Erya chuckled and put her arm around Daya's shoulder. "Big sister, your embroidery is the Su embroidery that Aunt Su taught me. Just now, the big sister knew it was a good piece."
Daya smiled shyly, but the gloom in her heart these days dissipated in an instant.
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The county's policies have been relaxed. Although business operations have not been completely liberalized, they have basically turned a blind eye.
Du Xiaoying is a person who can't sit still at home. After making steamed buns and tea eggs with Daya at home, she rides a bicycle to sell them at the bus station.
“Fragrant buns and tea eggs~”
“Cheap and delicious steamed buns and tea eggs~”
A man walked over with a rumbling stomach. "What's the filling in these buns? How much are they?"
Du Xiaoying immediately smiled a typical smile, "Potato buns 7 points, potato and pork buns 9 points, tea eggs 6 points."
"Give me a potato and pork bun to try first." The man quickly took out the money, took the bun and took a big bite.
The aroma of steamed buns wafted out, and many people who had not had time to eat breakfast were attracted by the aroma and came over in twos and threes.
"Comrade, you don't have enough pork. Why don't you get some meat buns?" The man from before came over again. "Your buns are really delicious. Give me five more pork and potato buns and five tea eggs."
"I'm not worried that the meat filling won't sell. Next time I'll make some meat buns to sell."
When everyone saw the man coming back to buy buns, they immediately paid for the buns and tea eggs.
Du Xiaoying finished selling her buns early and rode her bike to queue up to buy meat.
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Truth will come to light sooner or later
The news that Du Xiaoying went out early and came back late every day to sell food in the county town gradually spread in the village.
In this era, this is considered speculation and profiteering, and many people look down on it from the bottom of their hearts.
Many people belittled her in words and deeds, but Du Xiaoying just smiled and didn't take it to heart.
Looking at her angry daughters, she smiled and comforted them, "Other people have their mouths on their bodies. We don't care what they say. We can't control it. Our family works hard to earn money, and the fact is that the money goes into our pockets."
"That's like sour grapes."
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Gradually, the food business required a large quantity, so Du Xiaoying basically had to sell her food in the county town and at the train station, and then go door to door selling her food.
The mother and daughter were too busy, so Du Xiaoying simply invited Feng Lai Taohua to come to her home to help wash vegetables.
Collect vegetables and eggs from the villagers and the people close to me.
Early in the morning, Fenglai and Taohua came to help.
Du Xiaoying scolded, "The peach blossoms have come so early again."
Wang Fenglai said cheerfully, "Sister-in-law, my husband Shuanzi made me a brown sugar egg and urged me to come here. No matter what, I can't delay your business."
Zhao Taohua also smiled and nodded, "Ever since I started earning money with my sister-in-law, we have become more confident at home."
Hearing this, Du Xiaoying laughed out loud, "Then you should follow your sister-in-law and work hard. In the future, you will earn more money and everyone will look up to you."
Wang Fenglai shrugged, "I'm not stupid. I just want to do my best for my sister-in-law."
The two of them were grateful to their sister-in-law and her family from the bottom of their hearts, so they wanted to help them well and not let Brother Guoliang and their sister-in-law down.
.....
While the three of them were working and chatting, Liu Da Jiao came over pushing a cart to deliver vegetables.
Seeing the three of them, he grinned, "Xiaoying, I've moved all your things in for you."
Du Xiaoying was kneading dough, her hands were covered with white flour. She smiled and nodded, "Okay, Hei Mei, wait a minute while I put this pot of noodles in the pan and I'll give you the money."
"Okay, no rush."
Liu Dajiao leaned over to take a look, his hands behind his back. "Xiaoying, you and your daughter are really skillful. Look how beautiful these buns are. I can't help you with my clumsy hands."
As a few people were chatting and laughing, two pots of white bread were put into the steamer.
Du Xiaoying gave the money for the food to Liu Dajiao, and saw that the other party seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong? Hei Mei, if you have something to say, just say it."
Liu Da Jiao rubbed his hands, gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, "Xiaoying, I want to ask you about doing business in the county?"
By the way, in recent years, Liu Dajiao has followed Du Xiaoying to make pastries during the winter, and has saved a lot of money for the children. The three older children have married off, and only the youngest son is left.
There were a lot of rumors in the village, but fortunately, the whole family knew what was going on and were not affected by what was said outside. Instead, they worked together, and the parents-in-law also listened to their daughter-in-law.
As a result, Liu Dajiao became more and more courageous, and was quicker to accept business matters than most people. He wanted to do business, but was unsure, so he wanted to come here to learn from others.
"Then why not just start a food business? As long as the food tastes good, your business will be good."
"Xiaoying, you know my cooking skills can only fill my stomach, how can I sell it?" Liu Dajiao said embarrassedly.
Du Xiaoying slapped her thigh and said, "Then you can buy food from me. Vegetarian buns are 7 cents, pork and potato buns are 9 cents, and tea eggs are 6 cents. I'll give you a 2 cent discount on each one. The more you buy, the more you earn."
"Will this... affect your business?"
"How could that be? The county town is such a big place, and I've been worried these days."
Afterwards, the two agreed to separate the areas where they sold buns. Liu Da Jiao would buy buns and eggs from the Song family and resell them so as not to affect each other's business.
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Liu Dajiao was also a brave person. Every day, she rode Du Xiaoying's bicycle to the county, carrying a shoulder pole by herself. She not only sold buns and tea eggs, but also sold vegetables prepared by her daughter-in-law.
Sometimes after selling all the steamed buns and tea eggs, he would carry a shoulder pole and walk around the streets selling them.
The task of harvesting vegetables at home was given to the eldest daughter-in-law, and she was repeatedly reminded to harvest the vegetables well and not to make any mistakes and fall behind.
As usual, Du Xiaoying went to buy meat after selling the food. By the way, she also went to see Si Ya, who was studying in the county junior high school, and gave her the food she bought from the supply and marketing cooperative and the food she made at home.
"Share the food with your classmates. Come in quickly. Mom is leaving too."
"Mom, drive slowly."
"Got it, let's go in."
"Yiqing, your mother brought you food again? Your mother is so nice~"
Si Ya smiled proudly and shared the food in her hand with her classmates.
A group of girls in the dormitory were chattering and laughing.
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"Oh, I tell you, that woman is just restless. Look at her running to the county every day. I don't know who is in the county."
“Tsk tsk tsk, Song Lao Er doesn’t care about such a shameful daughter-in-law.”
"You don't know, that woman has even led Liu Dajiao astray. Isn't she running out every day? What can two women do? Isn't it just..."
Song Guoliang's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and his voice was frighteningly cold, "If your broken mouth is useless, just sew it up. If you open your mouth, all you do is spread rumors about others?"
"If you say my wife is restless, show me the evidence, or I won't be polite to you."
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