How to open source



How to open source

In the afternoon, the people who set up the stall returned home. Li Lanhua took out a bag from the box and handed it to Hu Yufeng. Hu Yufeng looked at her puzzledly and asked silently.

Li Lanhua said softly, "Second Aunt, I can set up my stall today thanks to you and Wenli. I saw someone selling glutinous rice at the market, so I bought two kilograms. It's a little gift from me, please don't despise it..."

Hu Yufeng glared at her and stuffed the money back into her hands: "What are you doing? You're the one who did all the work. We didn't help at all. Take it back now..."

Li Lanhua refused to accept it, and she almost cried out of excitement. Hu Yufeng had no choice but to accept it, and told her: "I will accept it this time, and it won't happen again!"

Li Lanhua burst into laughter and nodded vigorously.

Seeing the mother and daughter go out, Hu Yufeng handed the glutinous rice to Yang Xiu:

"You can eat what Duanwu made..."

Yang Xiu nodded, took the bag and went to cook.

*

Here, the mother and daughter were walking slowly home, carrying a basket in one hand and a table in the other.

Qin Zhu and Qin Qian had been waiting in the outer courtyard for a long time. When they saw their mother and eldest sister coming out of their second uncle's house, they hurried over.

"Mom, how is it? Have you sold them all?" Children have a natural awe and curiosity about doing business. Qin Qian was excited and nervous at the thought of participating in making zongzi.

Li Lanhua smiled and nodded, then whispered, "Go back and tell your sister to carry some things for her..."

The two children quickly took over the table and went home.

"Wow... sold them all? Mom, is that true?"

The two listened to Qin Fang's account of her experience at the market, their eyes widened and they sighed from time to time. When they thought that they had not witnessed it with their own eyes, they surrounded Li Lanhua and begged her to take them with her next time.

Li Lanhua poked the two little heads and said, "Next time, let's see how they perform. Whoever performs best will go to the fair."

So when Qin Wenzhen returned home in the afternoon, he felt that the children at home were too well-behaved that day.

The second daughter, who was always competitive and pushy, no longer showed resistance when she used to heat the kang, and now she was humming a song while doing so.

The little son, who is always fond of playing tricks and being lazy, no longer pretends that he has too much homework to finish, and is cleaning the cowshed with a serious look on his face!

He was stunned for a moment, and felt a little guilty: I was impulsive yesterday, and look how scared the two children are, they have changed their personalities.

*

So when he saw Li Lanhua cooking after entering the house, he took the initiative to speak first: "You're back? How are you today?"

But I didn't care about it. I just helped my second aunt a few times, and found that the food was delicious and the money was easy to make, so I wanted to try it myself. It's better to go out and try your luck, otherwise you will think that making money is easy. Once she gets the hang of it and realizes that money is not that easy to make, she can stay at home and feel at ease.

"It's okay, it's all over..." Li Lanhua looked at him in surprise, her voice light, but the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Qin Wenzhen was stunned. Is it all over? Are things selling so well now?

As soon as the two of them opened their mouths, the nameless barrier covering the entire yard seemed to be broken, and the air became cheerful. Qin Fang breathed a sigh of relief and a look of joy appeared on her face.

"Have you delivered the rice dumplings to your mother?" Li Lanhua asked when she saw that the man stopped talking after asking the first question.

"Yeah? It's been delivered..." Qin Wenzhen responded.

"Did you say anything?" Li Lanhua asked casually.

"No, food was delivered to her. What else can she say..." Qin Wenzhen was stunned for a moment, rubbed his hands unconsciously, then turned and walked out.

Li Lanhua looked at his back, her eyes flickered, and she didn't ask any more questions.

*

Old Qin’s house. Feeling a sense of urgency, Hu Yufeng immersed herself in writing and drawing on her notebook, and she didn't figure out anything until dinner time.

Qin Wenli was eating and talking about what he saw and heard today: "Mom, I heard that the good guy from Nanlin didn't come to our market?"

Hu Yufeng perked up and quickly said, "What's the matter if I haven't heard about it?" Although it is normal to have competition, she felt sick when she thought that the stall was selling products from "Guizi"'s family, and that Guizi's family imitated hers.

"I don't know him very well. I haven't seen him for a few weeks. Today, someone else took over my stall..."

"It's better that you don't come. Once our Mahua business becomes bigger and stronger, we will sooner or later take down Guizi!!!" Hu Yufeng picked up a piece of noodles with chopsticks and took a bite with hatred.

? Become bigger and stronger? Hu Yufeng suddenly slapped her forehead: I was too narrow-minded, always thinking about increasing revenue from the existing stall. But they only have this one stall and only two people. No matter how hard they try, they are still far from being truly rich. But what if they open a shop in other towns? Or, how about selling your own fried dough twist directly to other counties and cities?

The more she thought about it, the brighter her eyes became. She quickly finished her meal and sat back at the table to continue writing and drawing.

Everyone at the dinner table was left looking at each other, wondering what had happened to her.

*

"Wenli, Xiu'er, come over here after you soak the beans..." Hu Yufeng poked her head out and shouted into the yard, then continued writing and drawing.

