Wen Qing and Wen Peng were weighing cicada shells in the west room.

Wen Qing used the small scale rod to adjust the weight, and hooked the cicada shells that Wen Peng had picked up.

"Big sister, how much does it weigh?" Wen Peng stood on tiptoe, anxiously looking at the scale.

Wen Qing looked at the scale and said, "A little over one ounce."

"Only one ounce?" Wen Peng said with a disappointed look. "Such a big bag of cicada shells, and it's only one ounce?"

Wen Qing laughed: "One tael can sell for four yuan."

“I’ve been collecting them for over a month now, and a small portion of them are from last year, which only cost four yuan,” Wen Peng said.

Just then, the sound of firecrackers from outside the courtyard drifted in.

Wen Qing asked in confusion, "Where did the firecrackers come from? Is someone getting married?"

Wen Peng shook his head: "I don't know."

"Let's go out and take a look." Wen Qing casually hung the cicada shells on the wall and pulled Wen Peng out of the west room. At the same time, Yao Shiling and Wen Liang also entered the courtyard.

"Mom, what happened?" Wen Qing asked.

Yao Shiling said, "I don't know either, but the sound of the cannon seemed to be outside our yard."

The family had just reached the center of the courtyard when they heard their neighbors calling out to them.

"The Wen family!"

"Yao Shiling, there's a big-headed shoe-shaped car parked in front of your house."

“Pengpeng, there’s a car parked in front of your house, and it’s setting off firecrackers right in front of your house.”

"..."

Wen Qing's family all looked out of the yard. Outside the fence, there were layers of adults and children, and many people were also standing on the small mound in the distance, all looking in this direction.

“Big sister, it’s Uncle Tang’s car.” Wen Peng recognized the car outside the yard.

"What is he doing here?" Yao Shiling asked, puzzled.

Wen Liang was unaware of the situation and frowned when he saw so many people staring at his house.

Wen Qing smiled and said, "Mom, Uncle Tang came to give me a red envelope."

"Red envelope? What red envelope?" Yao Shiling asked, puzzled.

Wen Liang and Wen Peng also looked bewildered.

Wen Qing walked up with a smile and opened the large wooden door. At almost the same time, Tang Quan, Master Zhu, and Master Ye stepped out of the car, immediately causing a chorus of gasps from the villagers of Shuiwan Village.

"These three are wearing suits."

"And leather shoes!"

"Rich people."

What brings you to the Wen family?

"..."

Everyone's curiosity reached its peak.

"Uncle Tang, Master Zhu, Master Ye," Wen Qing greeted them with a smile.

Tang Quan, Master Zhu, and Master Ye were all beaming with smiles. Tang Quan, in particular, enthusiastically stepped forward, shook hands with Wen Qing, and said excitedly, "Wen Qing, thank you so much! The clothes we made sold out in just three days. They're incredibly popular, far exceeding our expectations. Thank you so much!"

Wen Qing wasn't surprised or excited; instead, she smiled normally and said, "As long as it sells well."

Master Zhu and Master Ye thought that Wen Qing was the most composed. Despite the products selling so well and making so much money for Boss Tang, she remained calm. She was truly a composed young lady.

"Master Zhu, Master Ye," Tang Quan said, turning his head. "Take the sewing machine that's tied to the back of the car down and give it to Wen Qing."

"Okay, Mr. Tang." With that, Master Zhu and Master Ye went to the back of the car and unloaded the sewing machine, which was tied with a bright red cloth, immediately causing a stir among the villagers.

They couldn't believe that on such an ordinary day, a big-headed shoe-shaped car would actually come into the village. Not only that, the car stopped at Wen Qing's house, the poorest house in the village. The people who got out of the car were all dressed in high-end clothes and were very polite and grateful to Wen Qing. They even brought Wen Qing a sewing machine, a Butterfly brand one at that.

That's so strange.

“Mr. Tang, this is unacceptable.” Yao Shiling quickly stopped Master Zhu and Master Ye as they were about to enter the courtyard with the sewing machine. “Mr. Tang, Wen Qing is not doing anything. How can we accept such a generous gift from you?”

Tang Quan burst into laughter: "Wen Qing's mom, don't stop me! The two sets of clothes Wen Qing made for me could buy a hundred or a thousand sewing machines in the future! Giving her one is nothing!"

Yao Shiling was startled.

The neighbors grasped the key word: clothing.

Then everyone suddenly remembered that they had heard that Wen Qing worked in a tailor shop in the county town for ten yuan a month. Could it be that her skills were so good that the owner took a liking to her and asked her to make more sets as gifts?

Everyone seemed to understand, but they were actually still confused. They just felt that Wen Qing was really capable, and the Wen family was going to be rich now!

