It is indeed very beautiful.
Xiao Wei had met many people: Wang Cuihua, Li Shuixian, Chen Chunli, Yu Xiaoling, the girls selling things at the market, the girl next door, the young female teacher at school, Grandpa Wang's granddaughter... but none of them were as beautiful as Bai Lu.
If being pretty is the same as being beautiful, Xiao Wei felt that Bai Lu was the most beautiful person he had ever seen in his life.
After all, my older brother also said that the White Dew season is beautiful.
My older brother never praises people. If he says "not bad," that's the highest compliment he can give. He usually tells people to "get lost."
"Knock knock knock—"
Just as Bai Lu and Xiao Wei reached the door, a knock sounded from outside. The two exchanged a glance.
Everyone thought it was Xiao Cheng who had returned.
But when they opened the door, it wasn't there.
"Are you going out?" Xiao Zhenwei thought it would be Xiao Cheng who opened the door, but he didn't expect it to be Bai Lu.
Moreover, Bailu's attire today is quite different from her simple clothes when she went to the countryside to shop yesterday; it's very formal.
It's obvious they're about to go out.
Instead of answering, Bai Lu asked, "Is there something you need?"
"have."
Xiao Zhenwei returned from Xiaojia Village yesterday and kept thinking about learning how to make roasted chestnuts, spending the whole night on it.
A true man can bend and stretch; making money is more important than saving face. Learn how to roast chestnuts first.
Xiao Zhenwei came over as soon as he made his decision, and said bluntly, "I brought tuition fees to learn how to make roasted chestnuts."
"But I only brought four thousand dollars with me. I'll give you the remaining four thousand dollars after I learn how to make roasted chestnuts."
Learn how to make roasted chestnuts, then delay paying the final payment.
Bai Lu knew exactly what he was thinking. "We don't accept apprentices who pay in installments. If you don't have the money to pay your tuition, go home and earn enough money before you come back."
Xiao Zhenwei understood the sarcasm in the "get out if you don't have money" message, while Bai Lu's cold smile seemed to see through everything.
Any kind of roundabout delaying tactics are a joke.
You can't learn how to make roasted chestnuts without paying 8,000 yuan in tuition; not a penny less.
Xiao Zhenwei was so embarrassed and angry that he was at a loss for what to do. Just as he was hesitating, Bai Lu and Xiao Wei had already left the house.
Lock the door in front of him, then turn and leave.
They also said, "If you have tuition fees, come back this afternoon; if you don't, come back another day."
Xiao Zhenwei stared at the departing figures of the two, one large and one small, gritting his teeth so hard he almost ground his back teeth to powder.
He doesn't live here, so where can he wait?
She didn't say what she was doing when she went out. Who knows when she and Xiao Cheng will be back? Is she planning to leave him hanging?!
As Xiao Wei walked, he frowned slightly: "That person looks a bit fierce. My brother's shop is opening today, he'll probably be busy all day. Can you manage to teach him all by yourself?"
Although it's the weekend today and tomorrow is Children's Day, so Xiao Wei doesn't have to go to school, he's still a little worried.
That guy is big; he can't beat him.
Bai Lu accepted the little guy's concern and reached out to pat his head: "It's okay, don't worry."
“Your brother has already made arrangements with Luo Shiliu and the others. After celebrating the opening of the new store and having dinner together, Luo Shiliu and the others will come to my house to learn how to make sugar-roasted chestnuts. Your brother will also come back early after he finishes his work.”
With Luo Shiliu and his gang around, they could easily beat anyone to a pulp if anything happened, so Xiao Wei felt relieved.
The time when Bailu goes out is the perfect time for neighbors to go to the market to buy groceries and cook.
People were coming and going on the road.
She immediately started talking, and the neighbors who were familiar with her asked Bailu if she had eaten and where she was going.
Bai Lu spoke the truth without reservation, saying that Xiao Cheng's electronics store opened today, where it was located in the city, what kind of appliances it sold, and the approximate price range. She also mentioned that her fifth aunt had just bought a new television.
The standard of living in the town is not high, and ordinary families with low incomes cannot afford large color TVs costing several thousand yuan, but families who have been running small businesses on the street for many years can afford them.
If you can't afford a big color TV, you can always afford a small one.
If you can't afford a small color TV, you can buy a small black and white TV. If you don't have enough money, several relatives can chip in and watch TV together, and you can even get a free meal while visiting each other's homes.
It doesn't matter if we can't afford a black and white TV. Everyone has distant relatives. It doesn't matter if distant relatives can't afford one either. We can have relatives in the city.
Although the standard of living in the city wasn't exactly rolling in money, there were more people who could afford televisions than in the town. Word spread quickly, and the market opened up.
They even had a way to pool their money to buy a TV, and Aunt Wu had already set a precedent by buying one and watching it immediately. How could the neighbors not chat with Bai Lu a little more? They couldn't bear to let her go; they had to get all the information they needed.
I only feel at ease buying a TV after I've done my research.
There's no time like the present, and the neighbors felt today was a good day to go shopping in the city.
The longest road Xiao Wei has ever walked in his life is the road from home to the market today.
Seeing that Bai Lu was about to start chatting with the fishmonger again, Xiao Wei finally couldn't help but tug at Bai Lu's sleeve.
He whispered, "Our older brother is waiting for us to eat."
Bai Lu gave the little guy a reassuring look: "I left two hours early."
Xiao Wei: "..."
No wonder she went back to her room early to change her clothes and didn't come out for ages; it turns out... she was just in time.
Xiao Wei's ears were ringing for what seemed like an eternity before he was finally able to get on a motorcycle taxi to go to the city to have dinner with his older brother.
The wind howled past, and Xiao Wei's ears, which had been dominated by Bai Lu's chatter the whole way, finally returned to normal.
Pingcheng is indeed as Zhou Jiayi said, with red brick buildings everywhere and not a single blue brick and black tile house. Some of them even have painted exterior walls and tiled exterior walls.
The three-story buildings here are all small houses; most are six, seven, or eight stories high. The ground floor is mostly shops, bustling with people coming and going.
The city center is divided equally by four main streets running east, west, south, and north. The most prominent buildings are the People's Hospital and the square, with pedestrian streets selling clothes and shoes and food streets selling fast food and snacks on the left and right.
The shop's decor isn't particularly upscale, but it offers a wide variety of goods, including food, clothing, and daily necessities.
There were no electronics stores, though.
Before coming to Pingcheng, Bailu had never thought about this question, but now that she has arrived, she realizes that it is not so simple.
Even if the standard of living in the city is low, so many shops have opened and business is not bad. How could there be no appliance stores? How could no one have thought of this unique business opportunity?
The waters of Pingcheng were much deeper than she had imagined.
The motorcycle taxi driver didn't say a word the whole way, but when they were almost there, he sighed and said, "The city has finally reopened an electronics store. I wonder how long it will stay open this time. If you're going to buy a TV, you'd better buy it early and get home, or it will close down."
Xiao Wei couldn't stand anyone slandering his elder brother's shop, and was about to retort when Bai Lu in the back seat covered his mouth.
"Is that so? Can't you open an electronics store in the city?" Bai Lu asked in a naive tone, seemingly oblivious to the ways of the world.
Just as the motorcycle taxi driver was about to explain in detail, he suddenly saw a group of arrogant figures carrying steel pipes walking from West Street to South Street. He immediately slowed down and warned them with a tone full of apprehension: "Look at that group of people with steel pipes ahead. They're heading towards that newly opened electronics store on Chengnan Road."
"Once they come out, the electronics store will be gone. You'd better not go; it's too dangerous."
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