Lin Ziyan smiled and put her arm around Atai's shoulder.

What do you think I'm busy with every day?

"I originally planned to go to the county town to buy shrimp seedlings first, and then pay them back later."

"Looking back now, it would have been better to pay this money back as soon as possible."

Grandma Lin nodded, patted the back of her hand, and didn't ask any more questions.

She straightened her back, picked up a kitchen knife, and walked into the kitchen. "Do whatever you want. How many more years can Grandma hold on?"

Lin Ziyan's eyes reddened slightly as she looked at the old woman's back, as if she were seeing her own grandmother.

The elderly woman, in her nineties, insisted on cooking all three meals herself, refusing to let them lift a finger.

At most, I'll ask them to help pick vegetables and wash dishes.

She used her own money to buy fish and meat, ensuring they didn't go hungry.

Lin Ziyan tried to give her the money, but she refused.

"Sister." Jiaojiao seemed to sense her emotions, hugging her leg, her eyelashes fluttering.

The frog with its legs tied tentatively tried to jump out, and after several attempts, it jumped farther and farther.

"Little...frog, don't run away." Jiaojiao let go of her leg, ran over, and grabbed the white line.

After washing the vegetables she had picked, Lin Ziyan went into the room and took out the drawing paper she had bought from a store.

She simply sketched the outlines and then added color.

Then a cartoon-like drawing was completed: a little girl with two little pigtails tied to her sides, her little hands reaching for a string on the ground, the other end of which was a frog with its legs tied.

When Lin Ziyan saw it just now, she remembered that when she was watching videos before, a blogger liked to turn photos into comics.

There were little girls catching fish, little boys riding bicycles at high speed, and so on.

Presenting it in the form of comics creates a different kind of artistic conception.

"Sister, time to eat." The second sister, Xiaori, stood shyly at the door and called out softly.

She looked at the paintbrushes on the table with an envious gaze.

"This is for you." Lin Ziyan took out a box of 12 colored pencils from the drawer, stuffed it into her arms, and walked out of the room.

Xiao Ri stared wide-eyed at the colored pencils in her arms, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Colored pencils!

Only the class monitor has one box, and she never lends it out, not even to her best friends.

"Sister, is it really for me?" Xiaori came to her senses and hurriedly caught up with him.

"Of course." Lin Ziyan stopped in her tracks and smiled.

She hopes her younger sisters can grow up carefree.

…

Two days later, Lin Ziyan got up early, loaded the ice onto the truck, and planned to send it to the port first.

Thanks to the introduction of Aunt Wang, the owner of the food stall, several restaurants near the port have ordered edible ice from her.

Truck drivers who haul goods mostly eat at these restaurants, and they use a lot of ice.

She made several trips before she finished delivering all the ice.

When we returned to the courtyard, the second sister had gone to school, and the youngest sister had gone to play with the neighbor's child.

Grandma carried a hoe and went to the sweet potato field.

Lin Ziyan took a shower before taking out the money she had recently received and counting it carefully.

Selling lemon tea at the port and distribution market for more than two weeks, I earned an average of 60 yuan a day. After deducting costs, my daily profit was 48 yuan.

I didn't set up my stall for several days due to heavy rain. In total, I was gone for 12 days, and my net profit was 576 yuan.

The food stall owner made 360 ​​yuan from ice sales alone over a few days, and then gave away 20 pieces of edible ice every day, which shows how good her business was at night.

She mainly does business with vendors and port truck drivers.

There were also several other places I booked later, where I bought edible ice. Little by little, I ended up spending over 300 yuan in total.

Lin Ziyan counted the money; there was a total of 1236 yuan. Adding the money she had left over and the original owner's money, she had a total of 1300 yuan.

She took out 1,100 yuan, intending to pay off the debt today.

Otherwise, you'd be living in constant fear.

"Knock, knock..."

Hearing the knock on the door, Lin Ziyan hurriedly locked the money in the drawer.

"Ayan, are you home?"

That's Aunt Huang's voice.

"I'm here!" Lin Ziyan quickly ran to open the door.

Aunt Huang was carrying a snakeskin bag, and she looked a little uneasy.

"Come in quickly." Lin Ziyan helped carry the snakeskin bag.

"I picked these lemons myself from the mountain. I don't know if they meet your standards."

Aunt Huang opened the snakeskin bag and then rubbed her hands together.

Lin Ziyan squatted down, took a look, and found that they were all about the same size.

Moreover, it's all perfume lemons, with some small green lemons mixed in.

“There are many on those small hills, so I just picked some…” Aunt Huang’s ears turned red as she looked at her nervously.

“That’s fine. We’ll buy these small green lemons from now on, and the price will be the same as for the big ones.”

Lin Ziyan breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the lemon.

These lemons are enough for her to make a lot of lemon tea.

After weighing the total amount, Lin Ziyan hurriedly ran into the house and took out the money.

"Aunt Huang, it comes to a total of 30 yuan. Please count it."

Aunt Huang didn't hesitate, took the money, counted it, and her eyes instantly reddened.

If she had been able to earn money to help support the family sooner, they wouldn't have had to resort to fishing in the ocean...

Fishermen who live near the sea either fish in the ocean or go out to sea with fishing boats.

They either fish in the small sea or pick up seafood from the rocks.

"Ah Yan, thank you so much, Auntie. If you ever need any help in the future, just let me know."

Aunt Huang said excitedly, her eyes welling up with tears.

"Okay, life will get better from now on." Lin Ziyan's eyes were firm.

For some reason, Aunt Huang believed that the girl in front of her was not just talking nonsense.

After seeing Aunt Huang off, Lin Ziyan hurriedly put the lemons into a refrigerator and added some crushed ice.

After she finished her work, she sat down at her desk, took out the original owner's father's account book, and carefully looked through it.

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