Chapter 66 Start making money
Deng Minghao fried a plate of broad beans and shredded potatoes. These two dishes were Li Ruolan's favorites.
Li Ruolan sat down at the dining table, and Deng Minghao brought over a bowl of very tender egg custard with chopped green onions and sesame oil.
"All of the water used is from spiritual springs, so it should taste good. You should try it right away." Deng Minghao pushed the bowl towards Li Ruolan.
Li Ruolan sniffed it twice first, and all she smelled was a full fragrance, without any fishy smell of eggs, so she scooped a spoonful with a spoon and put it into her mouth.
Then he gave Deng Minghao a thumbs up: "I didn't expect that your skills haven't become rusty at all after not doing it for so long."
Although the food tasted delicious, Li Ruolan was still not very hungry. She finished only a bowl of egg custard and two bites of vegetables. Then, Li Ruolan could not eat any more.
The remaining food finally went into Deng Minghao's stomach, making him feel a little uncomfortable.
"You stay at home for a while. I'm going to visit Aunt Guihua and her family."
Before, because they were very tired from working, the two of them did not raise chickens or ducks at home. Now that Li Ruolan is pregnant, after the baby is born, she will definitely have to eat more eggs.
So, Deng Minghao wanted to buy two chickens and feed them. With the chickens, he could produce as many eggs as he wanted.
There is a limit on the number of chickens that can be raised. Each household can only raise two, and most of them are kept for eating eggs.
Aunt Guihua's two old hens were slaughtered and sent to her daughter because she was in confinement after giving birth. After the spring, she bought some chicks and raised them.
Deng Minghao came to her just to ask where she bought the chick.
"Ruolan is pregnant? That's really good news. How long do we have to wait to feed the chicks until they can lay eggs?
Take these two chickens back home and feed them. They can lay eggs now. Give Ruolan some nourishment. She is too thin." Aunt Guihua rushed into the chicken coop to catch the chickens when she heard this.
Deng Minghao didn't think about it and didn't stop her. Aunt Guihua put the two chickens in a big chicken cage and asked Deng Minghao to take them back.
"Okay, I'll take the chicken back and give you the money when I get back." Deng Minghao said.
Aunt Guihua immediately frowned and said, "What are you talking about money? Don't you think I need that little money?"
Deng Minghao smiled and said, "Of course it's not bad, but I would like to ask Aunt Guihua to take care of my wife. We two don't know anything.
There are no elders at home, and no one knows how to do handicrafts, so the child’s mattress and clothes will all need your help, Aunt Guihua.
I'm hiring a long-term worker, so I have to pay you for your hard work, right? I was thinking that when Ruolan is in confinement, I'll ask you to help take care of her."
Knowing that Deng Minghao and Li Ruolan had a hard time, Aunt Guihua was not unworthy: "Don't worry, if you have any questions, just ask me. When Ruolan is in confinement, I will go to help even if she doesn't ask me."
Deng Minghao said goodbye to Aunt Guihua with a smile and went home carrying the two chickens.
The next day, only Deng Minghao and Lu Yunxiao went to work, while Li Ruolan and Qin Wan both took leave.
The captain knew that Li Ruolan and Qin Wan had asked for leave because they were pregnant. After hesitating for a moment, he still said nothing.
The wives in the village only ask for leave when they are about to give birth, but she asked for leave as soon as she got pregnant. She is indeed an educated youth. People who come from the city are more delicate.
Li Ruolan slept until noon and didn't wake up. She wasn't hungry when she woke up. She went out to take a look. The porridge in the kitchen was still warm, but the steamed buns and vegetables were cold.
Although she was not hungry, she still had to eat something. Li Ruolan drank half a bowl of porridge. Just as she put down the bowl, Qin Wan came over.
"How are you? Did you vomit?" Qin Wan's complexion did not look good and looked a little pale. She asked Li Ruolan while sitting on the kang.
"I'm fine, I'm just not that hungry and I can't eat much. Are you okay?"
Qin Wan shook her head in pain: "Not at all. I've been vomiting since I got home in the evening. I feel uncomfortable when I smell anything."
After they finished complaining, they looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
"This is really a sweet torture." Qin Wan said while rubbing her belly.
Li Ruolan touched her belly in agreement, and the two of them lay on the kang for most of the day, feeling extremely bored.
"You can't just lie there like this for ten months, right? Is there anything you can do to kill time? It's better to go to work than just lie there like this."
At least by working with Aunt Guihua and the others, Li Ruolan wouldn't be so bored and would have plenty to eat.
Qin Wan thought for a moment and said, "By the way, can you knit a sweater? I found a few wool coupons when I was packing yesterday. Do you want to buy some wool and knit a sweater?"
Li Ruolan shook her head: "I can't. I can only knit scarves. Apart from these, I can't do anything else."
"I'll teach you. Not only can I knit scarves, I can also make clothes. It's a pity that I don't have a sewing plane ticket, otherwise I could buy a sewing machine and make a lot of clothes." Qin Wan said with some regret.
The heroine is omnipotent, and Li Ruolan has seen this in the book.
Qin Wan is not only good at making clothes, but also good at drawing. So after the reform and opening up, she opened a clothing factory specializing in making clothes of her own design.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have a sewing plane ticket. Do you want one?" Li Ruolan said immediately.
Qin Wan's eyes widened immediately: "You have it? Where did you get the sewing ticket?"
Li Ruolan said: "This is a long story. After Deng Minghao was fourteen or fifteen years old, his elder brother got married and his parents stopped caring about him.
He found ways to earn the money for schooling. For a while, he helped people resell things and earned a lot of money.
These tickets are very valuable. Deng Minghao kept some of them for himself when he saw them. I also have bicycle tickets and radio tickets here."
Qin Wan's eyes lit up immediately: "I want both the sewing ticket and the radio ticket. I'm too bored at home now that I'm pregnant.
How about we start a small business? You come and help me, and we can make clothes and sell them privately.
In this way, you provide the ticket and I provide the money. We will buy a sewing machine first, then exchange some money to buy cloth, make clothes and sell them, and if we can make money, we will buy a radio.
We will share the money we earn in equal parts, but you can’t be lazy and have to help.”
Li Ruolan nodded quickly: "Of course."
The day when she would follow the heroine and pick up money was getting closer and closer. How could Li Ruolan refuse such a good thing?
The two of them discussed it at that time, and the task of buying a sewing machine the next day was handed over to Deng Minghao and Lu Yunxiao. They went directly to the city and bought a sewing machine. They also went to the black market and bought a lot of cloth and brought it back.
The two of them deliberately waited until the late night to come back, and the sewing machine came to Qin Wan and Lu Yunxiao's house without attracting anyone's attention.
The two pregnant women began their money-making career.
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