Chapter 53 [53] Chu Bing.
Several shop assistants quickly mopped the floor, and the store was finally restored to its original state.
Tang Yuanyuan had also chosen the rhinestones she wanted and was about to check out when a gentle male voice rang out, "Dear guests, I'm sorry."
"It was our mistake that gave everyone a bad experience. Our President Shen said that all customers here can enjoy a 20% discount on all items purchased today."
Tang Yuanyuan had an idea. A 20% discount could save her nearly 4,000 yuan.
The customers in the room were not very happy just now, but now they all looked very happy.
The young girl walked directly to Mr. Shen and said, "Mr. Shen, thank you so much. I'll buy you some coffee."
"At this time, going to a cafe and enjoying a cup of coffee is indeed a great idea to while away the afternoon tea. Unfortunately, I'm a busy man, and my store inspections aren't finished yet. I'm going to let you down."
"It's okay, we'll make an appointment sometime."
Tang Yuanyuan felt that he had no friendship with the other party, so he settled the bill, put the goods into a sack, and prepared to leave with the sack.
Mr. Shen, who was standing at the door, moved sideways to the side and nodded slightly at Tang Yuanyuan.
Reminded by him, the girl also moved to the side and looked at Tang Yuanyuan with a strange look. She might have found it unbelievable that someone dressed so poorly could enter such an expensive store.
I bought such a good thing, but put it in a sack.
Tang Yuanyuan has become accustomed to this kind of confusion and stares, and even remains indifferent when faced with other people's contempt.
She knew she was doing it to make money.
Then I went to Burberry and bought some high-end products.
Yesterday morning, she spent a lot of time strolling around Shanghai. She found that the local people in Shanghai all smelled good. It turned out that they were using something called perfume.
The factory director’s wife would definitely like this thing, so she went to buy some big-brand perfumes. As a result, she spent all the money she brought with her and exchanged it all for goods.
She even spent the money on buying furniture for the house, so she had to sell the goods as soon as possible to make a profit.
After purchasing all the goods, Li Mu took a taxi back to the hotel. Today, he also went to the wholesale market and bought some children's toys.
Tang Yuanyuan used the hotel's phone to call the factory director's wife and several major clients, told them about the perfume, and arranged to meet at the store the day after tomorrow afternoon. She then called the store and asked Zhou Wei to go to the supply and marketing cooperative the day after tomorrow to buy a box of Daoxiangcun snacks and boil rose honey water.
Tang Yuanyuan actually thought it would be more appropriate to bring back some exquisite food from Shanghai, but her sacks were already too full and could not hold any more.
The return train journey was more difficult than the coming one, because I was carrying a lot of cargo, and the bed, which was not big to begin with, was completely occupied by the cargo, leaving only a small space for lying on my side. Fortunately, I slept well in the hotel last night and I was young, so I managed to get through the more than 20 hours.
After rushing to the store, she quickly asked Zhou Wei and Zhou Li to organize the goods and put out the perfumes. Tang Yuanyuan quickly washed herself, changed her clothes, and cleaned herself up. Customers also started to arrive one after another.
The exquisite glass bottle is very pleasing to the eye. Once you spray it on your body, you will look like a flower, emitting a faint fragrance from the inside out. This fragrance will last for days.
They were all well-off and had no qualms about spending money. They knew that Tang Yuanyuan only bought high-end goods in limited quantities. If they couldn't buy it this time, the next time would be during the winter vacation.
store!
No one buys just one bottle, they buy two or more directly. This thing makes you look proud when you use it.
Burberry and rhinestone hairpin jewelry were ordered early in the morning.
Therefore, Tang Yuanyuan earned 80,000 yuan just from this afternoon tea, and the store still had tens of thousands of goods to sell slowly.
Tang Yuanyuan added money to the passbook and gave Zhou Wei and Zhou Li a bonus of 300 yuan each on the spot. Their monthly salary was also increased to 500 yuan, but this matter could not be told to anyone else.
Zhou Wei and Zhou Li received a monthly bonus without any warning, and they will also receive a salary increase in the future.
Five hundred yuan. Workers in state-owned factories now only earn two or three hundred yuan a month.
