Hearing the price of 400 yuan, the village chief hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said, "Okay, 400 yuan, but you have to pay a 100 yuan deposit."
Chen Guihua put on a sweet smile and left the village chief's house to find Liu Xiaofen.
When Liu Xiaofen, who was cleaning the yard, heard the 400 yuan, her eyes widened and she asked, "Sister-in-law, how did you cut so much money?"
Since Chen Guihua had taken advantage, she naturally had to keep the village chief's secret. She grinned and explained, "It's nothing. I just told him several times about the hardships you've experienced in your life since your divorce, and then stood at his door and pestered him. He agreed to it for only 400 yuan, but I had to pay a 100 yuan deposit."
When Liu Xiaofen heard Shen Guihua bargaining so hard, her heart warmed. She held Shen Guihua's hand with a sincere look in her eyes, "Sister-in-law, you treat me so well. I don't know how to repay you."
Chen Guihua waved her hand and said, "It's okay. Helping you is also helping me. After all, I also want to vote and work with you. When we make money, you can give me more."
"Okay, I have to give more to my sister-in-law."
After the two chatted about some family matters, Chen Guihua returned home. She had to prepare to go to town to sell pancakes tomorrow. After all, making money from winter melon would not be possible in a day or two, so she still had to make money by selling pancakes to support her family.
The moon sets and the sun rises, and it is another beautiful sunny day.
Chen Guihua got up early and prepared the ingredients for making pancakes and put them on the wooden cart.
In order to avoid meeting Niu Fugui, Liu Xiaofen did not come to pick up Chen Guihua, but waited for Chen Guihua at the entrance of the village.
After the two met, Liu Xiaofen stepped forward and grabbed one side of the wooden cart's handle, and pushed the wooden cart towards the town with Chen Guihua.
The two talked and laughed along the way.
Chen Guihua suddenly asked, "Xiao Fen, if one day you found out that Niu Fugui wasn't with Liu Damei behind your back, would you still forgive Niu Fugui and be with him?"
Liu Xiaofen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No, you don't know that after I divorced him, I slept more comfortably at night than usual."
"Why?"
"Why else? Of course I don't have to listen to the snoring, and there's a large sleeping area. I don't have to squeeze with others, so it's so comfortable, haha..."
Listening to Liu Xiaofen's hearty laughter, Shen Guihua felt relieved and the guilt she had felt disappeared.
She is now thinking about how to divorce Niu Dali, as keeping such a vampire around would affect her appetite.
Soon, Chen Guihua took Liu Xiaofen to the previous empty space to set up a stall.
After the stall was set up, Chen Guihua took the lead and Liu Xiaofen assisted, and they quickly made the first pot of pancakes.
People passing by the market also came to buy bread.
The two were busy greeting customers when they heard a man shouting from the opposite side, "Selling noodles, 2 cents each, delicious and cheap!"
Those customers who had not yet bought noodles ran over when they heard the calls from the other side. After all, they were all noodles, and the cheaper price was definitely more attractive.
Liu Xiaofen watched as all the customers ran to the other side and muttered unhappily, "How can this person be so unethical? He actually lowered the price so much. How can others do business with him?"
Chen Guihua still smiled and said, "It's okay. He won't be doing this business for long."
When Liu Xiaofen heard what Shen Guihua said, she leaned closer to Shen Guihua and asked in a low voice, "How did you know?"
"I've calculated the cost of making the flatbreads. He's selling them so cheaply. Either he's losing money, or there's something wrong with the ingredients. In either case, he won't be able to keep this business going for long."
Liu Xiaofen nodded thoughtfully.
Shen Guihua wiped her hands on her apron and said, "Let's go to another street to sell noodles."
"Okay, sister-in-law."
Liu Xiaofen smiled and bent down to pack up with Chen Guihua, preparing to go to the nearby streets to sell pancakes.
After packing up their things, the two pushed the wooden cart to another street and found an empty space to continue setting up their stall.
The flow of people on this street was not as heavy as the previous one, but they managed to sell out their pancakes. However, this time they were not able to pack up their stall and go home early like the first time. They sold their pancakes until five or six o'clock, and only then did they sell the last pancake after all the people who came to the market had dispersed.
After closing the stall, Chen Guihua took out the wrinkled bills from her pocket, counted them, and then handed Liu Xiaofen 3 yuan.
"Xiao Fen, this is your hard-earned money for today."
Liu Xiaofen waved her hands repeatedly, "Sister-in-law, this is too much."
Chen Guihua stuffed the money into Liu Xiaofen's hand again and said, "Here, this is the price we agreed on before. Besides, I will need your help in many places in the future. Just help me more when the time comes."
Liu Xiaofen hesitated for a moment before accepting the money. "Thank you, sister-in-law."
"That's right," Chen Guihua smiled and patted the back of Liu Xiaofen's hand. "From now on, we will support each other like old sisters."
"Okay, sister-in-law."
The two smiled at each other, then pushed the wooden cart back to the village in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Chen Guihua invited Liu Xiaofen to her house for dinner, but Liu Xiaofen didn't want to meet Niu Fugui, so she refused Chen Guihua's kindness.
Chen Guihua no longer insisted and pushed the wooden cart back to her yard.
Niu Xiahe, who was cooking dinner in the kitchen, saw Chen Guihua coming back and hurried forward to help Chen Guihua push the wooden cart, but Niu Chunsheng got there first.
"Mom, you've worked hard today."
Niu Chunsheng asked Chen Guihua to sit down and poured her a cup of warm water.
Niu Xiahe also quickly brought the prepared food to the table.
Niu Dali and Niu Tiezhu also came out of the house after smelling the aroma of food.
The family sat around the table again to eat.
While eating, Chen Guihua suddenly thought of her granddaughter Tian Cuihua.
"Da Li, now that our eldest daughter and son-in-law are gone, I want to bring Tian Cuihua to live with us."
When Niu Dali heard that Chen Guihua wanted to take Tian Cuihua over, he immediately shook his head and said, "Even though her parents are gone, she still has her grandfather. Why are you worrying so much?"
"You know her grandfather's family is poor, and several children have to share a bed. Cuihua is the youngest, only three years old, and can't take care of herself."
Niu Dali put down his chopsticks and looked at Chen Guihua in confusion, saying, "Last time, her grandfather brought her here and wanted to leave her here, but you refused so bluntly. Why are you suddenly thinking of bringing Cuihua back to live with you today?"
Chen Guihua took two bites of the food and said, "What else could it be? It's just that I had a dream a few nights ago. I dreamed of Cuihua's mother. I felt guilty, so I thought of taking her to live with us."
"No! Our family's conditions are not good, why should we raise a money-losing thing for others!" Niu Dali said sternly.
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