Li Aihua finished work early on this day, and when he returned home, he saw that only Yulan was playing with Yuzhu at home, but Yumei was nowhere to be seen. She didn't care, Yumei liked to take needlework to He Zhaodi's house to do this, she knew it, there was nothing to make a fuss about. However, the old and young in the family were small, but Yumei lost her hand and ran out to play by herself, and Li Aihua was dissatisfied.

She cleaned herself up and prepared to go out. There are still ten days before the New Year, and there is no need to help from tomorrow, but the New Year's goods are not prepared at all, and there are still a bunch of trivial things to be busy at home.

There are some shops that owe money from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and she has to hurry to correct it and settle the money on credit. There are debts everywhere, but the wages I get are not much, and I have to make careful calculations to get through this year.

The New Year is closed, and it is difficult to come to the New Year. Li Aihua sighed deeply.

She was going to reconcile the accounts, and she passed by He Zhaodi's house on the way, so she wanted to call Yumei home first.

But when he arrived at He Zhaodi's house, Li Aihua found that not only Yumei was not here, but also He Zhaodi.

He Zhaodi's neighbor He Wenmei sold the two of them in a few sentences: "Yumei and Zhaodi went to the city, and they made toys and sold them in the city." There are a few sacks. I don't know what the toys are, and I don't tell them when I ask them, the gods are chattering!"

He Wenmei also said sourly: "Why don't Yumei ask for help? Our family asks Mei's craftsmanship is not bad! I heard that making a play has 5 yuan." ”

Li Aihua was stunned at the moment, she was busy all day, and when she went home at night to wash and wash, she covered her head and slept with her head covered, she didn't know what her children were doing.

At this moment, listening to Mei A-Niang's tone, it seems that Yumei is doing something big?

Li Aihua smiled a little embarrassed, and didn't know how to answer, so he had to play haha, "Alas, the child is tossing around by himself." ”

asked Mei A-Niang to pout, looking at Li Aihua's unclear look, she suddenly threw out one question after another with bad intentions:

"Your eldest girl is really capable, she sells schoolbags and makes head flowers, and now she has changed them to toys? A few days ago, she used rags to make head flowers, and they were all sold out? How much money did you sell? A head flower is only a few cents, what kind of money can you make? Blindly delay your efforts. Now it's a toy again? I heard that you have to use a whole piece of cloth to make it? I see that your eldest girl has pulled several pieces of cloth home before and after, right? It's all done? Hundreds of yuan, can you earn back the capital? Your eldest girl is very capable, you and Lao Chen won't have to work so hard in the future, you have a daughter who can make money, and the future is endless!"

If it was Yulan who faced these problems at this time, she would only give the other party a contemptuous look and spit out: "Idiot!"

If Yumei faced these problems, she would only sneer, raise her chin provocatively at the other party, and ask calmly: "What's your business?!"

Li Aihua is not the Yulan sisters, and her brain was dizzy when she was asked Mei A-Niang's questions one after another, so she couldn't say a word.

In fact, Nanping Village, where Yulan's family is located, is so big, there are hundreds of people in a village, and everyone can clearly know who has a wind and grass.

Now it's the slack time again, there is no work in the fields, and it is hard and tiring to help others, and only those who can't do it will work.

Most of the villagers stay at home, the men drink wine and play cards, and the women get together in twos and threes to knit sweaters and gossip, so don't live too leisurely.

Yumei didn't avoid people when she made head flowers and toys. At that time, when recruiting people, there were a lot of people who wanted to participate, but Yumei only called He Zhaodi and He Ximei, and He Zhaodi called his cousin He Axiu, a total of three people.

The people who were not selected suddenly had a heart to watch the excitement, and they all guessed when Yumei would lose all her money.

Later, I heard that the head flowers made by Yumei were sent to the town market and sold, and everyone thought about it, wanting to follow the trend, but they couldn't even touch the door, and they cheekily came to recommend themselves, and Yumei sent them away without a shortage of manpower.

Therefore, there are many people who are envious, and there are many people who are red and jealous. Others can't take Yumei well, and it's good to say a few sour words and stab Li Aihua.

Li Aihua went out of He Zhao's brother's house top-heavy, and he didn't have the heart to reconcile the accounts, so he went home with a lot of worries, planning to wait for the big girl to go home and ask clearly, what amazing big things she had done.

At home, Yulan is playing a literacy game with Yuzhu. She cut cardboard into four-inch cards, drew a variety of fruits and vegetables on the cards, and taught Yuzhu to recognize them one by one.

She draws very well, and the things on the cards are vivid and attractive.

