Chapter 42 Chapter 42 The Village Committee Members Are Here Too
The next day was market day. Zhao Ruyue found a wooden clothes rack, hung all the scarves and silk scarves on the clothes rack, and then hung the clothes rack on the rack.
She got up at dawn in the morning, without even having time to eat breakfast, and quickly opened the door and moved the shelf to the door.
Around their Rongxi Town, there are villages like the one where Wang Haiyan’s mother lives, which are only half an hour or even more than ten minutes’ walk away from the town.
There are also remote villages that require one, two, or even three hours of walking.
People from remote villages only come out to the town to buy things on market days.
In order to get home in time before dark, they need to arrive in town early to catch the morning market.
According to the route, I have to get up before dawn, try to reach the town at six or seven in the morning, buy everything needed for the family at the morning market, and then rush back home at noon.
There are fewer people buying things on the street, and Zhao Ruyue wants to clear out the goods as quickly as possible. What she needs to do today is to do business with people from these remote villages.
Take out the items, hang a tag with the price on it, and then ask Ning Shaoming to hang a lamp on the eaves to provide lighting and attract people.
The Ning family also has relatives in remote villages. When the relatives go to the morning market on market days, their family will prepare a pot of hot tea or hot soup in advance.
Let the relatives have a hot drink at home, take a rest and then go to the market.
Today, Zhao Ruyue asked Ning Shaoming to prepare more tea and a pack of disposable cups.
Regardless of whether they are relatives or not, as long as they come to see the goods, she will pour them a cup of hot tea.
There are currently very few clothing stores in town that clearly mark the prices of items like she does. The owner will only tell the price when people ask.
The prices that some shop owners quote to acquaintances are different from those quoted to strangers. People who don't know how to bargain are likely to suffer a loss when buying from them, especially those who don't come to the town often. Some people don't even dare to ask the price proactively.
So even if the items with price tags are likely to be more expensive than those without, they are still willing to buy the items with price tags directly. After all, most things have a rough price range, so even if they are a little more expensive, they won’t be too outrageous.
Not long after Zhao Ruyue put on airs, she met such a fellow villager.
Without saying much, he drank his hot tea and asked, "Boss, is the same thing with different patterns and colors the same price?"
After getting Zhao Ruyue's affirmative answer, she selected the pattern she liked and paid for it directly.
Seeing that she bought a lot, Zhao Ruyue gave her a small discount.
The customer was very happy and said, "Boss, you are really honest in doing business. The change you cut off is enough for my lunch money. Will you keep your shop here in the future?"
Zhao Ruyue said: "I am clearing out my stock at the end of the year. I will do other things after I sell them out."
The person felt it was a pity. She really liked bosses who clearly marked prices. Otherwise, if she asked the price but didn't buy anything, the boss would give her the cold shoulder. Every time she did that, she would feel so upset that she didn't want to come to town for a long time.
Zhao Ruyue took the opportunity to promote her own restaurant, which had not yet been built: "My husband and I will build a house in the pomegranate forest after the New Year and open a store to sell food. If you get tired of walking around the streets in the future, you can go to our store to have a cup of hot soup and rest your feet."
"Okay, okay, I'll definitely go then!"
Zhao Ruyue advertises her product to others every time she makes a sale, and because she has a good attitude towards customers, the promotion is quite effective.
Their store hasn't opened yet, but most people in the town and some villages know that a new restaurant will open in the town after the New Year.
Even when Ning Shiqiu and Ning Shixia went out to play, their playmates and even adults they met on the road asked about this.
It was okay when they were asked the first question, but I answered the question too many times later and annoyed them all.
The two children simply stayed at home and played by themselves.
This morning, Zhao Ruyue had almost sold out the half bag of goods that was left over from yesterday.
I can only afford one scarf and four pairs of gloves.
As the number of customers decreased, Zhao Ruyue simply closed the stall and kept the remaining items for herself.
By today, all the goods they brought back were sold out. Finally, the couple could breathe a sigh of relief and feel relieved.
After deducting the shipping costs and purchase costs, as well as the portion left for their own use and for giving away, this batch of goods made them earn more than 20,000 yuan, nearly 30,000 yuan!
Zhao Ruyue was happily counting the money in the room, feeling that her current life was full of hope.
According to the price of building a house in the town, this money is enough for them to build a two-story house.
Once the main structure is built, the money will be spent, not to mention decoration, there will be no money left to buy doors and windows.
So they decided to build only one-story bungalow and make the house larger so that it could be divided into two courtyards like the old house.
If I make money in the future and need to continue building upwards, I can add the second and third floors.
After calculating the accounts, Zhao Ruyue took advantage of the fact that there were few people in the town’s Rural Credit Cooperative in the afternoon and quickly deposited the money. Only then did she feel completely relieved.
When she got home, she saw that Ning Shaoming didn't look very well, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? You look so bad."
Ning Shaoming perked up and shook his head, saying, "Nothing."
She could see that something was wrong, but he didn't want to say it. Something he didn't discuss with her shouldn't be a big deal, so Zhao Ruyue didn't ask any more.
"Then I'll go to the kitchen to drink some water. You can see what we're having for dinner tonight. What do you plan to do with the meat that my eldest sister brought back last night?"
When she asked this, Ning Shaoming's face became even uglier: "She said to cut out three pounds to eat during the New Year, and the remaining ten pounds to make sausages."
Zhao Ruyue was not too happy when she heard that only three pounds of meat would be left for the New Year. This was how her mother-in-law usually handled the meat her eldest sister brought back.
During the Chinese New Year, the whole family would eat three or four pounds of meat, plus the slaughtered chickens and vegetables from the vegetable garden to fill the table.
The remaining ten pounds or so are made into sausages, but most of those sausages are usually taken away by the second son's family.
