There is An Apocalyptic Man in the Village

Chapter 25- Carbon Kiln + Coincidental Encounter with Father Zhao

Whether it’s ancient or modern, a meeting gift is always indispensable when asking someone to do something, and only when there are benefits can it be easy to talk about things, and Wu Qingyuan understands this truth. 

But the Zhang family and the Chen family were surprised when they saw the gift he handed over. The pork, pastry plus a pot of oil is really too heavy because the default meeting gift of the villagers is at most a bag of cakes and fruits. That’s it.

Just now the family was still talking about him, now it is said that the devil arrived and brought so many good things. They don’t know why he came.

But people can’t stand up even after entering the yard. Aunt Zhang touched the sweat on her head and didn’t pick up the things. She quickly pushed her sister-in-law beside her, and once again asked several daughters-in-law to take out the watermelon in the well to greet the guests.

Watermelon is not rare here, but it is not cheap, and it is decent and generous to greet the guests. 

“Brother Wu, right? What are you looking for?”

Auntie Zhang didn’t go to receive the gift, and the Chen family didn’t dare to receive it randomly. Such a heavy gift is not easy to receive, and the person who was greeted sits down and asked carefully.

The owner did not dare to take the things, Wu Qingyuan did not shoehorn it, nodded and put the things aside, only then looked at Lin Laogen, the matter of buying a carbon kiln had to be mentioned by Lin Laogen for him, and he can come forward to discuss the price better.

“Aunt Chen, don’t worry, it’s a good thing. Brother Wu came today to buy your three carbon kilns…”

Lin Laogen still knows how to wink. He sat down and took a piece of watermelon. He began to nibble while mentioning Wu Qingyuan’s desire to buy a carbon kiln.

“What? Buy our carbon kiln?!”

As soon as Lin Laogen finished speaking, Aunt Chen’s eyes straightened instantly, exclaimed, and everyone in the Zhang family looked over.

This carbon kiln is a scar on the hearts of the Chen family. A man from the Chen family had worked in the carbon kiln of a landlord, and after decades of hard work, he learned the ability to burn carbon and returned home. 

He wanted to rely on this skill to make his family wealthy, but who knew that the last thing he made was not a fortune. Instead, he lost his family’s fortune. The house and land were gone. The family had to go to the town to help people work and wash clothes to make a living.

It was not until this year that they managed to save enough money and prepared to return to the village to buy houses and farms. The family did not dare to dream of burning carbon to make a fortune, so the three carbon kilns that were built after spending all their money in the house were naturally empty.

Actually, the Chen family didn’t think about selling carbon kilns, but someone should buy them. After all, it’s not that everyone is like them, who dares to gamble with all their wealth. More importantly, he can burn carbon. There are not many in the village who can so no one wants to buy the few carbon kilns in her family.

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Now Wu Qingyuan wants to buy their charcoal kiln, it’s like a pie that fell from the sky! 

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“Yes, Brother Wu, you have to think about it.”

Lin Laogen couldn’t help but persuade it again, after all, it was such a large sum of money. 

“I have already considered the matter. Don’t worry, Aunt Chen. When the carbon kiln is in my hands, whether it is a loss or a profit, I will bear it myself. We can write this clearly in the contract, but I don’t know the price. Can you call the shots?”

Wu Qingyuan’s attitude is very clear. Doing business is inherently risky. You can’t be afraid of losing. Now that he has decided, he must persist in doing it well.

Chen swallowed her mouth and didn’t answer the conversation right away, it was still a little unbelievable that someone really wanted to buy her waste of a carbon kiln.

Everyone in the Zhang family didn’t interrupt even more. It wasn’t about their family’s business, but if this happened, it would be a huge happy event for the Chen family, and everyone was looking forward to it. 

“Aunt Chen, don’t worry about Brother Wu’s character. If your family is willing, you can make a price so that we can continue to discuss it.”

Wu Qingyuan’s attitude was so clear, Lin Laogen completely gave up persuasion and continued to help speak.

“This… If you really want to buy it, my family is willing to sell it. Brother Laogen, you also know the situation of my family, but this carbon kiln is the lifeblood of my family. I won’t be the one to decide such a thing.”

Of course, the Chen family is willing to do such a good thing. Anyway, the three waste carbon kilns are also stored. If they can be replaced with silver, her family’s loss in the past can be considered to be half of the loss, but she is a woman, such a big thing, the man in her family is in charge. 

“Yes, then I will wait for auntie’s news. By the way, in addition to buying the carbon kilns, I also want to invite Uncle Chen to help me. They have also told me that Uncle Chen is a veteran of carbon burning, and I can pay half a month’s salary. Please consider it with Uncle Chen.”

Wu Qingyuan understood this, nodded in agreement, and continued to put forward his other requirements. He couldn’t manage a carbon kiln alone. With the help of veterans, it would be much smoother.

“Okay, I will go to town tomorrow to find my husband and tell him!”

The Chen family, who was still a bit hesitant, had no worries anymore, and quickly nodded in agreement, extremely excited. 

Asking her men to help out made her happier than when selling out the waste carbon kiln in her family. What’s more, Wu Qingyuan was too generous and paid half a month’s wages, thinking that when her man was young and strong in the family- he only got semi-consistent wages. Now that they can find a job with so much money when they are old while still being close to their home in the village. If they don’t agree then they would be stupid.

“Sister, why are you waiting for tomorrow, go now!”

