"Ah? Sister Duoduo, are you buying sachets for your friends? Just take whichever one you like. We're all relatives, so why would money matter? No need, no need!"

Wu Xiaozhu enthusiastically opened the black plastic bag in his hand and let Jiang Duoduo pick a few to give to her friends.

"We have to count the money. As the saying goes, even brothers have to settle accounts! Besides, I don't just want one or two. I have many friends and colleagues like your cousin, so I'll take all your bags."

Jiang Duoduo actually just wanted her sensible cousin to sell all the goods in her hands, earn some living expenses as she said, and then have some fun at home for a few days.

If he gave it directly to Qian Jiang Duoduo, he was afraid that Wu Xiaozhu would not accept it, so he had to think of an excuse to buy something to give to a friend.

"Sister Duoduo, do you really need so much? Do your friends have so much?"

Wu Xiaozhu counted the sachets and lucky bags in the bag and found that there were 163 in total.

She and her mother have been setting up the stall since the first day of the Lunar New Year and now on the sixth day, but they have only sold more than 200 lucky bags and sachets in total. Wu Xiaozhu was a little flattered that her cousin wanted to buy more than 100 at once.

After selling so many, there won’t be any lucky bags left at home. So can I just play with them for a few days?

The more Wu Xiaozhu thought about it, the happier he became, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"Really? I have many colleagues in the hotel. Can you help me calculate how much it will cost?"

When Jiang Duoduo saw Wu Xiaozhu laughing so hard that her teeth were showing, she became happy too.

When I think about when I was her age, I often followed my mother to set up stalls and sell rice balls during the winter and summer vacations.

It is not easy for children from poor families. Jiang Duoduo's cousin has been sensible and able to endure hardships since she was young. She feels that she is capable now and she will help as much as she can.

"Sister Duoduo, then... then just give me 1300! There are 163 of them here. We usually sell them for 10 yuan each, so I'll give you 8 yuan each. Is that okay with you?"

Wu Xiaozhu looked at Jiang Duoduo and carefully handed the entire plastic bag to Jiang Duoduo.

"Even if 10 yuan each is enough, your hand-embroidery is quite time-consuming. Let me do the math. 163 times 10 is 1630. As an even number, I'll give you 2000 yuan. The extra money is your New Year's money from your cousin."

Jiang Duoduo picked up the payment QR code hanging around Wu Xiaozhu's neck and paid 2000 yuan directly.

"This...how can this be! Sister Duoduo, I can't take your money!"

Wu Xiaozhu was so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

This payment QR code is from my mother's mobile phone. Her mobile phone has been broken these two days, so they plan to use Aunt Wang's mobile phone to log into WeChat after the market on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year and transfer the money to the bank card.

Now that my cousin has scanned so much money into my mother's WeChat, Wu Xiaozhu only has a hundred yuan in change, which is not enough to give change to my cousin.

"It's just a few hundred yuan, not much, that's all! Let's go! My mom and aunt are still waiting for us at the hotel!"

Jiang Duoduo said this and helped Wu Xiaozhu put away the folding table.

"Okay...okay, thank you Sister Duoduo. I'll go across the street and tell Aunt Wang and we'll be leaving."

Wu Xiaozhu's eyes sparkled. She hadn't received any New Year's money for a long time.

There are many children in the family, so even the New Year's money given to each other by relatives is received by the younger sister. She hasn't received New Year's money since she was thirteen years old.

Moreover, his cousin gave him hundreds of yuan at a time. Wu Xiaozhu remembered that the most New Year's money he had ever received when he was a child was only twenty yuan.

When Wu Xiaozhu was happy, he jumped up and down when he went to see Aunt Wang across the street.

"Aunt Wang, I have to pack up my stall and go back first. My eldest aunt, second aunt, and cousin are here to see my mom! I have to take them home first!"

After saying what he wanted to say in one breath, Wu Xiaozhu ran back to Jiang Duoduo like a gust of wind.

"What? Your aunt...your cousin? Then...then she's Shumin's relative!"

Only then did Aunt Wang realize that it was a relative from Chen Shumin's family who had come.

It’s not easy!

She remembered that Chen Shumin had not visited her relatives from her mother's side since she followed Wu Bo back to Lianshan Village.

It is said that her mother's home is very far away, as if it is more than a thousand kilometers away!

At that time, she admired Chen Shumin's courage, who dared to follow Wu Bo all the way to their remote area.

What a pity! Wu Bo is also unable to shoulder the burden of the family.

Although he was quite nice to Chen Shumin in the first few years after he came back, he also went out diligently to find work every day.

But after Chen Shumin gave birth to three girls in a row, he began to change slowly.

He felt that he could not hold his head up in the village because he had no son. In addition to asking Chen Shumin to give birth to a son, he also developed a drinking problem.

Now their family is entirely supported by Chen Shumin.

Sometimes Aunt Wang felt sorry for Chen Shumin.

But there was no way around it. Once a woman had a child, she would be tied down, not to mention that Chen Shumin already had six children.

The eldest and second daughters are already married and have children. In this situation, how can Chen Shumin leave this small mountain village?

It would be nice if someone came to their house.

Aunt Wang looked at the girl who had just greeted her. Her dress and temperament did not seem like those of an ordinary girl. She thought that Chen Shumin might be the daughter of a wealthy family!

Now that her family has come to see her, I guess they can help a little.

Seeing Wu Xiaozhu and the pretty girl carrying a folding table and heading towards the intersection, Aunt Wang called out, "Xiaozhu, you should put the table on my tricycle. I'll bring it back to you later! It's inconvenient for you to carry it like this!"

"Aunt Wang, my cousin is driving here. We can carry the table out of this intersection and put it in her car!"

Wu Xiaozhu turned around and waved to Aunt Wang with a big laugh.

She is so happy today, her cousin said she would drive her home!

"Oh, that's good, your mom will be so happy. Be careful on the road!"

Aunt Wang smiled and waved to the two of them.

"Thank you, Aunt Wang!"

Jiang Duoduo also turned around and sincerely thanked her aunt's good neighbor.

Isn’t it said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors?

She just heard from her cousin that they all took Aunt Wang's electric tricycle when they came to set up the stall, and Aunt Wang would come and help when there was anything going on at home.

Therefore, Jiang Duoduo thanked her from the bottom of her heart, and thought about giving this good neighbor some of the J City specialties they brought when she arrived at her aunt's house.

……

"Xiao Zhu, is there a cell phone store nearby?"

After the two arrived at the parking lot behind the hotel, Jiang Duoduo suddenly asked a question.

"Yes! But it's on the other side of the street. Sister Duoduo, do you want to buy a mobile phone?"

Wu Xiaozhu attended high school in Huayang Town, so she is quite familiar with the place.

She doesn't have a mobile phone herself, but she has accompanied several classmates to the store to buy mobile phones.

She was so envious at that time!

But when he thought about the situation at home, Wu Xiaozhu suddenly stopped envying him.

The family is so poor, but her mother still gritted her teeth to support her high school education. She cannot let her mother down.

She always comforted herself that as long as she studied hard, she would have a mobile phone in the future, and she would have good days of eating milk, bread, fish and meat every day.

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