Eating melons

Chapter 227 Help

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi breathed a sigh of relief as soon as they got home. It was too difficult to carry the chickens. The four of them could only carry three chickens each, but the chickens would move around in the sacks, and the snowy road was difficult to walk on, so it was really difficult to carry them.

As soon as they got home, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi went to find Wu Mei.

"Wu Mei, we would like to ask you for a favor."

Hearing this, Wu Mei immediately said, "Don't worry, you don't have to do this. Just light the fire and boil the water, and I'll kill it for you."

Hearing that Wu Mei wanted to kill chickens for them for free, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi quickly said, "No, we just want to ask if you can help us kill these things, and we will pay you."

The two of them together have thirty chickens, ducks and geese, but they don't have the nerve to ask Wu Mei to help them take care of them for free.

Hearing this, Wu Mei quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, this won't take much time. Just give me these things and you can make them."

Wei Wei shook her head seriously, "No, if I ask you to help, I have to charge you. Otherwise, you won't have to do it. Let's go to the brigade and ask Auntie for help.

You know we both don’t know how to do this, and we don’t want to do this, so please help us.”

As she spoke, Wei Wei started to act coquettishly and pretended to be pitiful.

Looking at the serious expressions of Wei Wei and Jiang Qi, Wu Mei knew that they would not agree if she didn't get paid.

She also knew that Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were being considerate of her. Otherwise, they could just find another aunt to do the job, who would do it faster and better than her.

Wu Mei thought about it and decided to just accept a symbolic amount!

"How about this, all of them are five cents each, how about that?"

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi thought about it. They had thirty of them, and at five cents each, it would take a day or two to finish them all! This was only one dollar and fifty cents, and they were doing this in the middle of winter.

Jiang Qi immediately made the decision, "One cent each, and we'll take care of them all."

After saying that, he took out three dollars and stuffed them into Wu Mei's hand.

Wu Mei quickly said, "No, no, this is too much."

"Not much, not much, even at this price, we can't cheat you or take advantage of you just because we are familiar with you, right?"

If they went to the brigade and asked the aunties in the brigade to help deal with this, they might have to pay more than this little money.

But they don't want the people in the team to earn this money. It's not that they don't want the people in the team to earn this money, but if there is this opportunity to make money, it is better to give it to acquaintances who are short of money.

They were quite happy to help Wu Mei, mainly because they saw that Wu Mei was a very motivated girl.

It's quite pitiful for an eighteen-year-old girl to leave her hometown and go out to make a living.

Moreover, Wu Mei is a very sensible person. She won't take advantage of others. She is also very grateful and it's okay for her to take care of others.

Of course, this kind of care can be regarded as an equal exchange. You can ask her to help with things and they will pay you some money.

But I definitely won’t give her money or things.

Things like giving things occasionally are fine, like exchanging food between ordinary friends and neighbors, but giving in large quantities, like what happened between Wei Wei and Jiang Qi, is impossible.

Not to mention that Wei Wei and Jiang Qi would not be happy to give it this way, even if they were willing to accept it, Wu Mei would feel guilty and would not accept it.

Wu Mei felt more comfortable accepting this kind of equal exchange. She only felt grateful and had no other thoughts.

Wu Mei knew that Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were doing their best to take care of her, support her and help her.

Wu Mei said gratefully, "Thank you, I will definitely help you take care of it tomorrow."

There is no rush for the things she bought, she can help Wei Wei and Jiang Qi deal with their things first.

Wei Wei quickly said, "Don't worry, don't worry. We can handle it anytime. We're not in a hurry."

Jiang Qi also nodded, "Yeah! Just take your time, no need to rush."

It would be bad if Wu Mei was anxious and stayed up late to do this. Dealing with those small hairs is very tiring for the eyes. It would be bad if she damaged her eyes and became nearsighted for such a small thing.

Liu Jiaojiao, who was standing by, heard the deal between Wei Wei, Jiang Qi, and Wu Mei and said:

"Wu Mei, I'll also pay ten cents each, so please help me deal with all of these!"

Liu Jiaojiao would never do something herself if it could be solved with just over a dollar.

If she was asked to kill chickens and ducks, she would rather not eat them. She would never do such a thing.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi both agreed. Wu Mei naturally had no reason to refuse Liu Jiaojiao's words. Everyone was taking care of her!

Wu Mei nodded, "Okay, I'll try my best to clean it up as soon as possible."

Liu Jiaojiao quickly said, "It's okay, I don't need to rush, just take your time. These are for wintering, and you know we don't need to rush to eat them."

Seeing Wei Wei and the others like this, Li Zhibin also gave his and Xiao Xuemu's chickens, ducks and geese to Wu Mei.

"We'll pay ten cents each, and can you help us deal with this one too? It doesn't matter when you can deal with it, we're not in a hurry."

Li Zhibin didn't want to help Wu Mei specifically, but he thought that they must have a lot of things to deal with tonight, and they wouldn't be able to finish all of them even if they stayed up all night to deal with them. They simply didn't have enough time to deal with this.

It would be better to give it to Wu Mei to deal with. She would only pay two or three dollars and it would save a lot of trouble to deal with so many chickens and ducks.

For Li Zhibin, these two or three dollars are almost the same as not spending anything.

Yu Xi also brought something over. "I have this too. Can you please help me deal with it? I'm not in a hurry."

On the one hand, Yu Xi wanted to help Wu Mei, but on the other hand, he felt that the weather was too cold and he didn't want to move. If something could be solved with one or two dollars, he would just spend the money to solve it.

Wu Mei nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, both are fine."

Wu Mei once again felt that she was so lucky. It was the right decision to go to the countryside and meet such a good group of people.

Wu Mei knew that they were all taking care of herself. They were a group of people who had no shortage of money, but they did not have any of the bad tempers of rich young masters or young ladies.

Wu Mei often saw people like Li Zhibin, Xiao Xuemu and Yu Xi handling chickens and ducks. She didn't dislike them at all. Now they must be doing this to help her.

And I really need money, any amount the better.

I originally thought that I would only spend money in the next few months, so I had to be frugal in everything.

Unexpectedly, each of them came up with a way for her to increase her income.

She could process these chickens, ducks and geese in a few days instead of a week, but the wages she earned were equivalent to half a month's salary for a worker in the town.

If she uses this money sparingly, it will be enough for her to eat and drink for two or three months. For her now, it can really be called a life-saving straw.

After giving the things to Wu Mei, Wei Wei and the others didn't care about it anymore. They just let Wu Mei do whatever she wanted and help them get it.

Wu Mei immediately went home to boil water. She had to get it done quickly. Although they all said there was no rush, she had nothing to feed the baby. If she left it for a few more days, it might become thinner.

The meat we bought with our money cannot be allowed to become starving and thin.