Xiaohong pointed to her two baskets, one basket only had half a basket of eggs left, and the other basket was full of eggs: "There are about two thousand in this whole basket, and there are about three hundred in the remaining half basket." ”

"Well, I've bought them all, but ...... How do I get it back? Tang Xiaofu asked worriedly.

"I'll deliver it to my door!" Xiaohong was overjoyed in her heart, although she only earns two points for an egg, she can make a net profit of forty yuan as soon as she gets rid of it, and she earns it by walking the streets and alleys for several days, of course she is willing to deliver it to her door!

So Tang Xiaofu and her evenly put the eggs in the two baskets together, so that the burden would not be light and heavy, Xiaohong picked up the burden and followed Xiaolan to Leng Chenxu's house under the envious eyes of other girls in the same room.

On the way, Xiaolan curiously asked how much it would cost her to rent such a house.

Xiaohong sighed: "Then how can it be called renting a house, it can only be called renting a bed, two yuan a month!" It's like killing people with a knife! ”

Two yuan for one person, and sixteen yuan for a room a month, this rent is really expensive!

"But you can earn ten yuan a day, and although the rent of two yuan is expensive, it is still more cost-effective than renting a room by yourself." Tang Xiaofu comforted her and said.

Selling raw eggs is a small business, a few cents to earn, in order to sell more eggs, every day walking the streets and alleys of the hawker do not know how many walks, as a hard-working and thrifty country girl to pay two yuan a month for the bed of course will feel very expensive.

"At the beginning, when I sold raw eggs, I could earn ten yuan a day, but now there are more people selling raw eggs, and I can't make money, in addition to the money from renting a house, there is also money for eating and drinking, and I can only earn about six or seven yuan a day," Xiaohong looked very melancholy.

"That's right, I have one or two hundred yuan a month, which is better than being a worker," Tang Xiaofu said.

"It's all hard-earned money, and it's looked down upon by the people in the city." Xiaohong said with some sadness.

"It's okay! If you have money, you can make a good life for yourself and your family, and you can't afford it if people in the city can't afford it! Tang Xiaofu cheered her on.

The two girls talked as they walked, and they arrived at the gate of the military compound.

Xiaohong stopped, looked at the military compound in surprise, and didn't dare to go in: "Do you really live here?" ”

"Well, for now." Tang Xiaofu took her inside, "It's okay, follow me in." ”

Xiaohong carried the burden and followed her nervously to the military compound, and just walked to the middle of the courtyard when she met two military wives.

The two military wives saw that Xiaohong was picking eggs, so they asked how to sell her eggs.

Xiaohong glanced at Tang Xiaofu: "I sold all these eggs to her, if you want to buy them, I will send them tomorrow afternoon." ”

The two military wives left.

Xiaohong and Tang Xiaofu went upstairs, and Fang Wenjing heard Xiaofu's voice at the gate in the house, so she came over and opened the door.

Xiaohong followed Tang Xiaofu into the house, a pair of eyes were not enough to see, looked up and down the room, and said enviously: "You live in such a good place!" “

"It's someone else's house, just borrowing it for me to stay for a few days." Xiao Fu said.

Fang Wenjing was surprised to see Tang Xiaofu go out to buy eggs and actually brought back a girl who sold eggs.

Tang Xiaofu told her what happened, so Fang Wenjing took the bath tub, and the three of them picked up the eggs in the two baskets into the bathtub together, counting them while picking them up, and also put the broken eggs in the bowl on the side.

There were more than 2,000 eggs, and it took three people more than a quarter of an hour to count them, and there were 2,309 good eggs in total.

Tang Xiaofu paid Xiaohong one hundred and eighty-four yuan and seven cents.

Xiaohong carefully put this huge amount of money close to her body and prepared to leave.

Xiao Fu handed her the seven or eight broken eggs in the bowl.

Xiaohong didn't answer: "I can't eat these broken eggs when I bring them back, so I'll give them to you." ”

Tang Xiaofu handed the bowl of broken eggs to Fang Wenjing and sent Xiaohong away.

Tang Xiaofu has been sending Xiaohong out of the military compound, the two made an appointment, five days later Tang Xiaofu went to her to get another 2,000 eggs, she planned to sell 500 boiled eggs every day, and after five days, the more than 2,000 eggs would be sold out.

When Tang Xiaofu returned home, Fang Wenjing had already begun to wash the eggs.

Because the braised egg soup will not be changed, so the eggs have to be washed before they can be boiled in the braised soup, otherwise the eggs will be dirty and boiled in the braised soup, although the customers who buy them do not know, but their conscience will be disturbed.

