Bai Shiqing glanced at Bai Shibo and gave him a suppressed laugh.

Why is it under maintenance?

When did their relationship become so good?

Bai Shibao touched the area under his nose. It was what Bai Zhiman had told him today. Although his younger sister hadn't grown up with him, she was still family and genuinely wanted to help him. So Bai Shibao wasn't an ungrateful person.

"You guys come to the kitchen first."

Bai Shiqing had already experienced firsthand the drafty kitchen in Bai Jiaojiao's house. When Bai Shibao returned for the first time, he took a deep breath.

"Second sister, I discussed it with Dad today. Now that Third Brother is back, I'll ask him to help me sell these pastries. I already agreed with the seller that the pork floss cakes can't be sold to anyone else, but he won't sell these glutinous rice strips anymore. There was no other agreement beforehand. Third Brother, why don't you try them first and see if you can sell them?"

Bai Shibao doesn't come home often and has never eaten the glutinous rice strips made by Bai Jiaojiao.

"You can do this kind of thing?" Bai Shiqing couldn't believe it.

"Sister, why can't I?" Bai Shibao was very anxious to have a chance to prove himself. After his father told him about it, he agreed without thinking.

“I’ll give you the same price I gave them before, one yuan per jin. As for how much you can sell it for, that’s up to you, Third Brother. When Wang Fushun came to pick up the goods tonight, I asked him, and he said you can easily make two mao per jin. You can take that into consideration.”

Although it was Bai Jiaojiao's personal choice to sell Jiangmi Tiao to Bai Shibao, she still informed Wang Fushun first, so that he wouldn't feel uncomfortable if he heard it from someone else.

Before Bai Jiaojiao could ask any more questions, Wang Fushun took the initiative to tell her quite a bit, presumably because he would need Bai Jiaojiao's meat floss cakes to make money in the future.

Bai Shibao ate a fragrant and sweet glutinous rice strip and felt that although the price was a bit expensive, it was really worth it. There were many people in the town who were not short of money. He could sell ten catties a day and earn sixty yuan a month... It was something he never dared to dream of!

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, Third Brother. You may not sell much at first, but don't worry. Just take as much as you can sell from me."

"Yes, I know, I know all that."

Bai Shibao's eyes remained fixed on the rice strips, and Bai Shiqing found it amusing: "Can you please stop making such a fool of yourself?"

Bai Shiqing has always thought that her younger brother is a bit silly.

"What's wrong with me?" Bai Shibao touched the back of his head.

Bai Jiaojiao said to Bai Shiqing, "Second sister, I called you here today because I have something to discuss with you."

Before she could even say what it was about, Bai Shiqing immediately refused: "I can't go out and become a black market dealer. It would be so embarrassing for a woman like me to go to the black market. Your brother-in-law is even worse. If his father found out, he'd beat the crap out of him."

Bai Shiqing was interested in doing it, but not everyone was as open-minded as Bai Zhiman. Li Shiqing's family had no worries about food and drink, so naturally they wouldn't take the risk in this regard.

"No, Second Sister, I was thinking that if Third Brother sells a lot more in the future, I won't be able to keep up with the demand. Could you come and help me? I'll give you all the profits after deducting the material costs. If you come and work for me, Uncle Shiqing won't know."

After Bai Jiaojiao finished speaking, Bai Shiqing was initially excited, but then she frowned and said, "That won't do. If your brother-in-law finds out, won't he be angry with you?"

“This is my own business, why should he be angry? The main thing is that our house is far from the rest of the village, and not many people come to the small hill behind it, so it's safest to come here. From now on, after you finish work, you can bring your net here to tie it, and we can make some snacks while you're at it, what do you think?”

Bai Shiqing was persuaded by Bai Jiaojiao. The Li family has four sons, and they will eventually have to separate from the family. If she can save more money, life will be easier after the separation.

“But if you give me all the profits, I can’t take them. Apprentices still have to pay a gift to become an apprentice.”

"Second sister, Heng-ge is not home lately. If you can come and keep me company more often, that would be a way of thanking me."

Bai Jiaojiao grabbed Bai Shiqing's hand: "Why do we sisters have to be so serious about this?"

"Sister, just listen to your little sister. If you want to thank her, let's earn more money and buy her some nice things for holidays."

Bai Shibao managed to persuade Bai Shiqing to let it go. Although it wasn't Bai Jiaojiao's original intention, Bai Shiqing nodded and said, "Then it's settled for the three of us sisters."

Bai Shibao was dumbfounded again: "Wouldn't it be inappropriate to leave out my older brother on this trip?"

Bai Shiqing glanced at him: "Big brother finally became a squad leader, are you trying to pull him down?"

"..." Bai Shibo still felt it was unfair to exclude Bai Shihai like this, but Bai Shiqing was right.

Bai Jiaojiao said, "Third brother, you're not married yet, and your money is spent by your eldest brother too. Why are you calculating so clearly? Let's leave it at that for now, and we'll think of you again when there's a good opportunity."

Now all the family's money is in Deng Min's hands, and Bai Shibao has no intention of embezzling any of the money he earns.

"Too."

Bai Shibao has no more worries.

With that settled, Bai Shiqing arranged a time to study with Bai Jiaojiao. Bai Shibao didn't sleep all night, pondering how to get started.

The next day, Bai Jiaojiao had to take the contract covered in signatures to the factory manager of the net rope factory. Luckily, she had a bicycle at home, otherwise she would have been exhausted.

The factory manager was delighted to see how efficient she was: "Your village is quite big, with so many people!"

The contract has a total of 319 signatures, proving that his factory will be able to produce more than 300 nets every half month, which will increase his profits.

"Then how are you going to take this net rope back?"

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