Think childish

At this time, the adults working in the building should also wake up. Both Qiao Zhi and Zhuang Qiushui have just moved in. They don't know many people in this building, so the social activity of saying hello is omitted. When passing by, a slight smile is regarded as a greeting.It's not as good as when she was in her old home, standing in the corridor early in the morning holding a toothbrush and squinting her eyes, with Uncle Li on the left and Aunt Zhang on the right, yelling for a long time.

Qiao Zhi wiped the corners of her eyes with her fingertips. The little girl was shy and refused to raise her head. Qiao Zhi asked, "Have you washed your face yet?"

Zhuang Qiushui blushed, and the hand that was holding the strap of the schoolbag turned white: "I... didn't have time."

Qiao Zhi chuckled: "What? Are you afraid that I'll run away?"

Zhuang Qiushui nodded sincerely, and said, "I'll wash my face and brush my teeth right away, sister is waiting for me!"

"Wait, wait, I still have to cook, how can it be so fast..." Qiao Zhi said, throwing the towel over his shoulder, kicking and humming, and turned to enter the house.

When Qiao Zhi went out with her bag on her back, Zhuang Qiushui had already been waiting at the entrance of the corridor for a long time.With her right hand behind her back, she stretched out her hand in front of Qiu Shui like a magic trick, and an oiled paper bag suddenly appeared in front of Qiu Shui.

"Here, breakfast."

"For me?"

"Otherwise who shall I give it to?"

Zhuang Qiushui took it and opened it, and there were two thin egg pancakes inside.

"Thank you sister."

"Hee hee, you're welcome."

Zhuang Qiushui followed Qiao Zhi down the stairs step by step. Qiao Zhi was naturally thin but tall, taller than many boys of the same age. Zhuang Qiushui was thin and small, and followed behind her , It's really like a little tail.

Qiao Zhi untied the iron chain on the rear wheel of the bicycle, pushed the bicycle out, got on it, turned around and patted the seat behind him: "Come on."

Qiu Shui carefully stepped on the chain shell and climbed up. She had never been on a bicycle before, and after climbing up, she felt that the surroundings were suspended. She was a little panicked, and subconsciously stretched out her hands to hug Qiao Zhi's waist.

"Are you scared?" Qiao Zhi asked, twisting her neck.

"Well, I've never been in this kind of car before." Timidly, Zhuang Qiushui forced himself to withdraw his hand, instead of embracing him, he gently tugged at the corner of Qiao Zhi's clothes.

"It's okay, I'm riding steadily, and I won't drop you." Qiao Zhi said, "I feel that you are lighter than Xie Xiaoqing. If you are really scared, just hug me."

Zhuang Qiushui responded lightly, then rubbed his hand over her little by little, and hugged her.

Qiao Zhi's waist was very thin, and Zhuang Qiushui's two thin arms not only hugged her easily, but also touched each other's elbows.

She held her breath, and slowly, slowly put her face on Qiao Zhi's back. The warm touch was like a small brush, scratching the tip of her heart, and she wanted to get closer to the person in front of her unconsciously. .

Zhuang Qiushui asked: "Sister, who is Xie Xiaoqing you are talking about?"

Qiao Zhile said: "He's just a big eater reincarnated from a starving ghost. He likes to eat everything, and there are many thieves who eat every meal! It's so deceiving, and I will go with you if I give food."

Zhuang Qiushui followed her with a slight smile, and the thin hot air from her nasal cavity spread to Qiao Zhi's back through the thin clothes. left some.

"My sister's friends are so fun!" Zhuang Qiushui sighed softly.

Qiao Zhi deliberately pretended to be indifferent, smacked her lips and said, "Average, the third in the world. I also have a friend named Xia Huanhuan, who is also a girl. She is beautiful and gentle. I will take you to see her next time." See."

"Okay." Zhuang Qiushui responded softly.

Qiao Zhi hadn't crossed the road from a distance when she saw a few kids squatting at the door of the store and stretching their necks to look at her. When she got closer, she saw that they were those kids who read white books all day long.