Both of them were so happy that they started to cherish their jobs even more.
By now, the National Day holiday was almost over. Tang Yuanyuan was not idle on the last day of the holiday and went to the furniture store to buy furniture.
Now that she has enough money, she doesn't hesitate to buy furniture. Not only did she choose the best big items like desks, dining tables, wardrobes, sofas, beds, and bookshelves, she also bought some impractical things, such as carpets, flower stands, and vases. There's nothing she can do about it; the foreign vases are so beautiful that she can't resist them.
Ordering curtains, buying pots and pans, and televisions are all very trivial tasks that cannot be completed in one day. Tang Yuanyuan did not want to make it difficult for herself and decided to buy them slowly over the weekend. Anyway, she had to get rid of the paint smell. Xu Xiaofeng said that paint is bad for the body and the smell must be dissipated before living in the house.
Tang Yuanyuan decided to go to school as a day student after the Chinese New Year. After all, it was only a 5-minute drive from the school, so there was not much difference between this place and boarding school.
Yu Fangfang had a very fun week-long vacation.
She assigned Wang Erniu the job of being her own bodyguard, which made her more like a young lady.
However, Wang Erniu's Kung Fu is too poor now, so she arranged for him to go to the Taekwondo gym to learn Kung Fu in the morning, and he was responsible for entertaining her in the afternoon and evening. Wang Erniu was so fun that she forgot about Tang An until Tang An called her on a public phone, and then she remembered that she still had Tang An to play with.
Anyway, my parents are not at home right now, so my aunt doesn’t dare to tell anyone about her affairs.
"Xiao Bing, I'm going to show you something fun today."
Chu Bing is still in the second grade of junior high school this year. Last night, his parents had another quarrel. To be precise, his father got angry and complained that the food his mother cooked was not tasty. He threw the dishes and chopsticks, picked up his briefcase, and drove away in his Santana.
When Dad was angry with Mom, Mom scolded her, beat her, and kicked her out of the house.
Her mother hated her because she was a girl. If she was a boy, her father wouldn't always be unwilling to stay at home, the Chu family would have an heir, her father wouldn't always beat and scold her, and he wouldn't be away from home for years.
Chu Bing was kicked out of the house late at night and had nowhere to go, so he had to come to Yu Fangfang for help.
Director Hu is her aunt, and Yu Fangfang is her cousin. Apart from her parents, she is closest to Yu Fangfang.
Yu Fangfang was already surprised that Yu Fangfang had hired a bodyguard for herself, but unexpectedly, Yu Fangfang actually invited another boy to come home to play.
Tang An was still wearing a washed-out shirt, black homespun pants, and a pair of cloth shoes.
But his face is angular, he is tall and thin, and his face, in particular, looks very much like the male protagonist on TV.
His voice is also nice, like the magnetism of a physics teacher's magnet.
"Where's Fangfang?"
"Who are you to her?"
Chu Bing had just entered puberty and didn't dare talk to boys. She lowered her head and answered in a serious tone, "Fangfang is still upstairs. My name is Chu Bing. My mother and Fangfang's mother are sisters. We are cousins."
She opened the door wider: "Come in."
Tang An walked in and said, "No wonder you're pretty too. It turns out you and Fangfang are cousins. You look quite alike."
Chu Bing raised her head in surprise: "Do I look like Fangfang?"
Mom said that she was like a quail, wooden and stubborn, not at all like Fangfang, who was generous and liked by everyone.
She must have been unlucky to have given birth to such a stupid daughter. Not only is she bad at studying, she is also stupid at talking and can't even win the heart of her own father.
How does she look like Fangfang?
Tang An smiled gently, "Alike. You both have long, bright eyes, and are both very beautiful. However, she has a more domineering personality, while you are gentler and speak softly, making you easier to get along with."
Chu Bing's heart began to beat wildly uncontrollably.
No one has ever praised her like this.
He actually thought he was good.
She was so nervous that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. She remembered that he was looking for Fangfang, so she quickly turned around to look for Yu Fangfang. Then she remembered that Tang An was still standing, so she ran a few steps and came back: "Go sit on the sofa first, I'll go call Fangfang for you."
