Chapter 166: Generous with his actions

Gu Chen took the ginseng and washed it briefly in front of the spring, then casually put it in his shirt pocket.

He then turned back to the wolfberries on the ground.

As before, he used the shovel to put all the wolfberries into the nylon bag.

Just as the car pulled up, he loaded the bags directly into the car and took them to Lao Zhao.

But then he hesitated.

After all, sending the goods would involve weighing and inspecting them, which would take up a lot of time.

His children were at Mrs Zhang's next door, his daughter-in-law was in hospital, and he had to cook for her and drive back and forth.

He really didn't have the time to watch them weigh the bags.

Thinking about it, his gaze fell on the hoe he had bought specially for the field last time.

Then his brow furrowed, as if he had an idea.

Why not get Tian Laosi to help him watch the scales for the medlar while he went to the hospital to look after his daughter-in-law?

He could even pay him 100 yuan for the work he had done on the land.

Tian Laosi would not lose out no matter how you calculated it.

And Tian Laosi was honest and genuinely kind to him.

He would definitely be fine with the job.

Yes, that's what to do.

There were quite a lot of wolfberries, and a total of 23 nylon bags were used, three more than last time.

After all this, Gu Chen was exhausted.

But he didn't stop, and turned to get a few more transparent plastic bags left over from selling broccoli.

Then he picked a lot of fresh cherries from the cherry tree.

After all, Tang Tang loves them, so he'll save one bag for her and take the rest to Ji Pianran for tomorrow!

After everything was taken care of, Gu Chen removed all the goji berries and cherries from the space.

At this point, Tang Tang had already woken up, and as he exited the space and went out into the courtyard, he heard the cheerful giggle of the little one coming from the house next door, Auntie Zhang's house.

Gu Chen couldn't help but smile. This little one really woke up at the right time.

He turned around and walked towards Auntie Zhang's courtyard.

At this point, Tian Laosi happened to come out to go to the bathroom.

The two men bumped heads.

Seeing Gu Chen, Tian Laosi hurriedly came closer and said with concern, 'Chenzi, tell me, is there something wrong at home?'

He had heard from Shen Cuilan last night that Tangtang had been left at Aunt Zhang's house overnight!

Although Gu Chen had never shown any concern for the mother and daughter in recent years, as long as Ji Pianran was around, Tang Tang had never spent the night at another person's house.

They were neighbours, and the village was so small that everyone knew about the goings-on in every household.

On hearing this, Gu Chen nodded, 'Yes, Pianran was admitted to hospital.'

After all, they were neighbours, and on hearing that Ji Pianran had been admitted to hospital, Tian Laosi couldn't help but worry.

'What happened? Is it serious?'

'There were polyps in her stomach, but she had the operation today and it went quite smoothly. She is expected to be discharged tomorrow,' said Gu Chen.

Hearing that the operation went well, Tian Laosi was relieved.

'That's good, that's good.'

Gu Chen loved Ji Pianran so much at the moment, if anything really happened to her, she would have to skin Gu Chen alive.

Gu Chen smiled at Tian Laosi, 'By the way, Laosi, I have a favour to ask.'

Hearing that he was asking for help, Tian Laosi couldn't help but be curious, 'What is it? Tell me, I'll do my best if I can help!'

He, Tian Laosi, wasn't very capable, but as long as it was for Gu Chen, he felt obliged to help.

Gu Chen licked his lips and pointed to the twenty or so bags of wolfberries he had placed in the courtyard.

'Those are wolfberries, they're for the Auspicious Dried Goods Company in the city. I was supposed to go, but now Pyan is sick, and I have to go see her, so I'm really a bit busy. If I send these, I'll have to weigh them and check them, and that'll take time.'

Hearing this, Tian Laosi seemed to have no idea what was going on.

He looked at Gu Chen with a puzzled expression, 'Are you trying to get me to watch them weigh and check the goods?'

Gu Chen nodded and gave Tian Laosi a thumbs-up, 'If you want to talk about being clever, it's still Laosi!'

Tian Laosi smiled sheepishly, 'What's clever about it? I guessed.'

Gu Chen nodded.

'I'll drop you off at Jixiang Dry Goods Company for a while, then I'll go to the hospital. For the rest, just keep an eye on things, especially the weight. You need to remember that these things weigh about 2,300 catties, give or take. You must remember that.'

As the saying goes, you should never be too trusting of others, but you should also never be suspicious of them.

Although Boss Zhao is generous and relatively straightforward, that was when he was there himself. Today, it's Tian Laosi who's going, and if Tian Laosi takes advantage of the situation because he's not familiar with the goods,

then the loss will be his own.

Gu Chen carefully explained.

Tian Laosi nodded seriously after listening, 'Don't worry, I'll remember. This won't be difficult. Just wait until I go back and change my shoes.'

He had just come to the toilet and had no intention of going out. The shoes he was wearing were the kind of dirty shoes that farmers wear, with large and small mud spots and clods of soil stuck to them.

If he was going to go into the city, he naturally had to change into a pair of clean shoes.

Gu Chen took a hundred yuan out of his pocket and handed it to Tian Laosi, 'Then I'll trouble you to go on this errand.'

Seeing that Gu Chen was giving him money, and it was still a hundred yuan,

Tian Laosi was shocked and hurriedly pushed Gu Chen's hand back.

'What's this? This is no big deal, you don't have to pay!'

This Gu Chen, he's too generous.

He just handed over a hundred yuan.

In this world, if someone says they don't love money, then don't doubt it, either they're incredibly wealthy, or they must have a problem with their character and are treating you like a fool.

Tian Laosi is honest, but that doesn't mean he doesn't love money.

But he knows what money he can take and what he can't.

If he took the money for these incidental tasks, then what kind of person would he be?

'Fourth Brother, I still haven't paid you for the last time you turned the soil. And now I'm asking you for help again. If you don't accept, I'll be embarrassed to ask you again,' Gu Chen said politely.

'That's all in the ordinary course of things. It's no trouble at all!' Tian Laosi said firmly, but in his heart he couldn't help but feel that it was really good to have money.

'No, Fourth Brother, it's not easy for anyone. If you don't want it, I'll just take the wolfberries to you myself. I can't keep troubling you.'

Gu Chen's expression was a little serious.

Tian Laosi was honest and simple-minded, and he was also very sincere with other people, which was his strength.

And because of this, Gu Chen was all the more determined to pay.

You can't bully an honest person, can you?

These days, no one has an easy life.

When it came to this, Tian Laosi couldn't refuse anymore.

He looked at Gu Chen and his eyes were full of unspeakable gratitude.

He bit his lip and said, 'Thank you then.'

To be honest, he was just a farmer, his wife didn't work, and they were barely getting by. A hundred yuan was a lot of money, and it could buy a lot of food.

Gu Chen patted Tian Laosi on the shoulder with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

'I'm the one thanking you.'

Tiantiange was happily playing in the yard when he heard his father's voice outside.

The little boy immediately dropped the toy in his hands and ran towards the outside, spreading his legs.

Dad!

It's dad!

She misses dad so much!

Gu Chen was still talking to Tian Laosi when he saw Tang Tang rushing out of the yard of Auntie Zhang's house and flying towards him.

His face changed, fearing that the child would fall if he missed the catch, so he quickly crouched down and held out his hands.