bayedsolid Chapter 341 Old Mother 13
Chapter 341 Old Mother 13
That day, Lin Hui used the ingredients she bought to make a lot of steamed buns. Before going to bed at night, she counted her income for the day.
There was a lot of change in the iron box, most of which were dimes of one dime, two dimes, and five cents. There were also a few one-yuan notes, which added up to a total income of twenty-three and a half yuan.
There were almost a hundred steamed buns today, and the meat and vegetarian buns were almost equally distributed. But overall, the meat buns sold better, while the vegetarian buns took a long time to sell out.
Also, people's overall living standards are not high now. Since they all spend money to buy steamed buns, they naturally feel that meat buns are more affordable, and the price difference between steamed buns and steamed buns is only a dime.
Lin Hui tied up most of the money with rubber bands and put it away, leaving only a few pieces in the iron box for change.
The next day, Lin Hui got up at around three o'clock as usual, turned on the stove, boiled the water after the fire was turned up, and put the buns into the steamer on the pot.
This time, I steamed a little more than yesterday, and increased the proportion of meat buns. After steaming, I packed three baskets, and Lin Hui carried them down in three trips.
It's late August now, and the wind blowing at around four in the morning brings a slight chill, which just dissipates the sweltering heat of the kitchen steamer just now.
Lin Hui parked the car at a certain place, put on a hat and a mask, and before she started shouting, she came to place an order, and then a busy morning began.
At half past eight, the sun rose high and Lin Hui's buns were sold out. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and started packing her things to go home.
When she walked downstairs and parked her car in the storage room, she met Zhou Hongxia, her neighbor on the first floor. When she saw the frames and the simple sign on her car, she curled her lips in disdain.
"Hey, Sister Lin, you really became a small vendor and sold steamed buns!" Zhou Hongxia said loudly.
In fact, for the past two days, Lin Hui went upstairs and downstairs early in the morning, moving back and forth. Her family lived on the first floor, and she could hear these movements clearly. She was waiting here on purpose today.
Zhou Hongxia is two years younger than Lin Hui. She has three sons in the family, but none of them are capable.
Not to mention that his grades were poor when he was in school, and he would get into fights and cause trouble outside every once in a while. The couple was always worried about their son's affairs, but after so many years of hard work, only one eldest son was placed, and the second eldest son was still just a temporary one. The third child is idle at work and has nothing serious to do.
The two families were not far apart when they lived in bungalows. People often put the children of the two families together to compare them.
Although the children of the original body have white-eyed wolf attributes, they are still quite deceptive in appearance. They perform well in school and in the family area. At first glance, they seem to be like that, which is a good match. Several of Zhou Hongxia's children were even worse, so she kept holding back her anger.
Now seeing that Lin Hui had lost her husband, quit the factory, and even showed up to catch up with the work of a small vendor, Zhou Hongxia couldn't help but feel proud. Today happened to be the weekend, so she waited at the door specially just to meet him. It looked like Lin Hui was laughing at her.
After hearing Zhou Hongxia's words, Lin Hui didn't show any embarrassment on her face, she just responded calmly.
But Zhou Hongxia didn't give up, and deliberately said in a louder voice: "Sister Lin, I'm not talking about you. You said that you are also a regular employee of our large state-owned factory. Although you are retired now, don't you still have pension and a few... Children, why are you reduced to having to practice stalls!"
Lin Hui glanced at her: "Relying on your own hands to eat is not a downfall. A worker is also a job, and a vendor is also a job. Whatever you do is a contribution to society. It is better to rely on yourself than relying on heaven and earth. I am only forty." If you have many, you can support yourself and don’t need to rely on your children!”
After saying that, Lin Hui picked up the basket and walked upstairs, ignoring Zhou Hongxia's disdainful look.
However, when I walked to the door, I found the fourth child, Zhu Aiguo, standing at the door. The two looked at each other. Lin Hui was fine, but Zhu Aiguo was a little embarrassed.
Lin Hui took out the key and opened the door as usual, and greeted Zhu Aiguo: "Aiguo is here, come in!"
After entering the house, Lin Hui put the basket at the door, said something to Zhu Aiguo, and then went downstairs to bring up the remaining two baskets.
When she came up with the basket again, she was already covered in sweat. After entering the door, she poured a large glass of boiled water from the kettle and drank it slowly.
Zhu Aiguo hadn't said a word since he entered the house. When Lin Hui sat down and took a breath, he asked with anger and forbearance: "Mom, are you really going to work as a peddler and sell steamed buns?"
Zhou Hongxia's voice was so loud just now that he heard it even at the stairs on the third floor, so he didn't ask questions until now.
Lin Hui replied nonchalantly: "Yes."
Zhu Aiguo stood up suddenly: "Mom, how could you do that? It would be bad if others knew about it. Stop doing it immediately and deal with all these things."
Hearing this, Lin Hui slammed the enamel teacup onto the coffee table: "It's not your turn to direct what I want to do. Just do your job well. Don't worry about my affairs!"
Zhu Aiguo was simply stunned by his mother's actions. He didn't expect that his always easy-to-talk mother would react like this. Shouldn't he listen to his son and end this dishonorable job quickly? Why did she get angry first? It’s over!
"Mom, we are all regular workers of the country, and you are also a serious retired worker. Now that you are retired and have nothing to do, can't you enjoy your happiness? Why go out and show your face and let others gossip!"
Zhu Aiguo thought he was persuading him sincerely.
"I just said, you have to make a living on your own terms, whoever wants to say so can say it, I don't care!"
Zhu Aiguo blurted out: "But I care, and so do my brother and Airong. If you go out to set up a stall, what will people think of us brothers and sisters? Isn't this embarrassing us? If people know, we brothers and sisters will still be embarrassed." How to be a human being!"
Lin Hui looked at Zhu Aiguo's red face and asked with interest: "If I don't go over to set up a stall and start a small business, why will it make it impossible for you to be human beings?"
Seeing that Lin Hui was still so careless, Zhu Aiguo felt extremely annoyed!
He wanted to say, if you go out to set up a stall and sell food, aren't you clearly saying that you don't have enough money and you have to go out and find another way out? Doesn't this show that we children are unfilial and let my mother go out to work hard and show off at the age of retirement? What!
However, he clearly knew the reason behind this, but he couldn't say it now.
What if his mother wants pension money as soon as he says it? Although he has some money, now that his father is gone and his marriage has not been finalized, he has to plan more for himself.
What's more, the other brothers are not present at this moment, and he is facing Mom alone. If he exposes this matter, it will look like he is the one who took the lead. By then, the eldest brother, second brother, and third brother will probably all Blame him, so he can't say this!