After giving some instructions, he turned around and stomped up the stairs: "Fangfang, your classmates are here."
"I know, the light will come."
The Yu family lives in a two-story Western-style building. The house is furnished with mahogany furniture. The fragrance of the mahogany wood evaporates in the air, making the air here smell better than that of ordinary people.
After hearing Yu Fangfang's response, Chu Bing turned back from climbing half of the stairs.
She remembered that she hadn't even poured Tang An any water to drink.
"Would you like malted milk or milk? Or honey water?"
Tang An shook his head: "Don't bother, just sit down."
Chu Bing gave him some Wahaha.
Tang An, however, left the Wahaha alone but didn't drink it.
Chu Bing tilted his head: "Why don't you drink?"
Tang An: "Wahaha is so expensive, you girls should drink more."
Chu Bing waved her hand: "Wahaha is not expensive, you can drink it, Fangfang has a lot, and I have a lot at home too."
Tang An: "It's very precious to me. Although my family is poor, I am a man. My mother taught me not to take advantage of others."
Chu Bing's gaze unconsciously fell on Tang An's face again, and only then did she see that he was also looking at her.
His eyes were very dark and bright, which made her think of a kitten's cat, which fell on people's faces and felt itchy.
She couldn't help but want to scratch her cheek.
Chu Bing took a sip and snuggled up on the sofa, not knowing what to say or do.
Tang An stopped talking. Although the Yu family was good-looking, he didn't look around. His gaze casually fell on a spot in front of his toes.
The eldest lady's delivery was late.
She held a whip in her hand and said, "Tang An, you've gone too far. It took you so long to remember me. I'm very angry."
Tang An: "It's my fault."
Yu Fangfang tugged at the whip cutely, "It's good that you know you're wrong."
Then she tied the tail of the whip into a noose. Tang An didn't know what she was going to do, and stretched out his hand towards her: "What are you going to do? Let me do it for you."
Yu Fangfang moved her hand away: "I want to tie this thing myself."
She tied the knot and smiled at Tang An: "Lower your head."
Tang An's eyes fell on the circle formed by the tail of the whip, and he knew what she was going to do. His eyes fixed on it, but his head did not move.
Yu Fangfang held up the leather ring: "Why, you don't want to?"
"Didn't you say you like me and are willing to do anything for me?"
"You're unwilling to do such a small thing?"
Tang An: "Fangfang, stop it. I'm a human. No one wants to be a dog."
Yu Fangfang: "You may not want to, but some people do."
She stood up, whip in hand, and slowly walked outside. She sat on the garden swing and called out, "Wang Erniu?"
“1, 2, 3.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the young boy who was watering the flowers with a hose put down the hose and was already in front of Yu Fangfang.
"Miss, I'm here. What do you want me to do?"
Yu Fangfang was very satisfied with his speed: "Very good, you reached me within three clicks. I want to reward you. Lower your head."
"well!"
Wang Erniu lowered his head, and Yu Fangfang put the rope loop in, pushed the joint back, smiled with satisfaction, and then pulled the whip, "Do you know how to scream?"
"Woof, woof, woof."
Yu Fangfang was very satisfied. She took Wang Erniu for a slow stroll twice.
She was having fun, so she took off the whip and said to Tang An, with a smile on her face and a cold look in her eyes: "Look, the things you don't want to do, others are willing to do, and they do them very well."
"Tang An, I'll give you one more chance. Lower your head."
"If you don't do it, I'll be angry."
Chu Bing clenched her palms: "Fangfang, this is not appropriate, right? If you want to play, I'll go get the sausage for you to play with."
Rouchang is the dog raised by Yu Fangfang.
Yu Fangfang: "Playing with dogs is so boring. I prefer playing with people."
Tang An's gaze remained unchanged, still gentle: "Fangfang, I don't want to do this."
Yu Fangfang: "If you don't want to, then get out."
The eldest lady turned on her toes, and suddenly, Tang An stretched out his arms, held her face with both hands and kissed her.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly and subconsciously turned her head, and Tang An's lips brushed against her cheek.
Yu Fangfang had never been offended like this before.
Without any hesitation, he slapped her: "I'm so angry, you dare to kiss me!"
