Chapter 52
In an hour and a half, the two buckets of food were sold out without a single drop left. Su Miao slumped on the tricycle, holding a backpack of money that was about to burst.
"Dad, I feel like I haven't stopped talking for a second. My throat is almost hoarse from talking so much."
Su Yuanzheng ran to the store to buy a bottle of water for his daughter and came back: "Miaomiao, drink some water. Otherwise, Daddy will come by himself tomorrow, otherwise you will be exhausted."
"How can this be possible? We're both already so busy. If it's just you, it'll be a mess. Besides, today's the first day, we can't sell enough. We need to increase the quantity tomorrow."
Su Miao took a sip of water. The cold water flowed down her throat and she felt her throat felt much better.
Looking at his thin arms and legs, although he had the soul of a man in his twenties, his body was less than 12 years old after all. He really couldn't compare with adults when it came to doing work. Most of the physical work at home had to be done by Su Yuanzheng.
The next day, Su Miao asked his father to bring some dried tofu, bean curd skin and white radish when he went to buy goods. Then he set up another small pot and scooped some braising liquid into it to stew them.
Dried tofu costs 2 cents a piece, and tofu skin and radish are both 8 cents. These vegetarian dishes are also very popular, especially among girls.
Su Miao also prepared long bamboo sticks. Some guests who passed by would pick up a piece of radish or bean curd, put it on the bamboo stick and eat it as a snack while walking, which was quite enjoyable.
Business continued to be booming for a week before the New Year's Eve. The father and daughter decided to take a day off. Although making money is important, one must also relax in moderation. So Su Miao stipulated that they must take one day off every week from now on.
In fact, Su Yuan was reluctant to leave. Although he was busy now, he was only busy in the morning and at noon. Basically, there was nothing to do after three o'clock. He felt that the workload was not heavy.
However, since the rules were set by his daughter, he must strictly enforce them.
The young man slept well, so after turning off the alarm clock, the father and daughter both slept until half past ten. After getting up, they made a hearty breakfast.
"Miao Miao, where are you going to go after finally having a day off?"
"I don't know, Dad. Are we going to buy things for the New Year?"
"Yeah, in previous years, we'd already started preparing gifts for visiting relatives during the Lunar New Year, but this year... we can keep it simple."
Su Miao knew what it meant. Every Chinese New Year, her mother would prepare large and small packages of New Year gifts to send to her uncle's house, which were several times more than their own New Year's goods.
But these things were never returned, and my uncle never gave me any gifts in return.
Even when she went to his house for dinner on the second day of the Chinese New Year every year, he would criticize her, either openly or secretly, for being a useless girl. She didn't want to listen to it and always hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of food and left the table. So in her impression, the second day of the Chinese New Year was a day when she couldn't eat enough.
Su Miao said in a cheerful tone: "Dad, we have money this year, we can buy whatever we want."
Su Yuanzheng thought for a moment and said, "On the second day of the New Year, you can bring your gifts and go to your uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings. After all, your mother is still there. Have a reunion dinner with her."
"I'm not going, Dad. I've never had enough to eat at my uncle's house. The gift I gave him that year was not as good as the one I gave to my second uncle. I think the gifts I gave to my second uncle in previous years were too small. I have to give more this year." Su Miao pouted unhappily.
Su Yuanzheng sighed: "Okay, don't go to eat, just bring something over and let the neighbors see it. They can do what they want, but don't let others find fault with you."
The atmosphere of the Chinese New Year has gradually become stronger. There are many activities on the streets and squares, including singing, dancing, stilt walking, dragon and lion dances, and kung fu.
There are also many small vendors setting up stalls, pulling cotton candy, drawing sugar figures, throwing rings, scooping goldfish...
Su Miao and his father played in the square for a long time, and on their way back the truck bed was full of spoils.
Su Miao was holding the newly bought goldfish and looking at it. There were goldfish in the tank for you to choose from. You could pick up whichever one you liked.
She caught two bright red ones. Although she didn't know what kind they were, they looked very festive.
I also spent 1 yuan to buy a small portable plastic fish tank and a bag of fish feed.
Suddenly she felt her father step on the brakes, and the water in the fish tank shook and almost overflowed.
"Dad, what's wrong?"
"Why do I feel like one of those guys in the group up ahead looks so familiar?"
Su Miao looked ahead and saw a group of strong young men. Their clothes were not very good, but they all had straight bodies and looked like they were working hard.
They were talking around a young man with a large backpack. Su Miao pointed forward and said, "Isn't that Brother Yu from Second Uncle's family?"
"Oh, right! I don't know what happened. Miaomiao, you wait in the car. Daddy will go up and take a look."
Su Yuanzheng pulled the car over and ran over hurriedly.
Su Miao's cousin was stunned when he saw him, then lowered his head embarrassedly. However, his friends around him, after knowing that Su Yuan was his cousin, excitedly talked to each other.
A few minutes later, Su Yuanzheng was walking towards the tricycle, pulling his nephew with him. "Come home with me first, and we'll talk slowly when we get home."
He looked up and saw his little cousin in the truck bed. He smiled and took out a candy from his pocket and handed it to her: "Miaomiao, have some candy."
Su Miao took the candy from his hand and pushed the messy things in the truck bed inward to make room for him.
"Brother Yu, every time you see me, you treat me to candy."
"Hey, don't kids all like to eat candy?"
Su Yu said to Su Yuanzheng, "Uncle, I'm too heavy to get on the bus. I'll follow you from behind so you can't get lost."
"Stop talking nonsense and get in the car. I'm only thirty-six! I'm quite strong! I can't let you look down on me."
On the way, Su Miao turned around and looked at her cousin. Her second uncle had two sons and a daughter. The eldest son was only six years younger than her father and was an honest farmer.
The younger daughter is the cousin who took Su Miao out to play before, she is 18 years old.
The youngest son, Su Yu's cousin, is 20 years old this year. I heard that he was smart since he was young and finished junior high school. Because he is educated, he works as a secretary in the brigade and usually does errands.
I had seen him several times at my second uncle's house before. He was very nice to children and always gave them candy. A little nephew threw mud on him as a prank, but he didn't get angry at all.
He works very diligently. My father has praised him many times for his sharp eyes and smart hands-on ability. Many things in my second uncle's house were modified by him. They are novel and advanced, and he gets twice the result with half the effort.
Seeing that Su Miao had been looking at him, Su Yu touched his nose and asked, "Miao Miao, what's wrong?"
"Brother Yu, are you coming to the county town to look for work?"
He was surprised and said, "How did you guess that? The last time you came back, I was still working as a secretary in the brigade."
"Well, those older brothers you were with just now looked like they were here to do odd jobs, and you were carrying such a big bag, is it filled with luggage?"
"Hey! My parents always say you're the smartest of our generation. You guessed everything right. The captain's sister got a live-in son-in-law, and he took my place. It's almost Chinese New Year and I have nothing to do at home, so I wanted to come up here and earn some money for a few days."
"So what's going on now?"
"Ahem! We're almost home. Let's talk about it when we get home." Su Yuan was saying in front.
Su Miao and Su Yu responded, stopped talking, and then made faces at each other.
Su Yuan was wondering what the two siblings were whispering about. He really wanted to hear them, but the wind was whistling so hard in his ears that he couldn't hear a word.
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