"Chenchen, what do you think of roller skates?"
"It's fun, Dad. I think it'll be really popular. When the weather cools down in the evening, let's go play at the school gate. I think other kids will want to play there when they see it."
Du Chen was very confident because roller skates were all the rage in their area back then, and most elementary school students had a pair of them.
"Will scooters be difficult to sell then?"
Comrade Lao Du began to worry about whether the scooter would conflict with the roller skates.
"Probably not. Children can play with scooters, but roller skates are mainly played by elementary school students."
Du Chen is still quite sure, the key point is, this is experience.
"Dad, how's Uncle Wang's scooter going?"
Du Chen asked curiously. He had been busy playing these days and hadn't paid attention to anything else.
"We've made quite a few, around 20."
"These past few days, your Uncle Wang has been repairing cars during the day and working on scooters at night. He's also brought two apprentices to work with him, and they live in the repair shop at night."
Du Chen only then noticed why the library hadn't been cleaned up for a while. He had initially planned to let the two apprentices live there, but Wang Dongliang hadn't expected them to move into the repair shop. And with Wang Dongliang, an adult, living there, he felt more at ease with the two apprentices.
"Then put up the poster my brother drew. Please take some time to bring the scooter back and see if you can sell it in the next few days."
"Then I'll ask Dongliang and the others to stop first and see how the sales are going."
"Okay, Dad. By the way, have you calculated the cost price?"
"I calculated the cost of each one to be around fifteen dollars, plus I gave Dongliang four dollars each, so it should be less than twenty dollars."
"How much are the roller skates, Dad?"
"Twenty-three purchase price."
"It's okay, Dad. How much are you going to sell it for?"
"I'm going to sell the roller skates for forty-five and the scooter for forty."
"Dad, please make the scooter more expensive, fifty!"
“Will it be too expensive to sell like this?”
Comrade Lao Du is not optimistic about this price.
"Let's sell it like this for now, and then lower the price if it doesn't work out."
Du Chen felt that the price of fifty was okay and there shouldn't be any problem.
Comrade Lao Du and Du Chen were chatting here, while on the other side, several people were still trying to roller skate.
"Du Bin, how do you learn so quickly?"
Ding Miaomiao asked Du Bin enviously. Du Bin can now slide a few steps by himself without holding on to anything. He is much better than Ding Miaomiao and the others.
"Haha, I told you I'm a genius at playing on that! This is just the beginning!"
Du Bin said arrogantly.
"Do you have any tricks? Teach us!"
"Lower your center of gravity and relax your legs. The more tense you are and the less control you have over your legs, the more likely you are to fall."
Du Bin explained his experience to Ding Miaomiao and the other two, and they listened carefully. Seeing Du Bin and Du Chen skating happily, they were envious.
After lunch and a short break, Liu Yi and his friends went back to practicing roller skating. If it weren't for the scorching weather, they would have gone straight to the cement field in front of the school across the street to play.
"Old Du, are you there?"
Suddenly, Lao Ding came into the store carrying a large plastic bag.
"Hey, Miaomiao, where are the roller skates?"
When Old Ding entered the store, he saw Ding Miaomiao walking slowly on roller skates, holding onto the glass cabinet. Du Chen and the others greeted Old Ding as he entered.
"Dad, why are you here?"
Ding Miaomiao did not answer Lao Ding's question, but asked Lao Ding first.
"I'm here to see your Uncle Du. We're grilling skewers tonight! Is your Uncle Du here?"
"I'm here, Lao Ding, what's up?"
Comrade Lao Du was resting in the inner room. He came out when he heard someone looking for him.
"I got a lamb and gave you half of it. It's so hot out here, so let's grill some lamb skewers tonight and have some beer to cool you down."
Lao Ding struggled to lift the plastic bag in his hand and said to Comrade Lao Du.
"Good stuff, not bad! Then I won't be polite!"
Comrade Lao Du was not polite and took the plastic bag from Lao Ding.
"Hey, why are you being polite? Miaomiao eats here every day and I've never been polite. Since I'm not busy at noon, I'll bring the mutton over and you can marinate it."
"Go, I see you're too lazy to cook, so come and find the chef."
"Haha, I'm glad you know. I'll bring two more bundles of beer over later and put them in your freezer. I'll bring my wife over tonight and we can drink them."
"I'll go buy the beer, you go do your thing!"
"No, no, I've already bought it, but I can't carry it all at once."
Old Ding quickly refused. He felt embarrassed that Ding Miaomiao had been eating at Old Du's house every day during the summer vacation. Otherwise, he would quickly come over and get half a sheep for Comrade Old Du, and then feel embarrassed to ask Old Du to buy beer.
"Okay, then I'll give you the car keys. You can drive to move the bar to save effort. Do you want me to go with you?"
"No, stop being so polite to me. You've already given me the car keys, and you're still pretending to ask me to go with you. You're really worthy of being a boss, your face is getting thicker and thicker!"
Lao Ding was joking with Comrade Lao Du. Having said that, he also knew that Comrade Lao Du was a very generous and honest person, otherwise he would not have played with Lao Du for a whole day.
"Haha, you figured it out. Okay, then you go ahead and drive. I'll take care of the mutton."
"Okay, Boss Du, I'll drive Boss Du's new car too. I haven't touched it since you bought it!"
Lao Ding said this with a smile, took the car keys and prepared to leave.
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