Rebirth: Growing Up Together

"Sister, sister, can I ask the price of stockings?"

The female boss, who was wearing black stockings and watching TV with her legs crossed while eating melon seeds, didn't even stand up. She waved her hands at them impatiently and said, "Kids, go play somewhere else..."

"Oh, then let's go look somewhere else. My mom said we should help her find a shop with a suitable price. After all, our batch is 200 pieces..."

The female boss's ears moved slightly.

200 pairs of…? Or stockings?

"Little boy... wait a moment..." She jumped up and blocked the door. "You are here to help your mother. You are so sensible. What brand of socks do you want to see? I have them all here..."

"Hmm... Let me take a look..."

Xu Cheng picked and chose several kinds of stockings. The female boss quoted the price, "These two are cheap. If you order more... this one is 9 yuan, and this one is 7 yuan. This Langsha one is a little more expensive, so I'll charge you 10 yuan... In the end..."

She clicked on the calculator and said, "2191 yuan, 2 yuan for you."

Xu Cheng put her hand on her chin and thought seriously. Suddenly, she turned sideways to look at Lin Wanzhou. "How much did that store sell it for?"

Lin Wanzhou:? ? ?

"What?" Xu Cheng was surprised. "More than 200 yuan cheaper? Then let's go to that store to buy it..."

Lin Wanzhou was pulled around by him with a bewildered look on his face, his little head full of confusion.

Did I just speak?

Yu Yu's eyes were also full of question marks.

Didn't we just go to one...

The female boss hurried to block the door again. She was half-believing and half-doubting. The price could indeed be bargained down. If she were an adult, she would probably know that they were trying to rip her off. Unfortunately, these targets were children...

Children can't be so clever...

"Little friend, I'll give you a discount... That store gave you a discount of more than 1940 yuan, right? I'll give you another yuan discount! yuan, isn't that a good price?"

1940...

This price should be much more fair...

"That's the price, then."

Xu Cheng looked at the female boss with satisfaction, revealing a harmless smile.

"But... Boss..."

“I’m an elementary school student.”

"Can you give me a few more of the best quality ones?"

Chapter 62 Zhou Zhou's First Time

The black silk female boss is really living in Bengbu.

If this kid can't pay two thousand dollars and is just teasing her, she will definitely put this naughty boy on her lap and teach him a lesson.

But at this moment she could only face this big client with a playful smile.

"Little boy, this is just a small business. If I give you a few more high-end ones, I won't make any profit at all. Please don't cause trouble for me..."

"How about..." She glanced at the two girls who were traveling with Xu Cheng, "I have a batch of children's pantyhose here, all from Langsha. How about I give one pair to each of these two little beauties?"

In line with the principle of stopping while things are going well, Xu Cheng nodded in agreement. Lin Wanzhou came forward, opened her bulging brown leather bag, and took out twenty brand new one-hundred-yuan bills.

The female boss happily collected the money. The volume of this order was more than what she had earned in several days in the past. You have to know that a sock store does not only sell stockings, but also football socks, short socks... Even if you sell several pairs of these cheap socks, the profit is only equal to that of one pair of stockings.

The boss brought out a few Langsha children's styles and said, "My little beauties, pick a color..."

Pure black, pure white, flesh-colored, lace...even the children's models have a wide variety of products.

Lin Wanzhou whispered to Xu Cheng, "Xu Cheng, what color do you think is good..."

Xu Cheng turned his head away embarrassedly, "Just ask for whatever you want... Why are you asking me..."

"Um, I'm going out to get some white silk...get some glue...Pfft, let me make a phone call first."

After finishing the call, Xu Cheng returned to the store. The female boss was already carefully counting the goods. When she finished counting and packing, Li Qiuyang happened to rush over.

"What's wrong, Xu Cheng? You said on the phone that there was some important event. What was it?"

Xu Cheng pointed to the large sack full of stockings on the ground.

"Help me carry it, is it heavy enough?"

Li Qiuyang: ???

You are a dog!

Along the way, Li Qiuyang curiously asked what Xu Cheng and the others were going to do. When he heard Xu Cheng say that he was going to set up a street stall to do business to earn tuition fees, he suddenly had an idea.

He had been having a miserable time these past few days. His father would scold him at home whenever he had nothing to do, saying how much money he had spent and how many connections he had used to get him into No. 3 Middle School...

If I can earn the tuition money myself, will my dad be able to shut up?

"Old Xu, can I join?"

Xu Cheng glanced at him and said, "You're so capable. If you really join us, Qiu Yang, our team will be even more powerful. I promise that I can bring out your strengths."

Li Qiuyang didn't expect Xu Cheng to trust him so much, and nodded with great emotion.

"Don't worry, Xu Cheng. My father is a businessman, so I'm sure I have some business sense."

"Yeah, okay, okay." Xu Cheng pressed his shoulder and walked to the tricycle seat. "Put aside your business mind for now. I just need your legs to pedal the tricycle."

Li Qiuyang: …

"Fuck you, my specialty is riding a tricycle very fast, right?"

"Or it's like adding wings to a tiger. You are our little wings."

Li Qiuyang said no, but his body was very honest. Under Xu Cheng's command, he rode towards Jinghai Normal University.

