will definitely let you two taste it first when it is ready.

This one really won’t work, it’s diluted too much with water.”

Su Shaoda and He Yingjie felt relieved when they heard Dai Song’s excuse. They just happened to be walking to the door of the state-owned store, so they hurriedly changed the subject.
“Dai Pao, let’s go. The New Year is coming soon. Lao He and I have discussed that we can take advantage of today to get you some New Year gifts.

Firstly, I want to thank you for saving Yuansheng. I have always said that when Yuansheng gets better, Yifeng and I will bring him to thank you. But this kid has been lying in bed for more than two months and his body is still very weak…”

Dai Song saw that He Yingjie was sincere when he said this, so he patted the back of his hand and said, “Director He is so polite. When we saw them being attacked by the bear, we definitely couldn’t just stand by and watch them die.”

“Yes, yes!” Su Shaoda added from the other side, “On the other hand, we estimate that Director Jiang may not be free during the New Year. Dai Pao, you have a close relationship with Director Jiang, so preparing for you is not much different from preparing for Director Jiang…”

Upon hearing this, Dai Song understood. As expected of the head of Yongli Village, his uncle had already started to maintain relationships before he took office. He was caught in the middle and it was the first time for him to do so, so he couldn’t refuse on his uncle’s behalf. He followed the two of them around the mall for a few rounds without saying a word.

The two of them knew what to do best and didn’t buy anything particularly expensive, just some cakes, snacks, candy and soda.

Dai Song saw that these things would not cause any trouble to his uncle, so he let the two of them pay the bill, while he was thinking about the matter of Nan Qiumei in his heart.

After returning to the hotel to eat, Su Shaoda and He Yingjie started running to the bathroom again and again.

At first everyone thought that the two men had drunk cold wind and had diarrhea, but before they finished their meal, two tough guys, Su Shaoda and He Yingjie, one had blood soaking through his pants because his back door burst, and the other had acute gastroenteritis and was sent to the health center.

But what is strange is that when everyone was concerned about whether they had eaten something wrong, the two of them just shook their heads weakly and refused to say what they had eaten, which made people imagine a lot.

After settling the two, the rest of the people went back to continue eating;
It’s a rare occasion that you come to town for a meeting, and you even bring a banquet with you. You must eat your fill with this meal!
After eating and drinking, Dai Song, Qi Shunli and others returned to the village on Wang Tudouzi’s tractor.

Along the way, everyone looked at Dai Song, who was carrying large and small bags, and couldn’t help but give him a series of flattery.

In other words, Dai Song had experienced struggling at the bottom of society in his previous life, so he would not be so proud of himself just by a few words of praise. Otherwise, he might have said something wrong and given others a handle against him.

After arriving home, the first thing Dai Song did was to take his wife aside and report what happened in the town.

When Nan Chunwan heard what Nan Qiumei had been through during this period, her face immediately fell.

Dai Song knew that Nan Chunwan was soft-hearted and seemed to have a knot in her heart towards Nan Qiumei.

He was also prepared to help Nan Qiumei. After all, with the connections his family had accumulated, if he used his connections, even if he couldn’t help Nan Qiumei solve all her problems, he could at least prevent those stubborn people from targeting her family again.

But who would have thought that Nan Chunwan just lowered her head, pinched the corner of her clothes, and then suddenly raised her head and looked at Dai Song with trust in her eyes.

“Brother Song, what do you think we should do about this? I’ll listen to you~”

Dai Song’s heart couldn’t help but warm up, and he immediately smiled and held Nan Chunwan’s hand, “Xiao Wan, if you let me handle this matter, then I will definitely not care.

Who made her bully my Xiaowan before? My wife is obviously better than her in every way and she tolerates her in everything, but she is ungrateful and even scheming against me.

Now that I have encountered this situation, isn’t it purely my own fault? “

Nan Chunwan nestled in Dai Song’s arms and nodded obediently, but her frowning brows revealed her sorrow. Dai Song noticed his wife’s expression and continued,

“But on the way back, I thought, this is not just our family’s business. No matter what Nan Qiumei is, she is still your second sister in name, and our father’s second daughter.

