Su Jinlai felt very aggrieved. Although the three foreign women were gone, he felt that the sad place was worth revenge. But he didn't know that someone else had also set his sights on this durian shell and was going to use it against him.
Oh, it's not Zhou Qun who thinks he is disrespectful enough.
But it was his love rival Li Weiwei.
To be honest, the source of the conflict between Li Weiwei and Su Jinlai is Guan Hong, but it is not just about Guan Hong.
Originally, the matter of Guan Hong would have been over, but Guan Hong and Su Jinlai soon got involved, and came to their compound every day to do this and that. In fact, Su Jinlai was not good to Guan Hong, but Guan Hong just liked it and worked hard without complaint. Every time Su Jinlai met Li Weiwei, Su Jinlai would deliberately order Guan Hong to do this and that. How to describe this mentality? It's probably "the girl you admire works like a cow and a horse for me, and loves me deeply, but look at me, I don't care at all", so as to get a little bit of secret psychological happiness.
He always shows off in front of Li Weiwei, so Li Weiwei gets particularly angry every time he sees them.
So Li Weiwei also wanted to teach Su Jinlai a lesson.
He had not originally intended to pick up the durian shell that Zhuang Zhixi had thrown away. He just happened to see it. He was renting a house from the Su family, and he happened to see Zhuang Zhixi talking to Grandpa Lan from the window. As soon as he saw this thing, he thought it was very suitable for hitting Su Jinlai.
A small durian shell welcomed four people at once.
Everyone wants to use it as a weapon.
Zhuang Zhixi didn't care what others thought, he threw it away with great fanfare, and then came back with his hands behind his back. When he came back, he saw that there were quite a lot of people in the yard this evening. Many of them came out to stroll in the yard.
Zhuang Zhixi scratched his head and said, "I've only been walking for half a month, and everyone has already developed the habit of walking?"
Bai Fendou glanced at Zhou Qun, Su Jinlai and Li Weiwei also looked at each other. The scene was a little awkward, and everyone had some bad intentions.
Bai Fendou coughed and said, "I came out mainly to use the toilet."
Zhou Qun: "What a coincidence, me too."
Li Weiwei: “Me too.”
Su Jinlai: "You all have to urinate frequently and urgently! This is not good for your health. Men can't do this."
He said mockingly, and Bai Fendou immediately changed his position and didn't want to deal with Guan Guiling. Guan Guiling didn't jump in front of him anyway, but Su Jinlai jumped quite hard. He wanted to deal with Su Jinlai in front of him. Damn it, who made him so mean? can he not be jealous and want to hit someone after hearing this? He glanced at Su Jinlai coldly. Su Jinlai was not afraid of Bai Fendou at all. Thinking back to the past, this guy was a fucking bootlicker. He could go to their house and steal things at will. Of course he didn't respect Bai Fendou.
He gave Bai Fendou a provocative look.
Bai Fendou glared at Su Jinlai fiercely. It must be said that the three of them were determined to do something to Su Jinlai.
Who made him so arrogant?
As for Su Jinlai, he didn't know this. He just knew that his younger brother Tonglai refused to pick up durian shells for him. This kid is really bad! What kind of younger brother is this? He is unreliable! But if he goes out to pick up durian shells now, he will definitely be seen by these people with poor kidneys!
They will definitely laugh at him. Who is he? It's shameful for him to do this.
He can do anything except embarrass himself. Not for any reason, just because he is Brother Su!
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Old men who are in poor health are willing to go to the toilet frequently. I am not like that. I just came out to digest my food. I am tired of drinking chicken soup tonight."
The looks the men gave him became even less friendly.
Su Jinlai smiled proudly, he just liked this kind of admiring and jealous look. He raised his head proudly, he was different from them, he was a man who could fight foreign women.
He raised the corners of his mouth, looking even more proud.
Admire me, envy me! Actually, no, it is all just my imagination.
"Brother? Why are you still at the door?"
Tonglai came out to wash clothes and saw his elder brother, who looked like a door god. Jinlai's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Tonglai and said, "You come."
He dragged the man to a corner and said, "Go and help me pick up the durian shells."
Tonglai was very firm: "No."
It's not about whether he can afford to lose this person, but his brother is too weird. Who cares who the hotel loves? What's the point of him destroying it when everyone is gone? Rather than let him cause trouble, he is determined not to do it.
He turned to leave, and Jin came: "I'll pay."
Tonglai: “No.”
"One dollar."
"Don't even think about it."
"Two."
He felt that Tonglai's force to leave weakened a little, but soon, Tonglai was firm: "No."
"Five bucks, just think about it, just picking up some trash."
Tonglai said seriously: "But it's embarrassing, so many people are watching."
Jin Lai gritted his teeth and said, "Ten dollars."
He was bleeding.
Tong Lai: “…”
He pursed his lips and stretched out his hand: "Bring it here."
Jin Lai: "You are too greedy for money."
Toglai: "If you don't give it to me, I won't pick it up. But I have to make it clear that if you dawdle and someone else picks it up, I won't care."
Su Jinlai: "Give it, give it, give it. You only care about money. There is no brotherhood at all."
Tonglai didn't care what his brother said. He took the money and turned around and asked, "Uncle Xiaozhuang, where did you throw the durian shell?"
