The happiness of rebirth is knocking on the door

Chapter 11

Seeing that her daughter had cooked all the rice and put the pig cooking pot on the stove, Zhang Meiying was both relieved and distressed.My daughter is becoming more and more sensible. Which family loves to learn and is not squeamish like my own Honghong, who can help the family at such a young age?She decided that since her daughter was still young, she would not blame her even if the food she cooked was unpalatable, but she should encourage her more.

Alas?I lifted the lid of the pot and saw that the cooked rice was still the same. It was not mushy or raw at all. I put it in a bowl and tasted it. The taste was not bad, at least it was better than my own cooking.

"Honghong, how can you cook? The taste is really good!"

Li Xiaolu was sitting at the table with her small iron bowl, and when she heard her mother talking, she also said, "It's delicious!"

After speaking, he nodded emphatically to show that he was right.That well-behaved appearance made Li Xiaohong couldn't help kissing her on the cheek. Li Xiaolu was used to her sister's surprise attack on him, and knew it was a sign of liking for him.He also turned his face to the side, indicating that the other side hadn't kissed yet.

But hearing what the two said, Li Xiaohong's heart skipped a beat, how could he forget about it?In my memory, I didn't like to cook when I was a child. I would rather go to work in the fields than stay at home and do housework.I think it's troublesome to use the stove, and the housework is cumbersome and boring, so I don't know how to cook at this age.

He pretended to be proud and said, "What do you learn? Watching you do that every day, I will naturally learn it."

Zhang Meiying didn't doubt her daughter's words. In her mind, her daughter was naturally the best, the smartest, she was so good at studies, and cooking was something she knew at first sight.

At this time, the pig food was also cooked, because it was deliberately cooked thicker, so Li Xiaohong took a pig feeding bucket, added some water into it, grabbed two handfuls of bran, cut some sweet potato leaves, stirred them, and poured them into the pig food. In the trough.

When she was free, Li Xiaohong made a cup of jasmine tea for Zhang Meiying, sat beside Zhang Meiying while her sister was playing, and whispered proudly, "Mom, do you know how much money I earn?"

Zhang Meiying thought it was a little funny, her daughter was only like a child at this moment.She didn't ask just now, because she was afraid that the sale would not be good, and mentioning this matter would make her daughter sad.From this point of view, the situation should be good.

"I did the math and earned five yuan and 37 catties of soybeans."

"So much?" Zhang Meiying was a little surprised.She really didn't expect that half a plate of tofu could yield so much.Soybeans alone are enough to pay Chen Xiang's family's capital and there is still a little surplus, so the money is a net profit.

"My daughter is really capable!"

"That's it, don't you look at whose daughter I am?" Li Xiaohong deliberately raised her head high, pretending that I was a great person, and she was in a good mood to make fun of her mother.

"Look at your strange appearance, you actually made fun of your mother and me." Zhang Meiying tapped Li Xiaohong's forehead with one finger.

"Mom, the tofu is really selling well. It was sold out in the morning, why don't we buy a whole board tomorrow."

Zhang Meiying thought for a while and said, "This is the first day. Everyone has a fresh meal. How much will be sold tomorrow? One plate is too much, otherwise tomorrow will be half and half more than today's."

"Well, that's three quarters of tofu." Li Xiaohong blurted out.After finishing speaking, Li Xiaohong felt a little guilty. She hadn't learned fractions yet, so she resisted the urge to cover her mouth.

"Oh, it turns out that so many are three quarters. My daughter even knows this, but she really didn't go to school in vain."

Zhang Meiying didn't notice her daughter's guilty conscience. She only went to school for two or three years, and she belonged to the literacy class.

Li Xiaohong turned his eyes and changed the subject: "Mom, do you think we can buy and sell things in the future? Look, I earn five yuan a day, fifty in ten days, and one hundred and fifty in a month. How about a year?" It’s [-] plus [-], a total of [-], which is not less than what my dad earns at work.”

"How can there be such a calculation? You don't even think about the loss and profit in business. You only calculate how much you can earn when you sell it, but what if you can't sell it?"

"Why can't it be sold? A plate of tofu is only how many catties, how much can each family buy a catty of tofu and sell in our village?" Li Xiaohong just blurted out the figure of three-quarters, feeling a little uneasy in her heart , After hearing what my mother said, I deliberately argued with my mother like a child.

"There are only dozens of families in our village. How can every family eat tofu every day? Now is the autumn harvest, so everyone is willing to eat some delicious food. Usually, who doesn't want to spend a penny in half?"

"We can not only sell tofu in our village, we can also sell tofu to Zhangwang Village. Zhangwang Village has a lot of people, so I don't know how much better it is than our village."

"That's true." Zhang Meiying was a little persuaded by her daughter.

