Chapter 124 Some people want to fish in troubled waters

Qin Zhiyi stood on the road at the door and stared for a long time. He didn't enter the house until the carriage could no longer be seen.

There were already a lot of bamboo shoots piled up in the yard. When Aunt Guo saw her looking at the bamboo shoots, she hurriedly said: "I've peeled all the bamboo shoots I collected in the past few days for fear of getting old. I'll do it as you told me. Some of them are left alone."

Blanch it in water and hang it outside to dry. It rained the day before yesterday, so I harvested it early, and I took it out to dry again today."

"By the way, there were also sour bamboo shoots soaked in the house. As for the stuffed bamboo shoots that the lady mentioned, I didn't know how to make them, so I didn't make them. I just made those bamboo shoots into dried bamboo shoots and sour bamboo shoots.

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As expected, Aunt Guo is a reliable person, so she said: "Don't worry about the stuffed bamboo shoots. Aren't you still collecting the fresh ones? Besides, it's not too late to make fresh ones."

Aunt Guo started to settle accounts with her: "This time, we collected over a thousand kilograms of bamboo shoots with shells and four hundred kilograms of bamboo shoots without shells. We spent a total of two to six hundred cents."

While the two were talking, they saw Mrs. Qin pulling a cart of shelled bamboo shoots, followed by Qin Xiaomei pushing the cart. Both of them were sweating because of the effort.

Mrs. Qin hummed as she pulled the cart over. She raised her head and saw Qin Zhiyi.

The two looked at each other, a little embarrassed.

Mrs. Qin was the first to speak: "You said everyone can go up the mountain and break bamboo shoots, and they can sell them to you."

"That's what I said."

She said calmly and glanced at the bamboo shoots on the cart. It could be seen that she had been busy for a long time to get them. This cart weighed at least more than a hundred kilograms.

"Since you said so, I'll let you sell it. You have to pay as much as you should. Don't fool people because of some personal grudges."

After hearing this, Aunt Guo frowned: "Why are you so narrow-minded? My wife has already said so. Besides, when you sold bamboo shoots before, I also paid for it.

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Mrs. Qin was speechless and snorted: "Okay, hurry up and collect these bamboo shoots. It took the two of us most of the day to break them."

She knew that it had rained two days ago, and the bamboo shoots on the mountain were sprouting faster, so those piled in the yard should have been harvested yesterday.

But everyone in the village went to the mountains to break bamboo shoots, so it was inevitably difficult to get some. It was a miracle that Mrs. Qin could get so many today.

She didn't want to talk nonsense to her anymore, so she ordered Aunt Guo: "Auntie, go and weigh all those paper bamboo shoots. Give as many as you need. It's still the old rule. When buying bamboo shoots, you have to check carefully. The old ones are infested with insects.

Yes, don’t want any of them.”

Aunt Guo responded and went to get the rope.

The bamboo shoots on the car were all tied up with straw ropes and placed in bundles. Aunt Guo took a bundle from the top and inspected it carefully, and then took another bundle to inspect.

The bottom shell of each rope must be peeled off to see if it can be pinched. Those that cannot be pinched are old bamboo shoots, which cannot be eaten.

If you can pinch it, then you can eat the bamboo shoots.

There was indeed nothing wrong with the first bundle, but when checking the second bundle, Aunt Guo's movements were obviously slower.

Sensing something was wrong, she untied the straw ropes and checked them one by one.

Pinch off the old areas directly. Some bamboos are thin, long and old. If you pinch them like this, only the sharp tips are left that can be eaten.

When Mrs. Qin saw it, she immediately felt distressed. She immediately stood up and said, "No, why did you pinch me all? There are so many old people."

Aunt Guo didn't give her a good look either, and said coldly: "You can see for yourself whether you are old or not, and try to see if you can pinch her."

When Mrs. Qin saw Aunt Guo asking her to pinch her, she pinched hard with her nails, but she only made a mark.

Such bamboo shoots are indeed inedible. No matter how they are cooked or eaten, they cannot be chewed.

I saw the aunt checking each piece one by one. She felt distressed but couldn't stop it, so she could only continue to watch with a straight face.

After checking this car, it turned out that more than 30% of it was inedible. It originally weighed more than 100 kilograms, but it ended up being only more than 90 kilograms.

Mrs. Qin was full of grievances. She saw several bamboo shoot sellers rushing towards the place. She had an idea, sat down on the ground and howled.

"You accept the bamboo shoots that anyone broke, but you are clearly bullying my orphans and widows. If you accept all the bamboo shoots I came to sell, you will be picky when I come to sell them today. You must use the good bamboo shoots."

Breaking it open and forcefully saying that you can't eat it, isn't that just bullying?"

After that, she said to the people who were coming behind her: "I don't think you should sell it. Look at how much she has thrown away on my land. Instead of letting her ruin it like this, it's better to take it back and eat it yourself."

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"She doesn't want to help us make money and do business. She clearly wants to deceive people. If you can't afford this business, don't do it!"

Qin Zhiyi watched Mrs. Qin crying quietly. Everyone in the village knew who she was.

Of course, Aunt Guo is not someone to be trifled with. She will naturally take action when it's her turn, but now, there are many people who want to teach her a lesson.

Sure enough, Aunt Guo said to her at this time: "Little lady, don't worry, I asked you to ask me to collect the bamboo shoots, and I will do it for you. The old farmer has been wandering around outside for many years and has seen all kinds of people.

There's no use trying to reason with a shrew like this, just fish her out and beat her up."

When Mrs. Qin heard this, she was immediately stunned.

But soon she continued to cry loudly. She didn't believe that an old woman really dared to hit her.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Guo didn't give her much time to think about it. She directly rolled up her sleeves, grabbed her skirt with one hand, and slapped her with her mouth.

The onlookers nearby heard two loud slaps and were stunned for a moment.

Mrs. Qin was also stunned. As for Qin Xiaomei, who had never seen such a posture before, she was so frightened that she cowered aside and did not dare to say a word.

After finishing the beating, Aunt Guo picked up the bamboo shoots that were thrown on the ground and showed them to the onlookers.

"Look, these are the bamboo shoots she broke. When I was collecting the bamboo shoots, my little lady also said, don't want the old ones, don't want the wormy ones, one price with the shells, one price without the shells, but now she carries so many

The old one, my wife doesn’t care about her, so I just break off the old one and call her again. It would be better for her to come to my wife’s door and start making fun of her.”

Everyone craned their heads to take a look. When Aunt Guo handed the bamboo shoots to them, someone reached out to pinch a handful and exclaimed: "If these bamboo shoots are allowed to dry for another two days, they will all turn into bamboo poles!"

The others also accused him one after another.

"Mr. Qin, this is your fault. People know that they want to give us a chance to make money, but you are actually trying to trick your own family."

"That's right, you are the only one who grabs the bamboo shoots quickly, and you do a lot of tricking people. Zhizhi, I think you won't accept any more of her things from now on. Be careful that someone will take your kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs."

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Chapter completed!