Almost in the blink of an eye, Xue Tingyan's days of resting in the mum were over.
Zhao'er stayed on the kang for the past two days, Xue Tingxiang did not let her do anything, and he and Xue Qinghuai went to collect and sell vegetables.
Protesting is useless. It is the first time that Zhao'er has discovered that the little man is so domineering.
When Xue Tingxiang returned to the town school, Zhao'er finally got off the kang, and felt a sigh of relief.
After lunch, Xue Qinghuai went to call Jiang Wu over.
Zhao'er put the sorted money on the table, as well as two ledgers. One is her ghost-like account book, and the other is the account that Xue Tingxiang helped her transcribe.
"I asked Ting'er to do the math for us before. In the past ten days, we have made a total of 642,320 yuan."
As soon as I heard that there were more than 60 taels, the Sun shi who just followed, pinched Xue Qinghuai hard in the back, in order to stabilize his excitement.
"Among them are a few restaurants and pubs waiting for cyclists, and there is also the place in Zhennan, which is in charge of Jiang Wuge. The place in Zhennan is where rich families live, and the housekeepers of those rich men are rich, so they don't care about these three things. Melon and two dates, occasionally I will give some rewards when I am satisfied. Brother Jiang Wu has handed over these rewards, and it looks like nearly two taels.
"Don't look at how much money we can make this time, like I said before, this time it's time to hurry, I'm afraid it won't be so easy in the future. Because there will be more and more dishes on the market, It’s not as valuable as before, so you have to be mentally prepared.”
Xue Qinghuai scratched her head and smiled and said, "It's been over half a year this time. Even if you don't make any money later, it's nothing. Besides, there is no guarantee of making a profit or losing money in a business. Your uncle knows that."
Zhao'er nodded: "This income is only gross profit, after deducting all expenses, there are still fifty-two eight cents and forty-three cents left, and the fourth uncle is 20%, that is, ten taels and sixty-eight cents. Brother Jiang Wu is fifteen cents. Two money and fifty-two cents. The money is here, the fourth uncle is yours, and Jiang Wuge is yours."
Xue Qinghuai and Jiang Wu went up to get the money respectively, because they both knew that Zhao'er made more money, and they didn't talk to her.
The three continued talking.
"Actually, I can't figure it out, it's all done by Ting'er. After he's done the calculation, he checks the account with me before making the account. After all, Ting'er said that we are a partner's business, so we need to settle the account. Clear, so as to be clear and clear, and to avoid any quarrels because of money in the future..."
She repeated Xue Tingxiang's words roughly, and then asked Jiang Wu and Xue Qinghuai to sign on the ledger, because neither of them knew how to write, so they used fingerprints.
After all this was over, she said again: "In the future, this account will be sold every ten days. In the next ten days, what we have to do is to maintain the previous business, and then run away the few villages that we have not been to. Let's go and make contracts with those farmers. In addition, I think we are still short of a few people, Fourth Uncle and Jiang Wu are both careful, they must be very reliable and have a good character."
When it comes to serious business, Zhao'er is particularly imposing, and no one dares to take it lightly.
Xue Qinghuai and Jiang Wu just listened and gave advice from time to time. The three of them discussed it for more than half an hour before dispersing.
Zhao'er also went out, and she planned to go to Gao's house.
When I mentioned the matter of finding a man before, Zhao'er mentioned Gao Sheng, the youngest son of the Gao family. Xue Qinghuai and Jiang Wu both knew Gao Sheng. They knew that although this boy was a little skinny when he was a child, he was capable of enduring hardships, so they agreed.
Of course, it's useless for the three of them to agree, and they have to agree to it. This is because he thinks that he and Gao Sheng are fairly familiar, so he comes to the door in person.
The Gao family is located at the end of Yuqing Village. Generally, people with mixed surnames live at the end of the village. Over time, it has become a place where people with mixed surnames live. In addition to the inconvenience of entering and leaving the village here, it is actually quite good.
When Zhao'er arrived at the Gao's house, the Gao's family seemed to be a little uneasy. From far away, he could hear someone arguing in the yard. A person hurried out from the gate and almost didn't bump into her.
It is Gaosheng.
Gao Sheng is seventeen this year, one year older than Zhao'er, and he is tall and handsome. The men in this place are generally tall, not short. Gao Sheng's skin was slightly dark, and he was dressed in short brown, as if he was angry, and seemed to be wronged.
"what happened?"
Gao Sheng stopped: "Sister Zhao'er, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
In advance of this recruiting sister, I will talk about it.
