No matter how many cents or coins were collected that day, we didn't count them. Instead, we had my mother take the money home and count it slowly, wrapping it up in paper when we had enough for one dollar.
Counting coins like this is really too much trouble. The old lady had nothing else to do while watching the children, so she just counted them slowly to pass the time.
I'll use this money to buy vegetables at the farmers' wholesale market tomorrow. This includes small denomination bills and banknotes. I only keep large denomination RMB at home, not small denominations. I'll just keep enough change for tomorrow.
The two sisters took a long time to count all the money. Li Yuzhu asked, "How much did you make today after deducting costs?"
The Su sisters were overjoyed after counting their money. One of them said, "We made over 1100 yuan a day after deducting costs, not even including the coins for my mother. How much money does your family make?"
Li Yuzhu said, "That's about it."
Su Ying said, "I never imagined selling food could be so profitable."
Su Wei said, "I also want to thank you, Brother Dongqing. When the house was being built, he insisted that I build a storefront facing the street, otherwise it would have been really unlucky."
Suddenly, I heard someone at the door say, "Sister-in-law, how are you going to thank me?"
The three of them turned to look at the entrance, and Dong Qing walked into the store with a smile.
Su Wei asked, "What brings you here?"
Dongqing said, "My sister-in-law's restaurant has been open for a few days now. Even if I don't have time, I have to come and check it out."
Just then, Dong Qing's mobile phone rang. He answered, "This is Dong Qing, who is this?"
"Brother, I'm your third sister's husband. Come to the hospital quickly, your third sister is about to give birth. While you're at it, please call and let your eldest and second sisters know."
"I'll be right there."
Li Yuzhu said, "What happened again? Why are you in such a hurry?"
It's normal for Li Yuzhu to ask that question; she couldn't hear the contents of the phone call at all, let alone know who was calling.
Dongqing said, "It's my third sister's husband calling. Our third sister is about to give birth. Quickly call our eldest and second sisters, we're going to the hospital right away."
Su Wei said, "I'll go with you."
Dong Qing nodded, and the three of them walked out of the restaurant and got into the car. Dong Qing started the car and drove towards the hospital.
Li Yuzhu called her second sister on the way. They were living together now, so she asked her second sister to go to her house and call her eldest sister to go to the hospital together.
They drove to the hospital, and the three of them walked to the entrance of the obstetrics and gynecology operating room, where Sun Hao, the third sister's husband, was waiting.
Dongqing asked, "Brother-in-law, how is my third sister?"
Sun Hao said, "He was just taken to the operating room; the baby hasn't been born yet."
A short while later, they heard a baby crying. Li Yuzhu said, "It's born."
Not long after, the third sister was wheeled out of the operating room, followed by a nurse carrying the newborn baby.
Li Yuzhu took the child and saw that it was a baby girl.
The doctor said, "Natural delivery, the birth went very smoothly."
At this moment, the eldest and second eldest sisters arrived. The nurse wheeled Dong Sanmei into the ward and laid her on the bed. Li Yuzhu, holding the newborn baby, said, "Third sister, look at your daughter. She looks just like you."
Dong Sanmei reached out and stroked her daughter's face, a relieved smile appearing on her face. She, a 27-year-old woman, finally had her own daughter and became a mother.
Dong Qing took out 10,000 yuan from her bag and handed it to her third sister. Su Wei also gave the child a lock of money.
Dong Sanmei said, "There's still a lot to do tomorrow, you should all go back. Sun Hao can stay here alone."
Having so many people guarding the ward is really useless, Dong Ermei said, "You all go first, my older sister and I will sit for a while and then go back."
After listening to his second sister's words, Dong Qing nodded and walked out of the ward with his wife and Su Wei.
Dong Qing drove Su Wei home first, and then the couple drove home together.
Back home, after having dinner at a restaurant, the couple took separate showers before going to their bedroom to rest.
Lying in bed, Li Yuzhu asked, "I've been busy with the restaurant these past few days and haven't had time to go to the company. Have things gone wrong in either market?"
Dong Qing said, "How could two such large markets be without any problems? They're all minor issues that are easy to handle. I'm planning to take the company's senior management to inspect the two wholesale markets tomorrow morning. Are you coming?"
Li Yuzhu said, "My sister is out driving, and I have so many things to take care of at the restaurant, so I won't go."
Dong Qing said, "You go ahead and do your work, I'll take care of the company's affairs."
Next, Li Yuzhu told her husband about her third uncle building a storefront here.
Dongqing said, "There's no space available next to the wholesale market. I plan to build a second phase on that vacant lot. The land next to the farmers' market is also good; let my third uncle build a storefront there."
Li Yuzhu said, "Okay, you're exhausted from running around all day, go to sleep."
Chen Hong had some work to do at the factory today and got off work very late. After get off work, he went to Su Wei's parents' house, where Su Wei had just returned from the hospital.
Su Wei asked, "Why are you getting off work so late today? Haven't you eaten yet?"
Chen Hong said, "Something came up at the factory, I came back as soon as I finished, and I haven't eaten yet."
Su Wei went to the kitchen to prepare two dishes for her husband: one was cold tofu skin salad, and the other was cold pork head salad.
She brought the cold dishes to the table, opened a bottle of beer for her husband, and said, "It's too late to make you noodles, how about some vegetables and beer?"
The fire had just been sealed off, so turning it on to cook noodles at that moment was really impractical.
Chen Hong said, "Having cold dishes and beer is already good enough; we don't need noodles."
Su Wei said, "Okay, I'll make you a bowl of mutton soup."
The pot is simmering with meat, and it's always open, so there's no problem adding mutton soup whenever you want.
Su Wei went into the kitchen, scooped some mutton into a bowl, added some chopped green onions and cilantro, a little mutton fat, and a few spoonfuls of mutton soup.
She brought a bowl of mutton soup to the dining room and placed it on the table. Chen Hong smiled and said, "Now that our family has opened a restaurant, I'm in for a treat. We really can't afford food like this all the time."
Chen Hong's words make perfect sense. In this day and age, a meal consisting of one meat dish and one vegetable dish, plus a bowl of mutton soup and a bottle of beer, is a lifestyle that most people simply cannot afford.
"I will definitely give our family a good life." Su Wei paused for a moment and said, "There's a vacant lot right next to our restaurant on the east side. After we finish eating, we'll go to my second uncle's house. I'm thinking of buying that lot."
There are ten acres of vacant land to the east of Su Wei's new house. Many people want to buy this land, but her second uncle has been holding onto it and refusing to sell.
Chen Hong said, "Land prices are too high now. Even if my second uncle were willing to sell the land to us, could we afford it? Buying land is no small sum."
Su Wei said, "If my second uncle weren't in the position of village secretary, we wouldn't be able to buy it even if we had the money. There are many people who want to buy this land. Let's eat quickly, and after we finish eating, we'll go to his house to ask him first."
Su Wei and her husband arrived at her second uncle's house. Her second uncle and aunt were sitting in the living room watching TV. She said, "Please have a seat, you two are here."
Since her second uncle was not an outsider, Su Wei didn't hide anything and directly told him about her idea of buying land.
After hearing this, my second uncle said, "Many people have approached me to buy that land, but I haven't agreed to any of them. It's not that you can't have it, but land prices are too high now. Can you afford it?"
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