Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Nice to meet you

Jiang Xi thought about what happened and said with a wry smile, "My mom has never said a harsh word to me, but because I said I didn't want to go to school, she ignored me for two days. I know she was doing this for my own good, but how could I be so selfish?"

Jiang Xi recalls: "At that time, our family was already heavily in debt, and my mother was in poor health. She worked as a laundry worker, earning only ten cents per basket of laundry. She was often bullied. Those people thought my mother was easygoing and deliberately withheld payment. So I decided I couldn't continue studying. If I did, my mother would be dragged down. So, we had a cold war for a few days, but she couldn't persuade me and agreed to my request, and I left school."

Jiang Xi finished speaking, took a deep breath, and forced a smile: "It's not a very original reason, well, this is the reason."

Since Qi Yu'an met Jiang Xi, Jiang Xi rarely showed such a fragile expression. Qi Yu'an's eyes were full of heartache.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't speak. He could only keep saying, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you and made you repeat those painful memories."

Jiang Xi shook his head: "It's okay, I've been holding these things in my heart for a long time, and now I feel better after speaking them out."

Qi Yu'an was silent for a moment, lowered his head, and his eyelashes fluttered slightly: "In the future, if you don't want to talk about something, I won't ask you a second time, and if you don't want to do something, don't do it."

Jiang Xi's eyelids trembled and she didn't dare to look at Qi Yu'an. Qi Yu'an was too close to her. She could smell the fresh scent of soap on Qi Yu'an's body, which made her heart beat faster unconsciously. She took half a step back.

"Comrade Qi, we are friends. I am willing to tell you that you don't have to do this."

Qi Yu'an raised his eyebrows and stared at Jiang Xi: "Friend? But I feel that the way we address each other is a bit strange. Can I call you by your name?"

Jiang Xi didn't know why the topic turned to this, but he still replied: "Sure, you can call me Jiang Xi."

Qi Yu'an lowered his head, leaned closer to Jiang Xi, and said slowly, "Jiang Xi, you had to leave school in your second year of high school. Thank you for your hard work. You are the bravest girl I have ever met. I admire you very much. If it were me, I would have given up long ago, but you are always so strong and always able to get up in the face of difficulties."

"Jiang Xi, I'm very happy to meet you."

This was the first time Jiang Xi heard her name from Qi Yu'an's mouth. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but when Qi Yu'an called her name, the ending tone was very long, with some tenderness, which made Jiang Xi's cheeks a little burning.

The girl's cheeks flushed, and Qi Yu'an smiled softly: "Jiang Xi, you don't need to call me Comrade Qi anymore. You can call me Yu'an. People who are close to me call me that."

After saying that, Qi Yu'an looked at Jiang Xi with a smile, as if waiting for her to call him.

Jiang Xi… stuttered, “Yu, Yu An.”

Qi Yu'an burst out laughing. He had pushed Comrade Jiang a little too far today. He didn't force Jiang Xi to change his mind immediately. Instead, he asked, "Jiang Xi, do you want to study? If you didn't have to worry about money, would you still want to study?"

Jiang Xi was stunned and didn't know how to answer for a moment. She used to love studying and regarded studying as the only way out. She wanted to go to college and get a good job so that she could change her family's situation.

But now that she has a business and can make money, studying doesn't seem so important to her anymore.

Qi Yu'an continued to ask, "Jiang Xi, if you make enough money to choose the life you want, besides a big color TV and a refrigerator, how else do you want to live?"

How else do I want to live? Jiang Xi set herself the ultimate goal of owning a big house, a TV, and a refrigerator. She hadn't thought about what would happen after she achieved this goal.

Jiang Xi didn't know how to answer for a moment. Qi Yu'an raised the corners of his eyes and smiled at her: "Jiang Xi, think about it slowly. I still hope you can live your life as you wish, because I know you are very capable and will definitely be able to achieve the goals you set. After achieving your goals, there will be a bigger world waiting for you."

A bigger world? Jiang Xi couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Qi Yu'an's words seemed to have opened another door for her. Besides a big TV and a big house, what else could she want to do? If she could live as she pleased, what else would she want to do?

Jiang Xi thought for a moment and didn't let herself get bogged down in this problem. No matter what, these were all matters of the future. To have a future, she had to grasp the present first. The most important thing now was to find someone reliable who could help her make money. Jiang Xi couldn't help but look at Wu Youli, who was walking side by side with Liu Zhiqiang in front of her.

Wu Youli, who was pushing the cart, shuddered, feeling as if there was a scorching gaze behind him.

"Jiang Xi, we're leaving first." Qi Yu'an said goodbye to Jiang Xi and raised his eyebrows, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Jiang Xi…..

"Well, Qi Tong, um, Yu An, see you next time." Jiang Xi closed his eyes slightly and struggled to speak.

