Chapter 6【6】I earned thirteen dollars today!
Tang An glanced at Tang Yuanyuan coldly: "I don't need to tell you why I came back."
Instead of denying it directly, Tang Yuanyuan became more certain that he came back just to ask for money for food.
"As long as you don't ask me for living expenses, do you think I'm willing to take care of you?"
Tang Yuanyuan simply went back into the house and said, "Dad, my dad gave the living expenses to Li Mu. The family is in such a difficult situation now, but he is still pretending to be a hero outside. Since he is so generous, don't eat. Go hungry."
Tang An's face turned purple.
Tang Aiguo glared at Tang Yuanyuan and said, "Speak less."
Then he asked his son, "Is what your sister said true?"
Tang An: "I gave the money to Li Mu because he had no money to eat and was hungry, so he didn't want to ask the Zhao family for money."
Tang Aiguo: "Your desire to help others is right. Li Muna is also a poor child. However, our family is also in a difficult situation right now. You should also do what you can."
Tang An: "Dad, I understand."
Tang Aiguo looked at Tang Yuanyuan and said, "Give your brother twenty yuan. He needs to eat well because he has the high school entrance exam coming up."
"I don't have any money."
Tang Yuanyuan quickly hugged her mother's arm and said, "Dad, you are so popular. You used to be a team leader and you often borrow money from others. Why don't you lend it to my brother? My mom doesn't have any money either."
Zhang Lancao took out the only 5 yuan she had on her, and Tang Aiguo borrowed another 10 yuan from someone.
Tang Yuanyuan stared at Tang An and said with a smile, "You're being a hero. I thought you really didn't want to eat. It's just that your mother saved it for you."
Tang An's face was already red all the way to his neck. Zhang Lancao pushed Tang Yuanyuan and said, "Yuanyuan, don't talk nonsense. This is your brother. He is still young and will take the high school entrance exam soon. You can't treat him like this."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Mom, you feel sorry for him, but he doesn't feel sorry for you."
Tang An: "Who said I don't feel sorry for Mom?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Okay, since you care about me, let me have a good rest during summer vacation. You can stay at home to take care of grandpa and let me have a good sleep during the day."
Tang An: "I'll take care of it, you don't need to provoke me."
Tang Yuanyuan smiled broadly: "You agreed to this, don't regret it."
Tang Aiguo naturally scolded Tang Yuanyuan a few more times for being rude and not acting like a sister. Before Tang Yuanyuan went to work, she said, "My brother said that he will never spend a penny of my money again. I will not be responsible for his living expenses and tuition in the future. You can take care of it yourself, Dad."
Now he can earn several yuan a day by selling jelly. Tang Yuanyuan rides his bike more briskly, putting a piece of candy into his mouth, feeling sweet all the way.
After working a night shift, I went home and repeated the same busy routine. However, there was an extra bucket of mung bean soup in the kitchen today, and half a bowl of jelly was filled.
Her mother still couldn't bear to make a full pot for her, for fear that she would be tired.
Tang Yuanyuan drank a bowl of mung bean soup. The sugar her mother added was just right, not too greasy, but still sweet enough. She ate it with corn pancakes, had breakfast, quickly took a shower and went to bed. During this time, Tang Youshan called out twice from the second room. Tang Yuanyuan went to bring him a bowl of mung bean porridge, and helped him up to go to the toilet.
But he woke up at two o'clock in the afternoon, mainly because Tang Youshan was shouting in the room and asking for a massage.
Tang Yuanyuan opened her eyes helplessly and got out of bed. Zhang Lancao had already opened her door and ran out to the main room.
He rolled up his sleeves and gave her a massage: "Dad, Yuanyuan has worked the night shift. Please be gentle and let her sleep peacefully."
Tang Yuanyuan didn't want to sleep anymore, so she went to the stove to get some jelly and tied it to the back of her bicycle. Over there, Zhang Lancao came out with a half-full bucket of mung bean soup, her eyes full of worry: "Isn't this too heavy? How will you ride? Otherwise, just sell the jelly and keep the mung bean soup at home."
Tang Yuanyuan wanted to laugh when she saw it.
Her mother was uneasy no matter what she did. She was also very nervous when she went to work in a textile factory for the first time, fearing that her fingers would be hurt by the machines.
