The industrious and entrepreneurial spirit of a young Malaysian girl recently wowed netizens after her mother shared that she has been earning up to RM300 a day by selling soft cookies at her school.

The girl's mother, 42-year-old Huspalita Hussain Arif, an entrepreneur herself who sells baking products, shared her daughter’s exploits in a Facebook post that has since gone viral, garnering over 7,800 reactions and more than 822 shares.

12-year-old girl earns up to RM300 a day by selling cookies at her school In the post, Huspalita revealed that all the soft cookies her 12-year-old daughter, Hessa Ardinee Mohamed Airee, brings to school always sell out, regardless of the quantity.

Despite Hessa's claim that she doesn’t know how to count money and isn’t good at business, the money collected from sales always matches the amount of cookies sold. Huspalita expressed her surprise at her daughter's achievements, given her shy nature, and congratulated Hessa on her success.

The school head prefect reprimanded her for selling cookies However, Huspalita mentioned that Hessa recently decided to stop selling cookies at school after the head prefect, who is in the same class as her, reprimanded her for conducting business on school grounds.

“The head prefect wants to report Hessa to the teacher. The head prefect is mad because students queue up outside of the class to buy the cookies. However, Hessa did say that there are even teachers who buy soft cookies from her,” Huspalita explained.

Despite this setback, Hessa seemed to have second thoughts about quitting, as her mother noted that she was planning to sell cookies in smaller amounts, feeling it would be a waste not to continue.

Additionally, Hessa expressed that she feels really happy doing business as it makes her well-known among her peers.

Yesterday, Huspalita shared that her daughter’s story was published in a local Malay publication, and as a result, Hessa is now anxious about going to school due to her newfound popularity.