"You deserve to die!"
Tang An looked into her eyes and said, "I really deserve to die. How can a slap in the face satisfy you?"
He took the whip from her hand, untied the rope, and hit himself on the back. He whipped hard without saying a word, staring at Yu Fangfang the whole time.
Chu Bing frantically grabbed Yu Fangfang's arm and said, "Fangfang, please tell him to stop. It would be terrible if something really happens."
Yu Fangfang shook her head nonchalantly: "He wants to fight himself, what does it have to do with me?"
Tang An said nothing and continued to whip himself.
Seeing that his clothes were torn and the skin on his back was broken, Yu Fangfang said, "Forget it, just stop it."
Tang An threw his braid to the ground, his face stern. "I'm the biggest fool in the world. I know you're just playing with me and don't like me at all. I tell myself I should let go, but I can't help but obey your orders. I thought that if you were having fun, maybe you would be a little more sincere towards me."
"Did you have fun today?"
Yu Fangfang walked behind Tang An and saw that his clothes on his back had become tattered strips, swaying in the early autumn wind. His snow-white back was exposed, with seven or eight whip marks on it. She immediately covered her mouth and laughed out loud: "I am a little happy now."
"Xiaobing, go to my room and bring me the camera. I want to take a picture."
Chu Bing: "..." She thought she was going to get medicine for Tang An.
Although my cousin sometimes plays tricks on people, she has never bullied anyone like this. Why did my cousin treat Tang An like this?
But Tang An was not angry at all, and said in a helpless tone, "As long as you have fun."
It’s like the male protagonist in a TV series is willing to die for the female protagonist.
If there is a boy who loves her like this, she would be willing to die for him.
Tang An is so nice, why is my cousin so bad to him?
Chu Bing didn't understand at all.
He ran up the stairs to Yu Fangfang's room to get the camera, passed the living room, and took out a tube of medicine from Yu's medicine box.
While Yu Fangfang was fiddling with the camera, he stuffed it into Tang An's trouser pocket.
Yu Fangfang held the camera and ordered Tang An to straighten his back. She took several photos with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you can go now."
Chu Bing watched Tang An leave the yard. He had never seen a boy so affectionate.
His back was bruised, and the clothes he wore were not good either. He didn't look like he could afford medicine, but my cousin was not worried at all.
"Fangfang, why are you treating him like this? I think he's sincere to you."
Yu Fangfang played with her pigtails nonchalantly: "Since he is sincere to me, he should let me play with him."
Chu Bing: “…”
Before evening self-study, Tang Yuanyuan took half of the electronic watch to the dormitory.
Huang Yan and Li Jing were the first to pay for it.
They need money so much!
Plastic electronic watches were something that students really needed. Those who had enough money rushed to buy them one after another. Students from nearby dormitories also came to buy them, and dozens of them were sold quickly.
This thing obviously has no problem selling.
Students from poor families like Qian Tingting can only envy her. Her living expenses per week are only 8 yuan, the lowest in the dormitory, and she has to save on her three meals a day.
Qian Tingting didn't expect that Tang Yuanyuan would call her. After all, except for the quarrel between them on the first day, she didn't allow herself to get up early to brush her shoes on the second day, and they never spoke to each other again.
Qian Tingting was also very afraid of Tang Yuanyuan. Even if she met him on the road, she would take a detour to the other side.
She looked around, but there was no one around.
Tang Yuanyuan called her again: "Qian Tingting."
Qian Tingting swallowed her saliva and said, "I didn't talk about your family affairs anymore."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Do you want to earn some living expenses for yourself? And buy yourself a watch?"
Qian Tingting: "Ah?"
Tang Yuanyuan said, "I can give you electronic watches. You can take them to the dormitory to sell, or set up a stall in front of the school. They're six yuan each, and I'll give you a commission of 50 cents for each one. Take the goods first, and then pay me after you sell them. But I have to make a promise. If you make a mistake in calculating the money, or the number of watches doesn't match, your commission will be deducted."
It took Qian Tingting a while to realize that she didn't have to spend any money and could just use it to sell the goods.
Tang Yuanyuan looked at her stunned face and said nothing for a long time, so she said, "If you don't want to, forget it. Yue Na, do you want to sell it?"
