With the business of selling tea eggs, King Zhao made a lot of money every day, selling tea eggs in the morning, and began to make baskets at home in the afternoon, or went to the countryside to sell baskets and bring some eggs back at the same time.

At the end of the month, the boy and the girl sat in the courtyard, holding a pen and paper and calculating how much money they had earned in the month.

Ye Xi, have you calculated the money for selling the basket? Zhao Wang looked at the homework paper full of numbers in his hand and asked casually.

What are you urging? Wait a minute, will someone die? The little girl's temper is quite bad.

Zhao Wang, "???"

The total amount of money for selling the basket was six hundred and twenty-seven yuan, and not long after, the little girl bit the tip of her pen and looked at the scratch paper in her hand and said;

King Zhao nodded and signaled that he knew, he had only woven about forty baskets this month, and the money he earned would naturally drop a lot.

Let's calculate the money from selling tea eggs, King Zhao handed the list in his hand to the girl and said;

This month, a total of 4,620 tea eggs were sold, and you spent a dime per egg to buy them back, and the 4,620 eggs cost 5,0082 yuan, two yuan per tea egg, that is, 9 cents per egg, so 4,620 tea eggs, you earned 4,158 yuan, by the way, and the tea you bought, star anise and other ingredients, about 400 yuan, all the costs aside, you made a net profit of 3,758 yuan, not long. The girl calculated everything properly, but she was a little verbose when she said it, maybe she felt the need to go into more detail.

King Zhao's head was a little big when he heard it, did this girl treat him as that kind of idiot, afraid that he wouldn't understand?

After the girl finished speaking, she said triumphantly, Zhao Bawang, I said it clearly enough, you understand.

"Huh!"

King Zhao thought to himself, if I don't understand, then you won't call me a fool and an idiot?

Zhao Bawang, I made a total of 4,358 yuan this month, almost 5,000 yuan, the girl suddenly said excitedly;

Hearing the number of four thousand three hundred and fifty-eight, King Zhao's body trembled, such a large sum of money, if it was placed more than three years ago, it would be enough for him to live with the old man for a year or two, he clearly remembered that when he first lived with the old man, in the first half a year, they basically earned more than two hundred and fifty yuan per month, two meals a day, all rice and potato porridge, can only ensure that they do not starve to death.

In the next half a year, the old man couldn't hold a knife, but he was very hard-working, and he also had the skills to earn three or four hundred a month, and then after his skills improved, he could weave six or seven baskets a day, plus the people who made the baskets fell sharply, and the price of the baskets rose rapidly, and he could earn more than a thousand a month.

There is also that nearly a year ago, the price of the basket rose again, plus his height and strength slowly grew up, and the work he did every month naturally increased a lot, and it was common to earn 1,450 a month, but he spent a lot of time on that big screen later, and basically only earned six or seven hundred yuan a month.

Zhao Bawang, if you don't take the initiative to raise the price of eggs by three cents, you can earn more than 1,300 more this month, which adds up to more than 6,000, the girl calculated and said;

Everyone is a poor family, and it is also appropriate to let them make some money, besides, if I don't raise the price a little, they won't be so active in saving eggs, and they will eat them themselves, Zhao Wang said;

"Oh!"

The little girl should have understood, oh, and there was no follow-up.

Ye Xi, now that we have a way to make money, let's save a little more for the old man, and these days, the old man's body and bones suddenly slid down at a rapid pace, I am worried that he will not be able to hold on that day, and at that time he will use a lot of money, if there is really no money, then we have no choice, we can only scold the old man, but now that we have made money, we will send him away in a beautiful way, the battles and ceremonies must be complete, and we can't let others see the old man's jokes, King Zhao said earnestly;

I understand, Ye Xi nodded, I just hope that the old man can last a few more days, and we can afford the high-quality coffin in the Han family's coffin shop.

Well, I think the same way, I have to get the coffin back while the old man is still conscious, so that he can be happy, Zhao Wang said;

Now I have all the words that I should recognize, and I will leave the matter of selling tea and eggs in the morning to me, and you will be busy with other things, Ye Xi turned his head and said, Let's save money for the old man together.

I'll boil the tea eggs for you every day, and then send them to Qibao Street, and I'll come back to make the basket or do other things, Zhao Wang said;

By the way, let's go buy some of the best dry tobacco for the old man in a while, and come back, if you have money, you have to let him enjoy the blessings, Zhao Wang said;

Okay, I'll go when I've fed the chickens, and the girl readily agreed.

While the boy and the girl were talking, at the door of the house, a rickety figure trembled slightly, and old tears flowed down from his eyes, and then he took a deep breath of dry smoke and sat down slowly on the bed, and the pace was extremely slow.

When he sat down on the bed, the old man smoked a dry cigarette and smiled, like an old fairy under the cover of the smoke.

