The cart stall owner's expression changed: he was not afraid of Wang Jiaju's threat, but Wang Jiaju's behavior was obviously that of a typical naughty child, who was not afraid of causing trouble and did not consider the consequences. Naughty children always appeared in groups in the housing estate...
As the saying goes, you're not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves targeting you. If those naughty kids here target you, it will be a lot of trouble for him to do business here in the future.
There was no choice. In order to avoid being followed by naughty kids and waiting to harm him in the future, the cart stall owner had to return the mullet to Wang Jiaju.
After sending the fish soup and dinner to the hospital for Grandma Su to eat, Su Yun came back to have dinner and drink the fish soup with the Wang family, and then went back to the Su family to pack up.
After letting the system scan and record all the worn-out books that Grandma Su had saved for her granddaughter to read as extracurricular books, Su Yun squatted on the ground and began to organize them.
"Su Su, why are you packing these things?" Wang Jiaxiang asked curiously.
"I plan to sort out some old books in good condition and sell them in Yaliao Street." Su Yun explained, "Selling old books is more profitable than selling cardboard."
These old books were collected by Grandma Su when she went from street to street collecting junk. Originally, after little Su Yun finished reading a book, she would ask Grandma Su to take the book away and sell it as waste paper.
Su Yun said as she handed over a music theory book she had just found. "Take a look at this book and teach me how to play the guitar later."
Wang Jiaju flipped through it casually and was confused by the series of symbols: "We are just learning from each other and improving each other. You play well..."
He knew that his unconventional approach wasn't working, but he was just too lazy to learn.
"Believe me, I was able to progress so quickly only after reading these introductory knowledge theories." Su Yun persuaded Wang Jiaju to accept the book, then stood up and stacked the other old books on the cart one by one.
Yaliao Street is not far from Camellia House. The system map shows that the distance is about 1 kilometer, which means it would take them more than half an hour to walk there.
The public security is not good now, and children are not allowed to go out alone at night without a valid reason. The Wang brothers were able to go out with their children only under the pretext of protecting Su Yun and helping Su Yun to hawk goods.
Su Yun was very satisfied with Wang Jiaju's following: with his human-shaped self-propelled loudspeaker to help with hawking, she didn't have to worry about not being able to shout louder than other street vendors.
It is said that Ap Liu Street has been a famous second-hand street since the 1950s, where people sell all kinds of things from their homes, with the majority being second-hand electronic products.
By the 1970s, many street vendors, having saved enough capital, would rent or buy a store on the street, transforming their stalls into shops to avoid the hassle of moving goods around in the sun and rain.
After trying out some guitars at the second-hand music store owned by Lai Kit-fen, Su Yun explained her purpose of visit to her and hoped that she could help find a place to set up the stall.
"There are several second-hand bookstores in our area. If you set up a stall, the competition will be too fierce..." Upon learning that Su Yun did this to earn money for her sick grandmother's medical expenses, Lai Kit-fen and her family were very moved. After asking some acquaintances around the second-hand street, they signaled Lai Kit-fen to take Su Yun and the other two to another section of the road not far away, commonly known as the "Electronic Street."
"Zhou Xinheng's family sells second-hand electrical appliances here. I'll go talk to him and ask you to set up your belongings next to their door and let them look after you." As both were from Yaliao Street, Lai Kit-fen and Zhou Xinheng can be considered old friends who have known each other since childhood.
There is a mix of all kinds of people here. If there is no adult to look after the children, even if they earn some money, they will be bullied by gangsters and royal police who collect protection fees.
"In fact, Zhou Xinheng used to be very playful. He became like this after his elder brother had an accident..." Along the way, the lively Lai Kit-fan explained to Su Yun why Zhou Xinheng always looked nervous. "He wants to be admitted to Yinghua School like his elder brother. If he can enter the semi-finals of this competition, teachers from famous schools in Sham Shui Po will come to the venue to judge, which will be very helpful for his future secondary school interviews."
Through Lai Kit-fan's explanation, Su Yun got to know another famous secondary school: Ying Wah College.
According to her, in addition to its strong faculty, the most important thing about Ying Wah School is that it is the most affordable and prestigious school in Sham Shui Po.
Too bad it's a boys' school.
Lai Kit-fen expressed regret for a while, and then told Su Yun about the story two years ago when the Zhou brothers went swimming at the beach. Zhou Xinheng got a leg cramp and couldn't get up, so his eldest brother turned back to save him but unfortunately drowned.
"Everyone knows it's not his fault, but he just can't get over it." Lai Kit-fen sighed, "We've been playing together since we were young. We all admired Brother Zhiheng, and Brother Zhiheng even got into such a good school..."
Su Yun nodded: As a younger brother, it is not surprising to see the outstanding brother whom I have admired since childhood die while saving me and become like this, but it is also really sad.
