Three days later, Cao Xiangnan got the key of the shop from the owner and officially handed the shop over to him. This place was originally a food business, and there were still some tables and chairs left here. Those things that can be used were moved to the backyard first, and they would be used when needed.
Two people were left in the stall to look after it, and the rest came here to help.
The doors, windows and roof of the back yard needed to be repaired, so Cao Xiangnan went to the town to invite a master to come and repair them. The tiles on the roof were broken, and they also needed to be repaired so that it would not leak when it rained. Cao had just climbed onto the roof and was repairing the roof.
The day before yesterday, Cao Xiangnan had greeted Aning and asked him to come to the shop to work in the future, so from today on, Aning did not go to take jobs anymore, but came to his place. In addition, he asked him to find two guys he knew in the town to help with the cleaning today, and he would pay them separately. The two guys he found were also diligent, and they quickly cleaned up the backyard.
This shop is also a few years old, and the wall in front of the shop also needs to be repaired. Cao Xiangnan was in front directing the master to repair the wall. The space in the shop was big enough, and he had other plans in mind. He drew a spot on the ground and said to the master, "Master, do you think we can make a stall here?"
"Sure, how big should it be?" the master asked.
After discussing with the master, he left the rest to the master.
Cao Xiangnan planned to make a smaller stall here. The space didn't need to be too big, as long as there was a spot.
After several people discussed and decided on the name of the shop, he went to find a shop that made plaques to order a plaque. After having a shop, it would be different from setting up a stall there before, and it still needed a name.
The walls of the house at home have been built, the roof is being covered, and the kitchen is almost finished. Cao Xiangnan is going to find Li Banxian, who told him the date last time, to find a date for moving in. Cao Xiangnan also checked the opening date of the shop and looked for a good day to open it.
The house will be moved in half a month later, and the house will be built by then. As for the shop, he looked at the nearest date and decided to open it in three days. By then, the shop will be completed and it can be opened.
Cao Xiangnan plans to open a malatang stall in the separated space and sell some noodles. The cost of malatang is relatively low and the profit is relatively high. Don’t underestimate such a small stall. If it is well done, it will make a lot of money.
Cao Xiangnan was planning to hand over the shop to his Wanfeng and Sun Bailian, and invited Aning to help manage the business. Considering that his Wanfeng would have health problems in the second half of the year and might not be able to come, it was like he invested money and registered it under his Wanfeng's name. Instead
of letting Wanfeng rely on him, Cao Xiangnan hoped that his Wanfeng would be able to run its own business in the future, and all these things would belong to his Wanfeng. He was just starting it now, and they would still have to run it themselves in the future. After
Cao Xiangnan discussed this matter with several people, the others had no objection, because it was like he was the one who ran the stall, and the others didn't have to get involved. But because the new shop took up space in their shop, they would be charged the rent. This was settled, and the others had no objections.
The people in the yard left one by one. The workers were tired after a day's work. After eating, they went to the well to fetch water for a bath. After bathing, they went to bed and had to get up early to work the next day.
Today, Cao Gang, Sun Ji, Cao Dapeng and others were all kept by him. In a blink of an eye, another month had passed. At the end of the month, Cao Xiangnan calculated the accounts of the previous month, read out the costs one by one to everyone, and then put the money earned by each person in a money bag and handed the money bag to everyone.
Cao Xiangnan was a little surprised to make so much money this month. "This is the final income after deducting the cost and the money invested in our shop." Therefore, if the shop had not invested some money, they would have made more money.
Therefore, the income from the shop in the future will be considerable.
Because the share of each person is different, the money obtained is also different, and the money obtained by each person is not public. As for whether they discuss it privately, it is not his business.
What Cao Xiangnan didn't know was that these people couldn't make so much money in a year, but now they have so much in a month. No one would have other thoughts in their hearts, and everyone was only grateful to him.
Cao Gang handed the money bag to Sun Bailian.
The eldest son was the head of the family. Cao Dapeng also gave the money to Chen Hong. Chen Hong was smiling from ear to ear even though he held the heavy money bag without opening it. Sun Ji put the money bag in his arms and put the money against his chest. All the debts in their family could be paid off.
After sending the people in the yard away, Cao Xiangnan closed the door.
"An An, Xiangzi, Xingxing, come here and see what I brought back for you." Cao Xiangnan took out a big package, and several children ran over and surrounded him. Qi Wanfeng watched from the side with a smile on his face. He naturally knew what was in the package. He could only shake his head without any blame.
"Dad, Dad, what is this?" An An asked his dad.
Xiangzi watched with curiosity in his eyes, but did not dare to ask. Xingxing watched eagerly,
and although he did not ask, his eyes were asking what it was.
Cao Xiangnan opened the package, and inside was a set of clothes. He went to the cloth shop to buy cloth and asked the cloth shop's embroiderer to make two sets of clothes and a pair of shoes for each of the children. He took the top clothes and a pair of shoes and gave them to An An, "These are new clothes and shoes for An An."
"These are from Xiangzi."
"These are from Xingxing, try them on and see if they fit."
"Mom, Mom, An An has new clothes, Mom, Mom." As soon as An An got the clothes, she grabbed her mom and asked her to put them on. Qi Wanfeng glared at her husband, comforted the child, and said, "An An, we won't wear them yet. You and your brothers should take a shower first. Then you can put them on after you're done. Tomorrow everyone will wear new clothes to school."
Xiangzi held the new clothes and tears fell one by one.