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Next, the boy and the girl worked hard to help the old man save the money for the 'high-grade' coffin, in the past, King Zhao got up early and greedy for the old man in order to buy a pair of inferior coffins, and after the money for the coffin was enough, he began to think again, a person's life will die once and bury him once, and this coffin will accompany him for eternity. Whether it is a thousand years or ten thousand years, it is a very long time, so he thinks that he has to buy a medium coffin for the old man, but after the money for the middle coffin is enough, he feels that he has the ability to buy a pair of high-quality coffins for the old man, and after the high-quality money is enough, he feels that he must buy him the best coffin to let the old man leave in a beautiful manner, and he must buy him the best coffin, just like that, the young man has been saving money for more than three years.

As the days passed, the little chickens in the yard grew up, moved, and went to the chicken shed above the small bungalow, and the old man's body was not as good as before, that is, he basked in the sun in the yard and covered his body with a worn-out blanket.

Three or four months later, King Zhao bought the best coffin in the Han family's coffin shop, and the old man of the Han family said, it was the best, better than the high-quality ones, but the price was really not cheap, 60,000 yuan.

King Zhao and the little girl said that the old man of the Han family only sold him 55,000 yuan, and only paid 35,000 yuan, and the rest was owed first, the old man Han did not agree, knowing that the two children were very filial, and was willing to sell the high-grade coffins in the shop to them at a 60% discount, after all, King Zhao and Ye Xi were too young and had no elders, what if they waited for the old man to return to the west, and ran away all at once? This kind of thing is not afraid of 10,000 yuan, is afraid of just in case, can he still go to the grave to dig out the coffin, no one can do that kind of immoral thing.

Later, Uncle Wang, who was selling breakfast together on Qibao Street, passed by the coffin shop of the Han family, and without saying a word, he took out the money he was carrying to buy goods in the city, and was willing to fill the gap for them, so that King Zhao would slowly pay him back in the future, and the old man Han knew Uncle Wang, and he saw that Uncle Wang was so relieved, gritted his teeth, and promised to give the coffin to King Zhao first, and let him pay back the rest of the money later, in fact, he was still very moved by the filial piety of the young man.

"Old ghost, you really have a good pair of grandchildren! Your life is worth it, it's worth it, it's worth it!"

This sentence was said by the old man Han after sending the coffin to the small courtyard, patting the shoulder of the old man who was sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun, and anyone could hear the envy in his words.

Hehe, it's the grandson and the granddaughter-in-law, the old man grinned weakly, which made the old man Han stunned for a moment.

That day, many people were alarmed, and they all came to see the coffin, and many people said that the old man had a good pair of grandchildren, although they were not relatives, but they were too many relatives.

King Zhao and Ye Xi both remembered that the old man smiled happily that day, almost didn't close his mouth, and the old Yang Tou, who had never been very harmonious with the old man, also came, in terms of food and clothing, he was much better than the old man, but he kept sighing, saying that he was not as good as the old man in his life, and he talked with the old man for a long time before leaving.

Two months later, the old man didn't even have the strength to speak, King Zhao spent some money, bought a wheelchair and came back, often pushing the old man to turn in the yard, or pushing him to walk around the alleys, and the little girl went to sell tea eggs in the morning, a few days ago, King Zhao felt that the old man's body was about to die, Someone needs to be by his side at all times, so he bought a lot of eggs in advance, and the little girl's room was almost full, even the house outside was also piled up a lot, and at the same time, there were green bamboos with signs on the side of the yard, and there were about 100 of them.

Not long after, the little girl came back, she was busy with other things for a while, so she helped the old man wash his clothes, wipe his hands, and King Zhao was weaving a back basket on the side, standing up from time to time and saying a few words in the old man's ear.

Old man, let me tell you, in the past two months, I have earned more than 15,000 yuan, all of which I earned alone.

King Zhao rolled his eyes and said, "I also have the credit for it."

Hmph, what was sold in the afternoon was counted as my own earning, and what was sold in the morning was half of what we sold in the morning, and that was all right?" the little girl said indignantly;

Okay, okay, it's all earned by you alone, King Zhao rubbed the girl's head, and he didn't have a good airway;

A few days ago, the little girl thought to herself, what a delicious tea egg this is, I have to eat five or six in the morning, and several in the afternoon, so is the other person the same as me, and must eat it in the afternoon?

She didn't bring a small iron stove, but after boiling the tea eggs from home, she went around selling them directly on her back, without a fixed location, but the business was not bad, she could sell seventy or eighty every afternoon, earning dozens of yuan, and when it was good, she could earn more than a hundred yuan.

By the way, today I met Mr. Li again, I took ten tea eggs to him, but he didn't want to live or die, and I had to give it alive or dead, and he had no choice but to take it, but he only needed five to live or die, and gave me ten yuan, I didn't want his money, and I found that his feet were not good, and when he walked, he limped and lame, thinking that it was the last time he was injured, I helped him back, and when he got to his house, I saw Aunt Xu, she didn't recognize me, and then I called her, and then I told her that I was the little girl she hugged when she was a child, 'Ye Xi', Aunt Xu remembered me at once, she was very happy, and pulled me to talk for a long time, and she gave me money, but I didn't ask for it, but she insisted that I take it, and then I said, "Aunt Xu, I've grown up, I can make money to support myself, I can earn more than a hundred a day," she looked at me and smiled, and didn't insist on giving me money, she also praised me for growing up, Sensible, the little girl said a lot at once, and King Zhao listened very carefully.

