◎Second update◎

The clothes that Xu Shengjie and Qin Huai bought back from wholesale were mostly fashionable items with good fabrics. They sold them on the street near Qin Huai's home. There were several cadre buildings nearby, all of which were well-off and had good family conditions.

The profit margin of a piece of clothing is huge. If the wholesale price is six dollars and you sell it for twenty-four dollars, you can make several times more.

"Your business is pretty good today?" Liang Baozhen knew that he would make it in business, and that he was a man who was willing to think and work hard.

"It's better than I thought." Xu Shengjie also brought some clothes. Last time they got off the train, he and Qin Huai sent all the clothes to his house. Qin Huai's house was about the same size as Xu's, but there were only two people in his house, himself and his wife, so there was enough space to store things.

Xu Shengjie went out for business today and brought back the clothes he bought for his family, one for each person.

"I'm not really good at choosing. Just take a look and see if you like it. If you don't like it, go to our place and see if there's anything you like."

Xu Shengjie gave Liang Baozhen a beige plaid blouse with a ruffled neckline and a slightly nipped waist. The material was made of solid fabric and was very beautiful to wear in summer.

Liang Baozhen naturally liked it. She put it on and turned around. The hem of her skirt fluttered as she turned, outlining a playful and lively figure.

"I'll go with you tomorrow and get one for my elder sister, too."

"Okay, there are also your family members, you can pick whatever you want."

Liang Baozhen planned to go back home at the end of the summer vacation. She had just earned some money, so she bought some things for her family and brought some clothes back.

Liang Baoying also got a braid, which was picked out for her by Liang Baozhen. It was a light blue braid. She had never worn a braid in her life, as she always wore long tops and trousers. She felt embarrassed not to have such clothes in the village.

Who can wear a skirt and work in the fields?

After selling popsicles that day, she returned home with a brazi in her hand, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

While cooking, she hummed opera music, which she learned from watching revolutionary movies.

"Mom, you are so happy today?" Meng Meng came back from her neighbor's house and ran around her mother like a little butterfly. "No, I am so happy recently."

"Is there?" Liang Baoying touched her face and tried hard to suppress the corners of her mouth.

"Yes, that day when grandma came, aunt made her angry and left. After that, you were happy every day when you came back."

Meng Meng can feel that although her mother goes out at noon every day and comes back in the afternoon, she always smiles when she comes back and often brings her food, such as popsicles, fruit candies, peach cakes...

That’s great!

Liang Baoying herself didn't realize it, but now that she thinks about it, it's true. Her mother-in-law hasn't caused any trouble recently. It's like she has a job every day and can earn a lot of money. How can she not be happy?

"Dad!" Meng Meng heard footsteps at the door, and looked out. It was Dad who came back.

Song Jianguo had just come back from work. He walked into the house, looked at his daughter-in-law and then at his wife, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

After dinner, he gave Mengmeng two candies, asked her to go play with other children, and turned to talk to Baoying.

"Baoying, tell me the truth, have you been going out every day recently?"

Just today he heard from a co-worker that his wife had gone to the street to sell popsicles!

Listen to what this is! And I heard it from outsiders!

Liang Baoying's heart was beating fast. She took one look at her man and realized that Song Jianguo knew.

"Jianguo, did you hear something from someone?"

Song Jianguo didn't look very happy, his facial muscles were stiff, and his words were not pleasant to the ears, "Baoying, do you know what my coworkers told me today? They said my wife couldn't afford to eat? Why did she show up in public to sell popsicles?

I work so hard, just to let you do this?"

"Jianguo, I know you look down on selling popsicles, but I didn't steal or rob anyone! What's wrong with me making money with my own hands?"

"It's true that you didn't steal or rob, but your husband is a worker in a state-owned factory after all. Why do you need to sell things on the roadside? Our family is living a tight life now, but it's better than living in the countryside. You've already moved to the city, so broaden your horizons and don't think about doing such shameful things!"

Today, Sun Kai brought a group of co-workers to laugh at his wife for selling popsicles. Song Jianguo blushed after being talked about by everyone and could only go home with a blank face.

"I..." Liang Baoying knew what Song Jianguo was thinking, but now she also felt that she was right. Why not make money if she could?

Now she can buy candy for Mengmeng, could she do that before?

"Okay, stop talking. You went with Third Sister, right? It's ridiculous for a college student like her to mess around. Tell her tomorrow that you're quitting. I'll try to find a temporary job in the factory. If I can get you into the factory, I'll definitely try. Anyway, selling things on the street won't work."

After saying that, Song Jianguo turned around and walked out.

Liang Baoying looked at his departing back, clutching the brazi she had just gotten today, and made up her mind.

The next day, the two sisters continued to sell popsicles. Liang Baozhen couldn't help but worry when she heard her sister talk about this.

"What about my brother-in-law?" Liang Baoying tilted her head and thought for a while, "Should I go and persuade him?"

"He is just stubborn. He thinks this is not decent. It's okay. I'll just sneak out. He's not at home during the day anyway. We can do our own thing."

