Chapter 13: Selling Steamed Buns (2)
"*** is really smart, my younger brother is five years old, and he can't count yet" Seeing Fang Monan's full little adult, the students next to him also laughed.
"Of course, 1 is as thin and long as a pencil; 2. Like a duckling floating on water; 3. Hear like ears; 4. Like a red flag fluttering in the wind; 5. Like a scale hook to buy vegetables; 6 Like a whistle and a beep; 7 Like a sickle cutting grass; 8. Like a twisted flower; 9 Like a spoon to eat; 10 like chopsticks with eggs. Fang Monan said, still using his fingers~] to be stunned, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Fang Monan received all the money into the cardboard box, and thought calmly, people were curious on the first day, so there would be such a good harvest, and the family who went to high school had some family background, no matter how poor the parents were, the students would not be poor, especially those who lived in the school, they also had to have money for their children's meals, plus the quality of the steamed buns was better than that of the public ones, although it was one or two points more expensive, some people also gritted their teeth and bought it. After the beginning of the freshness, sales will decline, and she calculates in her heart that she can earn fifty or sixty yuan a month without costs and uncertainties, which should be very easy.
Now looking at Grandma's happiness, it is estimated that she will continue to do it without Fang Monan's encouragement.
What Fang Monan thinks about is the follow-up question, which is how she can persuade her grandmother to persevere.
Even in the era of the movement, the private economy was not completely banned, and there were still some unemployed people in the county town who set up stalls to make ends meet. For example, book stalls, watch repair stalls, fried food stalls, popsicle stalls, etc.
Now that the times are different, they can do it in a bright way, and their steamed buns still have an advantage for the public.
Self-employed in the early eighties, stocks in the late eighties, real estate in the nineties, networks in the twenty-first century. These are the most lucrative. In the early eighties, you can make a fortune by setting up a stall, even if there are historical reasons, but most of them don't dare, at the end of the eighties, the original shares, buy to make money, but many people don't.
In the 80s, if you do something, you will become one of the people who will get rich first in the eyes of future generations. How many people have ever lamented that they were born at the wrong time, or regretted that the good time to go to the sea was in vain. But in those days, being an individual was indeed in the eyes of most people, and it was a tossing thing that was not doing business. Most of the workers are labor reforms, or unemployed vagrants who are idle on the streets. Everyone would rather guard the factory from morning to night, earning the dead wages of twenty or thirty yuan a month, and feel that the money earned is steady.
Fang Monan looked at the happy smile on his grandmother's face with a smirk, and he was also very happy, and finally found a job for his grandmother with no technical content. The important thing is not how much money they can make, but how to cultivate this awareness. Isn't it a popular saying a few years later, if you engage in missiles, you can't make as much money as selling tea and eggs, and you can solve the problem when the time comes. But soon the problems she considered were resolved one by one by Old Man Lin, and those who have knowledge have foresight.
Grandma smirked, Fang Monan held the box and sat on the small wooden table, not waiting for grandma to recover, but waiting for her aunt to come home. Looking at the big and small in the house, they sat in front of the door stupidly, and they didn't even open the door.
"Nannan, your grandmother?" The aunt looked at her, pointed to the stupid grandmother and asked.
"Oh look." Fang Monan gave her the cash box.
When my aunt saw that there were so many gross tickets and coins, she raised her eyebrows, "What's going on." ”
Fang Monan told her what happened just now, obviously although the aunt was also a little surprised, but by noon, after a lot of work, she was tired and hungry, and eating was the most important, and she didn't calculate it carefully. Push grandma, let's eat at noon? ”
"Ah" Grandma came back to her senses at this time, "It's noon, eat steamed buns" opened the door of the house, and looked at the empty steamed bun pot, "Oh no, we sold all the steamed buns." "At that time, I only thought that it would go bad if I couldn't finish eating, so I just filled it and forgot to keep a few to eat. She slapped her thigh, "It's simple, Xiaoyan, you get a scrambled egg with tomatoes, and then cut a cucumber shredded, I'll roll out the noodles now." At noon, I can eat hand-rolled noodles. ”
"Okay, I'll go pick tomatoes in the backyard." Fang Monan got up and ran down the stone steps, and walked to the backyard to pick 'tomatoes and cucumbers'.
After lunch, Mr. Lin also had it, he usually ate lunch in the unit canteen, and dinner was solved. Grandma, aunt, and Fang Menan went to him together to talk about it.
After listening to the words, Old Man Lin thought for a while, "Big sister, Xiaoyan is reading newspapers these days, presumably you too, the national policy is open, and we will not violate the policy by doing this." ”
Grandma heard his words and nodded happily.
Old Man Lin looked at her and asked if she wanted to continue. Seeing that grandma was happy, he hurriedly waved his hand, "Listen to me finish speaking, although the policy allows, but you also, our county is small, people's thoughts may still stay in that period, you understand what I said," Seeing grandma nodded, he continued to say, "I'm not afraid of other people's gossip, pointing fingers, and gossiping." "I also nagged my grandmother about some possible effects.
Fang Monan was relieved to see that the old man had spoken out what she was worried about before. Now it depends on grandma's choice, looking at grandma a little nervously, afraid that she will retreat in the end, and seeing that she can't help, these are all things that she can do, others can't help, so she can only wait anxiously.