Besides, our parents gave us such a large orchard and are helping us take care of it. It would be fine if we didn’t know about this, but now that we know about it, we absolutely cannot make decisions for our parents, right?”

Upon hearing this, Nan Chunwan couldn’t help but smile on her slightly raised face. The dependence and attachment contained in her watery eyes almost turned into substance and flowed out at this moment.

Seeing his wife’s reaction, Dai Song smiled and squeezed Nan Chunwan’s shoulder. “I’ll go to the village with you later. Let’s call our parents and see what they think. If they want to help, I’ll find someone to solve the problem right away. If they have other ideas, we can discuss it ourselves. What do you think?”

Dai Song’s words completely touched Nan Chunwan’s heart. After nodding repeatedly, she hugged Dai Song’s waist and buried her little face in Dai Song’s chest.

After cuddling for a while, the couple comforted the little girl and went out to the village headquarters together.

It was the first time that Qi Shunli saw a couple coming to the village headquarters at the same time. He thought something had happened and jumped up from his chair with nervousness.

After learning that the couple was just going to call Yonglitun, he breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the office, closed the door, and squatted in the corridor to keep watch for the two of them, to prevent someone from going to his office without knowing the situation and ending up listening to other people’s private affairs.

Dai Song dialed the phone and it was Old Li who answered. As soon as he recognized Dai Song’s voice, he kept praising Dai Song for his promising future.

Dai Song was a little irritated at first, but when he noticed that his young wife put her ear close to him and listened to Old Li’s praise on the phone with smiling eyes, Dai Song also chatted with Old Li for a few words, and then he got down to business, asking the other party to ask his father-in-law to answer the phone.

Old Li was very agile and five minutes later, Yonglitun called back.

“Hello? Songzi, what’s wrong?” Nan Guofu’s voice was panting. “It’s nothing serious, Dad.” Dai Song hurriedly explained to his father-in-law, and then he looked at his wife, who blinked and nodded firmly, and then he told her about Nan Qiumei’s current situation.

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

Nan Chunwan was a little nervous and held Dai Song’s arm nervously. Dai Song was also afraid that his father-in-law couldn’t bear it, so he hurriedly said,
“Dad, are you okay? This problem is actually very easy to solve, just…”

“No need, Song.” Nan Guofu interrupted, “Song, actually we already knew about this. It was Xia Ze who told us.”

Dai Song and Nan Chunwan looked at each other and blinked in confusion. The other end of the phone continued,

“But I have discussed this matter with your mother, and we have already decided that we will never help her again. This can be seen from the fact that we gave the orchard to you and Xiaowan.”

“Yes, Dad.” Dai Song looked at Nan Chunwan and nodded. Then, following the doubts he saw in his wife’s eyes, he asked, “But Dad, isn’t this a bit too heartless? After all, she is…”

“Song? Xiaowan is with you, right?”

Dai Song was a little confused, but he still answered. Nan Guofu on the other end of the phone laughed when he heard it.

“I knew it, Xiaowan is just soft-hearted and will think about the sisterhood between her and Nan Qiumei.

Kesong, you have to know that in the past, your mother and I did so many foolish things because we were soft-hearted, and we treated Xiaowan badly!”

When Nan Guofu’s words came from the microphone, Dai Song could clearly feel Nan Chunwan’s small hands tightly clasping his forearm.

Nan Guofu told every detail of the relationship between the two sisters on the other end of the phone;
From elementary school to junior high school and high school, and then to work, Nan Qiumei could not surpass Nan Chunwan in any aspect except age. Therefore, Nan Qiumei became more and more jealous of Nan Chunwan.

The couple realized that for the sake of family harmony, they had to favor the second girl in order to balance Nan Qiumei’s mood.

However, this not only undermined the rights that belonged to Nan Chunwan, but also gave Nan Qiumei the outrageous illusion that her parents and sister owed her something and that they should give priority to her.

The couple once realized that they had treated Nan Chunwan so badly and decided not to favor Nan Qiumei anymore, but Nan Qiumei repeatedly used her parents and sister’s feelings for her to exploit them for more benefits. The conflict seemed to have broken out when Dai Song married Nan Qiumei and then she ran away from the marriage, but in fact, the seeds of the problem had already been planted, and it was they, the couple, who planted the seeds.

