Su Xiaonuan performed another remarkable feat, and soon her story spread throughout the neighboring areas. More and more people came to her door asking for her assistance in solving cases, and some even wanted to recruit her into the official staff.
Looking at the two adorable little groups, she declined everyone's kind offer, believing that protecting the children was the most important thing.
I really don't care about the salary of a formal position; I can make a fortune doing any kind of business.
However, Zhang Yulan and her daughter had objections.
"Xiao Nuan, you really shouldn't have refused to work at the Public Security Bureau. It's such a respectable job! It's understandable that you refused the formal job arranged by the mayor, since he's a man and wants to make something of himself. But for a woman like you, isn't it good to have a stable job?" Zhang Yulan nagged at Su Xiao Nuan.
Moxi continued, "Sister-in-law, you really shouldn't have refused this time. What a great opportunity! So many people are envious. If you go to work at the police station, let's see who dares to bully us anymore!"
Su Xiaonuan said casually, "The job is stable, but the income isn't great, and the hours aren't flexible. I still prefer this kind of life—taking care of the kids, finding ways for everyone to make money. If everyone makes money with me, who will bully us?"
“That makes sense. Look at these past three months, our village’s winery has been set up, and the health-preserving wine is selling well. Every family has arranged for one person to work at the winery, and the wages aren’t low, around fifty yuan a month. In addition, people are making a lot of money doing handicrafts and processing mountain products.” Mo Xi said, pointing to the black-and-white television that was playing the news. “Our family even bought a TV. Even those regular employees don’t have as much money as us.”
“Yes, the villagers are all getting rich now. Every household has bought a bicycle, and televisions are the next goal for all the villagers,” Zhang Yulan said with emotion. “In just a few months, our village has undergone tremendous changes. Shouldn’t Mo Ran stay in the village and work?”
"Look!" Su Xiaonuan suddenly pointed at the TV screen. "There's a mattress being advertised?"
"Wow, this mattress is so beautiful!" Moxi put his head very close to the TV. "Sister-in-law, when I've earned enough money, I want to buy a mattress like this too. Look, even if several adults jump on it, it won't break."
In the advertisement, three men and two women are seen jumping on a mattress, the kind that is very bouncy and finely made, accompanied by advertising slogans.
[A cozy mattress, perfect for sweet dreams, bounces and bouncy, providing unexpected warmth and comfort.]
Su Xiaonuan stood up and moved very close to the TV, thinking to herself, "This business opportunity has actually been snatched up by someone else."
She's always wanted to do this business, but unfortunately, she can't be in two places at once.
It seemed as if it was muttering the words "Warm Brand Mattress".
It feels familiar.
It feels more familiar.
"Sister-in-law, this mattress must be so comfortable to sleep on, I love it!"
"Go read your book." Zhang Yulan tapped her on the head. "How old are you? You're always jumping around like a child."
Moxi imagined that once she had a mattress, she would jump on it to her heart's content, and before she knew it, she was jumping around. Her mother immediately stopped her, hitting her on the spot where she had been hit, and she muttered, "You always hit my head. How am I supposed to read if you hurt it?"
"What did you say?"
"No, nothing was said." Mo Xi turned around and pulled Su Xiaonuan. "Sister-in-law, let's go wake up Dou Dou and Guo Guo. They need to practice singing. In two days it will be National Day. We're going to the town to perform. We must win a prize this time and bring glory to our village."
"I told you to go read your book, stop bothering your sister-in-law." Zhang Yulan reached out to hit her again.
"Don't hit me! Don't hit me!" Moxi covered his head with his hand. "I'm going to read a book now." As he ran away, he made a face at his mother.
After chasing her daughter away, Zhang Yulan rummaged through her clothes for a while and pulled out a bankbook, handing it to Su Xiaonuan and whispering, "This was mailed back by Moran. He deposited a thousand yuan in it for you. The password is your birthday."
"Where did he get so much money?" Su Xiaonuan took it and counted it carefully; it was indeed a thousand yuan.
"Keep your voice down!" Zhang Yulan shushed. "Don't let that girl Moxi know, or she'll use the money to buy some kind of mattress."
In those days, a thousand dollars was a huge sum of money.
"Mom, did Mo Ran write you a letter?"
"Yes." Zhang Yulan nodded. "He's doing well in the provincial capital, so don't worry about him."
"Oh." Su Xiaonuan was a little flustered as she held the passbook. She wondered why Xiao Moran didn't just write a letter to her directly, but instead had her mother hand over the passbook to her.
Seeing Xiao Nuan's suddenly gloomy face, Zhang Yulan tugged at her. "Uh, don't overthink it. Mo Ran is too busy to write so many letters. He didn't write to me alone; he explained these things in a letter to the village chief, and the village chief passed them on to me."
"Village chief? Why did he go through all that trouble?"
"Maybe they're asking the village chief to take good care of our family."
Suddenly, the village's loudspeaker came on.
"Attention villagers, I have something important to announce."
The village's loudspeaker was installed after the winery opened. Once the loudspeaker was on, everyone in the village could hear it, and there was no longer a need for people to go from one end of the village to the other to notify each household. They could just shout it over the loudspeaker.
"Listen up, everyone! I have some good news to tell you. A boss is offering a high price to buy our jute and cotton. Prepare all the jute that you have piled up there that you don't need, bundle it up tightly, and send it to the winery. In the future, you can expand the planting of jute and cotton. There are merchants who will buy our village's jute and cotton on a long-term basis."
Long-term purchase of jute and cotton? Su Xiaonuan fell into deep thought.
"Xiao Nuan, don't just stand there, come with me to find those jute piles, we'll have another source of income." Zhang Yulan nudged Su Xiao Nuan, her wrinkles deepening with excitement.
"Mom, we've run out of hemp. I used it to make a mattress. Where can we find any more hemp?"
“Oh, you don’t know, the partition is all made of jute.” Zhang Yulan pointed to the partition in the main room. “I bundle up the leftover jute every year and throw it up there. The jute you’re using is just this year’s.”
"Mom, how come I didn't know?" Mersey ran out. "There were so many?"
The partition in the main room of the Xiao family house was like a suspended ceiling. It was made of bamboo and served to prevent dust from falling from the roof. It was also a place to store things that were not frequently used. Usually, Zhang Yulan was the one who kept it tidy. No one in the family knew what she had put up there.
"Moxi, go and bring the ladder over. I'll go up and get it out, and you guys catch it down here." Zhang Yulan twirled around happily. "I never thought someone would buy these things at such a high price."
Sure enough, the hemp was placed in small bundles, each wrapped in plastic film. Once unwrapped, the hemp looked brand new and bright. Su Xiaonuan counted more than twenty bundles of various sizes.
"Mom, that's amazing! There's still so much stock left, at least several hundred pounds. We're going to make a small profit." Mo Xi brushed the dust off her hands. "My brother and I didn't even know there was so much stuff on the other side."
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