Although Lao Zhuangtou is old, the villagers do not respect him. He is called Lao Zhuangtou in all sizes. There are many reasons. The most important point is that Lao Zhuangtou is greedy for small gains.

Whether it is the advantage of his relatives or the advantages of other people in the village, as long as he can get it, he has to take advantage of it. He has done a lot of things like picking vegetables in other people's vegetable gardens and spending more than ten minutes to water the field. Although he is not rich because of taking advantage, he is still enjoying it.

So when Lin Tao heard that he wanted to increase the price of the purchase and harvest by 20%, he immediately acted. Who would sell it to? If you increase it by 10% more, the extra acre of land would cost seventy or eighty yuan! Twenty acres of land would cost thousands of yuan! In 1998, this was the income of urban workers for several months!

Zhuang Cheng naturally knew his second uncle's character. Seeing that he had the intention of agreeing, he was a little anxious, but he couldn't make the decision to raise the 20% price. Originally, the matter of buying a harvest was not his idea, and he was just putting it in front of others to do things for others. Now seeing this matter suddenly being ruined by me, I hated me so much that I was tiring, but I didn't think about how if he hadn't come to provoke him, how could I care about his idiots?

However, Zhuang Cheng had been doing business outside after all, so he quickly calmed down. Then he discovered Lin Tao's biggest shortcomings and said with a sneer: "If you can really increase the land harvest by 20%, then I will really give up this matter! But I want to ask, where did you get the money? This 20% increase, and it costs 850 yuan to collect one acre of land. My second uncle's family has twenty-five acres of land, which is more than 20,000 yuan. This is more than 20,000 yuan! Not 2,000 yuan! Do you have it?"

Zhuang Cheng obviously didn't think Lin Tao could take out 20,000 yuan, and he spoke with doubts and disdain.

The other people looked at Lin Tao with confusion, and even the old shopkeeper showed dissatisfaction. Obviously, they thought Lin Tao was joking with him, which made him happy in vain!

Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhuang Cheng thought he was self-righteous and said proudly: "How is it? Did I tell you? Your joke is not funny at all! You know, there are five or six households in our village who are eager to sell the harvest! If your joke is reported to be taken seriously by someone, then the tractor in your family will not be able to be kept!"

Listening to Zhuang Cheng's gloating, Lin Tao felt anger for no reason and couldn't help but fight back coldly: "Just kidding? I never thought of joking! Why, Zhuang Cheng, do you think he is doing well outside, and you just look down on others?"

After hearing Lin Tao's tit-for-tat reply, Zhuang Cheng was reluctant. He shouted in his throat that was smoked by cigarettes and alcohol: "What's wrong? I was wrong? Just like your family, you have used all the money for you in the past few years to go to school. How much money can you spend now? Even if you have lost all your family's assets, it's probably only ten thousand yuan? You still want to buy the harvest? It's good to hire someone to pick up cotton!"

Lin Tao was thinking about this in his mind, but now it is obviously an opportunity, a great opportunity. If done well, just this time, you can support the efforts of the next five or six years, so no matter what, this matter cannot be left behind!

So, facing Zhuang Cheng's cold words, Lin Tao sneered and said, "I will know if you have money in a week!" He then ignored Zhuang Cheng and said directly to the old Zhuangtou: "Uncle Zhuang, I'll leave this here. Within a week, I will use 20,000 yuan to buy the harvest. If you are happy, nod now, if you are not happy..."

"As long as you can take out the money, I will naturally be happy!" Lao Zhuangtu just wanted to earn more money. After hearing Lin Tao say this, he immediately replied, and did not forget to add the conditions for me to take out the money.

"It's a matter of one week," Lin Tao said with a smile: "Even if I can't take it out, Zhuang Cheng will not be able to repent at that time, right? It's just seven days, and Uncle Zhuang can still wait, right?"

"That's of course!"

"You must have this idea, the same!" Lin Tao said to the other people the same: "As long as it is cotton, I will buy it!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhuang Cheng with a smile and turned around and went home.

When Lin Tao saw this, Zhuang Cheng shrank his neck and felt a little guilty. Then he realized that he was just a nerd student. He had never entered society from school to school and then to school. What are you afraid of when you look at it? Is that look better than a businessman who has been in society for five or six years?

But thinking about the glance just now is really sharp!

After this incident, Lin Tao no longer had the mood to appreciate the scenery and walked home quickly.

Recently, the field has been almost busy, so my father Lin Guodong and mother Li Yumei didn’t go to the field, but instead packed the vegetables in the vegetable garden in the yard. My mother cooked a lot of tomato sauce every year, and my relatives sent a lot. Although there has not been a saying that green food has emerged these days, the vegetables grown by our home are more delicious than those produced in greenhouses in the market, which has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Xiao Tao is back?" Li Yumei was washing tomatoes. When she heard the movement, she looked up and saw Lin Tao come back, and said with a smile: "How about cotton in the field? Are you learning these things in school? Do you have to pay attention to it? Tell your dad!"