Zhuang Zhixi: “???”
He looked at Tonglai in surprise, then at Jinlai, and then at Zhou Qun, who turned away awkwardly. Not only Zhou Qun, but also the weird Bai Fendou and Li Weiwei were like this.
Zhuang Zhixi: “…”
Are you all trying to do something bad? But very quickly, he said, "I threw it in the garbage truck over there on the other side of the toilet."
Tonglai: "I'll go pick it up."
Zhou Qun & Bai Fendou & Li Weiwei: "???"
What are you doing? You want to pick it up? They were just a step slower.
Everyone was watching Jin Lai and Tong Lai whispering to each other, and then looking at Jin Lai's expression, it was hard to describe, but Jin Lai was quite happy. He felt that it was not bad for his younger brother to get paid to do a job.
As for others, they all guessed that it was him who wanted it, but... he himself didn't react.
This person has a somewhat simple mind.
He smiled slightly, thinking that it was really easier to get things done with money.
Tonglai walked out of the gate of the yard directly. Li Weiwei hesitated for a moment and followed him. Although he didn't get along with Su Jinlai, he had a good relationship with Tonglai. Although this person was also a child of someone else's family, because he rented the house of the Su family, he knew that Su Tonglai was actually not easy.
He had to go to school, and after school he would do housework whenever he had time, cooking and washing clothes. In order to save coal briquettes, he would go out to collect firewood, and in the spring he would go to the suburbs to pick vegetables. Even in such a busy situation, he would study until late at night.
To be honest, Li Weiwei didn't like the Su family before, but because of these, he felt that this guy was not easy to deal with, so after a while they got along pretty well.
He quickly caught up with Tong and said, "Why did you pick this up? Your elder brother wanted it, right? He's not going to do anything to me."
Tonglai: "No, he's not going to deal with you."
He looked Li Weiwei up and down and thought, he definitely doesn't want to deal with you, but it's hard to say for you. You might want to deal with him.
Li Weiwei's scalp tingled when he saw him, and he was a little nervous. Tonglai didn't say anything. He found the garbage that Zhuang Zhixi had just thrown away, and saw Tonglai running to the toilet. He exclaimed, "What are you doing?"
Tonglai did not enter the toilet. Instead, he went around to the back and threw the durian shell directly into the toilet pit.
Li Weiwei: “…”
Tonglai: "It's better for me to throw it away than for my brother to get into trouble."
If his brother really went to the hotel to cause trouble, then his family would inevitably be implicated, so Tonglai would not give him this opportunity. Of course, he would not stay and let others deal with his brother.
This will also cause trouble for their family, so it's best to throw it away.
Don't pick it up by anyone.
After he finished throwing, he walked back.
Li Weiwei: “…” I just can't understand him.
When Tonglai returned to the yard, everyone had dispersed, but those who were supposed to be leaning on the door to peek were still peeking. Tonglai returned home empty-handed, and Jinlai immediately asked, "Where's the stuff?"
Tonglai: "In the toilet."
Jin Lai opened his eyes wide: "You take the money but don't do the job?"
Tonglai: "I promised to pick it up for you, but what can I do if I can't find it? I can't go to the toilet to get it for you, right?"
Jin Lai: "You, you, you, why are you in the bathroom?"
Tong Lai: "Who knows?"
He threw it, how about it.
Jin Lai: "Then give me back the money."
He just spent ten dollars.
Tonglai took out ten yuan and gave it directly to Wang Xiangxiu, saying, "Mom, keep it."
Then he looked at Jin Lai again: "I promised to pick it up for you, but I didn't say I would definitely pick it up. How can you have the nerve to ask for the money back? Are you still a man? Besides, let's put things in perspective. This is the money you paid me to do something for you, and you didn't say you would definitely do it."
"You you you."
Wang Xiangxiu looked at her two sons. Tonglai gave her a wink, and Wang Xiangxiu decisively put the money in her pocket.
Jinlai was furious, thinking that there was no place for him in this family. Even his brother was a liar. It was too much. At such a young age, he actually cheated him out of his money? However, Tonglai didn't care and continued to go out to wash clothes.
Jin Lai: I was very angry.
Tonglai went out to wash clothes, and Wang Xiangxiu followed him out: "You're cheating him out of his money, okay?"
Tonglai said calmly, "What's wrong with that? He took one thousand yuan and only gave you twenty yuan to buy a chicken, and didn't give you a penny of the rest. He spent all the twenty yuan on the chicken, and we just took advantage of it and drank two mouthfuls of chicken soup. But what does he do at home? He does nothing. Then when he has no money, doesn't he need you to support him? You should save money when you should, and ask for money when you should. Otherwise, he will spend it all and won't care about you. When he has no money, he will ask you to support him again. The young man doesn't work. You are saving his money now, and it is also spent on him, what's there to be embarrassed about? You don't want it, and he won't give it to you. What kind of person is he?"
Wang Xiangxiu was silent for a moment, knowing that Tonglai was right. Jinlai was somewhat selfish. For example, this time, he had money in his hands, and everyone knew it, whether she, Yinlai or Tonglai. But Jinlai did not hand over a cent.
Not only do you not hand it in, you also have to eat the chicken.
