Chapter 82082 Eel noodles & down quilt & broken nose tune...
I came home with lots of bags, "Brother, where is my brother?"
Shu Linong raised his chin towards the backyard and said, "There's a body lying in his room."
Very good, we have all learned how to say "lie corpse". Jin Yue smiled, threw down a pile of things and ran straight to the backyard.
Shu Linong sighed. He realized that since returning from the countryside, Jin Yue and the second brother have been the most powerful alliance in the family. The eldest brother has never been able to fit in, but now he is barely like a human being. However, Wen Yun is like an outsider through and through.
Apart from anything else, she never came back for even a single day during the finally available summer vacation.
Normally, no one did anything to her, but she always looked like she was worried about something, especially when facing Jin Yue, she always held her breath.
I guess it’s still about the incident of going to the countryside. Shu Linong loves both of his daughters, and he doesn’t know how to solve the problem.
Well, let's just take it one day at a time. A harmonious family is the key to success. Old Tiantou can endure such a thing, so he should learn from others.
Just as he was thinking about it, Lao Er and Jin Yue suddenly came to the old house like a gust of wind, pulled out a few vests from the pile of things, and muttered something. He could vaguely hear something like "Ganxi" or "educated youth". He didn't understand and didn't want to annoy others, so he went into the kitchen to cook.
By the way, my wife Wanqiu was asked to see a doctor.
The brother and sister in the room became more and more excited as they talked.
"The weather will be cold soon, it will only take a month at most. How many people will need thick quilts?" Jin Yue's eyes sparkled.
Shu Wenming swallowed nervously, "I heard from the people in the ghost market that the cotton production has decreased this year, and the amount flowing out will not be too much."
"Yes, this year there are so many educated youth returning to the city, and with the addition of newborns, who will have enough quilts?"
There are many people but few quilts. We cannot just endure this winter. We have to buy some. Unfortunately, there is not much cotton on the market. If there is something that can replace quilts at this time, what a huge business opportunity it would be!
The brother and sister looked at each other and saw the word "business opportunity" in capital letters in each other's eyes.
The next day, Jin Yue took Shu Wenming to find Song Yingying. When Song's cousin heard that he was going to place an order for a batch of down quilts with his younger brother's factory, he immediately called his younger brother. Normally such a big business should be done between business and business, but Brother Song's products happened to be unsalable and he himself was also short of performance, so they thought of some solutions.
Shu Wenming followed Jin Yue's advice and ordered a uniform size, style, and filling amount. After discussion with the factory, he was given a cost price of eight yuan per bed.
In this era when the average wage is in the thirties or forties, eight yuan is already very expensive, but there is no other way. In order to keep warm enough, they require a high amount of down filling, and they also require that the odor of the duck down be removed, all of which are costs.
Jin Yue had some money, and Shu Wenming had saved some money over this period of time, so the two of them directly ordered 100 beds. The factory could produce such a large quantity, but... transportation was a problem.
100 down quilts is not a small number. If they want to put them on the train, they need a letter of introduction. They are doing a private transaction and cannot produce a letter of introduction. How can the Railway Bureau possibly ship the goods to them?
Jin Yue gritted his teeth and said, "If not, go find Xu Duan. He should have connections in this area."
Shu Wenming was quite courageous. "Why are you looking for him? You two haven't even gotten married yet, and you're asking him for my help. What if he looks down on you behind your back?"
"He's not that kind of person."
"Forget it. I'm a man and I know that men are the best at disguising themselves, especially before marriage." Shu Wenming snorted, "Besides, didn't you say he resigned? He's probably busy with his own business now. Even if he's not that kind of person, let's not cause trouble for him."
That's right. Ever since he resigned despite everyone's opinion, he has been even busier than when he was working. I haven't seen him for several days, and even if we meet, we just have a meal and leave.
Shu Wenming thought more, "Let's take a step back. Even if we ask him to help us find the Railway Bureau, there is no train from the city where the down factory is located to our bookstore. We have to go to their provincial capital first. And they are not responsible for the distance of more than 300 kilometers to the provincial capital. We have to find a transportation company again, and they also need a letter of introduction. There are too many links in the middle, and I feel uneasy."
