Rebirth: Growing Up Together

"Huh? You can beat me? Let me take you seriously!"

Gao Manman resolved the matter very neatly. Actually, it was nothing at all. She could have made a fuss about it, or she could have made a big deal out of it, or made a small matter disappear.

The two parents took Xu Cheng and Lin Wanzhou away. In the office, the bald teacher took off his glasses and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

What horrible parents!

One step back will open up a new world; the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He walked to the phone, searched the phone book, found a number and dialed it.

"Hello? Is this Li Qiuyang's parent? Li Qiuyang is making trouble at school, please come over here..."

……

After returning home, Xu Cheng was held down and interrogated by He Ying.

Xu Cheng really wanted her to stop making a fuss. A 6-year-old American kid was already practicing shooting. Different national conditions led to different paths. What was wrong with a 6-year-old Dragon kid selling something?

"I just played the company's game with Lin Wanzhou. We went to the toy store to buy some toys and sold them to classmates..." Xu Cheng tried hard to look aggrieved and said innocently with his eyes blinking.

He Ying was his biological mother, so she didn't buy it at all. She asked, "How much did you sell it for? Where's the money?"

"I sold it for 85 yuan in total, and Lin Wanzhou and I split it."

"What? 85!" He Ying's voice became louder and louder. She thought it was just a small sum of one or two dollars, but she never expected that her son would spend such a large sum in one go!

Wow, that’s almost half a month’s salary for her!

"Where's the money? How can a child carry so much money? Hurry up and let me save it for you so that you can marry a wife."

Xu Cheng was filled with grief and indignation. Baby, you are an adult! How much money have you cheated me of using this excuse?

After He Ying received the 45 yuan from Xu Cheng and counted it, she dared to believe that her son had really made a "big deal". She was full of worries, wondering if her son had really cheated money at school.

Negative preference took effect, and He Ying asked Xu Cheng in confusion, "How do you sell this thing? Tell me from beginning to end!"

Xu Cheng was happily talking about it.

"I went to the toy store with Lin Wanzhou and bought some toys, including Tamagotchi and plastic guns. We drew a price list at school, and many children came to buy them. They were sold out quickly."

As he spoke, he took out a crumpled price list from his schoolbag as evidence. On it were pictures of the two toys drawn with colored pens, and their prices were indicated.

[1: Plastic pistol - 2 yuan]

[2: Tamagotchi - 15 yuan]

[3: Plastic pistol and Tamagotchi - 15 yuan]

He Ying looked at it and smiled. Children are children. Who would mark the price like that? What’s the point of setting a second option for the same price?

But when she thought about it for a while, she began to feel that there seemed to be something very subtle about it.

My head feels so itchy, I need to grow a brain!

"Did you make this price list yourself?" she asked doubtfully.

Xu Cheng would definitely not admit it, "We copied the toy store owner. Many children would grit their teeth and buy the third one."

This is called behavioral economics, which induces consumers' psychology and behavior. Putting the second option here makes the third option appear to be of particular value, thereby causing consumers to engage in irrational shopping behavior. This is a trick that has been played out by Taobao, Pinxixi and the like in later generations.

He Ying rested her chin on her hand and began to think. She had graduated with a degree in economics and had been studying sales these past two days. When a price list like this appeared in front of her, it was very easy for her to think.

"This toy store owner... is an expert..." He Ying muttered to herself. She already roughly understood the purpose of such pricing.

To sum it up in two words - cunning.

What a bastard!

I originally only wanted to buy option 1, but when I saw options 2 and 3, I wanted to take advantage of this small bargain so much that I ended up spending more money.

The more He Ying thought about it, the more shocked she felt. She had always been a law-abiding person and had never thought of thinking about sales from such a perspective. It was as if the door to a new world had been opened before her eyes!

Well, let’s quickly copy this idea into the sales plan. Anyway, those serious academic research are all translated from Chinese, so it doesn’t matter if I copy it myself.

"Mom has work to do. Here, I'll give you six dollars. Go downstairs and buy two bowls of clay pot rice noodles. I don't want chili in mine."

She counted out 45 yuan in change from the 6 yuan Xu Cheng earned and handed it to Xu Cheng.

"Mom, I earned this money myself, why don't you give me a dollar more?"

