Five or six children were at the gate of the hospital.
Each child is carrying a basket in his hand, and in the basket are plucked lanterns.
"You little guys are so fast." Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "But my aunt can't pay you until tomorrow night, okay?"
Wang Damai was the first to nod: "Yes, Auntie can give it to me anytime."
Cheng Wanwan laughed dryly: "This is two kilograms, then my aunt owes you four cents, as well as the two eggs from the day before yesterday."
When we dug the ditch the day before yesterday, we promised to give the children more than twenty eggs, but only eight have been given out so far. It will take more than three days to repay them. Now we owe the children more than ten pence. Tomorrow This account must be settled tonight, otherwise she will have a hard time with her conscience.
Children came over one after another, one jin for one, two jin for another, and soon there were more than 20 jins of stone flower seeds piled in the yard, and she also owed a huge sum of more than 40 pence.
Originally, people in the village were jealous of Dashan Niang for making a lot of money by cooking, but it turned out that she couldn't even pay the cost, so they realized that doing business was not easy.
You have to get credit first, and then you can clear the account after making money. If the things cannot be sold and are thrown away, you will still owe a lot of debt.
This high risk is completely unbearable for small farmers.
Some women in the village had some bad thoughts, but they disappeared now.
Cheng Wanwan took her sons to work at home. The spending power of Nanfu Academy was not bad. Seventy or eighty bowls were not enough. So tomorrow we can bring about two hundred bowls to try. There is a distribution terminal in Hekou Town. There are many coolies, but I don’t know if the men working as coolies are willing to spend three cents to buy ice powder. Anyway, let’s try it first.
Zhao Ergou is responsible for peeling out the seeds of stone flowers.
Zhao Dashan and Zhao Sanniu are responsible for scrubbing the stone flower seeds.
Wu Huiniang was in charge of boiling brown sugar, while Zhao Sidan stared at the fire in the stove.
Cheng Wanwan was chopping hawthorns and peeling peanuts, then removing the red coat from the peanuts and pounding them into pieces...
"Auntie, are you there?"
Chunhua's voice sounded at the door, and Cheng Wanwan wiped her hands and walked out.
The two sisters, Chun Hua and Dong Hua, were standing at the door with baskets in their hands. There was also a large backpack at their feet, which contained at least five kilograms of stone flower seeds.
Chunhua asked: "Auntie, we accidentally picked a little too much, will you accept it?"
Cheng Wanwan naturally harvested them. Although one pound of stone flower seeds can produce at least twenty or thirty pounds of ice powder, the stone flower seeds will not go bad after being peeled out. Naturally, the more the better.
She smiled and said: "It's five and a half kilograms in total. I owe you eleven cents. Come and get it tomorrow night."
Chunhua's face was full of joy. She had earned eleven cents on her own. If she went back and told her mother, she would be very happy.
She held Donghua's hand and prepared to leave.
Donghua sniffed: "Auntie, your house smells so good. What is Brother Sidan eating..."
She stared straight at Zhao Sidan sitting at the door.
After Zhao Sidan finished his work, he sat on the doorstep and ate snacks. A pack of snacks cost six yuan. He couldn't bear to eat them. He licked them in small bites and swallowed them slowly. He ate so slowly that he also ate three pieces. Piece, he was going to save it for tomorrow. When he looked up, he saw Donghua looking straight at him.
He quickly hid the snacks in his sleeves.
"Auntie, I'm so hungry..."
Donghua's saliva flowed out. With her look like this, no one could understand what she was thinking.
Cheng Wanwan naturally wouldn't care about a child who was only seven or eight years old. She said, "Si Dan, give your sister Donghua a piece."
Zhao Sidan stared: "I only have three pieces. I don't even have enough to eat."
Cheng Wanwan had a headache.
What should a parent do when a child refuses to share snacks with other children?
She regretted why she didn't read the parenting tips posted by public accounts before. As a single person, she really didn't know how to educate her children.
Although Donghua's behavior of reaching out to eat was not advisable, it was also not okay for Si Dan to be too stingy.
She walked to Sidan and lowered her voice and said, "Give me a piece of winter flowers, and my mother will buy you another pack tomorrow."
Zhao Sidan's eyes lit up, and he immediately compromised. He took out the snacks, carefully took out a piece, and handed it to Zhao Donghua's hand.
Donghua swallowed the snack in one gulp, smacked her lips, and stared at the snack Zhao Sidan had hidden in her sleeve.
Zhao Sidan looked at Cheng Wanwan, and the meaning in his eyes was very clear. If he gave him another piece, would his mother be able to buy him another pack...
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
Facts have proved that the educational method of using snacks to lure children into sharing is completely wrong.
She said: "Chunhua, it's getting late now, take your sister back quickly."
Chunhua obediently held Donghua's hand and led her out of the yard. As soon as she reached the path, Donghua's mouth puckered: "Auntie is so stingy, she didn't even give me a snack..."
Chunhua frowned: "Didn't the aunt ask Sidan to give you a piece? If you say that, the aunt will be angry."
"It's just a little bit of fingernail, and it doesn't taste like anything." Donghua licked her lips, "I also saw a lot of fabrics placed on the table in the main room of the aunt. Sister, the aunt must have made a lot of money, Sidan. From now on, I will have endless snacks every day..."
Chunhua also saw those fabrics, all kinds of new colors. She hadn't made new clothes in several years.
The two sisters hurriedly walked towards Lao Zhao's house.
The adults of Lao Zhao's family were enjoying the cool air in the yard, chatting while doing their work.
"I heard that my sister-in-law made a lot of money." Sun said in an unclear tone, "I bought half a catty of meat and dozens of ducklings. How dare you spend it like this if you don't make any money?"
Mrs. Zhao pointed her finger: "Buying ducks is a good thing. Raising ducks can produce duck eggs in exchange for copper coins. The boss and his wife are really going to live a good life."
Mrs. Sun's face fell. The old lady was so biased that she could even praise her.
She twitched her lips and said, "It's my first time for my sister-in-law to start a business and earn money to buy meat. Even if I don't buy snacks for the children, why don't I send some meat to my parents to try."
These words were simply a blatant provocation.
Mrs. Zhao raised her face coldly: "Third daughter-in-law, if you are too busy, go back to the back of the house and chop bamboo. It just so happens that one of the baskets at home is broken..."
Before she finished speaking, Chun Hua led Dong Hua in from the door.
Sun's anger, which had nowhere to vent, immediately poured out on the two girls: "Damn it, you went wild at night. It's dark on the mountain. If you were snatched away by a wolf, you'd be in trouble..."
"Okay!" Old Mrs. Zhao scolded, "There are patrols on the mountain now. How can a living child be snatched away by a wolf? Spring flowers, winter flowers, you two come here and tell grandma what she is doing. ?”
Chun Hua spoke softly: "Auntie, I collected the lanterns. Dong Hua and I went up the mountain to pick lanterns."
Donghua said quickly: "My eldest sister and I picked more than five kilograms, and my auntie said it was a total of eleven copper coins!"
The anger on Mrs. Sun's face immediately dissipated, and she hurriedly asked: "Where are the copper coins?"
