Chapter 19 My boyfriend is just pretending
At the end of the day, the director announced tomorrow's tasks. He said, "Tomorrow is market day in Huayang Town. Each team must earn as much money as possible before the market closes. The more money a team earns, the more luxurious gifts the production team has prepared. Go for it, bosses!"
Du Ningyou and Zhou Yangze discussed it briefly, and after they had a clear idea in mind, they prepared to rest.
Entering the room, she saw a simple wooden bed, covered with thick bedding, which felt quite soft. Opposite the bed was a window, about two or three meters above the ground. The light bulb was an old-fashioned tungsten filament lamp, with a long cord extending to the side of the bed, which could be turned on and off with a simple pull.
The sheets and quilt were her own. The only thing she was not used to was that Dahuang was not able to take them. As for the shit-yellow pillow that Zhou Yangze gave her, she was used to hugging it when she slept.
I took off my shoes and climbed onto the bed. Just as I was about to lie down, Zhou Yangze's voice came from the doorway, "Can I come in?"
"Enter."
Zhou Yangze walked in with a creaking sound. Du Ningyou saw that he was holding a tube of ointment. He came to the bedside and said, "Put your hand out."
She smiled and sat cross-legged. "It's okay, I'll be fine after a good night's sleep."
But he still stretched out his hand obediently, and sure enough, his entire palm was red.
Du Ningyou doesn't usually have the opportunity to do heavy work, and his skin is already delicate. This afternoon, he rubbed his hands red from cracking corn.
Zhou Yangze squeezed a little ointment onto his fingertips and gently spread it on her palm, saying, "It will heal faster if you apply the ointment."
Blow while applying.
Du Ningyou looked at him with a smile on her face, and her watery eyes were shining with a bright light.
"Zhou Yangze."
"Um."
"Who did you learn how to take care of people?"
Zhou Yangze glanced up at her, thinking she was truly clueless. He immediately said in a sullen tone, "There's a delicate girl around me. She catches a cold whether it's cold or hot. She's picky about everything from the side dishes to the rice. You can tell if your cooking is spotless just by tasting it. She starts crying the slightest bump or bump, and she's the one who makes the most frequent trips to the school infirmary. You have to be careful about the fabric of her clothes, too. If the material isn't right, she'll be allergic to it. If you don't even cut off the label, it'll become red, swollen, and inflamed after a while... Having a delicate girl like this around for a long time will only make her a delicate girl."
Du Ningyou realized he was being talked about and immediately defended himself: "That was in the past. Now my physique has improved and I even have muscles on my arms. If you don't believe me, feel them... And that's all human nature. It's okay to be picky about food, drink, and daily necessities. It's not like our family can't afford to support us. My dad, brother, and sister are all good at making money, so someone has to help them spend it..."
Zhou Yangze didn't hear what she said next. He only saw a white and tender arm coming to him, with the fragrance of bathing. He looked at it for a while, then took a light bite.
"Ah, what are you doing? I'm asking you to pinch, not bite!"
"I felt a piece of pig's trotter was delivered to me, and I couldn't help but take a bite."
Du Ningyou immediately kicked him, "You are the pig's trotter!"
Zhou Yangze smiled and held her ankle. She kicked her other foot, and it was held again.
"You should just go to bed with all your strength."
He laid her down on the bed, pulled the quilt over her belly, and finally patted her head, "Go to sleep, good night."
"Hmph. Good night."
The next morning they got up at dawn and accompanied Grandma Li to the town to sell vegetables.
When we took the bus to town, we met two other groups. It seemed that everyone was very active.
Su Qiang and his friends brought bamboo weavings and some wooden products from Carpenter Chen's house and asked Zhou Yangze and Du Ningyou what they were going to sell?
Zhou Yangze said modestly: "We don't have any big products at home. We only have the pure natural and pollution-free vegetables grown by grandma. We can't compare to your family's conditions."
"Young Master Zhou Er is really good at pretending, who knows what big tricks he has up his sleeve."
"Well, what special tricks do I have? The best I can do is just wander around town and try my luck."
Tsk, anyone who believes this is a fool.
Aijia from another group got up early and made some corn tortillas, as well as common breakfast items such as steamed buns and steamed buns. They packed them in foam boxes to keep them warm and padded them with two layers of white gauze.
As soon as the lid was opened, the fragrance wafted out. Chen Ziyou had already done business with everyone in the program crew before getting in the car, and now he started selling in the car.
"Selling breakfast! Buns, steamed buns, and tortillas, one dollar each! One dollar each! Carefully made by top chefs, with solid ingredients, one can last a whole day, and the taste is comparable to a Michelin three-star restaurant. You only get one chance, and you'll regret it forever if you miss it! Selling breakfast!"
Besides them, there were some villagers on the bus who were going to the town to sell things or attend the market. Students usually took the next ride.
Chen Ziyou's advertising slogans were very exaggerated, and everyone probably only understood the solid ingredients and smelled the fragrant aroma. However, this was enough. Everyone took out money to buy them, and even the driver asked him to keep two, and soon he sold half of them.
