Ji Huai and Cheng Yunyu's profit from the stall on Saturday night was almost the same as yesterday. People came to buy intermittently, so it was not a particularly good sale. The two of them had been tired for the whole day and decided to take a rest. They packed up and went back at twelve o'clock.
After moving to a new home, Cheng Yunyu couldn't get used to sleeping, and she tossed and turned in bed.
"What's wrong?" Ji Huai hugged her and spoke with narrowed eyes.
"Can't sleep." She turned around again and faced him face to face.
The lights in the house were turned off, and nothing could be seen in the dark.
"You just shouted that you were tired and wanted to sleep, but now you can't sleep?" Ji Huai took her into his arms again, patted her back gently, "Sleep."
"I can't sleep, I can't sleep." Cheng Yunyu rubbed her arms again and again, holding her head high and mouthing, "You are not allowed to sleep, I won't let you sleep."
He had just kept her from sleeping, but now she was over her sleepiness and became very energetic.
"Yeah." Ji Huai responded quickly and then fell silent.
"No sleep allowed," she added.
"...Hmm." He had already closed his eyes and answered very perfunctorily.
Cheng Yunyu came closer to see his expression, and found that he was about to fall asleep with his eyes closed. She twisted her body and quickly got close to his ear, saying in a sultry voice: "Don't sleep... Ji Huai is a big fool!"
Ji Huai laughed so hard that his chest trembled, and he hugged her into his arms. He still didn't open his eyes and said in a lazy voice, "Then what are you? Are you a little fool?"
Cheng Yunyu rested her chin on his shoulder, then hid in his neck, lying on him boredly: "I'm not a little fool, you are a little fool, you are a big fool, you are bigger."
He was amused and didn't refute.
Cheng Yunyu added: "I can't sleep now, and I won't be able to get up tomorrow."
Ji Huai's hand on her back was patting her back and chatting with her: "I have a friend who wants to sell a pedal electric car. I'll go see how it performs tomorrow."
Cheng Yunyu: "How much?"
He replied: "He said 800, I want to buy it for 600, and I will go and negotiate the price tomorrow."
"Is it possible? Is it too little?" She thought the price was too low.
Ji Huai: "Pedal-operated electric vehicles are already cheap, so I heard that I was anxious to buy them."
After hearing what he said, Cheng Yunyu said nothing more and continued to lie on top of him, counting with him how much money the two of them had. Since the water and electricity bills are much higher this month, the deposit over there can't be refunded much, and the rent here is one-to-one payment, so they really don't have much money left.
They can't afford to buy thousands of electric cars because they don't have a total savings of only 1,000 yuan.
Cheng Yunyu: "If we don't buy an electric car, we can install a windshield. If we buy a car, we have to wait for a while. I've seen it, and it's very cheap online, only over 100, so I can save a lot of money." "
"Then buy it online." Seeing that she was still asleep, Ji Huai turned over in his arms and pressed her down, "Aren't you tired if you don't sleep? Then don't sleep yet?"
"I'm so exhausted." She raised her hand and pushed him, "Don't make trouble."
"Who are you quarreling with?" Ji Huai grabbed her hand, raised it directly above his head and pressed it, then leaned down to kiss her, "Don't think about it, you won't be able to sleep if you don't have anything, trust me."
"Well..." Cheng Yunyu was kissed until her whole body went limp, her mind was buzzing, she just followed his rhythm, and finally fell asleep faster than him.
Before going to bed, she still hugged him and said in a daze: "You have to call me when you get up early tomorrow. I want to go with you to see what that electric car looks like."
"Um."
…
The next day.
Ji Huai got up to wash up, put on clothes and tidied up before going to the bedroom to call Cheng Yunyu. He walked to the bedside, looked at the little man who had rolled the quilt into a ball, bent down and pulled the quilt: "Get up, let the sun shine Butt."
The person on the bed was motionless.
"Get up." He raised his voice slightly. The person on the bed frowned and pulled the quilt over his head. His words were muffled and squeamish, "You are so annoying~~"
"Do I hate it again?" Ji Huai sat on the edge of the bed and chuckled, reaching out to pull her quilt, "Get up and look at the electric cars. Don't you really want to buy an electric car?"
It was inconvenient for them to go shopping for groceries, so she made a wish every day that they could buy a second-hand electric car as soon as possible.
Cheng Yunyu kicked the quilt and turned over in the quilt again. It seemed that he was fighting against the sleepiness, or preparing to get up, but was defeated in the end.
She... fell asleep again.
Seeing that she was silent, Ji Huai gently lifted the quilt and saw that someone was sleeping soundly. He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, touched her head, and whispered: "If you don't get up, I'm going to go by myself." ?”
