Every time I come home, my wife is making garbage

Chapter 25: Hard to eat soft food
Such a big gold bar!
Zhang Jingyi was a little panicked: "Wife, this gold bar of yours...isn't it...given to you by your family?"

This gold bar was given to Elizabeth by the captain of the guard.

The treasure in the captain of the guard's hands mostly came from the night of the palace coup 16 years ago.

At that time, he brought a group of guards to escort Elizabeth out of the capital, and while escaping, he packed up some treasures in the palace. Over the years, they were sold and exchanged one after another, and turned into various forms of property to support Elizabeth's restoration of the country.

So there is nothing wrong with logically referring to this piece of gold as "hers".

Elizabeth nodded: "Well, it's given to me by my family."

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

Zhang Jingyi understood that after the last chopped pepper fish head was sent to Europe, his wife's family already knew that their daughter had married a poor boy from the East, so in order to ensure that she had a good life, the terrible family began to take action, and this time they took action with fist-sized gold bars.

Wife, can I say: I don’t want to struggle anymore?

No, no, saying something like that will only make my wife's family look down on me.

Zhang Jingyi grabbed Elizabeth's hand and said seriously, "Wife, keep this gold bar for yourself and don't give it to me."

Elizabeth: “Huh?”

Zhang Jingyi: "I, Zhang Jingyi, have the ambition and fists of pen and ink, and I will never eat for free."

Elizabeth: "What does it mean to eat for free?"

Zhang Jingyi: "That's not the point! Anyway, take the gold, take it away quickly, and don't let me see it again."

Although Elizabeth didn't quite understand, she had to respect her husband's words and quickly put the gold bars away.

Zhang Jingyi was pretending to be strong, but he was hurt inside.

When I saw the gold bars being put away by my wife, I felt indescribably sad.

No, I have to find a place where no one is to cry for a while.

He opened the back door of the factory and went out.

Outside was an abandoned old state-owned factory that had long lost its former glory, with weeds growing everywhere and broken walls. Plus it was already dark, and it looked like a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It was a perfect place for a person to hide away and feel melancholy.

Just as he thought of this, he tripped and fell hard.

When he got up and looked again, he saw that what tripped him was a huge tree.

It was pitch black and I couldn't see clearly, so I turned on the flashlight on my phone and shone it at the tree. Hmm? It was a freshly cut tree, the leaves were still green, there were fresh sawdust and cross-sections at the cut, and I could smell a very fragrant smell.

Weird!

Why is there a tree lying here?

"Click!" I took a photo of the tree with my phone, then "Identify the plant". Soon, an introduction popped up on my phone: "White birch, a tree of the genus Betula, Betulaceae... In many literary and artistic works, the white birch appears as a symbol of love and is regarded as the embodiment of loyalty and perseverance."

Zhang Jingyi's head was slightly blocked for two seconds: "Why is there such a thing in my factory? Who is here to symbolize love?"

He shone his flashlight towards the open space ahead...

There’s more than just this one!
Several birch trees fell in the open space of the abandoned factory.

Zhang Jingyi's CPU emitted smoke for two seconds, and then he realized that the gold bar just now seemed not to be the garbage made by his wife.

These birch trees are truly wifey style!

Zhang Jingyi rushed back to the workshop and asked, "Wife, what's going on with those birch trees behind the factory?"

Elizabeth: "It came from me, along with the gold."

Zhang Jingyi: "What are you going to do with those trees? Are you going to make furniture for the cat ladies?" "Furniture? That's too troublesome! We don't have enough manpower to do this." Elizabeth said: "Just throw them there and let them decay naturally. Energy is eternal. In the wind and rain, they will be transformed into other things and integrated into this world, making up for the imbalance caused by me taking a lot of things from this world."

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

That's birch, birch! And it's very strong, very thick, very high-quality birch, not some scrap fertilizer or garbage wood that is just left there to rot? Can we stop joking?

The most important thing is, if someone sees this and reports me, saying I cut down trees indiscriminately, how can I explain it? Even if I can explain clearly that I didn't cut them down, I will still be charged with smuggling timber.

Terrible!

It has to be disposed of as soon as possible, but, man, I don't have any channels to dispose of the wood.

Thinking of this, a light bulb suddenly lit up on Zhang Jingyi's forehead. He rummaged through his wallet and found a business card...

Cai Xinzi!
The recycler who claims he doesn't accept stolen goods.

I quickly called...

"Hello, this is Cai Cai Jewelry Luxury Goods Recycling Store... How can I help you?"

"Mr. Cai, do you still remember me?"

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhang. I will remember your voice for the rest of my life. You spent a long time negotiating the price of a ruby ​​with me. It made my whole body numb."

"Just remember. Do you only accept jewelry, or anything valuable?"

"I don't accept stolen goods."

"Natural birch, high quality, whole plant! No customs clearance required, no idea where it comes from."

"Huh? Interesting! Where are you? I'll be right there."

"Damn it, don't you say you don't accept stolen goods?"

Half an hour later...

Cai Xinzi stood in front of Bai Hua. This time she did not come alone, but brought a small team of men with her. As soon as they arrived, they pulled up the curtain, covering the area around Bai Hua completely.

This guy is such a professional!
Zhang Jingyi found that he seemed to be involved with a very unknown person.

Cai Xinzi took out a flashlight and shone it around the white birch tree from head to toe.

"Mr. Zhang, you are so strong." Cai Xinzi was full of admiration: "Such large trees, not even pruned, were transported to Shuangqing City with branches and leaves intact. The axe cuts are still so fresh... They must have been cut down at noon in the high mountain forest farm and transported to Shuangqing City without stopping, to ensure this freshness."

"And these trees are very strong. They should be the most dazzling old trees in the forest farm. Logically, such good trees will be marked by the forest farm, and it is difficult for them to flow into the black market." Cai Xinzi said in amazement: "I am so impressed. How powerful your relationship must be to put it here for me to see."

Zhang Jingyi thought to himself: My wife is both an illegal immigrant and a smuggler, and now I am also confused.

But he looked calm on the surface: "Don't ask about things you shouldn't know."

Cai Xinzi: "Okay, let's not talk about that, let's talk about the price. I'll say it in advance, the price of the smuggled goods won't be as high as the genuine goods, you should be mentally prepared for this, don't just check the price online and come up with it to negotiate with me."

Zhang Jingyi: "Who doesn't understand this? Come on, give me a quote!"

One hundred million words of verbal sparring and bargaining are omitted here.

The price they finally agreed on was 3 yuan per tree. Four trees were sold for 12 yuan.

Cai Xinzi quickly called a large truck, packed the pruned and leafed birch trees tightly, loaded them onto the truck, covered them with black cloth, and secretly transported them away under the cover of night, looking for the next buyer to resell them and make a profit from the difference.

"Damn, I suddenly made 12 yuan." Zhang Jingyi: "Although I didn't take my wife's gold bars, I still made my fortune with her. I had to eat this bowl of soft rice after all."

(End of this chapter)