Chapter 439: Writing a Self-Review

The other people also looked angry and started talking at the same time. After listening for a while, Lin Xia finally understood that the children probably met a competitor.

The other party was bigger than them and had taken away their business.

Lin Xia immediately thought of a few days when they looked very depressed, and it seemed that it was those days.

"Then what?"

"My sister is smart. We spent money to buy some different snacks, and then those kids came to buy our things again!" Lele said happily, but suddenly his expression froze.

Now that they have been discovered, they probably won’t be able to continue selling things.

"Those candies?" Lin Xia pointed at the small candies in the bag. It looked like they were something children would like to eat.

"Yes! Mom, you don't know how good our business is!" Lele nodded.

Ning Ning also said coquettishly: "Mom, look, we have made so much money, can you please stop being angry?"

Niu Niu also hugged Yang Hongmei's arm and acted coquettishly.

"Do you think you really made a profit?" Lin Xia asked leisurely, looking at this group of silly little philanthropists.

"How can we not make any money? Look, there is so much money here. We can share some with you and Aunt Yang!" Ningning was puzzled.

"Have you done the math? What was the cost of those items sold? How much did you earn after deducting the cost?" Lin Xia asked them.

"Cost?" Several children were surprised.

"Isn't this from home? It doesn't cost anything!" Lele was stunned.

"Are these snacks grown at home?" Lin Xia looked at her silly boy and felt a little doubtful at this moment. Could it be that she had picked up the wrong child in the hospital?

She is not stupid, and Lu Yuxiu's IQ is not low either. How come there is such a little fool in the family?

The expressions of several children suddenly fell. They had never thought about this problem before. Now when Lin Xia said it, they realized that they seemed to have never calculated the cost of things.

An An blushed with embarrassment, hesitated for a few seconds and asked: "Mom, did we not make any money?"

Lin Xia cleared her throat and pointed to the biscuit box in her bag and said, "These biscuits are six yuan a box..."

Several people stared with their eyes wide open. This box of biscuits should cost ten cents a piece, but they sold it to others for two pieces for five cents.

Seeing the children's unhappy expressions, Lin Xia felt both amused and angry.

Then she thought about last night, when Lele had been nagging her to make dried fruits, "You want me to make dried fruits, don't you want to sell them?"

Lele was about to explain that it was not the case, but Ningning had already nodded, "Yes, dried mangoes are so delicious, they must like it very much!"

Lin Xia held her forehead with her hand. She didn't expect that she almost had to work for her child, and it was unpaid work.

Ningning realized something was wrong after she finished speaking. She looked up and saw that Lin Xia had a strange expression on his face, so she immediately lowered her head.

"You are so awesome! You can hide it from us." Yang Hongmei had never seen such a bold child.

Lin Xia was not angry about the children selling things, she knew the direction of history, but she was worried that a few children would be caught. How could such a small fight become a model?

As far as she could remember, a few people were arrested later on, but they were all too successful and famous, and were at the center of public attention.

Nothing would happen to these little kids for sure, but Lin Xia still felt angry when she thought about the fact that they did it without telling the adults.

After all, it is very dangerous to carry so much money with you when there is no adult watching you outside. If you accidentally show your money, you might encounter a thief or a scammer.

It would be fine if they just cheated people out of money, but what if they also trafficked children? Lin Xia didn't even dare to think about it.

"Mom." Lele called out timidly. Seeing the look in Lin Xia's eyes, she asked tentatively, "Can we still sell it?"

"What do you think?" Lin Xia asked back in a cold voice, scaring the few people so much that they immediately became like wilted eggplants, lowering their heads and not daring to speak.

"You can't go anywhere today. Do your homework and reflect on yourself at home. Each of you has to write a self-criticism for me!" Lin Xia stood up. There was still a lot of things to do in the store today.

"Ah?" Several people exclaimed in frustration, as if they didn't expect that they couldn't even go out.

"Any opinions?" Lin Xia glared. "Each person should write a 1,000-word self-reflection. Reflect on it carefully. I will check it when you come back tonight."

"As many as a thousand?" Lele exclaimed. Their essays only had a few hundred words.

"You think it's too little? Then let's say two thousand." Lin Xia said lightly.

"No! Not a bit less! One thousand is one thousand!" Ningning glared at her brother and immediately begged for mercy.

Looking at the bitter faces of several people, Lin Xia felt relieved immediately.

Walking with Yang Hongmei on the way to the store, Yang Hongmei was still very surprised: "How come these kids are so brave?"

"It's better to be brave than to be timid." Lin Xia smiled slightly, with a hint of pride in her tone.

"You're not angry?" Yang Hongmei was surprised. She was frightened by Lin Xia's angry expression just now.

"I am angry, but not that angry." Lin Xia smiled and shook her head. "I punished them for hiding it from the adults, but I didn't expect them to think of such a way to make money."

To be honest, apart from the fact that it was a loss, Lin Xia felt that doing business this way was not undesirable. It was just that the kids didn't know how to find the source of goods.

Lin Xia thought about the competitors the children mentioned, and guessed that those people must have seen Lele and the others selling things and were inspired to start selling as well.

"Then you still punish them?"

"The punishment is to make them reflect on themselves, but I didn't ask them to write a self-examination on any particular subject." Lin Xia explained: "Being brave is a good thing, but children of this age need to be more careful, otherwise they will go to heaven."

If they are too bold, they have to be restrained. Lin Xia is afraid that one day they will really go to heaven and they won’t even know it.

Yang Hongmei also thought so. She really didn't expect these children to be so brave.

"What do you think about me opening a snack factory?" Lin Xia suddenly said.

Yang Hongmei was a little surprised. Weren't they planning to open a daily chemical factory? Why were they planning to open a snack factory?

Seeing Yang Hongmei's puzzled look, Lin Xia thought for a moment and said, "A snack factory doesn't require any technology and is easy to open. Besides, compared to the snacks in the mall, do you think dried fruits are delicious?"

Various dried fruits in later generations were very popular, but the variety of snacks at this time was pitifully small, and Lin Xia had only seen some preserved fruits such as plums.

Moreover, compared with the funds and technology required by the daily chemical factory, the snack factory does not require much technical content. The small snacks of later generations are not difficult to make, and Lin Xia can make them by himself.

"It's really delicious, and it seems that even the stores don't sell it." The more Yang Hongmei thought about it, the more she felt that it might be a good idea to open a snack factory.

"Besides, there are so many rich fruit resources on the island, it would be a shame not to develop them." Lin Xia still misses those fruits. They can also be found in Guangcheng, but not as abundant as on the island.

After all, the biggest problem at this time is the transportation cost, but it is different if it is made into snacks. It is much more convenient than directly transporting fruits.

Lin Xia made up her mind and decided to find time to go back to the island for an investigation.