Selling braised food was something she had planned to do long ago, but it was put on hold because of Jiang Yan's various antics.
Now she has spent a lot of money on watches and radios, and has also built a house and added furniture, and her savings are almost gone.
Selling braised food can bring in a steady stream of money, saving you time and effort.
"That's a great idea!" Yang Shumei agreed. "Let's do it tomorrow, but we have to avoid a certain person."
As she spoke, she gestured with her chin toward the newly built educated youth compound in front of her.
Just yesterday, the new educated youth housing facility was ready for occupancy. Except for Yu Wenbo, who was still in the hospital, and his caregivers, all the educated youth moved in, including Jiang Yan.
The house she used to live in had collapsed, so it was impossible to build a new house specifically for her.
Jiang Yan cleverly seized this opportunity to apologize to the captain and other cadres, vowing never to do anything to harm others again.
Living in an empty room at the brigade headquarters was just a temporary measure. Other brigade cadres spoke up for her, and the brigade leader, seeing that she had a good attitude in admitting her mistakes, went along with it and let her return to the educated youth compound.
However, to prevent her from causing any more trouble, she was required to submit a weekly report of more than a thousand words on her thoughts.
And so, Jiang Yan returned to the educated youth compound.
Because of that egregious whistleblowing, none of the educated youth welcomed her back, but they didn't go so far as to jointly demand that she move out; they simply isolated her as if she were invisible.
Jiang Yan returned to the educated youth compound and cooked for herself. She had to chop firewood and carry water herself, doing all the chores, big and small, heavy and light, herself. Whenever she saw Yang Shumei and Xie Yuyao with men helping them, the jealousy in her eyes became tangible.
If she catches something wrong with me, who knows how much trouble it will cause.
Xie Yuyao suggested, "Why don't we build another wall to enclose the yard, and open a gate at the back to separate it from the front yard?"
Things are different now. Almost everyone in Qingshan Village knows who their partners are, and no one dares to mess with them.
“That’s a good idea. Let’s go talk to the brigade leader tomorrow and exchange some mud bricks with the villagers to build a wall.”
"good!"
The next day, when the captain learned of their idea, he agreed without hesitation. He was also afraid that Jiang Yan would cause trouble again if she went back, so isolating her like this would be better for everyone.
Therefore, he specially allocated the manpower who was busy rebuilding houses for the community members whose houses had collapsed to build a wall for Xie Yuyao and the others.
Around 3 p.m., Zhao Jianbin went to the educated youth compound to find Yang Shumei with his books in his arms. He was stunned when he saw the 2-meter-high wall.
What... is going on?
Seeing him standing there blankly, Yang Shumei said, "Why are you standing there? Come in!"
Zhao Jianbin then realized what was happening and walked into the courtyard.
"Why would you want to build a wall around this place out of the blue?"
Yang Shumei did not hide anything from him and told him the reason for building the wall and the plan to sell braised food.
Unlike Zhao Honghui's aversion to the black market, Zhao Jianbin wholeheartedly agreed: "Just tell me in advance what kind of pork you want, and I'll bring it back for you every day."
"good."
Upon entering the main room, Yang Shumei said, "Wait a moment, I need to get something."
She quickly went inside and took out her watch.
Zhao Jianbin's pupils dilated instantly upon seeing it. "This... isn't this Xie Yuyao's watch?!"
"I saw that you liked it, so I bought it from her."
"Shumei, you're so wonderful!" Zhao Jianbin exclaimed excitedly as he hugged her tightly.
Yang Shumei smiled, patted his shoulder to signal him to let go, and said, "Try wearing it first and see if it fits."
Zhao Jianbin happily rolled up his sleeves to try it on and found it fit perfectly.
"Shumei, how much did you spend? I'll pay you."
“I originally wanted to give Yao Yao 150 yuan, but she refused, only wanting to take the cost.” Yang Shumei did not avoid the topic, but she firmly refused to accept the money.
Over the past two months, Zhao Jianbin has brought a lot of things, especially pork. He used his position to buy leftover meat and bones at low prices and sent them over.
Zhao Jianbin had no choice but to accept it for now, and planned to make up for it elsewhere: "Winter will be here soon. When are you free? Let's go to the county town together to buy some things to get through the winter."
"Tomorrow, I'm going to the county town to buy spices." Yang Shumei guessed that Yao Yao was too busy to leave since she had just started her job, so she would go and buy the spices for the braising liquid.
Zhao Jianbin immediately said, "I have tomorrow off, let's go early. If we can get tickets, we can take the opportunity to see a movie."
Yang Shumei smiled and nodded in agreement, then took out a radio from the cabinet. Zhao Jianbin was surprised, "When did you buy this radio?"
"It was also a defective item that Yao Yao bought, which was repaired by Zhao Honghui."
"As expected of my older cousin, he can do any kind of work!" Zhao Jianbin said proudly.
Yang Shumei took out books, paper, and pens from the cabinet. "You should keep going too."
With their own courtyard, they no longer needed to go out and mow the lawn. Yang Shumei and Zhao Jianbin then studied their high school knowledge in the main room.
After nearly two months of review, Zhao Jianbin has mastered the junior high school knowledge and is now entering the first year of high school.
With Yang Shumei's companionship and instruction, he became increasingly interested in learning, and everything was developing in a positive direction.
An hour later, the two of them put away their books and went up the mountain to chop firewood.
At this time of year, many people are chopping firewood, as everyone wants to prepare as much firewood as possible before the harsh winter arrives.
When they returned in the evening, they were delighted to find that Zhao Honghui had brought a coal stove and a large bag of coal briquettes.
Yang Shumei stood around the stove and said, "With these, we can buy a small pot and then we won't have to go up the mountain to chop firewood all the time."
When the youth quarters collapsed, the coal stove and all the kitchen utensils were destroyed, so we had to buy them all again.
Zhao Honghui said, "The coal stove is only more convenient for cooking, but we still need firewood for heating the kang (a heated brick bed). I'll come back earlier these days to gather more firewood."
“Actually, we could pay the villagers to chop firewood, right? I saw someone selling firewood in town; a load wouldn’t cost much.” These words naturally came from Xie Yuyao, who was used to solving problems with money.
Zhao Jianbin said, "I'm going to the county town with Shumei tomorrow to buy spices. We can make a list of what we need to buy."
"What spices?"
"The spices for making the braising liquid, brother, you don't know that?" Zhao Jianbin was a little surprised. Logically speaking, this idea came from Xie Yuyao, so he should have known about it earlier.
Zhao Honghui looked at Yao Yao and saw the guilty look on her face. He immediately realized that they wanted to make money by selling braised dishes, not just buy them for their own use.
Such a big thing was kept from him alone!
So he put his hands in his pockets and asked seriously, "What are you planning to do?"
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Yang Shumei took over the matter: "I asked Yao Yao to make the braising sauce, and I will take care of the other ingredients and preparation. After it is done, we will sell it directly to Zhao Guangliang and not go to the black market."
"And me, I'll take care of the purchasing." Zhao Jianbin, under the cold gaze of his older cousin, weakly tried to share the burden for Shumei.
Zhao Honghui glanced at him and asked Yao Yao, "Is it settled?"
"Not yet. I ran into Zhao Guangliang a few days ago and we talked about it." But she was confident that Zhao Guangliang would not refuse, and the price was negotiable.
At worst, you can go to the black market or wander the streets yourself.
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