Xu Haiguo, who was working the hardest, gulped down a whole bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water in one go before he could catch his breath.
"We've been working ourselves to the bone for the past two weeks, let's see how many work points we've earned!"
Song Qiu'e brought the ledger she had specially used to record the work points earned from selling clay stoves to the dining table, and then recorded the forty-five work points she had earned that day.
"Xiao Chao, come here!"
After writing down the last account, Song Qiu'e naturally pushed the ledger to Xu Chao.
Xu Chao pulled over the ledger, opened the calculator on his phone, and started calculating.
"Including today, we've sold clay stoves for sixteen days in total, earning a total of 3,860 work points!"
On average, each person earned about 403 work points per day.
Even if you deduct half for raw materials, almost no one can earn two hundred work points a day.
That's a very high income.
"Hmm, it seems we didn't waste our sweat these past two weeks!"
As the eldest member of the family, Grandpa Xu was very proud.
"Haha, Uncle is right, let's have a good meal to celebrate at noon today!"
Xu Haiguo suggested happily.
For the past two weeks, the whole family has been extremely busy, and they have been making do with whatever food they have.
His mouth had long since lost its flavor.
As the head chef of the family, Song Qiu'e wasn't going to spoil the fun. She waved her hand and said cheerfully, "Okay, let's have a big meal today!"
Song Qiu'e took out the last pork knuckle from the warehouse freezer, along with a two- or three-pound bass, a duck, and a piece of frozen tofu.
After thawing these, I went to the vegetable garden and picked some newly grown tender cabbages and peppers.
I boiled some water and soaked some dried green beans and seaweed.
Then I went to the poultry area and got a few freshly laid eggs.
If we're going to have a big meal, let's all work together.
Two hours later, a tender and fall-off-the-bone braised pork knuckle, a rich and flavorful beer-braised duck, a light and refreshing stir-fried cabbage with frozen tofu, a fragrant and chewy braised pork with dried green beans, and a seaweed and egg soup were served on the table.
In addition, Song Qiu'e also took out a jar of fermented bean curd that she had specially pickled.
The staple food is rice.
The whole family was incredibly satisfied with the meal.
That afternoon, with the sales of ice cream bricks and some of Lu Ping's accumulated wages, the Lu family finally raised 1,500 work points.
Lu Ping immediately took the two ice bricks and the work points he had collected to the Xu family to pay off his debt.
"Hey, being debt-free really does feel great!"
After carrying the two tomatoes and three eggs given to him by the Xu family home, Grandpa Lu sighed deeply.
“Dad is right. Although Uncle Xu’s family never urged us to pay back the work points, they always kept the work points they owed others in mind. Now that we’ve paid them back, I feel a lot more relieved!”
While feeding her daughter An'an water, Leng Jia smiled and said to Grandpa Lu.
"That's right! From now on, our family will focus on selling more ice cream bars to earn money so we can buy delicious food for our An'an every day!"
When Old Lady Lu saw the tomatoes and eggs in the old man's hand, she knew that they were a gift from the Xu family again.
Every time they delivered something to the Xu family, they never returned empty-handed.
She smiled and took the tomatoes and eggs from the old man's hands, saying to her lovely granddaughter, "An'an, look, these are special gifts from Grandma Xu's family for you. Grandma will make you tomato and egg drop soup tonight!"
At that time, even government supermarkets didn't sell tomatoes, so how did the Xu family manage to get such fresh tomatoes?
There are also eggs. I heard that a small number of eggs are delivered from the farm to the government supermarket each time. As soon as these eggs are put on the shelves, they are immediately snapped up by the people waiting at the supermarket entrance.
Those people are professional personal shoppers; they wait outside the supermarket every night until it opens.
Some even sleep right at the entrance of the supermarket.
Once they manage to snag this highly nutritious but limited-quantity item, the wealthy people who staked out the location before them would pay them a substantial commission for their purchase.
Therefore, it is almost impossible for ordinary people like them to get eggs.
Old Mrs. Lu treated these three eggs and two tomatoes like treasures, carefully placing them on a soft cloth and putting them in a spot in the living room where the air conditioner could reach them.
Giving my granddaughter a tomato and an egg at a time can make her eat three good meals a day.
The day after the Xu family stopped their clay kiln business, they resumed their physical training.
I practice for half a day each day, and then spend the rest of the afternoon doing things that interest me.
As a result, on the morning of the third day, Xu Lai, who was locked in a fierce battle with Xu Chao, received a call from Chen Cheng.
"Hey girl, I've got two nice vans that you wanted. When would be a good time for you to come and take a look?"
"Really, Brother Chen?"
As soon as Xu Lai answered the phone, she immediately stood up from the sofa.
After saying goodbye to her family, Xu Lai went out.
It was the same old place where they used to do business. As soon as Xu Lai arrived on his electric tricycle, he saw a nearly new silver-gray minivan parked in front of a large truck.
"A large seven-seater with cargo space in the back, air conditioning, and a deliberately understated silver-gray color, what do you think?"
Chen Cheng watched as the girl circled the van, then got into the driver's seat, drove it around once, and then walked to the driver's side window. He tapped on the roof of the van with one hand and proudly showed off his achievement to Xu Lai.
"Girl, my brother spent ages picking and choosing a good used minivan at the used car market!"
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