"You Jin is back? My mother and I just talked about you!" Zhao shi sat on the edge of the kang with a smile, teasing Xiao Ba with a chubby face in his arms: "This is a big business. It's not easy for you to worry about it all by yourself! Xiaoba said, right?"
Xiao Ba is more than half a year old, and is not afraid of life. Seeing Zhao teasing her, she also shouted "ah", not knowing what to say, which made several people laugh.
Knowing that Mrs. Zhao came to look for You Jin, she smiled and said, "You Jin is back, Mrs. Zhao, if you have anything to do, you two should talk first, and I will take Kang'er out for a walk." He went outside with Kang'er in his arms, caring to make room for the two of them.
You Jin reached out to take the little eight who was reaching out to hold her, smiled and sat on the edge of the kang table separated from Zhao's, and asked, "Aunt Zhao is here to sell food, right?"
Zhao Shi smiled embarrassedly, and said, "I didn't want to bother your family, but you know that our eldest child is studying in the city, and our daughter is thirteen years old. It's all expenses, Uncle Li is embarrassed, so I have to lick this face and ask you for help."
"Our family moved to Wuliqiao for a few months, and there were many Aunt Zhao and Uncle Li Zheng to help you. If you have something to do, it is my duty to do so. In this way, our family has built two houses next to the river workers' dormitory. , although it's not big, one room can only hold seven or eight tables, but it can also keep out the wind and rain. This one will be used by you and my uncle Li Zheng first, and the other one will be used for side dishes when we arrive. What does Aunt Zhao think?" General Young Jin told Zhao about the thoughts in his heart: "There are hundreds of people who are digging the canal, even if it is only sold every day. One hundred copies, then you can earn a lot of money."
When Zhao shi heard it, he felt that he could do it well. Even if he only earned ten or twenty cents a day, he would still be able to earn a lot of money in a month, right? After getting Young Jin's verdict, he happily went home to prepare.
After sending off the Zhao family, a few young beads came around and asked, "Elder sister, can't we make our own food and sell it? If we have to share a portion for the villagers, then we will earn a lot less?"
Young Jin smiled and shook her head, breaking her intentions for such a decision and saying to a few younger sisters: "Our family bought ten acres of wasteland all of a sudden, and built the dormitory for river workers. When life is prosperous, it is inevitable that we will suffer. People hold grudges, although the business of the early shop was given to the Lizheng family, but this way, our family has one more support person, right? Then whoever wants to bully our family in the future, can the Lizheng family stand by and watch?" In Youngkin's view, this income is also part of the investment.
"I understand what the eldest sister means. Even if our family doesn't lend that house to Li Zheng's family, if they want to earn the money, they can carry the food and sell it by the river. Our house means that we owe us favors, eldest sister, do you think so?" You Bao on the side also wanted to understand the reason, and said after thinking about it with his head tilted.
"You Bao is right, debts in this world are easy to repay, but human debts are not so easy to repay." You Jin said with a smile, seizing every opportunity to educate her sisters, not asking for anything else, just asking for a day. They can be strong enough to protect themselves when they are not by their side.
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Zhao's hands and feet are also fast, but in two days, the items for opening a steamed bun shop have been purchased. Although there are only a few benches and three or four old tables, they can open a shop after cleaning up. On the cool morning in July, the genius was bright. On the silent river bank, only the small house where Zhao and He Hao lived was brightly lit. It is a simple stove with seven or eight layers of steamers already stacked on top of it. The hot and fragrant smoke drifts in the countryside with the wind in July, attracting the river workers who get up early.
After word of mouth from the river workers who came in a few days ago, more than 90 people have lived in the river workers' dormitory of the Su family, and seven of the ten small single rooms have been rented out. It can be said that the business is very hot. The river workers who still thought it was inconvenient to live in Wuliqiao got up early this morning and saw a small house on the side of the road set up a stall to sell breakfast. Just shouting, groups of threes and twos will all come here.
Zhao's work is neat and refreshing, and the steamed buns and steamed buns made are delicious. Although the prices are the same as those in the city, they are more than half the size of the ones in the city. An adult man eats a meat bun and a bowl of coarse grains. For porridge, you can last through the morning and only spend four cents; as for those who want to be more frugal, you can choose Sanhe noodle steamed buns, a steamed bun plus a bowl of coarse grain porridge, but only two cents, the same price as the previous Su family sold. .
Although the steamed buns in the Hejia Baozipu are not as good as the ones sold by the Su family in earlier days, the taste is not bad, so the business is really booming every day. Thinking of earning more than 100 cents a day, the couple felt it was worth it, no matter how tired they were.
