"Mom, what's wrong?" Zhao Qinglan asked quickly.
Sun looked over, her face dreamy, and said, "Qinglan, do you know how much money we made today?"
"How much?" How could she possibly know?
“Forty dollars and seventy-five cents,” Sun said, her voice trembling.
Forty yuan and seventy-five cents is not bad, it's within my expectations.
A bowl of shredded pork noodles at a state-run restaurant now costs a little over 10 cents, but you need food coupons.
Their fresh meat wontons don't require food coupons, and they're made with pure meat and a bone broth base, so the price is a bit higher, 25 cents a bowl.
Today, because of the 50% off special offer, a bowl only cost a little over 10 cents, so we sold over 300 bowls.
To Zhao Qinglan, a woman who had seen the world, forty yuan was not much at all. But for people like Sun, who might not even see forty yuan in a year in the village, forty yuan was a huge sum of money.
That's a huge sum of money! Nowadays, factory workers only earn twenty or thirty yuan a month.
However, that's only because there's a discount today. It's just over a cent and you don't need food coupons. Everyone thinks it's a good deal to have a bowl of fragrant bone broth wontons.
Once the price returns to 25 cents, selling over a hundred bowls a day would be considered a good business.
The wontons today were prepared in advance by the Sun family, mother and daughters. They spent a long time making them. During the break from cooking the wontons today, they saw that business was good and they didn't have enough to sell, so they kept making more.
After that, they did business every day. If they really wanted to sell more than 300 bowls a day, the three of them couldn't possibly make that many.
Even if you sell a hundred or so bowls a day, the price will still be twenty or thirty yuan after it returns to normal, which is equivalent to a worker's monthly income.
Even after deducting costs, it's at least equivalent to half a month's income for an average worker, which adds up to several hundred yuan over a whole month.
Earning a worker's annual salary in a month was a dream that Sun and her two daughters never dared to imagine before.
Li Huai was also a little surprised when he heard the numbers and did a quick calculation. Seeing his wife's calm demeanor, he admired her even more.
She was able to come up with a good idea, and remained calm and composed even when she heard the amount of money. If he didn't know she wasn't stupid and could definitely figure out the amount, he would have thought she just hadn't realized how much money it was.
"It's alright." Zhao Qinglan finally gave her evaluation. "You guys scared me to death, I thought something had happened."
With a smile, she placed the stew on the table.
"Sister, so much money, aren't you scared at all?" Zhao Qingju couldn't help but ask.
"As long as we work hard, we'll earn even more money in the future. What's forty yuan? Let's work hard to earn four hundred yuan, four thousand yuan, forty thousand yuan!" Zhao Qinglan declared boldly.
Forty was already frightening enough for them, let alone four million four thousand four hundred thousand. Sun felt like her heart couldn't take it.
However, the eyes of the Zhao Qingzhu and Zhao Qingju sisters lit up with longing as their eldest sister described the scene.
Yes, you can earn forty yuan a day, so you could earn four hundred yuan a month, and four thousand yuan a year. Thinking about it that way, the goal of forty thousand yuan seems a bit far off.
Looking at his wife, who was so ambitious, Li Huai's eyes shone.
Seeing the delicious food coming over, Erwa didn't care about the adults' business sense and happily went to get chopsticks.
Seeing that the children were really hungry, Zhao Qinglan stopped making empty promises and they all sat down to eat properly.
Yang Qingmin initially only thought about how to find something to use against Li Huai while he was keeping watch, but when he saw wave after wave of guests coming and going, he became somewhat envious and jealous.
His family's income is only his allowance and salary. Who wouldn't want more income? Li Huai is really cunning.
Li Huai and his wife couldn't do business openly and honestly, so when his wife's family came, they took advantage of them. They really had a clever idea.
I wish I could have a business like that that makes money.
Yang Qingmin naturally wouldn't stay outside waiting forever. Since he already knew the location of the snack shop, he could come later after making thorough preparations.
By the time Zhao Qinglan and the others finished eating, it was already dark outside.
It gets dark early in winter, so they didn't stay to chat anymore. She told them she would come again tomorrow and asked her sister to remember to prepare the wonton wrappers and meat filling. Then the family quickly got into the car and headed back.
There were hardly any streetlights on the road at that moment, and Li Huai was driving in the dark, so his speed was much slower.
Zhao Qinglan was worried that he would get sleepy and bored while driving alone, so she chatted with him casually from the passenger seat.
The three children in the back were initially playing around, but after the car had gone a while, they all fell asleep.
Looking at the three children sleeping soundly behind her, Zhao Qinglan felt a pang of heartache.
The adults were busy, and the children suffered as a result.
Once the Jeep entered the residential area, Li Huai didn't try to hide anything this time and parked the car directly in front of their house.
As soon as the car stopped, Zhao Qinglan went to open the door. She made beds for the children and had Li Huai carry them in one by one.
The eldest child had probably already fallen asleep, because he woke up as soon as Li Huai touched him.
"Dad, I can walk by myself."
"Okay, make sure your clothes are on properly."
Li Huai went straight to hug Xiao Duo.
When Li Huai carried the children into the house, Battalion Commander Qu, who had heard the sound of a car outside, stood at the window looking out. When he saw it was Li Huai, he began to mutter, and his words were not very pleasant.
Hearing her husband's mutterings, Wei Hong found them increasingly incomprehensible.
The eldest child was already awake and washed up by himself.
As for Erwa and Xiaoduo, they were both still half asleep, so Zhao Qinglan could only give them a quick wash with a hot towel and then tuck them in.
After taking care of the children, she went to wash up and go to bed.
When she returned to her room, Li Huai was already lying down.
She had barely lain down when she was pulled into a warm embrace.
"Qinglan, let me touch you."
"Can we wait a few days? I'm too tired today." She was mainly worried about his fussing over her having to get up early to go to the city tomorrow.
“You don’t need to move, I’ll do it,” he said enthusiastically.
Seeing his eager expression, Zhao Qinglan couldn't bear to agree.
Then, the room immediately became hot.
Why did she believe this man's nonsense again? Zhao Qinglan, who was being bullied by the excited man and was crying out in pain, was filled with regret.
However, it was too late for her to regret it; she could only be devoured by a vicious wolf.
Finally, in a daze, Zhao Qinglan felt Li Huai bring in a basin of water and help her wash a certain part of her body.
She was clearly ashamed, but she was too weak to stop him and could only let him do as he pleased.
However, along with the shyness, there was also a touch of sweet emotion.
It's said that men forget about their partners once they've put on their pants, so the fact that he still considered the consequences is already quite considerate.
After washing up, Li Huai, equally exhausted but satisfied, finally fell into a deep sleep, holding his utterly worn-out wife.
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