Twins from the 1970s, if you disagree, I'll slap you.

Chapter 15: If I call her back, I'll definitely slap her!

Director Zhou looked coldly at Wang Xia: "Comrade Wang Xia, since Yu San reported you for bribery, you'll have to come back to the station with us and explain yourself!"

"I'm not going! I'm not going with you!" Wang Xia panicked, turning to run away. "I need to go home and cook for my son!"

Director Zhou snorted coldly: "Cooking for your son? That's unnecessary. Your son, Zhao Qiang, also needs to come over for investigation!"

"You think we don't know he stole from the textile factory? You think we'll just let it go like this?"

"Shouldn't the textile factory compensate for its property damage?"

"What?!"

Wang Xia was struck dumb, her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.

After watching Director Zhou and the others escort Yu San and Wang Xia away, the courtyard finally returned to peace and quiet.

Chen Dachuan stretched and yawned, saying with a look of unsatisfaction, "It was boring. We hadn't had enough fun yet, and they got arrested."

Lu Ye rolled his eyes and complained, "You haven't had enough fun yet? You've had the most fun today!"

"Fatty, I never realized you loved to act so much. It's a shame you're not an actor!"

"Why don't you give up business in this life and become an actor instead?"

"I'm not going, I need to make money!"

"You can make money acting," Lu Ye teased him deliberately, "Two million and eighty thousand a day!"

"Huh? Yeah! You know what, you really shouldn't have said that!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Ye reached out and slapped him. "You're getting cocky just because I called you fat!"

"I'm already fat!"

The courtyard fell silent. Lu Ye looked at Chen Dachuan and said in a low voice, "Fatty, you've completed your system task, but I haven't even started my herb-finding task!"

Chen Dachuan immediately said, "It's just wild herbs! It's still early, let's just go to the back mountain and dig them up! They're everywhere on the mountain, nobody's picking them, we can dig as many as we want!"

"That's true," Lu Ye frowned, "but neither of us knows anything about herbs!"

"How about... we hire someone to poach them?" Chen Dachuan suggested, pondering the idea.

"I'm broke! I have a lot of food stored in my storage space, but I haven't had a chance to sell it for cash in the last couple of days."

Chen Dachuan stroked his chin, his gaze suddenly falling on Liu Bin beside him. His eyes lit up, and he beckoned to him, "Binzi, come here!"

Liu Bin strode over and asked suspiciously, "What were you two whispering about just now?"

Chen Dachuan didn't beat around the bush and directly stretched out his hand to Liu Bin: "Binzi, do you have any money? Lend me some in an emergency!"

"Borrow money?"

Liu Bin was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously touched his pocket, fumbled for a while, and pulled out a crumpled 10-yuan note and handed it over, "This is all I have, I've been saving it up for a long time."

"Wow, Binzi! No wonder you were a vice-captain, you're making a killing!"

Chen Dachuan snatched the money and stuffed it into his pocket: "I'll borrow this money for now, and I'll pay you back double when I make money!"

Liu Bin was speechless for a moment: "Didn't you say you'd help me make money? Well, you haven't even made any money yet, and you've already lost it all through me!"

"Don't worry, Binzi, would I ever cheat you?"

Just as Chen Dachuan was about to continue explaining, Liu Bin interrupted him.

"Alright, alright, stop explaining, here you go! That's all the 10 yuan I have, I don't have any more!"

Liu Bin waved his hand, complaining verbally, but he didn't really care.

The two tidied up, went out together, and headed straight for a place where there were more people in the village.

As soon as he arrived, Chen Dachuan started shouting at the top of his lungs, "High-paying jobs for people to collect medicinal herbs in the mountains! Anyone who wants to make money, come quick! Don't miss this opportunity, it'll be a once-in-a-lifetime chance!"

The villagers, who were already idle, immediately gathered around when they heard someone advertising hiring people to make money, and started talking all at once.

"Going up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs? And at a high price? How high?"