Tang Xiaofu and Fang Wenjing washed the eggs together, Tang Xiaofu boiled the fifty eggs that had been washed first in the brine, and then washed the eggs.

Her plan is to marinate all the 500 eggs that will be sold tomorrow, crush them, and taste them, and they can be sold with only hot heat, and she doesn't want customers to buy freshly boiled eggs without taste.

Five hundred eggs were washed out quickly, but it took a lot of time to marinate them all, because there was only one aluminum pot, and only about fifty eggs could be marinated each time, so five hundred eggs had to be marinated ten times before they could be marinated, and each time they had to be boiled for about a quarter of an hour before the eggs could be cooked, and all the eggs would take more than two hours to boil, which could not be counted, and the boiled eggs had to be soaked in the brine for half an hour in turn to taste, and they didn't want to sleep peacefully tonight.

It's just as hard to make a little money.

After washing the eggs, Tang Xiaofu took out all the money from selling eggs today, including the principal and interest, and the mother and daughter sat at the dining table and counted the money.

Tang Xiaofu looked up and saw Fang Wenjing stretching her face and counting the money happily, even cherishing a penny, she wanted to cry very much.

In addition to the capital and various expenses, I made a total of 30 yuan in one day today!

Fang Wenjing was excited: "This is much better than me making clothes for people!" If this continues, we can earn one or two hundred yuan by selling braised eggs for five or six days, and your sister's medical expenses will not have to be worried. ”

"yes." Tang Xiaofu separated the capital and profit money and put it close to him.

The mother and daughter gossiped a few more words, Fang Wenjing continued to make clothes for people, and Tang Xiaofu was responsible for braised eggs while studying.

At ten o'clock in the evening, all five hundred eggs were cooked, and the mother and daughter were both washed and slept.

Before going to bed, Tang Xiaofu repeatedly reminded herself in her heart that she should not sleep too hard at night, and remember to take turns to soak the eggs in the brine.

But after all, she was young and drowsy, and she had spent the past few days in the hospital, so she didn't rest well at night, so she slept dimly as soon as she touched the pillow.

When she woke up, it was already the next morning, and she thumped her head in annoyance and shouted, "It's over!" ”

He jumped out of bed without even taking care of putting on his clothes, grabbed his shoes and ran to the kitchen, ready to soak a batch of braised eggs in the brine first, but saw that Fang Wenjing was already busy in the kitchen.

She turned her head to look at Tang Xiaofu, and said lovingly: "On such a cold day, you don't put on your clothes well!" Go get dressed! I've soaked all these eggs in brine overnight, so you don't have to worry about them. ”

"Mom worked hard, blame me, I slept too deeply at night!" Tang Xiaofu hurriedly ran back to the room, got dressed, and came out again.

It was just seven o'clock after breakfast, and Tang Xiaofu's mother and daughter went to the hospital with the stove, aluminum pot, a basket of boiled eggs and porridge cooked for Tang Xiaolan.

Half past seven is the peak time for work and school, and there are many pedestrians on the road, and there should be a large number of people buying braised eggs to eat during that time.

As soon as the mother and daughter walked to the military compound, many people smelled the aroma of braised eggs and looked at them.

A military wife looked at the basket Fang Wenjing was holding with so many braised eggs, and asked, "Are you selling these braised eggs?" ”

"yes." Fang Wenjing replied with a smile.

"How much does it cost?"

"A dime and a half." Tang Xiaofu replied.

Immediately, a military wife took out the money to buy one or two for her children.

The other children also wanted to eat when they saw it, so the other military wives also bought it.

Tang Xiaofu's mother and daughter stopped selling braised eggs, and sold more than 30 eggs in one go.

Those military wives gossiped while buying braised eggs and asked what the relationship between Tang Xiaofu and Leng Chenxu was, and how Leng Chenxu let them live in his house.

"It was Regiment Leader Leng who looked at us pitifully, so let us stay at his house for a few days, we are his poverty alleviation target." Tang Xiaofu wrote lightly.

"Oh~" Those military wives all looked suddenly enlightened, and looked at Tang Xiaofu no longer inquiring.

To say that Regiment Commander Leng regards Tang Xiaofu's mother and daughter as poverty alleviation targets, those military wives believe it 100%, but if Tang Xiaofu and Regiment Commander Leng have another relationship, they feel incredible.

After buying the braised eggs, the military wives dispersed, and Tang Xiaofu's mother and daughter also packed their things and continued to walk to the hospital.

When I arrived at the entrance of the hospital, just like yesterday, as soon as the stall was set up, I was surrounded by people who bought braised eggs.

Ordinary people will buy one or two, and those with good conditions will buy three or four, and today there are still people who buy ten in one go, saying that they will take them back to their families to taste.

