Chapter 43 Hair Flower Business is Profitable

It was around seven o'clock the next morning.

It was time for the early morning shift. Xu Yao and Liu Mei were standing in front of the door with flowers strung on their hands. The young lady who had made an appointment with them the day before passed by their door. When she saw Xu Yao, the living signboard, standing there, she rushed back to the house to get eggs in exchange.

Four eggs in exchange for a head flower, Xu Yao had discussed this with them before.

Eggs are sold on the black market for 8 or 9 cents each, so you can earn at least 32 cents by selling a head of egg!

The rubber bands are very cheap, 10 for one cent, and the scraps of cloth were given to Xu Yao by Wang Shengnan. The cost of making the hair ornaments is basically zero, and the collected eggs are pure profit.

Li Wenhui heard the commotion outside and ran out to see that everyone was surrounding Xu Yao to change her hair styles. She felt tempted.

When I asked about the value, I almost jumped up.

"Why is it so expensive? It's just wrapping the cloth around it twice. It's not that much work. It's worth one or two eggs at most!"

The female comrade who answered her was too lazy to pay attention to her and hurried home to get the eggs. Li Wenhui frowned and stopped her.

"Are you stupid? Don't think Xu Yao looks good wearing it. It's because she has a pretty face that the hair ornament looks good. You should try wearing it on someone else."

Li Wenhui acted as if she was the only one sober while everyone else was drunk, and the female comrade pushed her away impatiently.

"You're stupid! Why do people go to her to exchange for bad things? Besides, everyone else has them but I don't, which makes me look so shabby! Don't stop me if you don't want to buy them. If you're late, she'll have finished exchanging them."

Li Wenhui was dumbfounded. She stared blankly at the woman who had changed her hair ornament and couldn't wait to put it on her head. She reached out and touched her bald head.

Why did everyone buy it? If she doesn't buy it, it will seem like her family is very poor!

It's no longer a question of beauty, but whether she can produce 4 eggs.

Thinking of this, Li Wenhui sneaked away from her mother-in-law and took out the four smallest eggs from the jar...

20 head flowers, all replaced in less than 20 minutes!

The person who came late, anxiously holding four eggs, refused to let Liu Mei enter the house.

"I live a little far away, and it took me some time to get there and back. How come you guys are gone?"

The girl forcefully stuffed the egg into Liu Mei's arms and said, "Auntie, please take the egg. When you make it again, save one for me first."

Anyway, Aunt Liu Mei lives here, and the house isn't going to run away, so there's no need to worry about her getting cheated.

With this girl taking the lead, the others who came later followed suit. Liu Mei had never encountered such a scene before, so she looked at Xu Yao for help. Xu Gang hugged Weng and asked Xu Yao, "What should we do?"

Before they knew it, the family was headed by Xu Yao.

Xu Yao smiled kindly, "Pretty sister, the scraps of cloth were given to us by our relatives. We don't have any extra ones, so we really can't make it. If she gives us scraps of cloth again next time, I will help you make it."

It's okay if they do it once in a while, but if they do it twice in a row, there's no guarantee that they won't attract jealous villains who will overturn their stall.

Having said that, people didn't want to make things difficult for them anymore. They saw the distraught faces of the women who didn't buy the flowers, while the women who bought the flowers were beaming with joy as they walked. If you didn't know better, you would think they had picked up money on the ground.

After politely seeing the guests off, Xu Gang walked into the house with his arm around the old man. Liu Mei was holding a rag in her hand and was about to wipe the chicken manure off the outside of the eggs, but Xu Yao stopped her.

"City people like eggs with feces on them, they think they are fresher."

Xu Gang also nodded, "That's right. One hairpin is exchanged for 4 eggs. 20 hairpins are worth 80 eggs. How much can they be sold for?"

"6.4!" Xu Yao calculated in seconds and glanced at Xu Gang. Her elder brother was not good at arithmetic. It seemed that she had to supervise him to study, otherwise he would lose a lot in business.

After hearing this number, Liu Mei was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time. In her free time, she taught her son how to make hair flowers, which didn't take much time, but she earned more than 6 yuan!

Why was it so difficult to make money as a farmer in the countryside?

Xu Yao curved her lips and said, "Mom, you are now a great contributor to our family. You earn as much as my brother."

"Yes, mom, you are awesome." Xu Gang praised without reservation.

Liu Meile's two hands couldn't even slap together.

She was no longer a useless person without a family and unable to help her two children.

The money from selling eggs will be kept by Xu Yao, who will soon receive Xu Weidong's salary. She will use the money to buy two quilts and clothes for the child, so that the child will not look so shabby.

Xu Yao went into the room and called Xu Jiaan to get up and eat. When she came out, Xu Weidong, who was working the early shift, was also called by Liu Mei to wash up.

Xu Jiaan, who had just woken up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and sat on a low stool with his little butt sticking out. He was about to take the bowl brought by Liu Mei to eat, but then he remembered that his mother would definitely scold him for not brushing his teeth and washing his face, so he kicked off the stool and ran to the yard to brush his teeth.

"Mom, are we going back to Xiahe Village later?"

"Yes, we probably won't have any interactions with the people there anymore. If you have any friends you don't want to leave, remember to say hello to them."

Xu Jiaan curled his lips, those bastards were not worthy of being his friends.

He doesn't need friends either.

Feeling that if he spoke out his thoughts, his mother would grab his ears and scold him, so Xu Jiaan wisely remained silent.

Xu Weidong heard their conversation, spit out the foam, and asked in surprise, "Why are you going back to your hometown? You don't want to seek revenge on Lao Er, do you?"

"Who has time to care about them?" Xu Gang rolled his eyes unhappily, "Let's go back with Yaoyao to get a marriage introduction letter."

In the past, they did hate the people in the second branch, who used the money that should have belonged to them and mistreat their family. But now they are living a life that even the second branch did not have during its heyday, and the hatred from the past has faded a lot.

Looking back on the more than 20 years of living in Xiahe Village, it seems like a vague dream.

"What?!" Xu Weidong's eyes almost popped out of his head. "Yaoyao is getting married? To whom? When did it happen? How come I don't know anything about it!"

Liu Mei served the family the food and glared at him, "You only have eyes for your good niece, how can you have time to care about Yaoyao? An An's biological father has come to our house several times, and the two families had a meal yesterday and decided on the marriage."

If it wasn't for the fact that it would have a bad influence on the bride if the bride's father didn't come to the wedding, Liu Mei wouldn't have bothered to tell him.

"What does a son-in-law do? It's such an important matter, I must go back with you!"

Xu Yao put down her chopsticks and said, "I think you don't want to go to work, so you're just looking for an excuse to be lazy."

Xu Weidong smiled awkwardly.

He works hard every day but doesn't get a penny. He doesn't feel bad about having his salary deducted if he takes leave, so he feels relaxed.

Just go and see if those who took advantage of your misfortune are regretting it now.

Finally, the family put on their best clothes and headed to Xiahe Village in a mighty procession.

"Ouch, look quickly, am I dazzled? Why did I see Xu Weidong?" A woman working in the field shouted at the top of her voice.

"Xu Weidong is hiding in the fence, how could he be here? Could he have been shot and his soul has returned?"