Wow, this is good stuff! You could get a lot of money for this at the supply and marketing co-op!
"You got it!" Li Guihua began counting nimbly. 'These kids are so honest,' she muttered to herself. 'If I'd found this much, I would have brought in a dozen at most and kept the rest for myself.' "A total of five wild ducks and seventy-eight duck eggs."
Miao Dahai nodded. "Yang Guanghui, Zhao Nuanyue, you can go on back. The village believes you."
"Thank you for your trust," Yang Guanghui said gratefully, then led his indignant and aggrieved companions away.
No one spoke on the way back. They were outsiders, after all. Even though they were the ones who had turned in the goods, they now had no say in what happened to them, not even the right to know the real situation.
They felt wronged and frustrated.
