Xie Li did not change her clothes in the room. She secretly took a piece of paper and wrote down the price of each piece of clothing.

Then she took the cheongsam and gestured with it and it came.

When she opened the door, Zhang Jianhua discovered that she had not changed into her cheongsam.

"Why didn't you change it? Is it inappropriate?"

"No, the cheongsam was just right for me. I just felt too cold when I put it on, so I quickly changed back."

Zhang Jianhua: “…”

"Well, it's a bit cold. The pearl..."

"Hey, when you have money in the future, don't buy pearls. Buy a gold bracelet. I like gold bracelets."

Xie Li heard from Ye Xiaozhen that gold is paper money, and if Zhang Jianhua asked her to buy jewelry, it would be best to buy gold.

Besides, gold has a price, so you won’t lose money.

Zhang Jianhua smiled awkwardly, "Okay, I won't buy these things anymore. I'll buy you some gold jewelry. Xiaoli, you've worked hard on these."

"Fortunately, life is pretty good with my brother. You can make good money outside and don't have to worry about things at home."

Hearing her say this, Zhang Jianhua felt extremely guilty.

I think if it weren't for her, I would have dropped out of school long ago.

Maybe he is still moving bricks on a construction site, working so hard to earn money but still can't afford to buy a skirt for his daughter. He feels more and more guilty towards Xie Li.

"These are really hard for you, Xiaoli, don't worry, I will definitely make a lot of money in the future so that you and your daughter can live a good life, so that you don't have to work so hard to pay off your debts."

After that, he took out a note and handed it to Xie Li.

"Look, I've got a pay raise. From now on, I'll send you three or five yuan."

This is what Xiaozhen calls processing fees.

Sanwu said it so straightforwardly, it seems that he really made money.

Xie Li held the pay slip in her hand and said with a smile, "Okay, you've been traveling hard, take a rest first. I'll go cook with Xiaozhen, and I'll ask Hongxia to call you when it's ready."

"Why!"

Xie Li returned to the kitchen and gave the salary slip to Ye Xiaozhen.

"Look, his salary has increased to four, and he said he would send me three or five."

"Both, this increase is reasonable. It seems that he arranged it deliberately."

"Oh, and here's one more thing." She showed Ye Xiaozhen a piece of paper. "I wrote down the prices of everything in the box. You estimated wrong. That skirt is worth less than seven or eight pieces."

Ye Xiaozhen smiled faintly and said, "It's US dollars."

"Ah? Dollars?"

"yes."

"The US dollar...isn't it different?" She had been hiding in the countryside and didn't know anything.

"It's different. The U.S. dollar is valuable. The exchange rate is about... four or five times higher now."

After hearing her words, Xie Li silently calculated it and it seemed to be worth seven or eight dollars.

If you calculate it this way, that box of stuff is really worth two or three dollars.

Xie Li was surprised. "Xiao Zhen, what do you think he is doing now? How can he make so much money? He is not doing anything illegal, is he?"

"Didn't he say that his company has moved to Haicheng? He bought so many things from foreigners, so he must be doing business with them. Trade is about making money now, so it shouldn't be illegal."

At this point, she paused again, "Not necessarily. Now doing trade is profitable, but it is not easy to pass the level. Many people who can't pass the level will choose smuggling."

"Ah? Then smuggling means going to jail, right? He's doing smuggling?"

"Sister, don't let your imagination run wild. He must have some connections. He may not be smuggling."

Xie Li silently took note of it. She had to think of a way to get something out of it.

At this moment, Xie Linan came in, entered the kitchen, closed the door, and whispered, "Zhang Jianhua probably made some money."

They both looked at him.

He said: "Zhang Jianhua drove a Santana. He let it slip and then tried to make up for it by saying that he didn't buy it but the company gave it to him. Didn't he say that he was poor abroad? Why did the company give him a car?"

Vulnerability.

"We knew he had made money, so he bought Hongxia clothes and shoes, all of which were foreign brands."

Um?

Xie Linan narrowed his eyes and asked, "How do you know about foreign brands?"

"I watch TV. I watch it on TV."

Xie Linan: “…”

"Sister, what are your plans?"

"I just told him that my family borrowed money to buy the house. We borrowed 20,000 yuan from you. He said he would find a way to pay it back. If he asks, don't let it slip."

"Okay, when will he return?"

"But he didn't have that much money on him. He will send it to me when he returns. I saw that he felt a little guilty towards us, so he wanted to give us some money as compensation."

At this point, Xie Li sighed and said, "That's it. I've been cheated by him. I won't let him cheat me out of money after cheating on me emotionally. As long as he still wants to compensate me and Hongxia, I won't break up with him."

I've said it many times before, just treat him as a working donkey.

Or when he dies, they receive a monthly pension.

Apart from the occasional annoying reappearance of corpses, it's actually pretty good.

…

It was almost time, so their store hung a "Closed" sign and all the employees were sent home for the holiday.

During this time, Ye Xiaozhen cooked for her family and researched some new dishes.

They had never eaten it before, and they ate it with great joy.

"Sister-in-law's cooking is really good, it's delicious."

Xie Li smiled and said, "Of course your sister-in-law is good at cooking. Xiaozhen, I don't know what's wrong with your brain. How can you think of so many tricks?"

Ye Xiaozhen said modestly: "I just try everything. You see, I have failed many times in making one dish."

Zhang Jianhua looked at her in surprise when he heard this, "Sister-in-law, did you come up with these dishes by yourself?"

Ye Xiaozhen nodded, and said with a guilty conscience: "Sometimes I watched it on TV, and then tried to do it myself."

Because she didn't know whether these dishes were available in Haicheng now, she didn't want to say anything.

"Oh, no wonder, this dish feels a bit like Huaiyang cuisine."

call!

Really.

She said, "I watched it, but I'm not very good at it. I'll try to make it myself. It will definitely be different from others' authentic ones."

"The cooking is very good. The soup is very moist." Zhang Jianhua looked around and said, "Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are wasted in such a small restaurant."

"It's okay, just open your own business. Making a lot of money is not important, what's important is being together as a family. Brother-in-law, you can't just focus on making money and ignore the family. You've been away for a while and you didn't even call me. Hongxia almost forgot about you."

It was easy to shift the topic to him, and now it was Zhang Jianhua's turn to feel guilty.

"Yes, yes, I was wrong about this. Wait a little longer, and when the work is stable, I will try to come back later."

Xie Li: "..." Who asked you to come back more often? It would be annoying if you came back as a corpse from time to time.

"Ahem." She also changed the subject, "Xiaozhen, we have been researching so many dishes recently, will they be served after the feast?"