It is now an absolute seller's market. The reason why private individuals can buy so many things from the village-run factory is all thanks to Song's eloquence. But if he wants to negotiate conditions and let the other party be responsible for transportation, they will not give in.
"Forget it, we still have to compromise on this matter." Jin Yue sighed. Why are there so many protagonists in period novels who are so powerful and capable of making fortunes at any time? She has to go through so much trouble just to make a few changes!
If you are not destined to be a heroine, everything you do will become more difficult!
Shu Wenming chuckled and said, "Have you forgotten what our sister-in-law does?"
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"What? You bought so much?"
Liu Huifang was shocked. 8 yuan per bed, 100 beds would be 800 yuan! Such a huge amount of capital, not including the transportation cost, "Where can you two get so much capital?"
Jin Yue didn't intend to hide it from her, "I got some dividends from the pharmaceutical factory last year, and my second brother also made some money during this period."
She wanted to negotiate with Ganxi to buy the goods on credit first and pay after the goods were sold, but the Song brothers and sisters suggested that it would be better to pay first if it was urgent, because the sales of down vests were good this year, and they were worried that they would give priority to the production of vests, which would be bad if their quilts were put at the back.
By then you will have no place to complain. It's not that they don't want to make it for you. They make it for you, but they will only make it for you in spring. What else are you selling?
They are too far away from the manufacturer and dare not take the risk, and of course dare not pay in full at one time. They pay half in advance and then pay the remaining half after receiving the goods. This is the greatest convenience that the younger brother of the Song family has obtained for them.
Liu Huifang was shocked. Eight hundred yuan was really too much. If anything unexpected happened in the middle of the process, she would lose everything. After all, she had never heard of this thing in her life. What if she couldn't sell it? What if I get caught by the police?
Shu Jinyue knew that she was doing this for their own good, so he consoled her, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I think the situation is different this year. Maybe you can really do it. Didn't you say last time that there is a truck driver in your company who helps people carry things and makes a lot of money?"
Talking about this, Liu Huifang also sighed. People nowadays are really bold. When she was driving a car before, she could only help relatives and friends bring some local specialties or something. She didn't dare to make a penny. It was purely a job for personal favors. But now, those truck drivers help the company to transport goods when they go out, and basically all they do when they come back are private jobs. The money earned from one trip is more than their salary!
As long as the truck driver does not return to the bookstore immediately, he can find a place on the edge of the city to deliver or clear the goods, and the company will not be able to find out.
Thinking of this, Liu Huifang's eyes lit up. "You don't need to get any letters of introduction. I'll let my senior brother do the work for you. Ganxi Province, right? I'll swap his shift with others'. Let him stop delivering goods to the Northeast and deliver goods to Ganxi instead. When he comes back, he can just bring back your duvets on the way."
"Brother Zhao Dayong?"
"Yes, that's him. Originally, the company stopped sending him a car, but his gastroptosis hasn't recurred in the past two years, and he still wants to earn more money, so he asked me to intercede with the leader and sent him a car again."
"This is nothing. You can just give him some hard work money when the time comes."
"That's for sure. We trust Brother Zhao and must not treat him unfairly." Shu Wenming said quickly. He had a deep impression of Zhao Dayong's family. They had sent New Year gifts to Jin Yue every year in the past two years. Zhao Dayong's wife also knitted gloves for their whole family every year, even the youngest Meng Meng Ya Ya.
Such honest and decent people are the best.
Immediately, Liu Huifang went to the unit to talk to Zhao Dayong, who agreed immediately. He also went to Shu's house in person to inquire about the time, place and contact person, and got the contact information before going home.
The next step is to wait for the factory to ship the goods. Although Shu Jinyue is in school, she has to devote half of her attention to this matter. There is no other way, because this is her first time to "do business" seriously. I feel a bit excited about wanting to witness a miracle, who understands!
"Hey, Jin Yue, what are you doing? You're slacking off again." Lin Zhen twisted Jin Yue's arm gently.
Jin Yue quickly came back to his senses, "I'm thinking about something, I suspect you are taking revenge on me."
A few days ago, Jin Yue brought some fried dough buns made by her mother to school. Lin Zhen loved them very much. However, when she went to the toilet, they were eaten up by several of her good classmates. When she came back, the buns were gone.
