The first wave of people came over with steamed buns from the stall in the canteen, bought broth, gathered together, ate the steamed buns with the broth, their mouths full of oil, and their whole bodies warmed up.

More and more people were attracted and formed a long queue in front of the stall.

"Is this soup delicious?" asked a man with a black face while rubbing the black mud on his hands.

The people squatting nearby all responded in unison: "I've never tasted such delicious soup!"

"They're willing to give away both salt and oil, and it's very fragrant."

"The food at home is tasteless. I didn't expect to be able to drink such delicious soup in this remote place."

……

Zhang Ercui was so busy that her feet hit the back of her head. She asked anxiously, "Dad, have you finished eating? Come over and help."

Li Darong gulped down the soup in the bowl, walked forward to take her spoon and started working.

Li Shuangrong watched as more and more people came, and quickly swallowed the steamed buns and meat in his mouth, wiped his hands on his clothes, and came over to help collect money: "Chongming, stop busying yourself, take Fubao over to eat something."

Then he brought a bowl of meat soup and said, "Drink more, and eat the meat. Fubao can't eat too much." After giving the instructions, he went back to collect the money.

Fubao watched her brother carefully feeding her soup with a spoon and couldn't help laughing: "Brother, drink it yourself, I'm full." After saying that, she burped.

Li Chongming quickly ate the half pancake in his hand with the soup: "I have to eat quickly, it's my turn for Dad and Second Uncle to go to sleep later."

Fubao sat obediently aside, watching the people coming and going, holding coarse porcelain bowls, and couldn't stop calculating in his mind. After a rough calculation, he realized that he could earn three hundred and fifty coins.

"Madam, give me a bowl of chicken." shouted a pot-bellied man.

Zhang Ercui and Li Darong hurriedly served him some chicken, filling a whole bowl.

The man didn't look like a worker on the construction site. His clothes were neat and clean, and he was wearing a long robe. He looked like he came from a wealthy family. The workers all wore shorts, so they could be distinguished at a glance.

Fubao stared at him. What on earth does this guy do?

Before he could think about it, Li Shuangrong asked in surprise: "Wang Li! Why are you here?"

Fubao looked at his father's surprised expression and asked suspiciously, "Dad knows him?"

Li Shuangrong rubbed his face with his sleeve, but it was of no use. The black mud had dried on his face and was not so easy to wipe off.

Wang Li looked him up and down for a long time, his eyes gradually changing from confusion to surprise: "Shuangrong! Why is it you?"

The two people greeted each other happily, and Chongming quickly went over to take over the job of collecting money, freeing up their hands to reminisce about the past.

Wang Li: "Shuangrong, why did you just say you didn't want to go to the private school? I was waiting to learn abacus from you at that time."

Li Shuangrong said with guilt: "At that time, my family was poor and we really couldn't afford the tuition."

Wang Li: "Then you should tell me, it's not a big deal."

Li Shuangrong: "Wang Li."

The man apologized repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I was wrong."

……

After talking for a long time, the two finally came out of their reminiscing about the past ten years.

Li Shuangrong picked up Fubao and said, "This is my little daughter. Fubao, call me uncle."

Fubao called out obediently, "Hello, uncle."

Wang Li happily took off the jade ring on his hand and stuffed it into Fubao's hand: "Uncle didn't bring anything, this ring is for you as a gift."

Li Shuangrong tried to persuade Wang Li, but Wang Li insisted on giving it to him. In the end, Wang Li almost got angry, and finally Li Shuangrong accepted it.

Wang Li held the chicken and said, "You guys eat too."

Li Shuangrong: "Eat it, this is my stall. Are you afraid that I won't eat enough?"

Fubao: "Uncle, try it. My aunt's cooking is delicious."

Wang Li laughed and said, "Hahaha, it smells good." He took a bite and said, "Hmm, it tastes even better. I could smell it from far away."

Li Shuangrong: "Why are you here?"

Wang Li frowned. "My family's registered residence is still in the next village. People from the county government came to call us three or four times, saying that someone must come to serve. My father was annoyed and asked me to come here every day. I don't have to work, so I am happy to be idle."

Li Shuangrong took the people to the tent, and Li Darong also went back to rest, otherwise the intensity in the afternoon would be too great and he would not be able to calm down.

Zhang Ercui: "Oh my goodness, they're all sold out! Only the meat is left."

Fu Bao expected this. For so many people who only earn fifty cents a day, they would definitely not be willing to spend one-fifth of their money on meat. He had to find someone to take care of him.

Wang San came over to give her a bowl: "Wife Darong, I've put the bowl down for you."

Fubao quickly stopped him and said, "Uncle San, can you help me?"

Wang San smiled and said, "Girl, go ahead."

Fu Bao: "Can you find someone and tell him that we can buy a bowl of meat together? I'll give this to you as a gift."

Fubao saw Wang San's surprised look, but it didn't matter. What mattered was whether he could help.

Wang San did not refuse, and walked towards the crowd with a bowl of meat in his hand: "It smells so good! But it's a little expensive. I bought a bowl with someone else, and the price is reasonable."

Sure enough, several people soon walked up to the stall together and said, "A bowl of rabbit meat." Then each of them took out five cents from his pocket.

Just like that, the meat in the pot was sold out. There was not enough left for a bowl. Fubao said, "Auntie, please eat quickly. Don't let your stomach get hungry."

Zhang Ercui said with a smile: "You little kid, you know a lot. You are as cunning as a little monkey."

Fubao stuck out his tongue and turned his gaze to Chongming: "Brother, how much money did we make today?"

Chongming weighed the purse in his hand and said, "I really can't count it clearly. Let's go back and count it again." In fact, he counted it clearly, but he couldn't believe that he could earn so much.

It took more than two hours to clean up the stall and wash the dishes.

Zhang Ercui and Chongming moved the stall into the tent, while Li Darong and Li Shuangrong had already gone back to work.

The three of them hurried home, trying to get back to the village before dark.

Fubao: "Aunt, are you tired?"

Zhang Ercui held the heavy bag of money and smiled from ear to ear: "Why should I be tired? If I can earn so much money, I won't feel tired even if I work every day."

The three of them returned home before dark, and Li Huaiqing was waiting at the door early. When he saw Fubao, he said happily, "You're back."

Fubao: "Grandpa! I'll show you something good later!"

Li Huaiqing agreed with a smile: "Okay, come in quickly."

They returned to the house and quickly closed the gate. Zhang Ercui mysteriously took out her money bag and put it on the table: "Dad and Mom, guess how much we earned today?"

Li Huaiqing: "See how happy you guys are. You must have earned at least a hundred coins!"

Zhao Xiuer took a breath and said, "Are there so many? They have been out for more than three hours."

Fubao couldn't keep the secret to himself: "Aunt, pour out the money quickly so we can count it."

Zhang Ercui quickly opened the bag and poured the copper coins onto the table. The sound sounded crisp and pleasant to Fubao.

Li Huaiqing looked at the table full of copper coins and his eyes widened.

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