Seeing his brothers still chattering about his marriage, Xiao Hui interrupted them, saying, "Stop, stop, stop! Don't you guys want to make money anymore? Let's talk about serious matters."
Upon hearing the word "make money," everyone's eyes immediately turned to Xiao Hui:
"Of course I want to, I'm just waiting for you to make the arrangements, Brother Hui."
“That’s right, Brother Hui, how do you think we should sell these military overcoats? They’re sure to be a bestseller.”
"Brother Hui, can I buy one too? You look so smart in that military overcoat, I'm so envious."
"Hey, hey, Brother Hui, I want one too."
"I want two, one for my dad too."
Everyone had worked for Xiao Hui for so long that they were all quite well-off. They could buy military overcoats for just a few dozen yuan without hesitation. In no time, ten out of 100 military overcoats were used up internally.
Xiao Hui naturally had no objections. He was happy that his brothers were doing well, so he paid them the original price.
The remaining 90 military overcoats were distributed to them by Xiao Hui: "Same as always, priced at 45 yuan each. How much you can sell each one for depends on your own abilities."
Xiao Hui made a profit of 450 yuan with just one transaction. Anyone could easily calculate that, but no one objected. He was the one who negotiated the supply and paid for the goods himself. What's wrong with making 5 yuan per piece?
Without Xiao Hui and the others, let alone making money, they'd probably be eating wild vegetables somewhere right now.
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On the other side, Xia Qingqing rode her bicycle home with a basket full of things on her back.
The basket was filled with pork that Xiao Hui had given her, as well as rice, flour, oil, brown sugar, candy, and pastries that she had taken from the system's warehouse, making the basket completely full.
After parking the car, Xia Qingqing immediately rushed into the house and breathed on her hands, which were red from the cold.
"Are you cold? Come and warm yourself by the fire." Zhang Hongyan came out of the room as soon as she heard the noise, looking at her daughter with a pained expression. Riding a bicycle in this cold weather is just torture.
After Xia Qingqing recovered, she pointed to the basket on the table: "Mom, take everything out, and remember to process the meat."
Zhang Hongyan opened the basket and saw that it was stuffed with all kinds of food, with a large piece of meat at the bottom. She couldn't help but mutter "spendthrift woman" in response.
Her daughter spends money like water; even mountains of gold and silver wouldn't be enough to satisfy her. Fortunately, her daughter can earn her own money and won't need to rely on a man in the future. Thinking of this, Zhang Hongyan felt much more at ease.
Without even asking, Zhang Hongyan knew that the things in the basket were definitely obtained from that friend on the black market again; she was already used to this kind of thing.
Xia Qingqing knew her mother wasn't really angry, so she smiled and coaxed her, "Mom, don't worry about these things. I just thought it would be good to stock up on some New Year's goods since it's almost Chinese New Year. Besides, our family isn't short of money this year."
“Isn’t this a bit too much? This piece of pork must weigh over ten pounds. The team also received eight pounds of pork this year,” Zhang Hongyan said, pulling a large piece of pork belly from her basket.
The pigs raised well this year, and everyone received two jin (1 kg). Although Xia Qingqing's household registration has been transferred, she is a college student and will always be a member of the Shihe Brigade, no matter where she goes. No matter who gets less pork, she will not be shortchanged.
"It's fine, it's cold and it won't spoil anyway, we can just make it into cured meat and eat it slowly," Xia Qingqing said nonchalantly.
That is when resources were scarce. Later, when everyone's lives improved, they would directly make dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of meat into cured meat for the New Year, which could last for several months.
Zhang Hongyan thought about it and decided that making it into cured meat would be a good idea. Cured meat could be stored for a longer time, and there were only four people in her family. They couldn't finish more than 20 kilograms of meat in a short period of time.
The mother and daughter were talking about making cured meat when Gou Dan came running back in a flash: "Sister, you're back~ Did you buy me anything delicious?"
When Xia Qingqing was about to go to the county in the morning, Gou Dan also insisted on going. Before Xia Qingqing could refuse, Zhang Hongyan stopped her. "Is it not cold enough outside in the middle of winter?"
Dog Egg could only pitifully beg his sister to buy him some good food to comfort his wounded little heart.
Thinking of her younger brother's adorable appearance that morning, Xia Qingqing pointed to the things on the table and smiled, "I bought everything for you. Look, there are candies and cookies. Take whatever you want. Let Mom put the rest away for you to eat slowly."
"Thank you, sis, you're the best!" Gou Dan said with a grin, then grabbed a bag of cookies and stuffed them into his mouth.
He had been playing at Da Niu's house all morning and was now starving.
As the saying goes, a half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home. Gou Dan is at the age where he is growing, and he likes to run around everywhere, so he burns a lot of energy and gets hungry even faster.
Zhang Hongyan didn't stop Gou Dan from taking the biscuits, but she didn't let him eat too many either: "Just have one to try the taste, you'll have to eat dinner later."
"I know, I'll only eat one more and then I won't eat anymore," Gou Dan stuffed all the biscuits in his hand into his mouth, took another one in his hand, and then put the bag back on the table.
He finished the two cookies in no time: "Mom, what are we having for lunch today?"
“Your sister bought some meat, let’s have braised pork,” Zhang Hongyan said, picking up a large piece of pork from the table and heading to the kitchen to prepare it.
Gou Dan stared longingly at the meat in Zhang Hongyan's hand: "Mom, I don't want to eat braised pork today. Can you make stewed cabbage with pork belly instead?"
He wanted to try something different, since it was always braised pork.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Hongyan lightly spat at her son: "It's good enough that you get meat to eat, you brat, you're being picky."
Gou Dan grinned foolishly; his mother's lack of direct refusal meant she agreed.
He found it unbelievable too; he never imagined that one day he would get tired of braised pork. This was something he never dared to dream of before.
Zhang Hongyan stopped looking at her son and turned to ask Xia Qingqing, "Your brother said he wants to eat braised cabbage with pork belly. What do you want to eat? Mom will make it for you."
Xia Qingqing said nonchalantly, "I'm fine with whatever I eat. Mom, I'll go to the kitchen and help you cook."
She has a lot of snacks that Zhou Wei bought for her in her system warehouse. If the food doesn't suit her taste, she can secretly cook for herself in her room and it doesn't matter what she eats.
When Zhang Hongyan heard her daughter offer to help, she quickly waved her hand and said, "Oh, no need for you. You two siblings go inside and warm yourselves by the fire. Dinner will be ready soon."
She was reluctant to ask her daughter to do chores since her daughter was finally able to come home for a holiday.
Xia Qingqing thought her mother was annoyed that she was in the way, so she nodded helplessly: "Okay, just call me if you need help, and I'll come out right away."
After saying that, he picked up a bag of sunflower seeds from the table and took Gou Dan into the room to warm himself by the fire.
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