But what Chen Ling didn't know was that before he drove the donkey cart out of the village, many people started laughing at him behind his back.

This is actually not his fault...

The blame lies with Wang Laishun's stubborn donkey.

Perhaps because he got up early, this guy was unwilling to let the driver hitch the cart. He kept yelling "Er, er, er, er, er, er, er, err, er, er, er, er, er, er, er, er, er, er, er, er," Wang Laishun even tried to add two buckets of fodder, but it didn't work.

The noise was so loud that the neighbors heard it and came out to see what was going on.

In the end, Chen Ling took out a handful of peanuts grown in the cave and fed it to it. Then he put it in the car and drove it out of Wang Laishun's house.

People outside saw that it was Chen Ling, a famous lazy man, driving a donkey cart out.

Suddenly I felt strange for a while.

This kid usually either sleeps or goes to the county town to fool around.

His wife does all the work at home, and I never see him worrying about it. Why did he come to the village chief's house to borrow a donkey cart today?

Everyone was very curious and asked Wang Laishun to find out. Good guy, it turns out that this guy went to the county town to buy a plow and prepare to plow the land.

It's still the wasteland that Erzhu's family used for more than ten years.

When people heard that this was the case, they were both surprised and funny.

Who in the village doesn’t know what was going on with Erzhu’s land before?

If it can be cured by plowing it twice with a rake, why should we wait for Chen Fugui to do it?

Could it be that this kid was hit hard by his uncle and his head was broken?

Otherwise, this kid's heart is divided into eight parts, and seven of them are devoted to eating, drinking and having fun. How could he be willing to farm?

Now he still wants to plow the land with a rake. Doesn't he know how much lime there is under the ground?

It makes me laugh so hard!

So the news that Chen Fugui made a joke again quickly spread in the village.

There were no entertainment activities in the mountain villages of this era.

They are all making fun of others today, and being laughed at by others tomorrow, such as whose mother-in-law steals a man, and whose man is not ashamed to peek at a widow taking a bath, and so on.

But it's rare for someone like Chen Ling to be laughed at by everyone in the village.

In the past, it was a joke that he beat his wife for not doing his job properly, but a few days ago, his wife's parents came to his door, and they were held down in the yard and beaten severely. The beating made him cry father and mother, and the whole village laughed at him.

Who knows, today I am going to buy a plow and plow the wasteland again. I look like I am rolling up my sleeves and getting ready for a big job.

It looks like another big joke is about to happen.

…

At this time, it was probably about seven o'clock in the morning.

Chen Ling drove the donkey cart out of the village, completely unaware that he was being treated as a joke again.

He was humming a little tune and was intoxicated by the fresh and beautiful mountain scenery under the warm sunshine of early spring. He was in a very good mood.

Although Chenwangzhuang is not far from the county seat, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side, making it a very remote mountain village.

In other words, the provincial capital where they are located is very remote, with mountains and rivers, and transportation is not convenient.

Although the scenery is beautiful, it does not have the bustling scene that was developed into a tourist area in later generations. It is completely a poor place.

Chen Ling walked all the way east, passing by the reservoir dam to the east of the village, and then went around two mountain ridges. The county seat was already in sight.

At this time, Chen Ling drove the donkey cart to a remote place and transferred the peanuts from the cave to the cart.

Soon a cart was filled, weighing about five or six hundred kilograms.

"Well, that's not a big deal. Let's go to the farmer's market to check out the situation first, and then we'll talk about it after it's sold out."

Chen Ling thought secretly in his heart.

After taking a breath, he continued to drive towards the county town.

It’s not too late to go to the farmer’s market to sell cereals such as peanuts and soybeans at nine o’clock. It’s a morning market.

If it's a morning vegetable and fruit market, there won't be many people if you go there at seven o'clock.

The wholesalers of vegetables and fruits in the mountainous area usually rush there at three o'clock in the morning. If you hurry up, they will be almost sold out around five o'clock.

Not long after, we arrived at the farmers market in the western suburbs of the county.

Chen Ling was about to drive the donkey cart in, but was stopped at the gate.

Because I saw him pulling peanuts in a donkey cart, he was obviously going to the market to sell them, so he needed to pay a temporary stall fee.

If the car is empty, there is no need to pay.

Chen Ling paid fifty cents and drove towards the grain area.

It was already past seven o'clock, and there were only a few vegetable and fruit sellers left, but there were still quite a few breakfast stalls.

Wontons, tofu curd, fried dough sticks, glutinous rice noodles...

The aroma of all kinds of rice came to his nose, and Chen Ling, who had already had breakfast, was made hungry again by the dazzling food.

The fried dough sticks and tofu curd are not bad, you can eat them if you want.

The key point is that the noodles are still available in later generations, but the taste in memory has long been lost.

Looking at each glutinous rice bowl, the red oil soup is covered with sauteed seeds, and the blue-gray glutinous rice noodles are steaming and floating in the air, exuding an alluring fragrance.

Eat it in one big bite, the taste...

Chen Ling was immediately aroused.

Just when I wanted to have a bowl, I heard a surprised voice from behind.

"Eh? Is this the new peanut?"

"Are new flowers born this season?"

Chen Ling turned around and saw a middle-aged man in his forties standing next to the donkey cart. He was wearing a dark black Chinese tunic suit and was tall but slightly hunchbacked.

At this time, he was looking at the peanuts on the donkey cart with a look of surprise on his face.

Next to him was a woman of similar age, wearing a red scarf and a dark brown woolen coat, slightly curly hair, and high-heeled leather boots. This look was quite avant-garde in 1995.

Moreover, he has a fair face, and his appearance and temperament are quite good.

Even though there are many wrinkles on his face now, it does not diminish his graceful appearance at all.

It is not difficult to see that this aunt was definitely a beauty when she was young.

"Do you two want to buy peanuts?"

"This is the peanut that just came out of the greenhouse. It's the first time I've sold it. It's very fresh..."

Chen Ling spoke.

He walked to the side of the donkey cart, grabbed a handful from the cart, rubbed the fresh soil on it, and handed it to the two of them.

"You can try it."

"Grown in a greenhouse?"

Upon hearing Chen Ling's words, both men and women were surprised.

Then someone grabbed some from Chen Ling's hand.

After peeling it off and tasting it, the two couldn't help but look at each other, even more surprised.

"It's definitely a new peanut, and it tastes better than other peanuts I've ever eaten."

"Little brother, are these really peanuts grown in a greenhouse?"

the man asked.

"Of course, otherwise how could there be new peanuts in this season?"

Chen Ling said with a smile.

But he also saw that the two of them didn't look like peanut buyers.

He asked: "Do you two want to buy it? If so, let's negotiate the price and weigh it!"

Sure enough, when the man heard this, he smiled apologetically and said, "We were just wandering around, and I couldn't help but be a little curious when I saw your cart of fresh peanuts."

The woman glanced at Chen Ling and said, "I didn't expect that there are people growing greenhouses here in my hometown."

The tone was emotional.

Chen Ling was a little confused at first, but then he realized that these two people had come back from outside.

No wonder this outfit is incompatible with the small county town.

"Little brother, I'll give this to you. It's not easy to grow a greenhouse. If you need any help, you can contact me or my husband."

"I won't interrupt you selling peanuts. Let's go around first."

Seeing that Chen Ling was a little dazed, the woman smiled softly and handed him two business cards.
To be continued...