"Children who carry so much money on them will either lose it or spend it recklessly. Look at Zhuangzhuang. I've heard from your Aunt Wang that he's in the second grade and never spends money recklessly. You're about to go to elementary school, can you learn from him?"

Wow, Tan Song doesn’t spend money recklessly. This story is even more outrageous than Kong Rong giving away his pears.

"Why don't you take a look at Aunt Wang? I heard from Brother Tan Song that Aunt Wang became an associate professor at the age of 30. Can you learn from her..." Xu Cheng muttered softly.

He Ying had sharp ears and didn't miss a word. He immediately rolled up his sleeves.

"Hey, kid, where did you learn all these tricks today? Let me see where my rolling pin is..."

Xu Cheng had already slid to the door nimbly and hid outside. "Mom, you stay here and don't move. I'll go downstairs to buy a few bowls of noodles and come back."

The wind is strong and blowing.

Chapter 10 Winning

As the temperature gradually rises, the days begin to get longer.

There are several more stalls in front of the kindergarten, selling fried chicken strips, marshmallows, roasted sweet potatoes...

Everyone's clothes gradually became thinner.

Teacher Xiaoyang changed into a beige dress, which made her curvy figure more obvious. Whenever the hem of the skirt fits her legs, one can always see her perfect leg curves. With a simple pair of Huili canvas shoes, her snow-white ankles seem to be the most beautiful youth of a girl.

Xu Cheng was very confused. How could he not remember such a sweet and soft female teacher in the kindergarten? No wonder the fathers were always very active in coming to the performances on Children's Day.

Thinking that Teacher Xiaoyang will marry Yanzu in front of the screen in a few years, Xu Cheng almost bit his back teeth to pieces in congratulations.

Xu Cheng is now a celebrity in the kindergarten. Apart from the sensational pants-wetting incident, the fact that he sold toys shocked everyone and was heard by many parents.

But apart from these two major events, Xu Cheng was actually very quiet at ordinary times. He tried to make himself as transparent as possible and enjoy this last period of time in kindergarten in comfort.

Compared with Xu Cheng, Lin Wanzhou is much more popular in the kindergarten. After all, people will only want to understand your worldview if they appreciate your facial features. Not only is Lin Wanzhou beautiful, but she is also gentle and polite, so she naturally has a lot of good friends.

But no matter how you look at it, Xu Cheng seems to be the special one among her friends. Lin Wanzhou not only sleeps next to him during naps, but also sits with Xu Cheng during meals. She even takes the time to play house with Xu Cheng.

"Xu Cheng baby, mommy prepared some green vegetables, bean sprouts, and carrots for you today..."

Lin Wanzhou picked up all the vegetables in her bowl and put them into Xu Cheng's bowl, then picked up all the braised pork that Xu Cheng liked from her bowl.

"You are not a good kid, Xu Cheng. Why are you eating this again? Children can't eat these junk foods. Mom said it will cause tooth decay~"

Xu Cheng: …

I suggest you just grab it next time and don’t make it so complicated.

In addition to Lin Wanzhou, there is another guy who likes to stick to Xu Cheng.

"Everyone, come and see, there is not even any meat in the wet-pants rice! Everyone has it, except you!"

Li Qiuyang sat on the other side of Xu Cheng and called on everyone to come over and laugh at Xu Cheng. He had been doing this for the past few days, following Xu Cheng around and trying to find any difference in him from the other kids to isolate him.

"Li Qiuyang, how can you say that about Xu Cheng?" Lin Wanzhou looked at the little fat boy angrily, with the oil stains on the corners of his mouth still not wiped clean. "Xu Cheng is still growing, he can't eat so much junk food."

Xu Cheng nodded at her affirmatively and said, "All my braised pork has gone into your stomach. You must help me settle this matter."

Li Qiuyang refused to listen. He held a big chicken leg in his hand, shook his head, and boasted with a smug look on his face, trying to anger Xu Cheng.

"Lululu, Xu Cheng has no meat to eat, so my mother is going to make chicken legs, duck legs, and fish legs for me to eat at night! Lululu, the pants-wetting spirit can't eat them?"

The children nearby all showed envious looks, and Xu Cheng was also quite envious. "Brother, can I go to your house tonight to try the fish legs?"

"Xu Cheng, what's for dinner in your family?" the fat boy challenged Xu Cheng in a sarcastic tone.

"Our family? Let me think..." Xu Cheng rubbed his chin and thought for a while.