"Mom, don't worry. I not only have to earn money for my tuition and living expenses, but I also have to earn money to buy you some clothes."
Zhang Lancao: "Why spend that money? Mom has clothes to wear. You can buy some delicious food outside. But don't faint again."
Tang Yuanyuan hung the plastic bucket of mung bean soup on the armrest of the 28-inch bicycle and rode out of the yard steadily.
"Yuanyuan, where are you going?"
Not long after leaving the yard, Aunt Tang San kept her eyes on the red plastic bucket and the jelly, and asked.
She heard from someone yesterday that Tang Yuanyuan carried half a porcelain basin of jelly out and when she came back it was empty.
In this large compound, every household is adjacent to each other. If something happens in one household, the whole area will know about it in no time.
Tang Yuanyuan knew that she probably couldn't hide the fact that she was selling things, but she would hide it for as long as possible.
Before Tang Youshan fell ill, he had been helping the third wife take care of Tang Dabao. His third uncle also liked to borrow money from Tang Aiguo. Whenever the family cooked meat, his third aunt would bring Tang Dabao over.
Ever since grandpa fell ill, this family has never visited their house again. Tang Yuanyuan doesn't like anyone in the third room.
"Send something to my uncle's house."
Aunt Tang San's shrewd eyes were full of disbelief. Everyone knew that Zhang Lancao's two brothers were shrewd and selfish. It was difficult for them to borrow 50 yuan, which was equivalent to tearing their relations apart.
Tang Yuanyuan said with a smile: "By the way, Third Aunt, my grandfather was just talking about you and Third Uncle. He also missed Dabao and said he hadn't seen him for a long time."
Tang Dabao is the darling of the third wife. Tang Youshan is now so thin that he looks like death. Aunt Tang San is frightened when she sees him. She dares not even get close to the first wife, let alone her own precious son.
Aunt Tang was so angry that she thought Zhang Lancao was a person who could not even fart if beaten with three sticks, and Tang Aiguo had never had a quarrel with anyone, so how could his daughter be so smart and capable?
"Well, Dabao has had a fever recently and isn't feeling well. Let's see each other when he gets better."
"I just remembered that I forgot to block the furnace door."
Tang Yuanyuan looked at Aunt Tang San's back with amusement, put on her shoes again, and went to the wholesale market.
When Xu Xiaofeng saw Tang Yuanyuan brought another half bucket of mung bean soup, her eyes were full of admiration.
He is a smart kid.
My son, who is already seventeen years old, can't even wash a bowl. When he sees people, he can't even open his mouth to say hello.
Look at Tang Yuanyuan, who works in a factory and can also sell food to earn extra money for tuition.
What's even more rare is that this child is thoughtful. She doesn't give away the leftover things as favors, but thinks of her first.
She liked his honest and kind attitude. They were both children, but why was there such a big difference between them?
Tang Yuanyuan scooped her a bowl of mung bean soup, put the handkerchief she bought yesterday on the table and ran away.
Teresa Teng felt relieved.
The ingredients Tang Yuanyuan provided yesterday were sufficient and the mixture tasted good. It was hot in the summer, and the market was even more stuffy. Many business people couldn't eat at noon, and they were a little hungry now. The price was the same, and it saved them the trouble of running errands. Not only did Tang Yuanyuan's jelly sell out, but even the mung bean soup sold out very quickly!
Tang Yuanyuan earned twelve dollars that day.
At first she thought she had made a killing, but then she heard that a stationery store in a small town came here to buy stationery worth 700 yuan.
The profit margin between wholesale price and retail price is half, so it is very profitable to open a convenience store.
I listened attentively again. This was a huge deal. Daily necessities like towels and snacks were all worth thousands of dollars.
Tang Yuanyuan didn't have the idea that other people's money had nothing to do with her. Her eyes were full of desire for money.
With this comparison, she felt that the few dollars she had were like an ant and an elephant.
Doing business is so profitable!
She instantly made up her mind to resign. It made no sense to stick to that little salary when she could make money.
She wanted to save money and open a small shop selling stationery and snacks, so her mother could look after the shop and not have to sweep the streets while she went to study.
Perfect.
The raw materials she bought yesterday could last for another day, so Tang Yuanyuan didn't go to the grain and oil wholesale store. However, when she saw a peasant woman on the roadside carrying two loads of Maojian plums, she stopped the car.
