The Buddhist Wife of the Cold-Hearted Educated Youth in the 1970s

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Chapter 109

Big courtyards are one of the characteristics of the capital.

Big courtyards are generally rebuilt from quadrangles. Due to the overall planning of the capital, offices and commercial facilities are concentrated in the old city, resulting in too dense a population and activities per unit area in the old city.

As time goes by, one house per household has become one house for multiple households. In addition, the impact and destruction of the past decade have caused many courtyards to become old and damaged. Today's big courtyards are mainly dilapidated and dangerous houses.

Jiang Xuezhu's family of three is one of the families in the big courtyard.

After the policy was liberalized, Jiang Xuezhu gave up her job of pasting paper boxes in the street office, used the family's only savings to buy food, bought some materials at a low price from the scrap yard, loaded a small stall by herself, and became a small trader.

When Jiang Xuezhu made this decision, many other families in the compound laughed at her, saying that she was full and dared to sell things, which was speculation and digging into the corners of socialism.

People with good connections came to persuade her not to do such illegal things, otherwise she would be caught by red armbands.

The mother-in-law even came to her house and pointed at Jiang Xuezhu and scolded her. She strictly prohibited Jiang Xuezhu from doing business, fearing that something might happen and implicate their family.

Even though so many people opposed it, Jiang Xuezhu still gritted her teeth and persisted.

Facts have proved that her decision was correct.

Jiang Xuezhu sold breakfast at the stall, selling glutinous rice at the gate of the elementary school. There was no shortage of traffic at the school gate, but Jiang Xuezhu was still cold in the first two days. Although there were many people watching, few people dared to buy.

Seeing that she lost money, the mother-in-law came to her house again to mock her.

Jiang Xuezhu said nothing and continued to grit her teeth and persist.

However, her persistence was useful. After a week, the situation began to turn around. Business gradually improved, and even in the following days, it became better and better.

In less than ten days, Jiang Xuezhu successfully recovered her investment.

In order to make more money, Jiang Xuezhu increased the number of times she set up the stall. She was afraid that customers would get tired of eating, so she spent time thinking about new flavors.

In the morning, she sold glutinous rice at the school gate, and in the afternoon and at noon, she sold wontons on the street.

Seeing that Jiang Xuezhu's business was getting better and better, more people followed suit to do business. And the neighbors who lived in the same courtyard were jealous. In order to be superior to Jiang Xuezhu, they talked about the old stories of Jiang Xuezhu's family.

The foolish son who could only walk at the age of two and could not talk at the age of five, and the disabled husband who was paralyzed in bed.

It seemed that only by attacking Jiang Xuezhu's weaknesses could they regain their face in front of Jiang Xuezhu.

After a day of stall work, the sweat had soaked her underwear. The exhausted Jiang Xuezhu finally rushed home before the evening.

Pushing the small stall under the eaves, covering it with yellowed plastic tarpaulin, wiping the sweat on her face with a towel hanging on it, Jiang Xuezhu showed a relaxed smile and opened the door of her home.