Seeing this situation, the most complicated thing in his heart was Hou Liangping. Li Rui was supported by a senior sister like Liu Qin, so Mao Buyi's prestige in the village became even higher. When he thought of this, he was so envious.

In order to curry favor with Li Rui, he promoted Li Rui's goodness in an abnormal manner, saying that the new governor was his classmate, and the two exchanged mobile phone numbers. This honor is not something that everyone can have, but it is a private number, not an office number.

This time it became even more lively. Everyone turned to Li Rui and kept saying praises. After a while, they slapped Mao Buyi's flattery, making Aunt Liu, who was unknown, so happy that her face was so sad.

Such a fascinating thing is no different from the first time Mao Buyi was the village chief. He has not received compliments from the villagers for several years. I really miss it.

Indeed, things have changed in recent years. Mao Buyi has come out again to be the village chief, but the villagers' evaluation of him is much worse than before. First, because Mao Buyi is old, his physical strength, energy and brain power cannot be compared with when he was young, and second, because Turtle Village is really too poor, and the outside world changes a lot. If you keep standing still, you will naturally have more complaints.

It is said that if you want to be rich, you must first build the road, but the road is built, but the wealth is still on the road and has not arrived for a long time.

This not only made the people of Turtle Village worry, but also was like a stone pressing heavily on Mao Buyi's heart. In just a few years, Mao Buyi changed from a delicate old man to a dirty old man with a messy back and a completely white hair.

Seeing that everyone was flattering Mao Buyi, Li Rui sneaked into the field. He was not from Guicun, so he had no land in the village, but Guicun had a piece of unowned wasteland, and Mao Buyi allowed him to go there to make some melon seedlings and be self-sufficient.

The land in the mountains is not very regular, and a small hill is occasionally popping up, a small depression, which is already a pretty flat field. In front of the land is a small pond with a pond area of ​​more than two acres, and it can rank among the top ten among all the ponds in the village.

The pond and the road are separated by a small forest, mainly walnut trees, with peach trees, persimmon trees and orange trees around them. The woods are planted on the hillside, surrounded by rocks and small mud pits, and no one pays attention to them. Therefore, according to the village rules, such a messy place will be the one who is close to the home.

The geology on the hillside is not good, so you don’t expect the economic benefits these fruit trees can produce, mainly to prevent soil erosion on the roadside and huge rocks on higher hillsides.

The bottom of the pond is slightly turbid and the water surface is very clear. Because it is a stagnant pond, there are many aquatic plants. It is precisely because of the existence of aquatic plants that the water quality is maintained in good condition. There are a circle of reeds and other common weeds around the pond, and there are also several cheaper Chinese herbs, which are not picked by people.

People in Gui Village rely on the mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water. The main income is agricultural products, such as fruits and vegetables grown in their own fields, as well as wild fish and shrimp caught in the river, and of course there are also fish raised in their own ponds. However, because they can’t make a lot of money, they even lose money for two years. The villagers are not very interested in raising fish. They adopt the natural breeding method, which is to sprinkle some fish fry every year and let them die. When people from the town collect fish, they go down the net to catch them, sell the big ones, and throw the small ones in to raise them.

The fish raised in this way are of good quality, not much different from those in wild. The disadvantage is that the yield is not high, it is troublesome when catching fish, and large fish often miss it. If large fish such as catfish and black fish exist, some small fish fry will be miserable and become the food in the mouth of large fish.

Li Rui knew that the villagers lacked scientific breeding methods and thought that there was a pond on the ground and just raise some fish, and they could sell it if they were sold. If they couldn't sell it, they would eat it by themselves. They did not have the idea of ​​special breeding. Therefore, it was mostly a mixed breeding method of crucian carp, carp, grass carp, and silver carp. Once the fry was thrown into the pond, they would be fine. Since there was a small amount of fish fry thrown, they even saved money for feed.

More importantly, these are common fish that cannot be sold at a good price. In addition, fishmongers deliberately lowered the price on the grounds that the big cart could not pass, and the villagers' idea of ​​raising fish became weaker and weaker.

There are two thatched huts on the ground. When the watermelon is ripe, they watch watermelons at night. They are not afraid of stealing, but mainly because they are afraid of wild animals. A few years ago, when the watermelons are ripe, a group of monkeys came down from the mountains. After a night, they were eaten and destroyed. One-third of the watermelons planted in the village were destroyed and suffered heavy losses. Since then, the villagers began to pay attention to protection and built thatched huts in the fields.

Seeing the thatched hut, Li Rui felt aroused, worried that there was no place to transfer Jiu Ye’s homemade wine, which just happened to provide him with an excellent place.

The thatched hut was not locked. When I pushed the door in, there was a scent of turbulent smell inside, and there was only an old wooden bed, not even a table.

After choosing the venue, Li Rui went to Jiuye’s wine shop to buy wine.

Jiuye’s aged wine at home is the best quality, but the price is slightly more expensive. With Li Rui’s existing funds, he will go bankrupt if he can’t buy much. Finally, it is counted that the total amount of liquor that meets Li Rui’s requirements is more than 6,000 kilograms. Each large jar of wine must be filled with at least 60 jars.

Big wine jars are easy to deal with. There are people in the village next door to burn ceramics, and the wine jars and bottles they usually use are customized there. The sealing materials are also ready-made, and this is the one that the winemaking workshops are the least lacking.

