Started as a poor little girl

After breakfast, they gathered at the entrance of the village, got on the ox cart and chatted.

"Sister Qian, do you know where Li Qingping's store is?" Aunt Wu asked.

"I know, I asked Aunt Zhou this morning. She said her daughter-in-law said the shop is at Xiaolu Malatang next to the Guihua Street vegetable market." Aunt Qian said in a firm tone.

"What is Malatang? I've never heard of it."

Aunt Zhang asked in confusion, what is this thing I have never heard of it before.

"Yeah! Never heard of it!" Aunt Wu was also confused.

"Yes! What is that?" Although Zhu Qing had been there, she had only heard that it was delicious but had never eaten it. She heard that her daughter-in-law was also a frequent customer there. Li Tianlei didn't want to go to avoid embarrassment.

"Ladies, you haven't heard of this. Although I haven't eaten it, this spicy hot pot has become very popular in Maple Leaf Town. Many people come here to eat it. If you are free today, you can go and try it. It's not expensive and it tastes good. I will try it when I am free."

Listening to the conversation between these aunties, the uncle driving the ox cart said a few words.

As they were talking, they arrived at the town. The aunts got off the car, walked to Guihua Street, saw the store they were looking for, and walked in.

Wow! What a big store! The decoration is also nice, and the business is so good.

"Aunt, you are free today, so come and sit down! Oops! Sorry, you have to wait a moment, there are no vacancies, please go and choose your dishes first!" Li Xiaoguang said sarcastically.

Zhu Qing rolled her eyes and led a few aunts to pick out some things.

After waiting for a while, there were no vacancies, so Li Qingping arranged them to a table in the backyard.

"Sisters-in-law, the store is busy today and we are not welcoming you well. Please don't be offended. If you don't mind, please sit here and eat."

After arranging everything for them, Li Qingping started to busy himself with his own affairs.

The spicy hotpot was served, and they took a bite. Their eyes lit up. What is this? It was so delicious. They couldn't stop eating it.

“Sister Qing, this is your uncle’s shop, do you still want to pay?”

Aunt Qian was full, wiped her mouth, and spoke in a calm tone.

"Aunt Qian, don't you know that Sister Qing and her husband have separated? They live their own lives and have nothing to do with each other." Aunt Zhang continued.

Zhu Qing's face was full of black lines. This was so embarrassing. She couldn't let them laugh at her. "Yes! Sister Zhang is right, but our family doesn't care about these small things. The second son's family has so many people to support and such a big store. The rent is not cheap. If they really have extra money, they haven't even repaired the house."

"Sister Qing is right. If we had the extra money, we would have built a new house a long time ago. No one is as capable as Sister Qing's husband Tianlei who even built a new house at home." Aunt Wu complimented.

"That's right, it's just a shabby shop, what's the big deal." Zhu Qing looked proud.

"I don't know what these people are thinking. What's so delicious about this?" Zhu Qing was so proud of himself that he said everything.

"I guess I don't know where the money to open this store came from, bah..." Zhu Qing spat.

"Hey, hey, hey... let me see who let the dog in." Zheng Xin stood at the kitchen door with a spoon in her hand, looking at Zhu Qing with disdain, and continued.

"It's really like a dog's mouth cannot spit out ivory. People are doing their job honestly, but you are talking nonsense? If you keep talking nonsense, I will go to the government to sue you for spreading rumors."

"Aunt Xin, some people just can't stand seeing others doing well. They get jealous when they see others doing well. They easily become sour and extremely jealous." Li Lulu said nonchalantly, folding her hands.

"You...you guys..." Zhu Qing was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Seeing this situation, several aunts felt embarrassed to sit there and quickly went out to pay the bill and left.

Zhu Qing was still standing there angrily. "You little loser, your grandma should have sold you far away, so that you wouldn't come back to make people angry and drive my pearl away, you jinx."

"Who told you to say that about my daughter? Get out of here!"

Li Qingping was known to have a good temper, but he was so angry at Zhu Qing's words that he picked up a broom and wanted to chase her away.

Zhu Qing was so angry that she jumped up and down, and turned to leave, but Li Lulu did not forget to finish her off.

She knew Zhu Qing was a person who loved to take advantage, so she thought that if she was kicked out, she would not pay and would save some money! Who knew that a voice behind her:

"Aunt, don't forget to give him money! Your son is very capable and doesn't need any money. Unlike us, we only run a small shop to support our family. If you don't give him money, we won't even have food to eat."

Zhu Qing went to pay the bill angrily. After paying, her face turned red. She was so embarrassed that she couldn't face anyone.