Lin Zhen almost cried. Jin Yue didn't expect her to eat so much. She had already eaten three. He thought she wouldn't eat more with her small body, so he shared them with other students.
"Humph, I may be small, but I have a big heart. Don't accuse me falsely."
Soon, when the bell rang, the two of them shouldered their school bags filled with clanging lunch boxes and ran to the cafeteria as fast as they could to eat!
Although they were small, they were quite fast. The male students could only watch them from behind and yell, "Two girls, wait for us!"
"No wait—"
"Then save a spot for us and get in line!"
Lin Zhen wanted to shout to them, but Jin Yue had already rushed forward. The two of them were relatively young and popular in the class. The older brothers and sisters all liked to tease them. The key was that they were good at studying and everyone liked to ask them questions. Jin Yue finally felt the kindness of her classmates.
In the past few years, she really felt that everything was going smoothly and better.
When they arrived at the cafeteria, they had just sat down when several male classmates came over and sat next to them. "Hey, did you hear that our head teacher is getting married?"
"Teacher Gao Haiping is getting married?" This was explosive news, because Gao Haiping was not very old, even younger than the students in their class from the third year. She was also very approachable and could get along well with her classmates. Jin Yue always had the illusion that Teacher Gao was a student like them.
"I heard that she's getting engaged next month and will be married before the New Year. We haven't heard that she's dating anyone."
"Come on, Teacher Gao still has to report to you about dating?"
Everyone laughed, but Jin Yue became even more curious: "Who is her boyfriend? Is he from our school?"
The boy who released the melon shook his head, "I don't know either."
"Then what you said is incoherent. How do you know she is getting married?"
"My sister works at the second branch of a department store. Yesterday, Teacher Gao and her family went there to buy something and discussed getting engaged or married. My sister overheard it. It happened that she sent me here to register for school when school started. She met Teacher Gao once and asked me if this was true when she came back."
Everyone said "Oh", so this melon was indeed eaten by accident.
Although they are teacher and student, they are more like friends. This news is like suddenly hearing that a classmate you go to school with is getting married. It is inevitable to talk about it for a while.
But even among friends, there is a sense of boundaries between each other. For things that Teacher Gao didn't proactively tell them, it's not easy for everyone to ask and they can only pretend not to know for the time being.
When he got home from school in the evening, Jin Yue saw his second sister-in-law was actually at home, "Didn't you go out to the movies with my second brother today?"
They ate outside after watching a movie. It was said that the second brother didn't want to see Teacher Shu's ugly face.
"He went to Ganxi Province. I'm alone these days."
Jin Yue raised his eyebrows, it seems that he is still worried about the factory. Zhao Dayong also happened to be delivering goods there, so he followed him. Anyway, he didn't have to go to work now and had plenty of time.
There was news from Xu Duan as well. After he resigned, he went to talk to Xu Siqi, who stayed on to teach at the school, several times. One good thing about Xu Siqi was that he would tell Jin Yue about his work progress every few days when they met... although, Jin Yue didn't understand him most of the time.
But she liked his attitude and was happy to be the one to please him. She would say "wow", "oh", "awesome" and "great" one after another every time, which made him laugh and cry every time.
"If you're not interested, forget it. There's no need to force it."
"No, you have to tell me. I like to listen." As for the mechanical principles and power systems he talked about, she only knew a few words but had no idea what they were all about.
"In a word, I am trying to cooperate with Siqi and his research department. I want to work with them to improve a batch of equipment for the Municipal Machinery Factory. It just so happens that Engineer Shang from your compound is an expert in this field. I have been with him for the past few days."
Jin Yue said "Oh", no wonder Li Yulan had to cook when she came home these days, it turned out that Shang Guangming was busy.
However, she could not have imagined that Xu Duan and Shang Guangming were actually connected, just like when she discovered that he was connected with Shang Shuming that year. In her eyes, they were obviously unrelated people, but they were inextricably linked.
Two days later, Shu Wenyan learned from Liu Huifang that the second son had gone to western Jiangxi. Surprisingly, he did not complain about it, but just asked his family members if they knew why he went there. Everyone said they didn't know.
The two elders really didn’t know, and Wenli and Jinyue had no intention of telling him.
