Chapter 76 Zhang Wanwan's ideas and Zhang Jianguo's thoughts

Li Qingqing was afraid that they had eaten too much, so she took them into the park for a stroll. After they had some time outside, it was already past four in the afternoon when the group returned to Li Yongfu's house.

People in the countryside eat early, and at this time Lu Cui was busy in the kitchen again.

Zhang Wanwan was so tired after watching this that she smiled bitterly and said, "Forget it, I can't eat anymore!"

Zhang Baiyan agreed, and the two of them asked Li Yongfu about the whereabouts of Zhang's father and mother, and then went for a walk.

When the children arrived at Li Yongshou's place, Chen Yuelan naturally would not let them go out like that. She insisted that they stay and finish their meal. The children had no choice but to go to the adults for help.

Zhang's mother and Li Meili were just talking about the sad things at home. Zhang Wanwan overheard and interrupted, "Aunt, since my eldest cousin needs a dowry when she gets married and my youngest cousin needs to build a house when he gets married, why don't you find another job?"

Although Zhang Wanwan has never worked in the fields, she grew up in the countryside when she was young and often wandered around in the fields. She is familiar with the general process of farming. Li Meili's family are all in the fields, so there should be a period of slack season when so many people are not needed.

Li Meili saw that it was Zhang Wanwan who was talking, and thought that she didn't understand these things, so she explained: "It's not that easy to find a job nowadays! I'm in the village. When I'm busy, I have to go to the fields. When I'm free, I'm free, but the time is intermittent. How can I find a job and ask for leave every few days? If I want to be a laborer, I don't have that much freedom. If I work with a contractor, what if there's work and you can't go, or you can't finish the work for them and have to go home to do farm work? After one or two times, people won't look for you anymore, and your reputation will be bad. No one will want to be a laborer if you really want to."

Zhang Wanwan was not sure about this. After thinking it over, she glanced at Zhang's mother and suggested, "Aunt, since you can't be free by following others, why don't you do it yourself!"

"Do it myself? What can I do?" Li Meili was confused. She was just an illiterate village woman with little knowledge. Would she sell herself out if she did it herself?

Zhang's mother was smart. She understood Zhang Wanwan's meaning immediately. She rubbed her nose lovingly and asked softly, "Do you mean to let your aunt set up the stall?"

Zhang Wanwan nodded vigorously, "That's right, let aunt set up a stall. Just now my cousin took us to the county town to play, and the commercial street will be fine. There are many stalls in the snack street outside the park. Although it is surprisingly large, they can all make money. Of course, this is just what I just saw. Aunt is more familiar with the county town than us. She must know where there are many people and what to sell that is more profitable. It doesn't take much capital to set up a small stall, and you can make back the money in a few days. You don't have to set up a stall during the busy farming season, and you can come out to sell during the slack farming season. You are free and don't have to worry about other things. It can also help the family a little. I think it is quite suitable for aunt."

Zhang's mother looked at Li Meili, "Sister, what do you think?"

"Me?" Li Meili pointed at herself in confusion. She had never thought of setting up a stall. She looked at Zhang Wanwan in surprise, "Girl, why did you think of setting up a stall?"

Zhang Wanwan replied as a matter of course: "Because my parents are setting up a stall now! We set up a stall in the city, and the business is good. We earn more than my parents do at work. Now our family is better off than before, so I think setting up a stall is good."

Li Meili was even more shocked. She really didn't know about this. She looked at Zhang's mother in disbelief, "Why would you want to quit your job and set up a stall out of the blue?"

In Li Meili's opinion, Zhang's parents' monthly income from work was not low, and they had already paid off their foreign debts. Good days were just around the corner, and if they were frugal, they could save money in less than two years.

Zhang's mother smiled calmly and said, "But we can earn more from the stall than from working. Why not make money? If I hadn't set up the stall, I wouldn't have had so much money this year!"

Li Meili had previously wondered why Zhang's mother was so generous this year, but now she finally found the reason and asked, "How much can you make from setting up a stall in a month?"

"Aunt, it's useless to ask this. Setting up a stall is like practicing. The master leads you to the door, but the practice is up to you. How much you earn depends on your skills, the location of the stall, and your competitive relationship. For example, our family started out selling fried chicken with milk tea. Others saw that our business was good and also set up stalls nearby to sell fried chicken and milk tea, but they still couldn't beat us. My family's business is still the best. The consumption power of the county town is not as good as that of the city. Aunt, you can sell something that everyone can afford, snacks or something else is fine." Zhang Wanwan analyzed, and changed the subject after a few casual words.

Sure enough, after hearing these words, Li Meili's eyes were filled with thoughtfulness. To be honest, she was really tempted. Since setting up a stall was low-cost and free, she might as well give it a try. What if she could make money?

With this thought in mind, Li Meili could no longer sit still. If it were not for the fact that it was inconvenient to discuss such private matters with Zhao Guoqing at her sister-in-law's house, she would definitely have dragged Zhao Guoqing to discuss it.

Seeing that Li Meili's eyes brightened a lot, Zhang's mother felt relieved. After having a meal with her second brother and sister-in-law in the evening, she took the two children back to Li Yongfu's house. Li Yongshou and his family didn't come back all year round, and their house was old and couldn't accommodate so many people. They would stay at Li Yongfu's house for one night and take the bus back to Pushi early tomorrow morning.

Li Meili and her family lived in the county town, so naturally they went back home with their family at night.

After returning from Qingpu, Zhang Wanwan rushed into her room as soon as she entered the house. She covered herself with a quilt and dated Zhou Gong. She vaguely heard the voices of Zhang Baiyan and Zhang's mother talking outside, "Mom, I want to catch up on some sleep. You don't need to wake me up at noon. I want to sleep until I wake up naturally."

"Me too! It's New Year's Day so we should be a little lazy." It was Zhang's father who spoke.

Zhang Wanwan didn't hear what Zhang's mother said at all. She had already gone on a date with Zhou Gong.

At this time, in a residential area in the city, Zhang Jianguo and Huang Guilian cautiously suggested, "Look, we also stayed at your mother's house for a day yesterday. Why don't we go to my brother's house today?"

Huang Guilian's originally beaming face suddenly became long, and she said sarcastically: "Why go there? Do they have seats for us to sit in their house or something? They don't like you as their brother the director, and you are thinking about the brotherhood!"

Zhang Jianguo was unhappy when he heard this and complained, "It's because you don't like my brother and his family, otherwise why wouldn't they contact me during the Chinese New Year?"

"Zhang Jianguo, what do you mean?" Huang Guilian slammed the table and yelled, "Am I pulling you or something? I look down on your poor relatives, and what about you? You're not much better than me! When you heard that your brother and his wife were setting up a street stall, didn't you want to have nothing to do with them forever? What? Now that you see that your niece is a good student, you've changed your mind? Admit it! Zhang Jianguo, you're a snob!"

(End of this chapter)