Her red lips moved, maybe she didn't hear clearly what he said, but her little head nodded.
"You little lazy boy." He stood up, covered her with the quilt, then opened the corner of the mat, took out the few savings they had, and locked the door when he went out, and then he left with peace of mind.
"The certificates and everything are there. I've only driven it for two years, so it's not considered an old car." My friend pushed the electric car out and said, "This is a big brand, and the battery is long-lasting."
"Why is half of the pedal missing?" Ji Huai looked around the black electric car and opened the basket in front, "Your lid is also loose and it's all rusty."
The other party also took a look and said, "There's just something wrong with these places."
Ji Huai: "Five hundred, I'm in a hurry to buy it, so I won't bargain."
"Five hundred is not considered a bargain? Is this considered a cut?"
"Five hundred and five?"
"Six hundred and five."
"Five hundred and eighty."
…
Ji Huai finally won the small electric car for 600. He handed over six red banknotes, and the other party took the money and gave him the key and charger.
He was quite excited riding his electric car all the way back. When he got home, he heard a sound inside the house and called Cheng Yunyu out.
When she came out and saw this small electric car, her eyes lit up and she grinned: "Did you buy it? How much did it cost?"
"Six hundred." He raised the corners of his mouth proudly.
"It's very good. It's only six hundred. We have a small electric machine." She smiled happily and looked around several times.
Ji Huai urged her: "Hurry up and change your clothes. It's time to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. We need to prepare more ingredients today. I haven't had breakfast yet, let's go have breakfast first."
He could have stopped by the vegetable market to buy ingredients, but he came back anyway and wanted to go with her. Although I just bought a small electric car, my joy is like getting something I have wanted for a long time and want to find someone to share it with.
What is rare and valuable is this state of mind.
"Wait for me!" She jumped up and ran back.
The two of them were like two children, with joy on their faces. After Cheng Yunyu put on her clothes, she got into the back seat of the small electric car with Ji Huai driving in front.
He was tall and had long legs, so he had to bend his legs in front of him. She put her arms around his waist and drove the electric car forward, and then ran through the streets and alleys. The smiles on their faces never faded.
"Weigh a chicken for me."
"Two pounds of lean meat."
…
"How much does a pound of white radish cost?"
"Add more kelp and one more pound of vegetables."
…
Ji Huai took several bags in his hands, and Cheng Yunyu followed him, got out from behind the checkout, and said to the aunts and uncles at the stall: "It's cheaper, give us zero points.", "Can it be less?" We bought so much.”, “Auntie, can you reduce the amount?”…
Most people are happy to lose a buck or two.
"She's getting better and better at living." Ji Huai praised her.
"That's it." Cheng Yunyu took a piece of tofu he bought for free and said to him, "Shall we have spicy tofu for lunch today?"
Ji Huai: "Okay, let's buy spicy sauce."
…
After finishing the shopping, there were several bags placed in the basket of the electric car, and two bags were hung on each side of the car. Cheng Yunyu held several white radishes in her arms and sat on the back seat.
The two drove back, destined to be another eye-catching couple on the road.
The small electric car carried two tall people, especially Ji Huai, who was 182 in height. The small electric car really looked small and exquisite in front of him. The electric car was fully loaded, and there were "stuffed" ingredients hanging everywhere.
There was a whole chicken even on the pedal where he put his feet. The two chicken feet were exposed through the bag, and his feet could only rest on the edge.
The weather today is very good, with clear skies. Cheng Yunyu is sitting in the back seat, leaning forward and leaning on his back. He is in a very happy mood and hums a song softly.
"Life is so good." She took a breath of fresh air and then added, "In the evening, we can also ride a small electric car to the river to enjoy the breeze. How pleasant it is."
It’s easy for a little girl to be satisfied, but Ji Huai reminds her in a rude manner: “We have to set up a stall at night.”
"...Yes." She hugged the big white radish on her body tightly.
Ji Huai added: "When you become the proprietress in the future, you won't have to set up a stall. You can just wait to collect the money. Then you can go wherever you want."
The little girl giggled and her eyes turned into crescent shapes: "When will that happen?"
Ji Huai answered: "When I become the boss."
"Pfft~~" She smiled away, hugged his waist, and said sweetly, "Hello, boss Ji, I want a salary increase."
"The boss lady doesn't pay wages, she just manages the accounts directly."
The little girl smiled even sweeter.
…
The two young people joked with each other and laughed all the way back to their new home.
Ji Huai parked the small electric machine aside, and Cheng Yunyu carried the ingredients into the kitchen. After that, the division of labor was clear. He was busy in the kitchen, and she continued to clean and wipe the corners.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the two began to load the ingredients onto the tricycle, and then drove the tricycle to the school gate.
