Dr. Zhu came to perform the examination. "The surgery was very successful. You will be discharged tomorrow and just need to come back for regular follow-up appointments."
With Mr. Zhu's words, everyone can rest assured.
The quails at home hadn't been fed yet, and there was still a lot of work to be done in the fields. Shu Aiguo was worried about his family, and Chu Yu also planned to go back to work.
There's no way around it, I don't have enough money in my pocket. At this rate, when will I ever be able to earn back the money for five apartments in Beijing?
Since Chu Chu's eyes were fine, she couldn't delay any longer.
As soon as Shu Aiguo got back, he helped them make a small cart. He found two small cart wheels from somewhere and actually built a cabinet on it, installed movable glass, which can effectively prevent insects and ensure hygiene!
He also made two places to put the stove. They are movable and detachable. When in use, you can take them up to the top, which is parallel to your arm. When not in use, you can put them under the cabinet. You can just push the cart away. It couldn't be more convenient!
Chu Yu had to admire the wisdom of the working people. Shu Aiguo was not only good at hands-on work, but also very creative. This little cart was more practical than many stalls in later generations, and most importantly, it was clean!
Many vendors nowadays don't pay attention to hygiene. Their hair is so oily that flies can slip on it, their fingernails are full of black ash, they spit while cooking, and they don't care when flies come.
It's easy to imagine how disgusting it would be for diners to see such a hygienic environment!
Even a small business is still a business. Only by operating with heart can you establish a foothold and truly connect with customers, making your snacks a warm and welcoming experience.
The family's luminous sand had sold out, so Chu Yu took Chu Xiang and the others to the mountain to dig for more. Xiao Jiang carried a shovel and hopped along. Just as they reached the entrance of the cave, they heard the sound of shovels coming from inside.
Chu Yu was stunned for a moment. From a distance, she saw three people standing inside. They seemed to be Aunt Zhao, the neighbor to the east of Uncle Shu's house, her daughter Zhao Dongzhu, and her son Zhao Dabao.
"What are you doing here?" Yunyun, an impatient person, jumped out and asked when she saw them shoveling the night-shining sand.
Zhao Dongzhu hurriedly looked at her mother. Yesterday, after she followed them into the cave and discovered that the Shu family was shoveling luminous sand, she told her parents the truth.
His father, Zhao Qianjin, muttered to himself, "Bat droppings aren't good stuff, why would the Shu family want to shovel them?" Zhao Qianjin came up with an idea: after Shu's second uncle's family took the night-shining sand to Deyang, he secretly followed behind. It's already difficult to see clearly at night, and besides, Zhao Qianjin was far away, with wild grass and bushes blocking the way. The Shu Aiguo family didn't notice him the whole way.
He followed Chu Yu to the city's purchasing station and was stunned to see Chu Yu exchange a truckload of bat droppings for more than forty yuan!
Zhao Qianjin had lived in Shanguan Village for over thirty years and had never seen anything so absurd! He learned upon inquiring that the bat droppings they had dismissed were actually a medicinal herb called "Yeming Sha" (夜明砂) if dried in the sun!
Moreover, the purchase price is not low; the city's purchasing station offers a full 3 cents per pound, meaning a sack of sacks can fetch three yuan! And they buy as much as you can get!
When Zhao Qianjin came back and told his wife, Aunt Zhao's eyes widened in astonishment!
Liao Hongmei had whispered to her that Shu Hui and her three daughters had been kicked out by Zhou Jian'an, and the poor Shu Aiguo had taken in the mother and her three daughters. When Aunt Zhao saw Chu Yu running around every day, she thought that this little hussy was restless and must want to go out and seduce a man from the city so that she could get married and rise in status.
Who knew that Chu Yu was actually out making money? Judging from the traces of the night-shining sand being shoveled in the cave, she could have sold two or three thousand catties of it and made a profit of several dozen yuan!
How is this little vixen so capable! She managed to turn bat droppings, which everyone despises, into something valuable!
Aunt Zhao's husband is currently learning to drive a truck. Learning to drive requires money and bribing officials, so the family's money is only going out and not coming in, making life difficult.
Upon hearing that night-shining sand could make money, Aunt Zhao abandoned all pride and ordered her daughter and son to shovel the night-shining sand, intending to have her take it to the Chinese medicine purchasing station to sell the next day!
They originally intended to handle the matter secretly without letting the Shu family know, but the Shu family returned earlier than they expected, and they were caught red-handed.
Aunt Zhao, holding a shovel, scoffed, "What? This cave has your Shu family's name on it? You can come, but we can't?"
Yunyun was anxious. Her older cousin made money by selling night-shining sand. Her mother told her that her aunt and older cousin were having a hard time, and she should help them if she could. If the Zhao family also started selling night-shining sand, how would her older cousin make money?
"Selling luminous sand was my cousin's idea. Why are you copying us?"
"Pah! This is a public mountain. The night-shining sand is the property of our Shanguan Village. Your cousin is an outsider. Why should she do business in our Shanguan Village? Our Shanguan Village's bat droppings should be sold by our own people. There's no reason why you can do it but we can't!" Aunt Zhao said, hands on her hips.
Chu Yu was naturally unhappy that her business had been stolen, but what Aunt Zhao said was not wrong. She was an outsider, and if things got out of hand, the villagers of Shanguan Village might not help her.
Besides, that's how business is. If you do well, people will follow suit, and others will be envious.
Or is it like the old saying goes, "When one person makes money, the whole village is envious; when one person gets rich, the whole village blocks his way"?
Chu Yu made money, and the Zhao family was envious and wanted to follow suit and get a share of the profits. This night-shining sand had no cost; once it was shoveled, dried, bagged, and ready to be sold, it was easy to get it. The Zhao family was not much better off than Uncle Shu's family; they still lived in mud houses. How could they not be tempted by such a good opportunity?
Chu Yu knew that such things were inevitable in future business dealings, so she wasn't angry.
Yunyun wouldn't have it, "Yesterday, Zhao Dongzhu and Zhao Dabao were sneaking around following us, and I was wondering why. Turns out they were trying to learn how to shovel the Night-Shining Sand. You Zhao family members are really wicked. You're all copycats. You do whatever others do! You're wicked to the core!"
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