Shu Wenyan glanced at Jin Yue and was very discouraged. "Okay, okay, you two are siblings, so I'll only tell you everything, right?"
Jin Yue looked innocent: "Brother, what are you talking about?"
Shu Wenyan was so amused by her acting skills, but also felt a little disappointed in her heart. She had a really good relationship with the second brother.
When Aunt Zhao wanted to buy her a job to stay in the city, the second child was the first one willing to pay, although they were not so close at that time and they had been arguing since they were young. But this is the relationship between brothers and sisters. No matter how much they quarrel or fight, broken bones are still connected by tendons, and the tendons are different, so there are differences in closeness and distance.
He is almost forty years old, so he is not sad, but he feels a little uncomfortable. He knows he deserves it.
Shu Jinyue had no time to care about his awkwardness. Before the weather officially turned winter, she took everyone to the "secret base" to prepare to collect some more things from the mountains.
The walnuts were picked in the summer, and the chestnuts were picked in the autumn. Now the grass and trees in the mountains are withered and yellow, and there is really nothing left.
"What can you do in the mountains at this time of year? You young people are just too full." Zhao Wanqiu strongly disapproved, but she couldn't help but get more excited. Li Yulan was pregnant and it was not convenient for her to travel far, but when Sun Dalong heard that she was going into the mountains, he called Qian Chunhua as well.
The young couple had one car, and Jin Yue and his second sister-in-law had one.
"Oh, Jinyue, you can ride a bike now?" Last year, Li Yulan and Xu Duan took turns teaching her, and finally taught her how to ride a bike.
"Second sister-in-law, get in the car, I'll take you."
Xu Wenli grinned and said, "I said I would give you a ride."
"Get in the car. My second brother would beat me if he knew." Although Wen Li had recovered well and was undergoing regular checkups, he still didn't dare let her get too tired.
"By the way, sister-in-law, have you sent the last review form to Expert Shi?"
"Yes, they reimburse me for the expenses every time."
After Jin Yue donated the recipe of Qinghuang San free of charge, Shi Xuehai and several well-known domestic hematology experts began to study the recipe. As the first known user of this recipe, Xu Wenli is the best "explanation" of Qinghuang San's inhibitory effect on cancer cells, the prognosis, any future sequelae, and even the survival period.
Shi Xuehai hoped that she would have regular check-ups and then send the results to him as he needed to keep them on file. Wen Li and her husband readily agreed.
Although she survived by chance, she always remembered the young soldier who used the imported drugs with her.
They spoke quietly, so Qian Chunhua and Sun Dalong behind them didn't hear them. "What are you two talking about?"
"We don't need to ride so fast, it's too tiring."
Qian Chunhua smiled and said, "Then go slowly."
Ever since Sun Dalong started working at the Chinese medicine factory, the family has had one more salary and the pressure on her to support the family has been much less. At the same time, with the nourishment of love, the bitter look on her face is gone, and she seems to have become more cheerful.
Well, Dalong has been working for such a long time and saved some money. Last month he finally bought a bicycle. This way it is convenient for him to go to get off work and also for him to go back to his hometown on Sundays. Sun Yuli's health has recovered well in the past two years. He sent his youngest son to the village-run timber factory as an apprentice to take Dalong's place. The family is doing well, and Dalong often brings back fruits and vegetables grown at home to the city to eat.
The four of them talked and laughed as they slowly came to the foot of the West Mountain. However, Jin Yue and Wen Li did not take them to their family's "secret base", but were taken to another place by Sun Dalong.
"Hey, where is this? Is this also at the foot of West Mountain?"
"Yes, but this is near the lake, the wind is a bit strong and it's quite cold. Let's walk faster."
The four of them pushed the cart, panting as they rushed up the mountain. When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they discovered that this was actually an excellent viewing platform, with the glittering sea as far as the eye could see!
The so-called Haizi is the Shilan provincial name for natural lakes, and Xishan Park was built based on the Haizi. Their location is just right to allow a view of most of the Haizi.
"This is so beautiful!" Xu Wenli looked out into the distance and felt that the air she breathed in her chest smelled like the sea.
