Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 28

It was nearly nine o'clock when Zhang's father and daughter returned home. Shen Heying stood at the door with Zhang Xiuhong and Zhang Xiaofeng. Now, I'm so worried, I'm really afraid that something will happen to you father and daughter..."

Zhang Lingen muttered dissatisfiedly: "If it wasn't for selling all those fish, we would have come back long ago."

Shen Heying glanced at the cart and asked, "Have they all been sold? How much did they sell for?"

Zhang Xiuqing said: "All sold, I'll give you the money later."

Shen Heying's face looked better: "Are you hungry? There is porridge left for you in the kitchen, but it's getting cold now, I'll go heat it..."

"No need, Mom, we've already eaten!" Zhang Xiuqing held Shen Heying's arm, and while walking home, briefly talked about the things after the separation.

Shen Heying couldn't help being overjoyed: "So, we don't have to worry about selling the fish we catch in the future?"

"That's right, Mom, you're right!" Zhang Xiuqing nodded, "However, it's too hard to get up and fish in the middle of the night, it's okay once or twice once in a while, if this happens for a long time, Dad's body will definitely collapse , so we just negotiated with the people on the net boat at the entrance of the village, asking them to help us fish, and we will earn five cents a catty for the difference."

Shen Heying had originally planned to continue fishing tonight. The two daughters caught yellow weasels. The family worked hard for several months and paid off all the debts. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiuqing was afraid of hardship and easily gave up the hard-won chance to make money. It was given to someone else, and he was still on the boat, his face suddenly became ugly.

Zhang Xiuqing observed her words and knew that her mother was angry, so she quickly shook her arm, signaling her to be calm, and to listen to what she had to say, to be more precise, to listen to her to settle the accounts: "... people always have to sleep Only then will you have physical strength. If you want Dad to go fishing at night, then you must let him rest during the day, otherwise even a hard-working person will not be able to bear it. After such a hard night, you will only catch sixty or seventy catties of small fish, at most Earn more than 20 yuan, but if you sleep at night and eat snails during the day, you can eat at least 70 catties a day, and you can earn more than [-] yuan."

Shen Heying's face suddenly turned cloudy: "Xiuhong and I have eaten more than 200 catties of snails this afternoon. If we spend one day, we will definitely be able to eat [-] catties... That's all, can we sell them?"

Zhang Xiuqing said confidently: "Don't worry, my dad and I made two deals today without going a few places. If we have time tomorrow, if we go a few more places, we will definitely be able to sell them."

Zhang Lingen didn't want to put pressure on Zhang Xiuqing, so he gave Shen Heying an angry look, and reprimanded: "If you can't sell it, you'll dump it in the river. You won't lose a penny, and you'll waste your energy at most."

Shen Heying suddenly yelled angrily: "I just asked one more question, and you will kill me. If I hit Xiuqing, you will eat me?"

Her mother's temper is really getting bigger and bigger, and she is going to make a fuss at every turn. Fortunately, her father can bear it. Zhang Xiuqing couldn't help but feel dizzy, and complained half-truthfully: "Mom, you thought you were a Tang monk and ate your meat!" Can meat be immortal? Even if it is possible to live forever, my father would not be willing to eat it! Well, don’t be angry, my father and I walked for a day today, and the soles of our feet were almost blistered. We finally got home. I just want to sit down and drink some water, then fall asleep and sleep until dawn."

Shen Heying reflected on herself, and felt that it was too much, her voice lowered unconsciously: "If it wasn't for your father's bad attitude, could I have quarreled with him? I know you need to drink water when you get home. It's ready, and the bath water is ready."

Zhang Xiuqing knew the truth of giving a sweet date with a stick, so she took all the 17 yuan she earned today out of her pocket and handed it to Shen Heying. Seeing the banknotes, he immediately forgot the unhappiness just now, and smiled brightly, happier than seeing his own mother.

When Zhang Xiuqing came out of the shower, Shen Heying held a lot of money in his hand and said to her excitedly: "Xiuqing, do you know how much money we made today?"

"How much? Is there 50 yuan?" Zhang Xiuqing had already calculated the account in his mind. Those snakes could earn about 11 yuan if they were sold wholesale. I bought chopped green onions for one piece and wholesaled fish to Chen Yuhua, earning ten yuan. Crucian carp and yellow weasel were half sold and half given away for about eight yuan. A total of 56 yuan and [-] cents.

"More than fifty, hehehe... I was afraid of making a mistake, so I ordered three times, a total of 58 yuan and six cents... I was worried that the whole night would be wasted, but I didn't expect to earn so much...People work in the factory and are exhausted. , we only get five or sixty yuan salary a month, we can earn so much in a tiring day, I am afraid no one will believe it, hehehe..." Shen Heying smiled from ear to ear, and it was rare for her to be generous: "This I'll give you sixty cents, you three brothers and sisters can share it, and I'll save the rest of the money!"

You are really my mother, you will never give me problems!Zhang Xiuqing cast a mournful glance at her mother, who was holding a fistful of money and dancing happily, and then at her sister and brother who were empty-handed and looking helplessly at her, and sighed silently.

Don't worry about scarcity but inequality, even if the distribution is small money this time, even if they are a family, Zhang Xiuqing is still afraid that Zhang Xiuhong's psychology will be unbalanced because of the uneven distribution of money.

If she is really a little girl who doesn't understand anything, in order to show fairness, she will definitely divide the sixty cents equally. The result is that Zhang Xiuhong only gets two cents after being tired for a day and one night, and Zhang Xiaofeng gets two cents for nothing. Money, if you have a big heart, you definitely won't care about it, but her sister is obviously the one who can't afford to lose, so naturally Zhang Xiuqing can't do that.