If Wang Xiangxiu had not been determined not to buy, he would not have handed over 20 yuan. In fact, he wanted to pay 10 yuan, but he gave 20 yuan because of the squeeze from Tonglai. But now old hens are only 4 yuan each.
His family actually bought five chickens.
I have eaten four of them and killed and depilated the fifth one.
It can be seen that even if Jinlai has money, he still takes care of himself. In this case, what Tonglai said is right. What's wrong with this? When he has spent all his money, he will definitely rely on his family. She pursed her lips and said, "I'll listen to you."
Tonglai nodded: "I need money when I need it."
Wang Xiangxiu: "Okay."
The mother and daughter were whispering in the yard, and many people were watching them.
Jin Lai leaned against the window and snorted coldly: "Our mother is not a good person. She actually listened to Tong Lai's instigation."
Yinlai also sat in front of the sewing machine after get off work. His family also saved money to buy a sewing machine. Yinlai and Wang Xiangxiu sometimes did some small jobs at home to supplement the family income. He was very busy and didn't want to listen to his elder brother's nagging and complaining, which turned out to be nonsense.
He snorted coldly and said, "If you don't want to listen, then go out and find a proper job."
Su Jinlai said proudly: "What do you mean? Even if I don't have a job, I'm still rich."
How could a man like him be short of money? That was impossible.
But Yinlai didn't raise his head and said, "You have money but you didn't give us any. Do you really need to show off in front of us? Even if you have money, shouldn't you eat, use and drink at home?"
Su Jinlai: "Hey you little bastard, I'm your brother."
Yin Lai nodded: "Yes, a selfish, lazy brother who doesn't work."
Having said that, continue to be serious and ignore this person.
Su Jinlai: "Damn it, damn it, what kind of people are in this family?"
Similarly, Zhuang Zhixi was also peeking. Mingmei brought Yuanyuan and followed Zhuang Guihua to finish a big durian. The three of them were eating with great joy. Now they have returned to the house. The mother and daughter are rubbing their stomachs, lying on the kang with their legs crossed, looking very full and satisfied.
Tuantuan covered his nose, not liking the smell very much, and clung to the edge of the kang like a poor little thing.
Zhuang Zhixi watched the excitement for a while, and then he said mysteriously, "Look, I bought a durian, and it was very popular. They all wanted to pick it up and take it home."
Mingmei: "No good intention."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Who cares? I threw it away anyway."
He also got on the kang, looked at his two children, and said, "Why don't you leave?"
Tuantuan and Yuanyuan didn't want to leave. Dad had been away for several days and they wanted to talk with him. The two children didn't move. Mingmei laughed coquettishly. Zhuang Zhixi pinched Mingmei's nose. Mingmei: "Woo woo."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Let you laugh at me."
He stood up and said, "Since no one is leaving, let me make some tea. Can you drink some tea?"
"good."
Zhuang Zhixi made a pot of tea and several people sat together.
Knock knock.
There was a knock on the door, and Zhuang Zhixi opened it. He saw that it was Wang Xiangxiu from next door. Zhuang Zhixi asked, "What's the matter?"
Wang Xiangxiu: "I'll look for Mingmei."
Zhuang Zhixi turned around, Mingmei: "Looking for me."
After she finished speaking, she patted her head and said, "Oh, yes, I guess now, have you made the quilt cover?"
Wang Xiangxiu nodded: "Yes, I brought it to you, take a look."
Mingmei took the quilt that Wang Xiangxiu had folded neatly and said, "It's going to be okay. That's it. Thank you."
Wang Xiangxiu: "It's okay, it's what I should do."
She delivered the goods and took the initiative to say, "If you have anything else, come to me and I will do it."
Mingmei: "Okay."
After getting Mingmei's response, Wang Xiangxiu left happily. Zhuang Zhixi took a look and asked: "Did you make it recently?"
Mingmei: “Yes.”
His family actually has a sewing machine, but both husband and wife work, so she would not let her mother-in-law do this delicate work. It just so happened that Wang Xiangxiu was willing to do it, so she naturally paid for it.
Wang Xiangxiu didn't just work for their family, it was the same for everyone in the neighborhood. If there were some young men in a family who were too busy to handle the work, she and her son would take over. However, they were just big jobs for the young men, so they could only earn some money.
For example, Mingmei makes a quilt cover, which only costs fifty cents because the work is not complicated. After the work is finished, including washing, drying and delivery, she only gets eighty cents.
Mingmei thinks it's very convenient.
Zhuang Zhixi: "She is quite smart. She can think of this way to supplement the family income."
"I guess it's Yinlai Tonglai who thinks so. Their two children are pretty good."
Wang Xiangxiu had a very hard time in the past few years. She was the only one working and the family was full of growing children. Fortunately, there was money from renting out the house. In the past two years, Yinlai also worked and their family took on some small jobs, so things were getting better.
Tuan Tuan poured himself a cup of tea, drank the water from the small cup, looked at his father and then at his mother with his big eyes, and said, "Brother Yinlai must make more money and marry a wife."
Mingmei laughed and said, "You know it again."
Tuan Tuan: “That’s what I know.”
He said confidently: "Brother Yinlai, what can you tell us?"
When Yinlai was young, he hung out with old ladies, all of whom looked after children, so he had few friends of his own age. Instead, most of them were either old or young. Tuantuan said, "He needs to save more money."
