69novels Chapter 11 Make money from one start
Chapter 11 Make money from one start
Ni Hui was full of anger, and slowly felt that it was nothing, he had been reborn, even if he dangled in front of him, he could ignore him.Thinking of this, he relaxed and fell asleep at some point.
It was already the next day when he woke up, and his grandfather should have carried him back at night. Ni Hui followed his grandfather to practice Tai Chi in the yard, and Shui Xiangdong also got up to do Tai Chi with them.Grandpa was very happy when he saw the water coming to the east: "Okay, okay, let's practice together."
Ni Hui punched himself expressionlessly, Shui Xiangdong peeked at him, and found that his face seemed a little unhappy, so he couldn't help but sighed secretly.
For breakfast, grandma cooked millet porridge. Apart from the usual pickles, there was also a plate of fried golden food. Ni Hui asked grandma, "What is this?"
Grandma smiled and picked one for him: "Last night, Xiangdong caught a lot of cicada monkeys. I washed them, soaked them in salt water overnight, and fried them just now. Try to see how they taste."
Ni Hui glanced at Shui Xiangdong on the opposite side of the table, he was looking at himself expectantly, Ni Hui put the cicada monkey into his mouth with a straight face.He said in his heart, I will only eat one, and this is the one I caught myself.
The surface of the cicada monkey is very crispy, and the inside is very tender, with a little sweet taste, fragrant and delicious.Ni Hui ate one, looked at the cicada monkey, took a few mouthfuls of porridge, and ate some pickles. He felt that it was not as delicious as the cicada monkey, so he couldn't help but pick another one.Shui Xiangdong saw that he took the initiative to eat the cicada, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he lowered his head to drink the porridge while having fun.
After breakfast, Zhang Yong ran over: "Xiangdong, Niba, did you eat cicadas in the morning? My grandma fried up the ones I caught last night and ate them. It tastes so good."
Ni Hui didn't speak, Shui Xiangdong nodded: "Eat it, it's delicious."
Zhang Yong said: "Let's catch it again tonight, I really like to eat it."
Shui Xiangdong said: "Okay, I'll catch it tonight. But it's not good for children to eat too much. I'm going to catch the cicada monkey and sell it."
Zhang Yong's eyes lit up: "Really, cicada monkeys can still be sold for money?"
Shui Xiangdong shook his head: "I don't know very well, such a delicious food should be okay. Just try it."
Ni Hui heard their conversation from the side, and couldn't help but look at Shui Xiangdong. He was already sure that his shell was 100% filled with another soul, otherwise how could a seven-year-old child understand these things.
In the evening, before it was dark, Shui Xiangdong and Zhang Yong started to look for the cicada monkey. At this time, the cicada monkey hadn't come out of the hole yet, so it wanted to find a hole on the ground to dig.This requires experienced people to recognize it. Knowing that the monkey first made the soil layer around the hole thin, opened a very small hole, and waited until it was dark to break through the thin layer around the hole. The soil layer climbed out of the hole.
Both Shui Xiangdong and Zhang Yong recognized the monkey's hole, and when they spotted one, they could dig it out with a hoe, but it would take a lot of effort, so it's better to wait for the monkeys to climb out by themselves before picking them up.
Seeing that the two of them were having a great time, Ni Hui felt itchy in his heart. After hesitating for a long time, he still didn't go. He lay on the cool bed and pestered his grandpa and grandma to tell him stories. The historical stories of others, while the grandmother told the love stories of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Meng Jiangnu, Liang Zhu, etc. Those old allusions came from their mouths, and they were different from the versions I knew, which sounded quite interesting.
When he woke up the next morning, Ni Hui practiced Tai Chi with his grandfather, but he didn't see Shui Xiangdong. He turned his head and looked, and his grandfather said, "Are you looking for Xiangdong?"
Ni Hui's face was a little hot: "No, who is looking for him."
Grandpa smiled and said, "He and Zhang Yong went to the market to sell cicada monkeys."
