Chapter 169: Happy Hour is coming to an end

Mingxi Village hut has been built, waiting for Zhao Lei to get money to go into the goods, install the phone, Zhao Lei this trip out, the harvest is not small, selling plug-ins for two months, finally do not need to bother Yoho, there have been a number of Internet cafe bosses tasted the sweetness, and took the initiative to take the goods to him.

But there is still a little bit of mosquito legs in the county level sedimentary market, Zhao Lei naturally will not let go of any opportunity to make money, and intends to take advantage of the one month left of the summer vacation to run, completely idle.

The intention of opening a small grocery store in Mingxi Village was for Grandpa Zhao Si to settle down and enjoy his old age, instead of running around on a tricycle collecting junk.

It didn’t work out that way, and he asked Zhao Ren to watch the store while he continued to work as a scrap collector.

Zhao Lei and his grandfather are kinda alike in some ways.

Zhao Ren thus began to watch the store career, the good thing is that she has learned to swim, but there is no need to continue to go up the mountain to swim, the other three, soak their feet in the sink is satisfied.

Cheng Ming’s mission to Mingxi Village was also one more, to find wholesalers to get popsicles and ice-cream or something like that to bring over.

This grocery store sells the best is popsicle ice-cream and cheap loose cigarettes, the price is cheap on the one hand, it is completely according to the wholesale price to sell, did not earn a dime difference.

The target is undoubtedly the village children and the elderly, another reason why popsicle ice-cream sells well is that their group is also a big consumer, and the sister is even more to be named and criticized.

Just opened the store to accumulate word of mouth, leave a good impression, the village is either a distant relative or a close neighbor, this money is not good, so it is not.

“Brother Cheng Ming, what can we do about this? My grandfather doesn’t come to see the store at all.” Zhao Ren asked tearfully, “When I start school, this store will be closed, the store won’t be able to sell anything, and I’ll lose so much, so much money.”

“Don’t worry, when you and your brother both go to school, your grandfather will definitely not leave the store alone, just tell him what’s at stake. But we still have to post the price of each item, so that your grandpa doesn’t have to memorize the prices, he doesn’t have that much energy when he’s older.”

Opening the store wasn’t all smooth sailing.

Some greedy little children stole money from their families to buy food at the store, and the parents came to the front of the store carrying their crying children, looking at the red marks on the children’s faces, who had obviously already been beaten and scolded at home.

It was the first time that Zhao Ren had seen this kind of battle, and she froze there at a loss for words, casting a look toward Cheng Ming for help.

Luckily Cheng Ming and the others were at the store when this mess happened.

“Let’s return the money to you guys, it looks like he bought two chili fries and two popsicles.” Cheng Ming said with a compensatory smile.

“Eating is eating, how can I make you refund money, if you see this brat in the future, don’t sell anything to him again, young age, unclean hands and feet, begging for a beating! Dare to steal money?”

When they finished, the parents violently beat their children in front of them again, crying miserably and exclaiming, “Never dare again.”

Making Zhao Ren have a psychological shadow, she ran into Lin Jingyi’s arms and blamed herself, “If we hadn’t opened the store? Wouldn’t he have stolen money to buy things and wouldn’t have gotten beaten up.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine, it has nothing to do with us.” Lin Jingyi said as she gently stroked Zhao Ren’s little head.

“You’re thinking too much, without this small store of ours, there are still so many kiosks in front of the school, there are more temptations, he’ll make a mistake sooner or later.” Chen Ziyi comforted.

“But ……”

Zhao Ren lightly bit her lip, still overjoyed in her heart.

“That’s right, he deserves to be beaten, stealing is not right in the first place, a lot of crimes start from petty theft, if you don’t beat him up, he won’t learn from his mistakes, and in the future the village will have one more thief who steals chickens and dogs, and steals your family’s TV, as well as bunnies, and see if you still sympathize with him.” Cheng Li said by way of example.

It’s still the words of my peers that work.

“I don’t sympathize with him anymore, Ri, thank you.”

Zhao Ren hugged Cheng Li and lightly rubbed her cheek.

“It’s too close, it’s hot, you stay away from me, blocking me from blowing the electric fan.” Cheng Li said shyly.

There are quite a few people who come to the store and call, not all of them are good enough to bother the mayor, they are too embarrassed to call without paying, and the mayor is too embarrassed to take money.

It’s also good to have a clearly labeled phone number in the village instead.

Two homes, two computers on an early August night, and actually a lot of inconvenience, now that there’s no netbook or internet interop or anything like that.

Even the term USB flash drive has just appeared not long ago. It was only next year that Ronco was officially authorized by the State Intellectual Property Office.

Cheng Ming made a special trip to his new home in order to send a document to Senior Wen.

Although it would be nice to sleep over here, Cheng Ming had to go back obediently when he thought that his sister was still waiting for him in her bed in that home, lest she lose her temper tomorrow.

Cheng Ming put on his shoes, before his front foot stepped out, the phone in his new home suddenly rang, Dad and Aunt Lian and the girls had already gone to bed, lest they be woken up, Cheng Ming had to pick up the microphone and asked, “Hello, how are you, who are you looking for?”

“Who do you think I’m looking for! No one answered both of your home phones, and I thought you were purposely not answering my calls.”

“Big sister, you don’t even look at what time it is, it’s almost twelve.” Cheng Ming lowered his voice and asked, “What are you looking for me so late? It can’t be to find me to play a game, right?”

“Right answer, Cheng Ming, now get your ass over here right now, I’m over here at my uncle’s game room.”

“Eh …… it’s so late, why don’t we do it tomorrow, I’ll bring my sister and Jing Jing over to play with you.”

Rei’s words have to watch the store.

“No, I only have tonight left.”

“You have a terminal illness?”

“Cheng Ming, is your mouth smeared with honey? My mom is coming back the day after tomorrow.”

“Congratulations, why don’t I start by wishing you a good morning?”

“You’re begging for a fight, aren’t you?”

Cheng Ming could hear the sound of fists cackling on Chen Ziyi’s side.

“Your mom won’t be back until the day after tomorrow, so there’s still tomorrow to go crazy?”

“I’ll play all night tonight and sleep all day tomorrow to meet my mom in good spirits, and my mom doesn’t always play by the book, she said she’d be back the day after tomorrow, chances are she’ll come back unannounced tomorrow, and I’ll be damned if I don’t behave myself at home tomorrow.”

“You mothers and daughters are engaged in guerrilla warfare apart here, and you’ll be fine if your mom catches you sleeping in tomorrow?”

“I can say I like it.”

“Where’s your dad? Your dad’s home and you have the nerve to pull an all-nighter?”

“He’s off on a business trip, working on his investment performance, so I can stay out all night tonight, got it? You still owe me a sleepover.”

There’s that unspoken code word again.

“What happens if I don’t come out with you?”

“We’re friends now, right? You don’t want the friendship to turn sour, do you? You don’t want Jingyi and I to become enemies, do you? I’m not going to let you get away with anything until I see your person tonight, and I’m not going to let you get away with anything until you’ve had a good last night with me, so what’s your answer?”

“Despicable!” Cheng Ming said through clenched teeth.

“Thanks for the compliment.”

“I’ll show you what I’m made of tonight.”

“I’m not buying it if it’s not awesome.”