"This is the money we earned today, about three hundred yuan."
Jiang Ning poured the coins on the table. This was the first time for the three boys to see so much money.
"Boss, how much do you still have of the ten cents I gave you at noon?"
"This ten cents was not spent." Lu Ping took out the copper coins and put them on the table.
Jiang Ning took the ten cents, counted twenty-one cents from the table, divided it into three parts, and placed them in front of the three boys.
"Tentatively, it will be seven cents for each person. From now on, it will be your pocket money every seven days. You can decide whether to spend it or save it. If any of you makes a mistake, part of the pocket money will be deducted. Do you have any questions?"
Jiang Ning made a special inspection and found that many children in the village did not have pocket money. The wealthier ones would give one or two coins from time to time. The county town was better than the village. She based the decision on one coin a day and one coin every seven days based on the two. This was also the case at home when she was a child.
"Why... why do you want to give us money?" Lu Yan twisted his hands into twists under the table and asked in a low voice.
"You have been running around with me in the past few days. Aren't you working hard? You have money in your hands. You don't have to ask me for anything you want to buy. Besides, our snacks are pretty good. I plan to teach you a lesson. At that time, you can sell it yourself, and the money from the sale will be divided between you."
The three boys looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't dare to take the money first. This scene was too incredible for them, like a dream.
They never thought that their stepmother would give them money. After all, Lu Ping had secretly saved his private house before, but when he grew older, he hid it in his crotch every day to avoid Jiang's search.
Jiang Ning didn't have the patience to explain why she wanted to do this. It took a lot of effort to explain, and the three kids might not understand her parenting mentality. Fortunately, she collected the loose money on the table and stuffed their own money into their hands. inside.
"Take it if you give it to me. I didn't give it to you for free. Besides, I will still deduct your money if you make a mistake."
"I promise to be obedient and not make mistakes." Xiao Yao Lu Sheng said seriously, holding the money in both hands.
His little money-obsessed look made the other three people laugh.
"I didn't expect you to be a money addict. When night comes, my sister will sew a money bag for you. You can find a place to hide it so that no one can find it."
Lu Yuan teased his younger brother with something. Lu Sheng didn't understand that Lu Yuan was teasing him. Instead, he happily hugged his second sister's thigh and kept calling her a good sister.
"When you're done, come to the kitchen. I'll teach you how to make rice balls. I'll also make lunch together."
Upon hearing this, the three cubs automatically lined up from high to low like a string of little tails, and followed Jiang Ning to the kitchen.
Jiang Ning took her three boys to clean up the kitchen. The rice was ready, and she cut and prepared the vegetables. She explained the steps to them. She bought all the seasonings from outside. I would buy them if they were gone. Dealing with various problems of the three cubs.
While San Zaizi was making rice balls, Jiang Ning also cooked tea eggs. Eggs were free anyway, so she didn't want to get rid of the tea eggs until she found a more suitable snack.
Lu Yuan likes stars, while Lu Ping is clumsy and can only make balls, very solid rice balls. Lu Sheng still remembers the egg pancakes he ate at the beginning, so he pressed the rice balls into round cakes. The four of them were at the stove. We made do with the meal.
"The main task this afternoon is to make rice balls. When tomorrow comes, you will learn to sell them, and I will share the money with you then."
The three boys were very excited after hearing this, and they worked harder than the other until late at night. If Jiang Ning hadn't asked them to go to bed with force, they might have been able to work until the early morning of the next day.
The next day, the four of them had breakfast and set off on the road in the dark again carrying poles. When they arrived at the market, they found that someone was already waiting for them.
Grandma Qi joined in the fun and sold two of them yesterday. When she went back, she unexpectedly caught her grandson's taste and went to the market early in the morning to wait.
"Oh, you guys are here. My grandson ate your rice balls yesterday, and he wanted to eat them again. He didn't buy enough yesterday. Did you prepare a lot today?"