Zhuang Zhixi: “That’s right.”
Tuan Tuan: "We know the troubles of every big brother and big sister."
Zhuang Zhixi raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, you are so capable. You even know the troubles of every big brother and big sister. So tell me, what are your sister Xiong Yanzi's troubles?"
Tuantuan made a shut-up expression and said, "How can I casually reveal other people's secrets?"
Zhuang Zhixi: “…”
This is for you.
Yuanyuan on the side blinked her big eyes, looked at her brother tenderly, and laughed softly.
Zhuang Zhixi was not like some other parents. He did not force his children to speak. Instead, he sighed, "You two little rascals."
Both of them made weird faces.
Tuantuan was afraid that his sister was being fooled by his father, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Dad, are we going to grandma's house tomorrow?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "Yes, I brought something for them. Of course I have to go."
"We want to play with our cousins."
Yuanyuan is making a lot of noise.
Mingmei smiled and said, "We are all grown-up kids now, so we wouldn't want to bother with a kid like you, would we?"
Yuanyuan: "No way, our cousins all like us very much, right, brother?"
Tuan Tuan nodded: "I like us the most."
He is quite narcissistic and said, "We are just loved by everyone."
Mingmei: "Slightly."
Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan: "...Mom is so childish."
Mingmei: "..."
Zhuang Zhixi laughed when he saw this. Mingmei snorted and hit him.
Zhuang Zhixi: “Ouch.”
Mingmei gestured to him.
The four members of the family were all lively and soon became lively again. Zhuang Zhixi looked at the time and said, "It's past eight o'clock. Go back to your room and get ready for bed. You have to go to school tomorrow."
"good."
The two children hung their heads and went back to their rooms. Poor kids still have to go to school. Oh!
As soon as the two of them returned to the room, Zhuang Zhixi stood up and locked the door, saying, "These two little bastards don't understand at all how hard their father has worked for so many days away from home." He started to unbutton his clothes immediately. He had been away for more than half a month, and he was really too anxious.
Zhuang Zhixi held his wife in his arms and turned on the light. A good man should show his loyalty before and after going out. How to show it? Of course, he had to do this. Otherwise, how could he prove himself?
The good thing about this kang is that there is no creaking sound.
They are very safe no matter what.
A short separation is better than a new marriage. The couple stayed warm until the early morning of the next day. Although the weather was not very hot, Mingmei was already sweating profusely. She hummed and hugged Zhuang Zhixi's waist, burying her head in his neck.
Zhuang Zhixi hugged his wife and said in a hoarse voice, "Does this prove that I behave myself when I go out?"
Mingmei: "If you dare not do your duty, I will chop you up."
Zhuang Zhixi laughed in a low voice.
He said, "You know me, I'm not that kind of person."
He was also somewhat tired, and yawned, saying, "Wife, I'm sleepy."
When he looked down again, his wife was already asleep.
He reached out and pinched his wife's face, but Mingmei didn't wake up.
He was also comfortable and a little tired. As a man, he had to know himself. Having sex several times a night was really exhausting. He lay on the kang, pulled up the quilt, and fell asleep quickly.
Zhuang Zhixi's return did not attract much attention in the compound. Neither the couple was the type to cause trouble, so their presence was not strong. However, although there was not much attention, they were still inevitably pulled by the uncles and aunts to talk about the Guangzhou incident.
Many of them had never left their hometowns in their entire lives and knew nothing about things outside their hometowns. When they heard Zhuang Zhixi talk about the climate and life there, they found it particularly lively.
When Zhuang Zhixi came back, she saw that there were so many of these things that they even put on a tricycle, with several big bags.
I didn't see them buying any big items this time. They had clothes, but where would those things take up space? So Aunt Zhou felt that something was wrong. It was really wrong. She stared at Zhuang Zhixi every day, and by coincidence, Su Jinlai did the same.
He was also staring at Zhuang Zhixi.
In fact, Zhuang Zhixi had no relationship with him, but he just couldn't stand any family in the courtyard living well. He not only stared at Zhuang Zhixi, but also at Zhuang Zhiyuan, Zhou Qun, Bai Fendou, and Chef Li's family.
Anyway, everyone is staring.
He stayed on the window all day, looking at every family in the yard.
Well, under the surveillance of these two people, the weekend came quickly. Zhuang Zhixi called his mother and went to Xidan to set up a stall together. Mingmei actually wanted to go, but it was the first day, and Zhuang Zhixi didn't want his wife to go with him.
The main thing is that he himself doesn't know whether this thing can sell well. If it sells well, everything is fine. If it doesn't sell well, what will happen if his wife gets angry? But it doesn't matter if he goes alone. It's embarrassing to be alone. Anyway, he can just come back and find an excuse.
He originally wanted to go alone, but Zhao Guihua insisted on going with him. They had agreed to set up the stall together, so why should he be embarrassed for the sake of face?
Just look, early in the morning, two people, each riding a bicycle, went out with their things.
Their car was not only loaded with goods, but also with bamboo poles and cardboard prepared by Zhuang Zhixi, which were necessities for selling goods.
Aunt Zhou was cleaning the windows at home when she saw the mother and daughter riding out on their bikes. She hurriedly followed them out, but before she could ask anything, they had already left. She stamped her feet and said, "Oh, there's no one blocking the way."