Yuzhu was attracted by those bright colors and stretched out his little hand to grab it. Magnolia deliberately raised her hand so that she couldn't grab it.

Yuzhu didn't get discouraged if he couldn't grab the one in Yulan's hand, and continued to attack the next target.

Grandma held the hand warmer in her hand, leaned in front of the threshold, and watched the two children play happily with a smile.

Li Aihua rushed into the house in a hurry, sat on the bench with a calm face, panting silently.

Yulan was taken aback, took Yuzhu into her arms, patted her lightly on the back, and said "not afraid, not afraid".

Yuzhu was having a good time, but suddenly she was taken into her arms by Yulan, and the card she grabbed in her hand fell down, and she suddenly screamed unhappily.

Magnolia whispered to soothe the little girl who was losing her temper, while pricking up her ears to listen to the adults.

Grandma's brows furrowed tightly, looked at Li Aihua, and asked, "What's the matter, who provoked you?

Li Aihua replied in a muffled voice: "No." Do you know what that damn girl has been doing lately?"

When Yulan heard this, she blinked, "It turns out that A-Niang is angry with A-Niang?" But A-Niang has been busy making money lately, and she hasn't messed with A-Niang?"

The grandmother glanced at her daughter-in-law dissatisfiedly and said, "You should go and look in the mirror to see how you look now." Look at the way you look like you're going to find someone desperately, just for the eldest girl? That's your daughter, dear! You're the boss, why are you still frizzy like a child, shouting and killing without asking. ”

Glancing at Li Aihua's still dark face, Grandma said disapprerovingly: "What do you say the big girl does? Isn't it just a few little girls doing handicrafts together to earn pocket money? What's in your way? It's worth your anger over this little thing?"

Li Aihua was anxious: "How can this be a trivial matter? Since you know, why don't you care about her, just let her waste things and waste money like this? You don't know how ugly the words about her in the village are, you almost didn't say that she was a loser." ”

Yulan suddenly realized, "A-Niang must have thought that Sister A-Niang had lost money so she was angry and anxious." I don't know what her reaction will be when she knows that Sister A has made money. ”

Magnolia thought a little unkindly.

If Li Aihua is a quick temper, grandma is a slow man.

Grandma Langzhong said slowly: "Hua, don't be so anxious about your temper. Children like to toss, let them toss, how big it is. You, first ask the child what to say, don't go online as soon as you open your mouth. ”

Seeing that Li Aihua still looked angry, her grandmother scolded her again: "You don't listen to the words of those broken mouths in the village." Just you have a mallet, people arrange your children, you don't just go back, and take advantage of their intentions, come back and make trouble with your own family, are you stupid?"

Li Aihua felt that she couldn't hold her face, and muttered: "What does the dead girl know, tossing around, wasting things." Speaking of which, she still feels sorry for the hundreds of dollars.

Grandma sighed, this daughter-in-law loves face, and she really can't break it.

Fortunately, several children are sensible and well-behaved, which is better than being a mother, which can be considered comforting.

Seeing that the daughter-in-law still wanted to say something, the grandmother waved her hand and didn't want to listen. The older she gets, the less energetic she gets, and she gasps so much that she has to rest.

Yumei returned home briskly, humming a little song in her mouth and carrying an empty sack in her hand. She was in a very good mood when everything was sold, thinking that she would have to do a big job after the year, and seeing that there were a lot of banknotes coming into the account, she was so happy that she was about to fly into the sky, and she couldn't wait to share today's results with her family.

Yulan winked at Yumei and asked her to pay attention to A-Niang's face.

Yumei was carried away by the great joy, and she didn't notice Yulan's hint at all, so she fell headlong into the net formed by A-Niang's anger.

"Chen Yumei, can you bear it? You buy those rags and toss them blindly, you also buy the whole cloth and come back to waste it, there is nowhere to spend the money, right? I have nowhere to spend it to your mother and me, I am almost crazy thinking about where to get money every day, I don't know that my daughter is carrying a huge amount of money in her arms? Everyone else knows everything, and I am still in the dark. Do you have to wait until all the creditors come to the door before I know what good things you have done?"

Yumei was dumbfounded by this series of questions and scolding.

Yulan was very sad: It turns out that in the eyes of A-Niang, a few hundred yuan is already a huge amount of money?

She glanced at Sister A sympathetically, she was the mastermind, and Sister A was just an accomplice, but as a result, Sister Ah was all left alone, and Yulan had a sympathy in her heart. However, looking at the tyrannosaurus-like A-Niang, Yulan was very glad that she was young and escaped the catastrophe.

