After finishing the meal, they started counting the money.
Li Hui: "I have 1,864."
Liu Aidang: "I have 1,409."
Li Hui: "A total of 3,273, plus the 349 left over from yesterday, makes a total of 3,622. We earned over 1,100 in three days. In less than half a month, we've made 1,500."
Liu Aidang: "Judging from today's situation, we probably can't keep it a secret from the family for long. Before the next market in the city, let's go to a few more places. Although we have enough to buy a house now, we still need to save some capital. Then we can buy a small shop and open a shop in the county. You can sell clothes in the shop and won't have to work so hard. I'll go to the town with my brother-in-law and the others to set up a stall."
Li Hui thought the plan was very feasible.
Meanwhile, after seeing the goods the two brought back, the Li family gained a lot of confidence in setting up their stall. Because of the long distance, they even borrowed two more bicycles. Li Hui's wife and Li Teng's wife also took leave to help.
The four of them arrived in town, still somewhat reserved. When the stall was set up, some people looked around, but no one came up to buy anything, probably because they were afraid of needing cloth coupons, so no one went up to ask the price.
Li Teng suddenly remembered Liu Aidang's sales pitch and started imitating it.
"Come and take a look! The hottest clothes in the city! People from the provincial capital are buying them! Don't miss out, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! And no cloth coupons needed! You won't regret it, first come, first served, hurry up!"
As expected, upon hearing that no cloth coupons were required, people who had been secretly eyeing these beautiful clothes immediately surrounded them and inquired about the price.
"How much is this?"
Li Teng: "Eighteen."
Eighteen? That's so expensive.
Li Teng: "Auntie, eighteen is not expensive at all. If you go to the supply and marketing cooperative, the fabric and cloth ration coupons for a grown man to make a suit would cost about ten yuan! If you hire someone to make it, it would cost about five yuan! You can't make this style yourself! So do you think eighteen is expensive or not?"
The older woman did indeed buy it immediately. People around her initially thought the clothes were quite expensive, but after calculating the cost, it seemed reasonable. Most importantly, it didn't require fabric coupons, and the fabric was nice, so they didn't hesitate and bought whatever they liked, afraid that it would be sold out if they waited any longer.
The four of them were extremely busy, and by the time the market closed, there weren't many clothes left. Items like hair ties and headbands were all sold out in half a day. Those who couldn't afford clothes could still buy hair ties and headbands, and those who could afford clothes wouldn't mind spending a little money on hair ties and headbands.
Seeing that there weren't many people left in the market, the four of them quickly packed up their stall and ate some dry food so they could go home as soon as possible.
Bringing dry food was an experience Li Teng and Liu Aidang summarized from their stall the day before yesterday, because when they got busy, they had no time to eat. They were so far away, and they couldn't go without eating.
The four of them didn't get home until after eight o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Li were already waiting at the door. As for the children, they were sent back to their rooms to sleep; it's better for children not to know about these things. Seeing that the four of them had returned safely, they breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that there weren't many bags left on the back of the bicycle, they knew that business must have been good today.
Mother Li: "Come in and have something to eat, you must be starving!"
Li Teng: "I'm really starving. I only had a bowl of noodles in the morning and a couple of bites of dry food around 5 a.m. Now I'm so hungry that my stomach is practically touching my back."
Li Hui handed the money bag on his chest to his mother, saying, "Mom, this is the money I earned today. You and Dad can light it first, and we'll have something to eat."
Li Hui's wife and Li Teng's wife quickly nodded in agreement. They were really starving, exhausted and hungry, hadn't eaten much, had ridden such a long way, and had been out in the sun all day. They were truly exhausted, and their only energy was being kept going by that money bag.
Li's mother and father didn't stand on ceremony and started taking inventory and organizing things in front of the four of them.
The living room was perfectly harmonious at that moment, if you ignored the fact that the four people eating were wolfing down their food and the two people counting the money had trembling hands.
The four quickly finished their team battle. The two sisters-in-law joined the team that dealt with money, while Li Teng and Li Hui counted the remaining goods.
Mother Li: "A total of one thousand one hundred and twenty-seven."
The Li brothers finished counting the goods. "There are still about three hundred yuan worth of goods here."
The whole family was stunned by the number. The monthly wages of the four workers in the family were not as much as what they earned in a single day. How could they not be surprised?
Li Hui: "Dad, my brother-in-law is planning to pick up the goods again tomorrow, and I want to go too."
Li Teng: "Yes! Dad, Mom, this is a rare opportunity, so we should earn as much as we can now."
Li Teng and Li Hui's wife quickly chimed in, saying that although it was tiring, it was worth it! This one day's earnings were more than the usual monthly salary for the four of them!
Father Li: "Eldest daughter-in-law, third daughter-in-law, will you come along next time too?"
Li Teng: "Dad, the two of us can't handle it all. If we get flustered and something goes wrong, it won't be worth it."
Father Li: "Then I'll send a message to your cousins tomorrow and ask them to come and help you for a while. Tomorrow, the eldest and third sons will go to buy some goods and take another thousand yuan with them. The eldest son's wife and the third son's wife should rest well tomorrow and cook some food with your mother so they can take it with them the day after tomorrow."
Li Hui's wife and Li Teng's wife immediately beamed with joy: "Thank you, Dad. Thank you, Mom."
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