Qian Tingting: "I'll sell it!"
Yue Na couldn't wait to speak out: "I'll sell it!"
In the dormitory, several classmates from the countryside crowded in front of Tang Yuanyuan, and Tang Yuanyuan divided the remaining goods equally among several people.
Several people took the watches to the dormitory to sell them on the spot. The items were new and good, and many students could afford them. Yue Na was the first one to sell out, and after paying the bill, she still had 23 yuan left!
She actually earned 23 yuan in such a short time!
Two weeks’ living expenses.
She can go to the cafeteria to buy meat tonight: "Tang Yuanyuan, do you still have this watch? I want to sell it."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Yes, but only half of the goods are left. I will bring it to you next week."
Of course, Tang Yuanyuan could also go back to the store to pick it up before evening self-study, but she felt that waiting a week would be more appropriate, so that the goods would appear to be in greater demand and would sell better next week.
Yue Na now likes Tang Yuanyuan more and more, that’s great!
One after another, several other people came back, and Qian Tingting was the last one to come back after selling everything.
Holding the money in her hand, she was so excited that she almost died. For the next three weeks, she wouldn't have to ask her grandmother for living expenses.
If my mother and grandmother knew this news, I don’t know how happy they would be.
Knowing that there will be goods to sell next week, I am so happy that I don’t know what to say.
"Tang Yuanyuan, I told you, why are you still willing to make money for me?"
This watch sells so well, Tang Yuanyuan can obviously sell them all by herself. Isn't this just giving the money to them? Doesn't she hate herself?
Tang Yuanyuan: "Nothing, I just don't want to run errands myself, but this thing is only available in Shanghai, I can't get much, you can only sell it this time."
Qian Tingting: "Thank you, thank you so much."
Tang Yuanyuan wasn't used to such enthusiasm: "No need for that, I just don't want to run errands myself."
She said, "If you want to make some money, you can go to the wholesale market and buy some notebooks and pens to earn some living expenses. If you buy together, you can get a lower price."
"If you don't have the capital, you can also fetch water for people for a fee, charging a small fee for running errands or something, maybe ten or twenty cents per pot. That's how college students in Shanghai earn their living."
Yue Na and the others were all thoughtful. It turns out that being a student can also make money!
They decided to go to the wholesale market during the weekend.
In the evening, they went to the cafeteria together. Yue Na and the others ordered a piece of meat for themselves, except Qian Tingting, who still had a bowl of rice, a bowl of shredded potatoes, and free soup.
Huang Yan said, "Qian Tingting, didn't you make some money today? Why don't you treat yourself and have something nice to eat?"
Qian Tingting shook her head. "My grandma said it's not easy for adults to make money, and it's even harder for us to go to school. We should be frugal with our money. Only when we understand and care about the difficulties faced by adults can we be good children."
Li Jing: "You haven't eaten meat before, have you?"
Qian Tingting said: "My family only eats meat once a month, and I can eat two pieces."
Huang Yan: "Ah? You only eat it once a month, and you can only eat two pieces? Your family is too poor."
Qian Tingting said, "I'm the eldest sister. It's not easy for my family to support my education, so of course I have to be sensible. My brother is still young, and grandpa and dad work hard to earn money, so of course I have to take care of my brother, grandpa and dad, grandma and mom."
Tang Yuanyuan peeled some rice and said, "You're still a child yourself."
Qian Tingting: "I'm 15 now, so I'm half an adult."
Tang Yuanyuan: "15 is also a child. When my mother was around, she always followed me. Tang An couldn't even surpass me. Don't you think that your grandmother and mother put you at the end of the list?"
Qian Tingting: "Five fingers have different lengths. How can I argue with my family about this? That would be too unfilial of me."
I won’t talk about Tang Yuanyuan.
Huang Yan said unwillingly, "Your grandma and mom are being partial. It's fine if you don't have money, but now that you have money, you should treat yourself better and order yourself a portion of meat."
Qian Tingting: "Grandma and Mom work so hard, how can I eat all by myself? Grandma said that girls should not be greedy. Those two who are greedy for food are ungrateful."
