Return to the small mountain village in 1993

Chapter 15: Follow me and I will make you rich!
"Mom, Dad, wife, I'm back!"

Suppressing all the emotions in his heart, Tian Hao shouted happily.

"Uncle Da Ming, Aunt Cuifen, Sister Xiuying."

Tian Shilei also said hello one by one.

"Shi Lei is here."

Wang Cuifen smiled at Tian Shilei, then turned to Tian Hao and scolded, "You kid, how can you let Shi Lei help carry such a heavy thing!"

"It's okay, Aunt Cuifen, this weight is nothing." Tian Shilei waved his hand.

"You are all starving, I'll go cook quickly."

Wang Xiuying put down the hoe and was about to go to the kitchen. Wang Cuifen quickly stopped her and said, "You have been tired all morning, so I'd better go."

Wang Cuifen went to the kitchen on crutches.

Wang Xiuying didn't stop her, knowing that her mother-in-law would feel even worse if she didn't let her do it. However, after washing herself, she said to Tian Shilei, "Shi Lei, sit here." and followed her to the kitchen.

Tian Hao looked at my mother's staggering steps and felt very uncomfortable. In his previous life, my mother passed away from grief shortly after his father passed away, and at that time, he also did not come back to take a look.

At this moment, seeing my mother trying so hard to prove that she was not a useless person, he felt heartbroken.

However, he is no longer the same person and everything will gradually get better.

"You pulled so many bamboo shoots back, are you going to sell them?"

Just when Tian Hao was thinking wildly, Tian Daming's voice rang in his ears.

"Have the idea."

Tian Hao and Tian Shilei placed the bamboo shoots in the corner of the main room, and then revealed three snakes under the bamboo shoots.

"Such a big snake? I'm afraid it weighs more than 30 kilograms, right?"

Tian Shilei first saw the two small pythons and screamed in surprise. Then he saw the bamboo leaf green snake in another basket. His scalp went numb with fear and he admired Tian Hao even more, "Brother Hao, it's you again." Amazing, you actually caught a green bamboo snake! If I were scared to death, how dare I catch it!"

"You also sell these snakes?"

Tian Daming also walked to the basket and took a look. He was surprised by Tian Hao's changes during this period.

It seems that all of a sudden I have grown up, become more diligent, and started to think of ways to make money.

It's just that his methods of making money are not practical enough and a bit out of touch.

Although bamboo shoots can be sold for money, there is never a shortage of bamboo shoots in the mountains. Moreover, every family is not rich. If they want to eat, they will go to the mountains to pull them out. Who will buy them with money?
Therefore, the price of bamboo shoots has not been high.

The fresh ones only cost one or two cents per catty, and these more than 100 catties only cost about ten or 20 yuan. It is purely a thankless type.

As for catching snakes, that's even more unreliable.

Not to mention that snakes are difficult to find. Even if you find them, they are still dangerous and may even lead to death.

This totally means 'taking money rather than life'.

"Dad, don't worry, I have found a good market for these things. Although it is a little harder and more dangerous, the rewards are also very considerable."

As soon as Tian Hao heard Tian Daming's tone, he knew what he was thinking. He pointed at the green bamboo snake and said, "Do you know how much this snake costs?"

Tian Daming glanced at the green bamboo snake and curled his lips: "It's just a venomous snake. How much is it worth? More than 100 yuan is just as high as the sky."

"More than 100 yuan? So valuable?"

Tian Shilei was surprised after hearing Tian Daming's words, "If we catch ten fish a day, wouldn't it cost thousands of dollars?"

"You want to eat shit? Let's not talk about whether there are so many bamboo-leaf green snakes in this mountain. Even if there are, do you think you have the ability to catch them?" Tian Daming curled his lips.

"I don't, my brother does."

Tian Shilei said matter-of-factly.

"he……"

Tian Daming choked, scratched his neck and said, "He is not doing his job properly. Being a farmer means farming the land down-to-earth." Tian Hao nodded and said with a smile: "Dad, you are right, but if you knew Such a bamboo-leaf green snake is worth eight hundred yuan, would you still say this?"

"How many?"

Tian Daming and Tian Shilei shouted in unison.

"Eight hundred!"

"You haven't woken up from the dream! No matter how valuable this snake is, it can't be so expensive, right? Is this a waste of money?" Tian Daming didn't believe it at all and felt that Tian Hao was just talking nonsense.

These days, even those who eat the national food only earn three to four hundred yuan a month.

Who would spend two months' salary to buy a venomous snake that is relatively common in the mountains?

Tian Shilei didn't believe it either, but he didn't dare to quarrel with Tian Hao like Tian Daming did. He just thought that Brother Hao was probably daydreaming about getting rich again.

"What's going on? You're making such noises. I heard your voices in the kitchen."

At this time, Wang Cuifen came to the main room with a plate of dishes and a smile.

After all, Wang Xiuying cooked lunch, mainly because Wang Cuifen's cooking speed was a bit slow. At this time, everyone was hungry and couldn't afford to wait.

"My brother said that this bamboo leaf green snake can be sold for eight hundred yuan." Tian Shilei replied.

"How much? Eight hundred?"

Wang Cuifen was also shocked, "Who is so prodigal and spends so much money to buy this thing?"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiuying."

Tian Hao stopped caring about them and turned around to go to the pig pen at the back.

The pig pen is quite spacious, with six large and small pig pens. They are all made of bowl-sized logs and are very solid. However, there is only one floret pig in it. I just bought it at the beginning of this year. Currently, there are only five or six pigs. It looks like ten pounds.

It is true that the family has too few laborers, and there is no one to take care of the many children.

A partition was made of bamboos of different thicknesses on top of the pigsty, which was used to place straw, corn cobs, baskets, pig food buckets, pig food basins and other sundries.

Seeing someone coming, the little piglet that was lazily taking a nap immediately jumped up, kept climbing up the pigsty with its two forelimbs, and howled wildly, thinking that someone was bringing food to it.

"Go, go, I'll find some companions for you in a while so that you won't be lonely."

Tian Hao waved his hand to drive away the little pig, then stepped on the railing and climbed up the partition, rummaging through and found several small bamboo buildings.

These are the fish baskets Tian Daming made back then to catch fish in the river at the foot of the mountain. Unfortunately, he fell ill soon after and these fish baskets were thrown into the pig pen as debris. They have not been used again in the past three years. Never used it either.

The fish basket has long been covered with ash and cobwebs.

Tian Hao rummaged around and found that Tian Daming had compiled quite a few, more than ten.

These fish baskets are thin at the top and thick at the bottom. The big ones are half a meter high and the small ones are about [-] centimeters, which are perfect for holding snakes.

When he came to the main room with the fish basket, he found that everyone's eyes were on him, and their eyes were full of curiosity and surprise, as if he was a monster.

"What's wrong with you?" Tian Hao asked with a smile.

"This bamboo leaf green snake is really worth 800 yuan!"

Wang Cuifen looked at the green snake with bamboo leaves in the basket and sighed.

Obviously, Wang Xiuying had confirmed to them that what Tian Hao said was true.

Tian Daming said: "I didn't expect that there is such a 'stupid head' (meaning fool) in this world, who is willing to spend money to buy this thing."

Tian Shilei said: "Brother, it turns out what you said is true. You can make a lot of money in the mountains!"

"Of course, follow me and I'll make you rich!"

Tian Hao smiled proudly.

(End of this chapter)