"Oh." Qiao Tianyou responded softly, watching Qiao Qiqi pull Lin Chunying to look at his new cabinet with a probing look in his eyes.
He felt that Qiao Qiqi was different today than before, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was different.
She's been much gentler lately, and she even shared the good food with him.
He had just told his mother how he felt at home, and Lin Chunying smiled and said, "Your sister is married now, so things are naturally different from before. You'll get used to it."
But Qiao Tianyou felt that the change came too fast. In just one week, he seemed to have been reborn.
"Wang the carpenter's skills are impeccable. The cabinet for our kang (heated brick bed) was made by him more than 20 years ago. It's still sturdy after all these years." Lin Chunying looked at the brand-new cabinet and liked it more and more.
But the thought of the money also made her feel the pinch. "These cabinets must have cost a lot of money, right? Don't always buy us things in the future. It's not easy for Qin Huai to earn money. Be careful with your spending. In a couple of years, when we have a baby, our expenses will be much higher. We need to save some money."
Qiao Qiqi looked at Lin Chunying as if she were looking at Tang Sanzang in "A Chinese Odyssey".
Knowing that every mother has endless worries, Qiao Qiqi secretly took out the money from her pocket and showed it to Lin Chunying in order to put Lin Chunying at ease.
Of course, in order not to frighten Lin Chunying, she did not take out all the money, but only one hundred and seventy or eighty yuan.
But it still startled Lin Chunying, "You bought so many things, how do you still have so much money?"
Qiao Qiqi smiled slightly, then leaned close to Lin Chunying's ear and whispered, "Qin Huai goes up the mountain every night to hunt wild game to supplement his family's income. He can sell it to me for 20 yuan a night."
Lin Chunying's eyes lit up, thinking to herself that this young man was quick-witted and better than them.
Knowing that Qin Huai had this trick up his sleeve, Lin Chunying felt much more at ease. She then brought up another matter: "By the way, your second aunt came to our house this morning and brought me some plasters. She said she heard you mentioned that your back hurt, so she specially got them from her family and asked me to try them. She also told me to invite you and Qin Huai to his house for dinner tonight."
Seeing that as soon as Lu Xiufen was kicked out, her second aunt immediately started visiting her family, Qiao Qiqi was satisfied and readily nodded in agreement.
“Great! Qin Huai caught a lot of fish this morning, I’ll take two big ones over.”
"Okay." Lin Chunying had originally planned to bring some gifts as well.
The two families hadn't been in contact for several years, and now that they could finally reconnect, she was both happy and excited.
For the next five days, Qiao Qiqi continued to go to the town's black market to sell fruit in the morning and sleep at home in the afternoon.
After waking up, if Qin Huai went fishing, she would follow along to join in the fun.
The river water was icy cold in the summer. She could only watch Qin Huai and Zhang Qing in the water with envy from the riverbank.
My period just ended today, and Qin Huai has already promised to take her fishing this afternoon.
With this on her mind, Qiao Qiqi sold the second basket of apples and immediately went out to fill a third basket, planning to go home as soon as she sold them all.
Just as she turned a corner, intending to return to the black market, two men with ill intentions suddenly surrounded her.
"Kid, we've been watching you for days. Do you know how much business you've stolen from us these past few days? Tell me, how are you going to compensate us?"
Qiao Qiqi frowned, realizing that the other party was up to no good, and immediately turned around.
As a result, two men with ill intentions quickly surrounded them from behind.
Realizing they were in cahoots, Qiao Qiqi frowned.
In the blink of an eye, she was cornered by the group.
Qiao Qiqi looked around, hoping that someone would appear at the street corners on both sides! Unfortunately, in order to enter the space to get the apple without being discovered, she chose street corners where no one would come.
At this moment, having lifted a stone only to drop it on her own foot, Qiao Qiqi felt both despair and a sense of relief.
Because, judging from the tone of these people, they clearly hadn't discovered that she had a spatial ability.
This is truly a stroke of luck amidst misfortune!
Thinking of this, Qiao Qiqi calmed down and smiled at the group, saying, "Brothers, although I don't know how I offended you, business is all about cooperation and mutual benefit. If you want to make money, that's easy! Try my apples first. They're all imported and taste many times better than those sold at the supply and marketing cooperative."
Qiao Qiqi took off the basket from her back and gave each person an apple.
Her face was full of ingratiating smiles. As the saying goes, you can't hit a smiling face. The four men exchanged glances, but instead of making a move, they actually started eating the apples.
After taking a bite, one of the men exclaimed in amazement, "Brother, these apples are delicious! No wonder they sell so well. I've never eaten such delicious apples before!"
Upon hearing this, the bearded man, who was called "Big Brother," immediately snorted coldly.
"It's just a little bit tastier than what I sell, what's the big deal?"
"..." The stunning man wanted to say something, but when he met the bearded man's warning gaze, he immediately dared not speak.
But the expression on her face clearly showed that Qiao Qiqi's apples were obviously much tastier.
Qiao Qiqi noticed their expressions and realized that they were also selling apples, and there was indeed another place selling apples on the black market...
Looking at the four faces again, they quickly matched up.
Recalling that a customer who bought her apples had also said that he had bought another batch of apples, but they were far inferior to hers, Qiao Qiqi realized that the customer was referring to the people in front of her, and a plan immediately came to her mind.
"So it turns out you gentlemen are in the same industry as me. That makes things much easier. You've all seen my apples; I dare say there aren't any better ones in the whole town."
“I happen to have a supply of apples through my channels. If you gentlemen want to make money, I can give you the wholesale price of 45 cents.”
"Really?" The man who had just been amazed immediately looked delighted.
Although the profit is only five cents, as long as you are diligent, you can sell more than 100 kilograms a day by squatting in the black market. So, you can make at least five yuan in profit every day!
This is much better than going to work!
The stunning man was instantly smitten!
But before he could finish speaking, the bearded man slapped him on the forehead.
"Damn it, we're not here to do wholesale with him!"
After cursing, the bearded man grabbed Qiao Qiqi by the collar and said menacingly, "Today, not only are you leaving this basket of apples, but I'm taking all the money you've earned these past few days! If you don't want to die, hand it over now, or I'll make you do it!"
Qiao Qiqi frowned, seeing how narrow-minded the other person was, and immediately sneered, "With your IQ, how can you be the big brother? If they follow you, they'll starve to death sooner or later!"
The bearded man was enraged that Qiao Qiqi dared to mock him. "Are you looking for death?"
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