At 5:30 p.m. sharp, Liang Guiying appeared at the entrance of the match factory. The brother and sister surnamed Wang were also there. Liang Guiying's iced lemon tea sold for 15 cents a bowl and sold out in less than an hour.
The Wang siblings were in a bad situation. They were still selling yellow-skinned iced drinks, but the price had returned to five cents a bowl.
Five cents is a clear price advantage over 15 cents, but in the morning five cents could buy four cups, now it can only buy one, which makes everyone feel resentful.
—They could make a profit selling it for one cent a cup, but they insist on selling it for five cents. They're treating them like fools and ripping them off!
Oh well, this yellow-skinned iced drink isn't something I absolutely have to drink!
After selling all the iced lemon tea, Liang Guiying went straight home.
I got back early today, before seven o'clock, before the sun had set. My granddaughter was taken to the Zhong family's house by Aunt Zhong.
Liang Guiying counted the money, kept accounts, and finally calculated that from selling yellow peel iced drinks to switching to selling frozen lemon tea today, it had only been twenty days. She had earned a total of five hundred yuan, which averaged out to twenty-five yuan a day!
An ordinary worker at the match factory earns 37 yuan a month, less than 500 yuan a year. Liang Guiying earned a year's salary in just 20 days, which is quite remarkable.
Liang Guiying also felt that the income was very good, but she wanted more.
But when it comes to making money, the worst thing you can do is be reckless, especially for people like them who don't have much money and have children to raise; stability is the most important thing.
Liang Guiying deftly killed two chickens and took one to Aunt Wang's house.
Aunt Wang refused to accept it, but Liang Guiying won after a fierce struggle with her.
Aunt Wang sighed, "Grandma Niannian, if we sold this chicken, we could make a lot of money."
“You only mention that my chicken is valuable, but why don’t you mention how much you’ve helped me? Time is priceless. Besides, Afang is already over six months pregnant. Most chickens outside are just factory-farmed. Are you sure you want her to eat more? Your chickens are too thin. Until they’re ready to be slaughtered, you can get all your chickens from me. It’s settled then.”
After returning from the Wang family, Liang Guiying went home and took another chicken to the Zhong family.
When Aunt Zhong saw that she had brought chicken, she rolled her eyes at her again: "See? I told you you don't consider me one of your own."
Liang Guiying held her granddaughter on her lap and smiled, "Every year when we get up in the morning, we say we're going to kill a chicken for your aunt to eat. This is something the child brought to show her respect to your aunt, but it has nothing to do with me, right, Niannian?"
"Mmm! Give it to Auntie!" the little girl replied in a clear voice.
"Fine, fine, I can't argue with you. Hurry up and take Niannian back. Don't feed her anymore, she's already full."
“Every year, I say goodbye to my great-aunt.”
Goodbye, Auntie!
The sun had already set in the front yard, but the floor was still a bit hot. The children liked to run barefoot, and Liang Guiying was worried that they would burn their feet, so she turned on the water to rinse them first.
Zhou Xiaonian was very happy, splashing around in the water, and then even lying on the ground to learn how to swim!
Liang Guiying simply blocked the drain with something, let a lot of water out, and stopped when the water reached her ankles.
"Swimming, swimming! Swimming every year!"
The little girl was overjoyed, while Liang Guiying moved a stool and sat down next to her, soaking her feet in the water.
After the children had their fill of playing, the sun went down, and Liang Guiying's summer heat also faded away.
It rained in the middle of the night. Liang Guiying thought that if it rained again tomorrow morning, she would take a day off and stay home to spend time with Zhou Xiaonian.
The rain only lasted a few minutes, and the sun shone brightly again when it was light.
Liang Guiying's iced lemon tea sold for half a month straight, and no similar stalls appeared outside the match factory, so it was considered to have stabilized.
As for the unscrupulous Wang siblings who sold yellow-skinned iced drinks, they never came back, and even their stall selling turtle jelly disappeared without a trace.
The match factory will be closed tomorrow. Chen Ping said she plans to set up a stall at the cotton mill tomorrow and asked if she wanted to go.
"I won't go. I'll rest for a day and take the kids out to play."
Besides taking the children out to play, Liang Guiying has another very important thing to do.
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