"Cheng Qiao, go back and burn firewood. You are not needed here."
Mother Li rushed Cheng Qiao to the stove to burn firewood. Burning firewood was warm and relaxing, and would definitely not hurt the little grandchild in her belly.
Aunt Wang glanced at Mother Li thinking she knew everything. Cheng Qiao married into the Li family with such a large dowry. Huan Zai's mother should really treat Cheng Qiao better.
"Ms. Huan Zai, you are really lucky to have such a beautiful girl and she is so obedient. It will be great if the boys in my family can marry wives like Cheng Zhiqing in the future."
Mother Li smiled and comforted Aunt Wang: "Your family, Xiangyang Xiangdang, is much more sensible than Huan'er. I will definitely get you a good wife."
After hearing this, Aunt Wang narrowed her eyes and smiled. The eldest son was already looking at her partner, but the eldest son seemed dissatisfied with the marriage. However, this girl really couldn't compare with Cheng Zhiqing, so let's find another family.
Lele waited at the entrance of the village. There were no sheltered buildings everywhere, and the cold wind blew from all directions, almost freezing people. Qiu Min didn't even wait.
Lele pouted and stamped her feet. She looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late. It was estimated that Qiu Min would not show up at this time, so she hunched her neck and ran home.
Cheng Qiao had long ago found an old-fashioned hot water bottle from the space, filled it with hot water, and stuffed it into Li Le's hand when she came back. Looking at the green hot water bottle in her hand, all the complaints in Li Le's stomach disappeared.
"Second sister-in-law, this hot water bottle is expensive and requires industrial stamps. How did you get it?"
"Your second brother gave it to me."
"It turns out that my second brother gave it to you. Then my second sister-in-law, can you let me cover it for a while? My hands are really cold."
"Of course you can, I'll give this to you."
"That won't work. Second brother will be angry."
"No, the worst I can do is ask your second brother to buy another one."
"this……"
"Mom has already burned the kang. Go and lie down on the kang for a while. I will call you when the meal is ready."
Li Le was indeed very cold. He lay on the kang holding a hot water bottle. A burst of warmth spread to him. His hands and feet, which were stiff from the cold, slowly relaxed, and Li Le fell asleep unconsciously.
Aunt Wang had been paying attention to the affairs of the Li family. Seeing that Cheng Qiao gave such a good hot water bottle to Li Le, she kept shaking her head and smacking her lips. How could this silly girl have such loose hands? It's a pity that she is not her daughter-in-law.
ah.
Since Li Le got a hot water bottle, it was finally not too cold when he stayed at the entrance of the village. Qiu Min finally rode his bicycle to Xiangyang Village. When he saw Li Le standing at the entrance of the village, he knew that he was waiting for him.
"Li Le, are you waiting for me?"
"Sister Qiu Min, I have been waiting for you all day yesterday. Look at my face, which is redder than a monkey's butt from the cold."
"I'm sorry, I really can't leave. I only asked for two hours of leave, plus the lunch period, so I'm pressed for time. Give this letter to Cheng Qiao and I'll leave."
Qiu Min handed a tightly sealed letter to Li Le, turned around and ran away at an alarming speed. Li Le was stunned for a moment, then carefully hid the letter and ran home.
Cheng Qiao took the letter and went back to his room to read it. After reading the letter, he finally breathed out and decided to discuss with Li Huan in the evening when to complete the transaction.
As soon as Li Huan returned to the room, Cheng Qiao took out the letter. Li Huan picked up the letter and read it several times before he understood the meaning of the letter. He looked at Cheng Qiao in disbelief. The great man was right, women
Can hold up half the sky.
"What's wrong?"
Cheng Qiao asked pretending to be arrogant.
"Daughter-in-law, you have found a big fish this time. It's hard to tell if Qiu Min doesn't show his face."
"Of course, the textile factory is giving out benefits at the end of the year, and I originally wanted to give out some soap, toothpaste, etc., but the factory couldn't get so many tickets, so I came to Qiu Min to ask for help.
Li Huan glanced at the two soap boxes next to the washbasin shelf in the corner. One soap box contained a piece of soap, and the other soap box contained a piece of laundry soap. He asked slightly worriedly:
"Daughter-in-law, they want two thousand bars of soap. Do you have that much?"
"Of course there is. Qiu Min said that each worker in the textile factory is given two bars of soap. The supply and marketing cooperative sells soap for 40 cents a bar, plus soap coupons. We can sell it to Qiu Min for 36 cents a bar. Two thousand bars is seven hundred.
Twenty dollars."
"Daughter-in-law, if you give me a profit of four cents a piece, Qiu Min will also make a lot of money this time. She can sell it to the textile factory for forty cents, collect some tickets, and let Shouhou go to the black market to sell the tickets."
"Well, the sweetness has to be given gradually. For four cents a piece, two thousand pieces can earn 80 yuan, which is equivalent to Qiu Min's four months' salary. Plus the tickets, they will definitely be able to make it this year.
It’s been a good year.”
"Daughter-in-law, tomorrow we will go to the county house to get the soap out, and then ask Qiu Min to inspect the goods and give us the money."
Cheng Qiao nodded. Ever since she learned that she was going to do business with Qiu Min, she had been taking soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes and other daily necessities out of the grocery store. When the grocery store automatically replenished the goods, she would move them again, and the cycle started again.
"Daughter-in-law, when the wall is finished, I'm going to buy some goods and make some money for the New Year."
"Li Huan, I have rice, flour, pork, fish, milk powder, and oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. I can give you the lowest wholesale price."
Cheng Qiao understood Li Huan's character and temper, and knew that he was unwilling to make a fortune on his own, so he gave him a suggestion. Instead of risking his own business to find goods, he should consider her as a stable supplier.
Li Huan shook his head at first and refused to agree. Not only was Cheng Qiao handing the money from his left hand to his right, he was also a freeloader.
But you can't stand Cheng Qiao's persuasive temptation. When you take goods from other people, you take them, and when you take goods from yourself, you take them. They say that good things don't go to other people's fields. You have to learn to think in other people's shoes.
After thinking about it for a night, Li Huan suddenly realized that as long as a home is stable and warm, face can be put aside.
Moreover, he made a rule for himself: if he gets goods from Cheng Qiao, he must pay in full. He will never use the money he gave to Cheng Qiao.
"Daughter-in-law, I agree. You can first get 5,000 jins of white rice and flour, 10,000 jins of cornmeal, some pork, white sugar, and brown sugar. You can take care of the rest, whether it's difficult or not."
"When do you want it? If you're in a hurry, I'll leave now for a while. If you're not in a hurry, we'll talk in the evening."
There is no difficulty, it just takes a little time. In fact, there is time, but she will disappear for a while and let Li Huan take cover.
"Let's go tonight. Anyway, we are going to the county town tomorrow. We are just my wife. Uncle Ye said that your fetus is not stable and you may not be able to ride a bicycle. I have to ask Uncle Niu to borrow an ox cart."
"Okay, we just happened to take the opportunity to bring some things back."