Cao Xiangnan saw the crying child, pulled him over and asked, "What happened?" In his heart, he more or less understood why the child was crying, but he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and wiped the tears from his face, "A man bleeds, not tears. Okay, wipe your tears quickly. Our Xiangzi is a man, how can he shed tears?"
"Why are you crying?" Qi Wanfeng saw the child crying and said, "Don't cry, don't cry."
"Brother..." Xingxing saw that his brother was crying, and his little mouth was twitching. Seeing his brother crying, he was about to cry.
"Brother, don't cry, don't cry." An'an and his mother learned to comfort his brother.
Xiangzi wiped the tears from his face, raised his red eyes to look at his Uncle Xiangnan, and called out with a choked throat, "Uncle Xiangnan." Turning around and seeing Momo looking at him with concern, he called out, "Wanfeng Momo."
Compared to his younger brother who is a few years younger than him, Xiangzi is already sensible at this age. He has experienced life and death at a young age. His uncles are not good people. They are eight or nine-year-old children taking care of his younger brother who is several years younger than him. His younger brother could not even speak clearly at that time. He took care of his younger brother and did not let him starve to death. The two of them are still alive today.
For him, it is good to have clothes to wear. He has never worn new clothes. Not to mention that he has never worn clothes, even his younger brother has not had a few good days since he was born, let alone new clothes.
"This child." Cao Xiangnan rubbed Xiangzi's head and smiled again.
"Thank you, uncle and momo." Xiangzi pulled A-di over and said to him, "Hurry up and thank uncle and momo."
"Thank you, uncle." Xingxing grabbed the new clothes happily, and when he looked at Wanfeng again, he called "Mom." This child has called Wanfeng "Mom" since he came to this family. Wanfeng was not unhappy to hear the child calling him "Mom" and happily accepted these two children.
However, compared to Xingxing, who was a few years younger, Xiangzi wanted to follow A-di in his heart, but he didn't dare to, so he could only secretly call in his heart.
"Okay, I'll go get you some water to take a bath, and everyone will wear new clothes later." Qi Wanfeng stood up from his seat, and Xiangzi went to help Momo sensibly, and the two little ones behind him followed and helped more and more.
This night, dusk gradually fell, and another day ended.
The children were so happy to have new clothes. When they changed into new clothes and went to bed, they started to make noises. Cao Xiangnan didn't care about the little ones. He came out with a package in his hand and quietly handed it to Wanfeng, saying, "Open it and have a look?"
Qi Wanfeng took the package and looked at his husband with a smile in his eyes. He knew what was inside without opening it. He opened the package, touched the soft fabric with his hands, and said, "Why didn't I know you made clothes for me?"
"Isn't this a surprise for you? If I tell you, you won't know the surprise." He prepared it for the children, so why didn't he prepare it for his own Wanfeng. Cao Xiangnan said with a smile when Qi Wanfeng looked into his eyes.
The clothes were custom-made a few days ago, but they were not finished until today. He took them back.
"What about you?" Qi Wanfeng asked.
Cao Xiangnan spread his hands and said in a very shameless manner, "I'm waiting for you to make it."
"Hehe..." Qi Wanfeng laughed and said, "Okay, I'll make new clothes for my husband tomorrow."
Because the two children who came home had no clothes to wear, Qi Wanfeng had been sewing clothes for the children these nights. But recently he was really too busy and had no time to do these things. Until now, he hasn't made a single piece of clothing. Unexpectedly, his husband has already asked someone to make clothes and brought them back.
"Haha..." Cao Xiangnan laughed and said, "Don't worry, I also asked the embroiderer to make mine. It will be finished tomorrow. I'll take yours back first when it's finished." After all, now is different from before. He can't go out to meet people in a patched suit. He still has to make two sets of good clothes to go out.
Buddha needs gold ornaments, people need clothes, this is true.
When she heard that her husband had asked someone to make clothes for him, Qi Wanfeng nodded and said, "This is also good, so that my husband can wear more decent clothes when he goes out in the future. When I have free time, I will make some new clothes for him." After all,
he is her husband, Qi Wanfeng still likes that the clothes her husband wears are made by himself, rather than by someone else. "Okay," Cao Xiangnan replied.
It was dark outside, and the oil lamp in the house was lit. After returning to the house, Chen Hong took out the purse from her arms, opened the purse, saw the silver inside, took a bite and looked at her husband, saying, "It's real." Cao Dapeng was just a silly smile, and while smiling, he said in a particularly silly way, "Really, really."
"Silly husband." Chen Hong saw her husband's silly smile, and there was no sign of disgust in his smiling eyes. He went to take out the money he earned from selling vegetables, put the money together, and said, "Husband, let's build a house after the busy farming season."
"Okay, Ah Hong, whatever you say is what I'll do." Cao Dapeng listened to his wife in everything.
"Silly husband." Chen Hong looked at her husband, put the money away carefully, and hid it in several places.
Sun Ji, who got the money and returned home, took out all the money for this month with his father. Sun Yanshan also made a lot of money by selling rice noodles with a basket on his shoulder. Adding up the money of the father and son, minus the money to be repaid later, they still have a lot left.
"Hey, finally all the debts have been paid off." Sun's father sighed, thinking of the person who had passed away, his eyes couldn't help but reddened, "It's a pity that your mother is no longer here, otherwise..." If they had
so much money at the beginning, that person would not have passed away like that, and now he can enjoy the good life with them.
But, life and death are determined by fate...