When mother and daughter found Dabao, he was bullying a girl younger than him.
That little loli was bullied by him until she burst into tears.
Lin Mai said seriously: "Don't bully the children!"
Although Dabao stopped, his face was unconvinced and he kept rolling his eyes at her, completely unlike other children who were afraid of adults.
Lin Mai reasoned with him and didn't allow him to bully Doudou anymore, but he looked nonchalant.
There was no way to reason with this naughty kid, and since he couldn't hit him, Lin Mai had no choice but to scare him: "If you hit Doudou again, I will sue your parents and ask your parents to beat you!"
The naughty kid provoked: "Go ahead and see if I'm afraid!"
Several children watching nearby told Lin Maidao: "Even if you find Dabao's mother, his mother will not beat him."
"He is the only boy in their family, and his mother is spoiling him."
Several children were talking enthusiastically, and someone shouted: "Dabao Dabao is here!" and they dispersed in a rush.
Dabao looked panicked and wanted to run away, but Lin Mai grabbed him and looked around: "Who is your father?"
Although I had lived in Sanyang Village for some time years ago, I went out early and returned home late every day to do business. Most of the villagers, Lin Mai, looked familiar to me, but they didn't know their names.
So even if some villagers stood in front of her, she would not know who they were.
An ordinary-looking but kind-hearted middle-aged man came over and asked Lin Mai, "What trouble did this brat get into again?"
Lin Mai asked: "Are you Dabao's father?"
The middle-aged man nodded.
Lin Mai then asked Doudou to tell Dabao's father how Dabao bullied her twice in less than two hours.
He also showed Doudou's injured back to him.
Dabao's father was so angry that he tried to run away, but Lin Mai kept grabbing Dabao's arm and pulling him over.
Aiming at his butt, he gave him a fat beating: "I told you to bully the children! I'll beat you even if I can't kill you!"
Dabao's cries were loud as he was beaten.
Lin Mai didn't stop him. This naughty kid was too naughty and should be beaten!
She picked up Doudou and went home.
Not far away, I heard a woman's voice yelling from behind: "You have no ability to kill a thousand swords. Beating the baby will give you the energy! I'm telling you, if you want to break the baby, I will follow you."
Work hard!"
Lin Mai turned his head curiously and saw a fat, middle-aged woman rushing over anxiously.
He punched and kicked Dabao's father and rescued Dabao.
Dabao cried harder and harder, and kept complaining to the woman: "Mom, it hurts so much here, and it hurts so much here too!"
Dabao's mother was so distressed that she didn't even bother to hit the man. She hurriedly checked Dabao's injuries and kept comforting him: "Don't cry, Dabao. Mom will roast fat meat for you at noon."
Lin Mai shook his head secretly. If the child does something wrong, someone will protect him and reward him. This child will never realize that he has done something wrong in his whole life. No wonder he is so naughty.
Back home, mother and daughter made lunch together.
When the rice was about to be steamed, the rich salty aroma of the cured fish and bacon steamed together in the rice made Doudou keep wandering around the pot.
Ever since I ate cured fish and bacon twice at Grandma Fang’s house during the Chinese New Year, the little guy has become very fond of cured meats.
After lunch, Lin Mai was going to the black market for a large purchase to prepare for tomorrow's breakfast business, and asked Doudou if he was going.
Doudou wanted to play with children, so Lin Mai went to the black market alone with a load, hoping to buy back all the ingredients and seasonings needed to sell dumplings at once.
The Lantern Festival had just ended and the black market was not active, but prices had dropped sharply. Flour and rice were not expensive, only 20% more expensive than the prices in state-owned grain and oil stores.
However, most of the rice and noodles sold in state-owned grain and oil stores are old rice and old noodles. This is new rice and new noodles, so the price is 20% higher, which is acceptable.
However, it is cheaper to buy new rice and noodles from fellow villagers in Simei Town than on the black market, which is about the same price as the state-owned grain and oil stores in the city.
Lin Mai plans to purchase new rice, flour and oil in large quantities from the countryside as his business expands in the future, which can reduce costs.
Selling dumplings on the street now is a small business and is not suitable for buying new rice and noodles in large quantities from the countryside.
The climate in Jiangcheng is humid, so if you put in thousands of kilograms of flour at a time, you may not even use half of it, but the remaining flour will become damp and spoiled and you will be unable to eat it.
The original intention was to save costs, but ended up increasing costs.
After buying flour and various seasonings, Lin Mai wanted to buy some seaweed and dried shrimps that are essential for dumplings.
Shopee is easy to buy, as Lake Province, the province of a thousand lakes, is rich in river food.
Some rural children will catch a lot of small shrimps in the summer, dry them into dried shrimps, and sell them to black market dealers in exchange for a few small coins.
You can find high-quality and cheap shrimp skin everywhere on the black market.
However, in this era of planned economy, transportation is backward, and seaweed, which is common along the coast, is hard to find in Jiangcheng.
Lin Mai wandered around the black market for several times and found no one selling seaweed, so he had to give up.
Pork is indispensable for making dumplings.
However, farmers killed their pigs and sold them at high prices before the new year. After the new year, there will be almost no pork sellers on the black market.
Lin Mai then bought a lot of meat tickets from a ticket seller and went to the state-owned market to buy pork.
After the Chinese New Year, even the consumption of urban residents has dropped sharply, but suet is still sold in state-owned markets at this point.
Suet is a good thing in this day and age.
Suet can be used to refine lard. Lard fried rice and fried vegetables are very fragrant and particularly satiating.
Moreover, lard will not go bad after being stored for half a year.
Lin Mai had a rare opportunity and bought five kilograms of good suet, three kilograms of front leg meat, half a kilogram of hind leg meat and a few large pork bones.
After coming out of the state-owned market, Lin Mai made a special detour to the hardware store and gave Doudou the keys to the yard and gate before returning home.
In the future, when she is not at home, if Doudou gets tired or thirsty from playing outside, he can open the door and go home to rest and drink water.
To make dumplings for sale, you need to make bone soup, and they have to be cooked and sold immediately, so you have to use a coal stove.
If you use a wood stove and have to keep adding firewood, it will be very troublesome. Using a coal stove does not have this disadvantage.
After returning home and putting away the things he bought, Lin Mai took the cart to the railway depot and bought a cart of coke and two large coal stoves.
When she was approaching the door of her house, she saw Qian Guoliang milling around her house.
Lin Mai didn't disturb him, quietly stopped the cart and picked up a wooden stick from the ground.
He walked quietly behind Qian Guoliang, and without any explanation, he raised the wooden stick and pulled it down on him.
While pumping, he shouted: "Catch the thief, catch the thief!"
The neighbors immediately ran out, rushed forward and took control of Qian Guoliang, threatening to send him to the police station.
Qian Guoliang panicked and shouted: "I am not a thief! I am Guoliang!"
Although Lin Mai heard this, he still gave him one last critical blow, breaking the stick.
Then he pretended to be apologetic and said: "Oh, it turns out it's you, the flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple!
Why are you wandering around my house when you have nothing to do and making me think you are a thief? I'm sorry, I'm sorry~"
If it were someone else who beat him up, Qian Guoliang would not let it go. He would not lose even a penny of medical expenses and nutritional expenses.
But when he tried to take advantage of Lin Mai, he could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood. He waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay."
Limping towards his home.
Lin Mai shouted at his back: "Don't hang around my house anymore, or I'll mistake you for a thief and beat you up."
The implication is very clear, she will beat him if he dares to have any idea of her.
The neighbors thought to themselves, this is a small chili pepper.