Jin Yue would burst into laughter if he heard this description. For inland people who have never really seen the sea, this amount of water is already considered a "sea". Of course, she herself had never really seen the sea, she had only seen it on her mobile phone. If she could live again, she would definitely find time to go to a real seaside.
Sun Dalong smiled sheepishly, "Wait a moment."
He rummaged around in the grass by the water and actually pulled out a fishing net. In the net, there was a group of silvery little fish and shrimps fluttering around.
Jin Yue looked at Qian Chunhua and said, "This is..." Can we see it?
Nowadays, every family that has something good keeps it secret, and the Shu family is no exception. They have yet to show outsiders their secret base. Judging from the couple's proficiency, it is obvious that this is their family's secret base, specially used to improve the food, and the fishing net should have been put down for two or three days.
"It's cold, and meat is hard to buy on the market. Niuniu needs nutrition. Dalong will come down to cast a net on his day off, catch some small fish and shrimp, and bring it back to make some soup for her to taste."
The more I think of this yellow and skinny little girl, and the cute Yaya who is about the same age as her, who is white, plump and round. As parents, they must feel very guilty about this, and these small fish and shrimps are the source of nutrition for the child.
Jin Yue felt uncomfortable. Seeing a child suffer was more painful than seeing an adult suffer. "Don't worry, Sister Chunhua, we won't tell anyone."
Xu Wenli also promised, "Let's just pretend we haven't been here today."
Qian Chunhua and his wife laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if others find out. Others won't be able to catch any fish even if they come. Dalong's skills are really good."
Sun Dalong also scratched the back of his head, "I learned this skill from my father. He grew up by the river and often followed Sun Tieniu's father to catch fish and shrimp."
Sure enough, Jin Yue also discovered that although Sun Dalong's fishing net looked ordinary, it caught a lot of things. There were two or three kinds of small fish, the largest of which was as long as a palm. There were also many shrimps, and even three eels as thick as thumbs and a few small crabs.
Sun Dalong put the ones that were too small back into the water so as not to exhaust the resources. He then put the ones that were edible into buckets and divided them into two portions, one for his family and one for the Shu family.
Both Jin Yue's aunt and sister-in-law said no, but he insisted on giving it to her. "If Jin Yue hadn't helped my father with his illness, our family might have broken up. If it weren't for your introduction, Chunhua and I wouldn't have been together, not to mention that you also helped me find a job. You can't refuse it."
Xu Wenli then persuaded Jin Yue to accept it. It was not because she was after this little thing, but because Wenli was more straightforward and not as twisted as Jin Yue.
Seeing that they liked eels, Sun Dalong gave them all the eels. "We usually don't want these eels even if we catch them in the net. We don't know how to eat them."
"This is such a waste of food. Last time Wenming took me to Shilan Hotel, I had a bowl of eel noodles there. It was delicious." Xu Wenli smacked her lips.
Jin Yue had always thought that eels were like loaches and could only be found in muddy swamps, but he didn't expect that they could actually be caught in the lake. "Sister Chunhua, if you catch one next time, please sell it to us. We love to eat it."
Because of this great harvest, the four of them did not stay on the mountain any longer and hurried home to cook!
Zhao Wanqiu didn't know how to kill loaches because she had never eaten them before, so Aunt Zhao came over to help her process them. The small fish and shrimps were too small and didn't have much meat, so she cleaned their internal organs, coated them with egg liquid and flour, and fried them in a pan.
That smell is so delicious!
The dough and eggs on the outside were fried until they were burnt and crispy, while the meat inside was still tender. It took less than two hours from leaving the water to being on the table. It was extremely fresh and tasted sweet. Jin Yue and Wen Li took a large bowl filled with food and went back to their backyard room, where they sat on the kang and ate and chatted.
The kang was already heated up and it was warm to sit on. Jin Yue was eating while reading a professional book, while Xu Wenli was reading a novel.
The two were eating with gusto when suddenly the door was pushed open with a "bang" and a man wearing a hat, scarf and a worn military coat rushed in, "Wife, give me some hot water quickly."
The two of them looked carefully—it was Shu Wenming!
Shu Wenming left quickly this time but came back very slowly. It was already November when he finally came back, exhausted and covered in dust, wrapping himself up like a big dirty dumpling.