Both parties were not at a loss for the price. Li Rui wanted to give Jiuye a retail price, but Jiuye was righteous and said that it was a friend introduced by Li Rui. It was the first time that he cooperated and could not let others suffer losses. He forced the wholesale price. Finally, the three types of wine were 6,000 kilograms, and the total cost was 60,000 yuan. Among them, corn wine was the cheapest, sorghum wine was moderate, and Wuliang wine was the most expensive. On average, a kilogram of wine was only ten yuan. In big cities outside, you can only buy the worst Erguotou at this price.

Jiu Ye was very practical in business and transported the wine directly to Li Rui's home. The wine jar was packed very tightly, and the sealing was not exhausted. After applying the type label, he tied several channels with straw ropes to prevent fragmentation during transportation.

Li Rui counted the money to Master Jiu, 60,000 yuan, a total of six stacks. Seeing Master Jiu's family so happy that he couldn't hold his mouth closed, Li Rui felt a little accomplished.

"Yes, we have made 60,000 yuan in this business, and we have made more than 9,000 yuan in total! We can't make a profit in a year! Li Rui, this is your credit. Look, this is one thousand, and you will reward you." After counting the money, Jiuye actually took out ten pieces and stuffed them into Li Rui's hand.

Isn't this nonsense? Li Rui won't want to kill him. He only earned more than 9,000 yuan with so much alcohol. This doesn't include the wages of their whole family. If the wages are included, it would be like a waste of work.

"Don't! Master Jiu, you're slapped me in the face! No, absolutely not. At worst, I'll bring two more jars of good wine from ten years to go home tomorrow..."

After saying that, Li Rui left Jiu Ye's house as if he was running away. Mao Dahu still chased him far away with a thousand yuan.

What a simple family! Li Rui sighed.

It was not completely dark, and the evening breeze blew gently across the yard.

Mao Buyi was very happy today and invited Li Rui to drink with him at home.

The two of them were chatting while drinking wine, and they heard a shout from outside the door.

"Uncle, aunt, you just had dinner."

You can tell that it is Mao Yurou coming after hearing the sound.

Aunt Liu hurriedly stood up and shouted, "Yu Rou, have you eaten yet? Come and have some food together."

Li Rui's attitude towards Mao Yurou was very average. He knew that Mao Yurou must have any benefits to come here now.

"Oh, Li Rui, why are you still like nothing else..."

Mao Yurou twisted her body and sat down, and said something sarcastically.

Li Rui was stunned and asked in confusion: "What does Sister Yurou mean?"

Mao Yurou said in surprise: "Don't you know?"

"What do you know?"

When Li Rui saw Mao Yurou's expression, he felt that something important happened, and this matter was directly related to himself.

Aunt Liu curiously said, "Yu Rou, just talk, is something happening in the village?"

Mao Yurou looked at her four pairs of big eyes and stared at her curiously, and couldn't help feeling funny.

"This is not simple, it's simply the biggest news in the village in so many years."

Mao Buyi took a sip of wine and asked directly: "Yu Rou, don't keep it aside, tell us directly!"

Mao Yurou glanced at Li Rui and thought to herself, don't he know, could he, the person involved, still don't know that he is in trouble?

"Why are you staring at me?" Li Rui said angrily.

Mao Yurou said softly: "If you don't look at who you are, did you go up the mountain yesterday?"

Li Rui nodded.

Mao Yurou continued, "Hou Delin's granddaughter, have you met?"

Hearing this, Li Rui felt a little uneasy.

Sure enough, Mao Yurou said what Li Rui was most worried about, and now the entire village has spread all over.

Some people said that when Hou Xuening saw him limping down from the mountain with Li Rui, Hou Xuening was disheveled and looked extremely unnatural. He must have been molested on the mountain. Li Rui, who went down the mountain with her, was the culprit. Those who had good things went to ask Hou Delin, but there was no formal response.

"What?!" Mao Buyi was shocked and looked at Li Rui with an incredible look on his face.

"Li Rui, Li Rui, I really misread you. I thought you were a gentleman, but I didn't expect you to..."

Aunt Liu hurried over and grabbed Mao Buyi, whispering: "Old man, you don't understand Li Rui's personality yet. It's impossible for him to do anything wrong."

Aunt Liu didn't believe that Li Rui could do such an inhumane thing, and persuaded him: "These people in the village who watched the fun are not serious, and they cursed them to make up lies and develop sores on their tongues."

Mao Yurou stood up and sighed and said, "To be honest, I don't believe it. I know Li Rui's character quite well. You, now people are popular now, there are many troubles. Our Guicun is a poor place. People in poor places have a special place, that is, you are poor, I am poor, and everyone is peaceful and has nothing to do, but once one family gets rich and gains power, it will be different. It's all too easy to talk about you, and it's good if you don't come to plot against you."

"Yuro, what do you mean?"

"What else can it mean? It must be because the new Governor Liu came to your house today. Li Rui is in the limelight now, and some people in the village who are unbalanced are making trouble behind the scenes!"

Li Rui glanced at Mao Yurou and happened to touch her pretending to be sad. It was obvious that Mao Yurou implied that Li Rui rejected her that night, and she still felt resentful.

Mao Yurou had long thought that she was a bit pretty, no worse than Hou Xuening. In addition to being a few years older than her, she was also married. However, he was extremely charming to Li Rui at that time, and he also controlled it, which shows that he was quite determined in this kind of thing.

Mao Buyi put down his hand, looked at Mao Yurou and said, "Thank you, Sister Yurou, you go back first, I will handle this matter myself."

Mao Yurou nodded and had to leave. She was about to come and see Li Rui's joke. Unexpectedly, Li Rui was so calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all.
Chapter completed!