Old Chen looked over hopefully.
Lu Ao hesitated, seeming unable to make up his mind for a moment. When he looked up, he met Old Chen's eager gaze.
The two looked at each other.
Embarrassed, Old Chen hurriedly said, "Take your time thinking about it. It's a lot of money; don't make a decision too quickly."
This amount of money was nothing much to Lu Ao. At six thousand yuan per cherry tree, even if he bought them all, along with the loquat trees, waxberry trees, and so on, it would only come to a little over three hundred thousand yuan.
It was just that he had recently been bidding on a boat, and his funds were tied up at the moment. The money he had on hand might not be enough to cover this as well.
Hearing Old Chen's anxiety, Lu Ao said, "Let me think about it some more."
After looking over the fruit trees, the group went down the mountain. Sister-in-law Chen had already prepared lunch at home.
Since they had guests, Sister-in-law Chen had specially slaughtered a duck and made spicy stir-fried duck for them. There was no shortage of fish and snails, either.
There were five people eating, yet the table was packed with eight dishes and a soup.
Seeing how poor the Chen family was despite being so hospitable, Lin Dawu and the others felt deeply uneasy.
They wanted to leave.
Old Chen and Sister-in-law Chen insisted on keeping them. They said the weather was so hot, and they had no refrigerator. If they did not eat the food now, it would all spoil by tomorrow morning.
Hearing this, everyone had no choice but to stay for the meal.
Sister-in-law Chen was in poor health, but her cooking was exceptional.
Every dish on the