Chapter 88 Settling Accounts
"It smells so good..." Qixixi hurriedly ran over and lifted the covered rice bowl and said with a smile.
"I have been cooking it on low heat for more than a long time. I also fried sauerkraut shredded potatoes and fried egg sauce. Yesterday, you either pulled a handful of fresh green onions and the cabbage, and just washed it and ate it, but the sauerkraut didn't taste enough." Yun Rong was happy when he saw it, and turned around and went to busy put the table to serve the rice.
"It's enough, and when I hear the saliva is coming out. It's great to have my sister at home. As soon as I get home, I'll have hot meals. Hurry up and wash my hands and eat." When I heard that everything on the Chinese Valentine's Day was full of energy, these were all things she liked to eat, so I turned around and went to wash my hands.
When I moved, I didn’t get any food. The big shits and sauerkraut were all delivered by my grandma’s house after the Chinese Valentine’s Day. I just sent half a tank of sauerkraut, which was almost enough for the whole family to eat. My grandma also said that the family had been pickled a lot this year, and if it wasn’t enough, I would give it to me.
Of course, the scallions and cabbage were made from the space on the Chinese Valentine's Day. When transplanting the seedlings, I made some larger ones, which were enough to eat at home. The rest grew slowly and could be sold in a few days.
The big scattered porridge that has been cooked until the heat is over, and the fragrance is filled with the room without having to open the pot. It is served with cabbage and green onion dipping sauce, and then some sauerkraut and shredded potatoes with dried chili. It is so fragrant.
I didn't have to eat a bite when I sold dumplings at home. I stood there for a day and was so hungry that I was so hungry that I felt close to my back. The whole family washed their hands and quickly had a meal first.
After eating two bowls in one breath on Qixi Festival, she put down the bowls and chopsticks with satisfaction. However, Li still thought she had eaten less and said that she would not have been idle this day, so she could not stand it if she didn't eat more.
"Mom. It's a lot. If she eats more, she will almost eat more than me. Why do my little sister loves to eat big porridge so much? She doesn't usually see her eating so much." Jing Sheng interrupted and smiled.
After dinner, we picked up the dishes and chopsticks together. Yun Rong quickly washed the dishes and cleaned the stove. The whole family gathered in front of the table, with a spread out account books and a few money bags.
Looking at the faces of the family on the Chinese Valentine's Day, she was all expectant and uneasy. In fact, she was the same. She had not been in front of the stall for most of her kung fu today. She just heard from her second brother that the business was good, but she didn't know how much it sold.
Whether you are going to set up a stall or staying at home, you are very nervous now. By calculating the accounts, you can tell how much you have earned in a day.
On the Chinese Valentine's Day, I opened the money bag selling dumplings first, and all the copper plates and two small pieces of silver were poured on the kang. I also poured the broken silver from the other two money bags on the table.
"Why are there so much money? They are all sold?" Yun Rong was shocked when he saw it. This was too much. How much money can the dumplings be worth? Not to mention copper plates, it seems that there are more than a dozen taels of silver.
Qixi shook his head: "No, just copper plates and these two small pieces of silver are sold for dumplings. I will tell you later. Sister, second sister, come here to help first, most of them will save you the wrong number."
As he said that, he lowered his head to count the copper plates. The main thing is to see if there is anything wrong with the account. The eldest brother also sold one bowl during the day and recorded one bowl. When the account matched the money, he could only look back and calculate how much you could earn after deducting the cost.
Yun Rong saw the little sister saying this and looked a little wrong with her family. She wanted to ask quickly, but seeing that the little sister was already counting the copper coins, the eldest and second brothers were also paying attention to the account seriously. So she closed her mouth first and went over with her to help.
Chen Chenghou and Xiao Shitou surrounded each other and looked at them without blinking.
"Brother, we counted 1,176 ci, plus these two silver dollars, a total of one tael and six ci,76 ci." The sisters and the other one counted carefully, and saw that the number was correct, and finally reported a total of ci.
There were six tables at home, and each table could sit four people. When the business was at its best, each table was full. The big money bag specially sewn was made today. Whoever came to the market didn’t have a copper plate or something, but it was only after that someone took two small pieces of silver to pay the bill, otherwise it would be all copper plates, which would have been more than a thousand.
"What I remember here is 336 bowls, which should be taken back... One tael, six qian, and eighty cents, so I lost four cents?" Jingwen frowned and said.
"We really sold more than 300 bowls?" Li heard the children clearly and was still a little unbelievable. He turned his head to look at her husband. This was the first day. Even if the place was good, how could he sell this old man?
Chen Chenghou was also full of surprise. When his wife asked this, he lowered his head and thought: "If there is one, our family was too busy to do business in those days."
When there were many people, Chen Chenghou was busy cooking dumplings. Li and Yunduo rolled the pot and packed them. Fortunately, both mother and mother were quick, so Jingwen and Jingsheng added water to collect money to take dumplings and clean the table. They couldn't help at the Qixi Festival. No wonder they were so tired all day long that they sold more than 300 bowls.
