Rebirth of a Village Girl

Chapter 25

PICKNG SNAILS, SAVING PEOPLE

Seeing the empty large iron bucket, Ni Cuihua finally realized that her daughter wasn’t lying. She opened her mouth wide in astonishment, “How much are we going to earn!”

She knew that her daughter’s sour fish was delicious, but she didn’t expect it to be so popular!

Ni Yang was unphased, “It’s only a few dozen yuan, mom. Let’s go inside, I’m so hungry.”

Ni Cuihua took the iron bucket from Ni Yang’s hands, “Let’s go, meal is ready. Hurry and let’s eat.”

Lunch was two dishes and a soup.

One stir-fried green vegetables, one braised pork, and a tomato and egg soup.

Ni Cuihua’s culinary skills were quite good. Ni Yang finished a large bowl of white rice with the soup.

“Yangyang, eat more meat. Eating meat will help you grow taller.” Ni Cuihua kept adding meat to her daughter’s bowl.

“Thank you, mom. You eat too.” Ni Yang also added a piece of meat to Ni Cuihua’s bowl.

After finishing the meal, Ni Yang counted the money she made from selling noodles in the morning. It totaled out to be seventy six yuan and some change, which meant that she had sold almost 256 bowls of noodles.

Ni Cuihua had never knew that you could make so much money in just one morning. She immediately said, “Yangyang, do you need mom’s help tomorrow morning?”

Ni Yang gave the money to Ni Cuihua and smiled, “No need, mom. I can handle it on my own. You just need to take good care of little sister at home.”

Ni Cuihua put the money away, feeling a sense of astonishment, “I didn’t know how easy it is to earn money in the city. Your dad and grandma would surely turn green with regret if they knew how good you are at making money now!” The Mu family used to live frugally, and they couldn’t even save a hundred yuan over a year! But Ni Yang earned over seventy yuan in just one morning!

Ni Cuihua, a woman from deep inside the mountains, didn’t know much. She thought that city money was easy to earn, unaware of how much hard work and sweat Ni Yang had put into it.

Ni Yang maintained her composure and immediately corrected her mother’s incorrect notions, “It’s not about city money being easy to earn. It’s about finding the right method. If it was someone else, they might not necessarily make money. Lots of people lose money in business right now.”

Ni Cuihua nodded in confusion.

Ni Yang picked up her purchased fishing gear and continued, “Mom, I’m going to make a round by the river.”

“Alright, your Aunt Ni told me the river is quite deep. I’ll go with you.” Ni Cuihua knew that she was going to fish and was a bit worried.

Ni Yang chuckled, “It’s okay, mom. You don’t need to go. I know how to swim. Just stay at home and rest.”

To the east of Jinghua Village, there was a long river. During this era, there weren’t any factories yet so the river water was very clear, and occasionally you could see a few children herding cows by the river bank.