Seeing that Tieniu was not very smart, Lin Mai told him that he only sold chestnuts of half a catty and one catty, mainly because he was afraid that he would not be able to make ends meet if he sold them for four or two or eight taels.
Tieniu asked: "Then if someone buys one and a half catties or two catties, they won't sell it?"
Lin Mai stir-fried the chestnuts and said, "For sale, as long as you can make the calculation, just sell it."
Tie Niu said naively: "I can settle these accounts."
After a while, the chestnuts became fragrant, and the two stalls were filled with customers.
Lin Mai is a veteran in business, and he is very efficient in doing business.
On the other hand, Tieniu is not that good. He is at a loss when a customer comes. If he meets a powerful one, even if he grabs a handful of chestnuts, he will just stare.
Lin Mai couldn't stand it anymore and asked him to just fry the chestnuts and she would sell them.
By controlling the fire in her stove a little lower, she can sell and speculate again.
Otherwise, if the fire gets too hot, I'm afraid it won't stop selling and the chestnuts in the pot will become mushy.
Tieniu Ma made dinner at home, ate it with the two little pods, and then brought the little pods with her to deliver the meal.
Let Lin Mai eat it first and she'll fry it.
Although she is older, she still has strength, but just like her son, she cannot settle accounts.
But with Lin Mai standing by to help her settle the accounts, she could barely cope.
Lin finished eating the wheat and continued to fry chestnuts to sell, while Tieniu's mother went to buy Tieniu again.
After both of them finished their dinner, Tieniu Ma packed up her things and went back with the two little pods.
The nightlife in this era was not rich, and it was winter again, so the cold wind at night combined with the cold air from the river was extremely cold.
After eight o'clock, there was no one on the road, so Lin Mai and Tieniu closed their stalls and went back.
Iron Cow Mother had already washed the two little cubs and arranged for them to sleep.
She pointed to a room on the left and said to Lin Mai: "That room faces the best, so I arranged for you and Doudou to live there. I also put all your mother's and daughter's clothes in the cabinet in the room.
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Lin Mai smiled and said, "Thank you, ma'am." Then he asked her how many kilograms of rice flour oil there was.
Tieniu Ma waved her hand: "Forget about those things, we are living and eating in your house with a child for free."
"How can it not be counted? I asked your family to come over to help, and I also asked you to put rice flour and oil on it. Is that ridiculous?"
Lin Mai took two large bills and handed them over: "This is the money for rice, flour and oil. It's not enough for my aunt to bear with you. As for kimchi and green vegetables, I don't count them as money."
Iron Niu's mother panicked: "Even if you add green vegetables and kimchi, it won't cost you so much. It's too much!" After that, she wanted to refund a big unity ticket.
After giving it away, Lin Mai can't take it back.
In her heart, she actually doesn't like people who refuse to pay the debts. She likes her brothers to settle the debts openly.
It was because Ti Niu Ma refused to repay the debt, so she had no choice but to pay more.
Tieniu Ma thanked her sheepishly, and then asked, "How much did it cost today?"
Lin Mai didn't want to count the money in front of her mother and son, fearing that they would feel unbalanced after seeing how much she earned.
But then I thought, if I don't let them know how much money they earn, I'm afraid they will make random guesses, so it's better to be transparent.
If they see that they can earn more, then they can start their own business.
Neither mother nor son are suitable for business, and it is impossible to start their own business.
Do you think the salary is low? You can leave. The salary is five yuan a day, but you are afraid that you won’t be able to hire anyone!
She hired Tieniu because of his hard work, but he...
It's hard to describe the feeling I felt for Lin Mai...
"I haven't counted the sales yet." Lin Mai took out all the money he sold throughout the day and counted it.
In addition to the capital and the wages of Tieniu and his son, the net profit was twenty-seven yuan.
However, if you sell for a short time today and a long time tomorrow, you will earn more than this.
Tieniu Ma had already boiled the bath water. Lin Mai braved the cold and took a bath before getting under the quilt. He planned to change clothes and wash them in the morning.