"Alas, he is too pessimistic. If his elder brother saw him like this, how could he be happy!" Wang Jia suddenly sighed, and then patted his younger brother Wang Jiaxiang on the shoulder, "You, if you encounter such a thing in the future, don't be like him!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?! Say it again." Thinking of the future of the two brothers, Su Yun couldn't help but tap Wang Jiaju lightly.
Wang Jiaju shouted several times in a humiliating manner, and finally hummed a few times in a pretentious manner, just letting the matter go.
Seeing his stubborn look, Su Yun laughed angrily: "You..."
After some joking and laughing, they arrived at the door of the Zhou family's store on Electronics Street.
"Auntie Zhou!" Seeing that there was only a middle-aged woman in a floral shirt in the store, Li Jiefen called out crisply.
"Oh, it's Miss Fen, why are you here?" The middle-aged woman saw clearly that the people coming were a group of children, and immediately walked out with a smile.
"Come, let me introduce you. This is our next teammate Su Yun, and next to her are her two neighbors. This is Zhou Xinheng's mother," said Lai Kit-fan.
"Hello, Xinheng is studying upstairs. I asked him to come down. Xinheng, Miss Fen and your classmate are here!" Mrs. Zhou turned around and called to the attic stairs, then shook Li Jiefen's hand again, "Your uncle is out delivering goods. When he comes back, I'll have him bring your fan over. It's been fixed."
"Okay, thank you Auntie Zhou." After Li Jiefen finished talking to Mrs. Zhou, she looked at Zhou Xinheng who was coming down the stairs, "By the way, I want to discuss something with you..."
After hearing Li Jiefen say that Su Yun wanted to set up a stall beside the door of their store to sell used books to earn some money for Grandma Su's medical expenses, the eyes of the Zhou family and their son softened a lot.
"Sure, no problem. Susu, just set up your stall over there without worry. We're watching over you, and those people won't dare to bully you." Mrs. Zhou said readily.
"These are some of the questions I have compiled based on my previous competition experience. If you have any questions, you can come in and ask me." Zhou Xinheng handed over a hand-bound notebook in his hand.
After thanking the Zhou family mother and son, Su Yun took the Wang brothers and spread out an old bed sheet that had been washed white on the side, and placed the old books in the cart on it according to categories.
"What beautiful second-hand books are on sale! They're cheap and affordable. Come and take a look even if you don't want to buy!" At Su Yun's signal, Wang Jia suddenly started shouting to sell them.
With the two brothers from the Wang family helping, Su Yun followed the instructions a few times, and then opened the book given by Zhou Xinheng - thank God! Although it is in traditional Chinese, because it is written by a primary school student, the fonts are relatively straight and large, and they are written horizontally from left to right.
Thinking of the popular vertical layout of traditional Chinese characters and the reading method from right to left in printed books and newspapers, it is antique enough, but for someone like her who is used to the horizontal layout of simplified Chinese characters and the reading method from left to right, it is really difficult to read...
After looking at the questions Zhou Xinheng had compiled for a while, Su Yun had a rough idea in her mind: most of the questions in the Chinese section were common knowledge questions and poems, which were not very difficult for her who had been tormented by the test-oriented education's sea of ​​questions for many years.
Besides, if it really doesn't work, there is still the system, a super smart computer, for you to check.
When she activated the system, she probably had her eyes half-closed as if she was in deep thought. She wasn't afraid of being noticed, but if it wasn't necessary, she would answer the questions herself - she used the thinking of an adult to deal with the elementary school students. The different education methods on both sides, the generation gap, and the fact that she was a newcomer and had to learn many things on the spot barely made this point even. If she turned on the system cheats, it would be another bloody battle of cheat dogs hammering the elementary school students.
As for technology, it was the one that others thought she had the lowest chance of winning, but in Su Yun's eyes, she had the highest chance of winning: after all, she was a student majoring in computer technology...
In the eyes of your relatives and friends, you are a computer student - then an equation will naturally be generated: you study computers = you use computers = you can repair computers.
Before graduating, Su Yun was coaxed by her relatives to help repair computers in order to save some repair costs. Unable to resist the pressure from her relatives, she had to bite the bullet and went on. After half-learning and half-practicing with their various Pompeii-style computers, she accumulated a lot of experience and gradually became a DIY enthusiast commonly known as "junk man" on the Internet.
To assemble a machine with superior performance with the least amount of money, saving money and cost-effectiveness are the key, hard work and competition are the core, and what is rejected is the consumerist value system - why spend extra money to buy such good and trendy new accessories, these "junk" are not unusable!
After struggling for a long time, Su Yun began to be dissatisfied with computers and gradually extended her claws to other old and worn-out household appliances that needed to be repaired...
In a word, poverty makes me capable of doing anything!