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

Zhang Xiuhua thought Ergou didn't need her help with sales in order to save her the burden.

This instant noodle is really good to sell. As soon as she calls out, people immediately raise their hands to buy it.

Although the price is a bit high, passengers who can take international trains are either rich or noble, so no one thinks it is expensive. "I saw the advertisement and have always wanted to try it. It's so tempting."

If one person in a carriage buys it, all other passengers will look over. The aroma is so tempting.

In fact, Zhang Xiuhua was like this in her previous life. She usually didn’t think about eating, but she especially wanted to eat on the train.

The passengers were so greedy that when Zhang Xiuhua came over with the cart, many people asked her to get a bucket of instant noodles without her asking!

More and more people began to slurp, and the whole carriage was filled with the aroma of pickled cabbage beef noodles.

"Add a tea egg and it will taste even better. Would you like one?" Zhang Xiuhua tried her best to sell it.

"Okay! Let's add one." The passenger had money and was happy to give it a try.

When she returned to the capital, she told Youcai about the scene of her selling on the train, but he was not surprised at all. "Your story is nothing. I heard from Brother Lin that these instant noodles are so popular that he ordered 10,000 packs a few days ago, and they were all sold out in less than a week. Many children came here because of the aroma."

At that time, instant noodles had not yet been slandered as junk food. Because many people even rubbed some oil on the edges of their dishes when cooking. And the seasoning packets of instant noodles contained so much oil that they were considered more nutritious.

Zhang Xiuhua was a little surprised. "Youcai actually sold instant noodles to the capital? What a fast speed!"

"He only distributes goods in big cities." Youcai laughed, "I heard that he specifically looks for big customers as agents, so that he can distribute the goods faster! If he transports them by truckload, the freight rate can also be reduced. He basically doesn't accept bulk goods."

Zhang Xiuhua thought: Isn't this an agent? Contracting down layer by layer, Youcai actually thought of this method, he is a natural businessman.

When the two were chatting happily, someone was knocking on the door outside, and the action sounded like someone had a grudge against the door.

Zhang Xiuhua thought Youcai had an argument with someone and the other party came to his house to fight him.

Youcai was confused, "Who is it?! Tap gently, don't break my door!"

He ran to open the door, only to find Brother Lin standing outside. This man was Jidong's partner and was in charge of several small shops.

Seeing Youcai, he grabbed his hand and said, "By the way, is your godmother here? Mr. Li is looking for her."

Forgive Youcai for not realizing who Mr. Li he was talking about. When he did, Brother Lin had already seen Zhang Xiuhua sitting in the main room from behind him. Without him saying anything, he walked in quickly and said, "Godmother, hurry up. Mr. Li is looking for you."

Zhang Xiuhua subconsciously asked, "Who is Mr. Li?"

"He's the boss of Master Li's instant noodles." Brother Lin was still stunned, "Aren't you his godmother?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhang Xiuhua now realized that the Mr. Li he was talking about was Ergou, and she hurried to the convenience store to answer the phone.

Ergou on the other end of the phone was a little anxious. The instant noodle factory business was so booming that he didn't have enough funds on hand.

"Okay! How much do you want?" Zhang Xiuhua glanced at the sky. The bank was still closed, so she still had time to rush over.

"The more the better." Ergou was really anxious.

It was also the first time for him to know that the agent would take a month to settle the bill after receiving the goods, but his factory bought grain from the grain station and was settled immediately. At that time, the scale of private grain stores was small, and he needed too much grain, so he could only go to the grain station. The grain station was a public institution and had to settle the bill immediately.

He had to put in a month's worth of funds, and even if he put in all the money earned from the garment factory, it was still not enough. It was only 20 days, and he had to hold on for another 10 days to get the money back. However, during this period, he needed to produce continuously to minimize his production costs.

After Zhang Xiuhua hung up the phone, she met the curious eyes of Brother Lin and Youcai. She didn't even bother to say anything and directly hailed a taxi to the bank.

Ten minutes before getting off work, I transferred the money to Ergou.

She only had 100,000 yuan on hand, which was all her assets, and she didn't know if it was enough.

After she transferred the money and returned home, Youcai asked her, "What happened? You were in such a hurry that you took a taxi and left without even having time to say a word."

Zhang Xiuhua told Ergou that he needed money.

Youcai suddenly realized, "It costs so much money to open a factory. So he must be making a lot of money from instant noodles, right?"

Zhang Xiuhua thought this was the case, but she was still worried. "There are so many products on hold. It takes a month to settle the bill. What if the agent defaults on the payment and he can't get the money back? Wouldn't that cause a shortage of funds?"

Youcai thought it was impossible. "They won't default on their debt! Instant noodles are so popular. All decent businessmen want to make steady profits."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed. Now is the time when she is at the peak of her popularity, so of course she will not default on her debts. She is just afraid that he will be in a passive position after facing financial difficulties.

But her thoughts were a little redundant. He was short of funds when he first started his business, but after a few more years, he would have more funds and would definitely have more money.

