A good time for farming through the ages

Chapter 208 [208] The Upper and Lower Stores (2000)

Mei Linlin is 20 years old this year, and she is five years older than Zhuo Lin. She is the daughter of Mei’s parents. Her parents favor sons over daughters. The money for going to high school comes from her own matchboxes during the summer vacation. It was very tight, so she was not searched by her powerful mother.

She is a very independent girl who knows that knowledge can change one's destiny. If she wants to be out of the control of others, especially her parents, she must do everything possible to study. It took her two years to pass the Huaqing exam. Fortunately, the university is free of charge. Reading, and free food to eat, gave her a chance to stand up.

But as soon as she gets home, there are countless jobs waiting for her, and her mother has arranged for her a lot during the winter and summer vacations. She is asked to teach classes, and the tuition fees are collected in advance to prevent her from having any chance. Earn your own money, that's what they often say.

"Letting you go to Huaqing is our biggest concession. Now that you have studied and your siblings are still young, shouldn't you earn money to repay us?"

As everyone knows, she earned all the tuition fees for the four years of high school. Even in junior high school, she pasted matchboxes day and night. They are all worn out, even the fingerprints are not clear, and the hands are often dry and cracked by paper scratches. It is cold in winter, and the hands are red, swollen and stiff, but no one has ever felt sorry for herself, because she is a girl and there are two people in the family. With a younger brother to support, she deserves to be that hard-working little scalper.

In contrast, Zhuo Lin, who seems to be free and easy, is the way of life that Mei Linlin yearns for.

Perhaps her classmates once envied her status of household registration in the capital, but they didn't know that her life was not as good as they came from the countryside. At least they would be the pride of their family, village, county, city and even the provincial capital. According to their own circumstances, the local government will also subsidize their education, because with this pride, no matter how stupid the family members are, they dare not do anything to them.

Take a look at her instead, hehe, so what if she gets admitted to Huaqing?Still getting up early and being greedy for slaves every day, their favoritism is no longer simply mental, physical, and physical abuse, but more of a devastation to her personality. If it weren't for Huaqing being in the capital, she really wanted to leave Of.

Mei Linlin is enduring every day now, she is enduring until she is able to leave this family in the future, otherwise she will become a cash cow for her younger brothers for the rest of her life, she will never give such a chance to the lazy parents, then It's the younger brother, and because of the year-round eccentricity, her mind is twisted. She only has hatred for them, but no love!

This is also the real reason why Mei Linlin is silent most of the time at school. Her eccentricity is because she doesn't have much time to spend. Others go out to play on weekends, and her weekends are all spent in the library. The school does not allow her to live during the winter and summer vacations, and she will definitely not go home. For others, home is a haven of shelter from the wind, but for her, it is hell.

Zhuo Lin didn't know that her unintentional actions made Mei Linlin think so much, and she didn't expect that her own life would become the envy of others. A person who is on her own, and her strength is small, so she can't help everyone. Only by walking her own path can she walk out of the steps that her relatives do not recognize.

Tao Yi stayed outside for three days before coming back. When he came back, he was very happy: "Tomorrow I will accompany you to sell tofu nao, and I will take you to see the shop by the way."

Zhuo Lin looked at him in surprise: "I found it? How big is the square?"

"I found it. It is near Wangfujing. It is a small two-story building with a large area. The price is also very beautiful. Your 2 yuan may be discounted to [-]. The remaining [-] Thousands, there is nothing left to decorate furniture and home appliances.”

Zhuo Lin stared: "So expensive?"

"Well, there is a courtyard behind the upper and lower floors, which can accommodate people, and there is also a pressurized well. This price can only be bought with acquaintances. One hundred square meters is no longer an ordinary cost-effective."

"Shouldn't it be the main street?" The average area is 41 square meters, definitely not the main street.

"The fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys. It is not a main road, nor is it a commercial street that has been developed at present. If you want to become popular, you may have to wait a few years. Otherwise, what can you buy at this price?" Even the backyard with a facade The house is three to four hundred square meters. If it is demolished and rebuilt in the future, the price of this piece of land alone will be terrible!
"How? Do you want it?"

Zhuo Lin stared: "Nonsense, of course I want it. There is a facade and a place to live. You can't find it with a lantern. I'm so sorry for making your family worry."

"Don't be embarrassed, I was thinking that this second-floor building is just right for the two of them to do business without delaying each other, and the area is quite large. It doesn't matter if your house is not popular in the early stage, just accumulate slowly!"

Yes, it doesn't matter if the location is not good now, as long as there is potential for development in the future, after all, how can it be so easy to struggle in the capital?
With Tao Yi's help, the process of making tofu nao was greatly simplified. Grandpa and Grandma Hou couldn't help but marvel at his more proficient movements than her.

Zhuo Lin took the opportunity to praise him: "My family can do this business because my brother Xiaoyi taught us well. If he hadn't taught us how to make tofu, my family's conditions might still be at the stage of planing food from the ground."

Speaking of this, Zhuo Lin is quite curious about what kind of situation this guy's previous life was like that allowed him to learn so many survival skills!
I usually go out at eight or nine o'clock, but today I left at eight o'clock. Fortunately, the tricycle is made of iron and is very strong, so it doesn't hurt to bring an extra person. Tao Yi is riding a bicycle, and Zhuo Lin is selling along the way, At first I couldn't yell, because Tao Yi was beside me, so I was embarrassed.

As a result, Tao Yi was thick-skinned, and he was a soldier, with a loud voice. He got used to it before her, and disliked her for having a low voice. So when he shouted, he got a good start, so naturally he didn't hold back, and went all the way to the second place. Riding inside the ring, when passing through villages on the road, they will go in and sell them.

If people say that men and women match, work is not tiring, and their tofu nao has sold out before the second ring enters, and today they still have about [-] bowls, and they are still selling fast, which really makes them happy.

When I arrived at Xiangzhong's shop by bicycle, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon, and I knocked on the door, and an old man was here to watch the door temporarily.

Tao Yi turned his head and explained, "This family is a native of the capital city. It used to be three or four generations of grandparents. Later, something happened to the family. They went abroad, were transferred from work, moved away, and finally died. There is an old couple left, after the death of my wife, the uncle doesn’t want this house, so he wants to sell it, and he plans to take the money to travel, and wherever he goes in the future, he will die there!”

(End of this chapter)