Gao Sheng was also very skinny when he was a child. He followed a group of boys in the village to dig bird nests in trees, and went to the river to take a bath and fish. There was nothing he dared to do. The teens are all hated by cats and dogs. They are their own country, have their own thinking patterns, and are bold and naive.
They turned their faces like turning over a book. They were good brothers one moment, but they could fight the next moment. Xue Tingxiang did not play with these furry children when he was a child. He was also weak and the shortest among them, and was always bullied.
At that time, it was not long before Zhao'er came to Xue's house, and there was an inexplicable girl in the second house of Xue's family, and the only son of the second house of Xue's family was small and weak, and some people inevitably began to spread that the second house and his wife had found a child bride for their son.
The adults talked behind their backs, and their children listened to them. The children didn't understand anything, so they followed the script. Every time I saw the move to go to the ground to ask my parents to come back for dinner, I would slap her next to me and say that she was Xue Gouzi's eldest daughter-in-law.
At first, Zhao'er endured it. One day, the little dog went out to breathe, and Zhao'er accompanied him, and was surrounded by a group of little furry children.
This group of little hairy children clapped their hands like before and sang: "Xue's dog is thin and small, so he has found a daughter-in-law called Zhao'er. The big daughter-in-law, the little man, the husband's gang is down and he makes his mother cry!"
The puppy was so angry that he cried on the spot, and begged them to go away, but they didn't leave, but continued to sing. Zhao'er couldn't bear it any longer, grabbed a little hair and beat him up. The one who was beaten was Gao Sheng.
Since the fight, whoever has said such a thing, fights every time.
When children fight, adults don't want to intervene, they are all conscious. It is common for children to make noises, and it is not a trivial matter if adults join in. So they knew that their children were beaten by Zhao'er, and no parents said anything. At most, they saw their children were beaten a little hard, and said a few nasty words in front of the second room and the couple.
But don't look at Xue Qingsong, he is simple and honest, but he protects people's shortcomings. He listens when someone says it, and ignores it after listening. When he goes back, he buys Zhao'er delicious food to reward her. Besides, my own family is not reasonable, and if we get to the bottom of it, we will bring up the question of how the little hairy child knew about the child bride.
Therefore, the group of furry children, who are about the same size as Zhao'er, or even about the same size as Xue Tingxiang, are mainly boys, and few of them have not been beaten by Zhao'er.
After the beating, I have to call my sister. No, Gao Sheng is obviously bigger than Zhao'er, so he is still called sister.
It was also too impressive to change for a while.
"I have something to do with you, what's wrong with you?"
Zhao'er glanced into the yard, Gao Sheng's elder sister-in-law was saying something angrily, while Gao Sheng's mother-in-law Aunt Gao didn't look very good, she was wiping her tears as she spoke.
Gao Sheng lowered his head and pursed his lips: "Don't mention it."
Upon hearing this, Zhao'er almost understood what was going on.
Gao Sheng's father died early, Gao Sheng was the youngest, and he was older than the two older brothers above. The Gao family can't be called wealthy in the village. It can only be said that the family cannot starve to death. The family has only a few acres of land, so there is no separation of the family. .
In the early years, it was good. As Gao Sheng's two older brothers became relatives and gave birth to children, the uncle became an eyesore for the sisters-in-law. No matter how hard Gao Sheng usually works in the field, there are always faults to be found, but the family still has to get through.
As for the quarrel between Gao Sheng's sister-in-law and Aunt Gao this time, it was because Aunt Gao favored a girl for Gao Sheng, but when it was mentioned that the family paid for the marriage, Gao Sheng's two sister-in-law just didn't pick up the fight and cried poor.
And Gao Sheng's two older brothers didn't speak. Aunt Gao was so anxious that she finally mentioned a sentence today, but she was blocked by Mrs. Gao Sheng. Aunt Gao was so angry that she burst into tears, but Gao Sheng couldn't bear the grievance and slammed the door and left.
"I'll go to the county tomorrow to find a job to do."
Zhao'er sighed, Gao Sheng had this idea and she had known for a long time, but Aunt Gao disagreed, feeling that the younger son was not at ease when he went out alone, so he was not allowed to go out.
"I'm looking for you because of this. I'm doing a business with Brother Jiang Wu and my fourth uncle. Now is the time when you need help. If you think it's feasible, I'll give you half of my share. Work hard and marry a daughter-in-law by the end of the year, and it will not be difficult to take Aunt Gao out to support her."