"Yes, I have prepared two baskets today."
Jiang Ning took off the baskets he was carrying. Today they prepared two baskets of rice balls and one basket of tea eggs. Jiang Ning also prepared clean cabbage leaves today. If he bought more, he would just use the cabbage leaves to hold them.
Grandma Qi bought ten of them directly. Yesterday, Old Man Wang also came and bought ten of them, plus ten tea eggs, saying they were for breakfast for the family.
Jiang Ning pushed Lu Ping and Lu Yuan forward and asked them to learn to talk to the guests. Lu Yuan was too shy to speak loudly. Jiang Ning called her aside to train alone. Lu Ping stuttered at first, but after a while he I can cope with it freely.
The youngest Lu Sheng held a spoon and helped his brothers and sisters serve rice balls. After Lu Yuan resumed his duties, Jiang Ning went to the street to greet the guests. The four of them each performed their duties, and it was a busy and orderly mess.
"We're almost done with the rice balls. I'll go home and get some more." Lu Ping was a little anxious looking at the nearly finished rice balls, and took the initiative to ask Jiang Ning to take over the task of transporting the goods.
"Take this money. It's best to hire an oxcart for the round trip. We sell so many rice balls that we don't need a few pennies. The top of the basket is covered with branches. When others ask, they say they are picked branches that they want to sell in the county. "
Jiang Ning had already had such a plan, and now that Lu Ping took the initiative to bring it up, she became more and more convinced that Lu Ping would be a small shopkeeper. She told Lu Ping that she would continue selling rice balls with her two sons, and would guide Lu Yuan from time to time. Pin crown terminology.
When Lu Ping came back, it was already past noon, and the two baskets had long been sold out. Jiang Ning gave the remaining meat buns to Lu Ping, and ordered him a wonton. After he finished eating, Jiang Ning told them their plans for the afternoon.
"If you continue to sell here, just follow what I taught you this morning and leave half a basket for you. The money from the sale of this half basket will go to the cost, and the rest belongs to you. I will take the other half basket and try it elsewhere. There is a escort agency at the intersection ahead, turning west. If you run into any trouble, just run there. Remember, people are more important than money."
After Jiang Ning gave instructions to the three boys, he left with half a basket of rice balls on his back. In fact, he found a deserted place and changed into men's clothes. He put the basket and rice balls into the game, disguised himself as a man, and found a place where he could see them. tea stall, and didn’t leave until the sun set in the west.
I wonder where else can compare with the traffic flow of the school? Jiang Ning once made a lot of money by selling chickens at the school gate. She found out the time when the college was out of school and set up the stall at the door.
There were rice balls of different shapes and colors placed on the lid of the basket, which quickly attracted the attention of the students.
"Shopkeeper, what are you selling? Why have I never seen this before?"
Jiang Ning lowered her voice and said: "This thing is called a rice ball. I saw it when I visited the capital. You might as well try it. If it doesn't taste good, you don't have to pay."
Young students always have an inexplicable admiration for the capital. When they heard that it was something from the capital, several of them paid to try it.
"This small thing has such a special taste. The more you chew it, the more delicious it becomes."
There was already a group of people gathered in front of the stall, and everyone could only see people talking loudly about what to eat. Curious, more and more people gathered around, and those who ate were full of praises, as if they were already a little attached to the capital, and those who didn't were even more so. I was anxious to try it, but it was all sold out in a short while.
Jiang Ning, who was sold out, found three cubs to join together. Unexpectedly, they were also sold out. The performance of the three was a bit beyond Jiang Ning's expectations, especially Lu Yuan, who has great potential to be the best seller.
As soon as Lu Yuan came home, he happily ran to the kitchen.
"Big brother and little brother, hurry up, let's make more rice balls today so that we don't have enough to sell!"
"We won't sell rice balls tomorrow." Jiang Ning's words stunned the three boys.
"Why don't you sell it?"
