Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 450: Many Ants Can Overwhelm an Elephant

Chapter 450: Chapter 450: Many Ants Can Overwhelm an Elephant

"Who are you calling?"

Old Li shouted out, and Wen Shi replied without turning his head, "Looking for someone to help me buy a ticket for my wife to go home."

Before the words were finished, he was already far away.

Old Lei watched his departing figure and said softly, "Do you believe it? He’s definitely going to use connections to buy a sleeper ticket for his wife."

"Old Wen’s wife can make money."

Old Li’s remark left everyone speechless.

Indeed, Old Wen’s wife can make money. Even without Old Wen, with her money-making skills, life wouldn’t be bad.

"Time to get working."

Comparing people can be deadly, comparing goods can make you throw them away.

Except for being older than Wen Shi, they couldn’t compare with him in any way.

Rather than letting him surpass them, they might as well put more effort into charging forward.

At the very least, they have to close the distance with him and avoid being left far behind.

With this thought in mind, Old Li and the others got energized as if they’d taken a shot of adrenaline, training harder and working more diligently.

The main focus was that everything was for progress.

In addition, they also dragged their wives along to progress together.

If their wives refused, they would use Yi Chichi as a comparison.

Then, the aggrieved came knocking.

"Chichi, can we discuss something?"

Yi Chichi put down her needle and thread, smiled, and greeted Ji Jian and the others who came together before asking, "What is it?"

"Can you stop being so excellent?"

The speaker was Yang Qing, and despite using the word "excellent," her words were full of resentment.

Yi Chichi was startled, her eyes wide open, "I don’t quite understand!"

"Your Wen Shi went to show off to Old Li and the others about your bone-setting skills, making them intensely envious, and then they got stimulated to start working harder and progressing..."

Saying this, Ji Jian found it somewhat difficult to continue, "Striving for progress is good, but they want us to work hard together too, constantly using you as an example to provoke us."

Yi Chichi, "!!!"

Goodness, this is a classic case of being caught in undeserved trouble.

This is called sitting at home and the problems come from the sky.

"...So what do you hope I do?"

"Let your Old Wen have a talk with them, and if necessary, you know what."

Yang Qing clenched her fist and waved it, even giving her a wink.

Yi Chichi understood immediately, it meant let Wen Shi talk first, and if that doesn’t work, then resort to some brotherly competition.

Seeing Madam Lei and the others nodding in agreement and no one voicing opposition, she twitched slightly at the corner of her mouth, "Are you sure they’d agree to a one-on-one during the competition?"

I’m just afraid that Old Li and the others, having been stimulated, might forsake moral conduct and gang up on Wen Shi.

As the saying goes, many ants can kill an elephant.

Wen Shi isn’t an elephant, and Old Li and the others aren’t ants.

But they’ve all trained similarly, and their techniques are all the same. In a one-on-one, Wen Shi’s physical condition guarantees a win, in a two-on-one, he can still win.

Three-to-one, the chances of a decisive win are slim, there’s hope for a narrow victory.

If they’re ganging up...

Then that really means just taking a beating.

"Not sure!"

Ji Jian replied confidently, "You have to let your Old Wen talk it out with them."

Yang Qing and the others nodded in agreement.

Yi Chichi was quite impressed by this, "No way, why should my Old Wen bear the bitter result of getting beaten up for the mess your guys caused? As for them using me as an example, you should endure it for now. I’m going back home the day after tomorrow morning."

Once she’s back home, Old Li and the others wouldn’t be able to use her as a comparison anymore.

You shouldn’t focus on pulling wool from just one sheep.

Ji Jian and the others were all drawn by the news of her leaving.

They became anxious.

"You’ve just been here a short while, why are you leaving so soon?"

This is a typical case of lying with open eyes, she hasn’t been here for a short time, it’s been almost three months.

"If I don’t go back, I’ll really be stuck once the heavy snow blocks the roads."

"Has the ticket been bought?"

"Yes, Wen Shi’s brother helped to buy it."

The usual, pick up the ticket in Yangcheng.

Also need to visit the Friendship Store.

Not sure if Master Tang and the others have finished their projects.

Can take a look at that time.

"Have you prepared your stuff?"

"I’ve finished preparing my own."

Not much stuff, just pick and go.

"The stuff to give away isn’t ready yet."

From the island, besides dried seafood, there’s dried fruit as local specialties to give away.

It’s too far, can’t bring anything fresh along.

"Let’s go, I’ll accompany you for a walk nearby."

Ji Jian took the lead to stand up, giving her a sincere invitation.

Yang Qing and the others wanted to go as well, but they had to go to work later, so they didn’t have time.

So they had to get up to say goodbye.

After sending everyone off, Yi Chichi went back inside, grabbed the money and ticket, and went next door to find Ji Jian. With sharp eyes, she saw a lot of dried large shrimp and shellfish meat on the tray on Ji Jian’s family’s table, and she wondered, "Sis, you have quite a lot of dried seafood, why do you need to exchange?"

Ji Jian was fixing her hair and responded calmly, "Enough for the family to eat, but not enough to send back home."

She understood suddenly, "How long hasn’t it been since you sent stuff home?"

Ji Jian grabbed her backpack, slung it over her shoulder, and pulled her out.

"Previously things were a bit tight, didn’t pay attention, now with your large order, I’ll use your order to pick some high-quality stuff to send back."

That’s certainly possible.

Are fishermen poor?

Poor.

The island has limited farmland, which also means each production team’s farmland is limited. Although they’re called farmers, they mainly rely on fishing.

It’s a half-farming, half-fishing lifestyle.

Fishermen’s catch is sold collectively by the production team, high-quality stuff is sold off, and lesser quality stuff remains to be distributed to households. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

But not every fishing trip results in a quick clearance of the catch; sometimes luck brings in so much high-quality stuff that they sell half and keep half.

The half that’s kept can be handled privately.

People on the island don’t lack seafood to eat, they can easily catch some during low tide if they’re diligent.

It’s just that the varieties differ slightly.

Therefore, the seafood is either consumed themselves or sold on the black market.

But that’s the past, ever since the team of military families began growing, along with the increase in educated youths coming to the island, there’s been a market for locals’ seafood.

Yi Chichi is the most popular among them.

Because she buys in large quantities each time, to retain her as a major customer, locals are willing to give her their best goods, throwing in everything.

This time is no exception. When she and Ji Jian appeared under the big locust tree of the Bright Production Team, the children, including Niwa, keeping watch over lychee-dried bamboo mats lit up with excitement.

The generous and pretty sister has come again, willing to spend money.

"Ms. Yi, you’re here to exchange for seafood again!"

Niwa, who had an energetic aura, sprinted over, swinging his two skinny black legs like stakes, and spoke in slightly accented Mandarin.

Yi Chichi raised an eyebrow, delighted, "Niwa, your Mandarin has improved a lot."

"I’ve listened to my parents and attended school well."

Niwa proudly puffed out his little chest, feeling pleased, "My teacher praised me and gave me a White Rabbit candy as a reward."