Chapter 61: Sending Cigarettes

  At dusk, Chu Jiaqiang moved the Golden Money Turtle to the reservoir. The Golden Money Turtle saw such a large reservoir and looked very excited, crawling into the water, but did not sink immediately, instead looking at Chu Jiaqiang with a hint of longing in its eyes.

  "You're really getting arrogant." Chu Jiaqiang inserted his hand into the water and released the spiritual water from the Shanhe Map.

  The spiritual water not only has a temptation to the golden turtle, but also to the fish in the reservoir. At this time, a large group of various fish species began to emerge from the water surface, constantly gathering from all sides to compete with the golden turtle for the spiritual water.

  The golden turtle was extremely annoyed, and with a fierce swipe of its claws, it pushed away the fish that had swum over, as if blaming them for encroaching on its territory and resources. But there were just too many fish coming, including those pesky long arrowfish. These fish weren't easy to mess with either, and seeing the golden turtle daring to block their way, they charged forward in anger.

  The two were deadlocked, which benefited other fish. The Golden Turtle and the Long Arrow Fish also realized their foolish behavior, immediately dropped their opponent and started devouring the spiritual water.

  Chu Jiaqiang didn't dare to give more, seeing Jin Qiugui's still greedy expression, he waved his hand: "That's all for today." After finishing speaking, he didn't care what Jin Qiugui thought and walked towards the construction site.

  A large number of fish swarmed together and did not attract the attention of the construction site crowd. The two places were too far apart, and only Zhu Jiaqiang was seen in the distance.

  Chu's family leader scattered a circle of smoke, looked at the construction site: "Everyone has worked hard, I think today is almost dark, let's stop here!"

  Everyone stopped and sat together smoking. Chu Jiaqiang found that the cleaning work was almost done, and after another half day tomorrow, they could dig a hole and pour the foundation.

  "Hmm! Good tobacco, strong flavor but doesn't irritate the throat." A man said after taking a puff.

  "Can't it be good? This is Soft Chinese, dozens of yuan per pack, and one cigarette costs several yuan."

  "Oh! So this is Zhonghua cigarette! Hehe! I didn't think I'd have the chance to smoke Zhonghua, I've heard it's the best in the country." The man was even more delighted. In his mind, these cigarettes were for the aristocracy, and as a lowly peasant like himself, he shouldn't be so lucky, but now he was actually smoking one.

  Chu Jiaqiang found it amusing, looking at the guy's expression, just like he had eaten dragon meat. Zhonghua cigarettes are actually not as expensive as they thought, there are many domestic cigarettes that are more expensive than them, such as Honghe and Zhenlong, which exceed 2000 yuan per carton, while Zhonghua cigarettes are only a few hundred yuan per carton.

  However, Zhonghua cigarettes also have many varieties, such as soft boxes, hard boxes, flat boxes, etc., and the prices are not the same. More importantly, as a national cigarette, Zhonghua's identity is indeed much more noble than other cigarettes.

  Zhonghua cigarettes have always been the special supply of national leaders and the national gift for foreign friends. Up to now, Zhonghua cigarettes have developed into different packaging specifications and flavor series products such as soft-packaged Zhonghua, hard-packaged Zhonghua, flat-boxed Zhonghua (fully open), Zhonghua 5000, and 10mg Zhonghua, becoming the leading representative of high-end domestic cigarettes, known as "national smoke". Zhonghua cigarettes are an outstanding representative of China's rolled tobacco, selling well at home and abroad, and have won numerous awards so far.

  Actually, Zhou Jiaqiang didn't know if he had bought the real thing or not. After all, there are too many counterfeit goods on the market now. The anti-counterfeiting technology of Zhonghua cigarettes is very advanced, but for Chinese people who specialize in shanzhai, this is not a problem at all. They can even add a little more ingredients to make the cigarette smell better, which makes one speechless.

  Chu's family is also overthinking, there are many counterfeit goods on the Chinese cigarette website, but generally regular cigarette shops will not have fake Zhonghua cigarettes. Of course, it's not absolute, some merchants in pursuit of exorbitant profits, their means are also staggering.

