Chapter 105: The harder it is, the harder you have to work
The happiness was short-lived, and the happiness that Zhong Xi brought to Xu Shu's family also disappeared when his marriage proposal was rejected.
said that he could continue to be friends, but after the membrane was pierced, he couldn't even be friends.
When Zhong Xi came again, Xu Shu was not so enthusiastic, and she was a little faint.
Later, Zhong Xi felt bored and gradually became estranged.
Soon, another semester was over.
I can't go back to Duo Ni Village this summer, where can I go back and live without a house?
It's obviously inappropriate to let the two children stay in the "pig nest" every day, and it's not safe to let them go out to play by themselves, what should I do?
Why don't you take them to a stall?
"Now, I'm in a problem, how do you arrange your summer vacation?" Xu Shu calmly raised her confusion in front of the children, she believes that the children have more ways than herself, and she does this, to a certain extent, to stimulate the children's self-management and safety awareness.
"Can we go out with you? We've grown up and there are so many things we can do. Liu Ming said.
"yes, I'm in third grade soon, and I can do a lot of things!"
"Shall we set up a stall then?"
"Okay, okay, great! I'm sure we're selling more than Mom! ”
"Then let's leave early the day after tomorrow, I'll say it first, and don't cry if it doesn't sell by then."
"Oh, Mom, you're underestimating us."
"You two bring your homework, and if you really don't have a business, you can read books and do your homework."
"Okay, I'll guard my sister while I'm doing my homework, and I'll be guarding when I'm doing my homework." Xu Jie will really arrange it.
Xu Shu knew that there was a small alley to the west of their "pig nest", which was dedicated to setting up a stall, and it was set up for a day's rent.
There are shelves to set up stalls, what if there are no shelves? Xu Shu decided to nail a wooden frame by herself and spread cardboard on it, anyway, the goods she bought were not heavy, and it would still work to build it temporarily, and if the business was good in the future, she would buy a decent new shelf.
Everything in the city needs money, and everything can be sold to make money, and people with active brains can still live a good life in the city.
The courage is forced.
If Liu Ming wants to stay in her hometown all the time, she definitely doesn't have the courage to sell.
However, the city is good, except for classmates and a few neighbors, ordinary people don't know them, and the students of Huizhong are top students selected from all over the county, and they basically go back during the summer vacation, and it is rare to meet classmates in the city.
As long as you are not dealing with acquaintances, the shyness is much weaker.
Xu Jie followed Xu Shu to run around, he was bold.
The booth fee is one yuan a day, and their stall has sandals, socks, children's toys, nail clippers...... They write a sticker one by one, and label each item with a price.
Unexpectedly, they thought more thoughtfully than Xu Shu.
Marking the price is really beneficial, originally some people were afraid of being expensive and embarrassed to buy, but when they saw the price, they decided to pay for it.
The stall had just opened, and in less than ten minutes, someone had come up to see it.
Liu Ming and Xu Jie are doing business for the first time,
When I saw someone come forward to look, my little face turned red, and I was cautious, for fear that the person would look at it and leave.
"Do you have any other colors for these slippers?"
"Yes...... Yes...... There are also red and blue ......" Seeing the customer asking, Xu Jie hurriedly rummaged through it.
"A pair of blue ones, 25 yards."
"Good Luo ......" Xu Jie's excited voice changed tone.
Xu Jie sells, and Liu Ming collects money to find money.
"Mom, I'll just say, we will never lose to you!" After the customer left, Xu Jie jumped up.
"Look at your smugness...... Okay, today's booth fee is earned, and how much we can sell next can be regarded as our earnings, so let's go for it! Xu Shu smiled, she was placing the goods.
None of her goods were batch at once now, but were accumulated one at a time before.
It's the first time for her to really set up a stall like this, so not to mention that the two babies are happy, her heart is also happy.
If you can make a profit of 10 yuan a day, it is higher than the income in the canteen.
Will there be?
They were happy for a while, but then they became a little depressed, because no one had asked for most of the day except for this business.
"Sister, you do your homework first, and then I will do it after you finish a test paper." After waiting for less than an hour, the two children became a little impatient.
"Everyone goes to work during the day, it's normal to have no business, don't worry, just play here." Xu Shu has experience and knows when the peak period of customers is, she has already calculated in her heart, she will take them for a few days first, and after getting acquainted, she will have to take advantage of this free time to go out to collect scrap......
After Xu Shu said this, the two children calmed down and began to take turns guarding the stall.
During this period, some elementary and middle school students passed by, but they just looked at it and did not buy it.
It's also good for someone to watch, at least not so boring.
Sure enough, at noon, a few people came to see, and some units in the county went back to their homes to eat at noon.
Xu Jie immediately greeted him warmly, and Liu Ming also put on a smiling face.
It's really hard for these two kids.
I don't know if the other party really wants to buy it or because the two babies have done enough homework, someone really bought a knife of socks and someone bought nail clippers.
