Chapter 145 Opening a Convenience Store
After the garment factory was handed back to Qin Wan, Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao had free time again.
The two bungalows in front of the school have now been turned into a two-story building with two shops, and it is about to be completed.
It was almost time for summer vacation, so Deng Minghao taught Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei how to make dumplings and prepare the fillings.
There are four kinds of buns with fillings: pork and green onions, green vegetables, sauerkraut and vermicelli. Then there are two kinds of porridge: millet porridge and rice porridge.
Sa soup is also easy to make, so Deng Minghao made it and asked two people to try it. After tasting it, the two thought it tasted good and decided to add Sa soup to the menu.
In order to try to see if they could make the business successful, Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei set up a stall in front of the school before the house was even renovated.
A meat bun costs six cents, and other buns cost five cents. A bowl of millet porridge and rice bran residue costs three cents, and soup costs four cents.
The price is very reasonable, only slightly more expensive than state-owned restaurants.
The two of them got up at around three o'clock to prepare, and early in the morning, the aroma of buns and rice porridge could be smelled from far away.
Deng Minghao and Li Ruolan also came over to help, and introduced Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei to the people around them.
We had a great start on the first day and sold out all the steamed buns and porridge we had prepared.
Finally, Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei's eyes turned red when they received the more than ten yuan they earned that day.
“Now that I see how much money we can earn, I understand what life was like before.
We can be independent and don’t need to suffer so much in my husband’s family. Only now do I feel that we are also human beings.”
Wang Xiumei held the money, crying and laughing. Yang Dan was not much better than her. Both of them were very happy.
Although they have been to school, they are still influenced by deep-rooted ideas. Bearing children for their husbands and serving and supporting their parents-in-law are their lives.
But now that they have jumped out, they discovered that they still have many ways to live.
Li Ruolan patted the two people on the shoulders and said, "It's only the first day, so you're so happy? You'll be so happy in the future, right?
The house hasn’t been built yet, so you don’t have to set up a stall here. You can steam the buns and sell them at the factory gate.
After the house is built and renovated, you can open a store, and then the business will surely be more prosperous."
Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei nodded: "We'll listen to you."
After a busy morning, Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei returned home and started washing and cleaning, while Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao returned to their rooms.
“The news of us building a house has spread a lot these days. Someone next to the middle school also wants to build two bungalows and came to ask me if I want to buy them.
How about we take it in the next two days? How about decorating it and turning it into a small store? We are both bored at home all day, so I think it would be a good idea to open a small store in front of the school.
And I can also take my kids to and from school, what do you think?" Deng Minghao asked Li Ruolan.
Li Ruolan recalled the aunt who worked at the canteen at the school gate. Apart from collecting money to buy things, she usually knitted sweaters and embroidered cross-stitch. She had a very leisurely day. She was quite envious of her at that time.
It's not good to be too bad, and it's still some time before they have to live the life of a landlady. Being a leisurely convenience store owner is not bad.
Seeing that Li Ruolan agreed, Deng Minghao immediately went to buy the two bungalows, and also bought the vacant land behind the two bungalows.
Two storefronts were built in the front, one of which is a two-story building, and a yard and three main rooms were built in the back, which can be used as a residence or a warehouse.
Of the two houses, Yang Dan and her friends' house was renovated very quickly, and Ping An Breakfast Shop opened on an auspicious day.
The second floor is where Yang Dan, Wang Xiumei and their children live. Downstairs is the breakfast shop, which can accommodate five or six large rectangular tables, and two square tables outside the door.
The business on the first day was very good. During this period, Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei had made a name for themselves selling buns in the neighborhood.
Although others soon imitated them, the fillings they made were tastier than others. Moreover, both of them were from Northeast China, and the pickled cabbage they made was also very authentic.
The sauerkraut buns sell quite well here, and they are the only store that sells them, so their breakfast business is pretty good.
After the two got back on track, they finally paid back all the money they had borrowed from Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao, and also paid them rent.
