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Chapter 50 Make money.

No matter how thick-skinned Zhong Yuying was, she couldn't stay any longer. She covered her face and ran out of the third-grade classroom in tears. She looked as if she was extremely sad. Several male classmates in the classroom showed unbearable looks on their faces. Tian Sisi sneered. Zhong Yuying had such great acting skills at such a young age. It was not unfair to lose to her in the previous life.

Zhong Yuying, who ran out of the classroom, slowly put down her steps and lowered her hands on her face. How could there be any tears? Without even wetting her eyelashes, Zhong Yuying walked and thought. Tian Sisi was completely out of luck. It seemed that she had to find a new goal and finish elementary school no matter what.

When Zhong Juying got home in the afternoon, she took out the buns from her arms and steamed them while cooking dinner. The dinner was very simple, sweet potato porridge and steamed prunes. Every year, Zhao Manxiu made a large vat of pickles and prunes. This was their main dish for the year. Add a few drops of oil to the prunes and steam them in rice. You can eat several meals in one bowl.

This time, thanks to a packet of sugar given by Tian Sisi, half a spoonful of sugar was placed in the dried vegetables, the taste was much better, and even my father's cough was reduced. In fact, Zhong Shigen's tuberculosis was not serious. In future generations, it would only be a matter of a few shots of antibiotics. But now, because of poor nutrition, it has turned into tuberculosis.

Zhao Manxiu originally wanted to continue stewing "pure urine eggs" for Zhong Shigen with the eggs sent by Tian Sisi, but Zhong Shigen refused. In the past two years, he was willing to eat "pure urine eggs" only because his son Zhong Shouliang was still young and could not support the family. If he died, there would be no responsible man in the family and he would wear the hat of a rich farmer. His wife and daughter would not be bullied to death.

Now that his son has grown up, the most important thing is that his son has become an upright man, a man who can take care of his mother and sisters. He can finally close his eyes with peace of mind, so Zhong Shigen refused his wife to continue to stew eggs for him and threatened him with death. In his opinion, he was a useless person who had no need to eat so well. If he died earlier, he could reduce the burden on his wife and son earlier.

Having been husband and wife for half her life, how could Zhao Manxiu not understand what her husband was thinking. Although she felt uncomfortable in her heart, she knew her husband's character and knew that he was determined. If she continued to stew eggs, her husband would really seek death. Zhao Manxiu had no choice but to obey her husband, praying in her heart that God would let her husband live longer.

Zhong Juying steamed a bowl of dry rice alone, which was prepared for her eldest brother. She originally wanted to steam some eggs, but today we have meat buns, so she will save the eggs. The whole family is supported by her eldest brother, and he has to do such tiring work every day. If he doesn't eat better, how can he have the strength?

During dinner, Zhong Shouliang passed the dry rice in his bowl to others, but they all took away their bowls. Zhong Shouliang's face darkened, and everyone took a small amount of rice from his bowl. Zhong Juying took out the meat buns from the pot and put them in the vegetable bowl. The steaming steamed buns are as precious to the Zhong family as eating abalone to people nowadays.

"Where did the buns come from?" Zhao Manxiu asked in surprise.

"There were two lunches given to me by Sisi, and I ate one." Zhong Juying is still ashamed of eating the meat buns at noon. If she hadn't eaten that one bun, she would have had two buns at night.

"No one noticed. Sisi gave it to me when she pretended to ask me to wash her lunch box." Zhong Juying explained again, which also made the Zhong family breathe a sigh of relief. They were worried that these two children were ignorant and would bring trouble to the Tian family.

"Shou Liang, what do you think this is? I have received so many favors from your cousin and I still can't pay them back!" Zhao Manxiu was a little frightened. She was the one who was most afraid of owing favors.

"It's okay. If you can't pay it off in one year, you can pay it off in two years. As long as we keep it in mind, we will be able to pay it off as long as we live. In a few days when I have free time, I will go to the fields to pick up some more eels and loaches to send to my cousin's house. I heard that my cousin likes to eat this." Zhong Shouliang thought for a while and said.

"That's fine. It's easy to add icing on the cake, but it's harder to give help when it's time. You two brothers and sisters must remember the Tian family's affection for our family. Even if your mother and I are gone in the future, you must repay this affection for us. Do you understand?" Zhong Shigen warned his children in a hoarse voice.

