Xiaolongbao and his little head huddled close to Cheng Xiaokui, watching as Cheng Xiaokui took out 1-mao, 2-mao, and 5-mao coins, a handful of coins, and several meat coupons from his pocket.
One tael of meat coupons can be exchanged for a bag of potato chips; she exchanged one jin and two liang of meat coupons today.
He blinked his big eyes and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, so much money! I've never seen so much money before. Xiao Kui, have we become rich?"
Xiaolongbao was extremely vigilant. He glanced at the money and then turned around to block Cheng Xiaokui, who was squatting down, for fear that passersby would see their money.
He said, "Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you!"
Cheng Xiaokui said, "Right, right! Keep your voice down, let's count how much money we have. We shouldn't flaunt our wealth, we mustn't let others see."
Following her brother's example, she turned around and blocked Cheng Xiao Kui's other side.
Cheng Xiao Kui put the small bills together from largest to smallest, and then piled the coins together according to their face value.
The first time I counted money, I almost cried. It was so hard to count such small denominations, especially those one-cent coins.
Cheng Xiao Kui counted her money three times before she could count it correctly.
The two bags of potato chips sold for a total of 2.85 yuan.
Cheng Xiaokui sighed and said, "How come it's so little? Only 2.85 yuan! That's two big bags of potato chips!"
Who knows, in the future, a bag of potato chips will cost three or four yuan!
Xiaolongbao exclaimed in surprise, "2.85 yuan?! If it's 2.85 yuan a day, wouldn't that amount to...?"
He counted on his little fingers, unable to figure out how much money he had.
Cheng Xiaokui said, "Let's bring more potato chips tomorrow. Even if we only sell three to four yuan a day, that's only 120 yuan a month!"
In any case, this amount of money was only enough for her to live on for three days.
Xiaolongbao exclaimed, "Wow, so much money! Last year, a strong laborer in our village only received 100 yuan from the brigade after a year's work!"
Xiao Kui, you can earn in a month what others earn in a year!
After Xiaolongbao said that, Cheng Xiaokui suddenly felt that the amount of money was quite a lot.
If she remembered correctly, in those days, workers in the capital city only earned fifty or sixty yuan a month.
In other words, she could earn at least two months' worth of wages by selling potato chips in a month!
She nodded seriously and said, "Yes, you're right, this is a lot of money! I'll think of a way to sell more potato chips."
We brought too little today, and it sold out in just over an hour.
If we sell for a whole morning, just think about how much money we'd make! Once we've saved enough money, we can go back to the capital!
She calculated that she would need to earn at least 200 yuan to take Lin Qiuru and the two children back to the capital. Besides the money for train tickets, she would also need to save money for renting the house.
As for how to make a living after returning to the capital?
With such lucrative potato chips, she was confident she could make 10 yuan a day selling them at the entrances of shopping malls and cinemas in Beijing!
She could almost see countless coins falling in front of her—a monthly income of 300 yuan!
She put the small bills into her innermost pocket; she couldn't touch that money. She kept the steel coins in her outermost pocket, knowing they would be used to pay for other things.
She said to the steamed buns, "Are you hungry? I'll take you to buy some delicious food!"
Nodding, she rubbed her tummy and said, "I'm so hungry! My brother won't let me eat more potato chips, saying they're for selling, and I didn't eat enough this morning!"
Cheng Xiao Kui said, "Get in the car, let's go to the cooperative to buy some delicious food!"
She carried the steamed buns and xiaolongbao into the willow baskets on either side of the bicycle's back seat.
The two children are malnourished and smaller than other children their age. At their current height, they can sit in a wicker basket.
Cheng Xiaokui rode her bicycle to the cooperative. When she was selling potato chips earlier, she had asked the old lady carrying a vegetable basket where the largest cooperative in the area was.
If you want to buy something, you must go to the largest cooperative, because the largest cooperative has everything.
Xiaolongbao stood in the willow basket, his little hands tugging at Cheng Xiaokui's clothes. Suddenly, something occurred to him.
He slapped his forehead and said, "Xiao Kui! My dad said he'll be looking for you later. Are we just going to leave like this?"
Cheng Xiao Kui said, "So what if I look for him? The worst that can happen is I can't find him anyway, and I don't want to see him!"
She ignored what Si Muyang said to her. Saving Si Muyang today was considered as helping the original owner repay what she owed Si Muyang. From now on, she and Si Muyang would be even.
What remains is repaying Lin Qiuru's kindness and making amends to the two children.
She had read the touching love story of the male and female protagonists in this book once, and didn't want to read it again!
Although it was in a county town, the main roads and alleys were still dirt roads, making it very bumpy to ride a bicycle.
The largest cooperative was a row of bungalows with large glass windows in the walls, and a row of wooden planks placed under the windows.
When it's time to leave work, the shop assistants will hang the wooden planks one by one on the hooks above the window, and then use a long iron bar to lock the planks with a padlock.
All the windows are operated this way at night.
There are five steps in front of the cooperative, with a cement ramp in the middle to facilitate transporting goods into the cooperative by handcart.
Xiao Long Bao and others arrived, and were immediately drawn to the slope.
The two children slid down the slope like they were on a slide.
Cheng Xiao Kui called to the two children and led them inside, "Are you hungry? Do you want something delicious? Do you want some xiaolongbao?"
Xiaolongbao jumped up and ran over quickly; he loves eating xiaolongbao the most.
He also followed closely behind Cheng Xiao Kui.
Cheng Xiaokui walked to the steamed bun shop at the very end of the cooperative and bought one or two buns for each of the two children.
One tael of steamed buns is three buns, and one tael of steamed buns costs five cents. She hesitated for a moment and didn't buy any for herself.
The buns were wrapped in yellow straw paper. She took them and divided them among the two children.
She was so hungry that she grabbed a steamed bun and stuffed it into her mouth.
Xiaolongbao wolfed down two dumplings, then suddenly realized that Cheng Xiaokui didn't have any.
He hesitated for a moment, then handed the last bun to Cheng Xiao Kui, saying, "Xiao Kui, you eat it, I'm full."
Cheng Xiao Kui's eyes immediately reddened. How could two steamed buns possibly fill her up?
She knew that Xiaolongbao had specially saved this for her. It has to be said that children's hearts are truly like crystal; if you treat them well, they will immediately forgive all your bad deeds!
She patted the steamed bun's head and said, "I'm not hungry, you eat it. I had a steamed potato for breakfast."
He also handed his own steamed bun to Cheng Xiao Kui.
Xiaolongbao said, "Let's each have two! If you don't eat them, we won't come with you to buy potato chips tomorrow!"
I'm a pro at selling potato chips; I can just shout it out and people will buy them!
He finished speaking and proudly raised his head.
Cheng Xiao Kui looked at the steamed buns gratefully and said, "Okay, I'll eat! We'll buy some meat later and have a treat for Grandma."
Xiaolongbao asked, "But we don't have many potatoes left at home. What will we sell tomorrow?"
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