Chapter 168 Chapter 168 Father's Favoritism 17
"Zhuozhuo, Dad really didn't expect this. Dad is so stupid. Dad has never drunk sugar water with ice cubes and didn't know it would melt so quickly. Dad has never lived in Hai City. Dad is really wronged!"
Zhao Hongwei put Zhuozhuo on a trash can and coaxed her with a bitter but righteous voice.
"You did it on purpose! You're so mean!" Zhuozhuo ignored his excuses and was very sad. "You didn't let Zhuozhuo drink. If you told the truth, Zhuozhuo would listen. How could you lie to Zhuozhuo? If you do this, Zhuozhuo will lie to you too!"
Zhao Hongwei didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. He bent down and looked at Zhuozhuo, saying seriously, "Zhuozhuo, don't imitate me. I was wrong. I initially thought you'd forget about the ice water after arriving at the wholesale market, but I didn't expect you to remember. I'm not trying to quibble. I just lied to you and took a chance. I was so mean. I apologize. Zhuozhuo, how do you want to punish me?"
"Why would I punish you? I wouldn't be happy if I did." Zhuozhuo pouted, turned around on the trash can, not looking at Zhao Hongwei, and summoned the puppets, "Everyone, hug me."
9972: [……!]
Fortunately, Ma Xia couldn't bear to see his brother coaxing the child in a humble manner, so he stood far away. Zhao Hongwei's mind was probably full of how to coax the child, so he didn't notice what Zhuozhuo called the puppet.
Zhao Hongwei took a deep look at the doll. He didn't have the courage to carry Zhuozhuo back, so he just followed closely beside it and said gently, "Where are you going?"
"Let's go buy some goods!" Zhuozhuo snorted, speaking in a childish but logical voice, "Zhuozhuo and Zhao Hongwei should buy goods separately! We're competing to see who makes the most money. The one who makes the most money is the boss, the head of the family, and the younger ones have to obey!"
Zhao Hongwei touched his nose, suppressed his smile, and put a child's mask on Zhuozhuo. "Okay, let's compete. I'll give you the money from Zhuozhuo's two sales, plus the bonus, and the commission from the third time he used his smile to attract customers."
He had already figured it out, so without even thinking, he deftly counted out the money and put it into a newly bought pink wallet. "Here's your money, but it's not safe for you to hold onto. I'll keep it for you. When you need to pay later, I'll use the money in this wallet."
Ma Xia sighed to himself. Although his brother Hongwei was patriarchal, he really had nothing to say about Zhuozhuo.
Zhuozhuo held the pink wallet and looked at it. Zhao Hongwei took the opportunity to hold her in his arms. Seeing that the doll did not offer to help Zhuozhuo keep the wallet, he gave the doll a provocative look that said "You know what's good for you."
9972:[……]
Where did this childish ghost come from? Get out of here!
Zhuozhuo happily held the money, her heart flying. She thought seriously about what goods she should buy, and suddenly realized something very important - the money earned from each piece of clothing is the selling price minus the purchase price, but the last time Zhao Hongwei bought goods, he used all his own money, so the money she earned from selling the clothes had to be deducted from Zhao Hongwei's capital, and the remaining money was her money.
Zhao Hongwei didn’t even think about all the money. He’s so stupid. Fortunately, Zhuozhuo is smart!
"Zhao Hongwei, you lost a lot of money!" Zhuozhuo tightened his face, tried to put on a solemn expression, and spoke in the tone of telling a horror story.
"Ah? How did you lose money?"
Zhuozhuo explained the relationship between purchase price, selling price, and profit in a childish voice. Seeing Zhao Hongwei's shocked and surprised expression, he shook his head proudly and laughed, "Now you know what Zhuozhuo said!"
Zhao Hongwei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said in a tone that was almost doting: "Yes, I only found out after Zhuozhuo told me."
Surprised and proud, he couldn't help but kiss Zhuozhuo on the forehead and said solemnly, "Kind and righteous Zhuozhuo baby, you're so cute and amazing. To thank you for telling Daddy such an important thing and avoiding potential losses for Daddy, Daddy decided to reward you with the capital from the clothes you sold, okay?"
He hadn't originally planned to ask for this part of the capital. After all, Zhuozhuo had been with him all the way, eating dry biscuits and sleeping in the toilet, and he felt that just giving her a little money she didn't need right now was not enough. He hadn't expected Zhuozhuo, so young, to be able to think of all this on her own. A prodigy! An absolute prodigy!
Zhao Hongwei's desire to make money became more urgent. He not only wanted to make money, but also to make a lot of money!
"Great!" Zhuozhuo twisted his body with joy. Nothing could make a child feel more accomplished than being rewarded for doing good deeds.
"Then the money is still yours, you don't have to give it to me."
