Zhang Tieshan went to the town early this morning and sold the wild animals he hunted yesterday to the restaurant. When he came out of the restaurant and was about to go home, he suddenly thought of Li Hehua for some reason. He stopped, turned around and went to the market.
When I arrived at the market, I saw Li Hehua still selling cakes at her usual location. It seemed that she was particularly busy today. Many people surrounded her and talked about something. She kept wrapping cakes for customers and collecting money. Her fat body squatted and stood up from time to time. Her movements were very inflexible and even a little difficult because of her fatness. Sweat beads soon covered her forehead and she had to wipe the sweat from time to time, but the woman didn't care at all. She kept smiling and talking to customers. She was very polite and courteous.
Zhang Tieshan stood there and watched for a long time without realizing it. The more he watched, the more confused he became. He always felt that the woman was very strange and didn't look like the Li Hehua he married at all, although her appearance and figure were indeed the Li Hehua he knew.
Zhang Tieshan's brows gradually furrowed.
I just watched and before I knew it, Li Hehua had sold all the cakes. I also saw her buying a lot of eggs and red beans, and then she carried a basket as if she was preparing to go back.
She was divorced and sent home. The Li family was unwilling to accept her, and Zhang Tieshan couldn't imagine where a woman like her could live.
Zhang Tieshan didn't know why he followed Li Hehua, wanting to see where she was going. As a result, he found that she was going to their village. He was puzzled, wondering if Li Hehua lived in their village?
Zhang Tieshan continued to follow Li Hehua silently, and then he saw her stop under a big locust tree not far from his house, hide behind the tree, staring in the direction of his house, as if she was spying on something.
Zhang Tieshan frowned, not understanding what she meant or what her intentions were. But he could sense that she had no ill intentions, so he did not show up, but continued to watch from behind her, trying to figure out what she was going to do.
After a while, his mother came out with a basin of laundry. When Li Hehua saw it, he seemed relieved and quickly went back into the house.
Zhang Tieshan followed her into the house quietly, but she didn't notice him and still thought there was no one at home.
After entering the house, he saw her heading straight for the kitchen. Zhang Tieshan then realized that she went to the kitchen to look for Shulin, because Shulin liked to stay there and he would always find someone.
As expected, Li Hehua went straight to Shulin as soon as she entered the kitchen, gave him the food in the basket, and then talked a lot to Shulin. Her tone was so gentle and loving, as if, just like the way she addressed Shulin, she really treated Shulin as her sweetheart.
Zhang Tieshan heard Li Hehua's words clearly outside the kitchen, but the more he listened, the more his brows furrowed, and the more confused he became.
He was very sure that Li Hehua didn't know that he was out, nor did she know that there was someone else at home, so she didn't pretend to be nice to Shulin. What she said was sincere. But why did she love Shulin so much? She used to hate Shulin the most, and even beat or scolded Shulin, and didn't even give Shulin a full meal. Shulin was almost tortured to death by her several times, which was why he divorced her as soon as he came back.
But how could a person suddenly change his personality?
Just as Zhang Tieshan was thinking, Li Hehua came out of the kitchen. Zhang Tieshan hurriedly hid himself and successfully made Li Hehua think that no one was at home, and then sneaked out of Zhang's house.
Zhang Tieshan hesitated for a moment, but finally followed him. He saw Li Hehua go all the way to Lianhua Village and enter a house. Zhang Tieshan recognized that the hostess of the house was the woman who came to Li Hehua to prepare a feast last time.
It turns out that she lived here.
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Li Hehua had no idea that there was someone following her the whole time. After returning to Cao Simei's house, while preparing cakes to sell tomorrow, she was thinking about where to stay next.
In fact, the best way is to rent a house in town, which would be convenient for selling cakes or opening a snack stand later, but the problem is that she doesn't have enough money.
The only person she could ask for help now was Cao Simei, but Cao Simei's family was just an ordinary farming family, not rich. Such a sum of money was a lot for them. How could she feel comfortable asking for help when they had already helped her a lot?
Borrowing money doesn't work, so the only option left is to make money quickly, save enough money for renting a house quickly, and then you can rent a house to live in temporarily and earn money every day with peace of mind.
She can make about 50 coins a day from selling cakes, and about 1,500 coins a month. In two months, she can save enough money for the rent of the town for half a year. This speed of making money is very fast for farmers, but for her, it is far from enough. She can't stay at Sister Cao's house for another two months, right? She is not so shameless.
So she had to make money faster.
At the beginning, because she had no money and limited conditions, she only made two simple and delicious cakes: red bean cake and egg cake. Although these two cakes are very popular with customers, if she only sells these two for a long time, many people will get tired of eating them and they will lose their freshness. In addition, many people do not like to eat these two cakes. Therefore, she needs to increase the variety of cakes she sells to give customers more choices, so that the total amount sold will increase and she will naturally make more money.
Li Hehua thought about it and decided to temporarily add two more cakes: hawthorn cake and lotus seed paste cake. These two cakes are simple to make and delicious, and the raw materials are easy to obtain, which is very suitable for her to sell now.
