Taozhi held the cool popsicle and asked, "Is the Old Third District far from here?"
The young lady held the popsicle box and said, "It's not far. It only takes ten minutes to walk. If you walk quickly, it will take about ten minutes to get there."
Taozhi looked at his red face from the sun and said, "Thank you, little brother."
This little boy looks about thirteen years old.
He probably has no money to go to school, so he comes out to sell things.
He scratched his head uncomfortably. "You're welcome. Sister-in-law, do you have any other questions? I know everything that's going on in this city."
Taozhi's eyes turned slightly. "Does the black market in District 3 charge a stall fee?"
"Take it." He nodded. "It's expensive. 50 cents for one time. But if you do it for a month, it will cost five dollars."
Otherwise, he would go over there to sell popsicles. There are more people there, so it would be less likely to be caught.
He sells things on the street and only dares to shout when the police are not around.
After all, if you are caught, you will be beaten severely.
This is how they sell things in this area.
But his younger brothers and sisters at home wanted to eat, so he could only hide for a while.
Taozhi nodded: "Thank you."
Taozhi gave him another penny: "I'm sorry for delaying you."
He looked at her in shock. He didn't expect that someone would give him a few cents just for asking him a few questions.
Chu Yibai quickly caught up with her and said anxiously, "Sister, give me this popsicle and I'll give you a big one! Otherwise, take this penny back. I can't take it! I only answered a few of your questions, how can I take money!"
He just noticed that this was not his sister-in-law, but a younger sister, but she was wearing a pink hairpin, so he didn't recognize her yet.
Taozhi stopped and looked at his anxious look. Shaoxue became anxious because of holding this penny, his face flushed, as if he was very embarrassed.
Taozhi was about to say something when she saw the police coming from a distance.
She quickly pulled at his clothes and said, "Run."
Chu Yibai also saw it, he held the box and said: "Sister, come with me!"
Many people on the street also ran away, people selling cigarettes, ice water, and tea...
Soon there were fewer people on the street, and I could hear the police chasing me from behind.
Taozhi and Chu Yibai had already run far away. Chu Yibai went into several alleys and Taozhi was almost lost. No one was catching up with her.
Taozhi was wondering why she was running?
She didn’t sell anything!!!
Chu Yibai breathed a sigh of relief. He sat on the ground, looked at his sister over there, and said with a smile, "Sister, I'm sorry for getting you into trouble."
The popsicles in Taozhi's hands fell when she was running.
He took out a perfect big popsicle from the box and handed it to her: "Here you go."
Taozhi looked at the child. His face had the fatigue of an adult, but it was a very childish face.
"Do you want to do business in the old third district?" Tao Zhitu asked.
Chu Yibai was stunned. He stood up and stuffed the popsicle into her hand: "I can't afford the fifty cents for the booth fee."
Fifty cents was enough for him to sell popsicles for two days.
Taozhi pursed her lips and said, "I'll pay for the booth."
She needed someone to sell things, and this young man was a good choice.
When he got the extra penny he gave her, the first thing he did was to give her a big popsicle. This is a sales tactic.
Proof that he has ideas in his mind.
First, if he doesn’t accept money and doesn’t want the popsicle, he will return the money, which proves that this person is not a greedy villain.
She often misjudges people, but this time she believes in herself.
Chu Yibai looked at her and suddenly laughed, "Sister, selling popsicles is not profitable. I can't even earn enough to cover the stall fees. Besides...how dare you trust me?"
Taozhi sat on the bluestone pavement in the alley and said, "Because I think you have a good business sense."
Chu Yibai looked at her: "Sister, can you really help me make money?"
In fact, he was tired of hiding his life. In the black market, no one would care about his business. He also wanted to make some money to provide a good life for his younger brothers and sisters.
"Sure." Taozhi looked at him and took out a bowl from her pocket: "Let's sell this."
Chu Yibai glanced at her pocket. It…actually contained a bowl?! This was incredible.
But the pocket is indeed big, and the bowl is not big, but it is very beautiful. He hadn't noticed it just now.
He looked at the bowl: "It does look good."
Taozhi looked at him and said, "Sell me bowls. I'll charge 30 cents for each bowl and give you 10 cents as profit."
Chu Yibai finally started to think about this problem. He looked up at her and said, "What if I sell them for 50 cents each?"
Taozhi frowned slightly. "I don't recommend doing something that would disrupt the market. But if you can sell at a reasonable price when the customer is bargaining, all the extra money, except for a few cents, is yours."
In other words, no matter how much he sold it for, she only wanted a 20-cent profit.
Give him the rest.
"Hahaha, sister, you don't know how to do business." Chu Yibai supported his head: "You are really losing out. Besides, you don't even know me. Aren't you afraid that I will run away with your goods?"
Taozhi looked at him: "So, if you agree to do this business, I will examine you."
Chu Yibai was slightly startled. He stood up and said, "Come with me."
Taozhi followed him, and Chu Yibai took her around a few times and arrived at a slum.
This place is several times poorer than Liujia Village.
The road was muddy and there was a foul smell all around.
Walking into this old earthen house area, Taozhi saw many old people lying on the roadside.
She followed Chu Yibai into a small alley and stopped in front of a dilapidated earthen house.
"Brother Dabai!!" A little girl ran out. She was thin, but very happy to see him.
Chu Yibai touched her head and looked at Taozhi: "Sister, my name is Chu Yibai, and this is my biological sister, Chu Yibai. I also have a third sister, Sanbai, and a younger brother, Sibai."
Chu Bai looked at Taozhi and smiled at her, but she pulled her brother's sleeve and didn't dare to speak.
Chu Yibai introduced: "This is my home. My mother has some mental problems. She often cuts her hands with scissors."
He looked at the woman playing in the mud in the yard, so he put away all the sharp weapons in the house.
He said calmly, "My father is dead. My mother killed him with a pair of scissors."
"Because he often beat her."
Taozhi listened to him talk. She had heard of this kind of thing many times, but this was the first time she saw it with her own eyes.
Chu Yibai's eyes were filled with determination: "If you believe in me, I can sell the things to you, because I want my younger brothers and sisters to have enough to eat like the children in the city."
He looked at Taozhi and said, "We are refugees from famine and are undocumented. We have nothing."
They can't farm and have no jobs. Everyone has no food to eat, so who cares about their lives?
Taozhi was in a complicated mood: "Tuo."
She was willing to take a gamble because she saw the look in his eyes, just like seeing Xie Yan lying in front of Mr. Xie's grave when he was a child...
Desperate, yet wanting to see hope.
Maybe, this is fate.
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