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After being ridiculed by Ma Sufen, Shen Baolan did not dare to talk back like before.

Zhou Shuhuan was rarely at home and ignored their mother and son. She had no husband to rely on and no money to make money. She could not support herself in her husband's family.

However, her low-key behavior not only did not calm Ma Sufen, but she felt that she was cowardly, and her words became more and more bitter.

"We all come from the same village, how can there be such a big difference? They are doing business and opening factories, doing well, and buying big houses, but you can't even find a job. It's embarrassing to tell anyone!"

The lethality of these words was no different than stabbing Shen Baolan in the heart with a knife.

Shen Mingzhu didn't care about her friendship with the same village and refused to give her a hand. Even her husband's family looked down on her and thought she was no match for Shen Mingzhu.

Shame, anger and unwillingness burned in Shen Baolan's chest.

She must make money, and she wants everyone to see that she, Shen Baolan, is no worse than Shen Mingzhu!

……

A few more days passed, and Shen Baolan still didn't find a job.

Even the tasks that she looked down upon before, such as washing dishes and cleaning, were no longer lacking in manpower.

Ma Sufen's patience was completely exhausted and she was unwilling to help her take care of the baby anymore.

Mainly Zhou Fu, that is, Yuan Bao, is too tossing. He cries when things don't go his way. Once he cries, he cries endlessly. He has to hold Dian in his arms to coax him.

Yuanbao has been strong since he was born, and now he is a little chubby, weighing [-] or [-] pounds. After all, Ma Sufen is getting older and does not have the energy and stamina to hold Yuanbao and coax her every day.

Shen Baolan had no choice but to cruelly send Yuanbao back to her parents' home and asked Liu Cuihua to help raise it.

Liu Cuihua is taking care of her grandson anyway, whether it’s one child or two.

However, sister-in-law Tian Wenfang was not happy with Shen Baolan's decision to send the child to her parents' home.

Liu Cuihua usually works in the fields, so it falls to her to take care of her nephew.

Who is willing to help my sister-in-law take care of her baby when she has a hard time raising her own?
But she couldn't help it if she didn't like it. From her mother-in-law to her father-in-law to her husband, the whole family loved her sister-in-law very much.

After settling the children, Shen Baolan returned to the city and continued to look for a job.

On this day, Ma Sufen suffered from back pain, and Shen Baolan helped pick up her stepson Zhou Hao from school.

As soon as he walked out of the school gate, Zhou Hao clamored for Shen Baolan to give him pocket money so that he could buy soda.

A bottle of soda costs [-] cents. Shen Baolan rummaged through all her pockets and only got [-] cents.

She had no job, and the financial power of the family was in the hands of her mother-in-law. She saved these five cents through her teeth.

Five cents can't buy you a soda, but you can buy a glass of cold water.

Cold water is blended with cold boiled water, coloring matter and saccharin. The beautifully colored drinking water is served in a transparent round glass and is very popular among children.

Summer is here, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the children have spent a day playing in school. After school, drinking a glass of ice-cold sugar water or soda is simply a bliss.

Looking at the candy stall surrounded by children, Shen Baolan suddenly had an idea in her mind.

"Mom, please lend me some money, I want to start a candy business..."

In the evening, Shen Baolan enthusiastically told Ma Sufen her idea, "The cold water business can be profitable. With a small amount of pigment the size of a pea, and a few saccharin, you can make a large bucket of cold water. It sells for five cents a cup. A bucket can be sold for less than [-] cents." It costs two yuan."

Business is good business, but Ma Sufen has suffered heavy losses and is unwilling to let Shen Baolan get into business, and does not believe that Shen Baolan can make money through business.

Seeing that Ma Sufen refused to lend her capital, Shen Baolan ran back to her parents' home.

Although Liu Cuihua was not optimistic about Shen Baolan's sugar water business, after all, she was her own child, so she couldn't stand the hard work, so she gritted her teeth and lent 20 yuan to Shen Baolan.

Shen Hao learned carpentry, went to the mountains to cut down trees, and made a cart and a wooden box for Shen Baolan.

There was a round hole on the top of the wooden box, which was covered with thick foam. The round hole was blocked with a thick quilt to hold the popsicles.With the help of her mother's family, Shen Baolan set up a candy stall in front of the elementary school as she wished.

……

By the time Shen Baolan closed the stall and returned to the family home, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening.

Ma Sufen had eaten dinner early and was chatting with people in the family courtyard.

Seeing her coming back with the cart, many people laughed and joked that the Zhou family also wanted to have a female boss.

Ma Sufen glanced at her daughter-in-law, who was struggling to push the trolley into the carport. She had no intention of stepping forward to help. Instead, she said sarcastically: "It's just her, come on. If she doesn't get into trouble for me, I'll be the only one."

After a while, Shen Baolan walked out of the carport carrying a wooden box and unsold soda.

Seeing that she was sweating profusely from exhaustion, someone joked: "Baolan, how's your business doing? Have you made any money?"

Shen Baolan wiped his sweat and said with a sad face: "What kind of money do you make? It's just enough to protect your capital."

After everyone heard this, they didn't laugh at her. Instead, they tried to persuade her one by one.

"It's okay, just take your time and you'll make money eventually."

"Business is not that easy. If you could make money easily, everyone would go into business."

Shen Baolan sighed repeatedly, with a regretful tone, "No, if I had known, I might as well have gone to work, business would be too difficult."

Hearing her emotion, everyone could not help but feel sympathy and pity.

"Mom, come back early. I have something to tell you."

After hearing what her daughter-in-law said, Ma Sufen's face immediately darkened.

She didn't think Shen Baolan could do anything good. He might have lost money and wanted to borrow money from her.

There was no way she could lend money to this prodigal daughter-in-law!
Ma Sufen deliberately delayed going back until almost 10 o'clock.

As soon as she entered the door, Shen Baolan greeted her happily, "Mom, why did you come back?"

Ma Sufen glanced at her and said, "A dog is nosy when it comes to mice. I can come back whenever I want. Do you care?"

Shen Baolan didn't care about her bad attitude, "Mom, I have something to tell you. Come to the room with me."

"I'm not going and I don't want to hear it."

Seeing this, Shen Baolan had no choice but to close the window in the living room, draw the curtains, and then take out a bulging cloth bag from the room.

"Mom, look at this."

Ma Sufen stared at her suspiciously and refused to accept it, probably because she was afraid that there was something bad inside.

Shen Baolan neatly opened the cloth bag to reveal the contents.

The colorful things are all banknotes.

Ma Sufen's narrowed eyes were as big as a bell, "Where did you get the money?"

"Mom, I earned these from selling sugar water and popsicles today!"

Ma Sufen's face was full of disbelief, "You, didn't you say you didn't make any money?"

Shen Baolan said proudly: "I don't say that. Everyone knows how to make money by selling cold water, so what should I do if they come to compete with me for business?"

As if she couldn't accept such a reversal, Ma Sufen was stunned for a while before she came to her senses. When she spoke again, her tone was completely different from when she came in, revealing cordiality and enthusiasm.

"Baolan, how much did you earn today?" (End of Chapter)