Chapter 50 Mom, you didn’t say that before!
By the way, he asked Xiao Laoer to boil water for bathing. Pingping wanted to study, and he wanted to light charcoal, so Xiao Laoer was the only one who was free at home.
Xiao Lao Er grumbled in dissatisfaction, "You're ordering me around again! You really treat me like a servant!"
Sang Feiwan smiled and said to Xiao Laoer, "Thank you for your hard work, Laoer. I don't want you to work so hard to boil water for me. There is no solar water heater sold here, otherwise your eldest brother and I would have bought one when we got home today."
"If you work hard, I won't let you do it for nothing. I will give you New Year's money during the Chinese New Year."
As long as Xiao Laoer did the work, Sang Feiwan didn't mind saying something nice to him to give him some emotional value.
You can give me some small money.
“What is solar energy?”
"Solar water heaters, haven't you heard of them?"
"No, what does it look like?" Xiao Laoer became interested.
He is very interested in those high-tech things that have just been invented.
"I don't know how to describe it to you. Go find some paper and pen and I'll draw it for you."
Sang Feiwan wanted him to boil the bath water first before continuing the topic, but Xiao Laoer couldn't wait a moment.
He immediately went to find Pingping and got some paper and pen.
Sang Feiwan drew a simple sketch, outlining the appearance.
Xiao Lao Er stared at the picture, examining it carefully for a while, frowning and taking a deep breath, "I can't tell the structure..."
"If I could figure out the structure and know what materials are used, I could definitely make it for you."
Sang Feiwan said, "If you have the skills to do this, I'll ask someone to get you one. Research and replicate it, and start this business."
"Really?! I have it, I have it! I can fix TVs. If the parts weren't so expensive, I could build one myself."
When he said this, Sang Feiwan didn't know how much skill he had, so he said to him, "If you only know how to assemble parts, then you can't assemble it without parts."
There is a huge difference between being able to make parts and being able to only assemble them.
One can be an engineer, the other can only be an assembly line worker.
"If there's a factory, I think I could give it a try. I can figure out what it looks like and what its function is."
"I've tried to repair DVDs before, and I've researched the parts that read the discs."
Sang Feiwan was a little surprised, "There are DVDs now?"
"Well, we don't have any for sale here. The factory manager got it from somewhere. It was broken when he got it back, so he asked a few of us machine repair technicians to work together to fix it for him."
Sang Feiwan asked him again, "I know a factory that's researching solar water heaters. I'd like to introduce you there. Would you like to go?"
Xiao Lao Er immediately became alert, "Can you be so kind?"
Up to now, the relationship between him and Sang Feiwan has only improved a little.
Just barely speaking.
Their relationship was so bad before, and he was still scolding her today.
So I don’t believe that Sang Feiwan would be so kind.
"Do you want to separate Xiaolan and me so that you can take revenge on me?"
"I'm telling you, I won't fall for your trick!"
Sang Feiwan didn't say anything more to him, "Alright. I'm being kind."
Xiao Laoer didn't talk to her anymore and continued to boil water.
"Don't forget that you are not allowed to see Hu Xiaolan before the day after tomorrow." Sang Feiwan reminded him again.
Xiao Lao Er was puzzled, "Why do I have to wait until the day after tomorrow to see Xiao Lan?"
"Just do as you're told."
Sang Feiwan didn't tell him much.
Her current plan is to take Xiao Lao Er to catch the adulterer the next day.
During this period, Xiao Laoer was not allowed to see Hu Xiaolan in order to prevent him from taking things from home to Hu's house, and to save him from being a bootlicker for two days.
But Xiao Laoer did not go to find Hu Xiaolan, and Hu Xiaolan came to him the next day.
Hu Xiaolan stood at the door and looked for a long time but didn't see anyone coming out of the house.
The Xiao family's yard was surrounded by a circle of wood and there was no gate.
Three tiled houses and three mud pot houses.
Hu Xiaolan stood at the door. She didn't see anyone coming out and was too embarrassed to call for help.
She was still afraid of meeting the eldest brother of the Xiao family.
And that day she met Sang Feiwan, and she could tell that Sang Feiwan didn't like her.
If she saw Sang Feiwan, she was afraid that Sang Feiwan would drive her away.
And Old Lady Ma also changed her attitude towards her and didn't give her any clothes that day.
Although Mrs. Ma is usually mean and difficult to deal with, she is always polite to her when she knows that she is in love with Xiao Lao Er.
But she hadn't seen Xiao Laoer for several days. The factory was on holiday, and she wanted to see him. Before, he had always gone to her house to find him.
Until Mrs. Ma came back, "Miss Hu? Why are you standing at my door so stealthily?"
"I...I just came to take a look."
Just then, the worker who installed the radiator came out.
Hu Xiaolan quickly took the opportunity to ask Mrs. Ma, "Aunt, why did you hire so many workers? Are you going to build a new house?"
When the worker heard her ask this, he replied, "We are installing radiators."
"Installing a radiator costs a lot of money. I heard that the electricity bill is also quite high. In our village, every family sleeps on a kang, so my aunt's family is really willing to spend money." Hu Xiaolan added.
"Well, I think since the radiator has been installed, why not just rebuild the outside house in one go?"