Qi Yu'an smiled when he heard that. The boy's brows were relaxed, and there were stars in his eyes, as if they were smeared with honey. He waved his hand and said goodbye to Jiang Xi.

Jiang Xi unconsciously took this scene into her heart. Meeting peace, meeting peace, meeting peace? She just met, but she hadn't obtained it yet. Well, she hadn't obtained it yet.

Jiang Xi shook his head to put aside those messy thoughts and said to Wu Youli, "Uncle, let's have dinner at my house today."

Wu Youli: "I'd better go back. Dinner is ready at home."

Jiang Xi pulled Wu Youli in without saying anything: "Let's eat here today as a celebration."

Wu Youli: "Celebrate?"

Jiang Xi: "To celebrate our successful stall operation, we made a lot of money."

Jiang Xi told Wu Yaqin yesterday that he wanted to invite Wu Youli to dinner at home today, so Wu Yaqin specially prepared a table full of dishes today.

Wu Yaqin placed a plate of braised pork on the table. "Youli, you've worked hard during this period and helped Xixi a lot. Eat more today. If you weren't with me, I wouldn't be at ease with Xixi setting up the stall alone."

Wu Youli was a little embarrassed: "I didn't help much. It was Jiang Xi who helped me. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be able to make so much money."

What Wu Youli said was sincere. At first, Jiang Xi asked him to help push the cart and paid him three dollars a week. Later, he increased the salary to five dollars a week. Now he is paid one dollar a day. He can earn seven dollars a week and more than thirty dollars a month, which is equivalent to the salary of working in a factory. This is something Wu Youli had never dared to think about before.

Jiang Xi poured a bowl of rice for Wu Youli and said, "Uncle, there's no need to talk so much between us. Eat more today. We still have to settle the bill after dinner."

"Check the accounts?" Wu Youli was a little surprised. He was just pushing the cart, so why did Jiang Xi ask him to check the accounts? Isn't this a secret?

"I won't help you with the money matters. You still have to sort out the accounts yourself."

Jiang Xi: "Let's take stock of today. Didn't we get an extra jar of braised chicken and peanuts today? Let's take stock and see how the peanuts are selling. That'll give us a reference for the future."

Wu Youli could only nod. It was okay for one day, and he was also curious about how much money he could make from the braised peanuts.

Because they had to settle the accounts, the three of them finished their meal quickly. Jiang Xi took out the money he had earned today from the cloth bag he carried with him and spread it out on the table.

Wu Youli was stunned. Although he knew that Jiang Xi could make money by setting up a stall, he was still shocked to see so much money on the table. This was just one day's turnover.

Jiang Xi silently observed Wu Youli's expression. She told Wu Youli all this on purpose. Wu Youli was very straightforward and timid. It was difficult to convince him with simple persuasion. Only by letting him really see how much money he could make could he break the doubts in his heart and change his mind.

Jiang Xi and Wu Yaqin sorted the money skillfully. They put the same amount of money together. Wu Youli also hurriedly helped. The moment he touched the money, Wu Youli's heart was shocked again. This was real money, which he earned in just one day!

Jiang Xi stacked the money neatly, adding up to a large pile: "Today I sold a total of 121 yuan. After deducting the cost, I made about 70 yuan."

"Seventy yuan!" Wu Youli exclaimed in surprise, "Didn't you make a mistake? You made seventy yuan today alone? Did you mix up yesterday's money?"

Wu Youli couldn't believe it at all and speculated on other possibilities.

Wu Yaqin understood Wu Youli's feelings very well. She was also surprised at the beginning, but as they made more and more braised chicken, they made more and more money every day. Although they had been in business for less than a month, they had already made almost five or six hundred yuan.

"Uncle, I calculated correctly, that's it. If we set up another stall in the future, we can sell twice as much and make twice as much money. But unfortunately, we only have one stall at the moment, so we can only make this much money."

Is this the only amount you can earn? Isn't 70 yuan a lot? That's equivalent to a worker's monthly salary.

Wu Youli had no reference but the workers' wages. In his opinion, a worker's monthly salary was already a lot, but earning a worker's monthly salary in just one day by doing business was too shocking to him.

Jiang Xi observed Wu Youli's expression, sighed exaggeratedly, and said deliberately, "We can make more braised food now, but we don't have anyone to help sell it. If we can set up another stall, we will make money faster and more. Unfortunately, we are short of one person, so we can't make a lot of money."

Wu Youli recovered from the shock and couldn't help but follow Jiang Xi's train of thought. If one stall can make 70 yuan a day, then what about two stalls? Wouldn't that make 140 yuan a day?

Wu Youli and Jiang Xi have been in business for so long, he knows that the braised pork sells very quickly and is very popular among everyone. After it is sold out every day, there are still people coming to ask about it, so the amount of braised pork they have now is far from enough.