"You can't refuse the 20 yuan rent a month, you have already helped us a lot.
Now that we are on the right track and things are slowly getting better, we can no longer accept your help. It’s time for us to make our own way.”
Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei put the money into Li Ruolan's hands with a sincere look on their faces.
It only costs 12 yuan to rent a room now. A bigger house will naturally be more expensive.
Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei paid the highest rent, and Li Ruolan was not generous enough to refuse it.
You can help people for a while, but not for a lifetime. Just like Wang Xiumei and the others said, their lives are already on the right track and they don't need too much help from Li Ruolan and the others.
Li Ruolan was very happy that Yang Dan and Wang Xiumei returned the favor.
More than a month passed, and Li Ruolan and her colleagues' store was finally completed before school started.
Li Ruolan bought a lot of things, including notebooks, pencils, rulers, erasers, books and materials, as well as various snacks.
Deng Minghao asked a carpenter to make a lot of shelves and placed them in the house, which were filled with all kinds of good things.
After that, Li Ruolan came to the store every day, watched the children go to and from school and buy things, and collected money leisurely. Her life was very leisurely and comfortable.
Deng Minghao spent most of his time in the store. Sometimes when he got bored, he would sneak out to go fishing. Li Ruolan never stopped him.
If we were to say who would be happiest about opening a convenience store at the school gate, it would be Qingqing, Ningning and Anan.
In addition to the three of them, there are also Chuncao and Xiao Yanhong. As soon as they get home from school, the five of them rush into the canteen.
Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao made room for them in a corner of the store and placed a rectangular table where they could read and do homework.
After finishing writing, the five people bustled around, helping to collect money and display the goods. Li Ruolan only needed to talk and sit back and eat melon seeds.
The five children did not feel enslaved at all. Instead, they were quite happy and felt that they could help the adults, so they worked even harder.
In the evening, Deng Minghao would prepare delicious food for them, and after dinner, everyone would go back home to see their mothers.
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There is one more chapter, which will be added later.
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After school started after the summer vacation, the four children, Qingqing, Ningning, Anan and Chuncao, all entered the second grade.
The four children are in the same class, eating and living together, and they are all very well-behaved and do not need the adults to question them at all.
It is not popular to tutor homework nowadays, so Li Ruolan basically lets them do whatever they want.
It is because she knows the temperaments of her four children that Li Ruolan never interferes with their growth.
Anyway, in this life, she and Deng Minghao are very rich. No matter what their children look like, as long as they don't kill or burn people and are harmful to society, the two of them can guarantee their children's future life.
So, when the parents were asked to come, Li Ruolan was very confused.
Looking at her classmate Qingqing in front of her, Li Ruolan gave him two candies and let him go back first.
"I see. Then go back and tell the teacher that I have something to deal with and can't leave. I'll go see her as soon as I'm done."
The classmate who came to deliver the message jumped away with the candy in his hand.
Li Ruolan turned to look at Deng Minghao: "Did you hear that? My son and daughter are going to be asked to be their parents' meeting. Isn't this the time for a parents' meeting?
So I think this is definitely not a good thing. I can’t go to the store because I need to watch the store, so you should go.”
Deng Minghao remembered the time when he was asked to be the parents' supervisor, and he immediately grimaced.
He used to be a person who gave teachers a lot of headaches. He skipped classes to go to the Internet cafe several times and his parents were called in. Later, he was severely beaten by his parents several times.
"I suddenly remembered that I have something very important to do, so instead of inviting the parents this time, why don't you go." Deng Minghao didn't want to go either. He had a disease that made him afraid whenever he saw a teacher.
Although he has not been to school for many years, the situation has not improved. He is really afraid of the teacher, not because he is afraid of being embarrassed.
Li Ruolan held Deng Minghao's hand tightly and said, "You should also have the right attitude towards your son and daughter. I think they are definitely not the ones who made mistakes. Why don't you go?"
"You go ahead, I really have something to do." Deng Minghao said with a reluctant look.