She split the money into two, fifty cents to Zhang Xiuhong, and one cent to Zhang Xiaofeng. Although there was no explanation, the two people who got the money were very happy.

Zhang Xiuhong held the five cents, bowed her head and thought for a while, then took out a ten-cent note and handed it to Zhang Xiaofeng: "Hey, I'll buy you popsicles."

Zhang Xiaofeng was overjoyed, and grinned happily: "Sister, you are so kind to me!"

Zhang Xiuhong smiled and cursed: "Little devil!" Then she went back to the room happily, opened the chest of drawers, and put the money into the pocket of one of the old clothes.

The whole family enjoyed themselves, and everyone was very happy. Zhang Xiuqing was the happiest. She finally took the first step to success.

After resting for a while, Zhang and his wife stood up and came to the river with a pull net, a wire net and a few shrimp nets. They put them all in the water and put them away tomorrow morning. They can catch as much as they can.

Before going to sleep, Zhang Xiuqing remembered something, and beckoned Zhang Xiaofeng to come over, and asked him to publicize the purchase of field snails, yellow clams, and loach in the village tomorrow, and told him the price for him to write it down.As soon as the Zhang couple heard it, they knew that it was five cents lower than the market price, that is to say, their family only made five cents difference.

With the previous brainwashing, Shen Heying didn't say anything this time, and the family rested separately, without saying anything all night.

At around four o'clock the next morning, the whole family got up. Zhang and his wife went to collect the nets by the river, Zhang Xiuqing went to cook porridge in the kitchen, Zhang Xiuhong went to wash clothes on the river bridge stones, Zhang Xiaofeng had nothing to do, so he took a big broom to sweep the yard .

At around five o'clock, Zhang Lingen pushed a cart loaded with more than 200 catties of snails, Zhang Xiuqing followed, and the father and daughter rushed to the county seat.

It was just before seven o'clock, and the two rushed to the farmer's market. Today, there was a young woman with a round face and small eyes in Lin Xiaobing's booth, who seemed to be his wife.One of the two was in charge of killing the fish, and the other was in charge of collecting the money. They were extremely busy and exchanged glances from time to time.

Zhang Lingen looked carefully and found that almost all the snails brought yesterday were sold out, he was relieved.

Lin Xiaobing also saw their father and daughter, and when the fish was ready, he put a small handful of chives into the customer's basket, washed his hands, stood up and walked towards them with a smile on his face: "Uncle , Xiuqing, you are here!"

The woman should have heard the names of their father and daughter from Lin Xiaobing, and greeted them with a smile: "Uncle, Xiuqing!"

Lin Xiaobing blushed before saying anything, and scratched his head with wet hands involuntarily: "That... let me introduce to you, this is my wife Chen Dongzhen!"

Zhang Xiaoqing smiled and called out: "Sister-in-law!"

Zhang Lingen took the two snakeskin bags and snails out of the car and put them on the scale. They weighed a total of 17 catties. Lin Xiaobing gave [-] yuan.

Since many people are used to buying vegetables in the morning, the business is the best during this time period. Zhang's father and daughter did not stay long, and left after standing for a while.

Zhang Lingen pushed the remaining two snakeskin bags and snails to the river not far away, and found Jiang Shuisheng's wire mesh boat among the many boats.The father and daughter boarded the boat with a cart and bought more than 100 catties of small fish such as pierced fish and small crucian carp.

Jiang Lanfang took them by boat to the cooked vegetable shop. Zhang Lingen took down a snakeskin bag of snails, and put up 60 kilograms of threaded fish with buckets, pushed them to Chen Yu's flower shop, and then returned to the boat. He sent it to the east of the city.

Zhang Xiuqing stayed in Chen Yu's flower shop and helped her with a lot of suggestions, such as all staff wearing work clothes, no long fingernails, no grasping things with hands, it is better to change the enamel face plate for cooked vegetables into stainless steel containers, and choose one kind of cooked vegetables every week Engage in special promotions and so on.

Chen Yuhua's eyes lit up when she heard it. She was afraid that she would not remember, so she found a small notebook and wrote down Zhang Xiuqing's suggestions one by one.

Around ten o'clock, another frying pan was set up in the open space in front of the "Yuhua Cooked Vegetables Store".Today, Zhang Xiuqing told the onlookers about some skin care and beauty tips. The first one is to wash the face with rice water, the second one is to apply cucumber slices to the face, and the third one is homemade whitening mask.

Like yesterday, it attracted a large group of men, women and children.According to yesterday's promise, today's small fried fish still sells for one yuan per catty, and many people who buy it are repeat customers.

In addition to performing fried fish, Zhang Xiuqing also performed fried snails. She put some red peppers in it. After cooking, it tasted a little bit spicy, fragrant and fresh, and it was delicious.

Chen Yuhua consulted Zhang Xiuqing's opinion before, and decided to sell it for fifty cents a catty, using the low price to attract popularity, and like yesterday, she filled a large bowl and gave it to people to taste for free.

After Zhang Xiuqing finished her work, she offered to leave, and Chen Yuhua invited her to dinner again like yesterday, but Zhang Xiuqing declined on the pretext of going to her father.However, she never expected that Shen Anlin was also among the spectators. She walked out of the delicatessen shop and was stopped by him before she walked too far.

Shen Anlin blushed with anger, clenched his fists in both hands, stared at Zhang Xiuqing, wishing to slap Zhang Xiuqing.

(End of this chapter)