The two children have always been awkward, and the old man can see it. The child Xiangdong is very nice, and he has been trying his best to please Ni Hui, but Ni Hui doesn't appreciate it.If it were an ordinary child, most of them would never put a hot face on a cold butt, but Shui Xiangdong was not hit by Ni Hui's indifference, and treated him well as always.Grandpa thought at first that Ni Hui didn't like Shui Xiangdong, maybe it was out of jealousy, fearing that the two brothers would take away his grandpa and grandma's care, but Ni Hui took good care of Shui Xiangyang, letting him eat and play. He can also coax him to play, and there is no look of jealousy.Only the boy Shui Xiangdong is prejudiced. Why?The old man couldn't understand it, so he could only explain it by not agreeing with each other.
When it was past seven o'clock, Shui Xiangdong hadn't come back yet, but Shui Xiangyang woke up.He woke up and couldn't see his brother, so he couldn't help crying. This child has no parents, and his brother is his only relative, so he is more dependent on him.
Grandpa and grandma went to coax them, but they couldn't.Ni Hui took his hand: "Yangyang, brother will be back soon, and I'm going to buy you candy. The little rabbit gave birth to a baby, let's go and see."
Hearing what Ni Hui said, Shui Xiangyang wiped his tears with his hands: "Really?"
"Yeah." Ni Hui took Shui Xiangyang's hand and walked to the rabbit cage. Last night, the white female rabbit gave birth to a litter of cubs. There were seven cubs in total, three white ones and four gray ones. No hair, fleshy, huddled together, looks very cute.
Shui Xiangyang looked at the little rabbits lying in the grass nest covered with white rabbit fur, forgot that his brother was not at home, looked at those little rabbits with relish, and wanted to reach out to grab them.
Ni Hui said: "Yangyang, don't catch the little rabbit. If you catch the little rabbit, the mother rabbit will not feed it, and the little rabbit will starve to death." Most of my own children will not be able to breastfeed.
Hearing what he said, Shui Xiangyang withdrew his hands and looked through the cage: "When will the little rabbit grow up?"
"It will grow up soon, and when Yang Yang's health recovers, the little rabbit will grow up. Can I ask grandpa to give you two little rabbits then?" Ni Hui said.
Shui Xiangyang became excited: "Okay, I like little rabbits."
Shui Xiangdong came back and saw Ni Hui and his younger brother squatting in front of the rabbit cage watching the rabbits. The two got along very well, and couldn't help laughing: "Yangyang, brother is back."
Ni Hui and Shui Xiangyang turned their heads and saw Shui Xiangdong standing in the yard carrying a plastic bucket, Shui Xiangyang hurried over: "Brother, Brother Huihui said he would give me two little rabbits."
Shui Xiangdong quickly caught his younger brother: "Yangyang, don't run away, walk slowly. Is the little rabbit born?"
"Well. Brother, come and see, there are many." Shui Xiangyang pointed to the rabbit cage.
Shui Xiangdong carried his younger brother to watch the rabbit, and said to Ni Hui, "Thank you for helping me take care of my younger brother."
Ni Hui turned his head and went back to the house without speaking.
While eating breakfast, Shui Xiangdong handed a handful of change to grandma: "Grandma, this is for you."
Grandma looked at the money in his hand: "Is it the money for selling Cicada Monkey?"
Shui nodded to the east: "Yes."
Grandma said, "You take it yourself and keep it for pocket money."
Grandpa also said: "Xiangdong, you can keep the money for yourself, and buy pens and notebooks in the future. Is the cicada monkey easy to sell?"
Shui Xiangdong said, "It's okay. I sell them for 80 cents each. Yesterday we caught more than [-] and sold them for more than [-] yuan."
Grandpa laughed: "Not bad."
Shui Xiangdong smiled and said, "I'll catch them at night."
Ni Hui thinks that Shui Xiangdong is quite good. Their salary here is only more than 100 yuan a month. When he was busy for a while, he almost caught up with others who worked a day.
After dinner, Zhang Yong came over, holding a cream ice cream in his hand, licking it with relish, when licking the ice cream, the missing front teeth were exposed, and he smirked while eating: "Hey, this is for me. Earn money to buy."
Shui Xiangdong suddenly said to Ni Hui: "Ni Hui, do you eat ice cream?"