Following the disdainful looks and pointing fingers, she left Guihua Street and quickly found a bullock cart to return to the village. She probably wouldn't dare to come to the town for a while.

Zhu Qing who wanted to take advantage of the situation ended up losing more than he gained. Why did the usually weak and vulnerable second brother suddenly become so tough today? In the past, for the sake of family harmony he would definitely bow his head and reconcile, and even give some gifts to apologize, but what happened now?

It seems that this is what happened after that money-losing guy came back. It’s all that money-losing guy’s fault. That’s right, Zhu Qing was thinking randomly all the way while sitting on the ox cart.

She packed her things and went home to live with Li Qinglang at her son's house. Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing! What would the people in the village say about her?

She was so angry! She couldn't stand others' compliments, and she forgot herself after hearing a few compliments.

After a busy day, Li Lulu and Wei Lingheng soaked their feet together in the evening. It was so comfortable. After wiping the water off their feet, they wrapped themselves in quilts, and Wei Lingheng calculated their income for the past month for her.

"Lulu, after deducting the cost, the total profit this month is 650 taels, but you haven't been paid yet. Once you are paid, all the money will be yours."

Wei Lingheng took out a purse and handed it to Li Lulu, who took it.

"Wei Lingheng, please accompany me to the bank to deposit money tomorrow! A little girl like me is scared of so much money." Li Lulu pretended to be scared, looking a little artificial.

Wei Lingheng couldn't help but twitch his lips when he saw this. She was still afraid. She was not afraid of facing a few thugs alone, so why would she be afraid of going to a money house?

"Okay, let's go tomorrow when it's less busy, otherwise your brother will be too busy." Wei Lingheng agreed readily.

"Take it, don't refuse it. You've helped me so much. Although it's not much, you still have to be paid for your work here."

Li Lulu threw ten taels of silver into Wei Lingheng's arms. Without waiting for Wei Lingheng to answer, she buried her head in the quilt, curled up and fell asleep.

Wei Lingheng looked at the curled up little ball and felt a little touched. Looking at the silver ingot in his hand, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and a warm current flowed into his heart. She was really like a sun, warming his heart.

Now that Ada and the others have been recruited, these little kids are also very hardworking, and Li Lulu sleeps until she wakes up naturally every day.

She had prepared everything. Anyway, the things in the space had been unpacked and no one knew about it. Wei Lingheng helped to deal with the sausages, and her leisurely life was back.

Li Lulu went to the kitchen only after she had a good sleep. Yue Xiangmei cooked a bowl of noodles for her. After she was full, she pulled Yue Xiangmei into the house to talk in private.

Yue Xiangmei sat on the edge of the bed in confusion, "Lulu, what do you want to tell me? Why are you so secretive? Could it be... could it be that the shop is going to close down?"

Yue Xiangmei stood up anxiously and paced around the room. What should she do? There are so many workers and such a big shop. She is so worried. It's already the beginning of the month and Lulu hasn't been paid yet. Maybe she can't pay it? What should she do?

"Ouch...! Oh my god! You didn't even listen to me and you're already making blind guesses, bah bah bah... Bad things don't work, but good things do."

Li Lulu quickly told Yue Xiangmei to stop guessing, because if she continued to guess, she would probably think that I was bankrupt.

“Pooh, pooh, pooh... That’s right, that’s right, bad things don’t work but good things do. I’m just overthinking it.” Yue Xiangmei also realized that she was overthinking. The business was so good, how could it not be able to continue!

"Here! Take this for mom, and take it for mom and dad to spend. Our family is rich now." Li Lulu handed a silver note to Yue Xiangmei. It was the money that Li Lulu had deposited in the bank before, and there was still two hundred taels left.

Yue Xiangmei was stunned when she received the silver note. She had never seen two hundred taels of silver note before. Then her hands began to tremble and she sat down again, trembling, holding onto the edge of the bed.

"Lu...Lulu...Mother...Mother, you must be dreaming! So much money! Is our family really rich?" She looked at the banknotes in her hand in disbelief, her eyes turned red and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Yes, mother. Our family is rich now. You don't have to get up early and come here tomorrow. I will ask Uncle Dahong to help pull the things over. You and father can ask Grandfather to approve a larger piece of land for us so that we can build a new house."

Li Lulu has wanted to build a new house for a long time, but your current house is in bad condition, it leaks wind and rain.

"Oh, mother, give this to grandpa. Grandpa gave us all his silver. We can't forget him now that we have money."

A silver ingot was given to Yue Xiangmei, and she trembled even more violently, and then she started crying without any warning.