Chapter 91: Yang Widow's Persuasion

  In the People's Hospital, Yang widow's mother has come to after her operation. With money, the hospital side is also very quick and responsible, the operation went very smoothly. Yesterday was the day of the operation, otherwise Yang widow would not have accompanied her daughter to visit.

  At this time, his two elder brothers had not left yet. They had already discussed and decided that after today, they would leave one person to take care of their mother, as it was impossible for everyone to stay by her bedside.

  The hospital has also indicated that the patient will need to stay in the hospital for another month to recover. Hospitalization costs money, about 200 yuan per day, and it's said that this is already a concession due to their family's difficulties. This month alone would be around 6,000 yuan. The two brothers can't just rely on their sister all the time, they need to find work.

  They saw their sister coming to the hospital again and were filled with doubts.

  "Yingzi has come to see her mother again?" Yang Dajie warmly greeted, after all, this time thanks to this younger sister.

  "Hmm! I came to the city to sell chestnuts, and I'll come over to see my mom. How's the situation now?" Yang widow found that her mother had slightly closed her eyes, almost resting, so she didn't disturb the old lady.

  "Are you selling chestnuts? Can chestnuts even make money? They don't sell well, do they?" Yang's widow's second brother frowned and said.

  Yang widow took out a bundle of money from the package and handed it to her brother: "Brother, you take this money first, and buy some food for mom often."

  Everyone present was shocked, and her elder brother frowned: "Yingzi, you borrowed money again? Alas! It seems that your village is still better."

  Yang Guafu shook her head: "No, this is the money I earned from selling chestnuts. Yesterday when I went back, I heard that chestnuts could be sold for a good price, so I picked some and got over 5,000 catties. I took them to the city to wholesale at 5.5 yuan per catty, and in total I made almost 30,000 yuan."

  Everyone was stunned for a long time, looking at Yang's widow in disbelief. Finally, Yang Ershu asked in shock: "Can it be sold for so much money?"

  Yang widow smiled and told these days village changes to her relatives, hoping to move them together to get rich. The two brothers' families were relatively difficult, or their village was more backward than Chujiazhuang. Mainly because of the six combined lottery that year, sweeping through various rural areas, harming many people.

  At that time, it was crazy. People always had the idea of getting something for nothing. The Mark Six lottery arrived, and many people followed suit. At first, they just played small, but those who lost money wanted to win it back, and those who won money wanted to make more. In the end, everyone became poorer and poorer from gambling. Fortunately, the old village head had foresight and prohibited the people of Chujia Village from getting involved in the Mark Six lottery, which preserved their savings.

  After listening to my sister's words, several people fell into silence. Half a beat later, the eldest brother first spoke up and said that he also managed fruit trees. The fruit trees in their home were mangoes, but they had all been gone for two months already. However, the mangoes they grew weren't very good, probably because they didn't take care of them, couldn't eat fertilizer, looked a bit malnourished, and were extremely small. Some people picked some to eat, and they were so sour that they could rot your teeth, not tasty at all.

  "Big brother! Are the mangoes from our house okay? Even people from our own village don't dare to eat them, can we really sell them?" Old Er was worried and felt that this matter was not reliable at all.

  This makes sense, their mangoes might not be welcomed even if they were given away for free. It's not like every fruit tree can become a money-making machine. It depends on the type of fruit, its nutritional value, taste and how well it is managed.

  Yang's widow also knew that the mangoes from her two brothers' homes were indeed inedible. She couldn't help but say, "Why not plant other fruits with development potential? I think persimmons are very good, easy to manage, and can grow anywhere. There are people in my village who plant persimmon trees, planning to make persimmon cakes and sell them wholesale. I went to see it too, the persimmon cakes at the bottom can also be sold for over three yuan, this is a fruit that can bring huge profits."

  The little sister's suggestion made them very excited, but the pomegranate tree had no harvest for the first two or three years, and without five or six years of age, not many pomegranates could be produced.

  "Otherwise I'll ask our village's university student for advice." Yang widow also understood the worries of the two brothers.

  "In two days, I'll go to your village with Lao Er! We can take a look at how to manage the fruit trees. You guys say it's a good development direction. Getting rich by farming is almost impossible, but having enough food and clothing shouldn't be a problem." Lao Da said resolutely.

  "University students, alas! Let's do our best to provide for them!" Yang Dasao sighed, the village of Chu Family has produced a university student, and their situation has greatly improved, which made her have some thoughts.

  Yang Lao Da took a glance at his wife and shook his head: "I'm afraid they don't have what it takes, if they can get into college, I'll even sell my blood to support them."

  It seems that these people have been stimulated by knowledge, and the slogans shouted in school are not empty words: Knowledge is power, knowledge is wealth! Not a bit wrong.

  "Alas! I'm afraid of wasting my time, and in the end getting nothing out of it, that would be troublesome." The second brother still didn't have much confidence, he was just about to follow someone from the village to go outside and join a construction team as a cement worker, supposedly earning over 100 yuan per day.

  "Second brother, the construction team is very dangerous, you forgot about Sheng De's incident, anyway I oppose you going out." Yang widow still had a grudge against her husband's death, who died in an accident while working on a project outside, and was only notified by phone to collect the body, and was compensated with just a few thousand yuan. They didn't have the legal awareness of city people, and didn't know how to use the law to protect their own rights, which is exactly what others took advantage of.

  Yang Er Sao also felt a little uneasy in her heart, so she pulled on her husband: "Why don't you just not go? We can manage the fruit trees too. Little sister's business is developing well, isn't it? The Chu family village is taking the lead, we can learn from them."

  "Second brother, don't think that making money outside is easy. Working as a cement worker can earn you over 100 yuan a day, but can you guarantee work every day? When there are no projects, it's possible to go hungry for one or two months. If making money was really easy, that guy in the village would have gotten rich already, how much better off is he than us?" The eldest brother also spoke up.

  His loud voice woke up the old man on the hospital bed. The old man opened his eyes, saw his little daughter, and couldn't help but shed tears. She was almost in her coffin, yet she still wanted to drag down three families together.

  "Mom, why are you crying?" Yang widow quickly wiped away the old man's tears with her hand.

  "Aying, how did you come again? Didn't Xiaoya bring you?" The old lady showed a hint of a relieved smile. Although the family was poor, her children were all filial, which made her content.

  Yang Lao Da hastily told Old Mother about Xiao Mei's money-making venture, letting her enjoy the good news and stop thinking that she was a burden to everyone.

  As expected, the old man's face lit up with joy and he looked very happy. He asked Erniu not to go out and focus on learning how to manage the fruit trees at home. Yang Erniu suddenly had nothing to say, his mother had said so, he naturally had no choice but to obey. The three siblings had been raised by their elderly mother since childhood, and they had suffered a lot, thinking about it now still brings heartache.