Finally, Li Ruolan held Deng Minghao's hand with a fake smile and refused to let go: "We're going to die together, so let's go together."
Deng Minghao wanted to refuse, but seeing that Li Ruolan was pinching her fingers grimly, he didn't have the courage to directly refute her.
In the end, Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao went to see the teacher together.
As soon as they arrived at the teacher's office, Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao heard sharp and piercing shouting.
"Look at the wounds on my grandson's face. They were all caused by you little bastards. I tell you, call your parents right away.
If you don't pay me, I will smash your faces! Let's see if you dare to hit my grandson again!"
Judging from the voice, the person speaking should be an old man, a very vigorous old man, who kept shouting and cursing, and his words were extremely unpleasant to the ear.
Li Ruolan's face changed immediately. She had realized something was wrong. She took three or two steps forward, opened the door and rushed in.
Then I saw a fat old lady about 1.5 meters tall, who was being stopped by Qingqing and their class teacher. But the old lady still had a ferocious look on her face, and she pointed her fat fingers at Qingqing, Ningning, Anan and Chuncao.
Four children stood in a row with their backs straight and not talking. Opposite them, there stood a chubby little boy.
The little boy had some injuries on his face and his mouth was full of blood. He was crying very sadly with snot and tears. Through his open mouth, you could see that he was missing a tooth.
Qingqing, Ningning and the others were fine. They didn't have any major injuries on their bodies, but their clothes were a little messy.
Although Chuncao had stopped crying, her eyes were red and swollen, and there was a purple spot on her face and two bloody marks on her neck from being scratched.
Deng Minghao also frowned. It was obvious from the situation that the children were fighting.
When the head teacher heard the noise and turned around, he saw Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao coming in, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Qingqing and Ningning's parents, right? You're finally here." The head teacher said immediately, looking at the two as if he were looking at a savior.
God knows how torturous this 1.5-meter-tall fat old lady is. She doesn't want to have any physical contact with this old lady at all now.
Li Ruolan nodded at the head teacher: "What happened? Did the children fight? Have you figured out why?"
Before the head teacher opened her mouth to say anything, the vigorous old lady started yelling and cursing again, but this time her finger was pointing at Li Ruolan.
"You are their parent? How do you act as a parent? Look at what your children have done to my precious grandson!
I'm telling you, if anything happens to my precious grandson, I will never forgive you, so make you kids kneel down and apologize to my precious grandson."
When the four children turned around and saw Li Ruolan, each of them had an expression of great grievance on their face, and Chuncao was the first one who couldn't help crying.
Li Ruolan ignored the fat old lady who was yelling and screaming, and just called the four children to her side to check if they were injured.
"Tell me, what happened? Were you the first to hit someone?" Li Ruolan asked the four children.
Chuncao shook her head and sobbed, "It's all because of me. Sun Hongqi is my deskmate, but he always bullies me.
I ignored him at first, but later he beat me every day and asked me to help him with his homework. If I didn't do it, he would scold me, saying that I was a wild child without a father and called me a little bastard.
I also scolded him, but he hit me and pushed me off the stool to the ground, and my face hit the table. It really hurt!
He also pressed on me and choked me, saying that I was a wild child and a little bastard who deserved to die, and that I was only fit to carry his shoes!
Qingqing's Ningning saw me being beaten and hurried over to help. Anan also came over and beat Sun Hongqi.
Auntie Lan, I really didn't mean it. It was Sun Hongqi who started it. He scolded me and beat me first." Chuncao became more and more pitiful as she spoke, and finally she started to cry.
Wang Xiumei privately told Chuncao many times that she must study hard and not get into trouble.
Chuncao has always remembered it clearly. Now that she has caused such a big incident, Chuncao is extremely scared. She is very afraid that because of this incident, she and her mother will have to return to the nightmare-like home before.
"Don't be afraid, Chuncao. Now that Aunt Lan is here, no one will bully you anymore. You are right in this matter!" Li Ruolan looked at the fat old lady and said word by word.
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