Chapter XI

Without customers, Meng Chuntao and Xia Yumei looked at each other and fell into an eerie silence.

Meng Chuntao wanted to say thank you, but those two words seemed to be stuck in her throat and she couldn't spit it out.

If it were really an ordinary person, Meng Chuntao would not be so entangled, and he would definitely thank him generously, even if he invited him to a meal.

After all, it really helped Meng Chuntao a lot.

But this person was replaced by Xia Yumei, and Meng Chuntao was entangled.

Xia Yumei is not an ordinary person, she abandoned the original owner since she was a child, and she has not been to see the original owner for more than ten years, and the original owner still has emotions for her.

Meng Chuntao deeply understands this, her biological parents also abandoned her like this, and then didn't care about it just to take care of their son.

When they didn't have a son, they worked hard to create a son, and after having a son, they contributed everything they had to their son.

They rarely came to visit Meng Chuntao, and even if they did, they didn't know what to say.

Eventually, they would just be polite to their uncle and say something hard to give some money.

But for Meng Chuntao, he was speechless.

Every time Meng Chuntao faced Xia Yumei, she would think of her parents who had left her at her uncle's house, and she felt uncomfortable.

is also uncomfortable, in addition to Meng Chuntao, there is also Xia Yumei.

There were a lot of people just now, but Xia Yumei was able to let go of her hands and feet to speak, but now there is no one, and she doesn't know what to say in the face of Meng Chuntao.

Seeing Meng Chuntao's gaze, Xia Yumei's body couldn't help but tense, and her heart hung suddenly.

"I just saw that you were surrounded by so many people, and I was afraid that you would not be able to do it, so I helped. I...... I still have something to do, so I'll go first. ”

Xia Yumei explained dryly, and left in a hurry without waiting for Meng Chuntao to react.

Meng Chuntao pursed her lips slightly, and her heart was full of taste.

It's okay to leave, at least she doesn't have to face embarrassment, and she doesn't know what attitude to face Xia Yumei.

Meng Chuntao was thinking wildly, and didn't notice Aunt Ge walking towards her.

Aunt Ge was still carrying the vegetable basket and looked at Meng Chuntao with a surprised expression.

"Comrade Xiao Meng, why did you come so early today? What is this sold out? ”

"Hello Aunt Ge, it's wormwood and reed leaves, but they're all sold out. If you need it, I'll leave it for you tomorrow. Meng Chuntao explained with a smile.

"Do you still sell wormwood today? Oops, I'm late! Well, you have to leave some for me tomorrow, and you need this thing at home for the holidays! Aunt Ge slapped her thigh with a look of remorse.

She was thinking about buying these two things to prepare for the festival, and when she heard Meng Chuntao's words, she suddenly felt relieved.

Although she hasn't met Meng Chuntao a few times, she just fits Aunt Ge's eyes very well.

After chatting a few more words, Aunt Ge bought the remaining two fish before leaving.

In addition to melon seeds, the things I brought in the morning were all sold.

Meng Chuntao didn't stay where she was, pushing the cart around and peddling, and it took about half an hour to sell the remaining 20 or so bags of melon seeds.

Melon seeds are not as good as the first day.

Meng Chuntao plans to only sell a wave of melon seeds before the festival, and will not sell them after the festival.

The weather is hot, and eating too many melon seeds is easy to catch fire.

Meng Chuntao said that she bought some necessities and pushed the cart back home.

When I got home, I calculated my income for the day.

46 catties of fish were sold for 10 yuan and 1 cent, 5 catties of melon seeds were sold for 4 yuan and 9 cents, and wormwood and reed leaves were sold for a total of 16 yuan and 1 cent and 9 cents.

After digging out the cost, it can almost have an income of about 28 yuan.

Although it is very tiring and hard to walk every day, when I see the real money, the physical pain is instantly reduced by half, and my heart is full of satisfaction.

This is all hard-earned money, and she is stunned to earn a penny.

Meng Chuntao didn't say much, the money on the table was piled up with a great visual impact, but most of them were gross tickets, and some of them were even split tickets that Meng Chuntao had never seen.

The money is all piled up and crumpled.

Meng Guoqiang on the side looked at the money, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

It feels like a dream these days, Meng Guoqiang finishes the work in the field every day, and after the chickens and ducks are fed, the rest is to wait at home and look forward to Meng Chuntao's return.

The first big thing after coming back is to count the money together.

He witnessed the increase in money day by day, not to mention the sense of pride.

Even if the money is not in his hands, he feels happy.

His granddaughter is so powerful, she can really make money!

Not only Meng Guoqiang was happy, but Meng Chuntao was also very happy.

If she could stabilize this income every day, she would be able to buy a bicycle several days in advance!

With a bicycle, she can also go further afield, unlike now, when she was confined to the county seat.

It's not that Meng Chuntao didn't consider going to the provincial capital, but the provincial capital is too far away.

It took her more than three hours to go to the county seat, not counting the time to come back.

The provincial capital is further away.

However, the provincial capital is also bigger, and there are more opportunities to make money.

According to the speed at which she walks, it is estimated that she will not be able to arrive at the provincial capital until the evening before dawn, and it is too time-consuming to come and go, and the things she brings to sell are probably not fresh.

If you had a bicycle, you would have cut the time by at least half, and you wouldn't have to stop and go all the time, which would have saved you a lot of trouble.

Thinking like this, Meng Chuntao's desire to buy a bicycle became even stronger.

Meng Chuntao: She plans to pick up more reed leaves and wormwood these days.

Once the festival is over, this thing will not be sold.

Anyway, there are a lot of reed leaves in their village, and she only picks a small part of wormwood today.

The two large factories in the county have thousands of employees, and in Meng Chuntao's eyes, this is the demand for thousands of copies.

Since ancient times, there has been a custom of inserting wormwood into the door during the Dragon Boat Festival to pray for the purpose of driving away evil spirits and blessing the peace of the family.

In addition to this, wormwood can also be made into something to eat, such as wormwood cake and wormwood glutinous cake, which are all needs!

Not to mention zongzi, you have to have the materials to wrap zongzi, right?

Besides, each family will not make only one zongzi, otherwise it will not be enough to eat.

After wrapping the zongzi, I will give some to my neighbors, and the neighbors will also send some home-made things as a gift in return.

This is a courtesy, and it can be regarded as a human sophistication.

Just like Meng Chuntao's fried melon seeds, give some to the neighbors, and the neighbors also send some of their own things as a gift in return.

As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, Meng Chuntao's wormwood and reed leaves are in full swing, and even fish and melon seeds are selling well.

Every time Meng Chuntao was busy, Xia Yumei would silently appear to help, and when Meng Chuntao could be busy, she would leave.

The mother and daughter didn't have much to say, but when Xia Yumei was about to leave, Meng Chuntao took out five cents from her pocket and handed it to Xia Yumei.

Seeing the money, Xia Yumei waved her hand again and again and refused to ask for it.

She volunteered to help, not for the money.

But no matter how Xia Yumei excused herself, Meng Chuntao still insisted on giving money, and threatened that if she was unwilling to accept money, she would not use it in the future.

Therefore, Xia Yumei had to accept the money, and she was moved to understand that she was subsidizing herself.

The next day, Xia Yumei would come earlier and have been helping.

These two people sold things together, and they were also noticed by people with intentions.