Zhong Shouliang and Zhong Juying both nodded in agreement. Although Zhong Shigen didn't even have the strength to walk now, in their hearts, Zhong Shigen was still their father who was as strong as an ox and had a loud voice, and was their biggest support.

The meat buns were shared among the four members of their family, and the aroma of the meat made each of them feel extremely satisfied. A few years later, the Zhong family had become well-known wealthy people, but the family would still often think of that night in 1972. The meat buns that the four members of the family ate were so delicious, but they had never been able to eat a bun that was more fragrant than that meat bun again.

Tian family

After dinner in the evening, Jianguo and the other children all went to bed. Tian Sisi also washed her face and feet to get ready for bed. Tian Mantong opened the door and walked in with a dusty look on his face. He looked tired. I guess he got up early in the morning and drove three or four hours to Shanghai, and then drove three or four hours back. He didn't even have time to catch his breath. There was no one to change the car. It's strange that Tian Mantong wasn't tired!

As soon as Tian Mantong entered the room, he picked up Tian Sisi and kissed her hard several times. He kept saying, "Little lucky star, grandma is really a little lucky star."

Tian Sisi struggled and jumped out of her uncle's arms, complaining: "Uncle, your beard hurts me."

Tian Manyin hugged her daughter distressedly, touched her pricked red face, and gave her brother a complaining look. When Mrs. Zhao learned that her youngest son had come directly from Shanghai and hadn't even returned to her home in the town, she went to the kitchen to make noodles. After a while, she came out with a large bowl of fragrant pickled vegetables and shredded pork noodles, with two golden poached eggs on top.

The old man motioned to Tian Mantong to eat first and then talk about the matter in detail. In his opinion, that batch of shochu must have sold well, otherwise there would be nothing else that could make Mantong so happy. Sure enough, after Tian Mantong finished eating the noodles, he took out a brand new bundle of dough from his arms with a flick of his lips, and shook it towards the people in the room, making a swishing sound.

Have any of you ever seen so much money? Even Mrs. Zhao, the finance minister of the family, only receives more than 20 Great Unity cards every month, a thin stack in her hand, unlike Man Tong, who must have dozens of them, right?

"Man Tong, how much money do you have in your hand? I'm afraid it's five hundred, right?" Tian Manyin asked curiously.

Tian Mantong shook his head in amusement, opened his mouth and said with big white teeth: "750, 1. 5 kilograms of soju, total 750 yuan."

In fact, Tian Mantong Shaojiu sold for 2. 5 yuan per catty. Because of the good quality of the wine, the restaurant owner agreed to buy it for two yuan per catty, but he bargained for two yuan per catty. The reason why he hid the one yuan was to save Tian Sisi's dowry. He specially opened a discount in Shanghai and deposited the 500 yuan he hid this time in Tian Sisi's name. He planned to give the discount to Tian Sisi when she grew up.

In his opinion, Grandma’s prescription was the wine made by Grandma, but he only gave this amount to Grandma. Wasn’t he bullying Grandma because she was young and ignorant? Humph, with him here he will definitely not let Grandma suffer. Anyway, only he can sell these wines.

Tian Mantong's words were like a fried egg, causing everyone to exclaim, 750 yuan? So much money? Only Tian Sisi remained calm. In her previous life, she had more than 1 million in bank deposits. Alas, if she had known that she could only live to be more than thirty years old, she would have spent all the money in her previous life! This is really in line with the saying "the people are gone, but the money is still there".

The old man took the big stack of unity. Everyone in the room stared eagerly at the money in the old man's hand. Tian Manyin asked: "Dad, did you call the second uncle over?"

"Well, you go and call your second uncle and Xinhua over. There is no need to call the others." The old man nodded in agreement.

Tian Manyin immediately ran out to call for help, while Tian Mantong asked, "Dad, how do you plan to divide the money?"

"Didn't we discuss it last time? Excluding the capital, we will divide it into five equal parts."

"How much is the capital?"

"The money for food, wine and medicine, plus the money you paid for the tank, let's make up a round number of three hundred." The old man didn't know how much the cost was. He roughly quoted a higher price based on the current market situation. Even so, the remaining money was quite a lot. One portion could be ninety, which is not a small amount. Bajin's family only earned about three hundred yuan a year.

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