Iron Cow mother and son also went to bed afterwards.
When Ti Niu Ma thought about Lin Mai getting more than 20 yuan in three hours of trading from 5 to 8 p.m., she felt so unbalanced that it was difficult to fall asleep.
I thought, if mother and son set up a stall to sell chestnuts on their own, wouldn't it be better than working for Lin Mai?
But the thought of setting up a stall by myself makes me nervous.
The city is no better than the countryside. Everyone in the city is a human being, and her mother and son cannot cope with it.
It's better for Lin Mai to eat meat, and mother and son to drink some soup.
...But if Lin Mai becomes her daughter-in-law, no matter how much Lin Mai earns, it will still belong to her family.
Thinking of this, Tieniu Ma thought about how to make Lin Mai her daughter-in-law.
I went to bed around nine o'clock in the evening. Those who go to bed early get up early.
The next day, Lin Mai got up as soon as half past six.
After washing up, I took my change of dirty clothes and went to wash them, but Mother Tienniu snatched them away: "I'll wash them, you rest."
Lin Mai wanted to snatch it back and wash it himself.
Although Ti Niu Ma is paid a salary, she is a fellow villager after all, so she cannot be completely equated with an old woman.
Otherwise, the villagers would poke her spine and say she was inhumane, which would bring shame on Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang's face.
But Iron Niu Mom pushed her aside with her strong arms: "It's just a few clothes, do you want to steal this from me?"
Lin Mai had no choice but to give up, carry a basket and go to the riverside to collect pebbles, and use the pebbles to fry the chestnuts so that the chestnuts would not burn.
Although this method is not as fast as frying it directly in the pan, it is suitable for her to fry chestnuts while selling.
The pebbles used for frying chestnuts should not be too large, otherwise it will waste firewood.
I dug a basket of sand by the river and sifted it through the small holes in the basket to remove all the sand, leaving only the stones.
Then pick out the big rocks and throw them away, leaving only peanut-sized rocks. This task is not difficult to do.
In less than an hour, Lin Mai collected a basket full of stones, washed them by the river and put them in the basket for home.
We just walked to the entrance of the village and didn't want to run into Qian Guoliang.
Lin Mai didn't want to pay attention to him, pretended not to see him, walked around him and left.
Qian Guoliang, however, pursued her closely and said behind her: "I have inquired, that man is not your man."
Although many villagers helped her move chestnuts yesterday, everyone focused on doing small business.
No one asked Tieniu who her mother and her son were, taking it for granted that they were her mother-in-law and a man, and she never revealed the identities of her mother and son in public.
There is nothing to explain. Once Tieniu mother and son live in the village for a few days and everyone chats with each other, everyone will know.
Lin Mai was confused, how could this scoundrel find out so quickly? Did he ask Tieniu Ma for information early in the morning?
She looked indifferent: "I didn't say that man was my man. Who told you?"
Qian Guoliang was a little proud: "I gave your two children a piece of candy each, and they told me everything."
Lin Mai thought to himself that he had to provide safety education to his two children when he returned home, otherwise the traffickers could abduct them with a piece of candy.
When Qian Guoliang saw that Lin Mai remained silent, he added: "If you want to choose Niuniu's dad, you might as well choose me. Niuniu's dad looks dull, what can he do to you? I can also help you with business."
Which man who is considered a scoundrel is not lazy, greedy and does not do his job properly?
Expect him to do business unless the sun rises in the west.
Besides, Lin Mai has no intention of finding a man. She and her daughter will earn their own money and train Doudou to be a talented person. When she is old, Doudou will be able to take care of herself. Isn’t this a wonderful life? Why do you need a man!
So he said coldly: "I won't choose anyone!"
Qian Guoliang still wants to be entangled.
Lin Mai unexpectedly picked up a thick branch from the ground and pulled it towards him with all his strength.
As he smoked, he shouted angrily: "If you dare to pester me again, I will go to the police station to report the crime and say that you are plotting against me.
Now is the period of severe crackdown, do you want the police to convict you of being a gangster and give you some peanuts?"