Chapter 16 Mother's Misunderstanding
Chapter 16 Mother's Misunderstanding
Zhao Qiang thought his niece was just saying those words out of anger, so he squatted down to persuade her, "Don't be discouraged. You can definitely buy more scraps of cloth. At most, your uncle can add some money..."
"No! Uncle, go to those lumber mills and cancel all orders. If the finished products are sold on the spot, we won't make this mop anymore."
Zhao Qiang saw that his niece's attitude did not seem to be angry, so he asked in confusion: "Girl, are you really not going to do it anymore? Our last batch of goods sold quite well..."
Fang Qing exhaled, looked at the setting sun in the sky, and slowly explained, "The scraps of cloth we just bought are enough for them to make tens of thousands of mops. The previous wholesalers have already bought some from us. Unless the later goods are newer or cheaper, no one will buy in large quantities. And so many people have begun to imitate us. Maybe in a few days, the streets will be full of mops... At that time, this thing will not only not make money, but it will be good if it doesn't lose money..."
Zhao Qiang sighed deeply when he saw this. "Girl, it's all my fault! You can't judge a person by his appearance. I saw that he worked quickly and was a fairly honest person, so I asked him to help in the workshop. I never thought that he would..."
Looking at his dejected uncle in front of him, Fang Qing tried to smile, "Uncle, don't blame yourself, this is not your fault. Our mop processing method is simple and does not require much technical skills. Even if these people don't steal it, they will know what's going on after buying it and taking it apart."
Zhao Qiang nodded when he heard this, "But these people... why are they so... so..."
Fang Qing understood that this was how business worked. If a business made money, a lot of people would follow suit. An honest man like his uncle couldn't stand this style of doing things.
Zhao Qiang was also hit by this incident, but he was still not convinced. He was ready to try again, but within a few days he found that the prices of mops on the market began to drop! But even so, there was still no one to buy the mops everywhere.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Qiang touched his head and felt relieved: Fortunately, I listened to Qing Yatou and cancelled the order that day, otherwise all the money I earned before would be lost!
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The fact that my aunt is pregnant is the biggest happy event in the Fang family recently. Each branch of the Fang family prepared different gifts to send to her.
Fang's mother took Fang Qing around the department store for a long time, and finally hesitated between two things.
"I originally wanted to buy some baby products, which are cheap, practical and good-looking, but your aunt heard about my idea and bought them before me. It's not easy for us to give the same things to each other, but these other things..."
Fang Qing accepted it in his mind, the other things were too expensive.
Although their second house had two working people, their father's salary was only enough for the family's daily food and drink, except for the 10 yuan living expenses for grandmother every month. His brother's salary was not much either, but his mother saved it for him so that he could get married in the future.
So the family had no extra money to buy other things, let alone the expensive gift in front of them for Fang's mother.
"Your aunt is very good to our family. She is always there to help us. Last time, your uncle spent the whole night looking for you. We must remember this kindness. Forget it, just consider this money as a loan from me and your brother..."
Seeing his mother in such an awkward situation, Fang Qing couldn't help it. He stopped his mother's hand and quickly took out a few brand new one-yuan bills to pay.
Fang's mother stared at the money for a long time, and after a while she managed to find her words, she took the money back, and dragged Fang Qing out of the department store.
Taking her daughter to a quiet corner, Fang's mother finally frowned.
"Tell me, where did this money come from?"
Fang Qing sighed in her heart: She knew that her obedient mother would have all sorts of wild thoughts if she found out about the money...
"Mom, this is money I earned myself. It's pure hard-earned money. I didn't steal or rob anyone. I earned it with my own ability. I stayed up all night for several days..."
But Fang's mother had the wrong idea.
Recently, a dance hall opened in the county. It opens at midnight every day. There are ghosts crying and wolves howling all night long. People who come out of it are not serious at first glance. There are also many young girls in it...
Could it be that her daughter had given up on herself because of what happened last time? Fang's mother became angrier and angrier as she thought about it, and she raised her hand to hit her.
Fang Qing immediately grabbed her mother's hand when she saw this, and said in surprise and grievance, "Mom, what are you doing? Can't I earn money by myself?"
Fang's mother was furious and anxious. She pulled back her hand and pointed at Fang Qing in disapproval, "You, tell me the truth! Did you... go to that kind of place?"
Fang Qing was full of questions. What was wrong with her mother? Where was that place? Not only was she not happy about earning money, why did she look like she was going to beat herself to death?
"Mom, did you misunderstand? This money is earned from my business..."
But Fang's mother was already completely upset. "You? You still want to do business? You never liked to go out since you were little, and you don't even have basic common sense. What kind of business can you start? I thought you stayed up late recently because you were too tired from studying, but now you're actually out fooling around without telling the family!"
Fang Qing felt very aggrieved when she heard her mother's reprimand. Could she not learn about the outside world if she didn't go out? Why did her mother think all her efforts were a joke?
"Mom, you don't believe in me from the bottom of your heart. No matter how hard I try and how much I want to prove myself, you still don't believe I can do it, right?"
Fang Qing was also a little sad. Although her mother loved her very much, she never really believed that she could live independently, let alone believe that she could do better in many aspects...
Fang Qing originally planned to keep this as a surprise and announce it after his father returned, but now it seems there is no need to do so.
"My aunt and I made a lot of money by processing gloves and mops. What I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can go ask my aunt."
Fang Qing stuffed the money into his stunned mother's arms and went straight back to school. During this period of time, because of thinking about business, he did delay his studies, so he would just return to school early to make up for the lessons.
Fang's mother watched her daughter leave, and it took her a while to react. Gloves? Mop? What does this have to do with anything?
Although she didn't believe it, she still carried a net bag of eggs to her aunt's house and asked carefully many times. Only then was she finally convinced that her daughter really made money by her own ability!
Then she thought of her attitude in the afternoon and for the first time she felt embarrassed. However, she couldn't bring herself to do it, so she had to let her son rush to school with food and some clothes.
The campus was particularly quiet at this time. Fang Qing sat on a bench in the school, holding a book and reciting seriously.
But perhaps because she was weighed down by something, she just couldn't memorize the article, so she simply closed the book and stared at the bare campus in a daze.
Wen Ning walked over from a distance and saw a student wearing a woolen hat sighing at the bare tree trunk, mumbling something, and the pompom on the hat swayed...
Just like Wangcai at Grandma Wang's house, he always wags his tail happily...
(End of this chapter)
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