"Okay~"
Zhuozhuo arched his back in Zhao Hongwei's arms, shaking his head and singing a nursery rhyme, "I found a penny on the side of the road..."
Zhao Hongwei and the puppet looked at her kindly, while Ma Xia: “……!!!”
He really didn't expect that there was such a thing as capital when he gave Zhuozhuo the money. He now believes that the gap between people is even bigger than that between people and ants.
Zhao Hongwei familiarly took the clothes and scarves, reducing and increasing the quantity of some styles based on previous sales, and also picked up some new styles. After paying, he asked Ma Xia to pack and organize the items while he carried Zhuozhuo around. "Zhuozhuo, take whatever you want to sell."
The puppet looked at Zhao Hongwei in surprise, wondering if he trusted Zhuozhuo's judgment or was prepared to let her money go to waste. 9972 also felt that Zhao Hongwei was a bit indulgent towards Zhuozhuo. After all, there was a difference between giving Zhuozhuo your earnings and watching her spend them.
Zhao Hongwei stopped in the children's clothing section and pointed at the beautiful clothes, shoes, and accessories. He said, "Zhuozhuo, we don't have such beautiful children's clothes in our county. Do you want to take some back and try selling them?"
9972:[……]
It turns out that it can guide you from the side, just say it.
Zhuozhuo was also considering selling children's clothing. She certainly didn't think as much as Zhao Hongwei, but she simply figured that since Zhao Hongwei sold adult clothing, she should sell children's clothing. After hearing Zhao Hongwei's advice, Zhuozhuo felt even more confident. She directed him to browse the children's clothing sections before deciding which stores to stock, including clothes, shoes, and accessories.
Zhao Hongwei and 9972 were both surprised at her composure. They didn't expect that when doing business, she was such a calm and cautious cool baby. Great!
When it came to choosing the style, Zhao Hongwei remained silent, leaving it entirely to Zhuozhuo. Besides wanting to please Zhuozhuo, he also felt that children understood other children's preferences better.
The shop owners were all very curious, coming to see Zhuozhuo regardless of whether they were selected or not. He could not count the number of people who came to buy goods every day, and their purchases were often larger than Zhuozhuo's. But he had never seen a three-year-old making the decision. After Zhuozhuo had chosen the goods, one of the shop owners joked, "Little boss, can you help me see which of these items in my shop is the ugliest?"
Zhuozhuo looked up at the person who was speaking and said childishly, "Wait a moment, Zhuozhuo will load the goods."
The boss smiled and said, "Okay, I'm not in a hurry."
Zhuozhuo was held by Zhao Hongwei, who supervised the puppets like a little supervisor to sort and pack the goods.
9972 controlled the puppet, working tirelessly, completely unaware of anything amiss. Zhao Hongwei watched the blind man's meticulous manipulations, too lazy to expose his flawed character design.
After the puppet finished loading the goods and stood beside Zhuozhuo with the goods on its back, Zhuozhuo looked at the boss and pointed to a shop and said, "This is your shop."
"Oh, yes. Young boss, you have a really good memory." The boss gave a thumbs up.
Zhuozhuo grinned, then quickly shut up, nodding calmly. He motioned for his mount, Zhao Hongwei, to go inside and take a spin, occasionally commanding him to stop near the racks. The little guy not only examined the clothes carefully, but also touched them to feel them. He calmly said to the shopkeeper, "Auntie, these are prickly, those are itchy, and this one is the ugliest."
The boss had only been joking, and seeing Zhuozhuo take it seriously, she didn't want to tell her she was disappointed. She just thought she was accompanying her to look at the goods again, but she didn't expect the little girl to actually choose clothes that she felt had issues. The boss touched the clothes that prickled and itchy. Adults have thicker skin, so she just thought the fabric was not particularly good, but she didn't expect the child's feelings to be so serious.
Zhao Hongwei was worried that his boss would be unhappy, so he smiled and tried to smooth things over. "Zhaozhuo is very delicate. Not to mention clothes, she even thinks my face is prickly if I don't shave for a day."
"It's really prickly when you don't shave." The boss looked at Zhuozhuo, not feeling offended at all, but rather excited. "To do clothing reviews, you have to be delicate and sensitive. My rough hands can't feel anything. No wonder my business is bad and the return rate is high. So this is the problem! Zhuozhuo, you've helped me a lot. I'll go to another factory to get the goods tomorrow!"
"Okay." Zhuozhuo looked at the ugly clothes in the store and said worriedly, "Auntie, you have to bring your baby with you when you go to choose. You have a baby, right?"
"Of course! My stinky boy has been treated to delicious food and drinks every day, so it's time for him to show his worth!" The boss grabbed some fruit from the counter and stuffed it at Zhuozhuo, saying, "Zhuozhuo, come back next time. If my business is good, I'll give you a red envelope!"
