Reborn 99 Days Later, Becoming a Landlady and Getting into Tsinghua and Peking Universities

As the first rays of sunlight pierced through the morning mist, a new day quietly began.

When Liang Yili opened her eyes, Liang Ruotao was no longer beside her.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he walked into the courtyard and bumped into Hua Yuansheng, whose trousers were rolled up and whose feet were covered in mud, as he had just returned from the fields.

Before Liang Yili could speak, Liang Ruotao poked her head out of the kitchen and called out, "The food is ready! Hurry up and wash up so we can eat!"

Breakfast was simple: a dish of pickled vegetables, a bowl of white porridge, and an egg for each person.

The white rice porridge cooked over a wood fire has a unique aroma.

It had a faint woody, smoky scent with a hint of sweetness, as if mixed with earth and a summer morning.

Hua Yuansheng doesn't raise chickens, but he still wants to improve his two children's health.

He took the money and went to the home of a chicken farmer in the village, and bought a lot of eggs.

The simple yet caring breakfast warmed Liang Yili's heart.

Liang Ruotao cooks, and Liang Yili washes the dishes.

After quickly cleaning up, she didn't linger and rode her bicycle to the county's wholesale market.

She's run out of the spices from yesterday, so she needs to hurry and buy some more.

One bottle of beer is not enough, but adding more beer will undoubtedly increase the cost.

Liang Yili decided to simply stop adding beer to the later parts of the beer.

Lost in thought, with the wholesale market just ahead, a middle-aged woman suddenly darted out from the last corner.

Liang Yili panicked and quickly turned the handlebars, causing the bicycle to tip to the side, thus avoiding the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman stood frozen in the middle of the road, clearly startled.

Seeing that Liang Yili only swayed slightly and did not fall, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Meizi? Are you alright?" A middle-aged man rushed out from behind and asked with concern.

The middle-aged woman called Mei waved her hand, looking at Liang Yili with apologetic eyes: "I'm so sorry, young lady, I was thinking about something and didn't pay attention to where I was going..."

Liang Yili waved her hand casually: "It's nothing."

"Are you still worried about the factory not being able to pay wages?" The middle-aged man asked as he helped Meizi walk out.

Mei frowned, looking distressed. "We haven't been paid for two months already, and I don't know if we'll even get paid this month..."

"I really shouldn't have gone to that toy factory. The factory next door, Xingzi's, didn't pay wages either; the foreman just made them use finished products as payment."

Just as Liang Yili was about to ride away, her ears twitched, and she suddenly looked up at the two people's backs.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately said, "Then we can too..."

"What do you mean, 'can'? The apricot factory makes socks, towels, and gloves. If you take something and can't use it all, you can sell it to others at a low price. If I bring back so many toys, who will I sell them to? Will I just be stuck with them?"

Toy?

Liang Yili's eyes lit up instantly. She pushed her bicycle and rushed to the two of them, saying happily:

"Auntie, how are the toys you make at your factory?"

Mei Zi was startled by Liang Yili's sudden appearance and looked her up and down: "You want to buy it?"

As she spoke, Mei Zi rummaged through her bag and pulled out a military flag, which she handed to Liang Yili.

"This is something I just took out of the factory... Putting everything else aside, the quality is absolutely guaranteed."

Liang Yili carefully examined the Chinese chess set in her hand and continued to ask, "Besides Chinese chess, what other toys do you have?"

At this point, Meizi perked up: "Clay dolls, pretty ornaments, tin frogs, dolls... whatever you want."

A glint of shrewdness flashed in Liang Yili's eyes. She leaned closer to Meizi and whispered, "Auntie, if I want more, can you give me a discount?"

Upon hearing this, Mei Zi's nonchalant expression vanished, and she looked at Liang Yili with bright eyes: "How much do you want?"

Liang Yili gestured with her hands to indicate the size: "Does your factory have ring toss? You mean those colorful circles? About this size? If so, I'd like 50."

The other toys will also need to be collected in approximately 25 quantities.

Moreover, it's not just for today; I'll probably need to order from you frequently in the future.

Upon hearing this, Mei Zi quickly pulled Liang Yili to a secluded spot:

"Really? You want it now? I'll go back to the factory to get it right now!"

Liang Yili licked her lips: "Auntie, the price..."

Mei Zi gripped Liang Yili's arm tightly: "No problem, no problem!"

We've finally found a fool; we can't let her get away.

"The factory is just ahead, shall we go there now?"

Meizi was focused on selling toys and didn't care about her husband anymore. She grabbed Liang Yili and headed towards the toy factory.

Upon arriving at the toy factory gate, Meizi told Liang Yili to wait outside in the shade of a tree while she hurried into the factory.

In less than ten minutes, he returned carrying a bag.

Liang Yili glanced at the toys in the bag; there were quite a few different kinds, and the workmanship was also quite good.

After estimating the size of the rings, I decided to buy them.

Can,

"Little girl, these ring toss rings are made of top-quality plastic. 50 rings, I won't charge you more, just 2 yuan! How much?"

"Isn't this clay doll well made? We have to pay 5 cents for each one when we buy them individually..."

Meizi's eyes lit up, and she rattled off a series of quotes.

Liang Yili, no longer as eager as before, stared calmly at Mei Zi, and only after she finished speaking did she slowly say:

"Auntie, the toys you brought are all very well made and of good quality. It's obvious that you put a lot of thought into them and carefully selected them."

The first step is to acknowledge the value of the other party's labor.

"But, Auntie, this isn't a one-off deal. I'll be getting more and more goods from you in the future, and the quantities I buy aren't small. You should at least charge me the wholesale price, right?"

The second step is to highlight one's own strengths and make promises.

"I just heard that too. The toy factory hasn't been able to pay wages for two months. You must be in a hurry to get the money, right?"

But toys aren't things you eat or drink, they're not consumables, and they don't sell as well as daily necessities.

If you miss out on a long-term client like me, it might be too late to develop another one...

The third step is to pinpoint the opponent's weaknesses in one sentence.

Liang Yili's words were like a bucket of cold water, chilling Mei Zi to the bone.

She glanced down at the toys in her hands, pursed her lips, and struggled to say:

"But 8 yuan is really a fair price."

There are also three large decorative items here; you could easily sell them for several dollars each in a department store!

Liang Yili said calmly, "But you said it yourself, it's for sale in department stores!"

Mei Zi's throat tightened, and her eyebrows furrowed: "What price can you offer?"

"6 yuan!"

"That's too little! 7.5 yuan!"

"5 yuan!"

"Add a little more, let's make it 7 yuan!"

"4 yuan!"

"Hey kid, is that how you bargain? Why are you lowering the price every time you ask?"

Fearing that Liang Yili would lower the price again, Meizi quickly said, "Let's both compromise and settle for 6.5 yuan!"

Liang Yili remained silent, looking at Meizi with a smile.

Meizi gritted her teeth: "I'm really scared of you! Six yuan it is! But you have to remember, if you want any more toys in the future, you have to come to me first!"