Nan Guofu’s voice became a little hoarse as he spoke.
“Girl~”

Dai Song quickly moved the receiver to Nan Chunwan’s ear, and heard Nan Guofu continue to say,
“You have always been the most sensible one among the three siblings. You would rather sacrifice yourself to help your sister and maintain the harmony of our family.

Your mother and I feel sorry for you for not taking better care of you because you were sensible. Instead, we let your sister take away many opportunities that belonged to you.

Daddy promises you that your mom and I will never do such stupid things again. Don’t worry, you will never suffer such grievances again!
As for Nan Qiumei, your mother and I have seen clearly that she is an ungrateful person and a troublemaker.

We had decided to cut off ties with her long ago, otherwise she would have had a share when the orchard was divided up.

Xiaowan, I know you are soft-hearted and miss your family, but Dad wants to say that you have never owed Nan Qiumei anything. It was our indulgence of her that encouraged her arrogance and caused you to misunderstand.

You have to know, Xiaowan, you have always been better than Nan Qiumei!”

Nan Guofu paused when he said this, and then intermittent sighing and gasping sounds were heard.

On the other end of the phone, Nan Chunwan had already burst into tears. She curled up in Dai Song’s arms, her arms tightly around Dai Song’s waist, her shoulders shaking constantly.

Dai Song knew that at this moment, the burden on his daughter-in-law’s heart was finally lifted.

After his father-in-law on the other end of the phone had calmed down, Dai Song mentioned the matter of apple juice again, and explained clearly that Su Shaoda and He Yingjie had gone to the clinic to drink it.

When Nan Guofu heard this, he immediately made a decision that he would also produce apple juice next year. The purpose was not to make money, but simply to use Nan’s authentic apple juice to open everyone’s eyes and tell them not to be fooled by such unscrupulous stuff. Not only does it taste bad, it can also make you upset.

……

Three days later in the morning, Qi Shunli was howling excitedly outside the Dai family’s courtyard.

Dai Song and Dai Bai came out from the houses on both sides. Dai Bai climbed over the wall, stuck close to Dai Song, and stretched his neck to look at the documents in Qi Shunli’s hand.

“Matsuko! It’s approved! It’s approved!”

“What approval has been given?” Dai Bai rubbed the eye boogers at the corners of his eyes.

“Land!” Qi Shunli’s face was full of excitement, as if the land was given to him, “The vacant land in Tunnan, five acres, all approved at once!”

“So many!” Debber suddenly came to his senses.

Dai Song took the document from Qi Shunli and studied it carefully.

But after reading a few lines, he turned the document towards Qi Shunli and pointed at one of the words and asked,

“Captain Qi, what are these two words and what do they mean?”

Before, Qi Shunli would definitely criticize Dai Song for being illiterate, but now he didn’t dare to say that. He quickly took the document and read the contents aloud.

To put it simply, the vacant land in Tunnan has now been sold to the Dai family. Five acres of land cost ten thousand yuan, which comes out to two thousand yuan per acre.

At first glance, ten thousand yuan seemed like an astronomical figure, but Dai Song knew that it was a good deal to get the ownership of so much land for ten thousand yuan.

The key point is that the nature of this land is not arable land, but residential land. Just for this reason, it is a huge profit to grab it at the price of two thousand one mu.

In addition, the ten thousand yuan does not need to be paid all at once, but can be paid in installments over ten years.

One thousand per year, but it should be noted that before the ten thousand is paid off, this land can only be considered leased to the Dai family.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it also has an advantage;
That is, if you find that you are losing money halfway through, you can simply stop renting the property the following year, thus stopping the loss in time.

Qi Shunli subtly took credit here, saying that he spent a lot of time to fight for this preferential treatment.

At the same time, other people in the room also came out after hearing the noise. They were all very excited when they heard the news.

Jiang Weiqun immediately made the decision to chop wood to enclose that area, and then stuff all the livestock in the yards on both sides into it. This plan was supported by almost all members of the Dai family. Even Xiao Erhan sat up, clasped his front paws, and bowed to Qi Shunli. After all, there were so many livestock in the yard that it would not feel comfortable moving around outside.