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As for the Su family's river workers' dormitory, because there are more and more people living in now, Uncle Hong is really too busy by himself, so Youjin took the two little beggars who had been following his sour plum soup stall in the city. I found him and said, "Do you want to have a full meal?"
As soon as the little one heard that he could have enough to eat, he nodded again and again. The older one looked at You Jin defensively, as if she was a bad guy who used candy to trick them and then sold them to human traffickers: "What do you want?"
Young Jin stood opposite the two and said, "I can provide you with a place to live, and let you have enough to eat every day. How about you doing things for me?"
"What?" The bigger beggar was actually half a head taller than Young Jin, but he was cautiously separated from her by five or six steps, as if she was a man-eating monster.
Youjin didn't care about his precautions, and said with a smile: "Our family has a river dormitory at Wuliqiao, and we are short of two chores. If you are willing, we don't have money, but we guarantee that we can eat enough every day. ,How about it?"
As soon as the younger one heard that he could have enough to eat, he immediately looked at the older one with bright eyes, wishing that he could immediately nod and agree. The older one didn't know what he was thinking, and after hesitating for a while, he nodded slightly: "Okay."
Young Yin on the side listened to his agreement, and was slightly relieved. This was the chance for her and her elder sister to spend most of the day before returning! What a pity it would be rejected!
After selling today's sour plum soup, Sister Youjin returned to Wuliqiao Su's house with a dirty little beggar who couldn't see her true colors.
After returning to Su's house, Young Jin directly asked the two of them to go to the river to wash themselves: "I washed myself, thrown away my old clothes, and shaved my hair, we You can't let fleas and ticks in your home."
Seeing what she said, the older one took the little one to the shallow water, first carefully shaved the little beggar's extremely filthy hair, and then without saying a word, shaved his own hair. The hair was also shaved. When Young Jin brought clean clothes and towels to the two of them, they only saw two bald heads, one big and one small, soaking in the water to wash off the mud from their bodies. Then he shouted: "The clothes and towels are all here, and I will come back after taking a shower in a while!"
Hearing the sound on the river bank, the big one already knew that he was ashamed, and immediately squatted down, revealing only a shaved head on the water, before returning with a blushing face: "Got it. "
You Jin knew that the little boy was shy, sneered and left. These clothes are still the old clothes that her eldest son wore when she went to Lizheng's house to ask Aunt Zhao for it!
When the two little beggars were clean and returned to the outside of the Su Family Courtyard and were about to push the door open, a few barks of dogs came, which scared them so much that they didn't dare to move, but a little girl's voice was soon heard inside. The voice: "Don't call Wang Cai!" Then he quickly walked out and brought the two in. It turned out that Young Yin, who had been waiting, heard the movement and hurried out.
Bringing people to the main room can be regarded as seeing everyone in the Su family. Young Jin, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, said with a smile, "I've seen you so many times, but this is the first time I've seen your true face! What are your two names?"
The older one looked thirteen or fourteen years old, and he looked simple and honest, but he was extremely cautious, and he kept the little one behind him wherever he went, for fear that someone would take the little one away. Seeing You Jin ask this, he murmured, "My name is Han Li, his name is... His name is Han Erhua."
The young man looked like he was only four or five years old. Although he was a little thinner, he could see that he was handsome, and he was not afraid of them. He stood behind Han Li and tilted his head to look at Young Jin: "Sister, you really have food. feed us?"
"Naturally, but my sister's food is not for nothing. If you want to eat, you have to help your sister!" You Jin returned with a smile. She likes the good-looking little doll, and naturally she is more interested in Han Erhua. Kind of. Seeing that they were indeed hungry, they said, "It happens to be our lunch time now. Let's eat first, and we'll talk about it after we have something to do."
On the dinner table, the Su family's food is now a fixed one meat, one vegetable and one soup. Although it is not rich, it tastes really good. Although the Han Li brothers were a bit gobbled up, they didn't look too ugly, which made Young Jin a little impressed. Before they became beggars, they must have been educated at home, right? I thought about it while eating.
Seeing that the two children were in a hurry to eat, the Su family felt distressed, and kept serving food for the two of them: "Good boy, eat slowly, there is not enough." Although the food of the Su family is simple, the portion is very large, which can be guaranteed Every child has enough to eat, and this is also Young Jin's only requirement for family meals.
Holding the bamboo shoots and pork bone soup that had cooled down, Han Li slowly drank it. Satisfied, Han Li put down the thick porcelain bowl in his hand. Looking at Han Erhua, who was still drinking the soup in small sips, he couldn't help feeling warm. Years later, the two finally had a hot meal and hot dishes. In addition to the excitement in his heart, he also lowered his guard against the people of the Su family a lot.