This bowl of twelve dumplings means that they sold more than 4,000 dumplings?
"I asked the old stuffings to be made in the eve. I was afraid that I wouldn't be sold and put them out. But... when I came back, I saw that nothing was left." Chen Chenghou breathed a sigh of relief. No one expected that just such a small stall could sell these old stuff. Even if I opened a shop for a day, I might not be able to sell so many.
"Yeah." Qixi nodded and said with a smile, "This is the first day. When you go there a few more times in the future, there are more people who know it, and if there are repeat customers, there will definitely be more and more people who can sell it by word of mouth."
"But it's because today is a big market. Our stall is in a good place. The cold dumplings are so hot that they are just enough to eat." Li said hurriedly. She never forgot about the Zhao family's affairs in her heart.
"Then how much has our family earned today? I'll calculate..." Jing Sheng was anxious. Just hearing how much he sold, he would immediately calculate how much he had left after deducting his capital.
"Four citations are nothing. There are so many people today. It is possible that you will lose a few citations when you are busy." Qixixi smiled at the elder brother first, not caring about the four cents, then turned around and stopped her second brother to calculate, "One bowl of dumpling costs more than three cents, and more than three hundred bowls of them is about one thousand two hundred cents. After this calculation, our family has almost earned 470 cents today."
"Ah...so much?" Jing Sheng was stunned. Even though he thought he had made a lot of money just now, he wouldn't have to settle the score with expectations, but when he heard that nearly half a tael of silver was still far beyond his imagination.
"Well, after all, as long as our family works hard, we can have everything sooner or later. Second brother, you and your elder brother will not have to worry about going to school. Our family will be able to save a sum of money by the beginning of spring next year." The Chinese Valentine's Day seemed much calmer, but in fact, I was very happy.
Don’t underestimate these more than 470 liters. If you can make six market days a month, you will be able to earn nearly three taels of silver, and you will be more than thirty taels a year. This is not the case that you can definitely earn more during the New Year holidays.
I can't eat a fat man in one bite, and I have to do everything a little bit. Even if I have served the six acres of medium-sized fields in my family, I can't be so much left in a year. The income this day really surprised the whole family.
Before the Chinese Valentine's Day, she hadn't told me about sending dumpling stuffing and vegetables to "Xianke" on the other side, and she couldn't say the right thing without giving a letter. She simply waited and saw it. She planned to go to "Xianke" if she didn't like it, but she didn't have to worry about selling it next market day, but in fact she was still a little confident.
The whole family was so happy that they couldn't speak. Chen Chenghou and his wife were so excited that they didn't know what to say. With the lights on, it seemed that everyone's face was shining with a glimmer of contentment, and their faces were filled with joy of contentment.
After being happy for a while, Yun Rong was a person who was very thoughtful and was still thinking about what had happened just now. When she thought about it, she asked again. Only then did the Qixi Festival hesitate and told her.
"Why are you so brave? You are fighting with others. Who are you?" Yun Rong became anxious when he heard this, especially when he heard that his second brother scolded him, he turned around and patted him and scolded him, then said, "No, don't go next time, sister, don't go, I'll go."
"Sister, what's the point of going?" Qixi Festival couldn't help laughing. Sometimes she felt that her elder sister was like a hen protecting a chicken. Last time she heard her fight with Chen Chenghuai, she was afraid that she would suffer. "Besides, once this happens today, no one dares to provoke us in the market in the future. Just watch it. In the future, only people will flatter us, and our business will definitely be nothing."
"It's my fault today. I shouldn't have been like that at that time..." As soon as Qixi Festival finished speaking, Jing Sheng stopped smiling and lowered his head and spoke.
"Second brother, it's not your fault. Everyone would be angry at that time." Qixi shook his head, "Besides, you didn't say anything later..."
"I won't say it later because..." Jingsheng turned his head, and the eleven-year-old boy had unwillingness on his face, "They are not afraid of us at all, they are afraid of the Zhao family..."
When she heard this, she looked at her second brother in surprise. She thought he was afraid at the time, but she didn't expect that it was the same reason as her. For the second time today, she found that her second brother's thoughts seemed to be much more mature than his age.
"Our Sheng'er is right..." Li touched his second son's head when he heard this, remembering the way the child was protecting the stall today, thinking of the fear at that time, his eyes turned red, "It's because my parents are useless, I don't have the ability to protect you."
Chen Chenghou also sighed. His wife was right, it was useless for them to be parents. At that time, those people wanted to do something, and he had nothing but protecting his wife and children and trying to fight them.
"No, my parents..." Jingsheng immediately said anxiously when he saw his parents being sad, clenched his fists, "Don't worry, sooner or later, we will all make a fortune. One day, no one in our family will dare to look down on me. If you don't need others to protect you, just let's go home." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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