Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s

Chapter 1312: Chapter 1312: Brain Kicked by a Donkey

”I heard our family suffered the most in this downpour, why is that?” An Hao suddenly asked.

”I went with Dad to deliver vegetables! The hail came without warning! Other families had iron pans on their heads and plastic sheets in their hands, rushing to their fields to build shelters for the crops! Our vegetables were just smashed by the hail!” An Ping said, filled with gloom.

”You weren’t home all of last night?”

”By the time we got back, it was late, and we hurriedly covered the greenhouses with the plastic sheets! But when we woke up this morning, that plastic was smashed to pieces! What’s more infuriating is, some of the plastic sheets were torn open.”

”Who did it?”

”Who knows? With the hail so heavy last night, who would notice someone causing trouble? It must have been someone jealous of our family!”

After listening, An Hao felt somewhat more informed.

Their family had been hit hardest by the hail, but other families had also suffered losses to some extent.

If they didn’t want to pay a penalty for breach of contract, they would have to supply vegetables to their customers.

Therefore, they would have to buy vegetables from the market. Since the disaster affected our entire region, market prices were sure to be high, and it wasn’t certain that vegetables would even be available.

Hence, their family had to act first.

If they started buying up vegetables in large quantities, it would inevitably affect the market prices.

As a result, the prices would get higher as time went on.

An Hao couldn’t afford to think too much about it. Before the prices went up any further, she decided to buy in bulk right away.

Once she made up her mind, An Hao said to An Ping, ”Like this, you take Erzhuzi and Xiaolian with you first thing tomorrow morning to buy vegetables. Don’t tell anyone asking!”

”Sister... what do you mean?”

”As long as we supply the vegetables to the customers, we won’t be breaching the contract and won’t have to pay the penalty! Although we’re finished, we can still buy vegetables! This way, we’re definitely going to lose money, but at least it’ll be much less than the penalty fee,” An Hao explained.

”Okay,” An Ping’s eyes lit up, ”Sister, you’re really the backbone of our family!”

”Alright, hurry and buy the vegetables. The sooner, the better!” An Hao urged.

”Then I’ll leave right now.”

”Great! Off you go!”

Without wasting a moment, An Ping gathered a few close associates, started up a tractor, and began collecting vegetables from the neighboring villages.

Just as An Hao had anticipated, the prices were much higher than before.

To avoid paying more, they drove even farther away.

Some places had been hit by the hail, while others had been spared. The prices were lower where the hail hadn’t fallen.

As a result, An Ping was gone for several days.

Only An Shuchao and An Hao were left at home.

.........

Zhang Juyun was solidly hit twice by An Ping, and when she got home, her body swelled up.

Black and blue, she looked truly frightening.

”Those An Family people are truly despicable! I only said a couple of things about An Hao, look at how vicious An Ping was, swinging that stick at me as if to hit! If I hadn’t dodged quickly today, I might have lost my life!”

Song Jincai was applying a cold compress with a towel and frowned upon hearing her, ”Do you have a screw loose? Did a donkey kick you in the head? And not just a slight kick! If I were An Ping, I’d have bashed your head in with that stick! That would have taken care of your troublemaking once and for all!”

”You... don’t care about me at all!” Zhang Juyun said indignantly.