Huang Yan: “…” She always felt like she was scolding her.
Li Jing also concentrated on eating and didn't want to talk anymore. She seemed to understand why Qian Tingting never ate snacks, and the look in her eyes when she saw her buying so many snacks.
Maybe he was just saying that she was an ungrateful person.
Although she didn't understand why she was considered an ungrateful person just because she liked to eat it.
I don’t know whether Qian Tingting understood it or not, but with just one sentence, she had scolded most of the people in the dormitory. Even Yue Na, who was sitting next to her, silently moved her plate away from her.
Huang Yan even stood up and said, "The braised pork Auntie gave me is too little. I'm going to get myself another serving of Kung Pao Chicken."
"Tang Yuanyuan, do you want to add anything else?"
Tang Yuanyuan gave her three cents and said, "Please bring me a salted duck egg."
Because of the electronic watch incident, Tang Yuanyuan's popularity in the dormitory improved visibly. Sometimes if she came back late after doing her homework, Yue Na would even fill the thermos for her.
The next morning, after morning self-study, Xu Ming's treatment was restored. Yu Fangfang no longer asked Tang An to run errands for her, but instead ordered Xu Ming around.
Xu Ming happily took the money and ran to Tang An's desk, twisting his butt to show off.
Tang An held a pen in his hand, showing no extra emotion.
Tang Yuanyuan: "Why don't you ask Tang An to run errands for you?"
Yu Fangfang: "He has made me unhappy and is not worthy of my orders."
Yu Fangfang is a clear-headed person. Tang Yuanyuan is not worried about her. She is more inclined to think that she is tired of playing tricks on Tang An.
She had no intersection with Chu Bing's life, and she didn't know whether Chu Bing would get entangled with Tang An like in her dream and become her helper.
Strictly speaking, Chu Bing was Tang An's first pot of gold in life.
Fortunately, Tang An is now within her sight. If he comes into contact with Chu Bing, she will know.
Yu Fangfang didn't call Tang An, and the two of them hadn't spoken to each other for a week.
A week passed in a flash, and Tang Yuanyuan took all the remaining electronic watches with her for the weekend. When she arrived at the dormitory, Yue Na, Qian Tingting and others were already looking forward to it. They ran out happily with the electronic watches in their hands.
This week, classmates have been constantly asking about electronic watches. Their orders have been filled and sold out long ago. Yue Na and a few others also teamed up to wholesale notebooks and pens today, and they also promoted their own notebooks and pens without any guidance.
The price is the same as that of the canteen. You don’t have to run outside the school anymore. They deliver the goods to your door, along with the electronic watches. They all opened their own stores today.
Only Qian Tingting hadn't brought in any goods. She announced that she could fetch water for people, charging one cent for a pot of water.
Her business was going well and she received 4 orders on the first day of opening.
However, fetching water is strenuous and time-consuming, especially since the girls' dormitory is far from the hot water room. Not only do they have to walk across half the school, but the dormitory building itself is also on the fourth floor, so it's not an easy job.
There was only a short time left after evening self-study for her to finish fetching four buckets of water, and she also had to fetch a pot for herself. In the cool autumn weather, she was so tired that she was sweating all over.
Qian Tingting earned some money, but the next morning, she still had two steamed buns and free pickled vegetables for breakfast, and she didn't even want a tea egg.
Tang Yuanyuan was peeling a tea egg: "Qian Tingting, you can earn money now, why do you still only eat steamed buns? Have an egg in the morning, it will give you more nutrition."
Qian Tingting shook her head. "I don't have enough money. My grandma said that since I can earn money at school, I can earn my own living expenses. They can save the money and when I go to college, I won't have to worry about tuition."
Tang Yuanyuan nearly dropped the egg in her hand, narrowly avoiding it rolling to the edge of the table and being caught. "Didn't you just earn some money from your electronic watch yesterday? How come it's not enough?"
Qian Tingting: "I'm going to give that money to grandma. I earned 24 yuan last time. Grandma said I have to give it all to her when I get home on Friday. She has already made an agreement with someone to catch two piglets on Saturday. When they are raised until the New Year, she can sell two more pigs this year."
Tang Yuanyuan: "..."
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