Chapter 96 Chapter 96 Grandma's wallet bleeds
Huang Xiuhua returned home and just took a breath when she turned around and saw a plate of pickles and porridge on the dining table. She subconsciously felt a little uncomfortable.
She was dazed for a moment, then came to her senses and realized that she was not at her second brother's house in the county town, and she felt less depressed.
"What are we having for dinner tonight?" Huang Xiuhua asked.
Ning Da stared at her in surprise, and Huang Xiuhua felt uncomfortable with his eyes: "Why are you looking at me like that? I'm asking you a question!"
"I just feel like the sun is rising from the west. You actually discuss what to eat at home with others. It's weird, really weird!"
Normally, as long as she was at home, she would decide what to eat, and at most she would notify him. How could he have the right to decide?
Moreover, he hasn’t even had lunch yet, and he’s already asking about dinner. Most likely, he didn’t eat well at the second brother’s house.
Ning Da originally wanted to laugh at his old wife, but after all, she was the person he had been with for his entire life. When he heard her stomach rumbling with hunger, he knew that she had not been able to get a meal at the second brother's house before she came back.
Ning Da couldn't help but complain in his heart that the second child was a good-for-nothing. Most people would be willing to give a beggar a bowl of rice when they saw him coming to their door to ask for a bowl of rice, but this was his own mother who favored him the most!
Huang Xiuhua felt uncomfortable with what he said: "Is it wrong to ask you?"
Ning Da did not answer, but asked her: "The little money in your pocket, was taken away by Lao Er?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm not a fool!" Huang Xiuhua remembered that the day before she came back, she found her second son's wife secretly looking through her luggage.
Now she felt a little stressed when she thought about it.
At the same time, I was also glad in my heart that when I was not at home, I always liked to keep my money close to me and even take it into the bathroom when taking a bath.
She did think about giving her second son some extra money when he bought a house, but she never thought about putting all her own savings into it!
"It's good that your money hasn't been taken away from you. Otherwise, I won't give you my money to spend. It's all for my grandchildren to go to college." Ning Da had already made plans for his money.
Huang Xiuhua asked: "What if no one in your family gets into college? Will you keep that little bit of money and take it with you to your grave?"
"You are such a bad mouth, can you say something nice? Don't you want Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia to get into college?"
"I think Xiaoqiu and Danjie will probably pass the exam. Both kids can sit still. Xiaoxia plays around all day and only wants to study after Xiaoqiu pressures her."
Ningda shook his head, thinking that the old woman was really blind.
"Then just wait and see. I'll give it to whoever passes the exam."
After being hurt at the second brother's home, Huang Xiuhua heard what her old man said and felt that his idea was good, but not reliable enough.
What’s the point of waiting until the child passes the exam before giving it to him? If you want to give, give it early. Just like what is shown on TV, wealthy people in ancient times would help scholars when they were down and out. People will be grateful when you provide timely assistance.
Huang Xiuhua thought about it and decided to be nicer to her grandson in advance. She liked Danjie from the second son's family very much, but she was closer to the second son's wife's family.
Just like the second son's wife, I always feel like I look down on the peasant grandparents here.
After filling her stomach, Huang Xiuhua went to her third brother's house to see her grandson. The sun was too strong at this time, so Ning Shiqiu's grandmother had already asked him and his cousins to go home and rest.
Ever since Ning Shiqiu's family started helping Zhao Silian wholesale popsicles, there has never been a shortage of popsicles and ice cream at home.
When Huang Xiuhua came, Ning Shiqiu was giving ice cream to his cousins.
As soon as she came in, she saw several children eating ice cream here, and it was cream ice cream that had risen to 30 cents a stick. She felt unhappy.
There are four children in the Zhao family, three from the eldest sister Zhao Ruyue's family and two from the youngest sister's family. If each of them eats an ice cream, the third child will have to spend nearly three dollars in one go!
How much money is there at home to feed others?
"Grandma, you're here?" Ning Shiqiu raised his head, greeted her when he saw her, and then asked, "Do you want some ice cream? There's some in the refrigerator."
Huang Xiuhua walked all the way under the scorching sun, and her head was so hot that it seemed like smoking.
She wanted to eat it, but she said, "I'm old and can't eat these cold things. You should eat less too. Eating too much will hurt your stomach. Just eat one every few days."
