Chapter 271 Business is booming but a little tiring
"Really?" Jia Nannan was a little caught off guard and stammered:
"My family is from the south, and we don't eat dumplings very much, so I probably don't know how to make them."
Ye Xiaomei smiled faintly and walked away.
Jianan put down the work in his hands and picked up the two-pound bag of vermicelli that Ye Xiaomei had placed on the bedside.
Zhuangyuan Dumpling Restaurant opened its doors with a bang.
It was only nine o'clock in the morning, but there was a long queue in the school.
There were also people coming from far away places, carrying bags, suitcases and snakeskin bags and accompanying their children to pay tuition fees.
This kind of people are almost considered to be spoiled.
But most of them come from long distances, so the dumpling restaurant's business is booming at this time.
"The dumplings in my corner taste the same. With the portion you gave me, I'll have at least three bowls."
Ye Xiaomei was a little dazed by the authentic Northeastern accent. Her family was not from the Northeast, but it was also part of the North. However, the Northeastern accent was indeed heavier.
He recalled the bet he made with Ma Qijun: "You want three bowls? Jia Nannan, give me three bowls."
Ye Xiaomei watched the old lady eating with oil dripping from her mouth. After she promptly paid the bill and stood up to leave, Ye Xiaomei's gaze rose a few points higher.
Oh my god, are all the aunties in Northeast China so tall? I guess she must be at least 1.75 meters tall.
Especially the back view of the aunt leading her child away. It was obvious that the son, who looked childish, was already over 1.8 meters tall, half a head taller than the aunt.
"Xiao Mei, these are the new batch of students, they are so tall."
Jia Nannan was petite and gentle, much shorter than Ye Xiaomei. She was talking with shining eyes.
"Yes." Ye Xiaomei nodded silently. Before she had time to think about it, the guests arrived.
I kept muttering to myself that I had finally paid the tuition.
"Auntie, you didn't even have time to have breakfast and went to queue up." Ye Xiaomei helped to greet them, while Jia Nannan was in charge of serving the dumplings.
It is very simple to make dumplings. Just put the dumplings in boiling water, rinse them twice and then strain them out with clean water.
Soon, there were not enough tables in the store. Ye Xiaomei's back was wet from working so hard that she quickly returned to the yard and moved out the square table she used at home and placed it under the steps at the door.
Because of the holiday, all the stalls around here are closed. Today is the first day of registration, and all the stalls selling pancakes and tea-leaf eggs are here.
Even the long table of the wonton seller was packed with people, and there were a few customers sitting on the stairs eating dumplings at the door of Ye Xiaomei's dumpling restaurant.
Many stalls sold out and closed before noon. Although I was tired, my face was filled with satisfaction.
Even Ye Xiaomei's dumpling shop sold out of dumplings at lunchtime.
She was wiping her face with the towel hanging around her neck. Jia Nannan's face was red as she drew the heat from the charcoal stove, and she had a serious look on her face:
"Xiao Mei, what should we do? You can't keep up with the packing. Three customers have just left."
Ye Xiaomei especially understands Jia Nannan: "Don't worry, good things take time. If it's sold out, it means our glue tastes good."
As she spoke, Ye Xiaomei handed the bowl of dumplings she had just made to Jia Nannan. She had to keep making dumplings here without stopping. She was very motivated and didn't believe that she wouldn't be able to make back her investment in a month.
Ye Xiaomei was busy until three in the afternoon, her hands were numb from tiredness, and she slowed down.
A phone call was made to Village Chief Liang, asking his son to go to the county and tell his mother to come over to help after she finished her current work.
At night, Jia Nannan was so tired that her legs were numb and she didn't even have the strength to walk a few more steps back to the dormitory. She just lay on the bed in the rented apartment and fell asleep without knowing when.
Ye Xiaomei took advantage of the darkness to pour out all the money in the wooden box. There was so much money that it filled an entire mountain.
Because I was extremely busy the whole day, the money was all rolled up and down and I had no time to check it, so I started to sort it out one by one.
Coins and pennies are stacked up like a wall.
Ye Xiaomei became more and more excited as she counted. On that day alone, she sold more than 900 points, with a total profit of more than 1,000 yuan.
After deducting the cost of 100 yuan, she still made a little over 1,000 yuan.
