Suddenly, Hua Kai realized that she was being too idealistic. The other person's parents had their own ideas, and this was not something she could change with just a few words.
But she really didn't want her best friend to get married so early and live the kind of life she had in her previous life.
So Hua Kai thought for a while and said, "Li Jing, even if you don't go to school anymore, can you please not get married so early? I'm going to high school soon. Once I get into university, I'll definitely have many opportunities. I promise I'll help you get out of the village. Can you give me some time and give yourself some opportunities too?"
She couldn't make any definitive statements right now, but she believed that she would soon be able to start her own path to wealth and help Li Jing at that time.
Li Jing smiled as she looked at Hua Kai: "Thank you for thinking of me in everything you do, but we are different. I am a year older than you. If I don't go to school and don't get married, people will gossip."
Hua Kai held Li Jing's hand and said, "Li Jing, can you wait for me for a year? Promise me you won't set a date for the wedding within a year. If I really can't do anything after a year, then you're not that great."
Li Jing nodded: "Yes, actually I don't want to get married too early either, so I'll postpone it for another year."
Hua Kai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then it's settled."
Li Jing smiled and said, "Hua Kai, you've really changed. I'm relieved to see you going to school like this. Otherwise, I would have been worried that you would be bullied."
Hua Kai smiled and said, "I knew you were good to me. Don't worry, I'll take good care of myself."
The two chatted for a while longer before Hua Kai said goodbye and went home. She had to pack her things for school and teach Gu Lan Yan how to make smoked meat pancakes, which was quite a lot of work.
Today, Hua Wanjiang and Hua Qingyi went up the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs again, while Hua Qingyang went to school.
After Hua Kai returned home, she and Gu Lanyan packed up the things Hua Kai had brought to school and then started making smoked meat pancakes.
By evening, Gu Lanyan had almost finished learning, and Hua Wanjiang and the others had also returned.
Just as we were about to eat, Jiang Lanfeng arrived and said she had found a used bicycle for me, about 60% new, for 75 yuan. She said it was a good deal and asked Hua Wanjiang to go and take a look.
Hua Wanjiang took the money and followed Jiang Lanfeng out. About half an hour later, he returned pushing a bicycle.
The car was in good condition, even newer than described, and because of Jiang Lanfeng's influence, they gave me a five-yuan discount, so I bought it for seventy yuan.
When Hua Qingyang saw that his family had a bicycle, he happily rode it around the yard twice.
Gu Lanyan was afraid that Hua Qingyang might accidentally break it, so she chased after him and made him come down.
The courtyard was noisy and lively. Although Gu Lanyan could always be heard scolding Hua Qingyang in her loud voice, it was also a kind of warmth.
Hua Kai decided to go to school the day after tomorrow, and go to the market with her parents again tomorrow to see how the smoked meat pancakes are selling. Once everything is going smoothly, she can go to school with peace of mind.
The next day, they made forty smoked meat pancakes and sixty rolled pancakes, packed them all up, and went to the village where the market was.
Upon arriving at the market, Gu Lanyan pushed her cart and began hawking her wares: "Fried egg pancakes, economical and nutritious; smoked meat pancakes, lots of meat, fragrant and delicious."
Hua Wanjiang helped by holding the box from behind; the couple worked together very well.
Hua Kai followed behind without participating much, because Gu Lanyan and Hua Wanjiang would be responsible for selling the cakes independently from now on. Today, she just wanted to check if there was anything that needed to be improved.
Gu Lanyan was surprisingly good at business. Whether she was hawking her wares or talking to people, she was very generous and quickly sold two.
The people who bought it kept saying how delicious it was, and even asked the people at the stalls next to it to buy some to try.
When they arrived at the shoe stall, the shoe seller heard Gu Lanyan say that they had smoked meat pancakes, so he bought one to try.
Hua Kai, following behind, politely greeted the shoe-selling uncle.
The uncle naturally liked the polite child and smiled as he told Gu Lanyan and Hua Wanjiang that their child was sensible.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, they continued on their way.
When we got to the woman with wavy hair who was selling clothes, she had already sold almost half of them.
At that moment, a man was picking out jackets at the stall of the woman with wavy hair. There were several colors available, including military green, beige, gray, and black. The man was hesitating about which color to try on.
The man who bought the jacket was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, and he was dressed in all dark colors.
She stepped forward and said to the man, "Brother, why don't you try that beige one? It's nice to dress something lively when you're young, and this color suits your skin tone too."
Hearing what Hua Kai said, the man took off the beige jacket and said, "Then I'll try on this color." He then put it on.
As soon as he put it on, the woman with wavy hair smiled and said, "This dress is really tailor-made for you. I've never seen anyone wear this dress as well as you."
The man looked at himself in the mirror and was satisfied: "Then I'll buy this one. Can you give me a discount?"
The woman with wavy hair said, "Normally I sell it for twenty-eight, but you can give me twenty-five."
The man readily agreed, took out twenty-five yuan, bought the clothes, and then thanked Hua Kai.
After the man who had bought the items left, the woman with wavy hair looked at Hua Kai and smiled: "You're a natural businesswoman, why don't you come and sell clothes with me? I can't let you down."
Hua Kai smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I have to go to school soon and won't be able to come often anymore. Please take care of my parents' business."
The woman with wavy hair looked at Hua Wanjiang and Gu Lanyan and said with a smile, "Uncle and Aunt are so lucky to have such a good daughter. If you need anything when you come to the market in the future, just let me know. My name is Tian Shuang. People who know me at the market call me Da Shuang. You can call me Da Shuang too."
Hua Wanjiang and Gu Lanyan quickly greeted Tian Shuang.
Hua Kai said to Tian Shuang, "Sister Shuang, my name is Hua Kai. I'll be troubling you from now on."
Tian Shuang smiled and said, "Don't mention it. We're all just trying to make a living. If you're a bright girl in your studies, just don't pretend you don't know me when you see me."
Hua Kai smiled and said, "How could that be? Our family started selling smoked meat pancakes today, I'll get two for Sister Shuang."
Tian Shuang said, "Don't talk about not charging money. We all know that everything in business has a cost. You have to pay for what you sell. That's the principle. Two wraps and two smoked meat pancakes, that's how much it costs."
Hua Kai didn't insist: "Okay, I'll listen to Sister Shuang." She then took two smoked meats and two wraps: "Two yuan and sixty cents, round it up to two yuan and fifty cents for me."
Tian Shuang gave him the money: "That's more like it."
Hua Kai watched as more people came to buy things from their stall and said, "Sister Shuang, you're busy, I'll move on too."
Tian Shuang smiled and agreed, then waved to Hua Kai.
Hua Wanjiang and Gu Lanyan nodded to Tian Shuang, not wanting to delay her business any longer, and continued selling pancakes.
There were so many today that it took almost two trips to the market to sell them all.
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