Qin Shengtian rolled a cigarette while stretching his neck to look at the notebook: Huh~~~ What the hell is this? It's like a ghost drawing.

This old woman has become very cunning as she gets older. I don't know what she's doing every day. Taking advantage of the fact that Hu Yufeng had no eyes on the back of her head, he curled the corner of his mouth in a mocking manner.

Seeing the old woman turning her head, he quickly turned around and pretended to roll a cigarette seriously.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Qin Wenli and Yang Xiu came in from the door, found a seat and sat down, then started asking.

"What do you think about us setting up a few more stalls?" Hu Yufeng said with sparkling eyes.

The two looked at each other after hearing this, somewhat unsure of Hu Yufeng's intention.

"How to place it? Where to place it?" Qin Wenli asked after hesitating for a moment.

"This is what I think. If we rely solely on this shop to make money to improve our current situation, it will take a long time... Look, your grandma is getting old, and the two children will be able to go to school soon. I was thinking, why don't we set up stalls in other towns? Or expand the fried dough twist stall and sell it in the county and city?" Hu Yufeng repeated her idea and looked at the two of them again.

Yang Xiu was a little confused. She felt that her family had changed very quickly. Why did her mother-in-law sound dissatisfied? Last year we had nothing at home, but this year we have a car and a TV. Although the life here is a far cry from that of city dwellers who have a full set of color TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, and cars at home, it is considered a good life in this remote mountain village in the northwest.

Besides, wasn’t steady and cautious the goal my mother-in-law set for the Chinese New Year? Why is she complaining that it’s too slow after only a few months?

Qin Wenli was somewhat surprised by his mother's proposal. Who hasn’t dreamed of becoming bigger and stronger? But his mother had already brought it up when he was still at the stage of occasionally thinking about it.

For the first time, he looked at his adoptive mother carefully: under the dim light, the thin old lady sat at the table. She was not hunched over as he had imagined, but instead stood straight and upright. Even though the family's life has improved in the past two years, the old lady's face is still as thin as ever. The corners of the mouth that had always drooped in my memory were now slightly open, and the eyeballs were shining in the light, as if they contained infinite vitality and indomitable courage.

Qin Wenli was a little confused. Could a person change so much? So big that he seemed like a different person from the mean man in his memory?

"Wenli, Wenli? I'm asking you. Why are you looking at me?" Hu Yufeng urged unhappily.

Qin Wenli was startled, retracted his gaze, thought for a moment and said, "I think your idea is very good. Our stall is basically stable in terms of customer flow and income. If we want to change the status quo faster, we can only seek new breakthroughs."

Seeing that the whole family was listening attentively, Qin Wenli continued his analysis:

"There are only two ways to make money: increasing income and reducing expenditure. Do you understand reducing expenditure? It means living frugally... Our family can't get rich just by reducing expenditure, so the only way is to increase income. Increasing income means finding more ways to make money. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand. Please continue..." Hu Yufeng urged.

"Oh, the two methods that mom mentioned at the beginning are very good. Our business in Shangguan is like this. If we want to earn more, we have to go out and open shops in other towns, or sell fried dough twists to other places..."

"Yes, yes, that's what I mean. Do you think it's feasible..." Hu Yufeng quickly agreed.

"Of course it's feasible in theory, but there's just one problem: we don't have anyone!" Qin Wenli's words grasped the key to success.

"Yes, there are only two of us in our family, Mom. If we separate, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle everything..." Yang Xiu also said quickly.

This is indeed a flaw, but it is not unsolvable:

"What do you think of Xizi?"

"Xizi is good at making twisted dough sticks, but he is not good at setting up stalls and doing the accounting..." Yang Xiu said bluntly.

Hu Yufeng nodded. Indeed, being stupid was Xizi’s weakness. She was a little discouraged. Was the plan going to fail? If it was Lao Zheng's tragic end that gave her a sense of urgency at the beginning, then after thinking about it for an afternoon, coupled with Wen Li's analysis, it was the urgent need for a breakthrough in the business that made her more anxious.

Yang Xiu felt torn by what she said to the two of them, but she had to take one step at a time and eat one bite at a time. There was no extra money at home. She had been thinking about buying a shop a few days ago, and now she wanted to expand it. She looked at Qin Wenli with some disapproval.

Qin Wenli met his wife's gaze and shook his head, then turned to look at Hu Yufeng and said, "Mom, your idea is very good, but I think we should take it one step at a time at this stage, pay more attention to people, and consider opening a new stall when the time is right. As for selling the goods to cities and counties, this is not that simple. We must first have a venue, □□, and then we have to keep up with the packaging and hygiene. This is almost the same as running a workshop. Our family cannot achieve it for the time being, but it can be planned as a future goal..."

He has to be a cultured person. Just a few words seemed to have opened a path in everyone's mind. Not only Yang Xiu, but even Hu Yufeng nodded frequently.

After listening to Wen Li's analysis, many things she had not thought of suddenly became clear. At the same time, she also deeply realized that whether it was the last time she bought a shop or this matter, she was too deeply affected by this dream, so much so that she became impatient when she saw a sign. This won't work. Dreams are dreams and reality is reality. In the dream, she and Yang Xiu have quarreled for the hundredth time, but in reality, nothing has happened.

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