It was amazing! Ye Xiaomei turned her aching neck and lowered her shoulders a few times. It was worth it.
However, the peak period may only be these two days, so we have to seize the opportunity.
Ye Xiaomei wrapped it until midnight, covered it all with gauze and placed it in a ventilated place. It was almost dawn when Jia Nannan sat up suddenly and looked around in a daze, as if she had forgotten where she was.
Seeing Ye Xiaomei counting money, she rubbed her sore arms and asked, "Did you make money?"
"Of course, but the fatigue will only last for a few days. When school starts, the parents who sent their children home will go back and the flow of people will not be so large."
Ye Xiaomei put away the five- and ten-yuan bills separately, which she would save, and kept some of the change and put it in a wooden box.
"I have to go back to the dormitory. I have to distribute new books tomorrow, so I have to hurry." Jia Nannan just got out of bed and put on her shoes, and suddenly looked at the money in the wooden box and hesitated for a long time.
Ye Xiaomei then remembered something important: "Well, I'll give you the 120 first. How about this, 300 yuan a month, so that you don't have to interfere with your studies, and you can come over to help during mealtimes and weekends, okay?"
Three hundred yuan is actually a lot of money in this era, and it’s not a full-time job. Generally, regular workers in factories only make four or five hundred yuan a month.
Jia Nannan looked at the 120 yuan that Ye Xiaomei handed over, and her eyes flashed with surprise. In fact, she was just planning to ask for a loan to pay for the tuition, but she didn't expect that she...
"Here, this is an advance payment of wages." Ye Xiaomei handed it forward, and Jia Nannan took it.
"Thank you, Xiaomei. Aren't you afraid of me...I'm going to stop doing it?"
"If you don't do it, I'll find someone else. It's better than having your name written on the bulletin board tomorrow."
Ye Xiaomei said as she stuffed the organized money into the cloth bag.
Jia Nannan lowered her head to hide the tears in her eyes. She pursed her lips tightly to hide her inner forbearance:
"Don't worry, as long as I can get up, I will definitely not stop. I owe you too much."
"It's okay. Luckily I have some dirty money. If I didn't, I wouldn't be able to help you." Ye Xiaomei washed her hands and continued to make dumplings, thinking to herself how much more money she could make by making one more bowl of dumplings:
"By the way, didn't our school principal apply for compensation for you last time?"
Jia Nannan suddenly raised her eyes and looked at the busy Ye Xiaomei. She looked at the dark window:
"I went back to my hometown to visit my grandmother's grave during the summer vacation and found out that she owed a lot of medical bills. I paid them back. When she died, it was the villagers who pooled money to buy her coffin. I just wanted to avoid owing anyone."
There was a hint of determination in Jia Nannan's eyes, a bright look after paying off her debts:
"Later, I went to work part-time at a glass factory, and I sold the defective products that the glass factory didn't want at a low price. In total, I made more than 300 yuan in two months, but... it was stolen when I got on the bus."
When Jia Nannan said this, tears suddenly fell, but she had a smile on her face:
"Luckily I met you, otherwise I would be embarrassed not to be able to pay the tuition and might even be asked to drop out."
Ye Xiaomei grinned to make her feel at ease: "Maybe you helped me in my last life, so I have to repay you in this life."
Jia Nannan burst into laughter and said, "You still believe this?"
"Believe it, why not? It's the cause of the previous life that will lead to the result of this life."
After saying this, Ye Xiaomei looked at the dumplings she had made:
"Jia Nannan, if you run into Shang Zhen when you go to school tomorrow morning, ask her to pick up the books for me."
She planned not to go to school in the morning, and she was sure she would make a lot of money.
"I didn't see her come to register yesterday. What if we don't meet each other?" Jia Nannan also understood what she meant.
You know what, last semester she was selling dumplings at the school gate, and I don't know how many people talked about her behind her back, disliking her family for being poor. When I saw her today, I really felt that those people who gossiped about her had never seen the world.
Not only can she make money, but she is also able to endure hardships. These are not comparable to those "young masters and young ladies" who live a life of luxury and only know how to gossip.
"Then let Zhou He or Shang Xuetang help me." As she said this, Ye Xiaomei began to wonder if Shang Zhen would drop out of school.
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