She glanced at the Ning family's children and continued, "So many ice creams a day, it must cost several dollars. How much does your dad earn working so hard in the kitchen all day?"
Children are very sensitive to people's kindness and malice. Huang Xiuhua didn't mention them by name, but they also vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Ning Shiqiu also noticed it. He took a bag and put some salted water popsicles that adults liked to eat into it.
Then she handed it to her cousin: "Sister Siyun, please take this back to my grandparents and my uncle and aunt for me."
Zhao Siyun took the bag and called her younger brothers and sisters to go home. The children ran out one by one like frightened little rabbits.
After running far away, he patted his chest exaggeratedly: "Did you just notice? The way Xiaoqiu's grandmother looked at us just now..."
“How scary!”
"Next time if she's here, I won't dare go to Xiaoqiu's house."
Zhao Siyun was raised by Zhao Ruyue when she was a child and had the best relationship with this aunt.
She said, "It's okay. When Xiaoqiu's grandmother is around, if aunt is also there, then there's nothing to be afraid of. It's also OK if uncle is around. When aunt and uncle are at home, Xiaoqiu's grandmother won't dare to say that to us."
"It's a pity that my aunt and uncle went to the county town today. I don't know when they will be back," said Zhao Silian's brother. "My parents asked us to send grapes to Xiaoqiu's house in the afternoon. What if they haven't come back by then? I don't want Xiaoqiu's grandmother to eat our grapes."
"Wait until the evening when aunt finishes class and comes back."
After they left, Ning Shixia came back after playing outside. She found it strange that her brother was the only one in the store collecting the customers' finished dishes.
In the past, her cousins would come to help on Saturdays and Sundays. Because her grandmother did not allow her mother to pay them, her father would make some delicious food for them in the afternoon when he was not so busy.
Why aren’t you here today?
"Brother, where are the others?"
"I asked my cousins to bring popsicles to grandpa and grandma. There are not many customers in the store, so Sister Danping will go back to your room to read and do homework." Ning Shiqiu put down the rag he used to wipe the table and winked at his sister.
Ning Shixia swallowed the words he was about to ask and turned his gaze to the kitchen door.
She saw her grandmother leaning against the kitchen door, her mouth moving, probably saying something to someone in the kitchen.
But she couldn't hear her voice at this distance.
Ning Shichun was almost annoyed to death in the kitchen. His grandmother never came before, but today, for some reason, she pointed at him as soon as she came at the door.
One moment he said don’t put so much meat in it, it’s a loss!
Then he said that there was no need to give too much rice noodles, as people wouldn't be able to tell if there was a little less. If you save a little on this bowl and a little on that bowl, you can save several bowls a day.
Ning Shichun couldn't stand this. He was an honest man and would rather earn less than do this. Otherwise, he would think about the bad things he had done over and over again at night and couldn't sleep.
Fortunately, Xiaoqiu made up a story: his father strictly forbade anyone other than the chef to enter the kitchen, let alone touch the food inside.
Otherwise, looking at grandma's attitude, I would like to come in and do it myself.
"Grandma, you're here!" Ning Shixia skated in and greeted Huang Xiuhua enthusiastically.
Huang Xiuhua waved her hand perfunctorily: "Go and play by yourself. I'm busy and don't have time to play with you."
In fact, she was just busy being disappointed with Ning Shichun.
Because Ning Shichun didn't listen to her, she kept staring at the door and nagging him like a spell.
Ning Shixia saw that her cousin's eyes were dull due to being scolded, and then turned to look at her brother, who also had a helpless look on his face.
She rolled her eyes, pulled Huang Xiuhua's sleeve and said, "Grandma, no one likes to play with me now."
This immediately drew half of Huang Xiuhua's attention away: "Don't you have a lot of friends? Why don't they want to play with you anymore? Did you do something to offend them?"
Ning Shixia said: "It's not that I offended them, it's that I don't have any Cardcaptor Sakura cards. Others have them, so they don't want to play with me. Grandma, can you give me some money to buy some cards?"
Huang Xiuhua didn't want to give it. What little card? It sounded like it was not worth eating or drinking. What was the point of buying it? Waste of money!
She said with a straight face, "If they don't want to play with you, then you shouldn't play with them either. Why don't you just find someone who doesn't have cards to play with?"
In the past, children would be scared when she had a stern face, but Ning Shixia knew that her parents would be home soon, so she was no longer afraid. Grandma frowned: "No, everyone has money, but I am the only one left. Can you give me some money, grandma?"
