As Xu Mengyao busied herself with work, she gazed at the delighted faces in front of her stall, feeling an indescribable sense of accomplishment. These loyal returning customers were a testament to her hard work and a testament to her dedication.
That afternoon, Huang's father returned with a simple iron clothes hanger he had just made and asked, "Wenjuan, look, is this what you want?"
Xu Mengyao was pleasantly surprised and praised repeatedly: "Yes, that's right, big sister, we finally don't have to set up a stall on the ground tonight!"
After that, she ran excitedly to the big store and bought twenty wooden clothes hangers in one go.
After returning home, Xu Mengyao and her elder sister started to get busy. The two sisters carefully matched clothes of different styles and then hung them on the hangers one by one.
In the afternoon, Brother Hu came over and saw the hangers full of clothes. He exclaimed, "This is a really good idea. It will save us a lot of trouble to set up a stall in the future!"
The two sisters carried hangers full of clothes, and Brother Hu carried sacks full of clothes. The three of them walked towards the workers' village together, ready to start a new life of setting up stalls.
Huang's father and grandmother were full of praise for this simple clothes hanger and decided to order three more for their family. Huang's father smiled and said, "This hanger is so much more convenient. I can hang my clothes directly, making it easy to find them. It also saves me the trouble of sorting wooden boxes every day."
Huang Nai also nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, it will be much more convenient to dry the quilts and clothes then."
Xu Mengyao calculated the date and found out that it was time to remove the stitches on Huang Wenbin's arm, so she and Huang Wenrong took the newly made iron frame cart and iron clothes hanger and set off for the city.
Before leaving, Grandma Huang specifically reminded Xu Mengyao: "Juanzi, when you go to Pengcheng, buy some more clothes hangers for the family. The ones sold in big stores are too expensive, and the iron ones your dad makes will rust easily when they get wet. Don't forget them!"
Xu Mengyao patted her chest and assured: "Don't worry, grandma, I will definitely pick the best one for you."
When they arrived at Qi's house, Maomao ran over happily when he saw them and hugged Xu Mengyao's legs. After the three of them stayed together for a while, they accompanied Huang Wenbin to the hospital to remove the stitches. The doctor said the wound healed well after the examination.
Huang Wenbin was so happy that he felt like a seal had been broken: "Great, now go buy tomorrow's train ticket, I can finally go to Pengcheng!"
This time, the three of them pulled two carts, and the selection of goods increased significantly. Xu Mengyao first added some styles that were not selling well before, and then added some beautiful plastic sandals and exquisite high heels.
While shopping, she heard music coming from the street and, struck by inspiration, decided to wholesale two boxes of pop music tapes from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Finally, remembering Huang Nai's instructions, she bought a bunch of clothes hangers and a hundred more sock racks with multiple clips.
They arrived at Huanshi in the evening. Shaozi and the others were waiting outside the train station as usual. Upon seeing them, Huang Wenbin immediately let go of the cart handle and said, "Hurry up and take it. I'm exhausted. Push the things directly back to Grandma Qi's house. Shaozi and Niaowu will follow me back to the mine. It's time for you two to go home and have a good rest at home for a day."
The parrot asked curiously, "Aren't you going to take some goods back today?"
"The goods haven't been sorted yet, so one day won't make any difference. We can just wait for them to finish sorting and take them back tomorrow night." Huang Wenbin answered easily.
In the evening, the two sisters, along with Badan and Guizi, sorted the goods and hung the clothes on hangers. They also hung a few sock hangers on the clothesline in the yard for everyone to use. Now, when they saw them returning with their goods, some neighbors would come directly to check them out. Even those who hadn't seen them would arrive at the Qi family yard later, thanks to Maomao's little loudspeaker.
Everyone has a strong sense of identity with the products they sell. Whenever a neighbor comes to browse, they always sincerely praise: "Your products are of great quality, the styles are more attractive than those in department stores, and the prices are more affordable."
Gradually, a tacit understanding developed among the neighbors: if they wanted to buy something, they would tell Xu Mengyao and her friends in advance, pay a deposit, and wait for the next arrival of the goods. This spontaneous pre-sale process surprised and touched her deeply.
The next afternoon, my eldest brother and his family returned jubilant. As soon as he stepped into the yard, he couldn't wait to share his good news: "The banner the police station sent me has been sent to the mine! My dad's work unit also awarded him two teacups. Now many people in the village know about my brave act. I wanted to go for a run with the banner, but my grandma wouldn't let me and hung it on the wall."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Huang Wenrong praised sincerely: "Brother, you really bring honor to our family. Congratulations!"
"That's right," Huang Wenbin said proudly, "Ask them both, when they came to see me, were there still a lot of people gathered at my door with banners?"
The parrot and the whistle nodded in agreement: "Indeed, many people from your village are gathered there to watch."
"With such a big scene, I guess our class teacher will praise you a lot after school starts." Badan said with some envy.
Huang Wenbin smiled and patted Badan on the shoulder, saying, "By the way, Badan, you should go back to the mine with Wenrong and the others later."
Badan looked confused: "Why?"
"Your grandma saw us and asked why we didn't take you home. She said she missed you."
Huang Wenbin rolled his eyes at Badan in annoyance. "Besides, don't you know your physique? It's so hot, sleeping with three of us is already crowded, and you didn't sleep well, pressing your leg on me, almost making me eat dinner for nothing."
Upon hearing this, Badan smiled embarrassedly, scratched his head and said, "Then...then I'll go back first." He didn't argue anymore and followed Xu Mengyao and Huang Wenrong back to the mine.
When the two sisters returned to their yard at night, a little cannonball rushed out of the house, and Wenxia shouted happily: "Big sister, second sister, I missed you so much!"
Inside the house, Huang's mother was busy in the main hall. The table was already filled with hot meals. She called out gently, "Come and eat. We're waiting for you two."
Xu Mengyao noticed that Huang's mother and Wenxia had both become much darker, especially Wenxia, who looked like a small coal ball. It was no longer a simple "charcoal-roasted rabbit paw", but a "charcoal-roasted whole rabbit".
She asked curiously, "Mom, what did you do at grandma's house?"
Huang's mother smiled and replied, "He's working. He just came back after helping your grandfather plant corn. Wenxia was out having fun all day and even stayed at your uncle's house for a few days."
Wenxia took over the conversation and said excitedly: "I went fishing in the river with Yinliang and Erya! I even caught a loach! They didn't catch any, so they envied me." After she finished speaking, she smiled happily with pride, and her charcoal-burnt skin made her teeth look particularly white.
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