The mid-80s was probably the best time to do business since the beginning. Basically, everything was sold to make money. The extreme shortage of materials made some new things sold out as soon as they came out.And those who have no way can't even grab it.

A few years ago, Li Xiaohong's family had a bicycle. I don't know how many families envied it. When someone wanted to leave important relatives, they would borrow the bicycle, which was very embarrassing.The one who made the atomic bomb is not as good as the one who sells tea eggs, and this is the time.

Li Xiaohong doesn't think about how much money the family can earn, and no one in the family seems to have this talent. She just wants to take this opportunity to let her mother change her mind and give her some confidence in another life.

After discussing with the mother and daughter, they decided to continue selling tofu during Li Xiaohong's holiday, and bought three-quarters of a plate of tofu every day.

Li Xiaohong's business has always been good. For four or five days in a row, Li Xiaohong was able to sell five or six yuan every day, and even made a net profit of eight yuan on the extra day.Zhang Meiying was so happy that she took out two yuan and asked Li Xiaohong to go to the town to buy a piece of meat. When she came back, she made a meal of stewed potatoes with braised pork and steamed rice for the two sisters. I ate half a bowl more than usual.

Taking advantage of the stable business, Li Xiaohong discussed with her mother to sell more kinds of things that the family bought.Probably because Li Xiaohong's tofu business has always been very good, Zhang Meiying didn't feel that she had no business material and was afraid of losing money, but she still hesitated.

Li Xiaohong persuaded her: "Mom, you see, our family sells tofu very well. It's nothing. We started buying some daily necessities like oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. Everyone needs them. It's just to earn money for running errands. Even if the sales are slow, the things are still ours, and there is no question of whether to pay or not."

Zhang Meiying thinks about it too, at her age, she even asked her daughter to persuade her, life has been better these past few years, without the creativity of old age, the more she lived, the more she retreated.They agreed to go to the city with Li Zhijun after the autumn harvest, buy some things and start selling them.

This is the first canteen in Murakami, and it will be born from my own home.Although it is just a canteen, it is not worth mentioning to the rich.But this was the beginning of changing her life. Li Xiaohong felt that the joy in her heart was overflowing, and she was happier than receiving her first month's salary after going to work.

In the past few days, Li Xiaohong had to hum a few words when she had nothing to do, and she didn't care if her singing voice was seriously out of tune.

"Sleeping for a hundred years, the people of the country are gradually waking up... Open your eyes, be careful..."

"True love is like a vast grassland, which cannot be blocked by heavy wind and rain. There will always be a time when the clouds bloom and the sun rises, and the sun shines on you and me..."

"Xiaohong, you like "One Cut Plum" too." Wei Lijun asked happily.

"Lijun, you are here."

"Well, I like the heroine in Yijian Meili the most, so beautiful, so strong..." Wei Lijun said with bright eyes, blah blah blah.

Li Xiaohong only remembers that "One Cut Plum" seems to be a TV series filmed in Hong Kong. In the age when entertainment was scarce, it was broadcast on local stations every day.

Since I was reborn, I naturally find it boring, and I don't remember what was said in it for a long time.Only respond with "um", "really", "you're right" and the like.Seeing Wei Lijun's high spirits, Li Xiaohong deeply felt that what others said was right. In communication, only these few words were needed. It turned out that he was not good at this, and his relationship with people was mediocre. It turned out that he said too much. There are too many, is it the reason why there is no space for others to express?

Maybe she was too excited. After a while, Wei Lijun's voice became a little hoarse. Li Xiaohong poured her a glass of water and put some chrysanthemums: "Come, drink a glass of water."

"Oh, thank you! But the tea is too hot, I'd better drink some cold water first." As he spoke, he scooped up a bowl of water in front of the water tank at Li Xiaohong's house and drank it.

"You have to pay attention, the weather is getting colder, and drinking cold water will make your stomach hurt."

"Okay! You are trembling like my mother." After drinking the water, Wei Lijun said with a smile.

Li Xiaohong was so angry that she patted her, this stinky child really didn't know what to do, why didn't she think she was so lively.

"Why are you so excited today?"

"Ha, my dad is back, and he brought back a big TV, which looks beautiful."

"Really? That's a really good thing."

"I'm here to tell you about this. You can go to my house to watch TV in the future. We don't have to stand in other people's courtyards and wait for the TV series to start. I will reserve a good spot for you. You can watch it whenever you want When."

Li Xiaohong thought to herself, how many people will watch TV at this time.After a busy day, everyone is very tired. However, when the farming is off, it is conceivable that there will be a large group of people around each TV.However, seeing Wei Xiaoniu's enthusiasm, she replied: "Okay, I'll watch it when I have time."

"Then let's talk about it like this. I still have to tell Xiaofang about this." After she finished speaking, she didn't even drink tea, and walked away with excitement that was suppressed to the utmost but could not be suppressed.

(End of this chapter)