Chapter 266 Where does so much money come from?
October was over in a blink of an eye. The net profit of the noodle shop this month was 1,700 yuan, which was not double what Qian Lan had expected, but she was satisfied to get more than 170 yuan.
Gu Hongmei's monthly salary was 15 yuan. It was originally agreed that she would be given 20 yuan per month, 15 yuan of which was paid from the public account, and Yu Hui had to make up the remaining 5 yuan herself.
But after fifteen yuan was paid from the public account, Yu Hui personally gave her another fifteen yuan.
"Why is it so much? Isn't it twenty yuan?" Gu Hongmei asked in surprise after counting the money.
The latter smiled and patted her shoulder. "You have worked hard these days. You deserve this money."
"This, this is too much. I'll just take twenty." Gu Hongmei counted out ten yuan and gave it back to Yu Hui.
The latter pushed her hand back and said, "Just take it. You know how much I earn a month. I feel embarrassed to give you such a small salary."
"This, this is different from what I said before..."
She came to live with her fourth brother and his wife, and she lived and ate at home, but didn't even have to pay for her living expenses. She felt very embarrassed.
She felt even more embarrassed because her fourth sister-in-law paid her so much wages.
"Hey, just take it. We are all family, so don't be so polite." Yu Hui said as she took all the money in Gu Hongmei's hand and put it into Gu Hongmei's pocket.
Gu Hongmei accepted the money and thought of going to the state-owned store to buy some wool to knit a scarf and a pair of gloves for her fourth sister-in-law, fourth brother and several children.
After the beginning of winter, the weather was getting colder. Qian Lan, who had received her share of the commission, asked Yu Hui and the others to take the children to the city to buy winter shoes, wool, thick cloth, and cotton to make padded jackets.
Yu Hui also felt that her feet were cold in thin shoes, so she and Hongmei took their four children and went into the city with Qian Lan and her son.
At this time, everyone is thinking about buying winter clothes and shoes for their families, so the counters selling cloth, shoes, cotton and wool in shopping malls are particularly crowded.
Yu Hui, Gu Hongmei and Qian Lan waited in line for a long time before they bought everything they wanted. When they squeezed out from the counter, they found that the children were gone.
"Hey, where are the kids?" Qian Lan looked around with things in her hands.
Yu Hui: "They must have gone out to buy something. Let's wait here. They should be back soon."
Yu Jianshe is also here. This kid is reliable and won’t take his younger brothers and sisters around.
Sure enough, after a while, the children came back, and Yu Jianshe was still holding Beibei.
"Mom." Gu Xixi rushed to Yu Hui like a small cannonball and stopped in front of her, holding up the red butterfly plastic hairpin in her hand as if presenting a treasure.
"Mom, this is a gift Xixi bought for you. Do you like it?"
Yu Hui was stunned. "You bought it for me?"
Qian Lan and Gu Hongmei both looked at Yu Hui with a smile.
"Yeah." Gu Xixi nodded vigorously, "Xixi has been choosing for a long time and thinks this one looks the best."
It cost Xixi one dollar and fifty cents.
Yu Hui took it with a touched look on her face, "I like it, Mom likes it very much."
Then she gave the hairpin to Gu Hongmei, "Hongmei, put this hairpin on me."
Gu Hongmei smiled and took off her ponytail, then used a hairpin to let her hair down halfway.
"Does it look good?" Yu Hui turned around to show everyone the hairpin on the back of her head.
Everyone said in unison: "It looks good."
"I have a gift too." Gu Nan took out the red silk scarf from his pocket, "Mom, this is the gift I bought for you."
Gu Nan handed the scarf to Yu Hui somewhat embarrassedly.
The weather was getting cold, and he saw many mothers in the compound wearing all kinds of silk scarves, but his mother didn't have one, so he wanted to buy one for her.
Yu Hui looked at Gu Nan with some surprise. She was not surprised at all that Gu Xixi would buy her a gift. After all, Xixi had been very close to her from the beginning.
But Gu Nan...
She really didn't expect it.
"Thank you." Yu Hui thanked him and took it. She looked at the scarf in her hand and said to Gu Nan, "The scarf is very beautiful. I like it very much."
He and Gu Xixi are indeed brothers, they like the same colors.
"Then you tie it on, mom." Xixi had already put on the hairpins she bought for her, and Gu Nan also hoped that her mother could tie on the scarf she bought for her.
"Okay, tie it on."
Yu Hui asked Gu Hongmei for help again?
Before she even asked, everyone said it looked good, especially Gu Nan who spoke the loudest.
Qian Lan was happy for Yu Hui, envied her, and at the same time felt a little sad.
Even though they are not biological children, they are willing to spend so much money to buy gifts for their stepmother.
As a mother, she has never received a gift from her own children.
"Mom, this hand cream is for you. The sister who sells it said that if you use this, your hands won't be chapped or get frostbite when they touch your hands in the winter." Gu Dong walked up to Yu Hui with a white bottle of hand cream, feeling a little embarrassed.
He had originally planned to give it to his mother when he got home, but Xixi took out the gift first, so he had no choice but to take it out too.
Yu Hui glanced at Gu Dong and took it with a smile. "Thank you, Dongdong. I just needed this and was planning to buy it."
Gu Dong smiled embarrassedly while scratching his head, then turned his head and raised his chin proudly towards his two younger brothers.
Did you hear that? I bought what my mom needs.
Gu Nan & Gu Xi: Roll their eyes.
Qian Lan felt even more sad. She glared at her two sons and said, "You are still the older brothers. Look at the three younger brothers who know how to buy gifts for their mother. Look at you. I really was born in vain."
Yu Lixin frowned and said, "We want to buy something too, but we only have five cents in our bags. Is that enough for anything?"
Just enough to buy five pieces of candy.
Everything Gu Dong and his friends bought cost one or two dollars.
They are not like Gu Dong and the others. They keep the salary given by Aunt Yu and she also gives them pocket money.
"Didn't you take away all the wages Aunt Yu gave us?"
Qian Lan choked. She had actually forgotten about this. She felt sad that her own biological child was not as considerate as Yu Hui's stepson who bought gifts for his stepmother.
But he didn't expect that Gu Dong and his friends had money, but his two children had no money.
She only gave the two children a dime of pocket money each week.
Yu Lixin continued to mutter, "If we had money, you wouldn't need us to tell you."
"Ahem..." Qian Lan coughed dryly a few times, staring at Yu Lixin and said, "You haven't finished talking yet, have you?"
Yu Lixin snorted and closed his mouth.
After shopping, the group went into a state-owned store to eat noodles.
When it came time to pay, Gu Nan wanted to treat everyone.
"I'll treat you to dinner today," he said, taking out his purse and counting out the money.
"Two dollars and sixty cents." Gu Nan slapped the money he counted out on the table.
Qian Lan looked at Gu Nan in surprise, "Gu Nan, where did you get so much money? Didn't you spend all your money on comic books?"
She had seen Gu Nan buy comic books several times this month, and he even bought a silk scarf for Yu Hui today. He should have been out of money a long time ago.
At this moment, he could even take out 2.6 yuan to treat all of them to noodles!
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