In addition to increasing the variety of cakes, Li Hehua also thought of a way, that is, to ask others to help her sell. Her own strength is limited, and she can only sell in one place every day. However, the town is so big that not everyone will come to the place where she sells cakes, so many people have not seen her cakes. If she adds one more person to help her, she can sell in two places, and the market penetration of her cakes will be greatly increased, and she will naturally earn more than before.
As for who to ask for help, Li Hehua currently only knew Sister Cao's family, so the first thing she thought of was to ask Sister Cao to help her sell it, as a way of repaying her for taking her in.
Apart from working in the fields during the busy farming season, farm women usually just do housework at home and have no chance to earn money. Some women can embroider some items and sell them in town to supplement their family income, but such women are very rare because this requires very high embroidery skills, and most farm women can sew and mend things with a needle but cannot embroider, so most of them cannot earn this money.
Like most farm ladies, Sister Cao could only do housework at home besides working in the fields. She had no income except occasionally selling eggs in town. Li Hehua wanted to give Sister Cao this opportunity to help her make some money. This would not only increase Sister Cao's income, but also bring convenience to herself, so that when she needed to prepare banquets, she would not have to stop selling cakes.
Having made up his mind, Li Hehua made two extra baskets of pastries, and then mentioned the matter to Cao Simei during dinner in the evening.
Cao Simei was completely stunned by this unexpected surprise. It took her a while to believe that she had gotten such a good thing. She was so happy that she didn't know how to thank Li Hehua. She knew how delicious Li Hehua's cakes were, and she had also seen how good her cake business was. This was a sure-win business. She even secretly envied Li Hehua in her heart, thinking how great it would be if she could make cakes and sell them herself, so that her family wouldn't have to be so tight on money.
Unexpectedly, her idea came true. Li Hehua actually asked her to help sell cakes. Although she did not earn as much as Li Hehua, she was already very content. She could have an income every day, which was something a peasant woman would not even dare to think about.
Cao Simei couldn't help but feel lucky that she had helped Li Hehua, and now, good things had come to her.
Seeing the excitement of the family, Li Hehua also became happy and said to Cao Simei, "Sister, help me sell the cakes. I will give you one cent for every four cakes. If you can sell two baskets, you can get about ten cents a day. If you can sell more, you can get more. Is that okay?"
Cao Simei had seen Li Hehua sell cakes before, so she knew that two baskets of cakes were easy to sell, which meant that she could earn at least ten coins a day. How could she not be satisfied? You know, a farmer could only earn ten coins a day by doing hard labor in the town during the slack season. She could easily make money by selling cakes, so she was very satisfied.
Fourth sister Cao didn't know how to thank her, so she took Li Hehua's hand and said, "Big sister, I don't know how to thank you. Your good sister will remember this."
Li Hehua waved her hands and said, "Sister, please stop saying that. If anyone wants to thank you, it should be me. You let me stay and gave me food. This little thanks from me is nothing."
Although Cao Simei's family did not expect any repayment from Li Hehua when they took her in, they were still very happy to receive such kindness from her. Cao Simei even kept promising that she would help her sell cakes.
Li Hehua continued to talk about her plan: "Sister, from now on I will sell on the east side of the street and you will sell on the west side. We will separate and not compete for business. If you sell quickly and are not in a hurry to go home, you can also sell from street to street, like a peddler. Some people at home will probably come out to buy when they hear you, so you can sell more this way."
In fact, Li Hehua had thought of this idea a long time ago, but because she had to come back in the afternoon to make cakes, she had no time to go shopping. But Sister Cao had the time, so Li Hehua came up with this idea.
This idea really pleased Cao Simei. She clapped her thighs and said, "Yes, yes, this is a good idea. Many people stay at home and don't go out. If I sell things at their doorsteps, some people will be willing to buy them." This way she could sell more, and the more she sold, the more she would earn.
Li Hehua smiled and agreed, "Then it's settled, big sister. I made two extra baskets today. Can you try it tomorrow?"
Cao Simei agreed of course and nodded excitedly, "Okay, okay, I'll go to town with you to sell them tomorrow."
That night, Cao Simei was so excited that she couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned in bed. He Da was also unable to sleep because of her. "What are you doing? Are you still going to sleep?"
Cao Simei turned around and faced He Da, her tone excited and excited, "Boss, I can make money tomorrow, I'm so happy."
In fact, He Da was also happy in his heart, and said: "This Lotus girl is a good one. She has a way to make money and wants to help us. You should be more careful in the future and help her sell well."
Cao Simei gently hit He Da and said, "Do you need me to tell you? I will definitely sell it well."
He Dashi knew that Li Hehua was divorced, and he couldn't help but wonder, "I think this Hehua girl is pretty good except that she's a little fat. She's good at cooking, can make money, and is a nice person. Why was she divorced?"
Cao Simei actually didn't know either, and guessed, "It's probably because she's too fat. Men don't like their wives to be ugly, so they definitely want to find a good-looking one."
He Da didn't know what to say and sighed.
After a long silence, just when He Da thought that Fourth Sister Cao had fallen asleep, she suddenly spoke again, "No, it's a pity that such a good woman is divorced. I have to keep an eye on Sister He Hua and tell her if there is a good family. Don't let her miss out. You should also keep an eye on her and tell me if there is any good one."
He Da nodded and said "hmm".
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