Auntie Zhang has more brains than Chen Shi. Naturally, the sooner you decide on this kind of thing, the better, so as not to have more dreams at night, so she suggested this immediately.

“Yes, yes, right now! Young Master Wu, you will wait a while at my sister’s house, and I will go to town and call my man back.” 

Chen was already a little rushed by the huge surprise, and when she reacted, she got up and prepared to go out. It happened that the sun was not too big in the morning, so she was not afraid of heatstroke on the way.

Auntie Zhang was calmer than the Chen family, and she continued to call her man to take the donkey cart together. Her family was one of the few households in the village with cows and donkeys, and the speed of driving the donkey cart was much faster.

After the Chen family’s woman and the Zhang family man hurriedly went out, she hurriedly ordered her daughter-in-law to cut a watermelon out and continued to greet Wu Qingyuan with a smile on her face.

“Brother Wu, eat two more watermelons, my sister and her husband will be back soon…” 

“That’s good.”

Wu Qingyuan was actually very anxious in his heart. Of course, the sooner the better it was for making money, the Chen family now went to town to find her man.

Calmly, he picked up the watermelon and waited while eating. Not to mention the incomplete evolution of the watermelon here. It is not as sweet as modern watermelon, but it has a lot of water, and it is also very refreshing.

Although there is a donkey cart speeding up to the town, it takes an hour or two to go back and forth. It is impossible for everyone to sit in the yard. 

Aunt Zhang is a good entertainer. She cuts the watermelon and asks her daughter-in-law to take out the peanuts and walnuts at home to entertain. Then she tries to find a topic and chats with Wu Qingyuan to help stabilize him. And they hoped to negotiate more about the carbon kiln than Wu Qingyuan.

Of course, in addition to helping the Chen family, Auntie Zhang was selfish.

Before, they were still discussing their son’s marriage with Zhou-ger in the yard. Now the cousin who is in charge is right in front of them.

There was also Zhang Dazhu sitting next to her staring at her and her eyes were almost green. Mother and son were connected, how could Auntie Zhang not know what he was thinking. 

“Hey, Brother Wu, don’t you know that Zhou-ger was the one we watched to grow up. He has not suffered less in these years. Such a good child was unfortunately under Grandma Zhou’s control- fortunately, you are here now. God’s eyes are finally opened, this child’s marriage finally has a reasonable elder in charge…”

After chatting casually with Wu Qingyuan, she began to quote Zhou-ger to test Wu Qingyuan’s tone.

It’s not that the villagers can’t fall in love freely, but in the end, this marriage still has to be decided by the elders. Zhou-ger has no parents, only Wu Qingyuan as his cousin, and the eldest brother is like a father. Whether the marriage can succeed depends on his opinion. The Zhang family did want to marry Zhou-ger, but she was afraid that Wu Qingyuan was the same as Mrs. Zhou, demanding an unreasonably high dowry.”

“Yeah, Zhou-ger finally managed to find himself a good home. Mrs. Zhou was too bad-hearted before. How could she sell such a good man to an old man to be a servant? There are so many good boys in the village, just like Aunt Zhang. Your Dazhu is like that, people who are honest and know how to work and know that they love people, a good junior in the village…” 

Lin Laogen was eating watermelon and helping her. He, who has not always spoken much, said it very smoothly because Lin Amo pulled him into the house and taught him for a long time before leaving the house this morning.

“Brother Laogen, such praises. My Dazhu is not as good as you said. This kid is a silly cow, but it’s true that Dazhu can work honestly. It’s not a mother’s own praise. If Dazhu married a wife, surely he would love them…”

Aunt Zhang froze for a moment, then nodded and smiled happily, followed the conversation, and carefully observed Wu Qingyuan’s expression.

“Cousin Wu, I love my daughter-in-law, and all the money I earn in the future will be managed by my daughter-in-law!” 

Zhang Dazhu is not stupid, but rather simple, smirking and nodding his head.

Suddenly, the Zhang family members in the yard all gave their opinions for a while. Aunt Zhang awkwardly pinched him to tell him not to intervene. Lin Laogen laughed and praised him, “Good boy”.

Everyone’s thoughts were too obvious. If Wu Qingyuan couldn’t hear what was expressed in it, he would have lived two lives in vain.

Looking around, everyone stared at him carefully with expectant gazes, he put down the watermelon in his hand after thinking for a while and expressed his opinion. 

“Aunt Zhang is humble. I agree with Uncle Lin’s words. Dazhu is indeed a very good man. By the way, my carbon kiln will start construction soon. I will hire a few people. I think Dazhu is very strong. If auntie is willing, then I want to ask Dazhu to help…”

Wu Qingyuan nodded but did not directly express his views on Zhou-ger’s marriage.

It’s not that he disagrees. From the perspective of people, Zhang Dazhu is a good one. He is happy with Zhou-ger. He will not stop him. However, if the Zhang family has to assess him, then he also has to look at Zhang’s parents. Anxiously, he quickly agreed.

The Zhang family is now testing his tone and he just has to show a little of his attitude toward the matter. If the Zhang family’s parents understand the truth, they will know later that they will find a matchmaker and conform to the village’s rules. 

“Good, good, no problem, I will ask Dazhu to quit the part-time job at Liu Yuan’s family tomorrow.”

Zhang Auntie is a sensible person, she can see through that one point, so she rushes to agree with Wu Qingyuan’s relaxed attitude, not to mention asking her son to help, he also has pay.