They were so close that they arrived at the school gate in five minutes. Before the Oden couple came, the shop on the other side opened its doors and there were already students wandering around.
As soon as they stopped, a student came towards them, and two students were waiting aside.
Ji Huai also moved quickly. Cheng Yunyu took the table, opened it, and took the stool over and put it away.
"Are there any new flavors today?" One student saw an extra iron pot and stretched his neck to look at it.
"Yes, spicy chicken." Ji Huai opened the lid and showed it to her, "It's a bit spicy."
"I want one."
"I also want."
…
The two students walked aside and sat down, and Ji Huai began to work.
After cooking two bowls, students came intermittently, so he kept cooking. After 5:30, there was a queue in front of the stall, and after 6:30, there were even more students.
The three stoves have not stopped, and the soup in the small soup bucket has been filled before class. It is better than last week.
After the students went to class, people passing by would occasionally come to buy. He was not idle as before. He also sold five or six portions in those two hours. By nine o'clock, the students came out in droves and the soup in the soup bucket was gone. Half.
At ten forty, the soup in both soup buckets was gone.
Last time, the old man came to buy for his grandson. When he learned that it was sold out, he told Ji Huai, "You need to prepare more. You are selling dinner. What time is it now? People who eat dinner are just going out now." "
"Yes, we need to be more prepared." Ji Huai accepted the suggestion humbly.
"Should we prepare more soup?" Cheng Yunyu looked at the money in the small bucket, feeling quite excited. Both barrels of soup were sold out, making at least three hundred dollars each.
Although it is hard work, it is worth it. No matter how hard it is, it is worth it.
"Replace both buckets with larger ones. I'll buy them tomorrow." Ji Huai said immediately.
…
On Sunday, I came early and started cooking before 4:30. Many students didn't have dinner, so it was easier to sell. On Monday, Ji Huai replaced two large soup buckets and started cooking the soup when the students were out of school, but the soup was not sold as fast as on Sunday.
Although there is a steady stream of students coming to the stall, it takes time to cook rice noodles, and the time after school is full, so only about a hundred copies can be sold, and the rest is sold to people passing by after 11 o'clock.
It seems that there are more and more regular customers. Even after twelve o'clock, the three tables can be filled with people. They bought two more small tables, which makes five small tables, and they can be filled with people at night.
Their business is good, but the oden business is not so good, and the hot noodles are completely unsaleable.
In the past, a bucket of hot powder sold for ten yuan, and could sell dozens of copies. The hot powder could earn more than one hundred or two hundred. Adding the skewers, you could earn at least three or four hundred a day. It was very easy to make money. Chen Juan and Liang Dong was stunned.
Nowadays, students basically don’t eat hot noodles. To eat hot noodles, it’s better to spend more money to eat rice noodles and vermicelli across the street. The sales of Chuan Chuan are also average, the quantity is too small, and the taste is not good.
There are more and more small stalls selling this kind of skewers next to the school. There are Bobo Chicken and various homemade skewers. The quantity is larger than theirs, and their attitude is better than theirs. As a result, the oden cooking couple's business is even worse. Chen Juan and Liang Dong quarreled more frequently.
It was cloudy and a little cold today. Cheng Yunyu took a coat for Ji Huai and himself before going out.
It was fine at five o'clock, and the business was OK. After nine o'clock in the evening, it started to drizzle. When it rained, students stopped walking around, and the business started to suffer.
By ten o'clock, the bucket of soup had just been sold out.
Cheng Yunyu looked at the remaining bucket of soup and half of the ingredients in the small iron pot. She felt a little distressed: "If you can't sell it, you won't be able to sell it tomorrow."
"Well, things will change tomorrow." Ji Huai nodded.
"If it's not broken, we can fry it and eat it tomorrow." Cheng Yunyu felt it was a waste and looked around again, praying to sell a few more copies.
Meat is very expensive, especially beef. You can’t make dozens of yuan even if you sell it out. If half of it is left, it’s like working in vain.
Their business has been good these past few days, so they have made more preparations. Now that it is raining, business is not good. The two of them stand in the wind and rain, relying on the tent to protect themselves from the rain. When the breeze blows, it is still quite cold.
"You can't eat if you stay overnight. It will hurt your body." Ji Huai said.
"Don't want to eat?" Cheng Yunyu's eyes widened, "If you don't want to eat, where will you take it?"
He said: "Aren't there a few stray cats and dogs on the road? Give them to them when the time comes."
Cheng Yunyu grew up in a hard life. Although she also knew that it was not good to eat overnight food, she couldn't accept such a waste, so she said: "We should sell it later so that we can sell more bowls."
