Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

"It's almost time. We should go to the medical room and start working." Su Wanwan noticed that when the two of them walked out of the courtyard gate, the clock hands had pointed to just after eight o'clock.

Before daybreak, other young people had already lined up to go to the commune to work, but Lan Ying was able to dawdle and leisurely leave the dormitory and go to the medical room. Her low salary was naturally understandable.

Following Lan Ying silently, the two walked on the road in the village. It was quiet all around, and the hustle and bustle of the day seemed to have been compressed to a minimum. When they arrived at the door of the medical room, Xu Yan was already busy. The wound treatment of all the wounded had been completed. The two of them only needed to treat some patients who needed injections and then remove the needles.

Lan Ying slowly put down her personal belongings and quickly and efficiently completed the drip and injection work. If there were no other injuries, the day's work would basically be over.

"The scenery around here is quite nice. If you don't like staying at home, you can go out for a walk. Just remember to eat at noon and dinner." The basic medical book she was reading on the chair next to her made Lan Ying look particularly leisurely with her casual posture. However, she turned the pages so quickly that it was hard to tell whether she was really digesting every word.

"understood."

Although she had heard that work in the medical room was relatively easy, this was much easier than expected, which surprised Su Wanwan. Her main job seemed to be to go to the medical room with Xu Yan, and then... do nothing in exchange for points?

At first, Su Wanwan was a little worried, worried that if the village party secretary or village head suddenly came to visit the wounded or inspect, they would notice her idleness. But except for her, no one else in the medical room seemed to have such worries... After the wounded lying on the bed had their injections, some of them actually snored in the ward, and the noise outside could be clearly heard.

"It's a bit noisy in the house. I want to go for a walk."

Lan Ying agreed, and Su Wanwan quietly opened the door and came out into the fresh air. Only then did she realize that Xu Yan had disappeared not long after the injection.

After wandering outside the medical room for a while, Su Wanwan walked aimlessly on the nearby grass for a few steps, blowing warm air on her hands to warm them. Xu Yan's figure appeared on the path outside the medical room without knowing when, and slowly approached this side. Su Wanwan hurried over to greet him.

"Where were you just now?"

Originally, when she and Lan Ying came in together, Xu Yan should still be in the room, but he disappeared in a flash. Facing Su Wanwan's question, Xu Yan looked around to make sure no one was around, then answered softly: "I remember you asked Lan Ying about the price of that lipstick..."

Hearing Xu Yan mention it, Su Wanwan remembered this matter: "You know the answer so quickly?"

Isn't this too fast? Now they are in Baihuayuan Village. Although Xu Yan may know people in various places, it is indeed quite difficult to get information in such an unfamiliar environment.

"Yes, an acquaintance helped me look up that brand of lipstick. It seems that only stores in the county sell it. The quantity is not large, and the price is about four to five yuan."

When Su Wanwan heard the price Xu Yan quoted, she subconsciously took a breath. She originally thought that the lipstick might not be cheap, but selling it at such a price was too outrageous.

You know, even the most diligent people working in the agricultural team only earn about 20 yuan a month, but a lipstick costs four or five yuan, which means that a guy like Xu Yan has to work hard for nearly ten days to barely own something that is actually useless!

"How does she make so much money?" Su Wanwan asked tremblingly.

Even if she and Xu Yan went up the mountain to hunt wild animals together, and took on manual labor to help people in the county make cloaks to sell, their income was still not enough to afford such an expensive lipstick.

“I have inquired about this, too.”

Su Wanwan thought she couldn't get an answer from Xu Yan on this topic, but she was even more shocked when she heard Xu Yan's answer. She quietly took Xu Yan to a small open space behind the clinic, surrounded by several large trees, which was just enough to cover most of the figures and ensure that their conversation would not spread.

"Tell me about it."

"When I was asking for the price, I happened to see a man sneaking around a remote house in the village. Out of curiosity, I followed him and found that he was doing something unknown in a dilapidated house. I observed for a while outside and found that he was not noticed, so I quietly broke in."

Hearing this, Su Wanwan narrowed her eyes slightly.

Most people in the village had to work with the production team during the day. Even the women and children who stayed at home, except for the youngest, were doing laundry, cooking, and housework. It was impossible for people to wander around the village doing nothing.

Even if there were idlers like Yan Wenxuan, there would always be someone responsible for urging them to return to the dormitory or the fields to help. In short, no idler was allowed to wander around the village in broad daylight.

"So what do you see?"

"I followed the man into the house and didn't find anything unusual at first. The living room was very similar to other abandoned shabby houses, but after entering the bedroom, I found that he had entered a place similar to a cellar and was busy there. I only glimpsed a little bit of brine smell at the entrance of the cellar, as if he was making something to eat."

Su Wanwan nodded as she listened: "Could it be that they use pork and other ingredients caught in the mountains to make sauces and then sell them?"

This idea had flashed through Su Wanwan's mind at the beginning. She thought at that time that after all, she had hunted those wild boars in the mountains and forests and hid them in the storage space. She would take them to the town to sell them when she had the chance.

It is better to process the pork yourself, remove the skin, cut it, add the prepared sauce, and make it into ready-to-eat cooked food. The price will be relatively higher and you can get higher profits.

She even calculated the specific costs and benefits.

Compared with simply selling fresh pork, the income from this is at least doubled. At the same time, her observations in the town show that many people in the town buy this kind of cooked snacks, and the demand seems to be very high.

However, the reason why the pork was not made into braised meat was very simple: there were troublemakers like Jiang Panhua. Making the cloak itself made her eyes flicker, and I don’t know what she was planning. If she made strong-flavored braised dishes again, the smell would definitely not be hidden from the family. With Jiang Panhua’s temper, she would definitely make a scene.

What's more, making braised meat requires a certain amount of space, and their family only has two or three small houses, which is obviously not suitable.

Taking these factors into consideration, selling pork directly was enough to maintain income and expenditure. Therefore, Su Wanwan finally gave up the idea of ​​selling braised pork directly.

However, as soon as Xu Yan mentioned what he had witnessed, Su Wanwan suddenly remembered the idea that had been temporarily shelved.