Huang Xiuhua now had to pretend to be very fierce, but she really couldn't and didn't dare to spank her.
I could only continue to say with a gloomy face: "Wait until your parents come back and ask them for money to buy it. Grandma doesn't have any money."
Ning Shixia: "My parents have no money. All the money they earned was spent on building the house, decorating it, and opening the store."
"Then go ask your grandfather for it. Your grandfather has money."
"My grandfather doesn't have any money either, and he asked me to help him pick up scraps. Grandma, please give me some, just five dollars is enough, please, please, please, please, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me..."
"Five dollars! Why don't you just rob the guy who's selling that card?"
For a moment, the identities were reversed, and the person "chanting the scriptures" became Ning Shixia.
Ning Shichun was so happy that he turned around and laughed at the wall in the kitchen. Huang Xiuhua was annoyed by Ning Shixia and hurried out of the store: "I've been in the county for several days. I haven't visited the fields and vegetable gardens at home. I have to go and take a look."
"It's so hot outside, you can go in the evening. My grandfather always goes to water the vegetable garden in the evening. Don't worry, he takes good care of the vegetable garden. Grandma, please stay a little longer. I don't want five dollars. Just give me three dollars. I'll ask my brother to give me two dollars. We can buy it together."
Ning Shixia followed her from the store all the way to the old house. She was skateboarding and it was much easier than Huang Xiuhua who was walking.
However, Huang Xiuhua was so focused on getting rid of this little granddaughter who could chant sutras better than a monk that she didn't pay any attention to these things.
As the two walked away, Ning Shichun breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately Xiao Xia is back."
Ning Shiqiu agreed deeply. Although his grandmother loved him very much, her love was a little too much for Ning Shiqiu to bear.
For example, before Xiaoxia came back, his grandmother secretly gave him money and specifically told him not to tell anyone. He couldn't refuse and had to give it.
Grandma thought she had done it very secretly and wasn't discovered by her cousin. But in fact, her cousin saw it all but didn't take it to heart.
If someone had a more thoughtful attitude, wouldn't this destroy the relationship between him and his cousin?
He himself didn't need the money, so it would be better for grandma to divide the money equally among the children, or spend it all herself and not give any to anyone.
Ning Shiqiu took the dishes used by the guests to the yard to wash them.
When he came out after washing the dishes, he saw his sister happily running into the store with her short legs.
When he saw him coming out, he shouted excitedly: "Brother, come and see what this is!"
Ning Shiqiu showed little interest in what she was holding: "Did you catch a watermelon worm or a dung beetle again? I'm telling you, you are not allowed to bring back cockroaches..."
"It's not a bug!" Ning Shixia stamped his feet anxiously, rushed over and opened his chubby little hands for him to see, "Thump, thump, thump!"
Ning Shiqiu took a look and was a little surprised: "Money?"
He thought his sister followed grandma all the way to the old house and that grandpa couldn't stand it anymore and gave her something to cheer her up: "Grandpa gave it to you. Should I help you keep it or do you keep it yourself?"
"No, no, I'll scare you if I tell you this, it was the money my grandma gave me!"
"Who? Who said it was given to you?" Ning Shichun couldn't help scratching his ears, unable to believe what he heard.
There were no customers in the store at the moment, and he came out of the kitchen. After hearing what Ning Shixia said, he and Ning Shiqiu were both shocked.
Ning Shixia chuckled proudly and repeated, "It's the money my grandma gave me!"
Ning Shichun was surprised and said, "It's so strange that grandma would give money to someone other than Xiaoqiu."
He had indeed seen his grandmother giving money to his cousin before.
But he is ten years older than his cousin and is an adult now, so he doesn't care about these things. Even when he was a child, his grandmother never gave him pocket money.
In Ning Shichun's impression, his grandmother was just such a person, as if her heart was so narrow that it could only accommodate one child, and she only loved one person in a generation.
Among his father's generation, grandma favored his second uncle, and among their generation of children, she favored Xiaoqiu.
Not only him, but everyone in the family was used to her being like this, so they were really surprised that Xiao Xia could get money out of her.
Not to mention that you can dig out several dollars in one go.
"Let me count, one, two, three, three dollars. Our Xiao Xia has made it big. She can even get some pocket money from her stingy grandmother."
