Liu Yi actually envied and even admired Du Chen. Although Du Chen was a good student before, there were many other students who were also good students. However, this semester, Du Chen first published an article and then defeated Hao Bing and four other fifth-graders, which made other children his age envious and admired him. Liu Yi had wanted to play with Du Chen since then, but he didn't know Du Chen well enough to play with him. He was afraid of getting beaten if he approached Du Chen directly, because he had seen Du Chen chasing Hao Bing and the others with a stick that day!
So Liu Yi had wanted to play with Du Chen for a long time, and today was a good opportunity. Du Chen hadn't even taken his money yet, and he suddenly felt that Du Chen was his good friend.
Since the school gates hadn't opened yet, Liu Yi and Du Chen stayed inside the shop. As the school gates neared opening time, more and more students showed up, and Du Chen couldn't pay attention to Liu Yi anymore. Students kept coming in wave after wave, and Liu Yi helped Du Chen with his duties. In just a few moments, several of Du Chen's classmates arrived, leaving him unable to attend to them, leaving Liu Yi to take care of them all.
"Liu Yi, why are you in there? Is this your family's business?" Several classmates asked curiously when they saw Liu Yi standing behind the counter.
Liu Yi turned around and pointed at Du Chen. "No, it's owned by Du Chen's family. I just happened to come over to help out. What do you want?"
Several classmates also came to buy breakfast, which was nothing more than instant noodles and biscuits. Du Chen didn’t buy bread because its shelf life was too short.
"You should all come to Du Chen's house to buy things in the future. You see, Du Chen's store has a wide variety of things, and the prices are not expensive..." Liu Yi tried hard to promote Du Chen's store.
When Du Chen saw Liu Yi helping to receive classmates, he bought some for him. He just said hello and asked them to let Liu Yi get whatever they wanted. Du Chen was also busy helping his mom and dad sell things.
In the blink of an eye, the school gate finally opened, and the students in the store gradually dispersed. Du Chen and his family also breathed a sigh of relief. They really didn't expect that the store would be so busy on the first day of opening. Du Chen had no time to organize any promotional activities. However, seeing this, the promotional activities were postponed for the time being. Du Chen had a new idea.
Although the school gate is now open, there is nothing to do in the classroom after entering. Liu Yi also stayed and waited to go to the classroom with Du Chen later.
"Liu Yi, come and have some water. Thank you for what you did just now." Du Chen expressed his gratitude to Liu Yi. He did not expect Liu Yi to be so helpful. After all, he had very little contact with Liu Yi in normal times, and he was only familiar with a few classmates sitting around him.
"No need to thank Du Chen, it's quite interesting to sell goods here." Liu Yi said happily.
"Child, come here and have a rest. Come and have something to eat." Du Chen's parents saw that Liu Yi had been busy all morning, so they hurriedly took out a pack of biscuits and two sausages and handed them to Liu Yi.
"Thank you, Auntie. Can I come here to play again in the future?" Liu Yi didn't feel it was hard, he just thought it was fun.
"Okay, but you can't delay your studies." Du Chen's mother didn't care. She was just afraid that Liu Yi's grades would drop and other parents would come to find him. Others would think that their family was taking advantage of their child.
"Thank you, Auntie. If I have any questions about my studies, I can ask Du Chen."
"Okay, okay, Liu Yi, it's time, we have to go to school." Du Chen glanced at the time and interrupted their conversation. If they didn't leave, they would be late.
"Goodbye, Auntie. I'll come over after school at noon." Liu Yi waved goodbye to Du Chen's mother reluctantly and made an appointment to meet at noon.
"Okay, Liu Yi, see you off too." Du Chen's mother said to Liu Yi with a smile.
During this time, Comrade Du simply exchanged greetings with Liu Yi and then sorted the change they had received that morning at the counter. Du Chen's mother watched Du Chen and Liu Yi enter the school gate and then turned and walked over to the counter.
"Old Du, how is it?" Du Chen's mother asked Comrade Old Du excitedly.
"Yes, I just counted it. I sold 80 yuan this morning. If I keep doing this, I'll have something to do."
"It's only eighty, which is only seven or eight yuan." Du Chen's mother was a little disappointed.
"Haha, time is tight in the morning and there are only a few students. Moreover, most of the things they buy in the morning are instant noodles and biscuits, which have low profits. Let's consider selling stationery and snacks at noon. The profits are higher, and there are more people going to school after school at noon. And today, no one knows that they can rent books." Comrade Lao Du saw it more clearly.
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Du Bin arrived at school just in time. He took out his English textbook and began to memorize words. Although he was mumbling the words, he was thinking about how his own store was doing.
"Hey Du Bin, you told me last time that your family opened a grocery store. Is it open yet?" My deskmate who was having breakfast after morning self-study suddenly asked.
"It's open. It opened this morning." Du Bin said immediately after a moment of hesitation.
"Yes, you guys are pretty fast. By the way, what do you sell in your store?"
"Stationery, snacks, and books for rent."
"Rent books? How?" My deskmate was a little curious, as he had never heard of it.
"There are many books in the store. You can choose one you like, pay a deposit, and then read it for ten cents a day." Du Bin said to his deskmate.
"That's great. What books do you have at home?"
"There are quite a lot. I can't remember them all. If you want to read them, there's a list in the store. You can go check it out."
"Okay, after school at noon, I'll go to your store with you to see if there are any books I like." Du Bin's deskmate made an agreement with Du Bin directly.
The two of them were chatting, unaware that their classmates were all listening. Seeing that they had agreed to go to Du Bin's store at noon, several of the students around them were also clamoring to go there together. Some were interested in renting books, while others were just going to join in the fun.
Soon, class time arrived. Du Bin forced himself to listen carefully. He hadn't forgotten the agreement he had made with his brother, Du Chen. Even though he was thinking about the opening of the business, he tried to put it aside and focus on the class first.
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Du Chen went to school and did the same thing as usual, playing and attending classes, because Du Chen was sure that his store would not lose money.
It's simple: who's the easiest money to make? Everyone understands: children, students, and women! It goes without saying. His shop is located across from the school gate, and his target audience is students, especially since elementary school students are still children. Du Chen has been in business for quite some time now, and he's never heard of a shop near a school losing money!
"Du Chen, I heard from Liu Yi that the newly opened small shop at the school gate is yours?" Throughout the morning, many classmates who heard Liu Yi's promotion came to ask Du Chen.
"That's right, it's run by my family, and it just opened today. If you need to buy stationery, come to my house and buy it. As long as I'm in the store, I'll give you a discount when you buy things from me, or give you some spicy strips as a gift!" Du Chen worked hard for his own business and used the magical weapon of spicy strips!
"Really? That's great. I'll go to your store after school at noon. I need to buy some pencils." When Du Chen's classmates heard what he said, they crowded around him and said, "What's the good thing about it?
"Of course it's true. Liars are dogs!" Du Chen had to lower his IQ to the same level as his classmates.
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