The reason I chose Jinghai Normal University was, of course, because there were more female college students there, and Lu Xun once said that money from women and children is the easiest to earn.

The tricycle travels slowly on the non-motorized vehicle lane, sometimes passing through deserted construction sites, and sometimes shuttling through bustling streets full of hustle and bustle.

Lin Wanzhou raised his arm and opened the umbrella behind the tricycle. The originally scorching light in front of him suddenly became hazy, and the small space behind the tricycle became like a small tent.

Her face flushed with excitement. "It's so fun. It feels like we are in an RV! Let's go traveling in an RV!"

"Beep, beep, beep, beep..."

Xu Cheng: …

Don't provoke Li Qiuyang!

If he quits his job later, I will have to ride the tricycle again.

After some effort, the four children finally arrived at the gate of Jinghai Normal University. Xu Cheng immediately picked out a shady intersection with heavy traffic.

Xu Cheng and Yu Yu were fine, but Lin Wanzhou and Li Qiuyang were more or less a little timid at this moment. The world seemed to have changed color as they were separated by a small tricycle.

They faced society for the first time.

"Well, Li Qiuyang, you take a rest first and drink some water. Lin Wanzhou and Yu Yu, you guys go and display the goods."

Xu Cheng squatted on the ground and wrote the price list.

The division of labor is clear, so once you get busy, it won't be so stressful.

Immediately, several female college students came over curiously, "Huh? Why are there only children here? Are you kids selling things?"

Xu Cheng replied with a harmless look on her face, "Yes, sister, we want to help share the pressure at home!"

The handsome and sensible little boy immediately attracted the interest of several young ladies.

"So sensible!"

"Little boy, you are so cute. Come and let your sister pat your head!"

Xu Cheng: ???

Don't bow your head like that, sister!

"Let's buy a few... It's not easy for children..."

The first business deal was done so easily. Xu Cheng collected the money and handed it to Yu Yu, who was in charge of the accounts. The two had cooperated once before when they sold sweet potatoes, so they had a good understanding of each other.

After completing a few more orders, Xu Cheng suddenly realized that Lin Wanzhou was missing. He turned around nervously and bumped into her.

"Why are you hiding behind me... I thought I lost you."

Lin Wanzhou pouted miserably, "You are so awesome, Xu Cheng, what you said is so good... I, I am so useless... I dare not say a word..."

"Everything is difficult at the beginning. Everyone gets nervous the first time. When there are customers next time, it's your turn. Just imitate me and say it like I did just now."

"Can I, can I do it?"

Xu Cheng squeezed her little hand to encourage her, "Of course you can, you can bargain so hard, it's just selling something, it's not that difficult."

You are the queen of debate!

Lin Wanzhou nodded with a slightly red face. Just then, a few more girls came over. She walked up to them in a panic and talked to them like Xu Cheng had just done.

"How much is this, kid?"

Lin Wanzhou clenched her fists nervously and answered coquettishly, "This, this is from Langsha, um... it's quite expensive, it costs..."

Yu Yu quietly reminded, "18..."

"Oh... it's 18 yuan..."

"It's so expensive, can it be cheaper?"

"No..." Lin Wanzhou remembered the rhyme Xu Cheng had just said, and stammered as he tried to repeat it.

"The factory manager has told me that I can't sell it if I lose one cent..."

Lin Wanzhou answered in a soft voice, making the girls laugh. "This little girl is so cute. I want two black ones."

"I want two strips, too. These are ten yuan worth of shredded pork."

After putting the money away, Lin Wanzhou, who had bought four pairs of stockings on the first order, turned around excitedly and looked at Xu Cheng, her watery eyes sparkling with a bright luster.

“I can sell it, too!”

Xu Cheng stretched out his hand and high-fived her.

“I said it’s not that difficult…”

Because they came not too early, after selling for a while, the sun was already high in the sky and the children were all hungry.

Xu Cheng thought about it and said, "Who will go with me to their university cafeteria to buy some meals? I will leave two people here to look after the stall."

Chapter 63: Want to have a girl

At that time, university campuses were not strictly managed and were almost open to the public. Nearby residents, tour groups, people who were flirting with girls, people who were doing waist-stretching... could enter freely.

"The university campus is indeed much bigger than our school, and... much more beautiful too." Lin Wanzhou followed Xu Cheng closely, looking at the scenery in the ivory tower curiously.

Willow trees swaying in the wind, clean gray-black stone chairs, the artificial lake that is indispensable in every school, and students riding bicycles hurriedly passing by...

"I really want to go to college early..." Lin Wanzhou said with longing.

"I heard from adults that college students are very free. They don't have to do homework or attend classes. They can just take any exams they want. There's nothing messy. No one cares what they do. How wonderful..."

Looking at the bright colors in Lin Wanzhou's eyes, Xu Cheng couldn't bear to break her beautiful fantasy about college.

A fake university is the university that adults tell you about.

The real university is full of homework that you can't understand no matter how hard you try, exam weeks that make your hair fall out like crazy, endless inexplicable things to do, and classmates who give you a brain hemorrhage...

As we entered the cafeteria, the flow of people increased rapidly.

The two took the elevator up and stopped in front of a pork trotter restaurant on the second floor.

"Just eat this. I'll go get in line. You wait here for me."

"Oh."