Chapter 26: 025: Picking Snails, Saving People i
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Seeing the empty large iron bucket, Ni Cuihua finally realized that her daughter wasnt lying. She opened her mouth wide in astonishment, How much are we going to earn!
She knew that her daughters sour fish was delicious, but she didnt expect it to be so popular!
Ni Yang was unphased, Its only a few dozen yuan, mom. Lets go inside, Im so hungry.
Ni Cuihua took the produce from Ni Yangs hands, Lets go, meal is ready. Hurry and lets eat.
Lunch was two dishes and a soup.
One stir-fried green vegetables, one braised pork, and a tomato and egg soup.
Ni Cuihuas culinary skills were quite good. Ni Yang finished a large bowl of white rice with the soup.
Yangyang, eat more meat. Eating meat will help you grow taller. Ni Cuihua kept adding meat to her daughters bowl.
Thank you, mom. You eat too. Ni Yang also added a piece of meat to Ni Cuihuas bowl.
After finishing the meal, Ni Yang counted the money she made from selling noodles in the morning. It totaled out to be seventy six yuan and some change, which meant that she had sold almost 256 bowls of noodles.
Ni Cuihua had never knew that you could make so much money in just one morning. She immediately said, Yangyang, do you need moms help tomorrow morning?
Ni Yang gave the money to Ni Cuihua and smiled, No need, mom. 1 can handle it on my own. You just need to take good care of little sister at home.
Ni Cuihua put the money away, feeling a sense of astonishment, I didnt know how easy it is to earn money in the city. Your dad and grandma would surely turn green with regret if they knew how good you are at making money now! The Mu family used to live frugally, and they couldnt even save a hundred yuan over a year! But Ni Yang earned over seventy yuan in just one morning!
Ni Cuihua, a woman from deep inside the mountains, didnt know much. She thought that city money was easy to earn, unaware of how much hard work and sweat Ni Yang had put into it.
Ni Yang maintained her composure and immediately corrected her mothers incorrect notions, Its not about city money being easy to earn. Its about finding the right method. If it was someone else, they might not necessarily make money. Lots of people lose money in business right now.
Ni Cuihua nodded in confusion.
Ni Yang picked up her purchased fishing gear and continued, Mom, Im going to make a round by the river.
Alright, your Aunt Ni told me the river is quite deep. Ill go with you. Ni Cuihua knew that she was going to fish and was a bit worried.
Ni Yang chuckled, Its okay, mom. You dont need to go. 1 know how to swim. Just stay at home and rest.
To the east of Jinghua Village, there was a long river. During this era, there werent any factories yet so the river water was very clear, and occasionally you could see a few children herding cows by the river bank.
It was the busy farming season, and people were hard at work in the fields everywhere.
Did you see that? Thats Ni Chenguis relative. I heard her name is Yangyang.
The one who bought the bicycle?
Yes, yes, yes, thats her.
My gosh! She even bought a bicycle! I have no idea where the young widow and her daughter got the money from
Idle chatter began to increase throughout the fields.
Ni Yang didnt concern herself with the gossip. She carried on, believing that the rumors would be self-defeating one day. Her most important task right now was to earn money.
To earn a lot of money.
As long as she had money, she could ensure a good life for her mom and sister.
Ni Yang quickened her pace towards the river bank. The river wasnt very deep and in the shallow parts you could see a lot of snails and river clams. Ni Yang rolled up her trouser legs, put the fishing basket into the deep water, then began to pick up clams and snails from the river bank with a plastic basin.
During this era, people were not fond of clams and snails because they smelled musty if not properly prepared.
Moreover, everyone was busy farming, who had the time to explore new dishes?
Within a short while, Ni Yang had collected a basin full of river clams and snails.
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