Li Yumei was really proud of her son when she went to college. Now that her son graduated from university, although the university was in line with the same route, there was no allocation. However, students from the Agricultural College still had no worries about finding a job. She had heard her son say that she had contacted a Agricultural Science Academy, first go in for an internship, and then find an opportunity to become a regular employee.

In fact, Lin Guodong and Li Yumei don’t have to worry about work. Although the proportion of university enrollment has increased in the past two years, there are not many college students who graduated in 1998. It is already very good to have three or five college students in a village a year. It is easy for college students from the Agricultural College to be the deputy township head of science and technology in the village. You must know that this is the deputy township head!

However, Lin Tao's thoughts were obviously not on the ground. He walked to his parents and squatted down to help his mother wash tomatoes while saying, "The cotton grows very well, and there are no spiders or anything else. As long as there are no cotton bollworms during this period, the cotton this year will be stable!"

"I really learned something after hearing what you said." Lin Guodong said with relief.

"Dad, I heard you plan to sell the harvest?" Lin Tao couldn't help asking, "I met Zhuang Cheng."

Lin Guodong was stunned for a moment. This was originally just a thought that Zhuang Cheng came to lobby for a while, but later he felt that it was quite safe. After all, the family is short of money now, and the cotton price this year is not high from the news he has heard. Judging from the guidance price issued by the government, it is the same as last year. In this case, Zhuang Cheng's purchase and harvest will be beneficial to his family.

However, Lin Guodong was still hesitating. After all, since Zhuang Cheng dared to collect, it means that the price of cotton has hope of rising. But the family was waiting for money to use, but they couldn't wait until the end of the year. The county cotton and linen company collected cotton until the end of the year, but Zhuang Cheng collected it now. If the family didn't wait for money to use it urgently, it would be easy to say. If the county was waiting for money to use it urgently, it would be hard to say. If the county had to wait for money to use it urgently, it would be hard to say for a long time.

Now hearing Lin Tao’s question, Lin Guodong nodded and said, “Yes, now the family is urgent to use money. Although your grandfather’s illness can be delayed for a while, we have not been by his side and cannot take care of it. The condition worsened this year, and it is difficult to delay it now…”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Lin Tao and asked, "What are your plans for this?"

Lin Tao thought about it carefully, and then said, "Dad, you should understand. Since Zhuang Cheng dares to buy the harvest like this, there must be insider information. I mean, let's slow down first, wait for me to call the students and teachers who have good relationships in the school. Although they are in school, there are many well-informed people. If the price of cotton will rise this year, if we sell the harvest, we will lose too much!"

Lin Guodong only went to middle school and was not familiar with university. Since his son said that, he had no objection. After only a few days, he nodded and said, "Then inquire. In fact, if I weren't in a hurry to use the money, I wouldn't plan to sell the harvest. I've been selling it directly for a year, and I always feel uncomfortable."

With his father's answer, Lin Tao felt at ease. The rest was how to raise money.

However, this is not a small amount, tens of thousands of yuan, and in 1998, it is the money for a building!

Twenty years later, there will not be many people who will take out the money for one or two buildings!

However, if Lin Tao missed this opportunity, he would really be reluctant to let it go!

Thinking about the money I saved in college in the past four years, Lin Tao smiled bitterly. The tuition fee of Bayi Agricultural College is low because it is an agricultural college and has subsidies. Although it is not higher than that of a normal school, it is always better than not. In addition, Lin Tao saved money from working part-time in the past four years, it is calculated to be two or three thousand yuan. In 1998, this money was quite a lot for a newly graduated rural college student, but for what Lin Tao has to do now, it is far from enough!

Where else can you find money?

Lin Tao had a hundred and eighty thoughts in his mind. At this time, it was no different from later generations. He could see small advertisements such as "interest-free loans" and "unsecured loans" whenever he found a place on the street. Although the interest rate was high, it was convenient!

At this time, at most, you can find an underground bank or something. With Lin Tao's current identity, it is really hard to find - the other party will not lend money easily. After all, he is just a college student, has no wealth, has no job, and has no collateral. It is really not easy to find money!

If only I could get any treasure!

Lin Tao thought to himself that although it is not as good as in later generations, any platform can find treasure appraisal columns, and cultural relics are collected all over the streets. Anyone with a little money wants to pick up something. A slightly larger city will have cultural relics and antiques streets. Even if it is not good, there will be some old men pulling a piece of cloth on the roadside of the park on the corner of the street and putting jade bronze Buddha silver dollars and other things on the roadside to serve as an expert in the collection industry and confusing ordinary people.

Nowadays, most people set up stalls on the streets are stamp collections and other antique collections. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is still a very mysterious thing. It is a relatively high-end hobby and has not yet entered the homes of ordinary people.

This thought flashed through my mind. Lin Dong always felt a trace of inspiration in his mind, but he couldn't grasp it. It seemed that there was an important thing that I didn't remember, but it seemed that it could solve the current crisis!
Chapter completed!