Hearing this, Aunt Wang, who had been standing in the corner, turned pale. She had always looked down on the Wen family, thinking they were poor, but she never expected them to be doing so well outside, that someone would spend a lot of money to buy her a sewing machine, and that it wasn't even someone from the Ji family.

The sewing machine, a Butterfly brand one, cost nearly two hundred yuan, and Wen Qing's family had the only one in the entire village.

Just a few days ago, Aunt Wang was scolding the Wen family for being greedy for money. But they are greedy for money, and they have the ability to make money. Now, her face was burning as if she had been slapped. She couldn't help but shrink back and secretly look at Wen Qing.

Wen Qing walked up to Yao Shiling and said, "Mom, don't stop them. Look, Master Zhu and Master Ye are tired from carrying things."

"That's right, that's right," Master Zhu and Master Ye said repeatedly.

Yao Shiling said softly, "Then let's leave the sewing machine at our house for now, and return it to them later."

Wen Qing smiled and said, "Okay."

Yao Shiling then stepped aside, allowing Master Zhu and Master Ye to move the sewing machine into the main room.

Tang Quan took a bag of candy out of the toy car and handed it to Wen Peng, saying, "Pengpeng, this is for you."

Wen Peng's eyes lit up immediately, but he didn't dare to accept it. He turned to look at Yao Shiling, and then at Wen Qing.

Wen Qing said, "Here you go, share some with your friends."

“Okay.” Wen Peng immediately accepted.

Wen Qing looked at Tang Quan and said, "Uncle Tang, please come and sit for a while."

"Okay." Tang Quan, carrying his briefcase, entered the Wen family's fenced yard.

Yao Shiling and Wen Liang followed them inside.

Wen Peng stood at the door holding a bag of candy. The candies were wrapped in colorful candy wrappers, which looked quite nice.

"Pengpeng, are we still good friends?" At this moment, Dadao also spoke up. Ever since Dadao's mother covered Dadao's mouth to prevent him from testifying for Wenpeng, the ship of friendship between Wenpeng and Dadao has capsized. Although Dadao comes to see Wenpeng every day, Wenpeng thinks that Dadao is not a good friend and has been ignoring him. Now that Wenpeng has candy in his hand, Dadao comes over again.

Wen Peng hugged her tightly: "We're not friends anymore."

Big Knife Mom was embarrassed to the point of embarrassment.

Da Dao stared intently at Wen Peng, then at the candy in Wen Peng's hand.

"Pengpeng, share some with your friends," Wen Qing called out as she turned around.

"Oh." Wen Peng held the candy in one hand and counted the number of children with the other: "One, two, three, four, five..." He counted fifteen children of the same age, gave one to each of them, and then, holding the candy, ran into the west room, hid the candy under the bed, and covered it with a broken basin.

Wen Qing, Tang Quan, Master Zhu, and Master Ye were discussing the sales situation over the past four days in the main room.

Master Zhu and Master Ye were initially apprehensive, but Tang Quan was extremely excited.

After the clothes left the factory, Tang Quan, in addition to selling them through the original channels, listened to Wen Qing's advice and found a lot of "shills" to praise and criticize the clothes in various stores. Although there were criticisms, they were more to pave the way for the praises. In addition, the quality and style of the clothes were unique, so this method was extremely effective.

The effect was not very obvious on the first day.

They sold a few more items the next day.

On the third day, demand suddenly surged, and clothing stores in various areas of Nanzhou City placed orders, saying that the clothes were sold out.

The fourth day, which is today, has already sold out, and Tangquan Garment Factory is working overtime to produce more clothes.

Tang Quan never expected that the clothes designed by Wen Qing would sell so well, making him so happy that he could hardly sleep. This was the most successful business he had ever done.

Wen Qing wasn't too surprised by this. In this era, all industries are like a dried-out sponge; if there's even a little bit of water, it will absorb it all without leaving a trace.

Just like the later boom in jeans sales, which led to a supply shortage for stores, manufacturers, and fabric factories, the sales volume of Tangquan Garment Factory was nothing special.

However, this powerfully demonstrates that Wen Qing's clothing style was extremely in line with the development and aesthetics of the era, giving Wen Qing even more confidence in herself.

"Don't just talk, have some water." Yao Shiling came over with a water bottle to pour some water.

Tang Quan quickly took it and poured it himself.

Yao Shiling then leaned close to Wen Qing and whispered, "Are they having lunch at our house? I'm going to the county town to buy some groceries."

Before Wen Qing could speak.

Master Zhu then said, "Sister Yao, no need to buy groceries, we have everything we brought."