At this time, Su Jinlai also came out and asked, "Where are they? Where are they going? What are they doing?"
Aunt Zhou rolled her eyes at Su Jinlai and said, "It's none of your business. Just take care of yourself."
She snorted and ran straight to the backyard. She had to ask Aunt Wang. Zhao Guihua has been acting weird these days. Is there some secret? We are all from the same compound. We can't have any little secrets.
Aunt Zhou went straight to find Aunt Wang, and Su Jinlai followed quietly.
Aunt Zhou immediately turned around and said warily, "Don't follow me."
She particularly disliked Su Jinlai. It was obvious at first glance that this guy was a spineless person.
Su Jinlai sneered: "This is your home. You can leave, but I can't? Who do you think you are?"
Aunt Zhou pouted and said, "Who do you think you are, you piece of trash!"
Don't think she doesn't know, he is the most unkind person in this courtyard. Aunt Zhou rented the house of the Su family, so she knew more than other families. This kid asked his family to support him when he had no money, and he refused to give money when he had money. He was still supported by his family.
Such people are really despised.
"People like you are better than giving birth to barbecued pork."
She complained, "Hmph, I look down on you."
Su Jinlai: "You, you, you bastard."
Aunt Zhou suddenly turned around and said, "What are you scolding? Who are you calling a bastard? You little bastard, you don't respect the elderly or the young at all, do you?"
She took a step forward and shouted, "Why do you think I can't lift a knife because I'm old?"
Su Jinlai: "Vulgar, really vulgar, this is unbearable to look at, it's really... Ugh!"
He looked at Aunt Zhou and cursed her several times. When he saw that Aunt Zhou was about to hit someone, he took a few steps back. It was not that he did not want to fight with Aunt Zhou, but he felt that it would be cheap to fight with Aunt Zhou. He was a very prestigious person.
Social Sugo.
He would never lose to an old man, let alone an old lady, but he couldn't stand it, which was embarrassing. He felt that there was really no need for him to argue with such a person. This is not easy to say.
At worst... he could just ask Guan Hong to find fault with him.
Thinking of this, Su Jinlai took a step back and said, "I won't argue with you."
After saying that, he turned around and left. This Guan Hong usually showed up at his house at this time on weekends, but she didn't come today. She was really unreliable. She was not a good woman. He muttered to himself, and Aunt Zhou was not polite: "If you have the guts, don't leave!"
Su Jinlai: "A good man doesn't fight with a woman."
Aunt Wang came out to watch the fun and sighed, "Why are you arguing with him? He is an ignorant person."
Aunt Zhou: "Why would I bother with him? Who is he to be bothered with? If he hadn't been clinging to me like a dog-skin plaster, I wouldn't bother with him. He has no sense at all and has grown up for nothing."
She muttered a few words, then pulled Aunt Wang aside and asked, "Do you know where Zhao Guihua has been? I saw her carrying things, cardboard and bamboo poles, and it felt weird."
Aunt Wang: "I don't know. I haven't heard of it."
Aunt Zhou said mysteriously: "There must be something fishy going on at this time."
Just as the two aunts were speculating, Zhuang Zhixi and Aunt Zhou had already arrived in Xidan. The two of them found an empty space and set up a stall directly. To be honest, the people setting up the stall were not just their family.
There are always many people who are willing to risk their reputation to do business. In this day and age, making money is quite exciting.
Zhuang Zhixi looked around and saw everything on sale. Chickens and ducks were sold here, hair ornaments were sold there, small commodities such as pants and socks were sold there, and leeks and green onions were sold there. It was quite a mix. Anyway, everyone was setting up stalls here, and everyone had their own choices.
Zhuang Zhixi spread the cloth sheet on the floor and took out all the bell-bottom pants. He put them on the floor.
He had prepared it in advance. He took the four bamboo poles that were prepared on the car and tied them together to form a rack. He then took out a small hammer and nailed the bamboo poles into the ground, and soon it was stable. He had few styles, so he just hung two types of pants. The bamboo poles shook twice and then stabilized.
He stuck a large cardboard onto the bamboo pole and wrote three words on it: bell-bottom pants.
After everything was done, Zhuang Zhixi looked around and thought, well, he was still the most attractive guy on his street. Others' businesses were not as eye-catching as his. Today was Sunday, and there were still many people shopping in Xidan. Others would look for good places to set up stalls, but Zhuang Zhixi could only find a place with soil to set up his stall, otherwise he couldn't nail the bamboo poles into it.
When Zhao Guihua saw that her son was so well prepared, she immediately said, "Come on, take a look. These are the latest popular candy-colored bell-bottom pants. Don't miss them if you pass by. If you miss this village, you will miss this store. Buy early and enjoy early. Wear early and be fashionable. Come on, take a look."
As soon as Zhao Guihua performed this set of kowtowing, everyone looked over, their eyes full of admiration. Wow, this old lady is awesome!
Some businessmen wished the old lady would shout more so that they could learn from her. This old lady was really good at doing business.
Zhao Guihua ignored other people's thoughts and continued, "Take a walk and have a look. You won't suffer any loss or be cheated."