Apart from the flower mushrooms, there was a grunting sound in his mouth, as if he was not very happy.

It’s rare that its little head works so quickly that it can understand what everyone is saying at the first moment.

But after realizing this, its tail drooped down, because the livestock in the yards on both sides were sent to other places, which meant that there would be no livestock to feed it “snacks” from time to time to satisfy its cravings.

Seeing that the Dai family was very excited, Qi Shunli did not waste any time and immediately went back to “organize” people to build a fence around the vacant lot.

Because this was a private job, he certainly couldn’t use a loudspeaker to call for help. Instead, he ran home directly and told his wife about it, saying that from tomorrow he would go to help the Dai family and enclose the vacant lot in the south of the village with a wooden fence.

Qi Shunli’s wife is a very suspicious and protective person. When she heard Qi Shunli say this, her mind immediately started to wander. Although the Dai family has many people, the only unmarried one is Dai Xiaoqian, who is still in high school.

But it was her nature, and she subconsciously took precautions even if it was impossible.

So as soon as Qi Shunli finished explaining everything and turned to go back to the village headquarters, his wife immediately spread the news.

Of course, she didn’t spread it directly, but added some modifications.

“Oh, sister Yuyan, I heard from Shunli that the Dai family is now prosperous! They have applied for the vacant land in Tunnan and plan to start breeding!”

“Ah? How much money must the Dai family have to be able to apply for such a large piece of land?”

“That’s right! When luck comes, it can’t be stopped. Half a year ago, the Dai family was as poor as gangsters, but now it’s like a firecracker, boom, it’s gone to heaven!

Yuyan! I heard from Shunli that the Dai family plans to use that land for breeding. “

“Farming? Can it make money?”

“Why not!” The old woman put her hands on her hips, “Do you know what they raise?”

“What to raise?” Qiu Yuyan’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.

“Mountain beast! What do you call this? This is a no-cost business! Besides the land fee and feed fee, what else does the Dai family have to spend?

And don’t you need to think about feed only in winter? When the spring comes and the snow melts, you can just go to the mountains and scrape some food. The animals there will be full of food!”

“Hiss! That’s right! Oh, sister-in-law, what you said makes me want to do it too~”

“Well, forget it. There’s no land in the village for your family to apply for, and where can you get livestock?”

Qiu Yuyan was embarrassed, her face full of envy. Qi Shunli’s wife saw that the atmosphere was set, so she patted the other party’s shoulder and whispered,

“Hey! Yuyan, although we can’t apply for land ourselves, and we don’t have the conditions like the Dai family to deal with the animals in the mountains, we can still go and help!
Just think about it, if the work really starts, can the Dai family handle it?

When we officially start breeding, why would you go to help out for nothing?”

“Yes!” Qiu Yuyan clapped her hands happily.

“I heard from Shunli that they are going to build a fence today. Yuyan, if you want to help the Dai family and earn some money to support the family, you can go to the old Dai’s house in a while.

Let’s take the initiative to lend a hand and show our face!

When everything starts, the Dai family will definitely find someone in the village to help! By then, your chance will come!”

“Yes! Sister-in-law, you are right! I will go to old Dai’s house now!” Qiu Yuyan said, putting down the dustpan filled with wood ash in her hand, twisting her hips and rushing towards Dai Song’s house.

And she was not the only one who got the news. Qi Shunli’s wife, relying on her own efforts and with the help of the “transit station” of the Dongfang convenience store, spread the news to half of the village in just one morning. The old ladies who got the news shared it in their own small circle.

So that afternoon, this matter spread among the old women in the village.

Ju Hongxian sat cross-legged at the kang table, with her good sisters Cao Yanying and Niu Mengjun sitting opposite her and beside her.

“Have you all heard that the Dai family wants to raise wild animals?”

Cao Yanying and Niu Mengjun nodded. Ju Hongxian cracked a melon seed and smacked her lips.
“Then tell me, if I want to help, what reason should I give?”

(End of this chapter)