Ning Shixia happily put the money away: "Brother, I won't save this money. I'll go buy some snacks later and we can share it. When I spend it all, I'll ask grandma for more money another day."
Ning Shichun widened his eyes: "You still dare to ask her for it? Aren't you afraid that she will scold you?" He felt that it was a miracle to get it once.
"My grandma scolded me just now, but she took out money while scolding me."
Ning Shichun and Ning Shiqiu could not imagine that scene.
Ning Shixia said happily: "I have to try it in a few days to see if grandma always likes to scold people before giving them money. Anyway, it doesn't take much effort to try. If it's true, then the scolding I received before was really in vain."
She even regretted not asking her grandmother for money when she was scolded, and was scolded for nothing.
Ning Shixia originally thought that her grandmother's scolding was too harsh and she was a little unhappy.
But later, when I saw her face full of heartache when she took out the money, and yet for some reason she still took out the money to give it to me, all that unhappiness disappeared in an instant.
Ning Shixia thought this was very interesting: "Wait until I try it a few times. If it works every time, you can ask grandma for pocket money in the future. Grandpa told me that we shouldn't refuse it. It's better to give grandma's money to us than to give it to others and then lose it in the end. When we grow up and earn more money, we can give it to grandma and be filial to her."
She was young and didn't understand much about the things between adults. She only knew that her grandmother favored her brother the most, but the "others" in her grandfather's words were obviously not referring to her brother.
She thought they were talking about someone they didn't know, so she took it seriously and tried hard to get money from her grandmother.
Ning Shixia doesn't think that she won't be able to make money when she grows up. Now she can make a lot of money by picking up scraps with her grandfather. When she grows up and is stronger, she will only earn more!
"Granny, please give me lots of money, and then I, your good granddaughter, will be filial to her in the future!"
Ning Shiqiu: “…”
Ning Shixia: "I can teach you. For example, if you want to ask grandma for three dollars, just tell her you want five dollars. It will work."
Ning Shichun waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, go ask your cousin."
Ning Shixia grabbed the money and ran to her room to look for her cousin, but her cousin waved her hand and said, "No, no, wait until Danjie comes next time, and let Danjie go with you."
As for Xiaoqiu, he can get pocket money from his grandmother without being scolded, so let's not talk about him.
"Okay." Ning Shixia said regretfully and decided to try a few more times by himself and then ask his second cousin to come back and join him.
Ning Shiqiu told her not to spend the money yet, and to spend it when she went to the night market in the evening: "When mom and dad come home in the evening, tell them about this, they will definitely be shocked."
While they were having fun in the store, Huang Xiuhua was in the old house, holding her chest and crying out that she felt tightness and chest pain.
Ning Da covered her mouth and laughed secretly, thinking that finally someone was there to punish her.
They have been married for so many years, but even he didn't know that his old wife had such a side.
But it may also be that times are different now. In the past, she was young and strong and had the final say at home. No one dared to make such a noise at her, so naturally they would not discover this side of her.
After Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming signed the contract with the two landlords, Ning Shaoming first sent Zhao Ruyue back to school for class, and then went to the row of small bungalows to see the four rooms that would soon belong to them.
Because banks are closed today and tomorrow, they only paid the deposit and have not paid the full amount.
The seller will not give them the keys to the house until they have paid in full.
Now Ning Shaoming could only stand at the door and look inside through the window. The more he looked, the more he felt that these houses were square and the layout was indeed very good.
Not only can it be used as a shop, but if you don't mind living next to the street being too noisy, it can be renovated and used as a residence.
A year ago, he couldn't even imagine that he could buy a house in the county town.
Like many people in the town, he only wanted to work, earn money, pay off his debts, and save some money to build a house in his hometown.
His state of mind is very different now than before.
After looking at the house, Ning Shaoming had an idea of how to renovate it.
The outside of this house looks old, but the inside is actually in good condition.
If the family has limited funds, it is okay to use the house as is without renovation.
It was still early for Zhao Ruyue to finish class, so Ning Shaoming went to the building materials market in the county to check the prices of renovation materials and estimate how much it would cost to renovate the house.
Zhao Ruyue’s repair shop cannot be opened in the short term. She will have to wait until she finishes one semester of classes before she can prepare to open the shop.
If we move the store in the town to the county, we can just renovate one room.
However, Ning Shaoming's plan is to separate the rice noodles and bread products, and it would be best to renovate two rooms if funds permit.