"Oh, we have steamed lamb, steamed bear paws, steamed deer tails, roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose, braised pork, braised duck, sauced chicken, bacon, pine flower tripe, dried meat, sausages, assorted Su dishes, smoked chicken tripe, steamed eight-treasure pork, glutinous rice stuffed duck..."

Gudong.

None of the kids next to them stopped swallowing their saliva.

In this age when children’s quarrels can be replaced by punctuation marks, they will not doubt whether you have them at home. As long as they hear that you can name more dishes than I can, they will think it is very impressive.

The same is true for Li Qiuyang.

"Eh? Why do I suddenly feel that the chicken drumstick in my hand doesn't smell good anymore? Damn it, why am I so angry?"

Lin Wanzhou, who was greedy, stretched out her little hand and pulled the corner of Xu Cheng's clothes, "Xu Cheng, Xu Cheng."

"what happened?"

"Can I come to your house tonight?"

"Forehead……"

Xu Cheng suddenly realized an iron rule: no matter how old she is, any woman who says this to you must have other intentions!

In the afternoon, leaders from the Education Bureau came to inspect the kindergarten.

Xu Cheng stood in the queue, holding Lin Wanzhou's little hand, and shouting "Welcome, welcome" with other children to welcome the leader to get off the car.

The kindergarten had been well prepared for the leader's visit and had even rehearsed the class several times.

Teacher Xiaoyang clapped her hands on the podium and spoke softly.

"Children, whose turn is it for today's story sharing session?"

"Lin Wanzhou!"

The children below answered in unison.

Xu Cheng sat in his seat, looking helpless.

There will be no story sharing session!

And only Lin Wanzhou was arranged. Lin Wanzhou was chosen because she was apparently the smartest child in the kindergarten. She could tell the story of the three little pigs skillfully, and she had a good image and temperament. Of course, she had to appear on stage in such occasions.

Listening to the story that he had already heard so many times, no matter how vividly Lin Wanzhou told it, Xu Cheng couldn't help feeling sleepy and lay down on the table with his eyes closed to rest.

In kindergarten, it is normal for children to sleep when they are sleepy. Not only Xu Cheng, but several other children were sleepy during their naps. They were forced to wake up in the first place, so they didn't care whether you were the leader or not, they just slept soundly.

The leaders will not say anything about this. They cannot criticize Teacher Xiaoyang for poor supervision and the students' undisciplined nature.

Xu Cheng had just been lying down for three seconds.

"Mr. Lamb! Mr. Lamb!"

Li Qiuyang blew his nose, raised his hands high, stood up and jumped up and down, and was just about to step on the stool.

"What's wrong, Li Qiuyang?"

"Teacher Xiaoyang, Xu Cheng is not listening carefully. He is sleeping there!"

In an instant, all eyes in the classroom, whether students or leaders, were on Xu Cheng.

Lin Wanzhou was confused on the podium. She stopped and looked at Teacher Xiaoyang with a confused look, not knowing whether to continue the interrupted story or... Hey? Where was I just now? Which little pig's house did the big bad wolf go to?

Now all the scheduled classes are in chaos.

Teacher Xiaoyang held her forehead with her hand, looked at Xu Cheng, then at Li Qiuyang, and finally looked at the leader at the back of the classroom with a wry smile.

Little Fatty, just wait for me! (Gnashing teeth)

Li Qiuyang had no idea about this. He was so happy that his face blossomed and he felt very happy in his heart. He also thought that Teacher Xiaoyang must like me more now and would definitely hate mischievous kids like Xu Cheng even more in the future.

What a win!

Chapter 11 The Worst Inspection in History

Order was finally restored, but things were not peaceful afterwards.

Teacher Xiaoyang was overwhelmed. Li Qiuyang complained more than ten times in one class. Someone from the leadership team waved and talked to Teacher Xiaoyang outside. You have to know that the city TV station was involved in this inspection, and the cameraman was filming the whole process. How could he continue with the situation like this?

After Teacher Xiaoyang came back, he quickly changed Li Qiuyang's seat and let him sit in front of Xu Cheng, thinking that everything should be fine and the class could proceed as normal.

"Children, today Teacher Xiaoyang will teach you to write down your dreams. Let's write our dreams on a piece of card and give it to Uncle Liu, okay?"

Uncle Liu is the leader, the children in the audience answered in unison.

"it is good!"