My aunt was also on the side, rubbing her hands, looking at her grandmother nervously, but I didn't expect that if I put up a steamed bun stall, I would earn more than her. The wealth is moving, she is a little excited, but she is afraid that her grandmother will not do it. She worked in the county party committee and had come into contact with many people, and she had heard similar things. She thought at the time that if she encountered such a thing, now it was her turn, she was not afraid of others saying that their family was a little, as early as when she quarreled with her eldest brother, the people of the whole county were probably all, and she was still afraid that other people's remarks would affect her
The silence in the house only heard the annoying cry outside the tree, grandma from the beginning of the excitement, by the old man, a basin of cold water poured down, hung her head, calmly thought for a long time, raised her head, firmly to him I want to do, I am not afraid of others to say irresponsible things, I am so old, I can't see through. Seeing that my granddaughter couldn't even eat the meat for a year, I felt distressed; Watching my daughter move bricks and mud all day long, doing the work of a big man, I feel distressed; Nannan's mother and her father are three points shorter in front of their in-laws' family, isn't it that they have no money to make trouble, and the family is bitter. Why, why don't you do it, the policies are allowed, what am I afraid of, as for those gossips, I'm not afraid. "Grandma said and shed tears.
Grandma remembered the conversation between the second sister in the countryside and their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the morning, which touched her a lot. She wiped her tears and said more firmly, I will do it, and you will tell me now. ”
The aunt listened to her grandmother's words, and also shed tears, and when she heard her mother's distressed words, she was even more moved and just called "Mom...... Mom......"
Fang Monan ran to grandma and hugged her and said, grandma, you are awesome."
After waiting for their family's emotions to be vented, Mr. Lin said to his aunt that he would go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to apply for a business license and handling fees. ”
My aunt said no, I'll go, go to the industrial and commercial bureau first, go to the public security, taxation, I asked all the departments, although people go to tea and cool, when my old man is still there, I also know a few people, even if I cry, I want them to help, do it, and no longer trouble us. ”
"You're fine," Old Man Lin nodded, it was just right for an aunt to go, orphans and widows, and when Old Man Mo was alive, he was not a person, and those of them were embarrassed to bully, and there were people who set up stalls to take advantage of the shade. "The stall was placed in front of the high school, and I went to say that I was also from the Culture and Education Bureau, and the principal of the county high school was very familiar with me, so I said hello and estimated that it was not a big problem."
Fang Monan listened to their discussion, and there are also people in the court who are easy to do, and they have a relationship with Huaxia, and they have to talk about relationships, and even have to have a relationship with setting up a stall. Otherwise, wait for someone to take it away, and connections are actually a kind of wealth.
Fang Monan is even more pleased with his grandmother's final decision, it may be that if you are poor, you have finally taken the first step, and now you can only start with clothing, food, housing, transportation, and the simplest food, the purchasing power of the county is not strong, too expensive, and no one will buy it. Yi, Fang Monan has an idea, but she can't start here, she has to enter the space from other places and add it up at night, and her first pot of gold may be settled soon.
Grandma earns money, and it is possible for Fang Monan to eat openly in the space. It's not a good feeling to eat alone and have no food to share with your family.
A little aunt asked for leave, no, ran all over the relationship that could be used on this street, her eyes were red, Fang Monan really cried when she saw it, but from the smile in her eyes and face, it seems that the matter has been done. In the evening, Mr. Lin also said that it was no problem to set up a stall at the entrance of the high school, and he also told his aunt a good news, he won her a qualification to audit, and told her to study hard.
The aunt jumped up happily and promised to study hard and live up to their expectations.
Grandma's first step was taken like this, and there may be more troubles and problems in the future, but Fang Monan and the others will definitely be able to overcome it.
The next day, Fang Monan took advantage of the fact that the weather was not too hot, and at eight o'clock, her grandmother began to steam steamed steamed buns, so she asked her grandmother for eight cents and went to the post office to buy stamps and send letters. The people in the post office saw that she was small and ignorant, and they didn't want to sell her. But I heard her say that there was something wrong with the adults in the family, she came for them, and she said that she had a nose and eyes, so she was released, and she looked cute, and her mouth was sweet, and the people at the post office also enthusiastically helped her paste stamps and send them. It's not as ugly as the face of the usual state-owned units, the words are ugly, and the things are difficult to do, it is estimated that she is too cute, Fang Monan thought so stinkyly.
Watching a big bulging envelope sent away, inside were five clothing design drawings that Fang Monan had worked hard to pick and draw in the space yesterday, thanks to the fact that when she worked in an American clothing store, the store not only sold brand-name clothing, but also a lot of clothing magazines, including a nostalgic classic series, she also looked through a lot of them when she had nothing to do, although she couldn't afford those clothes at the time, but it didn't prevent her from appreciating it
The most important thing is that Fang Monan's store accepts customization, so she learned first-hand clothing drawing at a low level in this store, and also learned to tailor, so that when she wanted to quit her job, the boss refused to let go, although she had no talent in design, but she was willing to bear hardships and stand hard work, and she was rigorous.
Clothing design drawings are not simply a style drawing, a small dress seems simple but contains countless small details, how to design to highlight different features, how to design comfortable to wear, shoulders, waist and hips, buttocks have a small mystery included. In addition to the style, color, matching, and side of the costume, the back is all drawn, and Fang Monan has succeeded in 'stealing teachers' in this regard, which is very professional.
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