I will discuss with Zhao Ruyue whether to rent out the other two rooms later.
In the evening, after class, Zhao Ruyue called home in advance to tell them that they would be returning home soon.
Let Ning Shichun prepare the meal first. After dinner tonight, we will go to the night market together. I will wait for Ning Shaoming to come back and cook. It will be a bit late to go out after dinner.
Ning Shixia was a little tempted to use the three dollars he got from his grandmother to buy meat for his family, but after thinking about it, he held back.
When Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming returned home, Ning Shixia took out the three dollars again and showed off in front of his parents.
Looking at their surprised expressions, Ning Shixia was a little reluctant to spend the three dollars. He felt that the three dollars were now given a different meaning.
They should be framed like photos and placed on the cabinet where she keeps her toys as her trophies!
Ning Shixia does what he says.
After dinner, she found the leftover materials from making a frame for the Children's Day photos, made a frame according to the size of the money, and then neatly placed the three dollars into the frame and secured it.
After Ning Shixia finished making it, he took it out and showed it to other people in the family.
Zhao Ruyue went in to take a look and thought it was pretty. She joked to her daughter, "Your grandma's wallet must have really bleed a lot this time."
In the past, this old lady was reluctant to give her child even thirty cents, but this time she was willing to give three dollars!
Moreover, the three one-yuan bills she gave Xiao Xia were quite nice-looking. They were from the third set of one-yuan bills with a female tractor driver printed on the front.
This set of banknotes was no longer in circulation in 2000, but in small towns like theirs, the elderly still have some of them in their hands. They use this money to buy things on the street and the shop owners will not refuse to accept it.
At seven o'clock, Zheng Xiu drove to the door. Ning Shixia had received benefits today and still knew how to reciprocate.
She made a special trip to the old house and asked her grandparents if they wanted to go to the county town with them to have fun.
"The night market is fun. I heard from some aunties in my mom's class who live in the county town that there are so many delicious foods in the night market."
Huang Xiuhua now feels uncomfortable whenever she hears people mention the county town, and she is also afraid that if she goes there, this little girl will extort her money again.
He waved his hands and said, "No, no, I just came back from the county town today. I'm very tired. I don't want to go anywhere now. I just want to rest at home. If you want to go, go by yourselves."
Ningda followed his granddaughter with great interest.
He had been to the dormitory assigned to his second son in the county town by the school, and had also been to the county town for business, but this was the first time in decades that he had gone to the county town simply for fun.
Ning Da felt quite sad after getting in the car. The second brother had been back to the county town to work for so many years, and it was the first time for him to go to the county town just for fun. It was actually the third brother's family who took him there.
Zhao Ruyue didn't have to go to class on Saturday night, so her family of four, plus siblings Ning Shichun and Ning Danping, and Ning Da, made Zheng Xiu's van rarely full at this time.
When you arrive at the county town, drive directly to the entrance of the night market street.
“So many people!”
As soon as they got off the bus, they were frightened by the crowded night market.
Originally, Zhao Ruyue had made an appointment with several female classmates to go shopping together.
There are so many people in the night market now, and with several families gathered together, the number of their group will be even larger. After they go in, they will not be able to move together.
We can only separate for now, go shopping with our respective families, and wait for the next opportunity to make another appointment.
Ning Shaoming immediately picked up his son and let Zhao Ruyue hold her daughter.
Zhao Ruyue was quite strong, and her daughter stayed in her arms obediently without moving, so it was not difficult for her to hold her daughter.
Ning Shiqiu is almost nine years old and feels that he has grown up and no longer needs to be held by adults.
Suddenly being picked up, he was embarrassed, his face and ears turned red: "Dad, put me down, I can walk by myself."
Ning Shaoming: "No, there are too many people here, and no one knows if there are kidnappers among them. If we get separated and can't find you, your mother and I will have nowhere to cry."
Others also agreed with what he said, so Ning Shiqiu had no choice but to let his father carry him. His heart felt swelled and he felt even happier.
Ning Danping also pulled at the hem of her brother's clothes and followed the adults closely.
It hadn’t been long since the incident with the silly bride of the old bachelor who lived on the same street as her.
She was a smart college student, but she went crazy after being kidnapped. She is not as smart as her. She needs to be more careful when she goes out.
There are two entrances and exits to the night market street.