Older people don't like bell-bottom pants at all, thinking that they are a little bit weird and normal people don't wear them, but some young people like them very much. Especially some street urchins, who think that being different and alternative is the most special.
Sure enough, someone came over soon and asked, "Boss, how much is this?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "Same style for men and women, sky blue for men and pink for women, authentic southern goods, thirty-one."
The guy selling hairpins nearby gasped.
"Isn't this too expensive?" The young man who asked the price was also shocked.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Where is this? Think about it, buying a pair of ordinary pants in the mall would cost at least fourteen or fifteen, right? You need tickets for that. But look at mine, look at my bell-bottom pants, they use more fabric than ordinary pants. The cost is high. You know Gangcheng, right? We get our goods from this store in Gangcheng. If we take these over, we can sell them for a hundred or eighty. I spent a lot of effort to get them. Do you think they are cheap? How can such good things be cheap? And there are not many of them. If you go out and take a look, you will know that not many people wear them on the street."
Zhao Guihua: “…”
No one wears it because it's too alternative.
However, as a seller, she also said: "Not only is the style special, but the color is also rare. You can't find such a cool color anywhere else. Do you understand? This is called candy color."
This is the first time they have heard of candy-colored things, but it sounds like something rare.
"Auntie, you really understand."
Zhao Guihua: "How should I understand? I just think it looks good. If I were young, I would have worn it a long time ago. Now that I'm older, I do want to wear it, but I'm afraid that if I wear it, it will have the opposite effect..."
"Ha ha ha ha."
The two of them took turns to persuade the young man in front of them, but the price was a bit expensive: "Auntie, can you make it cheaper? Thirty is too expensive."
Zhao Guihua: "We get along well, so I'll give you a discount."
"Don't worry. Please lower your head a little."
After some discussion, the two finally decided on twenty-six.
Zhao Guihua looked distressed and said, "I just came here this morning and wanted to open a shop, otherwise I would never sell it for twenty-six. You'll make a profit if you buy it at this price!"
"Auntie, you're giving me a discount. I know that. I'll promote it well for you when I get back..."
"Okay, bring the girl here, and I promise to give you a discount for your sake."
The young man who was buying pants said cheerfully, "How can she be called a little girl?"
Zhao Guihua: "Don't look at my age, I can see that you are such a handsome guy, that guy must be jealous of you and won't play with you. You must have more female friends."
"Hehehe." These words are really nice to hear.
He chose one and left happily.
Don’t underestimate the fact that only one person bought it, but once someone bought it, others immediately became interested. One of the girls said, “I would like to buy it, but I’m afraid that others would say that I’m not dressed properly.”
Zhao Guihua: "That's not what I meant. What is improper? Doing things indecently is improper. How can there be anything improper in dressing? As long as we don't show off, there is nothing improper about it. Besides, if you don't wear it when you are young, when will you wear it? You should wear it when you are young and beautiful like a flower. When you are as old as me, you really can't wear it. It's not that I don't dare to wear it, it's mainly because you said I sell bell-bottom pants. When I wear them, people will see, oh no, how can this old lady wear it? I will lose money. I do this to make money. Otherwise, I don't care about those things."
"Ma'am, you are right."
This is how selling things works. The more people there are, the more people will come. In a short while, their stall was surrounded. The older people just pouted, but some young people were very receptive to new and trendy things. In a short while, they sold more than a dozen items.
Zhuang Zhixi watched his mother collect and change money quickly and swallowed silently.
As expected, the older you are, the wiser you are. He thought he was good at talking, but he didn't expect his mother to be even better. He saw how the salespeople in Guangzhou used these conversational skills, and he learned from them. His mother learned it all by herself.
Zhao Guihua was still chattering: "Young people should have the demeanor of young people. Some people may think that this dress is a bit too conspicuous, but if you don't wear it when you are young, when will you wear it? When you are older, you will know that it is not in vain to have enjoyed your youth. Go buy a dressing mirror, dress fashionably and take a photo. When you are older, you can tell the younger generations in your family, look, your grandmother was also a fashionable person back then, you can't compare to her."
Everyone laughed out loud.
Zhao Guihua is very good at chatting, and after she said that, the young man felt that he should buy it. It's impossible that a young person like him is not as fashionable as an old lady, right? Besides, if you think about it carefully, although the pants are a little more expensive, it's not like you can't wear them next year after wearing them this year.
Zhao Guihua began to calculate for everyone: "If you think it's expensive, think carefully about how long you can calculate. Let's say this pair of pants is 30 yuan. There are 365 days in a year, and you wear them for 300 days. On average, it's only 10 cents a day. If you wear them for ten years, it's only 1 cent a day. And this is based on the calculation that you wear them 300 days a year. If you wear them more, it's more worthwhile. It's normal to wear a pair of pants for ten years. What can you do with 1 cent a day!"
Everyone nodded.
We are still in the era of three years first, three years later, and another three years of patching up.
Everyone thought that the auntie's calculation was quite correct. It was only one cent a day, which was the same as not paying for anything. It was just one less piece of candy a day.
"Okay, auntie, please find me two pairs. I want two pink ones, both in large size." A young man said.
The guy next to him was surprised: "You, a man, want pink? Aren't you buying it for yourself?"
"Yes, I am. Who said men can't wear pink? A real man dares to wear pink! I want pink! I want two pairs to alternate between."