"Hey, you guys got up pretty early!" Qiao Zhi stopped the car, stepped on the ground, let Zhuang Qiushui slip down slowly, then turned the bridle, and rode in from the narrow alley next to the shop , there is a back door leading directly to the backyard of the bookstore.

After waiting for a few more minutes, the door opened from the inside, Qiao Zhi tilted his head and smiled, and said, "Come in, students."

The little kids hurriedly got up from the ground, patted the ashes on their buttocks, thanked her with a smile, and went into the shop in three or five noisily.

"Tch!" Qiao Zhi snorted, then blinked at Zhuang Qiushui who was still standing outside the door, and said softly, "Come in!"

She left in a hurry last night, and there are still many books that have not been sorted out. They were all messed up and left behind. They all need to be rearranged according to the catalog on the bookshelf.

While tidying up, Qiao Zhi yelled at the little kids: "If you want to see it, look at it well, remember to put it back in its original place and put it neatly, if you want to throw it around, don't come here in the future."

The little kids have been thinking about the protagonists in the martial arts novels all night, so they can't listen to what she is saying at the moment, and a few perfunctory responses are already time-consuming.

Qiao Zhi didn't bother to argue with them, anyway, today was their last day to read the white book, so when she thought about it, she suddenly felt very happy!

Zhuang Qiushui stood aside and watched her busy since entering the store. Seeing that Qiao Zhi had no intention of asking her for help, he had to take the initiative to attack, but Qiao Zhi stopped him as soon as his hand touched the bookshelf.

Qiao Zhi: "What are you doing?"

Zhuang Qiushui: "I'll help you!"

"Help, help, your hands aren't quite ready yet! All right, you can sit at the counter and read a book or something. I'll finish it right here." Qiao Zhi gasped with her hands on her hips, and saw her Standing still and refusing to move, he said patiently, "Be obedient, go sit and wait for me first, I really have a favor to ask you to help me later."

Zhuang Qiushui looked at her suspiciously, making sure she wasn't teasing her, then obediently turned around and walked to the counter to sit down, but she didn't read the book, just stared at Qiao Zhi's busy figure.

Qiao Zhi found out, and deliberately made a face at her. Zhuang Qiushui not only didn't smile, but showed a bewildered expression.

"..." Qiao Zhi's shoulders slumped, her face full of disappointment, "Isn't it funny?"

Only now did Zhuang Qiushui come to his senses, and smiled sincerely.

Finally tidying up, Qiao Zhi went to the backyard to wash her hands, so she had time to stretch. When she returned to the counter, she found that Zhuang Qiushui had cooled the water for her. It was warm and just right.

"Yo, little girl can do it!" Qiao Zhi squinted her eyes and smiled, drank the water, smacked her lips comfortably, and motioned for her to follow her into the utility room.

When the cord is pulled, the room lights up.

Qiao Zhi patted the top of the refrigerator and asked her, "Do you think it's a bit too wasteful for Luo Hai to buy this thing just to freeze a few bottles of soda?"

Zhuang Qiushui realized that she still had something to say, so he didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly.

Sure enough, Qiao Zhi said again: "I spent a lot of money to buy something, why can't I just let it turn to ashes here? I want to use it!"

Zhuang Qiushui: "How does my sister want to use it?"

Qiao Zhi chuckled, and made a fool of her: "Are the popsicles delicious?"

"It's delicious." Zhuang Qiushui thought for a while, and then he understood what she wanted, "My sister wants to—"

"Smart! It's just what you think!" Qiao Zhi interrupted her by clapping her hands excitedly.

Zhuang Qiushui was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Sister, I haven't finished talking, what if I don't agree with what you think?"

Qiao Zhi: "Oh, then tell me."

Zhuang Qiushui smiled: "Does my sister want to sell popsicles?"

"Look, it's been said that we have a good understanding, so don't we want to go together?" Qiao Zhi smiled.

At this time, the number of people in the store has gradually increased. When the two came out of the utility room, Qiao Zhi looked at her seriously and said, "Qiu Shui, my sister is going to the popsicle factory to find out. I need you to stay here and help me look at the store, can you do it alone?"

