Chapter 155: Innocence
After Meng Shulan and Gu Hansong left, Ye Ran did not leave immediately. She stood there cursing and sulking for a while before leaving.
She really couldn't understand why she was so shocked just now.
She is a high school student and the daughter of the village chief. She is a well-known person in the village. How could she be shocked by Gu Hansong, a country boy?
Ye Ran couldn't figure it out, so she took out her anger on a small tree on the side of the road and kicked it hard a few times.
She had to kick him. Ye Ran was too annoyed recently and urgently wanted to vent.
Ye Ran failed the final exam again, and dropped more than 30 places from the previous monthly exam.
If this continues, it will be a problem whether I can even pass the preliminary examination, let alone get into university.
During those days, Ye Ran couldn't eat or sleep well. Even though her family opened a store in town, she didn't dare go back, for fear that her family would ask about her grades.
She is a repeater and her family has high expectations for her.
Ye Ran lived in fear for several days until Ye Feng came to the school to find her. She then went back to the store to have a meal and told her family about her grades.
It dropped from over fifty to over one hundred and thirty.
Ye Pingshun was so angry that he slammed the table and asked her how she did in the exam.
How can I take the test? Isn't that how I got the test results? Ye Ran said with red eyes that the questions were too difficult.
Ye Pingshun was not easy to fool, so he immediately asked Meng Shulan what place she had ranked in the exam.
Ye Pingshun has always cared about Meng Shulan's grades, and he would ask his daughter about her ranking in every exam.
To know whether the questions are difficult or not, just look at how many points other people have taken.
Ye Ran gritted her teeth and said nothing.
Ye Pingshun had nothing to understand, so he found a bamboo stick and beat his daughter hard a few times.
Ye Ran hadn't been beaten like this in years and started crying on the spot.
Seeing this, the two elder brothers of the Ye family also tried to persuade the girls, saying that it would not look good if they were so grown-up and fighting.
Ye Pingshun also knew, but...
In the past, when his daughter did poorly on exams, he instigated her to go to Meng Shulan and establish a good relationship with her so that she could give her free tutoring.
But now, the two families have become so quarreled that those things will be impossible in the future.
My daughter has to rely on herself for her studies.
Did she know the seriousness of the matter? That noon, Ye Pingshun was so angry that he didn't even eat.
Ye Ran naturally knew that her father was doing this for her own good, and she also knew the difficulties her family was facing now. With the consolation of her two brothers, she also made up her mind to work hard and improve her grades.
But she has no talent. Even if she wants to work hard, she feels cold and sleepy at night. It is not easy to improve her grades.
In the past, Ye Ran could only get a score of around 50, all thanks to Meng Shulan who helped her with tutoring before the exams and selected the key points to study.
Now that this link is missing, it is normal for her grades to drop.
When the tutoring ended, the school had another exam.
Looking at the questions on the test paper, Ye Ran felt like she was reading a book written in a foreign language and couldn't understand them at all.
She had a feeling that she would fail the test again.
Fortunately, the results will not be released until after the New Year, so she can still have a good New Year.
That day, Ye Ran carried things back to the store. Seeing that the business was good, she smiled, which was rare.
Forget it. Even if she fails the exam next year, she can still learn how to do business from her family. As long as she makes money, she won’t have to go back to the village to farm.
When there was no hope of getting into university, doing business and making money became another way out for Ye Ran.
But when she returned home and learned about the current business, she realized that she was naive again.
The family business looks prosperous, but it is just for show. In reality, no money is made at all.
Their family obtained the supply from the Meng family, but the Meng family was also prepared and actually started some kind of wholesale business.
As they started to release their goods into the market, there were suddenly four or five more stalls selling trousers in the town, and several nearby towns also started selling exactly the same goods.
In the past, their family only competed with the Meng family, but now they have begun to compete with more than ten or twenty families.
There is no other way. Retail is no longer easy to do, so they can only follow suit and do wholesale. In order to show their advantages, they need to lower prices and take the path of small profits but quick turnover.
But the other side also started to compete with them. When they lowered the price, the other side also lowered the price. They both pushed the price to the lowest. They only set the price when they saw that they could not make any money at all.
What’s the point of doing business like this?
During the two days of vacation, Ye Ran also helped everyone to think of ways to solve the problem, and suggested that Jose-kun make new products, preferably two styles of clothing.
It just so happened that the Meng sisters were not there, so they could only make that type of pants.
They took this opportunity to quickly develop their business, making more new products and wholesale them together with the pants, which also allowed them to raise the price.
The demand for pants has been almost met in recent months. If this continues, soon no one will buy them.
The Ye family actually thought about this aspect, but Jose's ability is limited, so he can only make those popular models that are as simple as possible.
Any tailor can make those styles, but will anyone buy them?
As long as the price is not expensive, why would no one buy it? Isn't this just a side effect? Ye Ran's words make sense.
Ye Pingshun arranged it immediately, and surprisingly, someone actually bought it.
As a result, their business improved and their profits increased.
It was a pity that the happiness had only lasted for two days before the Meng sisters came back.
Ye Ran felt that she and Meng Shulan must have been natural enemies in their previous life.
As long as she appears, there will be no way for him to succeed.
The Meng family also launched new products, including clothes and pants, with novel and good-looking styles, which instantly snatched back their business.
Although they have managed to get a sample, it takes time to produce a replica. Jose's ability is obviously not enough, and he will make mistakes even if he imitates others. It was only today that they officially finalized the sample and started making it.
But even if it is done, it still takes time. I heard that the Meng family has started recruiting again and they have to work overtime every day to ship the goods. The small stall owners went to line up early in the morning.
It’s a rare year-end, and the family business is suppressed at this critical juncture.
This year, it is destined that I will not be able to have a good time.
Ye Ran vented her anger on the side of the road, then rode away on her bike.
At the edge of the bamboo forest above, Ding Guixiang was carrying a basket of firewood and laughing as she looked at the road below.
Just now, not only Ye Ran saw the secret interaction between Gu Hansong and Meng Shulan, but Ding Guixiang also saw it.
Before, she was a little bit unconvinced. She wondered if Meng Shulan was really that stupid to fall in love with Gu Hansong.
But now, she believed it.
"Fool."
Ding Guixiang pursed her lips, turned around and was about to go back, when she saw her daughter standing not far away. It was obvious that she had also seen what had just happened.
Ding Guixiang came over and whispered to her daughter, "See? This is what it means to study hard. The family spent so much money on her education, but in the end she still has to come back here. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, I don't know what your uncle and his wife are thinking."
Ding Guixiang shook her head and left.
Meng Danhong glanced in the direction of the Meng family's main house, thought for a moment, and went over.
(End of this chapter)
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