Reborn in the Great Northern Wilderness in 1982, I farmed and hunted to support my whole family.

"Muzi, you're back! Come inside and warm up!"

Tao Yimei smiled slightly at Li Mu. Her beautiful face was like a delicate flower bud about to bloom, and just looking at her made one feel happy.

"Yes! I'm back. How is Uncle Tao? Is he feeling better?" Li Mu quickly suppressed the excitement in his heart and walked into the house after answering.

Tao Qingshan, who was sitting at the kang table inside the room, was putting away his pen. When he saw Li Mu come in, he quickly smiled and pushed the account book in front of him forward.

"Sit down and take a look. This is another batch of new goods that came in this morning. They're all according to the specifications you mentioned. Do you think you can sell them all?"

“As long as it meets the specifications, I’ll sell it no matter how many there are.” Li Mu said, sitting down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and casually picked up the account book that Tao Qingshan pushed over and glanced at it.

Even if it's just a few hundred kilograms of goods, as long as their products are good enough, the purchasing station can monopolize the market.

"Don't talk big, kid. This is all thanks to everyone working hard from dawn till dusk. Don't let them end up with nothing."

Tao Qingshan spoke with a serious expression, not because he looked down on Li Mu, but because as the village head, Li Mu always considered the needs of everyone.

"Uncle Tao, don't worry! I, Li Mu, won't say such nonsense." Li Mu closed the ledger and pushed it back in front of Tao Qingshan.

"Okay, I'm relieved to hear that."

Tao Qingshan pushed the account book aside and glanced at his own daughter, who was standing at the door with her eyes fixed on Li Mu.

It seems his daughter has been bewitched.

"Young Mu, look at all this ginseng and the help you break off the engagement... My Yimei..."

Upon hearing Tao Qingshan's words, Li Mu quickly interrupted him.

To be honest, he did like Yimei, but if he got together with her now, not to mention whether people would say he was taking advantage of her kindness.

There will probably be a lot of gossipers saying that Li Mu went to such lengths to find wild ginseng in the mountains and even helped pay for the annulment of the engagement, so he might have already been having an affair with Yi Mei.

It's no big deal for a big shot like him to be criticized, but he can let people smear a good girl like Yimei at will.

"Hey! Uncle Tao, why are you bringing this up again? Didn't we already make things clear? Don't overthink things. Even if it weren't for this, I'd have to find other ways to curry favor with you."

"If it weren't for your oversight, I wouldn't have been able to collect these mountain products so smoothly."

Li Mu finished speaking with a smile. Just then, Li Siming, who had finished checking the accounts, walked in and handed the account book to Li Mu.

"Muzi, how should we distribute the money?"

Li Siming rubbed his hands, which were almost frozen into carrot shapes, and stomped his feet along with them.

Although Li Mu took the ledger, he didn't look at a single word and went straight to asking, "How much money did we make this time?"

With the Lunar New Year approaching, the outside temperature has risen somewhat, but it will still be around 15 degrees Celsius.

These elderly women are willing to brave the biting cold outside to pick through goods in order to earn money.

This money must be distributed fairly.

"The Lakeside Hotel paid 147, the purchasing station paid 265, for a total of 412 yuan."

Li Siming spoke without the slightest hesitation, even though he had recited those three numbers countless times on his way back.

But it still feels unbelievable to shout it out now.

Not only did he find it unbelievable, but Tao Qingshan, sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), was even more shocked.

"How much? Over 400? How did it sell for so much money?"

"It's nothing. We selected these goods according to the highest standards, so the designated price is also the highest," Li Mu explained simply and clearly.

However, Tao Qingshan knew in his heart that things could not possibly be that simple.

In the past, it wasn't like there weren't people in the village who went to the purchasing station to sell their mountain products. No matter if they were good or bad, they all had a set of excuses to make you unable to deliver the goods or make any money.

However, Tao Qingshan couldn't reveal the intricacies of the matter.

Li Mu ignored what Tao Qingshan thought, took the money from Li Siming's hand, and turned to walk outside.

"Everyone, put down what you're doing and listen to what I, Li Mu, have to say."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the courtyard turned their attention to Li Mu.

"Let's agree on this first. I'll sell the mountain produce for everyone and take 20% of the profits. I'll also pay the wages of the few people who deliver the goods with me. Whether it's through connections or gifts, I'll cover all the expenses."

"The money has now been collected from everyone, a total of 412 yuan. After rounding down by 12 yuan, the remaining 400 yuan, 20% of which is 80 yuan, is mine."

"As for how to divide the rest, I, the fourth master of the Li family, have the account books in my hands, and I have already checked them with you just now."

"If there are no problems, let's split the money now."

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, someone below immediately responded.

"No problem! Let's split the money. We agreed on this beforehand, so why are we dawdling now?"

"Yes! Let Fourth Master give us our share of the money. My little grandson has been craving meat for so long. Now that we've received our share, I'm going to get him at least a pound of meat to eat."

……

With the others agreeing, Li Mu immediately took out his money, took the eighty yuan he wanted, and gave the rest to Li Siming.

Li Siming didn't hesitate either. He took the ledger and divided the total weight of the delivered goods, and everything became clear: who should be paid how much?

Li Mu didn't immediately put the eighty yuan into his pocket. Instead, he called over all five people who had accompanied him on deliveries, except for Li Siming.

“We deliver goods to the county, and it costs two yuan per trip, settled on the spot.”

As Li Mu spoke, he immediately took out ten yuan from the eighty li in his hand and distributed them to the people.

While handing out money, he didn't forget to chat with them for a bit.

"We'll be going there again in two days. If any of you are free, please make time for it. If you're not free, let me know in advance so I can arrange for someone else to fill in."

The group of people were incredibly excited as they took the money.

I just went along on a delivery trip and somehow got two yuan for nothing.

Hearing Li Mu say that he has to go again, who wouldn't want to earn those two dollars, unless they're a fool?

"We're all free, we're all free."

"Yes, we are free."

……

Li Ganzi nodded in agreement, and the others also responded happily.

After Li Siming had distributed all the money, Li Mu stepped forward and handed over the five yuan he had prepared to Li Siming.

"Fourth Master, this is the money you deserve. Delivery and accounting are the payments; from now on, we'll be counting on you for this job."

"What the hell? You expect me to give you this little bit of money?" Li Siming stared in astonishment at the still relatively fresh five-yuan bill, almost unable to recover for a moment.

This is five yuan, not fifty cents.

Li Siming immediately refused, saying, "No, no, that's too much!"

"This is too much? You really haven't seen much money before." Li Mu said with a feigned look of disgust, and then forcefully stuffed the money into Li Siming's hand.