174, Life of a Miser

"Is this trip smooth?"

There are many things to pack later, so Lu Aihua doesn't care about the electricity bill anymore and turns on the light in her room.

This small courtyard is not big, with two bedrooms in total. In addition to the one where Yan Chu and his wife lived before, there is only one bedroom where the old lady lives.

Fortunately, people here are used to sleeping on the kang, and people in the city are no exception. When the kang was built, it was specially made longer. The five daughters now sleep in the same room with the old lady, including the two-year-old son who is still a baby.

But the children are growing up, and it is impossible to keep making do like this. There are six children and one old man, seven mouths to feed, and they have to save money to build a house. The original body gritted his teeth and sold his job for 200 yuan, and then became a trader to make this life-threatening money.

The sound of Yan Chu carrying things into the house was not small, and the chattering of several daughters did not lower their voices. The chubby little son lying on the kang was soon awakened, and the corners of his mouth drooped down, and he was about to cry.

The older girl was still good at coaxing her younger brother. Seeing the younger brother pouting and looking aggrieved, she held him in her arms and rocked him tightly, finally coaxing him to sleep before he cried.

"Pearl Jade, keep your voices down, don't wake up your younger brother again."

Yan Jin glared at her four younger sisters and said in a low voice. Although she didn't say it explicitly about Yan Chu, her biological father, just looking at the complaining eyes, she was also complaining in her heart.

Complaining that they were not sensible, if they woke up Yan Yuanbao, the evil star, the whole family would not sleep tonight.

Speaking of which, the family named their children quite casually. Originally, when the eldest daughter was born, they thought of giving birth to a son in the next pregnancy, so they named the eldest daughter Yan Jin, and the future son Yuanbao, which combined into Jin Yuanbao.

But who knew that they gave birth to Yan Zhen, Yan Zhu, Yan Fei, and Yan Cui one after another, and then gave birth to a son Yan Yuanbao in the sixth pregnancy.

This is how it is in this era. If you don't have a son, you have to keep giving birth. Otherwise, even if you don't care, you will be drowned by other people's spit. Most of the scolding is directed at women, thinking that it is because women are not motivated that they can't give birth to a boy for their husband's family.

The wife of the original body is such a sensitive woman. In addition, her mother's side is patriarchal, and she always thinks that the most important thing for a woman in this life is to give birth to a son. In the end, she lost her life for her son.

She was only 28 when she gave birth to the sixth child. She had the experience of giving birth before, but she was destined to have this disaster. When the child was in the wrong position, she was sent to the hospital and barely gave birth to the child, and then died of heavy bleeding.

Before, the wife of the original body worked as a temporary worker in the factory canteen. The couple's salary was barely enough to support five daughters, but now the wife is dead, and there is another child who needs to be fed. If the original body doesn't think of a way to make money, the whole family will soon be unable to survive.

"Big sister, we will be quiet."

Several little girls covered their mouths and whispered, and winked at their big sister Yan Jin, smiled flatteringly, and then turned their heads to look at the two big packages brought by their biological father, wanting to see what good things their father brought them.

"Big Jin, you take your younger brother and sister to sleep in Dad's room tonight. Dad and your grandma still have things to sort out tonight."

For now, Yan Chu thinks that the children of the original body are quite well-behaved, and the relationship between the sisters is also good. Later, they became people who turned against each other for money. In addition to their own reasons, it may also be inseparable from the education of the original body.

"Dad, I'm very good, let me keep it."

Four-year-old Yan Fei and Yan Cui are twins. The two girls hugged one leg of their biological father each, and their eyes never moved away from the package.

Before leaving, Dad said that he would bring them beautiful little skirts. They have been looking forward to it for a month. How could they be willing to miss this day.

"Fei Cui, stop bothering dad."

Yan Jin was the calmest elder sister. Although she was also a little disappointed that she couldn't watch her father and grandmother unpack the packages, she still sensibly hugged her sleeping brother and urged her sisters to go to the next room with her.

"Hurry up and carry the quilt to the next room. Whoever is slow will have no eggs to eat tomorrow."

The old lady's threat was more effective than Yan Jin's words. Compared with the beautiful skirts she had never seen before, the fragrant eggs were more attractive.

Yan Fei and Yan Cui let go of their father's thighs, and left slowly with their small quilts and pillows in their arms, closing the door.

"You have brought so many things, and you have spent all your money, right?"

The old lady watched her son open the nylon bag, take out a large bag of flour from under a pile of seafood and clothes, and then untie the flour bag, reach directly into the flour bag, and take out several boxes wrapped in yellow paper, all of which are relatively rare watches and radios now.

In addition, the son searched again and sorted out forty or fifty beautiful children's clothes. The styles were not available here. Just by looking at them, you can imagine how beautiful they would be when worn.

Most of these clothes were for children, and there were not many adult clothes.

The old lady helped her son sort the things into piles. The most expensive watches and radios were in one pile, the new clothes were in one pile, and the dried seafood and scallops were in another pile.

