Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Before long, all the jelly in Youcai's two iron buckets was sold out.

After selling the jelly, he packed up all the things and asked them where they were going.

Li Jianguo looked at him with admiration and immediately told him that they were going to the bookstore.

When Youcai heard that they were going to the bookstore, his brows furrowed so much that they could kill a fly, "I finally came to the county town, but I'm here to buy books."

He glanced at Jidong, "It must have been your idea."

Jidong laughed, "It's almost August, shouldn't you go back?"

Youcai looked at Li Jianguo pitifully and said, "Dad, I think it's good to set up a stall and do business."

"No!" Li Jianguo refused. "You can make money anytime, but this is the only chance to study."

He motioned Youcai to follow and take Jidong to pick out books first.

Youcai hadn't seen Jidong for several days. He threw his bicycle to his father, put his arm around Jidong's shoulder and asked him how he did in the high school entrance examination.

Before Jidong could say anything, the quick-talking Baolin started talking.

Youcai knew that Jidong would definitely be admitted to the No. 1 High School, but he still underestimated Jidong's ability. He turned out to be the top scorer in the high school entrance examination. "Being compared to you, I become a fool!"

Jilin felt that his sister had not mentioned the main point, so he pushed Baolin away and told Youcai about the flying airplane model and running train model that his mother and Uncle Li gave Jidong.

Children have fewer toys these days, so even girls can keep looking at them, let alone talented ones.

Although he likes cooking the most, he also likes these toys. He was so envious when he heard this that he spoke sourly, "It's good to be the top scholar. The gifts are all unique."

Thinking back to his high school entrance exam, well, let’s not talk about it. With that score, he was already lucky enough to get into a key high school, so what kind of gift was he thinking about?

Seeing that he was jealous, Jidong asked him how it was like to set up a stall here.

Youcai sighed, "It's OK. It's just that this thing is too common. The steel mill we visited before was doing good business. It's a pity that someone copied it."

Jelly is not a secret recipe, many people can make it. Fortunately, many people are too embarrassed to speculate these days. Otherwise, he would definitely be squeezed out.

Jidong stroked his chin, "I think you're a little rigid."

Youcai glared at him angrily and said, "Why am I so rigid? The steel mill was occupied by someone else. That person sold it cheaper than me and had more jelly. I immediately made room. Although the lumber mill is not as big as the steel mill, at least I can sell thirty copies. That's not bad."

Jidong shook his head. "The steel mill has at least a thousand people, but the timber mill only has a few. The jelly was copied, can't you make something else?! You have so many recipes, and you cook them in different ways. Can they beat you?!"

At that time, chefs either worked as chefs in state-owned restaurants or specialized in preparing banquets like Mr. Xu. Some chefs set up stalls, but they were relatively rare.

Youcai looked at Jidong in surprise, "To cook hot dishes, you need a stove, and you need to buy charcoal."

"You can mix other cold dishes." Baolin interrupted. Why did she feel that Brother Youcai was stupid? Brother Jidong had reminded him so clearly, but he couldn't even think of this?

Jidong spread his hands and said, "There are a lot of cold dishes on the table."

Especially since Zhang Xiuhua came from Jiang Province, where there were many cold dishes, she taught Youcai all the dishes she knew.

"If I were you, I would make more than a dozen dishes, and then put them in boxes and let them choose for themselves! I would charge them according to the amount in a lunch box." Jidong clapped his hands, "Oh, right! You also need to make some braised dishes. That's even more difficult."

Zhang Xiuhua also knows how to make stewed dishes, and she can gather a lot of spices, which many people couldn't gather at that time.

Youcai was stunned. How could making money be so easy after hearing what Jidong said?

Arriving at the bookstore, Jidong took his brother and sister in to pick out books. Li Jianguo was looking at the bicycle at the door. Youcai did not follow him in, but held his father's hand and said coquettishly, "Dad! Please let me sell for a few more days. I think Jidong's idea is very good."

"What a joke, we agreed on August. There are still three days left. If you don't come home, I'll break your legs!" Li Jianguo glared at him, and the words that were about to come out of his mouth got stuck in his throat. He sighed heavily.

"That's enough! Don't look so sad! After you take the college entrance exam, you'll have plenty of time to set up a stall and make money. Besides, your cooking skills are still mediocre, and you may not be able to sell them." Li Jianguo told him not to think too much, "The weather is so hot, if you can't sell all the vegetables, they will all go bad, and all these are the capital. Even if you take a step back, where are you going to get the vegetables? You don't have any vegetable coupons?!"

Youcai opened his mouth in surprise. Well, these are really difficult problems, and he really can't solve them. It's impossible for him to go back to the village to get vegetables. It's such a long journey.

Perhaps it was because Li Jianguo put the difficult problems in front of him one by one, Youcai's eagerness was instantly extinguished. He no longer insisted on setting up the stall and followed in to pick out books.

Jidong bought a lot of books. Youcai tilted his head to look at the titles and sifted through them. "So many extracurricular books? Can you finish them all?"

"Don't worry! You can finish watching!" Jidong waved to the children to come over. Before leaving, Zhang Xiuhua gave him the ticket and money. With the ticket, he spent 13.6 yuan alone.

Youcai shook his head and said, "What a waste! Buying a bunch of idle books!"

After buying the books, Youcai urged Li Jianguo to find Ergou quickly. Ergou was still at the door of another factory and needed his help to transport the things back.

When they arrived, Ergou was sitting at the factory gate, and the other stall owners had already closed their stalls and gone home.

Seeing so many people coming, he was slightly surprised, and then put the things up.

Youcai put his arm around Jidong's shoulders and boasted to him that Jidong had scored the top spot in the high school entrance examination.

Ergou's eyes were full of envy. He only got into an ordinary high school, and his scores were not even as good as those of the talented ones. He didn't know if he could get into college in the future.

Li Jianguo took the children back to Youcai's residence. Ergou opened the door and Li Jianguo helped push the bicycle inside.

"Let's go. I'll take you to dinner." Li Jianguo called them.

Ergou hesitated a little, "I won't go."

"How can you not go? I have to thank you for taking care of Youcai. He is a little impatient, and I can only feel at ease if you keep an eye on him." Li Jianguo guessed that the child might not want to go due to his self-esteem, so he immediately dispelled the idea.

Ergou thought about it and then followed.

They went to a nearby state-owned restaurant. As the other kids went to order food, Youcai told Ergou the method that Jidong had just taught him.

Ergou was indeed tempted. "I was unlucky today. A jelly vendor came over to squeeze my business, and I couldn't move away. It took me a lot of effort to sell out. It would be nice to sell cold dishes."

Youcai told Ergou about the difficulty, but he didn't think it was difficult at all. "We don't have to go back to Lijiatun. We can just keep going forward on the road ahead. There is a village in about ten minutes by bike. We can go there to pick some vegetables and mix them into cold dishes when we come back, right?"

Youcai looked at Ergou in surprise. What was a difficult task for him was not a problem at all for Ergou?