Zhang Pingping slapped her head suddenly, then said belatedly, "Look at me, I forgot about your amnesia. But it's good that you're back now. I'll take you there after school this afternoon."
Lin Hexiao doesn't know how to do business at all, so how could he open a comic book store?
I can't remember it at all.
After the morning class, Lin Hexiao and Zhang Pingping went to the cafeteria to eat.
Before she came, her mother gave her a dozen yuan, saying it was living expenses for this month.
But today I heard from Zhang Pingping that they are now receiving subsidies for going to school and don’t need any money at all.
Just like Lin Hexiao's family, they spoil their child and give her so much pocket money every month.
"I'm telling you, don't show off this money. Otherwise, some shady people might come after you."
Lin Hexiao nodded and went to the dormitory with Zhang Pingping to get lunch boxes.
Their dormitory is a four-person room with bunk beds. The room is very small. Apart from the bed and the cabinet in the middle, there is only a desk by the window.
Lin Hexiao's bed is above Zhang Pingping's. He hasn't been there for two months, and the bed is still the same as it was when he left.
"Here, here's the key to your locker. I'll keep it for you after you leave."
"Thanks."
Lin Hexiao opened his own closet. Besides a few clothes, there were also a few snacks. Two months had passed, and they were all moldy.
She quickly took it and threw it outside.
Then I found a few meal tickets in the small cabinet. These should be the school meal tickets. They said coarse grains, fine grains, one cent, two portions, five cents, and several taels.
Lin Hexiao put them all in his pocket, took his lunch box, and went to the cafeteria with Zhang Pingping.
It’s worth mentioning that the canteen has a pretty complete range of food. It’s just that they put a bathtub to hold the canteen so that people can get food from the bathtub more conveniently, which looks very interesting.
Lin Hexiao seemed to have a small appetite. She was full after just a few bites of a bowl of rice and a dish. Zhang Pingping kept accusing her of being wasteful.
After dinner, the two returned to the dormitory to rest.
As soon as I entered the dormitory, I saw two female classmates.
One classmate was fixing her hair in the mirror, while another was reading a book. At that time, there were not many college students, so it seemed that this girl studied very hard.
Zhang Pingping realized she didn't recognize them, so she quickly introduced them to her: "This is Zhang Mei, and this is Liu Xiang. They're not in the same class as us, but they're in the same department."
Liu Xiang saw Lin Hexiao coming back, and quickly stood up and pulled her to look at him. "Xiaoxiao, you're finally back. I missed you so much."
I thought she got along well with everyone before, but in the afternoon class, Zhang Pingping said, "Don't be silly and get too close to Liu Xiang. She loves to take advantage of others. You gave her all those coarse grain coupons that you didn't use much.
She's always thanking you profusely, but behind your back, she's taking advantage of you and acting like a spoiled brat. I've seen her say bad things about you behind your back several times, and you still don't believe me even when I tell you."
"Is there such a thing?"
Zhang Pingping rolled her eyes at her. "Of course. Your family doesn't lack that little bit of coarse grain. You're acting like a fool. You gave away the food just because someone said a few pitiful words."
Lin Hexiao nodded repeatedly and said, "I won't do that again. I think eating whole grains occasionally is good for your health."
"What good is it? It's not nutritious. Look at the girls in our school. They're like dried vegetables. Some of them can go without food for two days at the end of the month and only drink water, just to save a little for their families."
"Oh, what about Zhang Mei? She looked so cold when she saw me."
"Zhang Mei is a proud person. You two had a falling out over something before."
"What's up?"
"About the exam, you scored two points higher than her?"
"That's it? Aren't we in the same class? Two more points won't make her any less attractive."
"The key is, you're both taking the screenwriting elective, so you usually attend classes together. She's always been competitive. She can't stand anyone being a little better than her and insists on competing. Also, people from our city who come from better-off families always feel superior to them, which makes them feel inferior and jealous."
She treats us like enemies. In short, don't pay too much attention to her."
Lin Hexiao nodded. She was not a meal ticket or a life coin. Everyone liked her, so there was no need to care about these things.
As soon as school was over in the afternoon, Zhang Pingping pulled her out of the school gate quickly.
The two walked for about ten minutes and arrived at a small street. There were busy shops on both sides, full of all kinds of things for sale.
The small bookstore Zhang Pingping mentioned is the second one on the street.
The place is not very big, about 50 to 60 square meters.
The room was filled with all kinds of books. A boy of about fifteen or sixteen was sitting inside with his chin in his hand, looking out the door.
Seeing them coming, he chuckled twice and quickly greeted them: "Cousin, Sister Xiaoxiao, you are here."
Zhang Pingping came up and asked, "How's business today?"
"I sold a few picture books at noon. School just ended and I sent off a group of customers. They were all renting books, so business is pretty good."
Lin Hexiao looked at the small place in front of him. There were all kinds of books on the wooden shelves on both sides, both new and old.
Less than two minutes after they came in, someone else came to borrow a book.
Zhang Pingping's cousin Sanzi hurried over to greet them.
Zhang Pingping pulled her to look at the account books of the past few days. Most of the money was rented out, and the money was paid on Fridays, with a deposit of 50 cents.
Lin Hexiao saw that there were quite a lot of people renting in one day.
At least forty or fifty people come to borrow books every day, and some books are sold.
Occasionally, people come to sell books. They buy back the picture books they have finished reading and have kept well, and they will rent them out in the store at a low price.
"Here, this is what I earned these past two months. The first month was good, a little over seventy yuan. After deducting my cousin's thirty yuan salary and the eight yuan a month from the store, we split it in half: eighteen and fifty yuan for you and eighteen and fifty yuan for me. The second month was a little over sixty yuan, fifteen yuan for you and fifteen yuan for me. I'm saving all this for you."
What do you think? I was right, wasn't I? Opening a comic book store here will definitely make money. We are in partnership, and each person only makes a dozen yuan a month. If you add it up, it's much better to run it alone than to work.
Of course, we hired someone to look after it. We had no choice, since we were both in school. We gave my cousin thirty yuan in salary for nothing."
"Cousin, what's wrong? You think you're losing out by paying me 30 yuan? I work all year round without any holidays. I don't get any benefits." After taking care of the customers, Sanzi heard his cousin talking about him, and said with dissatisfaction, sticking his neck out.
"Okay, okay, you're the hardest-working person in our store, right? Besides, you're the one who earns the most money. Xiaoxiao and I just make some extra money to buy clothes."
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