There weren't many things sold, but it was enough to make the two children happy for most of the day.
There has to be light, even a little bit!
With experience, the afternoon was much calmer, and Xu Shu went back to cook noodles and sent them to the stall for lunch.
In the evening, there were more people getting off work, and it was really lively.
Liu Ming and Xu Jie became excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
As if they had made an appointment in advance, they consciously divided their labor and cooperated without saying a word, one selling and the other managing the collection and payment.
At the end of the day, without looking at the label, Liu Ming had already memorized the price of the goods.
Xu Shu is just an assistant, checking whether the money is real money, and supervising whether anyone will take the sheep by the way......
When she went home at night, Xu Shu counted the goods and income, well, there was no shortage of things, and the sales were good, and the net profit was close to twenty!
She excitedly told her two children about her income, and the family was happy.
However, while being happy, Xu Shu still felt a little guilty, if it weren't for the compulsion of life, she really couldn't let her child go into business at such a young age.
Stay at home, right? Speaking of which, it's really not safe to set up a stall, the stall is in public, everyone can really see something, and no one knows what happened at home.
"You two have worked hard today, and tomorrow I'll buy you a snack to treat you." Xu Shu said with a smile.
"Ah...... No, we're happy to be able to help mom with some work! Liu Ming said.
"Mom, if you really want to buy us snacks, why don't you pay us a salary...... How about five corners for one person, five corners can buy five loaves of bread. "Xu Jie is naughty than Liu Ming.
"Okay, I'll give one yuan each, you can keep it yourself, don't lose it." Xu Shu is generous, anyway, the money earned is also for them to spend, the wool is out of the sheep, so that the children can learn to manage money, the pocket money saved by the two of them may be able to play a role in the future.
"Thank you, Mom!" They were almost screaming, one dollar per person, one dollar could buy ten loaves of bread!
"However, you should not take business too seriously, you must go with the flow, and your main task is to study. Setting up a stall is just a helpless choice that I can't take you out to work during the summer vacation. It's not every day that you can sell so much, and you can't be sad if you sell less. Xu Shu felt that it was still necessary to vaccinate the child, otherwise, wouldn't the two of them be sad if they couldn't sell something one day?
"Got it! If we don't sell something, we don't get paid. Xu Jie said mischievously again.
The two children got their "salary" and happily went to sleep.
Seeing the two of them so happy, Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, I hope this summer vacation will go smoothly and smoothly......
Fortunately, there were three days in the first week where the income was close to twenty, and two days when it was only about ten yuan, all in all it was not bad.
Because business is better on weekends, they choose to stay home during the day on Wednesdays and Thursdays, only go out in the evening, and set up stalls all day on weekends.
It's more than twenty on weekends, so it's really more than going to work.
However, working as a helper in the canteen is stable, and it is difficult to say that it is a business......
Although Xu Shu had the idea of quitting her job and setting up a stall full-time, she was afraid that once there was a risk, the life of the two children would be even more uncertain, so this idea was denied by her in a flash.
In the second week, when there were no customers during the day, Xu Shu let go and let the two children guard the stall and collect the rags by themselves.
The income of collecting waste products is not much a day, and the net income is only five or six yuan, but it is a lot, and the stall is added together, the income of the summer vacation is okay, at least the tuition fees of the two children are not worried.
There is no comparison between people, some people are struggling with food and clothing, and some people have moved towards a well-off life.
Liu Hao is gone, the living expenses and tuition fees of the two children are pressed on Xu Shu, and the two children can help her this summer, which makes her feel very relieved: Children, I am really sorry for you, I hope this experience is not only hard, but also training you
Let's be braver and more capable in the future......
She is cautious, judging the situation, like a cat, she always pays attention to the safety around her, and the goods she buys are also very safe, she doesn't dare to be too expensive or too much, and would rather earn less than have a backlog.
When she collects the waste, her eyes light up when she sees the books, and she reads the introduction first, and as long as it is not those vulgar books, she takes them home and shows them to the children.
She knew that she didn't expect to change her fate through culture in her life, but the children were still young and there were many possibilities, and she couldn't miss any opportunities.
I finally survived the summer vacation, God forbid, there was no chaos, and I earned nearly twice as much money as a helper.
In Xu Shu's eyes, Liu Ming and her are two children born to an ignorant girl, so she loves Liu Ming from the bottom of her heart, not to leave a so-called "good stepmother" impression.
Liu Ming can deeply feel this.
"Our women's lives are always out of our own hands, and we have to desperately grasp them if we have the conditions."
The more I read the book, the more Liu Ming understood every word Xu Shu said, it was a manifestation of the same woman's struggle against fate!
It is very satisfying to meet Liu Ming, an enlightened mother like Xu Shu.
The more she grows up, the more glad she met her stepmother Xu Shu, if it is her own mother, she may still follow the path of traditional women: get married early and have children......
The stronger this awareness, the more motivated she will be to learn.
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