"After this, I will marry Xiao Lao Er, so I won't have to rush to build it."
In fact, these words were said by Hu Xiaolan’s mother.
Before, Hu Xiaolan's mother also kept complaining about the Xiao family being poor, looked down on Xiao Laoer, and scolded her for being brainless and dating men who were poorer than the last.
But now the Jiang family is doing well, and Jiang Laoer has also entered a prestigious university.
Her mother couldn't swallow this anger. When she heard that the Xiao family had hired workers, she quickly asked her to come and find out if they were going to build a house. As long as they built a building, her family could regain their face.
I won’t feel ashamed when I see the Jiang family anymore.
"What does it have to do with you whether my family builds a house or not? Mind your own business!" Old Mrs. Ma's face turned cold and she replied to her unhappily.
"Is it Lao Er who hasn't come to you to explain things clearly? Hasn't he returned all the things I gave you? I'm telling you, you should hurry home, return all the things to me, and break up with Lao Er immediately."
"I don't agree with what you two are doing."
Hu Xiaolan felt humiliated. "I never liked your son in the first place. If Xiao Lao Er hadn't been pestering me, I wouldn't have looked down on him at all!"
"Just because you said this today, if your son doesn't come and kneel down and beg me, I will never forgive you!"
After saying this, Hu Xiaolan left.
She shouted this so loudly that Xiao Laoer, who was in the house, heard it and ran out quickly.
"Xiaolan!"
Seeing Xiao Lao Er trying to chase him, Madam Ma shouted, "Stop! Don't force me to cut you!"
"Mom!!!" Xiao Lao Er stamped his feet anxiously, "What did you say to Xiaolan? How could you make Xiaolan angry and leave? She finally came to see me on her own initiative!"
"Yes! I gave her some things. I gave her everything. If you are angry, come at me. Why do you have to make things difficult for Xiaolan? If I really break up with her and lose my wife, can you bear it?!"
Old Madam Ma said indifferently, "You have no heart. I told you I don't agree with your marriage to her."
"Why? What's wrong with her that makes you dissatisfied? Xiaolan is no better than my sister-in-law. You can even agree with my sister-in-law."
"How can she compare with your sister-in-law?"
"Why can't we compare? She's more diligent and capable than my sister-in-law..."
"Your sister-in-law's condition is a result of her parents' giving her rich diseases. Everything else about her is good." Old Mrs. Ma immediately defended her.
Xiao Lao Er was stunned, "Mom, you didn't say that before!"
"What did I say before? Don't wrongly accuse me. Putting aside your sister-in-law's other advantages, just the fact that she has money to bring to our family, Hu Xiaolan can't compare to your sister-in-law!"
"Hurry up and get up, don't delay my work!" Old Mrs. Ma took the things off the tricycle.
At this moment, Sang Feiwan, Xiao Beiming and Pingping also came out after hearing the noise.
Pingping looked at the fried chicken that Old Lady Ma had brought in and asked, "Mom, why are there so many leftovers today? Didn't they say business would be good during the Lunar New Year?"
But when she looked at the fried chicken, it looked almost the same as yesterday and today.
"Don't even mention it. The state-owned restaurant put up a loudspeaker and announced they were having a sale on fried chicken. The price was only a penny more expensive than mine, so everyone went there to buy it."
If the food is similar between a street vendor and a state-owned restaurant, customers will naturally choose the state-owned restaurant.
Xiao Beiming said, "Then don't go there again. It's so cold."
"I was just thinking of starting a small business to make some money. I bought this tricycle and you helped me get the food safety certificate. If I don't do business, won't all this money be wasted?"
Old Mrs. Ma is thrifty with money, but she can't sit still, so she has been trying to start a business for a long time.
She was unwilling to give up just like that.
Sang Feiwan then said, "Mother-in-law, why don't you sell something else? Something that state-owned restaurants won't sell."
"The dried radish you made is delicious, or you can make chili sauce. If you're in the food business, these two things are easy to store and the cost shouldn't be high."
"Your cooking skills are so good, I believe anyone who has tried it will buy it."
She is quite picky about food and thinks the five-spice dried radish made by Mrs. Ma is delicious.
Mrs. Ma said, "Everyone can make this. It's not a rare thing. Almost every family in our village can make it. No one is willing to spend money to buy dried radish."
“Then we can sell it in big cities. People in big cities are busy at work and don’t have time to make dried radishes,” said Sang Feiwan.
Old Madam Ma waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, then I won't leave my home. My chickens and ducks, my fish pond, and my land all need someone to support them."
"Then I'll set up a factory for you, you teach people how to make it, and I'll find people to sell it." Sang Feiwan came up with another idea.
Old Madam Ma laughed, "How much money can you make from selling dried radishes? You're going to lose a fortune by setting up a factory. Okay, I know you're just trying to cheer me up."
"But the dried radish business is really not going to work. This year, my family only made one jar of dried radish. If we want to make more and sell it, we have to wait until next year."
"Then let's set up a factory next year." Sang Feiwan had already made up his mind.
Mrs. Ma’s cooking skills are so good that she can easily sell dried radish and chili sauce as Lao Gan Ma.
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