Yumei handed the backpack to Yulan. The contract inside was very important, and she wanted Yulan to look at it first, and then turn around to deal with the angry old lady head-on.

With a few thousand yuan in her arms, Yumei felt very confident, so she spoke to her mother in a good-natured manner: "A-Niang, can you not get angry first, can we have something to say?"

Li Aihua was angry, "Aren't I telling you a good talk? Come, tell me, where did you get the hundreds of yuan? If you have a few hundred yuan for me to go to those small shops to settle the accounts, you can pay off a few of them, and you have taken them all! Have you lost all of them? Can you bear your ability, you eat my house, I spend mine, and you want to harm my things, why did I give birth to such a ruined son of you?!......

Grandma shouted: "Ah Hua!!"

Li Aihua's rising anger was extinguished in an instant, and as soon as she got angry, she was easy to lose control of herself, and she didn't choose her words, and her mouth hurt people.

Grandma shook her head and talked to her well, but she forgot in a blink of an eye, stupid!

looked at Yumei, and sure enough, she looked injured.

Grandma stood up and beckoned to Yumei to come over. Yumei hurriedly helped her grandmother, but her mouth was pruned and she didn't speak.

Li Aihua felt a trace of guilt in his heart, but in an instant, he was replaced by more important thoughts. She stretched out her hand towards Yumei: "How much money is left, hand it over." ”

Grandma glanced at Li Aihua, touched Yumei's head, and said, "Good boy, your aunt is for your good, don't blame her." ”

The disappointment in Yumei's heart couldn't stop surging up, and her eyes fogged unconsciously.

Why does A-Niang think that I will definitely lose money?

Magnolia was also speechless.

She pulled the corner of Li Aihua's clothes and said dissatisfiedly: "Ah Niang, Ah Niang, Sister doesn't have anything to do, she has made a lot of money! ”

Li Aihua stared at Yulan, showing that he didn't believe it.

What kind of money can you make with a little kid? She didn't think so.

However, in the next second, her eyes widened.

Yumei took out a cloth bag from her close-fitting pocket and unwrapped it layer by layer, revealing the blue hundred-dollar bill inside. Look at the thickness, there are thousands.

Yumei put out one by one, ten hundred yuan together, with a half fold sandwiched, a total of four copies of a total of 4,000 yuan, scattered and two hundred yuan, one fifty, two ten yuan, one five yuan and one two yuan, a total of 4,277 yuan.

Li Aihua's eyes were about to pop out.

Yumei continued to settle the accounts, "The round-trip fare for me and Brother Zhao, the money for lunch dinner, and the money for chartering a car, I spent 53 yuan, and the rest is here." This batch of goods sold for a total of 4,330 yuan. I went to buy cloth for 495 yuan, and I still owed 622 yuan in wages to the three people. We netted 3,213 yuan. ”

Li Aihua felt a little pain in her cheeks, she was really scared. She was busy from morning to night, tired like a dog, and she didn't get more than 30 yuan a day. A few little girls tossed around blindly and topped her income for three or four months, are you serious?

Yumei still didn't give up, and continued: "The 495 yuan we used to buy cloth was made up of the money we earned from selling our first flowers before, plus the money I saved from making schoolbags for others before. I never asked you for a penny, and you never gave me a penny. I don't understand how my hard work to make money has become something that has harmed you?"

Yumei stretched out her hands, a pair of hands that were originally white and slender, because of doing housework for a long time, the skin was dry and cracked, and the bones were prominent because of thinness, and obvious calluses could be seen on the fingertips, and there was a crack in the nails of the thumb, index finger, and middle finger.

"I and the others worked day and night just to earn a little more before the Chinese New Year. I'm afraid that people will swarm into our house to ask for debts, I don't want you and Daddy to get up early every day and work for others, and I don't want you to toss and turn every night and can't sleep. I just want to give you a surprise, but who have you listened to the nonsense that didn't ask me a single question, and accused me like that?

Li Aihua covered his mouth, tears crawling all over his face. She always thought that the child was ignorant, and the family relied on the couple to earn a meager salary by doing odd jobs and paying off the debts little by little, and she was really tired. So when I hear that my child spends money indiscriminately, I am anxious.

Now, seeing the child's sad little face, she suddenly couldn't say a word.

Yumei has a bad heart, and the joy of making money has already disappeared without a trace in A-Niang's scolding one after another.

Grandma touched Yumei's head and sighed.

Yulan lowered her head to appease Yuzhu's movements, covering her reddish eyes.

Hey, it's all poor! Yulan only felt that her heart to make money was more determined.