good old days

In less than four days, all the 1,000 gift boxes were processed, and there was not much left in the store at noon on the 29th.

Wang Sumei planned to let Qiao Jianfeng and Jin Fuhai take the remaining goods home for the New Year.

Jiang Xinyu took out two hundred yuan and gave it to Jin Fuhai and Song Yahui, "This is this month's money. You can take it back for the New Year first. I'll make up for it after I finish the calculation. I'll settle the bill at home after the 15th."

Jin Fuhai and his wife seemed to be happy, "Thank you very much, boss. I wish you a happy New Year in advance and may you make a lot of money."

Even if they have nothing to do in March, April, and May, the money they make this month is enough for living expenses, and there is still a surplus.

Jin Fuhai and his wife left happily. Song Yahui put away the money, put on the cloth bag and ran to the department store to buy things.

Jiang Xinyu took out thirty yuan and gave it to Qiao Jianfeng, "You just came. These are the wages and bonuses for the past few days."

"Comrade Qiao, don't be in the Cao camp and your heart is in the Han Dynasty. You will be an employee of our store from now on. I don't want your old boss to know all the details of our family through you."

After Jiang Xinyu finished speaking, Wang Sumei also came up to explain, "That's right, if you still focus on Chen Jinhua, we don't want to."

Qiao Jianfeng blushed a little and said in a low voice: "I won't do it anymore. I won't say anything I shouldn't say."

Before he left, he made a report to his boss. When he came back, he had an extra 550 yuan in his pocket. If he didn't make this report, he wouldn't be able to get the money at ease.

Wang Sumei handed him the reserved dried fruit, stared at him and asked, "Did Chen Jinhua ask you to stare at us?"

If he had told her, she would never let him take care of his grandson for a day in the future, she would kill him.

Qiao Jianfeng shook his head, "No, when Boss Jiang asked me to go to Yangcheng, she didn't tell me what she was doing. I couldn't figure out her actions, so I thought about it and made a report to the leader."

Wang Sumei snorted, "From now on, when you are a member of our store, you can no longer turn your elbows outward."

Qiao Jianfeng nodded, "I understand, so I won't be here for the next two months?"

After working for a few days, I lost my job again!

Jiang Xinyu nodded and said with a dark heart: "This is how we are self-employed. If we don't open, your employees won't get paid. If we don't open for a few months, you can do other things first, and wait until I notify you."

Qiao Jianfeng was not disappointed. He made a lot of money from a trip to Yangcheng with Jiang Xinyu, which was enough to cover his family's expenses for a year.

The store was tidied up, the cat was picked up and taken home, the door was locked, and when it was opened again, it would be who knows how many months later.

The bank was closed today, so Qiao Jianfeng accompanied his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to buy things in the market and on the streets, and took the bus back to Xinnan Yard.

After returning home, Wang Sumei poured a cup of hot water and said: "Everyone else has fried something, but we haven't started making anything this year. I'll make the noodles alive in a while, steam red date steamed buns at night, fry something, and make dumpling fillings tomorrow morning." Chop again.”

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are busy with the business of the store every day, that is, when they go home after closing, they buy some food on the street and bring back a pile of things in the kitchen.

Sitting there and leaning against the wall, Wang Sumei was too tired to move.

Jiang Xinyu stood up: "I'm going to the study to settle the accounts, just in time to calculate the dividends for Zhou Qi."

Settle the accounts before the year and let her sister and Zhou Qi have a good year. The dividends can also add something to her sister's new yard.

Wang Sumei looked around the house and thought of Chen Yilai, who was celebrating the New Year, and didn't know what he was like outside.

And her good grandson, Chen Jinhua is really good at taking advantage of others. It has been more than 20 days since he took the child away to take care of him, and he doesn't even know he has brought him back.

All the goods in the shop are gone. She can take a good rest for a while. Now that she has money, she can play with her yard. She can take advantage of her free time to wander around the city, buy two more sets of yards, clean them up and rent them later. go out.

Her family now has tens of thousands of dollars, and she no longer cares about the few acres of land she lost in the countryside.

Wang Sumei leaned her head against the wall and raised her face, with a smile on her lips and eyes.

Song Yahui came back in the middle of the afternoon, carrying large and small bags.

"Auntie, look what good stuff I bought?" Song Yahui opened the bag in a showy manner, and a big snow-white goose stuck out its head.

"We will kill this big goose today and it will make a big pot of stew."

Wang Sumei glanced at the goose head and said, "You can keep the female to lay eggs, but you can't bear to kill her. How much did you pay for it? I'll patch it up for you and keep it in the yard to lay eggs in the future."

Song Yahui refused and took out two more scarves from his backpack, "I bought one for Auntie and Xinyu each. I bought this goose to thank you for taking care of me. And I also want to know what the goose meat is." It tastes good, but don’t be reluctant to part with it. If you meet someone selling ducks or geese on the street in the future, you can buy them back.”

Wang Sumei looked at him several times and said, "You are so generous."

The scarf and the goose must have cost more than ten yuan.

Song Yahui rubbed the back of his head and smiled, "I know you are good to me."

In five months, he saved a lot of money, sent more than half of it home, and still had a lot in hand.

"I've thought about it. When I come back from the countryside, I'll see if I can let Master Fan's apprentice teach me how to drive."

Brother Chen Yi and Sister Xinyu both said that it is always useful to learn one more technology.

Wang Sumei nodded, "It's a good thing to make progress. Auntie supports you."

It's better to go out and see the world. You can see the end of your life in the village at a glance.

While the two were talking, the goose came out of the cloth bag, raised its head and took elegant steps in the main room as if patrolling its territory, and then pooped a few pieces of shit everywhere.

Wang Sumei exploded, "Hurry out and kill it. Kill it in a while."

During the Chinese New Year, Wang Sumei felt bad luck when she pooped in the main room.

The goose is a very stubborn species, and the more the two of them chased it, the more energetic they became, flapping their wings and raising their heads to make noises.

There was a loud sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping in the main room. Jiang Xinyu opened the door and saw the geese rushing towards her menacingly, so she quickly closed the door.

She is also afraid of this thing. The local dogs in the village are not as powerful as the goose.

"Sister Wang, someone is looking for you."

Someone shouted at the door of the courtyard. The shouter turned to the tall man behind him and said, "This is Courtyard No. 9. The owner's surname is Wang."

Luo Chaosheng nodded, "Thank you very much."

The two men went in together and saw Wang Sumei holding a goose in her hand with a goose feather on her head.

"Hey, you two are back."

Uncle Luo put the gift on the table with a smile, "I came back yesterday and came to see you today. I will leave after the Chinese New Year. I probably won't have time to come over by then, so I just came today."

Wang Sumei carried the goose and said, "I'm going to kill the goose today. Don't leave. Let's have a meal here."

Jiang Xinyu came out with the red paper, "Uncle Luo came just in time. I bought the red paper, but the couplet hasn't been written yet, so I have to trouble you."

The courtyard instantly became lively.

When Chen Jinhua came to see the child off, he heard talking and laughing at the door.

When they entered the hospital, they saw Wang Sumei squatting there plucking goose feathers, and a man in his forties or fifties squatted next to him. The two were talking and laughing, and the nasolabial folds around his mouth had deepened.