Chapter 84 A Business Without Capital
Yao Shuli and Xiao Tiantian began plotting.
They were both eager to make their four cents produce a baby.
Money has so many uses, and you need money to buy anything, so they also want to earn some money!
Yao Shuli has to go to school every day except Sundays. After school, Yao Shula has to rush him to do his homework.
He didn't have much time to think about this.
Therefore, the task of market research was entrusted to Xiaotian.
Of course, he wasn't talking about market research, but rather asking Xiaotian to observe what drinks people who come to play ball like, and who is willing to spend money...
This is about whether their four cents can grow, and he told Xiaotian to be careful.
Xiao Tian agreed without hesitation.
Xiao Tiantian is very dedicated.
After peeling scallions and garlic for Yao Shula every day, he would immediately take his usual little stool and squat outside.
On the one hand, they kept an eye on whether anyone hadn't paid after playing ball; on the other hand, they observed what kind of water everyone was drinking.
Yao Shula didn't pay much attention at first.
Little Tiantian is lively and smart, so it's fine for her to sit and play at the door.
The surrounding area is full of familiar neighbors. Everyone knows Xiaotian and knows that he is the child they pay to look after.
At this point, no one would be foolish enough to kidnap Xiaotian; it's perfectly safe!
And so, Xiao Tiantian sat at the door for five days and finally summarized what she had seen during those five days.
"Brother Shuli, I've figured it out!"
When the two slept in the same bed again that night, Xiao Tiantian took out the small blackboard that she had been carrying with her for the past few days.
"What did you figure out?" Yao Shuli immediately perked up.
Xiao Tiantian placed the small blackboard covered with chalk lines in front of Yao Shuli.
"This is the number of women who came to play ball."
This is the number of men.
This is the number of people who came together, both men and women.
There are few women who come to play alone, and the majority of men come alone. There are neither too many nor too few men and women who come together.
Brother Shuli, look, this shows how many times they bought water from the small shop next door.
The women usually leave right after playing. I counted, and in the past five days, a total of twenty-one women have come here to play.
But only three people went next door to buy soda.
The men... are even stingier.
Thirty-five men have come here to play ball over the past five days, but only two have bought soda.
Many people, when thirsty, ask the older woman for a cup to drink tap water.
Five others brought their own water bottles with them when they came to play ball. Xiao Tiantian looked disgusted.
These people are so stingy; they're the kind of people who wouldn't even buy a bag of sunflower seeds to go to the movies.
Unlike me, no matter where I go, Sister Shura not only prepares food and drinks for me, but also gives me a penny!
“What else!” Yao Shuli tugged at Xiao Tiantian, who was a little distracted.
Xiao Tiantian then came to her senses and pointed to the last few horizontal lines.
"These two people, a man and a woman, are the ones who are most willing to drink water."
They all bought their sodas from the small shop next door.
"Almost... Let me count again!" Xiao Tiantian said, while carefully counting the horizontal lines on the blackboard again.
In no time, Xiaotian finished counting.
"Brother Shuli, I've counted! There are twenty-six of those who came, one man and one woman."
But almost every two of them bought soda.
Some people buy two bottles, while others buy one.
"What did you figure out?" Xiao Tiantian asked.
“Men are willing to spend money on women!” Yao Shuli immediately said.
Xiao Tiantian immediately shook her head.
"That's not true! Women are willing to spend money on men too!"
When Sister Shula takes me out, she always buys us food and drinks first, even if it means going hungry herself to make sure we eat and drink well.
Yao Shuli thought about it and felt that it made some sense.
The eldest sister loves them so much, she certainly wouldn't want them to be thirsty.
"So what do you want to say?" Yao Shuli looked at Xiao Tiantian.
Xiao Tiantian said to Yao Shuli very seriously, "A man may not spend money on himself, but he is willing to spend money on a beautiful woman."
They're dating, and my cousin told me that when you're dating, you can't be stingy.
If you're stingy, you won't find a partner.
Believe it or not, once these people get married, those guys who used to buy their wives soda will be lucky to even feed them properly.
"Anything else?" Yao Shuli continued looking at Xiao Tiantian.
"That means we're going to sell water to unmarried people who come here to find partners," Xiao Tiantian said earnestly.
Yao Shuli...
That makes perfect sense!
"Yes, you make a good point. Now that we know who our customers are, the next thing to think about is what we should sell."
Go buy some soft drinks to resell? We only have forty cents!
Besides, there are small shops right next door, why wouldn't people buy from those shops?
How about we stop selling water and start selling popsicles instead?
There's an ice cream factory over there on the back of the street; let's go buy some.
Like others, you can put them in a wooden box with blankets or something inside to keep the popsicles from melting.
We'll sell it here.
It quenches your thirst just like eating an ice pop!
Moreover, buying popsicles from the popsicle factory cost only three cents for a regular popsicle and five cents for a cream popsicle.
After we bought them, we sold the regular ones for five cents and the cream ones for ten cents.
This is much better than drinking soda!
At first, we sold on Sundays, which were the busiest day. We had four cents, enough to buy at least eight buttered pastries.
Once we sell it, we'll have 80 cents.
Then I'll go sell popsicles to make money..." Yao Shuli became happier and happier as she calculated.
See, didn't this quickly turn four cents into eight cents?
Xiao Tiantian, however, had a different opinion.
"But the weather isn't right for ice cream yet, so there will definitely be fewer people buying it. What if we can't sell them all?"
It will dissolve over time!
“Then we’ll eat it ourselves, it won’t be a waste!” Yao Shuli said immediately.
"Big sister won't let us eat it, she's afraid we'll get diarrhea!" Xiao Tiantian immediately retorted.
"Then let's eat it secretly!" Yao Shuli had a plan.
Xiao Tiantian didn't want to upset Yao Shula, so he thought for a moment and immediately came up with an idea.
"We don't need to sell popsicles! Nor do we need to sell soda!"
"Then what do you sell? Air!" Yao Shuli said, somewhat puzzled.
"Don't we have orange powder? And malted milk powder? Let's mix those together and sell them!"
"This is almost as good as soda!" Xiao Tiantian said softly.
Yao Shuli suddenly understood.
Yes! Orange powder and malted milk powder!
but……
“There aren’t many left at home, they’ve all been taken apart, my older sister will find out!” Yao Shuli shook her head again.
Little Tiantian proudly raised her head.
"Isn't that easy? I'll just get it from my dad! He has tons of malted milk powder and orange powder!"
They even have that kind of coffee that foreigners drink! I can have that too!
Since it's free, isn't this a risk-free business, a sure-fire way to make money?
Yao Shuli's mouth dropped open!
Could Xiao Tiantian be the kind of person my older sister was talking about, the kind who specifically seeks out debts from their parents...?
So you're really biased towards outsiders!
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