The little boy ate his father out of money. In a short while, the two brothers finished three bowls of rice and two dishes.
"Brother, are you full? If not, have some more?" Du Chen asked Du Bin, who was still not satisfied.
"Chenchen, no need, I'm full. The braised pork is so delicious." Du Bin exclaimed.
"Brother, if you can rank in the top five in the class in this midterm exam, I will come over and take you to eat braised pork, two servings." Du Chen began to seduce Du Bin.
Although Du Bin has been studying very hard recently, Du Chen believes that his brother Du Bin has not reached his own limit. Du Chen has secretly observed that his brother Du Bin sometimes still slacks off.
"Chenchen, do you have that much money? Besides, I am ranked around 20th in the class now, and it is too difficult to be in the top five." Du Bin said with some embarrassment.
"I definitely have enough money. I've barely touched my pocket money. And even though I gave my royalties to Mom, she'd definitely be fine with me using them. Just tell me if you can get into the top five."
"How about this, brother, if you rank in the top five, you can make your own conditions. For example, you want to buy a tape or a small game console, as long as it doesn't exceed fifty dollars, I can accommodate you." Du Chen looked at Du Bin's embarrassed look, and it seemed that the price was not enough, so he changed the conditions to continue to tempt Du Bin.
Du Bin's eyes lit up, and he was obviously moved. He asked directly, "Chenchen, are you serious? Can I bring it myself?"
"That's right, brother. As long as you rank in the top five, you can withdraw as much as you want within fifty dollars."
Du Chen also took great pains for Du Bin.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go! Go home! I want to study." It was obvious that Du Bin was too excited now, and he didn't know how long he could hold on. However, with Du Chen around, it would be no problem to stimulate Du Bin from time to time to keep him in this state.
Back home, Du Chen went to the big room to watch TV, while Du Bin went back to the small room to work hard. Du Chen looked at the time. It was just after one o'clock. He probably thought his father and the others had drinks at noon, otherwise they would have been back long ago after lunch.
Du Chen watched TV while thinking about how to renovate his own shop and how soon he could rent the other two. After all, if his own business was doing well, he was afraid someone else would open a shop next door and steal his business. But Du Chen didn't expect his father to buy all three shops.
It was not until after four o'clock in the afternoon that Du Chen's mother helped his drunk father into the house. Seeing this, Du Chen and Du Bin hurriedly helped their father lie down on the bed. The father, who was still drowsy just now, started snoring as soon as he lay down on the bed.
"Mom, how much did my dad drink? It's not easy for you to support him back." Du Bin asked curiously.
"Don't say anymore. I'm so tired. Fortunately, your father didn't get drunk on the way, otherwise I wouldn't be able to help him back." Du Chen's mother said this, but she was not idle either. She took a wet towel from the washbasin and wiped Du Chen's father's face. She also poured a cup of tea and put it on the table, waiting for Du Chen's father to drink it.
"I drank more than a pound at noon, that's really a lot." After finishing the work at hand, Du Chen's mother continued.
"Mom, are you not going to rent a house today? And then invite the leader to dinner?" Du Chen wanted to confirm.
"Yeah, I was drinking with Old Zhang, the logistics officer from Fang Jianduan, and your Uncle Zhou. All three of us were drunk."
"Mom, it seems like it's settled? Are we going to open a store soon?" Du Bin asked excitedly.
"Well, it's settled. We just need to go to the building construction section tomorrow to register. Then your father and I will prepare some simple decoration, buy some goods and open the store."
Speaking of this, Du Chen's mother was also very happy.
Du Bin was in high spirits at this moment and immediately forgot about studying. Du Chen looked at the excited Du Bin but did not remind him. It didn't affect the time and opening a store was the biggest thing for their family at the moment, so it would be nice to let him participate.
The three of them sat around the dining table, chatting while taking care of Du Chen's father. Du Chen's mother explained that she had visited the store that morning, then went to Zhang's house for an interview and dinner. Du Bin would occasionally ask a question, and Du Chen listened quietly. After Du Chen's mother had finished her story, Du Chen asked about the details of the rental.
When Du Chen heard that the rent was as cheap as 120 yuan and his father directly rented all three stores, he was a little surprised at his father's generosity. Then he started to think about how to maximize the profits from opening these three stores.
"Mom, originally we planned to rent only one room, but now we have rented all three. What are you going to do with them? Have you and Dad thought about it?" Du Chen was going to ask his mother what she thought first.
"Aren't we just going to make stationery and some snacks and small toys?"
"Mom, one room we have prepared is enough. If we use three rooms to sell stationery, how much goods will we need to buy? First, there will be too many goods, and second, it will be a waste of space." When Du Chen heard what his mother said, he knew that his parents had not noticed this problem yet.
"Ah, son, what do you think we should do? Your father and I are looking for a bargain, and we're also afraid that others will also rent the rooms and steal our business, so we rented all three." Du Chen's mother didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Brother, do you have any ideas?"
Du Chen now thought of an idea, but still asked Du Bin. He didn't expect Du Bin to have any good ideas, but just hoped that Du Bin could broaden his horizons and his own ideas.
While Du Bin was left to think on his own, Du Chen said to his mother, "Mom, I have an idea. Do you think it's suitable?"
"Okay, son, go ahead and tell me."
"Mom, what do you think about us opening a bookstore?"
"Selling books? What kind of books are you going to sell?"
"We can sell supplementary teaching books, both for junior high and high school. For elementary school, we can sell composition diaries and the like. We can also sell novels or rent novels and comic books, which can be read by adults and children." Du Chen thought of the booming business of the bookstore in front of the school when he was in high school.
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