You did this right, Old Man Li is kind to us, whether we can repay it or not, we have to remember, King Zhao said;

Well, I remember, I gave Aunt Xu six tea eggs later, Aunt Xu didn't want it originally, I know what she thinks, but I said, the number six is very auspicious, I hope she has a smooth life, Aunt Xu happily continued, she ate one at the time, she said that the tea eggs are delicious, praise my craftsmanship is very good, I looked at her very happy, and forgot to explain that this tea egg is boiled by you.

Later, her daughter and son both called, I heard their conversation, and my daughter told Aunt Xu that their exam results came out, and her grades were the first in the school, Aunt Xu laughed from ear to ear after hearing it, and so did Mr. Li, but her son only took the school more than 90 in the exam, and Aunt Xu didn't laugh, but Aunt Xu didn't scold him, just urged him to work hard next time, but Mr. Li laughed and said, "Grandson, You don't have any pressure, you can get into the top 100 in the whole school in your school, and you will definitely be a key university in the future, but you can't have any slack, when you are admitted to a key university, grandpa, I will take you to travel abroad. ”

Also, Aunt Xu's son should be very filial, he told Mr. Li on the phone to do everything slowly, pay attention to the body, he also told Aunt Xu to take care of the old man, her daughter also instructed so, and they said that Aunt Xu's husband will come back in a few days to follow Aunt Xu to take care of Mr. Li's life.

Seeing that their family is so good, I am very happy and happy for them, I hope God can bless them with a good family, the little girl did not forget to say this after speaking;

En, I also hope that their family will be harmonious and peaceful, King Zhao said;

However, when Aunt Xu asked me about the situation at home, I didn't want her to worry, so I just talked about it casually, and it was very good, and the little girl added.

It's good that you do this, after all, we owe a lot to others, and we can't take other people's good seriously, King Zhao nodded, and felt that this little girl had grown up.

The old man on the side also seemed to listen very carefully, with a smile on his face, and there was a kind of relief.

I also saw the wicked woman, but I avoided it from a distance, in fact, I wanted to hit her with two tea eggs, but I thought to myself, two tea eggs are worth four dollars, even if I smash her to death, I will feel that it is not worth it, I want to hit her with a stone, but I am really afraid that she will be stoned to death, causing unnecessary trouble, the girl groaned for a long time, thought about it or said what was held in her heart.

King Zhao smiled bitterly, he felt sad for the woman surnamed Ma, her life was not as good as two tea eggs in the eyes of the little girl, if she knew, I was afraid that she would die of anger.

Girl, let's not worry about her, it's not worth it, this kind of person will have God to clean her up, King Zhao comforted

Zhao Bawang, a wicked person like her, just split her five horses, I think it's too cheap for her, you forgot, she put a medicine in your meal that can make you unconscious, and beat you all over the body, and finally locked you in a dark room for several days, think about it, how old were you at that time, that wicked woman was so ruthless, do you think she should die well? The little girl jumped up suddenly and said angrily;

King Zhao said in a decisive manner;

That's it, that evil woman, I originally wanted to sue Mr. Li, but I thought about it later, and I thought it was better to forget it, after all, Mr. Li is really old, and letting him worry about these worries will only make him age faster, I will be very upset, and I heard the people on TV say that our country is developing rapidly, and the orphans in the society have been properly resettled, taken care of, very humane, have full freedom, and can study and go to school, but our place is too remote and has not yet been popularized here, Ye Xi said;

Well, now that Old Man Li often goes to the orphanage, the wicked woman will not be so lawless, and in a few years, our town will definitely change a lot, King Zhao nodded;

A family of three chatted in the small courtyard like this, but the old man couldn't speak, and could only listen to the two children talking, or hurt each other.

The old man still smokes now, but he can't hold the old dry tobacco stick anymore, and every time King Zhao holds it for him, the little girl lights the fire for him.

Old man, you're going to burp, you're still swallowing clouds and spitting fog, you are going to heaven to be a god, King Zhao will joke a few words every time, causing the old man to stare dryly.

Old man, at night, let Zhao Bawang grind peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts, etc. into powder and boil porridge for you to drink, okay? The little girl rubbed her shoulders for the old man and asked;

The old man rolled his eyes, but it was not obvious, he thought that this girl wanted to eat.

"Oh, old man, a few of your beards are black, you want to rejuvenate,"

"Yohe, old man, you can still beat people, are you going against the sky?"

"Oh my God, old ghost, you can pinch people, who did you learn this from?"

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In the small courtyard, a warm picture envies others.