Onlookers: “…”
There is something magical about this person.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Actually, this is quite normal. These pants are not differentiated between men and women. As long as the size is right, it's fine. If a taller girl likes sky blue, she can wear it."
"right."
Zhuang Zhixi and Zhao Guihua quickly got busy. Today's business was better than they thought. They actually brought 200 pairs of trousers today. They had no idea how much they could sell.
But they still underestimated the young people in Beijing and the flow of people in Xidan.
Although the sales were slow at first, they quickly picked up and the men's models were all gone. Zhuang Zhixi said, "Mom, I'll go home and get some more. Can you stay here by yourself?"
Zhao Guihua nodded: "If anyone dares to come and make trouble, I will be very happy. I am so old, I will just lie down here, haha, it is a good opportunity for me to go to the hospital for a thorough check-up and recuperate in the hospital. Whoever makes trouble will have to wait for the money, right? I will make him have another mother to support!"
Zhuang Zhixi laughed: "You are awesome."
Zhao Guihua: "You go ahead."
She didn't really want to blackmail anyone, her voice was not low, she was just saying it for others to hear.
If they listened to this, wouldn't it save them a lot of trouble? To be honest, they really don't want someone to affect their business. This is money.
Zhuang Zhixi also rode back quickly. He pedaled so hard that sparks flew all the way. It was just past noon when he returned to the yard. As soon as Zhuang Zhixi entered the yard, Aunt Zhou came out: "Xiao Zhuang..."
Zhuang Zhixi immediately looked at her and stopped her, saying, "Auntie Zhou, I have something else to do, so I don't have time to greet you."
He hurried home. Mingmei was keeping an account and recording his family's expenses last month. When she saw Zhuang Zhixi coming back, she asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhuang Zhixi: “There are not enough goods to sell.”
Mingmei's eyes widened in disbelief: "Not enough to buy? Are you serious? Didn't you take 200 pairs of pants?"
One hundred pink and one hundred blue.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Yes. The pink ones are all gone, and there's not much blue left. Please help me carry some more over."
Mingmei immediately jumped down from the kang and said, "I'll go with you."
She had wanted to go anyway, and now she was even more excited. She said, "You guys are so awesome, aren't you?"
Zhuang Zhixi counted the goods and said, "I thought I was very good, but after watching my mother selling things, I realized that the things I originally thought of were just younger brothers in front of my mother. A pure younger brother, really not good enough."
He was in a trance for a moment and said, "For a moment I felt that I was about to be persuaded. I even felt that if I didn't buy it, I would lose money. This rounding is simply free."
Mingmei: "Oh."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Let's go."
Two people always move faster than one person. They went out quickly. Aunt Zhou was still circling in the yard. Zhuang Zhixi and his wife didn't say anything and rushed out like the wind. But Aunt Zhou was scratching her head and feeling very worried.
Her curiosity was reaching its peak.
"What on earth are they doing?"
Jiang Lu came out to wash clothes and said, "Don't mind other people's business."
Aunt Zhou: "How can this be called interfering? We are all neighbors. Am I just curious? Oh no, I am concerned."
Jiang Lu smiled and said, "Then you don't need to worry about them."
Aunt Zhou was curious: "What do you think they are doing? I just find it weird."
Jiang Lu didn't know, it wasn't that they were stupid, but people with formal jobs wouldn't set up stalls, they would feel embarrassed. And their street was full of employees from the machinery factory, workers. No one would do this, so it was really unexpected.
Because it doesn’t exist in the surrounding environment, and because it doesn’t exist, I can’t think of it.
If someone had seen this before, they would immediately know what they were doing.
Jiang Lu: "Old man, mind your own business and don't meddle with other people's affairs. We don't need to meddle with other people's affairs. Besides, Zhuang Zhixi is so smart that he won't suffer any loss! He can do whatever he wants. He has a quick mind and his wife is good at fighting. Well, you know what, they are one civil and one military. Look, what is this civil and military person afraid of? Let's not meddle in other people's affairs."
Aunt Zhou: "I told you to say this..."
She was unhappy and wondered why her daughter-in-law had no curiosity at all.
She said: "Of course I know that Xiaozhuang's son of a bitch can't afford to suffer any loss. Isn't it because I see that they can't afford to suffer any loss that I'm curious?"
If it's a good thing, can't they learn from others? Jiang Lu knew what her mother-in-law was thinking, but she didn't care at all and said, "Don't bother yourself."
She took the initiative to greet him: "I see you have nothing to do, please help me wash the clothes, look at these are seven pounds, this naughty child is so naughty."
Aunt Zhou was very straightforward at this time and said immediately, "I'll do it. You can't wash it clean. These seven kilograms of clothes need to be washed with soap. They will smell good after washing. Detergent won't work. After washing, they will smell like detergent."
Jiang Lu: “…”
The corners of her mouth twitched, and she said, how come his soap was used up so quickly, now she has found the root cause, her mother-in-law actually uses soap to wash clothes, is that necessary? She looked up at the sky speechlessly.
"When will Qi Jin come back?"
Jiang Lu: "They went to the Cultural Palace at 4:30 in the afternoon."