He took the warm water from Wen Li and drank it all in one gulp. He put down the enamel pot and wiped his chin with it. "I'm so thirsty. Life on the road is not a human life."
"Nothing happened, right?" Jin Yue was very worried these days. He had often heard Liu Huifang talk about long-distance driving, such as being robbed on the road, having oil stolen in the middle of the night, and having goods looted.
Shu Wenming shook his head. "Zhao Dayong is very experienced. He has not encountered any man-made disasters, but natural disasters are inevitable."
Zhao Dayong was experienced and prepared plenty of food and drink, but new problems would arise once he was on the road. "We had to take two detours on the way back and forth. One was because the bridge was broken and the other was because of a landslide. I heard it would be even more annoying after it snowed. It might be blocked for several days. Fortunately, we ran fast and didn't catch the snow, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get back now."
The two of them felt sorry for him because of his untidy beard. Xu Wenli quickly went to the old house to bring him some hot food. "Let's talk while we eat."
He didn't even have time to talk. He just wolfed down the food and almost licked the bottom of the bowl clean. Then he took a breath and said, "I'm so tired. My sister-in-law has a hard time. I used to think that she was running around all year round, with a high salary and good benefits. Now I'm really running around myself. Tsk tsk... This kind of hardship is something most men can't bear."
He talked about some of the hardships and experiences he had on the road, and then got to the point: "There were too many duvets, and there were too many people to see when I took them back, so I put them all at Li Yulan's house. Only Madam Li and her husband knew about it, and no one else saw it."
Although the Li family has many people, there are two old houses that are not lived in. They are only used to store food and raise livestock. In recent years, Li Yulan and Shu Wenming have stored the cloth they have resold together every year there. Shu Wenming even has the key to the old house.
The first time is new, the second time is familiar. This time, just put it in and tell Mrs. Li.
"Mother Li wanted to keep me and Brother Zhao for dinner, but we didn't eat because we didn't want to draw attention to ourselves."
The old couple knew he was back, so they came over to ask about his situation, sighed a few words, and then started to worry about sales, "With so much capital, where can I sell it?"
"Don't worry, the weather is cold and there is a great need for them." Shu Wenming smacked his lips, "Brother Zhao and I got two quilts from the car. Don't underestimate these thin quilts. They are very warm."
Therefore, he is very optimistic about the market reaction.
"I will bring a few beds with me and go to Jianshe Bridge to have a look. I will sell a few beds every day. They are very warm. People who have used them know it. There will definitely be some repeat customers, or they will introduce their relatives and friends to buy them."
"I only have a few vegetables every day. I don't know when I can sell them all. It's winter now, so I have to sell them quickly." Zhao Wanqiu was very anxious. "No, I'll go out and help. I'm an old lady, so it doesn't matter if I get caught."
There was no time to be polite at this moment, Shu Wenming nodded.
Xu Wenli also said she wanted to help, but her whole family refused and told her to work hard and take care of her health, and not to join in the fun. Nowadays the ghost market is open during the day and it is a mixed crowd. There are some second-rate people hanging around there who would bully young girls and wives. If she is not allowed to go, then naturally Jin Yue is not allowed to go either.
Shu Jinyue pursed her lips. She had been there several times.
Teacher Shu is responsible for cooking at home and delivering the meals to them at mealtime. He also has to ride his bike to Lijia Village to pick up the goods. After deciding on the division of labor, the whole family started out, and that night they carefully studied the two quilts that Shu Wenming had brought back.
It was really light when they picked it up. The old couple looked at it from top to bottom and felt that it didn't look like something that could be used in winter - "It's too light."
Today’s duck down factories are willing to spend a lot of money on fillings, and the down is very fluffy. “I’ve used it before, and it’s amazing. It expands when heated.”
Teacher Shu didn't believe it.
"Dad doesn't believe me, so bring a quilt over to cover yourself tonight."
"Forget it. If I catch a cold, I'll still have to help you tomorrow." Teacher Shu shook his head.
Shu Wenming was amused. This old man was quite stubborn. "Just take it. I promise that if you catch a cold tonight, you can come to me and I will compensate you. Okay?"
Zhao Wanqiu gave her husband a hug and said, "Just give it a try. We have to support our children's career."