Ji Huai: "If it rains heavily in a while, there will be no one there."
"Let's wait a little longer."
…
The two were chatting, and Chen Juan was standing not far in front to take shelter from the rain. She placed several tables in the corridor. Students came to buy skewers to avoid the rain, and all the tables were full.
She looked at the rain and said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's going to rain very hard."
How much rain can that little three-wheeled board hold out? When the wind blows and the rain blows, the two people opposite will turn into drowned rats. What business will they do
"Boss, why does this chicken heart taste so good?" A little girl picked up the skewers and smelled them, wondering.
Liang Dong was smoking a cigarette and ignored it. Chen Juan walked over without changing her expression: "Where does it smell? I'll smell it." She took it and smelled it twice, and immediately said, "It doesn't smell, that's what it smells like."
"It's really delicious." The girl said again, but this time her voice was much softer.
Chen Juan sighed, as if helpless: "If you really think it tastes good, then change it."
The little girl stood up and went to choose skewers again. She smelled a few skewers and asked Chen Juan: "I don't want to eat chicken hearts anymore. Can I choose chicken gizzards?"
Both are the same price.
"You can choose whatever you want." Chen Juan said with a smile.
The little girl finally chose a bunch of chicken gizzards and went back to sit and chat with her classmates. When she picked up the gizzards to eat, she felt something didn't taste right. She smelled it carefully, hesitated, and took a bite.
When she left, there were three pieces of the four chicken gizzards left on the skewers, and she had not finished eating the other skewers, probably because she had lost her appetite.
Chen Juan saw it when she was picking up the plate, and said to Liang Dong: "Don't put meat in these days. These are not sold out yet. If the taste is too strong, they will be eaten."
For them, a skewer of meat costs only a few cents, and if they can't sell it and can't throw it away, it will cost them their lives. It doesn’t matter what the students think. Once you sell it, you’ll get your money back. Anyway, the students are changing batch after batch. This kind of money is easy to make, and students are easy to deceive.
The drizzle kept falling, and the raindrops didn't get heavier, but they didn't stop either.
Ji Huai cooked a few more bowls of vermicelli, but there was no one at the stall. When he looked into the school, there seemed to be no students. Cheng Yunyu saw that no one was around, so when she stood next to Ji Huai, she leaned against him.
"Are you cold?" He pulled her over and held her in his arms.
Cheng Yunyu was a little embarrassed at first, but from her point of view, the Oden couple could not be seen. The other party hid in the corridor. She put her arms around his waist: "A little."
It's windy outside and it's still a bit cold even though I'm wearing a coat.
As soon as she said that, Ji Huai hugged her a little tighter, and the warm breath from his body came. Cheng Yunyu felt much warmer, and she shrank into his arms. The two of them exchanged a few words.
He put his chin on the top of his head: "Shall we go back? You will catch a cold if you catch a cold."
"But… "
"You have to earn money slowly. If the weather is bad, you can't help it. Let's go." Ji Huai let go of her, lowered his head and kissed her forehead through the mask.
Cheng Yunyu looked up and could see his deep eyes, which still made her heart flutter. Ji Huai had his hair cut a few days ago. It was very short and both sides were shaved. He looked very energetic and matured instantly.
The students said they could see his forehead and eyes now, and kept teasing him, saying he was not cool but handsome.
She felt very crisp and neat, and she had indeed become more handsome. She was different from before, more mature and stable.
"We're going back." Ji Huai put her coat in the middle and dressed her more tightly, then took out the umbrella and opened it, "You hold the umbrella, and I'll take it away. You can hold the umbrella while I drive."
In order to save money, I bought the windshield online because I could save more than 200. The courier hadn't delivered it yet, so I had to go back with an umbrella.
When the two left, the Oden couple were still very happy that no one was trying to grab their business. As a result, they waited until 12:30 and didn't sell much.
Not long after Ji Huai and Cheng Yunyu left, the rain stopped. The two of them stopped the car on the way and gave the remaining ingredients to the stray cats and dogs. She felt heartbroken, but she was also very happy.
From that day on, the Oden couple's business was even worse than before, plummeting. They didn't know that reputation was very important when doing business next to the school. When the girl went back to the dormitory and told her, the whole dormitory knew about it. Later, it spread throughout the class, and she was not the only one who discovered this situation.
It spreads to ten, and then spreads to hundreds. More and more people spread the word, and some people have bad stomachs. More and more people know about it, and the more and more people spread it, it becomes more and more outrageous, and it directly turns into them selling spoiled things. Bad attitude and cheating money.
Students have to remind each other not to buy things from their own homes, as they may spoil their stomachs. Some parents found out about this and immediately warned their children not to buy it.