They didn't contribute money in previous years, so they had no reason to be unhappy about their mother-in-law's doing this. After all, the meat was brought back by their eldest sister to honor their parents, and anyone in the family who wanted to eat more could buy it themselves.
But this year they paid for the meat, and no one else in the family contributed. There was only one day left until New Year's Eve, and the only New Year's gifts for the family were still the ones they brought back.
Zhao Ruyue: "How about I talk to mom? The children are all grown up and eat a lot. I won't make so many sausages this year. I'll cook a few more pounds of meat during the New Year so that the children can enjoy a good meal."
Ning Shaoming thought about it and shook his head again: "Forget it, the division of the family has not been finalized yet. It will not look good if it is exposed. It is the last year, so we should bear with it for now. At worst, we can take the children out to play tomorrow and take them out to eat something good in advance."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhao Ruyue was in a good mood today and didn't want to dwell on such things that were difficult to sort out and would make her feel bad.
Ning Shaoming went out, so she went into the kitchen to get some boiled water to drink.
Ning Shixia appeared from somewhere and followed her into the kitchen.
"Mom," Ning Shixia tugged at Zhao Ruyue's sleeve, "I know why Dad is unhappy."
Zhao Ruyue was surprised: "How did you know?"
She held up the little tin frog in her hand and said, "When Dad was talking to Uncle Er, I was picking up toys from the firewood pile. They didn't see me."
"Your father got upset after talking to your second uncle?"
"Yes!" Ning Shixia nodded heavily. "Dad wanted to borrow Second Uncle's motorcycle to go to the county town. He said he would fill up the motorcycle with gas when he came back, but Second Uncle didn't want to. He said the bike had a problem with the brakes and he had to take it to Second Uncle's mother's house and ask her mother's neighbors to help fix it before he could ride it. Second Uncle lied. Not long after, I saw Second Uncle's mother's relatives riding the bike with their family members and drove away on the road to the village of my eldest aunt's mother's family. Dad saw it too."
"So that's how it is." Zhao Ruyue probably knew what Ning Shaoming was angry about.
If his second brother had clearly said that he agreed to lend the bike to someone else, he would not have thought too much about it. But he said that there was a problem with the brakes and needed to be repaired, and then someone else rode the bike to take his family to visit relatives in the village. This meant that his second brother lied, and it would be strange if Ning Shaoming was not angry.
"Mom, please don't make Dad sad," Ning Shixia said boldly, "When I have money in the future, I will buy Dad a four-wheeled car, and I will buy you one too. A car with four wheels is so impressive. When Second Uncle comes to borrow a car in the future, we won't lend it to him."
Zhao Ruyue had no doubt about the truthfulness of her daughter's words. Although she was still young, she had a good memory. In her previous life, her daughter really bought her a car, but she didn't dare to drive it, so it remained idle. Later, she gave the car to her nephew, which made her daughter so angry that she didn't want to pay attention to her.
She gently pinched her daughter's rosy little face and praised: "Okay, my daughter is really ambitious, but you can buy it for your father, mom can't open it."
Ning Shixia: "Just let mom learn it. Mom is the smartest and most capable one, she will definitely learn it!"
"Mom doesn't dare to learn, and she can't learn either."
"Mom is talking nonsense."
"How do you know Mom is talking nonsense?"
"My mother said she can't do it before she even tried. That's nonsense. Usually, I say I can't learn it because I'm not willing to do it. But in fact, I'm smart and can learn anything!" Ning Shixia is very confident in himself and also in his mother.
"Everyone says my mother looks like me, but that's not right. I look like my mother. I'm so smart, so my mother must be smart too!"
"Okay, okay, my daughter is the smartest. Mommy has things to do, so go play with your brother." Zhao Ruyue coaxed her daughter away and really had to get busy with other things.
Her third uncle from her mother's side took good care of the two children this year. They came to him to see a doctor for minor illnesses and get some medicine, and the uncle never charged them.
I just came back two days ago and was very busy, so I couldn't visit him which is understandable. But now that I have time, I must go and visit him.
However, her father has four brothers, so he can't just visit his third uncle, he also has to visit the other two uncles as well.
The amount of the red envelopes is the same for the three uncles, but the gift for the third uncle is a little bit bigger.
When Zhao Ruyue was packing things and red envelopes for her uncles and aunts in the room, Ning Shaoming also calmed down. When he came in and saw her busying around, he knew what she was going to do.
His father is an only child, so he has no close uncles to visit, only two cousins from the same clan. However, those two cousins are only his father's cousins, and their relationship with him is a bit distant.
According to local customs, unless there is a wedding or funeral in someone's family, distant relatives generally do not give each other gifts during the Chinese New Year.
Ning Shaoming turned around and went out again. After a while, he came back holding a child in each hand. He wiped the children's faces and hands, and changed them into new clothes.
The two children were very happy to wear new clothes. Ning Shixia skipped all the way holding her mother's hand, until she realized they were going to her third grandfather's house, she was dumbfounded.
She thought her father still remembered that she had complained about her leg pain, so he really took her to see a doctor, but she refused to go in.
It was Zhao Ruyue's third uncle who came out of the house. Even though he was smiling, the children didn't dare to act rashly in front of him, and the same went for Ning Shixia.
When she saw her third grandfather, she followed her parents inside like a little quail. Only when she found out that they were not taking her to see a doctor or getting bitter medicine did she become lively again.
After visiting several elders, the family declined the dinner invited by Zhao Ruyue's uncles and aunts. After saying goodbye to the last elder and returning home, they found that the atmosphere at home was a bit serious.
Not only were all the other family members there, but also the team leader of the production brigade where their family used to work and people from the village committee came.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