Originally, both entrances and exits were accessible, but because there were too many people, the other intersection was also blocked.
Now you can only approach from this side, and you can only go out from the other side.
The group started from the first one at the intersection.
At the entrance, there are stalls selling clothes and shoes on both sides.
Men generally have no interest in these things, and even their clothes are bought by women.
Zhao Ruyue took a fancy to a stall and took Ning Danping in to have a look. Several men were waiting at the door.
"I see your clothes and pants are a bit short. The clothes at the night market stalls look cheaper than those on the third floor of the wholesale market. Pick two sets you like and try them out. You'll be working in the store all day during the summer vacation next week, so you can use those two sets of clothes as work clothes in the store."
Zhao Ruyue’s aesthetic taste was average, so she let Ning Danping choose for herself.
"No, no, I have enough clothes to wear." Ning Danping felt that she had already received her salary, so how could she take clothes?
Zhao Ruyue felt that the salary was too low, but this was the normal salary level in the town. The salary of waiters in the county town had increased a bit, at least five hundred a month, but they were full-time.
Moreover, she and Ning Shaoming didn't have much money left after buying a house, and she couldn't raise Ning Danping's salary for the time being.
If she was to get a raise, Ning Shichun would have to get one first, so he could only buy her two sets of clothes first. As for the salary increase, they would have to wait until they were not so tight on money.
The clothes sold in the night market now are all summer clothes. A T-shirt costs more than ten yuan, and a pair of summer shorts is only about twenty yuan. It is really not expensive to buy two sets.
"If you don't choose, I'll choose for you. What I choose may not be good-looking."
Seeing that she still refused, Zhao Ruyue picked out a set and asked her to try it in the temporary changing room surrounded by curtains from the stall owner.
Ning Shixia also encouraged her to give it a try.
Ning Danping couldn't persuade them and had to go in with her clothes.
After changing, she looked really ugly. Ning Danping's body proportions were originally 4:6, but after putting on this dress, they became 5:5.
Even Zhao Ruyue herself could see that the clothes were not suitable for her, so she finally asked the stall owner to help her choose two sets.
Zhao Ruyue looked at the clothes that the store owner had chosen for Ning Danping and sighed from the bottom of her heart, "Sure enough, if you want to work in the clothing industry, you need to have a good sense of aesthetics."
The stall owner was so flattered by her words that his face was as bright as a flower. Not only did he give her some change, he also gave her a pair of socks.
After buying clothes, they continued shopping. As they no longer had the need to buy clothes, they quickly passed the entrance, the area where the clothing stalls were concentrated.
The latter part is all about buying food.
Arriving at the food gathering place, everyone perked up and looked here and there.
I was quite excited at first, but later on I found it was a bit monotonous.
"Why are most of the food sold in this night market barbecued?" Ning Shixia said as he took a bite of a hot dog and continued, "The toppings on this sausage aren't as good as the ones my dad makes."
The night market was noisy and she was just a little kid, so she spoke very loudly when she said this. Zhao Ruyue was so scared that she quickly carried her away from the stall.
The others following behind them couldn't help but laugh, but they all felt that Ning Shixia was right.
They bought a little bit of food from almost every stall to try. There were some that tasted good, but most of them were average and the prices were higher than in town.
It’s just that the atmosphere of selling things on the night market street is there, and there are many people, so the stalls with average-tasting food are doing pretty good business.
After leaving the night market, Ning Shixia, who had been warned by Zhao Ruyue not to speak ill of other people's products in front of others, whispered in her ear: "My dad's stall will definitely sell better than those stalls!"
Zhao Ruyue smiled and said, "The stalls at the night market have to be set up until one or two in the morning. Your father has to get up at five in the morning. If he sets up a stall at the night market, he will be exhausted to death."
Ning Shixia was so frightened by these words that she said, "Let my dad live well." She didn't want to be without a father.
Ning Shaoming walked up to them and only heard half of their words, so he asked, "What do you mean by live well?"
Ning Shixia looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Dad, you must live well."
Ning Shaoming and Ning Shiqiu were confused by what they heard. Zhao Ruyue held back her laughter and explained it to them, and only then did they understand what it meant.
Others just laughed it off, but Ning Shaoming took the matter to heart.
His family was in debt again. He always felt uneasy about owing money and always wanted to pay back the money he owed to others as soon as possible.
His wife goes to class every night, and he feels bored staying at home. It would be nice to set up a stall at the night market if he could make use of this time.
