Zhou Xiang nodded. He had the same idea. If there was a TV at home, his father wouldn't be out all day.

Mother Zhou swallowed her words. Since her daughter agreed so quickly, there must be a way.

Zhou Yu was even happier. If he had a TV at home, he wouldn't be bored anymore.

"By the way, big brother, has Teacher Sun arrived? How is the teaching going?"

"Here he comes, here he comes. Teacher Sun is very nice and he also teaches me how to write!" Zhou Niao was very happy.

"As long as Big Brother likes her, that's good. If you think she did something wrong, just tell me."

"Yeah! I know."

Zhou Yu was extremely envious. His sister always took good care of her big brother but bullied him at the same time.

Zhou Xiang started to spend time on studying, memorizing all the junior high school knowledge and reviewing the elementary school knowledge.

This time, Zhou Yu did not compare himself with his sister and cooked for several days in a row.

"Second sister, if you practice more, your cooking skills will soon catch up with daddy's."

"Really?"

"Really, I'm not lying to you." If I'm not lying to you, can you cook with enthusiasm? Even if you cook in anger, your brother can taste the flavor.

On Wednesday, Principal Li came to visit unexpectedly. Zhou Xiang welcomed him into the main hall, made a cup of tea, and asked in confusion, "Principal Li, why are you here so suddenly?"

"Alas!" Principal Li sighed, "Fortunately you left the draft paper, otherwise, you would have suffered a great loss this time."

Zhou Xiang's eyes flickered when he heard this, "Is someone trying to confuse us?"

"Yes, you were ranked at the bottom. Director Liu was directly responsible for this matter. When he found out, he immediately came to me. I gave Director Liu your draft paper. Director Liu thoroughly investigated it and found that it was the female teacher from that day who tampered with it. She has now been expelled, and Principal Xue has also been punished."

Zhou Xiang looked at Principal Li with a half-smile. "This is the result of you showing off everywhere. You use me as a role model for publicity. You don't care about the short term. It won't be too late when I win the city championship! You still underestimate the darkness of human nature."

Principal Li tapped her forehead and said, "How dare you, such an old-fashioned person, lecture me?"

Zhou wanted to stand up and avoid it, "This is called corporal punishment, and I will be criticized."

"Humph, which student hasn't been beaten by a teacher?" Principal Li didn't care.

Zhou Xiang didn't say much to him. The notice prohibiting teachers from corporal punishment of students had been issued, but it was still difficult to actually implement it, and there was still more than ten years to go.

"Okay, tomorrow afternoon the County Education Bureau will take all the students to the city. When are you going?"

“How many people are there in our school?”

"Only Yang Yang and you. The other students all did terribly on the test. I don't know if they really don't know how to do it or if they were just nervous."

"Where is the city competition?"

"The Second Experimental Primary School."

Zhou Xiang's eyes lit up. What a good place to choose! It's close to Zhou Yizhou's house. He could go and leave him a message.

"I'll go directly to the Education Bureau tomorrow!"

Principal Li nodded and said, "Let's go on time at 3 pm. Don't be late."

"good!"

In the evening, Zhou Xiang told her family, and everyone wished her success in the college entrance examination.

Zhou Xiang chuckled, "It's not like I'm going to take the imperial examination, and I'm not going to get a place on the list of top scorers. Wait until I take the college entrance examination and use this blessing again. It's not sincere. I'll change it."

"Then we'll win the first battle." said Zhou's father.

"Then take the lead." Zhou's mother said.

"Then surpass yourself." Zhou Yu said.

"Then defeat everything." Zhou Niao said.

"Okay, thank you my family, especially thank you brother. I will defeat everyone and take first place. Cheers!" Zhou Xiang raised his bowl and clinked it with everyone.

Only Zhou's father brought wine and told himself to endure it for a few more days.

Zhou Xiang, carrying his family's expectations, packed a few pens, shook his hands, and got on the bus.

When I arrived in the county, I went to the department store to buy clothes first. I didn’t want to be called a country bumpkin anymore, but the clothes in the department store were still the same old ones.

Zhou wanted to turn around and leave. It seemed that there was a pilot street in the county, which was entirely occupied by individual businesses.

According to the memory of the previous life, I finally found the street that was developed into the central square in later generations.

There are only more than 20 shops now, selling clothes, shoes and socks. The prices are just inflated. Don’t worry, we are experts at bargaining.

Almost all the clothes sold there were adult clothes. Finally, I saw the words "children's clothing" in a small shop on the corner.

When Zhou saw the T-shirt and jeans, he felt like he had returned to his previous life. He had finally found something that was connected to his previous life.

Jeans for 80? Denim jacket for 100? T-shirt for 50? Haha, no wonder this street isn't busy! With prices like these, people don't bargain these days, and they're all scared away.

"Boss, boss, come over and bargain."

The boss had just received some goods and was sorting them out. When he heard this, he crawled out from the pile of clothes with amusement.

"Haha, little girl, how are you going to bargain?" I didn't expect that there are people who know how to bargain.

"Jeans and denim jackets are all 20 yuan each, and T-shirts are all 10 yuan each, regardless of gender or style. I want to buy at least ten. How about that?"

The boss waved his hand and said, "No, how can you bargain like that? All my jeans are Apple brand."

Zhou Xiang pointed out the street outside and said, "Look how many people are walking around here? If you don't open a shop, don't you have to pay rent and taxes?"

"Since you already know everything, why are you still cutting so much? After deducting the rent and taxes, I'm just helping you sell goods. What am I going to eat?"

The boss didn't care that Zhou Xiang was a little girl. The fact that she dared to speak like that proved that she was quite knowledgeable and had traveled far and wide to purchase goods. There were many children of her age who helped their families run the business.

"Boss, you don't have to lie to me. If you couldn't make money, you would have kicked me out long ago. Why would you still be talking nonsense to me?

Small profits but quick turnover! Think about it, if you make two dollars per piece, you'd make 20 for ten pieces, right? I'd buy at least ten, and maybe even more! Your sneakers are 180 yuan? If you sell them for 60 yuan a pair, how about I buy six pairs?"

Seeing that she really bought a lot, the boss was tempted and said, "Okay, I'll sell it to you. You can choose!"

Zhou Xiang picked out three sets for himself, plus two overalls skirts, two pairs of carrot pants, and three each of long-sleeved shirts and T-shirts.

I picked out two sets of jeans for Zuo Heng and San Ge, two sets of shirts and trousers for each, and two long-sleeved and short-sleeved T-shirts.

Three dozen white socks and six pairs of sneakers came, and the boss's face was full of smiles. Fortunately, he didn't chase me away.

The boss enthusiastically took out packaging bags to pack the items. Zhou wanted to ask him to put the men's items together and the women's items together.

Whatever Zhou Xiang said was right. After taking the more than 1,100 yuan from Zhou Xiang, the boss said with a smile: "Little girl, come again next time, I will give you a discount."

"Alright! At least I'll come over once the season changes. I guarantee it'll be pretty much the same every time. Isn't that a good deal?"

"Not a loss, not a loss. Thank you for your care. You are welcome to come again next time and bring me some customers!"