Shu Wenming wanted to give the other bed to Jin Yue to try, but Jin Yue quickly shook her head. She didn't want it. Two grown men had been staying in the car for so many days that the bed was almost covered with patina.
The next morning, Jin Yue yawned as he went to the old house to eat breakfast. He saw Teacher Shu with two big dark circles under his eyes. "Dad, what's wrong? Did you really catch a cold?"
Zhao Wanqiu laughed at the side, "In the past, your dad always said that the quilt was not enough to cover him, not warm enough, and he couldn't fall asleep after lying down for a long time. Last night, your dad slept soundly at the beginning, snoring, but who knew that he woke up in the middle of the night because of the heat, and couldn't fall asleep the whole time, like a pancake on the kang. Later, he couldn't stand the heat anymore, so he got up and turned off the coal balls that were burning the kang."
Everyone laughed. Is it necessary to tell you how warm down quilts are? Shu Linong is the one in the family who is most afraid of cold. He always wears three pairs of socks, always drinks hot water, and soaks his feet in hot water every day of the year!
"Actually, I think that with this quilt, I can survive the second half of the night without heating the kang," he said with a grunt.
Everyone laughed again. He was so tough last night, but now he has been slapped in the face by the facts!
With this good start, the whole family was in a good mood, and after dinner everyone got busy. Shu Jinyue had a very important professional class today, so she didn't join in the fun. Anyway, there were a lot of people speculating outside, and her second brother was unemployed. The higher-ups had turned a blind eye to it, so she didn't have to worry.
"Jinyue, what are you thinking about? You're not concentrating." Lin Zhen nudged her and stuffed a White Rabbit candy from under the table.
Jin Yue peeled off the candy wrapper, lowered his head, threw it into his mouth, and did not dare to chew it. The strong milky aroma and sweetness immediately filled his mouth.
It’s good to be an only child in the city. Xiao Lin Zhen is like a treasure chest full of snacks. Now and then, a few candies pop out, and then two walnuts appear. Her walnuts are not ordinary walnuts, but the ones her grandmother roasts at home with several spices. They are fragrant and sweet, and the cracks are so fine that the kernels can be peeled out with a light pinch!
"Your grandma is so good to you, she almost feeds you walnut kernels."
Lin Zhen laughed happily, "Of course, my grandma is also good to me. Her family used to be landlords, and she has some things. She said she would only give them to me and no one else."
"Shh, stop talking. You've revealed all your family secrets."
As she had professional classes in the afternoon, Jin Yue did not go home for dinner. She thought that if her second brother's business was not doing well and the whole family was in trouble, she would not go back to join him.
She had money, so although she felt sad about losing this, her pain was limited. But it was different for the old couple. These 800 yuan were like flesh cut from their bodies, and it was extremely painful. After all, they had worked hard all their lives but had not been able to save so much money, and the fact that the brother and sister could come up with so much money was more important to them than their eyeballs.
After school in the afternoon, Jin Yue grabbed her schoolbag and ran home. As soon as she reached the door and heard her second brother's laughter, she knew that everything was going well.
As expected, when I asked my second brother, he burst into laughter and said, "We met some people who know the value of the goods. The four beds we brought back last night were all sold out. We asked Dad to go to Lijia Village to get another four beds, but they were also sold out."
"How much is a bed?"
"Twelve."
Shu Jinyue took a deep breath. The cost was eight yuan, and the transportation fee was basically negligible. The net profit for each bed was four yuan. If all 100 beds were sold, that would be a net profit of 400 yuan!
No wonder you have to do business. Only by doing business can you make money. Working has no future!
"I kind of regret it. I was afraid it wouldn't sell, so I priced it too low. If I had known it would sell so well, I should have priced it higher."
Shu Linong patted his forehead and said, "I'm not a black-hearted capitalist. It's enough to make some money. This is not a small amount."
Shu Wenming curled his lips and said, "You don't know how much cotton costs per kilogram in the market now, and how many kilograms of cotton are needed for a quilt. Compared with others, our down quilt is really cheap."
Zhao Wanqiu tried to smooth things over: "Small profits but quick turnover. Let's sell out what we have first." On the way, Shu Wenming whispered to her that after a day of testing the market, he wanted to buy some more down quilts from western Jiangxi province and continue selling them.
