"I want to buy some beads and string them myself, then I'll sell them..." Bajo felt like he always had the least money and was finding it hard to make ends meet. Although he'd helped his mother with manual labor during the summer vacation and earned a good salary, he spent it quickly.

He has used up all the money in his pocket to buy beautiful gadgets. Now his room is filled with so many of them. Every time he comes home and sees all those beautiful gadgets, he is very happy...

So he had to think of some way to make money. The stall owner just now was selling beads for 100 yuan. If the beads were really only a few cents, he could string them together beautifully and sell them for 2 yuan. Then, during the holidays, he could set up a stall called the 2-yuan stall, and everything would be 2 yuan!

Skewering them and selling them... That's fine. It'll let Eight feel the feeling of making money. Once he knows how hard it is to make money, he won't be so obsessed with spending money... "Okay." Seven nodded.

Seeing that it was accurate, Ba Tiao was immediately overjoyed. He saw Jiu Tiao squatting in front of a stall in a corner and pulled him up to go. "Come on, come on, don't look at these ugly things. Come with your brother Ba Tiao to buy beads. If you make money, I'll buy you spicy noodles..."

After being pulled up with great force, Jiu Tiao soon squatted down again. He reached out and dug out a piece of jade that looked a bit like a key with half of it missing from a pile of old things.

He has a stone of this shape...

"Young man, you have good taste! This stone has a great history..." The stall owner squatted in the corner and no one was interested in it for a long time. After waiting for a few rich-looking customers to come, he immediately started bragging about it.

Ba Tiao refused to listen and asked the stall owner how much it cost. If the price was too high, Jiu Tiao would definitely not want to trade these broken stones.

"Ten dollars?" The stall owner looked at the three young men, one was in a hurry to leave, one fiddled with the food indifferently, and the other just stood aside quietly without even looking at it, and tentatively quoted a price.

"No, no, it's too expensive!" Ba Tiao thought the stone was ugly and not worth ten dollars at all, so he pulled Jiu Tiao away.

“That five dollars…” The stall owner saw that the business was about to go away and quickly cut the price in half.

"Two."

Qi Tiao finally cast a glance at the stones, but the words he spoke left the stall owner feeling disheartened. "Two pieces, two pieces..." After all, he'd bought these stones wholesale in H City for a few cents, and the shipping costs were quite high. Selling them for two yuan after all this trouble was a real loss.

"Two yuan?" Jiu Tiao continued to fiddle with it nonchalantly, as if he could just turn around and leave if the stall owner said no.

"Okay, two bucks. This is my first business today, so I'll just consider it a good relationship with you guys..." The boss looked heartbroken. He had originally thought he was being taken advantage of, but who knew it would be a kick that would pierce his heart.

My heart aches dully.

"Here." Jiutiao took out two yuan from his pocket and picked up a small stone from the stall. "Boss, give me this ugly stone~"

The stall owner paused in collecting the money.

"Let's make a good relationship!" Jiujo looked up with an innocent smile on his face.

The stall owner took a deep breath and waved his hand, saying, "Take it away, take it away. I really lost money today. We've made a good connection. Remember to come often next time..."

"Next time, next time..." Jiu Tiao put the stone in his pocket and said happily, "Although the stones here are quite ugly, I like them. Next time I'll see if there are any uglier ones..."

Stall Owner: ...Hey, where's his rolling pin?

Seeing the stall owner's expression froze, Bajio quickly pulled his "brother" Jiujio. "Jiujio, let's go, or you'll get beaten..."

Qi Tiao also helped Jiu Tiao. "Jiu Tiao, if you don't come home soon, your mother will be waiting anxiously."

"Oh..." Jiu Tiao nodded, patted his pocket and said happily, "Let's go home, go home, go home immediately! Mom must have made delicious food for us..."

"No, no, don't you still have to accompany me to see the beautiful beads?" Bajo stopped and looked at his brother, then at his younger brother.

He hasn't got the beads yet? !

"Then let's go back after buying the beads." Kujo said understandingly.

Bajiao nodded vigorously. What a good brother he is! "Brother, the minority obeys the majority. Now we are going to buy beads..."

"Well, let's go..." Qi Tiao nodded.

Three young men walked in the sunset, like conjoined twins, casting long shadows. Their steps were cheerful, their hands dancing. Peaceful days, perhaps, were like this...

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"Zhenzhu, what shall we order for dinner today?" Cheng Fugui and his friends came down from the mountain for a walk and picked a basket of fruit.

"It's getting cold, let's kill the chicken in the woodshed." Cheng Zhenzhu, who was sitting in the yard basking in the sun, replied.

"Okay, I'll go kill a chicken. I'll roast it over firewood and soak some black fungus. It'll be ready to eat when Qi Tiao and the others come back..." Wang Xiongtian nodded.

"Then I'll go to Daming to get some pressed tofu and make some tofu soup tonight." Zhao Fangrui remembered that her grandchildren loved tofu. Daming's tofu was very tender and delicious whether fried, boiled, or stewed.

"Let me cook tonight. Qi Tiao and the others haven't been home for a week, they must miss my cooking..." Cheng Fugui is very idle now, and he is thinking about finding something to do every day.

Several of us sleep less and can go up the mountain four or five times a day. When we come down the mountain, we always look for something to do.

"Okay." Cheng Zhenzhu nodded, knowing her father was planning a big meal. "Let's prepare some ingredients for hot pot tomorrow."

"Seafood hotpot or something else?" Cheng Fugui asked.

Cheng Zhenzhu: "Let's make beef hotpot. Sister Yumei sent some beef and beef bones, they're so fresh."

"Okay." Cheng Fugui nodded, caught two fish from the tank and went to kill them.

Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the people busy with their own things, got off the rocking chair, and fed the fish some seaweed mud.

Honestly, having money and free time like this was incredibly relaxing. She needed to think about her next travel destination. Seeing her parents and Uncle Wang at home also seeming bored...

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"Tell me! Have you ever collected jade of this shape?"

As soon as Tian Wangquan opened the door to the Suixuexuan, he was blocked by a group of aggressive people. They grabbed his collar and closed the door he had just opened.

Wang Quan saw this and his body trembled, his voice also trembling, "Um...can you let me take a look? My eyesight is not good, I can't see clearly from such a distance..."

"Look! Let me take a closer look!"

After seeing the pattern clearly, Wang Quan was stunned.