I asked the price, and they asked for 10 cents for three pounds. The plums in the city are 10 cents for two pounds, so this price is indeed very cheap.
Plums are not a good fruit to sell. They are so sour that they can make your teeth ache. It usually takes several days to eat a pound of them.
But Tang Yuanyuan has a solution.
Children all like to eat canned food, but canned food is very expensive. Zhang Lancao is frugal, but she doesn't want to let her children suffer. After trying it twice, she figured out the method of canning it. All you need to do is cook the fruits in honey water and let them cool. Peaches and plums are also delicious.
She spent fifty cents and bought fifteen pounds of sugar. This made the sugar shortage at home insufficient, so she went to buy some white sugar and some raw materials.
Ever since Tang Yuanyuan left the house, Zhang Lancao kept stretching her neck to look outside. Finally, she saw her daughter and stood up.
Tang Youshan shouted, "You're going to die!"
ah.
I forgot to give water to my father-in-law.
Zhang Lancao put down the large bowl, found a piece of clothing from the closet, and hurried out to meet Tang Yuanyuan at the gate. She took the bucket from the handle of her cart and asked, "Are they all sold out?"
Tang Yuanyuan covered her mouth with her hands, laughing happily, but still worried about not letting anyone know, so she lowered her voice and said, "Mom, it's selling well!"
“I just walked around the market and sold out.”
"I made thirteen dollars today!"
Who would have thought that a bucket of mung bean soup could earn him seven or eight yuan.
Zhang Lancao was so happy. This was great. Her daughter now had hope of going to school.
She put the bucket down, trotted over to get some cold water in a porcelain basin, and threw in a towel: "Hurry, wipe the sweat off your face."
"Are you hungry? Mom will cook for you. We have eggplants, they are very tender."
It was hot now, but Tang Yuanyuan wasn't hungry yet: "I'll just have two leek buns later."
Zhang Kancao then asked what the plums were for.
Tang Yuanyuan: "I'm planning to make candied plums, just like canned food. Aunt Xu said that when it comes to food, we should pursue novelty. I'll try selling plums tomorrow."
Zhang Lancao poured the plums into the wooden barrel and prepared to wash them. With a happy look on her face, she chatted with Tang Yuanyuan.
Tang Youshan, who couldn't hear anything: "..." So angry!
"Xiao An's mother!"
Zhang Lancao was washing plums when she asked, "Dad, what's going on?"
Tang Youshan became even angrier: "I want to eat!"
"well."
Tang Youshan's internal organs were severely deteriorating. He could only eat a little bit of rice at a time. He could only eat soft noodles, mushy rice porridge and the like. He had to eat four or five times a day. The stove at home was either cooking for him or making medicine for him.
There was still some lean meat porridge in the pot, so I just had to heat it up on the stove. After feeding him half a bowl of porridge, he fell asleep again.
Finally, it was quiet. The mother and daughter sat next to each other on a small stool, and Tang Yuanyuan told them her plan.
Zhang Lancao was worried about her daughter losing money: "Mom is illiterate. What will you do if your shop loses money? You should save the money for school. I think cooking is profitable. Your grandfather will only be gone for a few months. I will have more time. I won't sweep the streets anymore. I will sell buns in the morning and jelly in the afternoon. You can focus on your studies."
Tang Yuanyuan felt that she should open a proper restaurant.
When the weather gets cold, no one will eat jelly anymore. Besides, it’s really heavy to carry these things on the stall, not to mention it’s so cold outside in winter, which makes people suffer even more.
She had to find a way to make some money and open a shop for her mother before winter came.
"Mom, we still have to open a shop to last. People won't eat in the cold in the winter."
Zhang Lancao: "That's right, but can we open a shop?"
Tang Yuanyuan calculated: "It's still two or three months before the weather turns cold. I can still make 240 yuan next month. As long as I can make 12 yuan a day, that's 900 yuan, which adds up to 1,100 yuan. After deducting tuition, I can afford it!"
If I own a restaurant, I can send my two children to school.
The mother and daughter were immersed in happy fantasies, so happy.
Tang Aiguo came back with a cold face. He first searched everywhere in the kitchen, turning out all the rice bags at home and throwing them on the ground until he found pea flour and mung beans: "Tang Yuanyuan, you went to set up a stall, didn't you?"
"You have brought shame upon me."
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