Ni Hui turned his head and looked at Shui Xiangdong: "I don't want it." It seemed that he wanted to buy ice cream for himself.
Shui Xiangyang said, "Brother, I want to eat."
Shui Xiangdong patted his younger brother's head: "Yangyang can't eat ice cream, so I'll go buy you some cattail candy."
Shui Xiangyang looked at the ice cream in Zhang Yong's hand and put his finger in his mouth. Shui Xiangdong quickly took out his hand and waited for Zhang Yong: "Zhang Yong is not allowed to eat ice cream in the future, you Did you deliberately tease Yangyang?"
Zhang Yong chuckled, then bit down the ice cream and swallowed it into his stomach in two or three bites, he was so cold that he gasped: "I will never eat ice cream in front of Yang Yang again."
Shui Xiangdong took his younger brother's hand and went to buy sugar. When he came back, he handed Ni Hui a large piece of bubble gum: "This is for you."
Ni Hui looked at the bubble gum in his hand, and didn't reach out to pick it up for a long time. Why would he eat bubble gum?Shui Xiangdong said, "Take it, Ni Hui, thank you for helping me take care of my brother today."
Ni Hui said, "Give it to Yang Yang."
"Yangyang is too young to eat bubble gum, so I bought it for you." Shui Xiangdong insisted, and the hand had been raised for 3 minutes.
"Eat it yourself," Ni Hui said.
Shui lowered his head to the east: "Ni Hui, what did I do wrong, please forgive me, I'm sorry."
Ni Hui said in his heart, it would be too easy to erase all the betrayal and hurt with just saying sorry.He turned around and stopped talking to Shui Xiangdong.
Shui Xiangdong looked down at the beautiful piece of bubble gum, but his mood was extremely depressed. How could Ni Hui accept himself.
Knowing that Cicada Monkey can make money, from this day on, Shui Xiangdong and Zhang Yong started to catch Cicada Monkey everywhere.After a few days, Ni Hui was also encouraged by Zhang Yong, because he was really interested in catching cicada monkeys, and if it wasn't for Shui Xiangdong who wanted to play, he would have had a great time.
Shui Xiangdong is really good. Within a few days, he found a restaurant that specializes in monkeys. The price is cheaper than retail, but you can pay as much as you want, which saves a lot of trouble. Go to the market early in the morning to squat.
The cicada monkeys caught by the three of them were put together to sell for money. Shui Xiangdong took out the money from selling the cicada monkeys and divided them into three shares on average, giving one to Zhang Yong, Ni Hui and himself.When he handed the money to Ni Hui, Ni Hui shook his head: "I don't want it."
Shui Xiangdong said, "Take it, you deserve it."
"I just followed to play, and I didn't ask for money." Ni Hui turned his face away.
Shui Xiangdong said, "This is not asking for money, you earned it yourself."
Ni Hui looked at him and said impatiently: "I said I don't want it, why are you so annoying, if you want to give me money in the future, I won't go with you."
Shui Xiangdong saw that Ni Hui suddenly turned his face, so he had no choice but to take his hand back. He still wanted Ni Hui to play with him.
By the end of August, the number of cicada monkeys gradually decreased, and most of them had already left their holes. When there were many cicadas in the past, one or two hundred monkeys could be caught in a night, but now they can only catch a dozen or so a day.
Shui looked east and saw that the number of cicadas was greatly reduced, so he stopped the activity of catching cicadas.This summer vacation, he and Zhang Yong Ni Hui made a lot of money together. At the beginning, the two of them were still mixed together. Later, Ni Hui suggested that they separate, and the share he picked up was also given to Shui Xiangdong. This summer vacation, he only picked up cicada monkeys. , Shui Xiangdong earned more than 100 yuan.
During the day, they also pick up cicada sloughs and sell them in pharmacies.Ni Hui is afraid of the sun, so he never goes out during the day, and when he goes out occasionally, his eyes are mostly on the branches and leaves of the tree. When he sees a cicada sloughing, he takes it off, takes it back and puts it on the window sill. Shui Xiangdong knows that Ni Hui picked it up, and he will smile. Put it away.