After returning home, Zhou Sui counted the money she had made from selling clothes over the past two days. She had spent 400 yuan when she bought the clothes in bulk, and now she had earned nearly 700 yuan. In other words, she had earned an average of more than 100 yuan per day over the past two days.
You should know that Zhou Dayong works from dawn till dusk at the brick factory and only earns about two hundred yuan a month, while Zhou Sui earns more in two days than he does in a month.
Zhou Sui neatly stacked the bills and put them into the metal box, then pulled out another bag from under the bed.
It contains all sorts of hair clips, headbands, and rubber bands.
Selling clothes in a residential building isn't a long-term solution. Once the novelty wears off, not many people will come to inquire. Since she only has a few pieces of clothing left, Zhou Sui is preparing to start her second stall.
"Sister, are you home?" Zhou Yu's voice came from the yard as soon as I opened the bag.
Zhou Sui looked at the clothes and hair clips scattered on the bed, hesitated for a moment, and then asked to let them in.
Anyway, the fact that she was doing business couldn't be kept secret. Not only did she not hide it, Zhou Sui even wanted her family to join in.
When Zhou Yu pushed open the door and saw the bed covered with colorful hair clips, her eyes almost popped out of her head. "Wow, what beautiful hair clips!"
Girls always love beauty, and Zhou Yu couldn't help but rush to the bedside, her eyes shining as she lingered over the hair clips.
"Sis, how come you have so many hair clips?"
"I've never seen these hair clips before."
"Hey, I've seen this before. A girl in my class has one, and she treasures it. She can only look at it, not touch it."
Zhou Yu was the youngest child in the Zhou family and also the most lively. She was quick to speak, and Zhou Sui didn't rush to answer, waiting for her to finish asking all her questions before replying.
"I bought these wholesale from the city and plan to sell them at the school gate tomorrow."
"Take your pick, and if you like any of them, take them."
Zhou Yu turned to look at her in surprise, "You're going to sell it?"
“Yes, it’s right at the middle school gate. There are kids your age there, they’ll definitely like it.” Zhou Sui picked out the newest styles of these items.
"Hurry up and choose, there are still many more at the bottom." Zhou Sui pushed with both hands to reveal the styles at the bottom.
Zhou Yu looked at the hair clip, but in the end didn't reach out. "Are you going to sell this? I won't take it. I have one at home."
Although she said that, Zhou Sui could see clearly that her eyes were glued to the screen.
"Are you shy around me?" Zhou Sui pulled her to sit down on the bed and picked out several for her. "These are all pretty, try them on."
One after another, they stuffed things into Zhou Yu's hands, and Zhou Yu hurriedly shook her head, "Sister, that's enough, I only have one head, why do I need so many things? You keep them to sell."
Zhou Sui chose items that suited her perfectly, with everything she needed. "I'm not asking you to wear them all in one day. Just wear them in rotation so you don't wear the same thing twice."
"Once I take them out to sell tomorrow, what's left will definitely be what others have left over."
Zhou Yu looked at the item in her hand with great affection, then looked up at Zhou Sui and said, "Sister, I feel like you've become a completely different person since I last saw you a few days ago."
"Really? What's changed?" Zhou Yu asked while tidying up her things.
"You seem more confident now. You used to speak so softly that I had to put my ear right up to you to hear you."
"Also, I think you've become so beautiful, but you're still the same person, so why do I have this feeling?" Zhou Yu was completely puzzled.
Little did she know, Zhou Sui was simply confident; the confidence she exuded from within completely transformed her demeanor.
Just like a person sitting there, standing tall with their chest out and head held high is a completely different feeling from hunching over with their chest out and back slouching.
"Sister, can I go with you to sell hair clips tomorrow?" Zhou Yu asked.
"Are you really not going to school anymore?" Zhou Sui didn't answer her, but asked instead.
When this topic came up, Zhou Yu pouted, looking somewhat sullen. "I'm not going anymore. Anyway, my mom said I'm destined to be a farmer, so why should I go to school? I don't want to waste her money."
Zhou Yu should be starting high school this year, but her grades aren't good. Zhang Cui scolded her several times because of this, and the girl, who has a strong personality, declared that she would never study again.
Everyone else has been in school for over a week now, but Zhou Yu doesn't seem to care at all at home, as if she really doesn't want to go to school anymore.
As someone who had been through it all, Zhou Sui naturally knew how important studying was. Just as she was about to offer some words of advice, Zhang Cui's loud voice rang out.
"Yu'er, Sui Sui, dinner's ready, why aren't you here yet?"
"Oh dear, I forgot, my mom told me to come and call you for dinner." Zhou Yu slapped her thigh, realizing she had forgotten about the important matter when she saw the hair clip.
"Zhou Yu, what kind of work are you doing? I can't even get someone to come after calling for ages." Zhang Cui's voice was particularly penetrating, even through a wall.
"Sister, I'll go with you tomorrow. Don't tell Mom about this," Zhou Yu whispered as they entered the courtyard.
Since the next day was Friday, all the students in town would be going home, so Zhou Sui found a good spot across from the school.
"Sis, why did you bring an umbrella?" Zhou Yu looked at the umbrella that was open and placed on the ground, puzzled.
“It has a wonderful use.” In addition to the umbrella, Zhou Sui also prepared several sections of hemp rope, which were tied from the center of the umbrella handle to the umbrella ribs. At first, Zhou Yu did not understand why.
But when Zhou Sui clipped the hairpins onto the hemp rope one by one, Zhou Yu suddenly realized what was going on.
"So that's how it is." Now everyone knows exactly what styles are available, instead of frantically searching through the boxes. "Sis, I never realized you were so smart before."
Zhou Sui smiled. She wasn't smart; she just had lived an extra lifetime and seen more.
The two worked quickly, and as soon as the bell rang and the students poured out, a colorful hair clip umbrella was already finished.
This quickly attracted the girls' attention without needing to be called out, and Zhou Sui naturally introduced the styles and prices to them.
Although Zhou Yu was bold and talkative at home, she had never encountered a situation where several people asked her questions at the same time. She looked at Zhou Sui nervously.
In contrast, the latter answered questions calmly and even quickly found the style that others wanted in the box.
As more and more people gathered, Zhou Yu disregarded everything else and plunged into the crowd to help Zhou Sui find her things. Compared to Zhou Sui, she seemed somewhat flustered.
A small stall appeared at the school gate, attracting quite a crowd. Girls naturally love these kinds of things, and even those who don't have the money to buy them will still stand by and watch for a while.
The boy tiptoed inside and saw that it was a hair clip shop. He turned around and left without any interest.
In this den of girls, a boy just had to squeeze in.
The girls teased him, saying, "A grown man wearing a headband? That's strange."
Zhou Sui glanced over when she heard the laughter, and just then the person squeezed in. The two made eye contact, and Zhou Sui froze.
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