"Okay!" Zhuozhuo couldn't hold it in any longer and smiled brightly.
Zhao Hongwei: “…”
What if the boss didn't choose the right goods, or she's just unlucky and loses money, and asks Zhuo Zhuo to settle the score?
Forget it, at worst I can just go to another wholesale market to buy goods.
When he met up with Ma Xia, Zhuozhuo, holding a big apple, suddenly said, "Zhao Hongwei, to make money, you have to play to your strengths!"
Zhao Hongwei was surprised. "Zhuozhuo is right."
Ma Xia stretched his neck and asked, "Zhuozhuo, how did you come up with that word? You speak so knowledgeably!"
Zhuozhuo shook his head and pointed at the doll, "My uncle said so."
She excitedly shared her experience of earning apples with 9972 in her mind, and 9972 analyzed the reasons based on her experience selling clothes and selecting children's clothing. But this sentence was Zhuozhuo's own conclusion.
9972I am proud of it.
After leaving the wholesale market, it was almost dark, and the streets were filled with food carts again. Burning memories came back to me, and I stretched my neck to look around. Suddenly, she pointed in a direction, "Zongzi, grandma!"
"I see. Now go over there."
Zhao Hongwei carried Zhuozhuo to the slow-moving food truck. Zhuozhuo called out, "Grandma, Zhuozhuo is here!"
Grandma Zongzi looked up in confusion, and when she saw Zhuozhuo, she said in surprise, "Little Zhuozhuo?" When she saw Zhuozhuo's new clothes and little sandals, her smile deepened.
"Yes!" Zhuozhuo pointed at the doll and Ma Xia behind him, "Zhuozhuo is here to buy some rice dumplings."
"Oh, you brought your family. No need to buy anything, grandma's giving you some." Zongzi Grandma packed the zongzi for the only customer and nimbly unpacked the meat zongzi. She smiled and said to Zhuozhuo, "It's not zongzi season now, so business is slow. Many of our customers these past two days are returning customers, and they even asked why I didn't bring the kid who ate zongzi the other day. Little Zhuozhuo, we're all here for you."
Zhao Hongwei laughed and said, "Your rice dumplings are not tasty. Even if you put ten children here to eat rice dumplings, there will be no return customers."
Zhuozhuo nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "Yes, yes."
Zongzi Grandma glared at him and said, "Anyway, I want to treat Zhuozhuo to zongzi."
"Sure, you'll treat me to the Zhuo Zhuo zongzi, and we'll pay for our own." Zhao Hongwei said, "Five of each flavor, we can eat a lot. Last time you paid for the Zhuo Zhuo zongzi, we exchanged it for biscuits, dried meat, and apricots in the car. Everyone said the zongzi were delicious."
"This is a craft passed down from my grandma." The old lady smiled from ear to ear, put the rice dumplings in a box for Zhuozhuo to eat, quickly opened three rice dumplings for the three adults, and then packed up the rest.
While Zhuozhuo was sitting on a small stool eating rice dumplings, Zhao Hongwei went to chat with the old lady, and then looked around at several carts selling rice rolls. He went to one of them, bought two rice rolls, and waved them in front of Zhuozhuo.
Zhuozhuo followed it with his scorching eyes, wrinkled his nose and sniffed, "What is it?"
"Rice noodle rolls." Seeing that Zhuozhuo didn't remember, Zhao Hongwei reminded him, "You didn't get to eat the rice noodle rolls last time."
“You remember!”
Zhuozhu's eyes were shining and she was shaking her legs happily.
Zhao Hongwei also became excited. Seeing that Zhuozhuo had no intention of eating, he scooped a little with a spoon to taste it himself.
Zhuozhuo came over curiously, "Zhao Hongwei, is it delicious?"
Zhao Hongwei said with satisfaction: "It's delicious."
Make up for what Zhuozhuo missed, even though Zhuozhuo himself might not remember it, but for him, it was like making up for all his regrets.
After finishing a rice dumpling and a third of his rice noodle rolls, Zhuozhuo's stomach was bloated. He lay drowsy in Zhao Hongwei's arms when he heard Ma Xia excitedly ask, "Brother, are we sleeping in the bathroom tonight?"
After seeing the public toilet here with his own eyes, he really felt that sleeping in the toilet was very good. It was windproof and rainproof, had lights, and the floor was paved with tiles. It was better than the most expensive hotel in the county.
Zhao Hongwei said, "It's not good to sleep in the toilet. We have to sell goods non-stop when we get back, so we need to rest well during our breaks. We're going to stay in a hotel tonight, and the bunk beds are not expensive."
Glancing at Zhuozhuo, he changed his tone, "Let's stay in a single room. I've asked, and the prices are about the same."
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