Zhao'er has thought about it, not to mention Jiang Wu, the fourth uncle also has field work to do on weekdays, and now they urgently need a manpower who can handle it alone.
The reason why she liked Gao Sheng was not only because of her childhood friendship, but also because Gao Sheng was a bright and friendly person, and he had a group of friends who had a good relationship with him. Then again, his character is not bad, his mind is lively and he is willing to endure hardship. When this first started, all aspects of looking for helpers had to be considered, and the first thing that Zhao'er thought of was Gao Sheng.
"Okay, since Sister Zhao'er said it, I'll do it for you. If you don't do well, you won't pay me."
"Why don't you ask me to drag you?" Zhao'er teased.
Gao Sheng scratched his head in embarrassment: "It's not going to drag me to sell it."
Now that the matter was settled, Zhao'er took Gao Sheng out the next day.
After a few days, Gao Sheng had a clear view of the doorway here and there. He was surprised that Zhao'er could come up with such a way of doing business, but he was not surprised. There had been rumors in the village that Sister Zhao'er was doing business, but the details were vague. up like this.
Gao Sheng is not stupid, he naturally sees that there is a lot to do in this business, so he does his best and even gives a lot of useful advice.
Later, Zhao’er shared the dividends he deserved as promised. Gao Sheng didn’t expect that he would be able to share so much. He felt ashamed and uncomfortable but refused to use it. The wages are all from him.
With the increase of manpower, the scope of business began to expand slowly. In the past, it was only limited to a few big restaurants, and the wealthy families in Zhennan, now Zhao'er scatters all the people in his hands, and has taken over the business of delivering food to many small restaurants and snack shops in the town.
Because they deliver the food in a timely manner, the food is fresh and complete, and it is even cheaper compared to the market. There is no reason for others to refuse, and someone will take the initiative to deliver what they need, so why not do it.
Zhao'er was even inspired to add a small amount of pork as one of the varieties, grabbing some business from butchers and meat stalls, so I won't go into details here.
On this side, Zhao'er's business is booming, but on the other side, Xue Tingxiang is quite calm.
Every day is a lecture hall, a dining hall, and a hall, repeated back and forth, and the days are boring and boring.
Because of the supervision of Chen Jian and Xue Tingxiang, Mao Badou and Li Datian are now working harder than ever. The only thing is that the four of them are now being crowded out by other students in the academy, but the four of them are not people who care too much about other people's opinions, and they are enjoying themselves.
But today, something happened.
When it was twilight again, after eating from the dining room, the four of them washed their hands and went to the bunk to read a book.
Each person sits side by side, one by one, with a few oil lamps.
Xue Tingxiang still copied books by convention. Chen Jian was the same as him, while Mao Badou endorsed the book, while provoking Xue Tingxiang or Li Datian next to him from time to time. Most of the people who provoke Li Datian are Xue Tingxiang who has a pen in his hand and is thrown all over by him. Mao Badou has learned a lesson.
Soon it was time to turn off the lights, a clapper rang outside, and the three of them blew the oil lamps and lay down.
At this time, he couldn't fall asleep, so Mao Badou asked Xue Tingxiang to write a book and said that he would see it later. Xue Tingxiang couldn't stand his ordeal, so he could only follow his wishes.
Mao Badou accepted the words book handed over by Xue Tingxiang with satisfaction, and was putting the oil lamp into the quilt to light it.
He immediately blew out the light and tucked the notebook into his crotch. At the same time, the door was pushed open, and the fire was bright for a while, and several people walked in.
The leader was an elderly Saifu, who was said to be a Saifu, but in fact this person was quite frightening to the students. Because Lao Zhaifu is in charge of night patrols all the year round, he still manages the number house.
All the trivial matters in the house are all under his control. He never sees anyone during the day, but comes out at night. Usually, wherever he goes, he is frightened by the wind. This is Mao Badou's adjective.
Lao Zhaifu was also accompanied by several students, who looked like they belonged to the house next door, and the one in the lead was Zhou Li.
Seeing this person, Mao Badou's pupils shrank subconsciously, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Elder Liu, it's him. That day I came to this house to borrow a water bottle, and I saw Mao Badou holding a book and looking at him. He was the only one in the room, and he was sneaky, and when he saw me, he pushed the door open and came in. , and hurriedly hid the book. It's not like this when reading a book seriously, I think of the time last year when this person was confiscated with obscene books, so I very much suspect that he is back to his old ways."