He follows his wife to the county town every day. While his wife goes to class, he sets up the stall.
It is much better to set up the stall until my wife finishes class and then go back together than to stay at home and wait for her.
Moreover, today when he saw others making money by doing ordinary things at the night market, he felt a little jealous. If others could do it, there was no reason why he couldn't do it with his skills.
After returning home at night, everyone took a shower.
Zhao Ruyue sat at the desk in the room and calculated today's accounts.
Ning Shaoming also moved a chair in, took out a piece of paper and listed the things he sold, as well as some delicious food he usually made for his family, on another piece of paper.
Then I thought back to the stalls I saw at the night market and crossed out all the food that overlapped with the night market.
He also crossed out items that he thought were not suitable for sale in the night market.
The rest is that it is relatively simple to make, and can be prepared in advance and brought along, so it is food that can be sold without having to cook on site.
One is a small bowl cake. You can put different ingredients in it and make it into various shapes. It looks good and tastes good. Children and girls should like it.
Another thing is the various sandwiches, which can grab the gimmick of foreign food and sound fashionable.
Although it is not good to worship foreign things, many people nowadays think that foreign things are better, and many domestic products try their best to make their products have some connection with foreign things.
Moreover, after being coated with a layer of foreign style, the products do sell better, which really makes people feel helpless and powerless.
Ning Shaoming didn't plan to do too much, so he decided on these two for the time being.
I close the stall after selling out every day. When it’s time for my wife to get out of class, I’ll close the stall and go home if I haven’t sold out yet.
Anyway, there are many children in the family, so they can finish all the food. Besides our own children, there are also children of relatives, so we don’t have to worry about no one eating the food we bring back.
After he finished writing, he went up to Zhao Ruyue and asked for her opinion.
When Zhao Ruyue first heard that he really wanted to set up a stall at the night market, she couldn't help but frowned. Only after hearing what happened did she relax her brows and didn't say anything against it.
He just said, "Then you have to promise me that you can't just ignore it when you see that business is good. You have to take care of your health."
She didn't want to be a widow again.
Seeing that she was worried to the point of crying, Ning Shaoming felt so soft-hearted that he repeatedly assured himself that he would keep his original intention and do everything according to the agreed plan.
"I don't know if I can buy a small bowl for making bowl cake in the county town. I will go to the county town again at noon tomorrow to have a look and talk to Master Zheng about the fare."
Zhao Ruyue said, "No need to make another special trip, right? I'm free tomorrow at noon, so I can go to the wholesale market and have a look.
If there is that kind of small bowl, I will buy it for you and bring it back. I also need to buy ingredients for making sandwiches. I can't set up a stall in the county town and use steamed bread slices as toast slices like I would my own children. ”
Discuss the fare with Zheng Xiu. We can discuss it when she comes in the morning.
Zhao Ruyue was also worried about the fact that he had too little rest time. Not only was he busy with store affairs, but he also had to cook almost all the lunch and dinner. Zhao Ruyue wanted him to have a good rest at noon tomorrow.
She went to the county town to attend classes on Saturdays and Sundays during the day and did not come back at noon. She could take a nap directly in the school dormitory and had much more rest time than him.
Ning Shaoming thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll leave this to you. Do you remember what the bowl for making bowl cake looks like?"
"Of course I remember. Don't worry, I will definitely help you do this beautifully."
Most of the bowl-shaped cakes they had seen in Pengcheng before were made in small opaque ceramic bowls.
This time, Zhao Ruyue planned to find a small transparent glass bowl, and buy a few strings of small lights and a battery.
When the time comes, the bowl cake will look more attractive after being polished!
Ning Shaoming smiled and nodded, then remembered something: "I almost forgot to tell you, if you have time after visiting the market, please go to the night market management office and ask what the rules are for setting up a stall. If everything goes well, I can set up a stall tomorrow night."
"What if we can't buy a small bowl for making bowl-shaped cake?" Zhao Ruyue asked.
Ning Shaoming also considered this situation: "If I can't buy a suitable small bowl, I can just make sandwiches and bring them to try. If it's not enough, we can also make our own cupcakes and dorayaki."
The hot dog bun was too big and he would feel full after eating just one. He thought it was not suitable to sell at the night market, so he did not mention it.
Knowing that he knew what was going on, Zhao Ruyu felt relieved.
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