Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

The best time to catch forest frogs is October and November every year.

It is already early November. If we are lucky, we can still catch it for another month. If we are unlucky and the cold front arrives early, it is hard to say.

This is also the reason why Li Youcai is so anxious.

He must make more money while this business is still viable.

When the three of them returned home, Chu Xinyan had already prepared the meal and heated up the half bottle of Erguotou that Li Guanghu had left.

When Chu Xinyan saw the stack of big unity notes, she was completely stunned.

"You really made money! Duoduo can be saved. That's good. Duoduo can be saved! We have money. We finally have money to pay for Duoduo's surgery!" Chu Xinyan grabbed Li Youcai's arm tightly, trembling with excitement, tears streaming down her face.

She had originally given up on asking for more, thinking that this was how her life would be. She just felt sorry for her daughter who had to endure such hardship at such a young age.

As a result, when she was most desperate, God finally opened a blackout window for her.

Li Youcai really made money and will make more.

Chu Xinyan looked at the money that could save Duoduo's life, with tears in her eyes but a smile on her lips.

"Li Youcai, you really did it."

Duoduo, who was licking candy on the kang, didn't understand why her mother was crying. She only saw her mother grabbing her father and thought that her father was bullying her again.

With a grin on his face, he started crying too: "Daddy is bad! Daddy bullies Mommy, Daddy is a bad guy!"

Being called a bad person by his daughter again, Li Youcai felt like he was being blamed for no reason.

"this···"

Chu Xinyan wiped away her tears and glared at Li Youcai with some gloating look.

That look seemed to be saying: Serves you right!

"Be good, Duoduo. Daddy didn't bully Mom. Mom is happy." Chu Xinyan picked up Duoduo and coaxed her.

Li Guanghu saw it.

"I'll go door to door and tell everyone about collecting toads." Li Guanghu took the initiative to say after drinking a glass of wine.

"Dad, we just need to go find Widow Wang about this. If she alone knows about it, the whole village will know about it in less than one night." Li Youcai said.

When it comes to spreading news, no one is more suitable than Widow Wang.

If Widow Wang considers herself second, then only the village loudspeaker dares to claim first.

Widow Wang's husband died of illness in his thirties, leaving Widow Wang to live alone with her son.

At the age of a flower and with a pretty face, you can imagine how attractive she is.

However, there was not much trouble around Widow Wang's house.

The old ladies in the village were quite smart. They ignored their own husbands and gathered at Widow Wang's house, watching her closely.

As time went by, Widow Wang's house became a base for all the women in the village, with almost always people coming and going.

Speaking of Widow Wang, even Li Guanghu nodded in agreement: "She's the right person for you to pass on the message."

Li Youcai continued, "There's one more thing, Dad. Go to the brigade secretary's house later and borrow a mule cart from them. Otherwise, when the frogs start to pile up, it'll be too tiring to use the cart. You'll also need to borrow the big scales for harvesting grain, which we'll need to use for collecting frogs."

There are two mules in the brigade. In rural areas without mechanized production equipment, mules are rare treasures.

Li Youcai knew very well that with his bad reputation, the brigade secretary would not lend him even a hair, let alone a mule.

But my father Li Guanghu is different.

During the famine, Li Guanghu went into the mountains to hunt, and the prey he brought back was used to help the village. He saved countless lives. He said that if he wanted to borrow it, it would definitely be useful.

"Okay, I'll go there in a moment." Li Guanghu nodded in agreement.

After having a hot meal, Li Youcai and his father Li Guanghu put on their clothes and prepared to act separately.

Li Guanghu was going to the secretary's house at the east end of the village.

Li Youcai was going to the widow Wang's house in the west.

"Come back quickly after you finish your business." Knowing that Li Youcai was going to Widow Wang's house, Chu Xinyan reminded him.

"I understand. I'll come back after I'm done talking." Li Youcai said.

Li Youcai walked out of the hospital and headed west towards Widow Wang's house.

"Is Sister Wang at home?" When Li Youcai arrived at the gate of the courtyard and saw that there was light in the house, he shouted.

"Yes, come in."

There was a layer of plastic sheet nailed on the wooden door, and a layer of torn quilt inside. As soon as the door was opened, the warm air from inside hit my face. It was much warmer than many other homes.

Pulling the widow's door, this feeling is really a little different.

Only after entering the house did Li Youcai discover that there were seven or eight people sitting on the kang and benches, all of them married women in the village.

The ages ranged from those in their twenties to those in their fifties, and it was like a women's conference.

Some were drinking water, some were smoking, and a few people were sitting on the kang, working together to stretch a quilt cover.

Everyone laughed when they saw Li Youcai.

This made Li Youcai a little confused.

"Oh, so many people are here." Li Youcai greeted casually.

"Why are you here? Is there something wrong?"

Widow Wang sat cross-legged on the kang. She had an oval face, big eyes, fair skin, and long black hair that hung down on her shoulders with curls at the ends. Her every frown and smile seemed to tease people's hearts. At the age of thirty-five or thirty-six, she was full of the charm of a mature woman.

Li Youcai couldn't help but sigh.

No wonder these women act like they are hostile to each other when they mention Widow Wang. Which man can withstand her smile and frown?

"Sister-in-law, we're here to ask for your help in spreading the word. Starting tomorrow, we'll be collecting toads and crayfish in the village. Toads are 4 cents per pound, and crayfish are cents per pound. Just bring them to our house, and we'll weigh them and pay you right away."

"Are you going to collect toads and crickets at home?" Widow Wang stopped what she was doing, straightened her back, and looked at Li Youcai.

Tall and majestic, his figure stood tall, his slender neck gleaming with sweat.

The slender fingers gently brushed past, taking away the fluorescence but revealing the white collarbone.

Li Youcai swallowed subconsciously and said, "Well, only the living ones are accepted. The dead and the cubs are not accepted."

Li Youcai swore that Widow Wang was definitely the most seductive woman he had ever seen.

That natural movement was several levels higher than those high-end tea artists in the club in the previous life.

Lao Wang is really lucky, but Lao Wang is also really unlucky...

"There are plenty of those things in the stream in the back mountain. Your father is a hunter. Do you still need to pay others to buy them?" Widow Wang asked, as if she didn't quite believe what Li Youcai said.

After all, in her opinion, the toads and crickets in the back mountain were not good things at all. Children could catch a lot of them. How could they be worth so much money?

"Collecting frogs and crayfish is the job assigned to me by the aquatic products company, and the quantity they need is very large. Even if all my family members go up the mountain, we still can't catch enough to report to the government."

"There's strength in numbers. At 5 cents a pound, the villagers can make money and I can get my job done. Isn't that a great thing?"

Li Youcai did not say that he was collecting frogs to resell them, but he cleverly changed the concept and said that collecting frogs was a job arranged by the aquatic products company and he was only responsible for collecting them.

By doing this, you can get yourself out of trouble first, which can save you a lot of trouble later.

"Is this true? 5 cents per pound? How much do you want?" asked an old lady in the room.

"How can this be fake? We'll take as many as we catch." Li Youcai replied with certainty.

The old ladies in the room immediately started murmuring.

"You are quite capable. You became a public servant without making any noise. Okay, I want to help you talk to the village about this matter." Widow Wang said with a smile.

Li Youcai was still preparing to say a few polite words.

Suddenly, a loud shout was heard from outside.

"Someone come! Someone come quickly! Save my grandma!"

The cry was filled with misery and anxiety, immediately attracting everyone's attention.