Aunt Zhou: "Go buy some meat, I'll make him a meat pie. He ate the meat pie Zhao Guihua made before and said he didn't have enough, so I'll make him some too."
Jiang Lu: "Okay, our little Qi Jin can't always take advantage of other people's delicious food."
Aunt Zhou: "That's right."
Although Aunt Zhou was very calculating when she was young and would not give a penny to others, she treats her grandson differently now that she is old. Although she is also stingy with money, she is generous in this regard.
She would not let her children be laughed at and looked down upon by other children because of her stinginess. So when Xiao Qijin of her family ate other people's food, Aunt Zhou would also prepare some snacks for the children, as a way of returning the favor.
"Mom, I'll go buy it now, otherwise I won't be able to buy good ones."
Aunt Zhou: "Okay."
At this time, Su Jinlai also went out immediately and said, "Aunt Jiang, please buy me a pound of meat. I want fatty meat. Fatty meat tastes the best."
Why Zhou Qun had a problem with him was because of this. You are obviously a junior, but you are showing off in front of someone else. You just ordered my wife to do work casually, and you are picky? Who do you think you are? Jiang Lu was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, Zhou Qun came out of the house and said, "What are you helping? Don't you have arms or legs? If you want to eat, go buy it yourself, and you are ordering your elders? What a jerk you are."
He said directly to Jiang Lu: "Go to hell."
Jiang Lu: "Okay."
She ignored Su Jinlai. Su Jinlai was an immature kid who had no sense of propriety. He never paid for things he had to bring. She had brought something for him once before, and he had to keep asking her. Even so, he was still picky about the things he bought, complaining about a lot of trivial matters and looking like he deserved a beating.
From then on, under the propaganda of Jiang Lu and Aunt Zhou, no one would help Su Jinlai do anything, and no one would advance money to him.
Everyone doesn't know that Su Jinlai is rich now, but he has so many things to do, who is willing to help him?
Su Jinlai was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, thinking that the people in this yard were really unfriendly.
Thinking about my family, I feel unhappy too.
His second son went to the suburbs with his mother to pick vegetables and fruits, and his youngest brother went to learn acting, so he was alone at home and hadn't even had lunch. Guan Hong, who usually came to cook, didn't come either. He finally couldn't stand it anymore, snorted, wrapped his jacket tightly, and went out.
He went to drink mutton soup! Since they were not at home anyway, he secretly ate something good and had a goat egg to replenish his body.
When he passed by the trash can, he was very angry when he thought about how Su Tonglei, that little bastard, had cheated him out of ten dollars. This was the money he earned from selling his body.
Thinking of those three old ladies, who were so crazy and crazy that they kept grabbing him and almost ate him, he pulled his shirt tighter. Thirty is like a wolf and forty is like a tiger, so it's not bad at all.
From now on, he will never look for an old woman of this age.
It must be young, and he must be introduced to young people.
It would be best if he was young and rich so that he could have money to spend.
Although he shuddered at the thought of the two and a half days he had gone through, and felt like he was going to pass out, he felt extra safe when he touched the money in his pocket. Although it was a bit hard, it was good to have money.
Others don't have it.
He chuckled, found a mutton soup restaurant and went in.
At the same time, I was also wondering, what on earth were Zhuang Zhixi and the others doing?
His eyes are fixed on every family.
At this time, Zhuang Zhixi, who was constantly figuring out, had been surrounded by people. When he came back, several people wanted pink. They sold more than ten pairs of bell-bottom pants without even putting down their things.
Mingmei: “!!!”
She really didn't expect it to be so popular! Such scenes can only be seen in department stores during the New Year and other festivals. But now they are so lively? However, after a brief moment of daze, Mingmei quickly squeezed in, helped find the size, and collected the money.
To be honest, not everyone likes bell-bottom pants, but everyone has a herd mentality, and seeing so many people buying them, they followed the trend. I didn't have time to eat at noon, but I was still very happy.
After all, this is money! The three people have their own division of labor, and soon they are more enthusiastic. There are especially many people on Sundays, and the surrounding stalls are not as busy as them. Some people who think quickly have already thought about it, these bell-bottom pants can be sold.
I just don't know how much this cost is.
But we are all businessmen, and we know that no matter how high the cost is, we can at least make half the profit.
They also didn't know where the three of them got the goods from. Although they said they were from the south, not everyone believed them.
Two of them whispered, "Go find that young man later and find out where he gets his goods from. Damn, they've taken over all the business, and we don't have many customers selling clothes here. I don't know how he's so good at talking, look how happy he is to be coaxed by those young men and women. Let's find out where they get their goods from."
"Brother, let's find that young wife. She must be simple-minded and pretty, hehe."
This is not done with good intentions.
The tall brother cursed: "Shut up. You are a man looking for a young wife. She will definitely be wary of you. How can she tell you the truth? Is making money more important or flirting with women? Are you sick? Let's go find that man. Don't hold me back."
"oh."
"They're selling really well."
"How much money do you think they can make?"
"Who knows? But did you write down what they said? This is really a good way to attract customers."
"I've got it."
This kind of conversation is not only happening in their stall, but also in other stalls. After all, no one will fall behind in making money. People who don't do business don't know that they are just watching, but in fact, they can make money!
Make a fortune quietly! This opportunity requires calculation.
(End of this chapter)
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