Chapter 25: Deposit in the bank and go shopping
This time it was Zhang Wanwan's turn to be stumped. Only then did she remember that in 2006, there was no urban management supervision on street vendors. Everyone tacitly agreed that whoever grabbed a spot where no one was setting up a stall would own it, and the people who followed would not occupy that spot, or they would deliberately make trouble.
Thinking of this, Zhang Wanwan sighed softly, "Okay, then we won't rent it for now. But if we really need to put up the tent or something, we can talk to Uncle Li and ask him to make the rented place bigger. We can give him 2,000 yuan a month and ask him to help us look after the location. This will be safer."
The Uncle Li that Zhang Wanwan mentioned is Li Hai, the owner of a mineral water store. Their stall has generated a lot of revenue for Li Hai during this period, and Li Hai treats them closer than his relatives.
Father Zhang carefully calculated the things that Zhang Wanwan mentioned. Although spending two thousand a month was a bit expensive, it was not expensive after hiring someone to check the location.
"Okay, I'll do as you say, but you still have to run the fried chicken stand. Dad will help you."
Zhang Wanwan quickly nodded in agreement. Everything went as she expected. Things would definitely get better in the future. She took out 5,000 yuan from the pile of money and put the rest into her schoolbag and handed it to Zhang's father. "Dad, keep these 5,000 yuan at home for backup. I'll take some to buy ingredients for fried chicken tomorrow. You can put the money in the schoolbag in the bank. We will make more and more money in the future. It's not safe to keep it at home. You should also keep the passbook and bank card. Be careful."
Old communities like theirs have no anti-theft capabilities at all. If a thief really wants to steal, it would only take a few minutes. However, since the people living in the community are not wealthy, and there are often residents sitting and chatting downstairs, strangers don't dare to wander around this place.
Zhang's mother got nervous after hearing Zhang Wanwan's reminder. She said to Zhang's father, "Your girl is right. Our home is really not safe. I think you should just deposit the money in the bank. Go to the bank every ten days to deposit money. I will carry your passbook and bank card with me. I don't have a waist bag. I will buy one tomorrow. I will carry all the important things in our home with me from now on. I will feel at ease this way!"
The whole family was made to laugh and cry by Zhang's mother. With the extra 100,000 yuan, the atmosphere at home was much more relaxed than before. Thinking of the bright future that was about to beckon them, the whole family was so excited that they could hardly sleep.
It was not until nine o'clock in the evening that Zhang's mother remembered that Zhang Wanwan and Zhang's father had not taken a shower yet, and she had not washed her clothes either, so she hurriedly urged them to leave.
The next morning, Zhang's father began to learn from Zhang Wanwan how to boil pearls and black tea. Since Zhang's father would have to do all this work in the future, Zhang Wanwan could only drip spiritual spring water into the honey in advance and told Zhang's father that he had to use the special honey she prepared every time he boiled pearls and black tea.
Nowadays, the honey bought in the wholesale market is in a big bucket, which is similar to a large paint bucket. One bucket can be used for two or three days. She would have seven or eight buckets delivered at a time. She put Lingquan in each bucket, and then tell Zhang's father that she had mixed some honey or white sugar into it. Zhang's father would not doubt it at all. Because of this, Zhang's father would not order the honey himself, but would definitely go through Zhang Wanwan, so as to ensure the unique flavor of their milk tea.
It is actually very simple to boil pearls and black tea. Black tea comes in bags, so there is no need to weigh it. Just put the water on the scale and cook until the color is almost the same. Then add a spoonful of honey and that's it. To boil pearls, just put the honey water in in advance and cook the pearls. It is not a difficult task for Zhang's father who is good at cooking.
On the first day, Zhang Wanwan taught him how to do it once and he got the hang of it. He went out to set up the stall on time at nine o'clock.
As soon as Zhang's father left, Zhang Wanwan also prepared to go to the wholesale food market.
I didn't expect to see an extra tail when I was about to go out.
"Brother, do you really want to go shopping with me?" Zhang Wanwan looked at Zhang Baiyan suspiciously. She thought that Zhang Baiyan would continue to fight in the sea of books after returning!
Today Zhang Baiyan was wearing a casual short-sleeved T-shirt, a pair of loose jeans, and a black baseball cap, which made him look a bit cooler and more handsome. Maybe because she had seen him wearing school uniform too often, Zhang Wanwan was a little uncomfortable to see Zhang Baiyan like this.
Zhang Baiyan put his hands in his pockets, raised the corners of his mouth, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Why? Can't I help you?"
Zhang Wanwan pouted. She really didn't need a helper, but since Zhang Boyan had already prepared everything, she couldn't chase him away. "Okay, then let brother carry the things we bought today."
"Okay!" Zhang Baiyan agreed readily.
After the two went downstairs, the neighbors who were familiar with the community also saw them. When Grandma Huang saw Zhang Wanwan, her voice became significantly higher by several decibels, "Hey! Wanwan, I heard that you got first place in the city's high school entrance examination this time, the top scholar in our city! Good girl! You have a bright future!"
"Is this true? Is it true?" A woman who had just returned from buying groceries looked at Zhang Wanwan in surprise, but soon several women and elderly people from the community came to join in the fun.
Zhang Wanwan was not used to this kind of occasion. She nodded awkwardly but politely, called everyone one by one, and then said, "Aunt mother-in-law, my brother and I still have to go shopping. We'll leave first."
Those people originally wanted to pull Zhang Wanwan aside to ask her how she learned, but Zhang Wanwan ran as fast as if someone was chasing her, and soon she disappeared.
Wang Chunhua had just watched the whole thing from the side and said sourly, "Tsk! Why are you so proud? It's just first in the city, not first in the province. It doesn't matter how well a girl does in the exam. She still has to get married!"
When the others heard this, they were immediately unhappy. Who doesn't have a little girl? If you don't take the little girl seriously, we will love her! Someone immediately mocked, "You are just saying the grapes are sour because you can't eat them. What did she say before when Wanwan didn't get into Yucai Middle School? She said that she would definitely not be able to go to high school in the future, so she went out to sell things at a stall. As a result, she is so embarrassed now. It's not that she didn't get into Yucai Middle School, it's that she looked down on Yucai Middle School! Only you think Yucai Middle School is nothing!"
Wang Chunhua had indeed said a lot of things like this in the community before, mocking the Zhang family for being poor and not even having money to find connections for their children. These people had heard a lot of this.
Wang Chunhua was exposed in public, and she was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick. She shouted angrily: "What if I said it? Who knows how she got the first place? It's just a crappy first place in the high school entrance examination. Look how proud you are. If someone doesn't know, they would think it's your daughter who got the first place!"
"You're crazy!" The man knew he couldn't win the argument with Wang Chunhua, and he didn't want to argue with such a mentally ill woman, so he snorted heavily and left.
The others also found it boring and went back home.
(End of this chapter)
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