As he spoke, Master Ye ran out of the fenced yard, opened the car door, and took out fresh meat, chicken, fish, eggs, vegetables, tofu, and other items. This left the neighbors speechless.

"This is meat and chicken, has the Wen family gotten rich?"

"What did Wen Qing do? How does she know such a rich person?"

"My God, this is the first time I've ever seen a car in my life."

"The Butterfly Pie sewing machine is brand new!"

"The Wen family has really struck it rich this time!"

"..."

Everyone sighed in dismay, realizing that Aunt Wang was so frightened by the shock that she slunk home.

Master Ye brought over chicken, fish, meat, and eggs, startling Yao Shiling: "What are you doing? What are you doing?"

Wen Qing smiled and told Yao Shiling to accept the money, and then said to Yao Shiling, "Mom, at noon, please invite our village chief and the second team leader over for lunch."

Yao Shiling asked in confusion, "Invite them?"

"Yes." Wen Qing nodded. "Please invite them."

Yao Shiling didn't think about anything else; she only thought that since three grown men were coming to visit, she should find a few men of similar age to accompany them. In Shuiwan Village, this was called the etiquette of "accompanying guests": "Okay."

A moment later, Yao Shiling pulled Wen Qing aside and said, "Wen Qing, what are we going to do? There's a sewing machine, candy, chicken, fish, meat and eggs. If they make us pay for them, where are we going to get the money?"

Wen Qing laughed: "Mom, don't worry, he won't make us pay. And even if he does, we can afford it."

Yao Shiling was so frightened by the sudden arrival of the guest that she lost her composure and became completely disoriented.

"Mom, don't worry, I'm here. I won't cook for you today; Liangliang and Pengpeng will help you," Wen Qing said.

"Okay, okay." Yao Shiling nodded repeatedly and called Wen Liang and Wen Peng to the kitchen.

Wen Qing was discussing matters with Tang Quan, Master Zhu, and Master Ye in the main room.

Tang Quan's words were full of gratitude to Wen Qing, and Wen Qing smiled and attributed the credit to Master Zhu, Master Ye, and others.

Master Zhu and Master Ye were very happy.

The neighbors who had been watching did not all disperse; they would occasionally peek into Wen Qing's main room and whisper among themselves.

Everyone was curious about what Wen Qing had done to get someone to drive over and deliver a sewing machine. That was incredible! Could it be that Ji Yanjun had come to propose marriage? It didn't seem like it.

Everyone was speculating.

Just then, the village chief and team leader, dressed neatly, came over. The two of them were taken aback when they saw the big-headed shoes and the car. Yao Shiling had come to invite them, saying that she was accompanying guests to dinner. The two of them were initially hesitant, but thinking of the pork and scallion dumplings, they figured it wouldn't hurt to go and take a look.

Unexpectedly, a car was parked there, causing the two to straighten up. As the village chief and team leader, they couldn't act like they had never seen the world before. Although they had never actually seen a car before, they pretended to recognize it and walked past it.

"Village chief, whose car is this?"

"Captain, what did Wen Qing do? People are sending him supplies and food."

"..."

Many people gathered around to ask questions, but the team leader, who had a bad temper, snapped, "It's the middle of the day, go home and cook, what are you chattering about?"

As they spoke, the team leader and the village chief entered Wen Qing's courtyard.

"Village chief, team leader, you've arrived." Yao Shiling and Wen Qing came out to greet them.

Tang Quan, Master Zhu, and Master Ye also came out to greet them.

The village chief and team leader immediately felt proud.

"Pengpeng, go to Sister Zhou's house and borrow two big stools," Wen Qing said, turning her head.

Wen Peng dashed into Sister Zhou's house, where Da Dao was. Da Dao rushed over and greeted him, "Peng Peng, Peng Peng, who's your guest? They're so rich! Are you having meat today?"

Wen Peng ignored the big knife, grabbed the big stool and tried to run, but he was too small to carry two, so he could only carry one and ran.

"Pengpeng, there's still a big bench!" Da Dao picked it up without saying a word and chased after Pengpeng: "Pengpeng, let me carry one for you."

Wen Qing came out of the kitchen and saw Da Dao chasing Wen Peng. She laughed. Then she started serving the dishes and placing them on the large table in the house.

The village chief and team leader were chatting with Tang Quan and others when they learned from Tang Quan that Wen Qing had produced a design for a garment and made a set of clothes, which had earned Tang Quan money. Therefore, Tang Quan came to express his gratitude.

The village chief and team leader looked at each other in bewilderment after hearing this.

The village chief suddenly remembered what the team leader had said: "Don't look down on her now that she's poor. Who knows, one day, even if we took off our shoes, we wouldn't be able to catch up with her!"

This "when" came too quickly!