Fang Wenjing saw that although Tang Xiaofu was in a hurry, she could barely cope with it alone, so she went to the ward to take care of Tang Xiaolan, and there was no one by her little daughter's side all night, so she was quite worried.

Tang Xiaofu stuffed two boiled eggs for Fang Wenjing and asked her to bring them to Xiaolan with porridge.

Catching up with the crowd of people who went to work and school in the morning, Tang Xiaofu's braised eggs sold more than 200 in just one hour.

At half-past eight, she was finally able to straighten her waist in her spare time.

When selling braised eggs just now, the doorman has been helping to keep an eye on the sidelines, and there are several cheap customers who take advantage of the fact that the business is too hot, Tang Xiaofu is too busy, and he wants to take the braised eggs away without paying, but they are all stopped by the doorman, so while the business is not particularly busy at this time, Tang Xiaofu grabbed two hot braised eggs and stuffed them for the doorman.

She was afraid that if she didn't give it now, it would all be sold out later.

The older generation of people are honest, and they feel that they will receive the benefits of others for this little favor, which seems to be particularly unimageful, so the old man of the doorman resolutely refuses to accept it: "Why is your child so polite, you gave me eggs yesterday, and you gave them today!" ”

"In the future, as long as I sell braised eggs here, I will give them to the two of you every day." Tang Xiaofu was young and reacted quickly, and while the old man was stunned, he stuffed two boiled eggs into his pocket.

The old man had to accept it with great embarrassment.

Five hundred braised eggs Tang Xiaofu estimated that she would have to sell them all day, but when she sold them at noon, there were only about 100 left, so she decided not to close the stall at noon, and sold all the braised eggs in one go.

Fang Wenjing went downstairs and saw that Tang Xiaofu was still busy, so she went back to make lunch.

Tang Xiaofu asked a few words about Xiaolan's situation, and Fang Wenjing said that it was all right.

Tang Xiaofu didn't sell eggs at noon yesterday, so it was not estimated that the flow of people at noon was also very large, because there was also a wave of people getting off work and leaving school, plus many patients' families came out to buy meals for patients, and people came and went at the entrance of the hospital.

The family members of those patients smelled Tang Xiaofu's braised eggs very fragrant, and the patients must have appetized them after eating them, and the braised eggs were nutritious and inexpensive, so everyone scrambled to buy them.

Yingying's mother also came out to buy food for her baby daughter, and when she saw Tang Xiaofu selling braised eggs, she also squeezed in to buy them.

As soon as Tang Xiaofu saw that it was her, she was reluctant to sell it to her, if this kind of villain sold her eggs, she would eat it, and she would beat her upside down, saying that her eggs were not good, and she would have diarrhea or something, and it would be all endless trouble.

Of course, Tang Xiaofu would not be stupid enough to refuse Yingying's mother in public, that would leave people with a handle to discriminate against her, so she pretended to be very busy and didn't hear Yingying's mother's words.

Yingying's mother felt that she had swept her face, so she asked the people around her how to sell Tang Xiao's braised eggs.

Someone told her that it was a dime and a half cent.

Yingying's mother pursed her lips disdainfully: "One dime and five cents a piece, why don't you rob it with a knife, it's all the patient's family members in the same hospital who don't take care of it at all!" A dime is about the same! It's just falling into the eyes of money! ”

The old man of the doorman on the side immediately helped: "A raw egg has to be sold for a dime, and people are still marinated, where is it expensive to sell a dime and a dime!" Coal fire doesn't cost money! Don't want money for marinades! The little girl who worked hard to marinate eggs shouldn't make some hard-earned money! ”

Someone immediately chimed in: "This price is really not expensive, there are also braised eggs sold at the door of the martial arts merchants, and everyone is two cents or two cents and a half cents." ”

Tang Xiaofu replied at this time: "I fell into the eyes of money, but I made money by working with my hands, not taking advantage of others like you, seeing that you are dressed like a dog, but the things you do are despised by people, even the vegetables of poor people in the countryside like us are so ruthless that you grab them to eat!" ”

Someone asked Tang Xiaofu what was going on.

Tang Xiaofu was sharp-toothed, and in a few words, she told everyone about the last time Yingying's mother desperately scooped her mapo tofu, and deliberately exaggerated: "That plate of mapo tofu and my mother and I had to eat two meals, and she snatched most of it alone!" ”

When everyone saw that Yingying's mother was present, they didn't say anything directly, but they all sighed, and the meaning was obvious.

Yingying's mother's face changed wonderfully, she couldn't stay any longer, so she had to leave in disgrace, and everyone exploded into a pot, saying that this kind of shameless and greedy person is the most annoying.