"That's right! Besides the traditional Chinese medicine shop in town, who wants herbs anymore? They just won't sell!"

"You two kids, are you kidding me? Don't try to fool us!"

Lu Ye stepped forward and said to everyone in a sincere tone, "Don't worry, everyone, we are serious, we're not joking."

"Those who want to sign up can come over now. After you sign up, we'll go up the mountain to collect herbs right away."

"There's only one requirement: you must recognize herbs, even if it's just one type!"

Even though he said that, some people still didn't believe him.

From the crowd, a woman slowly stepped forward while cracking sunflower seeds. Her name was Zhou Xiaoqin.

She glanced at Lu Ye and the other person, and said sarcastically, "Don't be ridiculous! Are you serious? Nobody wants herbs these days, they'll just be a burden if you pick them."

"Will you have the money to pay us our wages then? I think you're just trying to scam us into working for free!"

Chen Dachuan couldn't stand such words and immediately snorted coldly, retorting, "If you don't believe me, you don't have to go. Nobody's begging you! Those who are willing to go will receive their full wages!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the crowd raised their hand: "I'll give it a try! I've got nothing better to do at home anyway. Even if I don't get paid, I'll consider it a workout!"

"I'm going too! Sister Sun is a very honest person; those two boys she adopted definitely won't lie!"

In a short time, four or five villagers signed up.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoqin spat out the sunflower seed shells in her mouth, pointed at the people who had signed up, and sneered, "You guys are all such fools! Of all people to trust, you had to trust these two brats! What will you do when you don't get paid?"

Lu Ye's face darkened, and he felt somewhat displeased.

He pulled out the 10 yuan he had just borrowed from Liu Bin from his pocket, held it high, and loudly announced to the crowd, "Listen up, everyone! Those who are willing to go, each of you can now take a 1 yuan deposit!"

"We'll settle the remaining 4 yuan after we come back from collecting the herbs, making it a total of 5 yuan! I mean what I say!"

"What?!"

The crowd erupted instantly, their eyes lighting up and the chatter growing louder.

"My God! Just for going up the mountain to collect herbs, they pay you 5 yuan? Are you kidding me?"

"I think it's true! They've already put up 10 yuan; if they pay a 1 yuan deposit first, even if they don't pay the remaining 4 yuan, they won't lose out!"

"That's right! People working in factories in town only earn about 30 yuan a month, while a trip up the mountain only costs 5 yuan—it's such a good deal!"

Upon hearing the 5 yuan wage, Zhou Xiaoqin's eyes lit up. She immediately threw down the sunflower seeds she was holding, pushed through the crowd to the front, and repeatedly raised her hand: "Me too! Count me in! Count me in! I know several kinds of herbs!"

Looking at her money-grubbing expression, Lu Ye sneered, "No need, we two 'little brats' can't afford to hire you."

"You..." Zhou Xiaoqin's smile froze instantly.

He then snorted coldly, forcing himself to pretend he didn't care: "Fine, don't bother! Who cares! If nobody wants the herbs you gather, you'll go bankrupt sooner or later!"

"I'm going home to shovel the floor; I'm not getting involved with you guys!"

After saying that, he turned around and slunk away.

Watching her retreating figure, Chen Dachuan rubbed his hands together, leaned closer to Lu Ye, and asked in a low voice, "Old Lu, who's that bitch? I almost slapped her just now!"

Lu Ye suppressed a laugh and teased him deliberately, "Who? Your mother-in-law!"

"Mother-in-law?!"

"Your memory is terrible. Her name is Zhou Xiaoqin, and she's Wang Erya's mother."

"Er Ya's mother? So shrewish?"

"How about I call her back? We can hire her and give her 5 yuan?" Lu Ye teased him deliberately.

"No way!" Chen Dachuan waved his hand hastily, looking disgusted. "If you call her back, I'll definitely slap her! I'm even starting to miss Wang Xia now!"