It was December in the blink of an eye. Northeast China had experienced several heavy snowfalls. Everything was white, and the snow piled up to more than one meter high. When I pushed the door in the morning, the snow was so thick that I couldn't open it. The snow on the roof was like thick cotton, more than 30 centimeters deep. Some houses were of poor quality, and villagers used shovels to clear the snow for fear that the roof would collapse.

Li Jianguo had already stored all the vegetables from the field in the cellar, and when his elder brother went to deliver the goods, he would help him deliver them to the store.

The chicken farm in the village also started selling hens. It was cold, and the hens were reluctant to lay eggs. It would be a waste of food to continue raising them.

Li Jianguo told Zhang Xiuhua that they might not make much money from raising chickens this year.

Because there are many more families raising chickens this year, the price of eggs is very high. Last year, the wholesale price was five cents per egg, and the selling price was eight cents. Many chicken farms couldn't find wholesalers to cooperate with, so they had to sell the eggs themselves. They are farmers, and their labor costs are not counted. As long as the price is a little higher than five cents, they are happy. This forced other families to follow suit and lower their prices.

After the price reduction, people who bought eggs benefited, but people who raised chickens lost money.

After all the chickens were sold, Zhang Xiuhua learned from Xu Chunying that in the past two years, she only made 30% profit from raising chickens.

In the past, if I invested 1,000 yuan to raise laying hens, I could get 1,900 yuan back. But now I can only get 1,300 yuan back.

"If I continue to raise chickens next year, I think I will definitely lose money. The price of chickens has gone up this year."

Because those people just bought new chicken farms and started raising laying hens this year. The chickens are not yet available for sale. If they rush to sell them next year, the price of chickens will definitely drop.

Xu Chunying didn't want to raise chickens anymore, so the old village chief and the accountant organized everyone to raise chickens again. Some people agreed. After all, the income from raising chickens is higher than putting it in the bank.

Xu Chunying has her own plans. "If I make money from growing strawberries next year, I plan to build two more acres of greenhouses. This will make money more steadily!"

She sells vegetables herself and knows that the market for vegetables is huge, especially for city workers who like fresh vegetables the most.

Eggs are meat dishes, and not every family can afford them. But vegetables are different, and every family has to cook them. Eating radishes and cabbages every day will make you sick of them.

Seeing that she had made all the plans, Zhang Xiuhua couldn't think of any better suggestions.

Soon, Zhang Xiuhua learned from Aunt Wang that many families had quit raising chickens this year. Originally, 95% of the families in the village had invested in raising chickens, but this year, due to the bad economy, only 40% of them had invested.

The original equipment was also revalued and sold to these people. Aunt Wang also received a small sum of money. Although it was not much, she was already satisfied.

In the blink of an eye, the children came back from vacation.

It was snowing heavily outside, so Jilin and Yaoyao did not go to make-up classes and stayed at home to review. Zhang Xiuhua told them that if they did not know how to solve a problem, they could wait for Hongwen to come back from vacation to help them.

In a blink of an eye, Youcai came back with Hongwen and Hongxia.

Of course, there is nothing special about these three. The important thing is that Hongwu is also back.

He works in a government department and has few holidays. He hasn't been home for several years, but this time he came back with his partner. If his parents are satisfied, they will get married next year.

It should be a happy event, but the children in the family were greatly shocked, especially Zhuzhu. "It's so fast, Hongwu brother is getting married too. He will be an adult in the future and have his own baby."

She felt like she was still a child, and was about to become an aunt. She had grown up for no reason, and had to be careful with her words and set a good example for the children. It was as if there were shackles binding her.

Zhang Xiuhua found her sad and melancholy look funny, "After the New Year, you are already thirteen years old. You are growing up, and they are changing too."

Yaoyao thought it was hilarious that her sister was talking like an adult, and couldn't help but pinch her chubby face, "You have to get married and have kids in the future."

Zhuzhu acted as if she had heard a horror story, "I'm not getting married!"

"Why?" Zhang Xiuhua was surprised. She had never instilled in her children the idea that marriage was a bad thing.

Zhuzhu pouted in disdain, "You'll become ugly after getting married. Look at Sister Xinghua, she was so beautiful before, but now she's so ugly."

Some time ago, when Zhang Xiuhua was out driving, Xinghua went home to visit her family, and Zhuzhu naturally recognized Xinghua. But she didn't recognize her until she stood in front of her.

It's not that the apricot blossoms have become ugly, but that women get married, have children, become mothers, and have to work, so they can't dress themselves up like before. In addition, they gain weight and become less beautiful than before.

Zhuzhu has loved beauty since she was a child, and she cannot accept that she would become ugly.

Yaoyao was a little amused when she heard her sister's words, "Even if you don't get married, you will still grow old and ugly. This is the law of nature. You can't escape it."

"Then I don't want to get married either. I want to be beautiful forever." Zhuzhu spun around proudly, then ran away quickly.

Yaoyao shook her head helplessly, obviously not taking her sister's words to heart.