  "Zhonghua cigarettes are a bit more upscale, but not the most expensive domestically. There are many that cost even more, some even over twice as much, those ones really cost over 10 yuan per stick." Chu Jiaqiang laughed and said.

  Everyone was stunned: "Wow! The outside world is indeed crazy! A cigarette can be exchanged for a pound of meat."

  Chu Jiaqiang smiled but didn't speak, and not because they were ignorant. Anyone who has been outside knows that some people spend tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, on a single meal - now that's terrifying.

  "Jia Qiang, have you released fish into this reservoir? I've found that the number of fish species has increased, and just now I even saw a whole school of them," asked Wu Shu Gong.

  Chu's family nodded: "Released some, released some earlier. This winter should be able to catch some to eat, most of them will have to wait until next year."

  Fifth Uncle nodded, in the rural south, during the winter solstice, everyone basically eats fish. This is a custom that other places may not know about, at least around Heqian Town and surrounding areas it's this way.

  "Big brother! What were you doing just now, throwing stones into the reservoir?" Chu Jiaxiong was a bit puzzled. Although he was big and clumsy, his eyesight was good, and he could see from afar that Chu Jiaqiang had just thrown something into the edge of the reservoir.

  "Haha! That's not a stone, it's a giant turtle, I found it on Moonlight Peak." Chu Jiaqiang laughed.

  Chu Jiaqiang didn't explain what the golden money turtle was, he just said it was a golden money turtle. Nobody in the room recognized it either. Unaware of the value of this golden money turtle, everyone didn't have much reaction. Turtles are not hard to find in Chu Family Village, they're not rare things. It wasn't until they went back at night and heard about the value of the golden money turtle that they secretly regretted it.

  Everyone chatted from all directions for half an hour, and when they saw the night color starting to darken, they left one after another.

  Chu Jiaqiang went to the big ditch again and caught a lot of fish, giving each of them one, letting them take it back. Those people naturally accepted with a smile, feeling happy in their hearts. The village wasn't lacking in fish, but they also had to go through the trouble of going to the river, so having some readily available made them happy, and after a few polite words, they accepted.

  When passing through the strawberry field, I found that the strawberry seedlings had grown into a green and luxuriant patch, with each plant as long as a finger. Chu Jiaqiang smiled slightly. These strawberry seedlings can be planted now, and tomorrow they will be planted in the ground. There are many strawberries, and five mu of land is definitely not enough to plant them all. This is not a worry, if they cannot be planted out, some can be planted under the fruit trees, which won't have much impact.

  Back home, dinner was already ready. A dish of cucumber slices, a stir-fry of green beans and beef, a stew of pork, and a simmering pot of old fire soup, all perfectly presented, made Chu Jiaqiang's appetite surge.

  Cucumbers and beans are from Auntie's house, Chu Jia Yan picked them back. The vegetables for these days are all from Auntie's garden, and Chu Jia Qiang doesn't stand on ceremony either. He knows that even if he doesn't go to pick them, Auntie will still come over every day at a fixed time to pick some. The method of making smashed cucumbers is very simple: wash the cucumbers clean, smash them with the back of a knife, add white sugar, salt, fragrant oil, and chicken essence on top; if you like spicy food, you can also add some chili peppers.

  "Hey Jiaqiang, I want to tell you something." Xiu said somewhat awkwardly after dinner.

  "Huh? You said it, I won't refuse if it can be done." Chu Jiaqiang was taken aback.

  "Ru Yu has a day off today, and she wants to come over with Ru Jin and my dad tomorrow to see her father." Xu Xiu said cautiously, afraid that Chu Jiaqiang would not be pleased.

  Chu's family was taken aback, then smiled and said: "Great! Come on in! Just take two or three rooms. Anyway, I have a place to live, as long as you don't mind, doing chores and cooking doesn't require me to worry, adding a few more pairs of chopsticks is fine with me!"

  Xu Xiulian let out a sigh of relief.

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