"Sister, look at you, you are different now." Liang Baozhen looked at her elder sister with a smile. In the past, she would have been worried that her brother-in-law would find out, and would have been nervous and anxious.

"Now I understand that making money is more important. Jianguo and I can argue as much as we want. It won't cost us anything!"

Song Jianguo, on the other hand, thought his wife had figured it out and didn't take it too seriously. After all, his wife listened to him very much. But he didn't know that Liang Baoying still went to sell popsicles secretly, except on Sundays when he was resting at home.

In the blink of an eye, Liang Baozhen's summer vacation was over. Liang Baozhen, who was about to return to school, could not run the store with her elder sister. The two of them first calculated the accounts for the previous month and a half, and they earned a total of 713.8 yuan.

Liang Baoying felt her heart beating faster when she heard this number. It was hard to believe when she heard this number right next to her ears!

The most important thing is that these popsicles are sold one by one by myself.

"We'll each get 300 yuan, and the remaining 56 yuan will be used as capital to pay for rent, utilities, and purchasing funds." Liang Baozhen took the time to make a detailed account. Although they are sisters, the daily turnover was also written out clearly.

"Okay!" Liang Baoying was carrying a handful of bills, her heart in turmoil. She was worried that they would be robbed on the road, or that they would fall to the ground while walking. In short, she was in a state of panic.

On the way home, she generously bought a pound of cold pork offal from a street stall, two pounds of peach cakes, a pound of egg cakes, and a pound of fruit candies.

This was the most generous purchase she had ever made in her life. It really was like having money in hand, so there was no need to panic!

You know, it took Song Jianguo seven or eight months to earn three hundred, but now I have earned three hundred in just over a month!

Humming a little tune, Liang Baoying returned to the tube building of the soda factory. As soon as she went upstairs, she saw Mengmeng and the neighbor's children playing in the corridor.

"Mom, you're back!" Meng Meng was immediately excited when she saw what her mother was doing with her hands.

"Come, one piece of egg cake each for you and Fangfang." Liang Baoying had left Mengmeng at her neighbor's house in the afternoon. Liang Baoying was naturally grateful and gave the neighbor some candies, some peach cakes and two pieces of egg cakes.

Mengmeng was eating the delicious cake and watching her mother going home. She forgot to tell her mother that her grandmother and father were at home.

Liang Baoying walked to the door of her house and heard voices talking inside.

It was still the sarcastic voice of my mother-in-law.

"Jianguo, I don't care about other things, but you have to take care of this!" Qin Yuxiu almost fainted when she heard from her neighbor that her daughter-in-law was selling popsicles outside. "How can your daughter-in-law still be selling popsicles? It's too embarrassing."

"Mom, I've talked to Baoying about this, don't worry."

"Rest assured? What should I be assured of? What did I tell you before? People from the countryside are from the countryside. They are shallow-minded and can't do such things. Where will I put my face if people tell others about it? Where will you put your face?"

"Mom, don't say that. Baoying also knows that the family's current situation is not good and wants to earn some money to help the family."

"Help the family? How much money can she earn by selling popsicles on the roadside? And help the family? Jianguo, don't just talk for your wife, you have to take care of her, you know? Otherwise she will embarrass our family."

Song Jianguo didn't want his wife to go out and sell popsicles, but his mother's words were really too harsh. If his wife heard this...

"Mom, I will talk to Baoying, but you don't need to look for her anymore."

"Why can't I find her? What a joke. I'm the mother-in-law and she's the daughter-in-law. Shouldn't she serve me? Now, not only is she not treating me as the mother-in-law well, she doesn't even care about the family and runs out all day... What a shame!"

"Mom." Song Jianguo was in a dilemma. He didn't want his wife to go out to sell things, but he felt uncomfortable listening to his own mother scolding her. He was just glad that Baoying was not around.

"I'll talk to her, don't worry about it."

"Mom!" Liang Baoying was still holding something in her hands. She got angry when she heard her mother-in-law slandering her. She has always been good-tempered, but she couldn't hold it back anymore.

"Baoying, you're back?" Song Jianguo looked at his wife's face, wondering if she heard what he had just said.

"You still remember to come back? It's already so late, and you don't even cook or take care of the house. And what did you buy? Egg cake? Fruit candy? And meat! Jianguo, look at yourself. You work so hard to earn money, but how does your wife spend it? If you eat like this, who can you support with your salary?"

Qin Yuxiu was feeling angry, and when she saw her daughter-in-law coming back with a net bag of things, she immediately got angry. It wasn't a festival, but the food was better than what she had at home!

What a spendthrift woman!

"Mom, we use our own money to eat and use things, and we didn't steal or rob them, so why can't we use them?"

The author has something to say:

Money in hand, no worries

Thanks to the little cutie who irrigated the nutrient solution: 1 bottle for eating a bowl of rice; 1 bottle for Mu Ni Ge Da Chen Chen Ya;