Old Zhao was a regular worker at the match factory. Two years ago, his wife died, his daughter got married, and his son worked as a temporary worker at the match factory. He got a job making paper boxes and put it out to the idle people. He had long had his eyes on the widow Liu Hui and had been trying to get close to her by giving her boxes. But her son, a police officer, was difficult to deal with and always gave him a cold face when he saw him. Now he has another daughter. I don’t know where he got the money to raise a big guy like Cao An, and even sent him to the police station to become a captain, and now he has another daughter. Haha, where does a widow get the money? If he can capture her, the money will definitely be his!
Xia Youyou felt that there was something wrong with Old Zhao's eyes. She looked at Cao An's indifference and then saw her mother busy sorting boxes. She just gave Old Zhao a cold look and followed him into the main room.
Old Zhao stood alone in the yard, with a vicious look in his eyes. "Hmph, wait until I capture Liu Hui, and then you two little bastards will be dealt with by me."
"Sister Liu, please come out and I'll pay you."
Liu Hui stood up and walked out, wiping her hands on her apron before taking the money he handed her. She nodded, confirming it was correct, and said, "Thank you, Lao Zhao. The money is just right."
More than 5 yuan was the result of her half-month efforts.
"Mom, don't do it again after this one."
Cao An spoke behind her, looking at what Lao Zhao said. His meaning was that he didn't need to come again next time.
Liu Hui smiled sheepishly at Lao Zhao and said, "My son has the final say. Sorry, Lao Zhao, I won't do it after this failure."
Old Zhao nodded, glanced at Cao An's cold face, and shuddered in his heart. This bastard is impossible to tame!
The three of them waited for Lao Zhao to leave before re-entering the main hall. Sitting down at the table, Xia Youyou took the box and looked at it. Can this thing make money?
"Mom, how much is this?"
Liu Hui glanced at Cao An, who had a cold face. He had always forbidden her to do this, so she had no choice but to do it secretly. "I made more than 10,000 in the past two weeks, and it only cost a little over 5 yuan."
Xia Youyou was surprised and looked at the box in the corner. She had sold grain at the black market yesterday for dozens of yuan, but she only earned 5 yuan after making boxes for half a month.
"Listen to my brother, let's not do this anymore." He took out the money from yesterday's grain sales from his bag and put it on the table, "Mom, return the box. I have money to give back to my family."
Liu Hui looked at the scattered change all over the table and looked at her in shock. Where did she get the money? "Where did you get so much money, kid? How can I take your money? Your brother's salary is all given to me."
"I have ways to make money. I don't care. I won't let you do this anymore. You have to accept the money, or I'll leave and stop being your daughter!"
Liu Hui was at a loss for words. "You're still threatening me with this? Okay, okay, I'm done with it!" She was content with having a daughter now. Since her daughter wouldn't let her, she'd just quit. It was no big deal. The family still had some savings, and her son got 60 yuan a month.
Cao An gave her a thumbs up at the door. It had to be her! He had tried to persuade her countless times, but he couldn't change his mother's mind. He didn't expect that she could persuade her on the first day. Without waiting for his mother to change her mind, he picked up the box he had just put away and went out. He wanted to send it back to Lao Zhao's house intact and see if he would come to his house and look around again in the future! Humph, did he think he didn't know his dirty thoughts? What kind of people had he not seen when he interrogated prisoners?
Liu Hui sorted the money on the table and counted it. There were nearly thirty yuan. "Youyou, keep this money. Mom doesn't want it. Your brother gives me 50 yuan every month and keeps 10 yuan for himself. We don't need much money at home. We have a vegetable garden out back and I grow my own vegetables. Even the meat is bought by your brother. Mom has saved a lot. When you and your brother get married in the future, I can arrange everything for you." She put the money in her hand and said, "Keep it!"
Xia Youyou shook her head, took out the broken notes, and gave them the whole amount. "Then, Mom, I'll give you all the money I earn like my brother does, and I'll just keep some for pocket money!"
Cao An came back after delivering the box and saw the two were still arguing. "Aren't you hungry? It's already noon!" He was hungry anyway!
Liu Hui looked at the sun and said, "I'm going to cook." She pushed the money back and got up and left the main room.
Xia Youyou rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're back just in time!" She was about to persuade her mother to accept the money!
Cao An crossed his arms and said, "Keep it for yourself. My salary is enough to support you!"
She reluctantly put away the money, thought for a moment, and took out the goose eggs. "Want to eat goose eggs?"
Cao An raised an eyebrow. "That's fine." Last night, his mother had stared at him so much that he couldn't even eat much. So he nodded and followed her to the kitchen.
"Mom, let's eat goose eggs!"
"How come there's still some? Didn't you sell it?"
Xia Youyou guessed that she probably thought that she was making money by selling goose eggs on the black market, and smiled and took her hand, "These are the ones that haven't been sold out, let's eat them!" She didn't lie. They thought the goose eggs were too expensive, but didn't they just not sell them?
Cao An squatted silently in front of the stove, lighting the fire. He watched the mother and daughter whispering to each other, feeling an indescribable sense of satisfaction. When his father was still alive, he had said that he wanted to give him a sister, but the matter was put on hold until his father passed away. He had regrets in his heart, but now he felt that his life was complete!
The three of them cooked happily in the kitchen, and then brought the food to the main room to eat together.
"The food my mom cooks is so delicious!" Xia Youyou said vaguely with an egg in her mouth.
Cao An didn't have time to pay attention to her. He just focused on eating. He was hungry!
"If it tastes good, eat more and gain some weight." Liu Hui picked up another goose egg with chopsticks and gave it to her.
After dinner, Cao An was going back to the Public Security Bureau to continue working. He had asked for leave in the morning. Xia Youyou found an excuse to go out with him. Liu Hui told her to come back early and let her go.
Cao An pushed his bicycle and walked slowly with her. "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
"I have plenty of food. I'll pick you up when you get off work and give you the food to take home. Is that okay?"
"Isn't there still food at home?"
"What belongs to my family is my family's, and I want to help my family. Besides, I have a lot of food in my space, which can feed us for hundreds of years!"
Cao An's eyes widened in shock. "So many?" He thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay, if you come out at 4:30, it will be almost time for me to get off work when you walk to my place. You can go back now."
Xia Youyou said embarrassedly, "I'm going to the black market." Then she pursed her lips and looked at him.
"Be careful." Cao An knew what she was going to do. "Be careful. There's someone in the red armband who knows me. If you get caught, tell me my name, but don't leave any evidence!" Knowing that she had a space and could take things at will, he didn't worry that she would be criticized for being caught making private transactions.
Xia Youyou nodded vigorously, "Don't worry!"
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