The things in the two nylon bags were mixed and messy. They were also clothes, and both nylon bags were filled with a lot. The top layer was separated by another layer of seafood. In this way, the things were placed separately. At first glance, each type seemed to be not much. When they were sorted out and piled together, the number was not small.

Lu Aihua looked at these things and felt that she had spent a lot of money. Her son had almost taken away all the family's money on this trip, and she didn't know if they would be able to sell them by then.

"It doesn't cost much."

Yan Chu smiled, lifted up his clothes, and took out his wallet from the mezzanine: "I brought a thousand yuan with me on this trip, and now I still have more than three hundred yuan left."

"Is this how much money these things cost?"

The old lady asked in surprise. The neighbor next door bought a radio for 110 yuan. The radio her son bought was a little smaller than that family's. She thought the price might not be much less, so she pressed a button. Counting a hundred yuan each, the three in front of her now must be at least three hundred yuan.

"Many small workshops have opened in Shenzhen, and some state-owned factories have begun to accept private orders. This kind of radio does not require a ticket in Shenzhen and can be bought for only 70 yuan. There are also these watches, which are not of any brand, but The advantage is that the price is cheap. I bought twenty of them, and the purchase price is only fifteen yuan each, and the same type of watch can be sold for at least thirty or forty dollars here. "

Yan Chu took those watches and radios and explained to the old lady: "There are also these clothes. The price in Shencheng is about the same as that of Baizhai. That is to say, I bought less and the price is a bit higher. On average, each piece of clothes is less than ten yuan." money."

"Less than ten dollars?"

Lu Aihua's mouth opened wide. Nowadays, supply and marketing cooperatives still require coupons to buy things. Making clothes by yourself, apart from the difficulty of getting cloth coupons, will cost at least ten yuan, and the style is not as exquisite as the clothes in front of her.

Especially some of the small skirts were trimmed with lace. The old lady had never seen such beautiful clothes in her life. If they were placed in their big shopping mall, they would have sold for at least fifty or sixty yuan.

No wonder so many people are willing to take risks and become bad guys. This is a huge profit.

The old lady calculated in her mind that these two big bags could conservatively earn six to seven hundred, which was as much as her son's income for more than half a year when he was a worker.

“But the risks in this business are quite high.”

Yan Chu told the story about how he was almost caught by the police when he came back, and he also mentioned the unlucky guy who had been stolen by the police. The old lady was so frightened that she grabbed his hand and said: Amitabha.

"It's so dangerous. Let's stop doing it in the future. We'll stop after selling what we've earned from this trip."

Of course, his son is more important than money, the old lady said with trembling heart and soul, holding his hand.

"How can I not do it? The work has been delegated to my second cousin. If I really stop, the whole family will starve to death."

Yan Chu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Mom, don't worry, I know it in my heart. Those police officers are just going through the motions in a hurry. As long as I have a strong heart, it will be fine."

His comfort was ineffective at all. The old lady felt uneasy just thinking about being caught doing this and having to go to jail. But what her son said was right. Now that her job is gone, what if? If you don't do the job of being a bad guy, you still have six children at home. What will you do in the future?

"Mom, go get me a bowl of noodles. In order to save money these days, I am willing to eat three buns a day on the train, but it makes me starved."

Yan Chu rubbed his belly and handed the bag of flour used to hold watches and radios to the old lady.

The watch and radio were wrapped in clean yellow paper and placed in a flour bag. They were not dirty at all.

"You, a grown man, eat three buns a day?"

The old lady raised her voice, and her heart became even more aching. She immediately got off the kang and carried a three-inch golden lotus to her son.

After eating a bowl of noodles and taking a shower, the mother and son began to sort out the things that had been sorted on the kang. The old lady locked all the valuables such as watches in the cabinet, and she felt relieved.

It was just the pile of clothes that caused a little dispute between mother and son.

"Before we left, we agreed to buy beautiful dresses for Dajin and his sisters. How many days have the little girls been looking forward to it?"

When the old lady heard that those clothes had to be sold for money, she couldn't help but speak for her granddaughters.

"Mom, seeing as Dajin and the others are getting older, they must have more houses at home. Dajin and Erzhen are also old enough to go to school. There are places to spend money everywhere. It's my fault as a father. It’s useless and can’t give them a good life.”

The wish maker said that only necessary expenses would be given to the children until they are eighteen years old. In this way, beautiful little dresses will definitely not be included in necessary expenses.

Studying is different. No one can say that studying is not a necessary expense. Yan Chu feels that the original owner suffered a loss in his previous life because he gave a few children good economic conditions but did not enrich their spiritual world. In this case, they will not be able to enrich their spiritual world in this life. Do it the other way around.

When Yan Chu heard these words from the old lady, he immediately softened his heart.

How difficult it is for her son. He eats three steamed buns a day just to save money. Isn’t it for the future of his children? In this case, it’s okay for the granddaughters to wear less beautiful clothes. When the time comes, the family’s life will be better. , will be made up.

In this way, in the sleep of several children, they missed the beautiful little dress they thought about day and night.