Chapter 48
Good Luck
Author: cool beauty
Good Luck
"No, I forgot to add the eggs that were given." Xiao Hong turned to the previous page, subtracted another amount, and her smile disappeared: "Subtract the eggs at 16.8 yuan, and there are only 20 yuan left.
It’s ninety-eight dollars.”
Wu Julan was very excited.
In just over two hours in the morning, you can earn so much money.
"This is quite a lot. Normally I would never dream of earning so much." She smiled from ear to ear: "There is still half of the meat filling left, and there are still a lot of eggs left."
Zhao Laosi also rubbed his hands excitedly: "We can be considered a good start today."
He asked Xiao Hong angrily: "Maybe someone will come to buy it later. Do we need to kill two more chickens?"
Xiao Hong thought about the three chickens he collected yesterday, and nodded: "Okay, kill them all. It doesn't matter if you can't sell them, we can eat them ourselves."
Zhao Laosi responded and asked them to prepare hot water. He took a bowl and went to the chicken coop at the back door to start killing the chickens.
Nowadays, the control is not strict. Every store will use hollow bricks or red bricks to build a shed next to the back door, and put some worthless firewood and so on in it.
Their family also built a shed, which contained pine needles for starting fires, neatly stacked bundles of wood, and two large bamboo basket chicken coops.
Taking advantage of the lack of guests at this time, the whole family began to pluck chicken feathers.
Xiao Fang was worried: "Mom and Dad, when we go to school, can you be busy?"
"Yes, you can rest assured," Wu Julan said confidently, "When the time comes, your dad will collect money and sell braised meat, and I will be in charge of cooking dumplings and wontons."
"Yes, but we still have a few bowls." Zhao Laosi also said: "I originally thought that thirty large bowls would be enough, but now it seems that we have to buy twenty more bowls and spoons."
When all three daughters go to school, they may not be able to wash the dishes when they are busy.
"Let Hong and the others buy them later." Wu Julan gathered all the chicken feathers together and put them in a bamboo basket. People would come to collect these and sell them for money.
"Okay." Xiao Hong began to pluck the fine hairs from the chicken, and her eyes wandered around her mother.
According to the scene in the dream, she should be pregnant at this time.
However, the family is eating well these days, and my mother looks rosy and in good spirits. She doesn't even know how to ask her to get checked out.
She didn't want to be suspected, so she couldn't directly say that her mother was pregnant.
Physical examinations are not popular nowadays. The older generation has a deep-rooted belief that hospitals are not a good place and it is better not to go if they can.
Xiao Fang also came up with an idea: "Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative and see if we can meet the boss who delivers eggs."
They had just settled in the town and were not familiar with it. They didn't know where the chicken farm was, so they could only ask more questions.
"If it really doesn't work, we can go trouble Xinning." Xiao Fang endured her shyness and tried to stay calm: "There are many people in their towel factory, and they must be dealing with these people in the cafeteria."
Yanyan quickly echoed: "I will go with my sister. I miss my brother Xu."
That brother was so nice, he would give her candy and buy her soda.
Xiao Hong refused: "No, there's no rush anyway, we can just take our time and look for it ourselves."
What she said made her feel depressed.
Asking her stepfather to go to the countryside to collect chickens for her was not a long-term solution. She wanted to find suppliers so she could make money.
Apart from anything else, braised duck heads and duck feet can definitely make money.
However, there are no stores specifically selling these in the town. Even if there are live chickens and ducks sold in the vegetable market, the prices are relatively expensive.
Now my stepfather goes to the countryside to collect live chickens that weigh about one pound per piece, but they cost about three yuan at the vegetable market. If you find a chicken farm or a supplier of frozen products, it will definitely be cheaper.
If she remembered correctly, KFC's business was booming in big cities at this time.
Unfortunately, she didn't have the capital to buy equipment, so she could only look at the money and be disappointed.
However, she was still very wary of Xu Xinning's family, always feeling that they would hurt Xiao Fang.
What's more, both Xu Xinning and Yan Hong said that the money they lent them was private money and asked them not to make it public, lest their family members knew about it and would search for their pocket money.
However, Xiao Hong felt that they were afraid that the elders would find out that Xu Xinning liked Xiao Fang, and they would beat them up.
Xiao Hong doesn't know what will happen between Xiao Fang and Xu Xinning in the future, but it is indeed better to have less contact.
Especially now, it is really difficult for my family. If I come to my door, it is not a big deal and people think it is an autumn breeze. I am afraid that they will think that Xiao Fang wants to fly up a branch and become a phoenix.
Xiao Hong just wanted to wait until Xiao Fang was admitted to college and their family was richer. They were really in love with each other, so it wouldn't be too late to see their parents again.
At this moment, someone walked in. Wu Julan, who was facing the door, smiled broadly: "Xinning, you are here, have you eaten?"
Xu Xinning is indeed coming around every now and then these days, and will lend a hand when he sees someone who needs help. Therefore, everyone in the family, except Xiao Hong, likes him.
Xu Xinning was very polite: "I have eaten. There are guests at home today. My mother asked me to buy some braised pork and take it back."
Of course he doesn't have to worry about grocery shopping.
He was just afraid that they wouldn't be able to sell them, so he wanted to buy them all back so that they could open their doors, which would give them a good idea.
"What a coincidence." Wu Julan wiped her hands on her apron and said with an embarrassed look, "All the braised pork is sold out today."
She glanced at the clock on the wall and it was already half past nine, so she turned back and asked her daughter: "Xiao Hong, can I make braised chicken in time for lunch?"
Xiao Hong continued to pull the chicken feathers finely and refused without raising her head: "I can't catch up. You can't braise the chicken over high heat as it won't taste good. It will take at least two hours."
Xu Xinning was also surprised that their family's business was so good, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll just buy some meat."
"I'm really sorry." Zhao Laosi also felt very embarrassed: "You come over in the afternoon and bring back some braised pork, and add some vegetables in the evening."
Xu Xinning quickly waved his hand: "Uncle, there's really no need. My mother doesn't like to cook either. We usually eat in the canteen."
After saying a few more auspicious words for opening the business, he turned around and left to avoid exposing his secret.
Who told him that he had guests at noon?
At noon, they also had a few customers, most of whom came to buy building materials and couldn't make it back for lunch.
After three o'clock in the afternoon, another regular customer came to the door. He smelled the aroma in the store and saw the still smoking braised chicken. He shouted excitedly: "Bring me half a chicken. You didn't tell me earlier. It's me."
My neighbor came to buy some in the morning, and I didn’t know you still had braised chicken.”
"Okay." Xiao Hong quickly cut half a chicken for him. After he chose it, he wrapped half of the chicken in lotus leaves and put it in the basket. He picked up the scale and weighed it for him: "Three catties and six taels.
Excluding the weight of the basket, which weighs two kilograms, the chicken costs one kilogram and six taels, which costs two yuan per kilogram, so the total is three and two yuan."
Chapter completed!