This thing won’t go bad. If you can’t sell it all this year, you can just put it aside and sell it next year, right?
As he was speaking, little chicken Popcorn came again. Ever since he moved to the big house in Yard 3, he still liked to go to Yard 16 every day, especially to Grandma Wanqiu's house.
"Here, I'll give you a task. Stand guard at my door. If there's any..."
"I know, if anyone comes to eavesdrop, I will shout loudly, especially Grandma Li!"
Everyone laughed. This child was getting smarter and smarter. Now if the Shu family said something that was inconvenient for others to hear, they would ask him to help keep watch. He was also very tight-lipped and would never tell anyone about Sister Jin Yue's family affairs, even if Grandma Li used candy to coax him.
The Shu family closed the door and discussed in a low voice what to do next. Starting tomorrow, they would have to ask Teacher Shu to ride his bike to Lijia Village twice. Each trip could only carry four beds at most, and one way was dozens of kilometers. They didn't know if his old arms and legs could withstand it.
After the discussion, Zhao Wanqiu went out to the kitchen to cook. The three eels had been kept very clean, so they were cleaned and stir-fried, and then added some noodles and vegetables to make a delicious dish of eel noodles.
Jin Yue ate two bowls by himself and burped at the end.
***
In the next few days, the Shu family was extremely busy. The down quilt business was better than anyone had expected. Two-thirds of the down quilts were sold out in just one week. Many of them were newly bought and so customers liked them very much that they recommended them to their relatives and friends.
Shu Wenming wanted to take the opportunity to make more money, so he quickly called Brother Song and asked him to make another batch urgently. He would pay half of the fee first, and he would pay the other half after the work was completed within the specified time limit.
Teacher Shu pedaled his bicycle so hard every day that sparks came out of it. Zhao Wanqiu was not much better off. She worked at the Jianshe Bridge every day to sell things. She was originally a plump and well-off person, but now she was tanned dark.
But the benefits were also obvious. With her cheerful personality, she quickly became friends with the traders in the area and bought a lot of good things for her family. As a result, Jin Yue finally had several meals of fresh beef and mutton and drank pigeon soup at home.
When the first batch of 100 beds was about to be sold out, Shu Wenming followed Zhao Dayong to western Jiangxi Province again. This time the weather was really cold, with snow and ice all along the way, and the whole family was worried.
On this day, Jin Yue was happily sipping pigeon soup when someone suddenly came to the door - it was Mrs. Li, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Since moving out of Liuye Hutong, the couple seldom came back, and Jin Yue hadn't met them many times. She only remembered that the last time she saw her, she had a rosy complexion and a plump figure, but this time she looked thinner.
"What's wrong with you, sister-in-law?" Jin Yue quickly stood up and held her hand.
"Jin Yue, please help my brother! He's about to be fired from his job!"
Shu Jinyue was stunned: How can I help with this?
Zhao Wanqiu wiped her hands and said, "Little Li's wife, don't be anxious. Talk slowly. Our Jin Yue only knows how to treat illnesses and doesn't know the leaders of their unit."
Mrs. Li nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, I just wanted to ask Jin Yue to treat my brother. I was in a hurry and didn't explain clearly."
The mother and daughter finally breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, Xiao Li's father-in-law and his family were all nice. Whenever the Shu family wanted to eat meat, offal and large bones, they just had to inform them in advance and go get them the next day.
Thanks to this convenience, the Shu family has had such good food in recent years, and everyone is well-fed and well-fed.
"My brother has recently developed a strange disease."
"What do you mean?" Jin Yue sat up straight and looked into her eyes.
"His nose suddenly broke."
Jin Yue was stunned. What does "broken" mean? She didn't react to this description for a moment. Zhao Wanqiu added: "Is it that the nose can't smell anything, or is there something bad in the nose?"
"He can't smell anything. He can't smell anything, whether it's fragrant or stinky. The key is that he is the perfumer of the second daily chemical factory in our city."
All Shilan people know about Shucheng City’s Second Daily Chemical Factory. Even if they have never heard of the factory’s name, they must know their floral water, which will be the famous “national perfume” in fifty years!
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