Chapter 22 22. Business Development
The meal was so delicious that the two of them were drooling over it. The workers in the cafeteria were all envious. They wished they could have a girl like this.
In Shi Liu's opinion, if you do physical work, you have to eat enough, so she cooks at least one meat dish for every meal. Of course, big bone soup is a must-have for every meal.
So, one time when Shi Liu brought lunch with green onion and pork buns, some of the wealthier workers couldn't sit still.
"Brother Shi, can you ask the big sister if these meat buns are for sale? Don't worry, I will never let the big sister suffer a loss. We will pay according to the price of the state-owned restaurant. Of course, I don't have any meat coupons, so I will give you some food coupons."
Brother Shi's face froze, and he whispered in a trembling voice, "Aren't you just speculating? No, no, we are a respectable family."
But Shi Erge had an idea. Damei didn't spend any meat tickets on her meat. So, she could make five or six cents on each bun, which was not a small amount. But, "Why don't you buy it at the state-owned restaurant?"
The person who had just made the inquiry, Qian Lailai, said rather embarrassedly: "The main reason is that we don't have enough meat coupons at home, and besides, my sister's cooking skills are much better than the chefs in state-owned restaurants." He was a foodie, and as the only male in the family, he would eat all the delicious food first, which led to his picky appetite.
Seeing the two brothers' eyes flicker slightly, Qian Lailai continued, "This isn't speculation. At most, I'm providing grain and asking the eldest sister to help process it. There's an old tailor in the east of our city who makes a living by making clothes for others. This is a safe business."
Second Brother Shi also knew his family's situation. Although he felt sorry for his eldest sister's hard work, he knew that the money was definitely profitable and safe. However, he did not dare to be the boss of his eldest sister: "I have to go back and ask my eldest sister about this. After all, pork is not available every day." If he said it too easily, others might think that his family made a lot of money.
Brother Shi sat on the side in silence. He knew he was not a smart boy. When he came here, his mother told him to listen more to his elder sister and second brother. Now that his second brother thought it was okay, he decided to give it a try.
After hearing this, Shi Liu said without hesitation: "No problem, I currently only make shepherd's purse buns and green onion pork buns. Please ask the other party what filling they want to eat."
Shi Erge: "He said he wanted two green onion and pork buns."
"Okay, there are some left at home, I'll just heat them up later." In fact, she had stored all the buns in the system space, and now they were no different from those freshly baked.
Shi Liu took out the jade bun and frowned as she looked at the red line on it which had become shorter again. The red line was actually the energy line. Last time, she accidentally got a jade bead necklace of very poor quality, so she fed a bead to the jade bun. Looking at the shortened length of the red line, she estimated that it could only be used 30 times in total.
Although the entire necklace would only cost around 100 yuan in modern times, and nowadays it's even worth less than a sweet potato, Shi Liu still felt bad. He casually threw another jade bead at the Jade Bun, and it suddenly turned red as if it was full, and white smoke kept coming out of the folds. This scared Shi Liu, and he was afraid it would break down.
About half an hour later, the Jade Bun returned to normal. However, Shi Liu observed that the Bun had gained weight. After observing its current function, Shi Liu discovered that it had been upgraded. The energy consumed by each subsequent use of the Bun had been reduced to half of its original value. It turned out that the more the Bun was used, the faster it upgraded, with each upgrade halving the energy consumed.
Shi Liu kissed Yu Baozi happily. She had misunderstood. It seemed that Yu Baozi was quite useful. She must use it more often in the future.
These days were truly like heaven for the Shi brothers, and this made them even more determined to go to the city.
Seeing Big Brother Shi chewing on a steamed bun with a thoughtful look on his face, Second Brother Shi asked curiously, "Big Brother, what are you thinking about?"
Brother Shi swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth and said, "I was thinking that they are not young anymore in the first month. Should we let them go to school?"
Shi Erge's heart moved, and then he said with a bitter face: "Now the village primary school has long been gone. If children want to go to school, they can only go to the commune. But our village is too far away from the commune. Not to mention the children, even you and I would have to go three or four hours back and forth. How can the children bear it?"
Shi Liu then remembered that her nephews and nieces had never been to school. She and her elder brother went to school in the village. Two years ago, there was a disaster in the village and the primary school was forced to close. The children in Shijia Village suddenly had no place to go to school. In addition, there was no such thing as college entrance examination now, so most villagers gave up the idea of sending their children to school.
However, Shi Liu is the only high school student in the entire Shijia Village and the only high school student in the Qingshan Production Team. Most of the village cadres are elementary school or junior high school students.
The problem raised by Shi Erge was indeed real. There were rumors that wild wolves were still active on that mountain road. The children at home were all precious, so how could they bear the risk of letting them go? In this case, even if Shi Liu offered to pay the tuition, they probably wouldn't be able to go to school during the first month of the year.
"Brother, why don't you go back and ask your uncle when the primary school will be reopened? The educated youth in the team are all high school students, so they should have no problem teaching the kids." In fact, what she wanted most was to let those who lived in the cowshed be teachers. As far as she knew, the cowshed in their village was a gathering place for big guys. If she had the chance, she would definitely have a good exchange with them.
Brother Shi said in a muffled voice, "I'm afraid this isn't going to be easy. If the village wants to open a school, it needs the approval of the commune. Those bandits from Baijia Village applied long ago, saying that our children can go to school in their village. But our village is so close to Baijia Village, the commune won't be willing to spend any more money."
Second Brother Shi thought of the faces of the people in Baijia Village and slapped his thigh in anger. "Big sister, you haven't been to the village much so you probably don't know what's going on in Baijia Village. It's a den of bandits. At the beginning, a few children from our village went to Baijia Village to study, but the children from Baijia Village were bullies. They snatched up all the food they brought. When we complained to the teachers, they just played dumb and refused to solve the problem. As a result, no children went to Baijia Village to study anymore."
Shi Liu didn't expect the people in Baijia Village to be so domineering, and she was very angry: "Second brother, does the party secretary of Baijia Village have connections in the commune?" Otherwise, why would he be so arrogant.
Second Brother Shi whispered, "I heard his daughter married the leader of the county pigeon club. Over the years, they've been using this connection to bully the villagers. If it weren't for the fact that my uncle is a veteran, who would have been the captain?"
Shi Liumian looked at her second brother in surprise. Is it worth fighting for a small position as the leader of a production team?
(End of this chapter)
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