Ding Wang happily returned home with the half bowl of rice and sweet soup.
His home was not far from Yunfei's home, so he wouldn't waste time. He ran back in a hurry. His mother thought something had happened and was about to ask.
Ding Wang ran directly into the kitchen, took two bowls and poured out the food, and then said, "Mom, you and your brothers and sisters eat, I'll go back and get busy first."
Then he disappeared.
After he came back and washed his and Yunfei's bowls, the two began to load the car.
There are two trucks, one of which Yunfei bought ready-made yesterday.
In order to take care of Ding Wang, he put all the rice buckets on the car, while his own was filled with soup, water and vegetables.
Because the rice will not spill even if it is bumpy, but the soup will not be spilled.
"Let's go, you first, me behind."
"Okay." Ding Wang took a deep breath, grasped the handlebars on both sides, and pushed forward with all his strength.
Although it looked like it was very strenuous, he did not stop and had no tendency to take a breath, so Yunfei was relieved to push his car behind him.
When passing Ding's house, there was a girl with braids standing at the door.
She came over nervously and said: "Uncle, I am Ding Wang's sister, my name is Ding Lan, can I help push the cart? I don't want wages, and I don't eat either. I just help my brother."
"Can."
"Thank you, uncle."
Ding Lan quickly walked over to help hold the car, "Brother, hurry up and I'll help you push it."
There was something in his heart, but Ding Wang still held back. The two of them pushed the car hard. Although they were sweating profusely, they pushed it steadily to the dock.
When they arrived, they started unloading the truck again. Yunfei unloaded it by himself, while the brother and sister carried the barrel to unload it.
People on the dock joked: "Hey, Qiangzi, are these your younger siblings?"
After all, he is so young and it is impossible for him to have such a big baby, and Zhang Qingsong and the others have all seen him.
"No, there's a kid from the neighbor's house. Isn't there a shortage of people? So I hired him to work. His sister came to help because she was afraid that her brother would be too busy on his own."
"Two small jobs for one salary, it's a good deal, Qiangzi."
Yunfei smiled and said nothing. For now, he was still satisfied.
As long as they do their job well, it doesn't matter if they are a brother and sister together or on their own.
After all, helping others is a favor, and his main purpose is to reduce his own workload.
After unloading the things, Ding Lan helped set up the stools, Yunfei was responsible for loading the rice and collecting money, and Ding Wang made the soup.
"Today is sweet soup, everyone has a sweet mouth."
"Sweet! Delicious." Someone who drank the soup praised.
"I have a lunch box here. Can you buy me some sweet soup and take it home for my children?"
Yun Fei nodded and said with a smile: "It works, why not."
A small bowl of soup costs one copper yuan, which is really affordable. We usually don’t sell enough soup, but we prepared a lot today, so it’s okay to sell some.
After all, not everyone has an aluminum lunch box.
After those people finished eating, Ding Lan would go up to collect the bowls. Ding Wang would fetch water from the well nearby, and the brother and sister would clean the bowls together.
Today's portion is too large and there are not enough bowls and chopsticks.
"Qiangzi, it's different to hire a small worker. I've been eating from your family for several days."
"Isn't that right? There was so little before, it was not enough to feed a boat."
Even so, when they were closing the stall, there was still a boat that had arrived late and asked if there was still food.
After learning that it was not available, I had no choice but to buy it from another stall.
After returning to Hutong Street, the brother and sister did not leave immediately. Instead, they helped organize things, cleaned the barrels and took them out to dry before leaving.
Anyway, on the first day of trial work, Yunfei was quite satisfied.
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Soon, three days passed. Yunfei decided to keep Ding Wang to work, and the salary was eight oceans.
Most of the bags carried at the dock cost 30 copper yuan per shipment, which is only six ocean coins a month.
His work here is similar, it also lasts half a day, and rice is included. The two extra coins are for his sister.
The little girl not only helped with the work at the stall, but also helped clean the room. It was getting dark in the afternoon. The brother and sister also came together to help collect barrels, bowls and chopsticks.
She deserves those two oceans.
Not only were the brother and sister happy to learn that the wages were so high, their families were also happy.
This means that the two breadwinners of the family have an income, which immediately relaxes a lot.
At the very least, I can have a full meal.
Their 11-year-old brother is also planning to go to the street to sell newspapers with other children, and he can earn a little bit.
The whole family is working hard to survive.
Zhang Qingsong even lamented to Yun Fei, "Dad, have you seen it? If you still collect protection fees, your son will be a newspaper seller on the street."
"Why can we just sell newspapers? Can't we also sell flowers and matches?"
"You're stupid. You can give the newspaper on credit. If you sell it, you'll get paid. If you can't sell it, you can return it to the boss. You can't sell flowers or matches."
Yunfei was quite surprised, "Have you even asked about it?"
"Then I'm afraid I'll starve to death one day. I must have inquired about it."
If he hadn't been afraid that he would encounter a kidnapper because he was too young, he would have wanted to start working.
Thinking of this, Zhang Qingsong pouted and said dissatisfied: "You are talking about the topic again, I am reminding you, don't go astray again."
"Okay, okay, your dad and I will promise to be a good person from now on, so that you won't end up on the streets at such a young age."
"It's a day off tomorrow, why don't you go to your mother's place?"
Zhang Qingsong nodded, "Let's go, she hasn't seen me for several days."
After talking to Huang Xiaoyan last time, we never continued that topic again.
Yunfei guessed that she might have some scruples or was unable to leave, so he didn't ask any further questions. He only told her that when she needed the money in his hand, she could just have someone call him.
The two of them were like a divorced couple. He would take her with him during the day and send him there for her to meet during the holidays.
After seeing Huang Xiaoyan, Zhang Qingsong followed them out of the stall.
Ding Lan had been watching him to avoid being touched, but it was obvious that the little guy was more familiar with the scene than she was.
"Uncle Shitou, your total is six copper yuan."
"Thank you Uncle Mu for your help, five copper coins."
"12 pieces..."
The money bag he hung around his neck jingled, and he collected the money in a serious manner.
"Hey, it's okay, little Songzi. It's been so long since I last saw you. I can't count how long it's been since I last saw you."
Zhang Qingsong chuckled and said, "No, I'm already in school, how can I still not know how to count?"
"Okay, if you are promising, you can read a book in the future and honor your father."
With someone to help collect the money, Yunfei felt much more relaxed, as he was only responsible for making meals.
He didn't know about the arithmetic ability of a five-year-old child, but he was relieved about Zhang Qingsong.
Because he was clamoring to learn arithmetic before he went to school. That was the mental arithmetic he taught.
He may not be able to keep up with other subjects, but in counting he is better than many children of the same age.
After all, he has been talking about wanting to inherit their old Zhang family's small stall to sell food. How can he not know how to count when he becomes the boss?