Chen Ziyou was happily counting money there, which made Du Ningyou very envious.
Zhou Yangze thought she was hungry and wanted to eat, so he said, "If you want to eat, go buy it. Don't we have 100 yuan? Just consider it as taking care of their business."
"I don't want to eat, I envy them for making money."
"Don't be envious, this is just the beginning. Don't worry, you will have the chance to count the money today."
"Well, of course I believe you." But after a pause she added, "It does smell good. I'll go buy some for breakfast."
"Go ahead."
When Du Ningyou came back with breakfast, she saw Carpenter Chen preparing to pay for it, but Su Qiang and the others were politely refusing. After thinking about it, she turned back and bought a few big meat buns, then handed them to Su Qiang.
"Sister Qiang, please eat."
Su Qiang's expression showed seven parts surprise and three parts hesitation. "Isn't this a bit bad?"
"It's okay. We made 100 yuan yesterday and have plenty left."
"Then I'll take it. Thank you, Ning You."
"You're welcome."
Jiang Lingfei took it and thanked him readily with a very sunny smile. Wen Ni hesitated for a long time, but finally said thank you in a low voice.
Arriving at the Huayang Town Market, Zhou Yangze helped to arrange the vegetables and then said to Du Ningyou, "I'm going to check out the market around here. You help grandma sell the vegetables here."
"Okay, don't work too hard."
Zhou Yangze smiled, and her tone was like that of a young wife sending her husband off to work.
After Zhou Yangze left, Du Ningyou was not shy. When she saw uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters passing by, she asked them if they wanted to buy vegetables. She was good-looking and sweet-mouthed, and her smile made people unable to refuse her. Even if the passers-by had no intention of buying, they would squat down and pick a few things out of courtesy.
It wasn’t long before the dishes prepared by Grandma Li were almost sold out, and theirs was the best business among all the stalls around.
The auntie next to her smiled and praised: "Grandma, your granddaughter is so well-behaved and sensible."
The old lady showed a rare smile on her old face, "The baby is indeed sensible."
The aunt asked again, "Is your granddaughter engaged? I know a lot of good looking young men in their early twenties who I can introduce to you."
Du Ningyou could tell the other party was well-intentioned, so she politely found an excuse to refuse: "Thank you, Auntie, but I've already promised you. You came a step too late and didn't see it. My partner sent us here this morning."
The other party said with some regret, "Okay then."
When Zhou Yangze came back and saw that the dishes were almost sold out, he immediately praised, "Not bad."
Du Ningyou immediately raised her little face, "Of course, besides spending money, I can also make money. I've already calculated it, and now the total sales are 98.5 yuan."
The aunt next to her asked curiously, "Sister, is this your date? He's so handsome! I've never seen such a handsome guy before. No wonder you got engaged so early. You two are a perfect match."
Zhou Yangze looked puzzled. Du Ningyou grabbed his hand and leaned over to explain softly, "This aunt wanted to introduce me to someone, so I said I already had one. You should just pretend for a bit."
Zhou Yangze understood, so he looked up at his aunt and said with a smile, "Well, I'm her target. Our Ning You is so popular, I have to make a move sooner rather than later."
"Haha, sure, young man, you have good taste. My sister is a good-looking girl, and she's filial to the elderly. You can tell she's kind and blessed."
"I think my family likes her very much too..."
The two chatted back and forth like this.
Du Ningyou was stuck in the middle and didn't know what to say. I asked you to pretend for a while, but it didn't make you so excited!
After they finally finished talking, she quickly asked Zhou Yangze how his business was going.
"I've already made arrangements with a few clients. I'll invite them along when I get back."
"You've reached an agreement so quickly? There's not even a sample."
"I asked the villagers to send photos on my mobile phone. I also learned about the market price when I went out for a walk just now. The price I offered was lower than the market price, and the quality was good, so they were naturally willing to go with me to take a look."
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After selling the last of the dishes, Zhou Yangze called the clients he had contacted back to Shiqiao Village. On the way, he introduced their identities to Du Ningyou. One was the owner of a winery, who needed to buy corn for brewing; another was a supply manager for major supermarkets, responsible for an area that extended into the city; and the other three were restaurant owners who knew restaurant owners in the county town.
When they arrived at the village entrance, they saw the villagers gathered under the big banyan tree with their own agricultural products and poultry. Several bosses went over to check their goods and found that they were indeed of good quality as Zhou Yangze said.
The winery owner first asked, "I need a lot of corn, at least a thousand pounds. Do you have any more?"
Zhou Yangze explained: "These are just samples. The villagers still have some at home. If Boss Wu is sure he wants them, I'll send someone to deliver them immediately."
"Okay, then I'll take 2,000 kilograms."
Behind them came the supermarket manager and the restaurant owner. After seeing the villagers’ things, they thought they were good and made large purchases. The villagers were all so happy that they couldn’t stop smiling and hurried back to prepare in a hurry.
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