Ma Sufen looked at the scattered notes and bills in the cloth bag and estimated, "Did I make about three yuan?"

"After deducting the cost, I made five dollars and thirty-five cents today."

Shen Baolan gave Ma Sufen a detailed account.

All the forty popsicles that were purchased for wholesale were sold out. Excluding the broken and melted ones, a total of thirty-five were sold. I made three cents on each one, and after deducting the losses, I made a total of seventy cents.

I made two cents on each bottle of soda, and sold twenty-five bottles in total, making fifty cents.

The rest of the money is just cold water.

A bucket of boiled water, plus pigment and saccharin, costs no more than 50 cents. After selling nearly 100 cups, I made a net profit of 4.15 yuan.

Shen Baolan was so excited that her face was flushed. "Mom, you don't know how much money you can make by selling cold water. Don't let the people in the family compound know about this, otherwise everyone will come to sell cold water and we won't be able to make any money."

Ma Sufen was so astonished by the profit of Liangshui that she couldn't close her mouth, and her mind was racing with calculations.

If you earn five dollars a day, can't you earn 150 dollars a month?

This is twice as much as my son earns at work!

…

The next morning, Ma Sufen not only got up and made breakfast, but also boiled water for Shen Baolan.

After having breakfast, Shen Baolan happily pushed her cart to set up her stall.

In the evening, Ma Sufen rarely went out to chat with others, but stayed at home.

As soon as Shen Baolan returned home, she served the food that had been specially prepared for her, then took the purse and started counting the money.

It’s hot today and business is better than yesterday. I made more than six dollars.

Ma Sufen smiled so hard that her mouth was crooked. She even cooked an extra egg for breakfast the next day to reward Shen Baolan.

After a few days, Shen Baolan's cold water business was booming.

I can earn at least four or five yuan a day.

Ma Sufen's attitude towards her became more and more enthusiastic, and she even went to bring her lunch in the scorching sun at noon.

…

"Do these questions once, and leave the ones you don't know blank. I'll teach you later."

Pei Ziheng placed the exercise book with circled questions in front of Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun has always lacked patience and perseverance in studying, and he cannot sit still for more than half an hour.

Therefore, Pei Ziheng would circle the required test questions every time and try to keep the time within half an hour.

Zhao Yun looked at the circled questions and threw the pen in his hand, "I don't want to learn anymore."

Pei Ziheng glanced sideways.

Although she didn't say a word and her little face was so pale and delicate that no expression could be seen, Zhao Yun felt inexplicably frightened.

Although he is the older brother, he knows too well how sinister and terrible his brother, who is six years younger than him, is.

Anyway, he didn't dare to make Pei Ziheng angry.

"Ziheng, I don't want to go to junior high school. You're not here, so it would be boring for me to study alone."

Pei Ziheng looked at him and asked, "Don't you want your dad to buy you a big house?"

"You can buy a house later. You only have one brother. What if someone bullies you when I'm not around?"

As he spoke, Zhao Yun's expression changed from tangled to determined, and he spoke with lofty ambition, "I've decided. I won't take the exam anymore! I won't leave you alone. What do you think? Am I loyal enough?"

Pei Ziheng smiled slightly, "Well, I'm very touched."

Zhao Yun's mouth was almost stretched to the back of his ears. "Then can I not do these questions?"

Without waiting for Pei Ziheng to answer, he quickly closed the exercise book and said, "Ziheng, let's go to the game hall. There are new games recently. They are very interesting!"

"No, do the questions."

Zhao Yun was puzzled, "I don't even have an exam, why do I need to do the questions?"

"In order to fulfill your brotherhood, I decided--"

Pei Ziheng said sincerely, "...Are you happy to take the exam with you and go to junior high school together?"

Zhao Yun: “…”

"Ziheng, stop joking. You are only in the third grade. How can you take the entrance exam to junior high school?"

"Are you questioning my ability?"

That’s not the case.

As a brother, Zhao Yun knew too well how terrifying Pei Ziheng's IQ was. He could learn all the sixth-grade math book just by flipping through it once.

The teachers always said that Pei Ziheng was a genius, but he felt that Pei Ziheng was simply a monster.

"Ziheng, are you really going to take the entrance exam from primary school to junior high school?"

"Um."

"But the registration period has passed."

"Well, so I signed up in advance."

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Zhao Yun's eyes widened. "You signed up? How come I didn't know?"

Pei Ziheng didn't even raise his head, "You didn't ask."

Zhao Yun wanted to say something, but Pei Ziheng tapped the exercise book on the desk and said, "Hurry up and do the exercises. Once you have mastered the types of questions I circled today, you can go out and play."

Hearing this, Zhao Yun immediately picked up the pen.

…

Ever since he learned that Pei Ziheng would also have to take the entrance exam from primary school to junior high school, Zhao Yun's enthusiasm and self-consciousness in studying have significantly improved.

Although, even if he failed to get into junior high school, Zhao Dafa could still spend money to help him get in through the back door.

But then he wouldn't have a big house.

Pei Ziheng did the math for him and found out that after working hard for half a month, he was able to get a big house worth fifteen thousand yuan.

In total, it means a net profit of one thousand yuan a day.

Only a fool would not want such easy money.

Although Zhao Dafa is busy with his career and social activities all day long, he will always take a look at his son's room no matter how late it is when he gets home.

Today is no exception.

What surprised him was that his son, who usually went to bed early, was still studying at almost 11 o'clock.

Zhao Dafa was both happy and relieved that his son had finally grown up and become stronger.

After finishing washing up, she saw that the light was still on in her son's room, so she personally heated the milk and brought it in.

"Xiao Yun, it's so late. Drink your milk and go to bed early. Study tomorrow."

Zhao Yun rubbed his eyes, took the milk and drank it all.

"Dad, go to sleep first and don't worry about me. I need to finish these."

"I must be admitted to junior high school."

Zhao Dafa thought his son was working so hard for the house, and was about to say something to comfort him, but he heard his son say -

"Ziheng is also going to take the entrance exam to junior high school. If he passes and I don't, it would be too embarrassing. I want to go to junior high school with Ziheng!"

Although he knew that Pei Ziheng was a genius, Zhao Dafa was still shocked speechless when he heard that Pei Ziheng was going to skip three grades to take the junior high school entrance exam.

When I returned to the bedroom and told Zhou Hui about it, she was also shocked.

Taking the junior high school entrance exam at the age of seven? It's unheard of.

"Ziheng is only seven years old this year. Is it okay for him to go to junior high school at such a young age?"

Zhao Dafa leaned against the headboard and sighed, "Ziheng was born to be a scholar. If this happened in ancient times, he would be the top scholar in the world! The Shen family sister is really a rare stepmother. She has brought up Ziheng to be so outstanding."

Zhou Hui was not very happy to hear her husband praising Shen Mingzhu for her excellence. She just agreed with him and was about to turn off the lights and go to bed when she heard her husband say, "Go to Pei's house more often when you have time, learn from the Shen family's sister, and see how she teaches her children."

Zhou Hui was in a complicated mood.

On the one hand, she was unwilling to bow to Shen Mingzhu. She was a genuine city dweller, and her second marriage was better than Shen Mingzhu's, so she had a sense of pride in her heart.

On the other hand... (End of this chapter)