Zhuang Qiushui pinched the palms of his hands nervously, nodded and said, "I can do it, sister, don't worry, I will definitely keep the store safe for you!"

Seeing her nervousness, Qiao Zhi couldn't hold back her smile, patted her on the shoulder, and deliberately teased her: "You! Don't be so nervous! This matter is actually very simple. Here, this is the price book. Someone When you buy books, you can collect the money according to this. If you encounter someone who smashed the scene... you can run away! But before you run, you have to remember the face of the person who broke the scene, and wait for me to come back... No, wait for Luo Hai Come back, we won't kill him!"

Zhuang Qiushui looked at her, and then at the crowds in the shop, he didn't feel comforted at all, but his heart was even heavier - she seemed to be a little face blind...

"Okay, you can think about it slowly here, I'll be back before lunch, bye."

Zhuang Qiushui had been watching her waving away figure completely disappear from sight, then turned his head and looked seriously at the "List of Book Prices" in his hand.

***

The popsicle factory is located in the suburbs of the west of the city, near Erdao River.About this news, Qiao Zhi asked Uncle Li San, the owner of the "Li Sanre Bitter Shop" in the nearby alley yesterday.It's a bit far to ride a bicycle from the East Street, but the tram doesn't go directly to the popsicle factory, and it will only stop at the No. [-] Primary School in the near future, and she will have to walk a long way, Qiao Zhisi thought about it, and finally decided to ride a bicycle past.

This trip basically took her almost an hour.

The popsicle factory was not big, so Qiao Zhi rode a bike around the factory and found that it was only half the size of the No. [-] Machine Tool Factory.But I heard from Uncle Li that this popsicle factory and the soy sauce factory not far away are both run by a private owner.In the era of the planned economy, being a self-employed person is something to be looked down upon!Not to mention self-employed in such a big industry!

Qiao Zhi looked envious in her heart, and thought of doing business for the first time.But she didn't dare to mention this idea to her family. If grandma knew that she didn't want to study and wanted to become a self-employed person, she would probably be so angry that she would chase her away.Besides, she still likes to study in her heart, but well, she has to study in the same school and class as Xie Xiaoqing and Xia Huanhuan.

Qiao Zhi was envious enough, parked the car outside the factory, found a tree and locked it, and then walked into the gate of the popsicle factory with her chest out, but she was blocked by a cane that grew out of the window on the left just as she entered the gate up.

Qiao Zhi poked her head around and saw an old man sitting in the window. He must be seven or eighty years old, with white beard and hair, and a pair of cloudy old eyes were staring at her up and down, and he took a long time to withdraw the stick.

The old man said softly, "Where did the little girl come from? You can't just wander around here!"

Qiao Zhi approached, first gave him a sweet smile, and then said calmly, "Hi, my family lives in the north of the city, and I'm a local. I came here to find your factory manager and do business with him. "

"Oh?" The old man was full of surprise, "You? Want to do business with our factory manager?"

Every time he asked a rhetorical question, Qiao Zhi's heart skipped a beat.

Qiao Zhi looked at his expression, thinking that he should throw her out immediately after hearing it, but unexpectedly, the uncle was quite interested after hearing it, and kept asking her what business she wanted to do.

Qiao Zhi guessed that he was too bored looking at the gate, and finally caught such an idler as her, so he wanted to chat with her for a while.Thinking that there would be no harm in asking more, Qiao Zhi went to the window and told him all the thoughts in his heart.

After listening to her words, the uncle thought for a while, and then suddenly said: "Girl, it's useless for you to find the director of the factory, you have to find me!"

Qiao Zhi: "...??"

You cut off your factory manager's huh like this, does the old factory manager know?

Qiao Zhi looked at him silently, seeing that he didn't seem to be joking to tease her, so she humbly asked, "What do you mean by that?"

The old man whispered softly: "First of all, girl, put your doubts in your stomach, old man, I am too old to do the kind of dirty things that slander children. The reason why I say this You have to come to me for something, and that's the serious truth. You don't know, our factory manager is a businessman who is not easy to deal with, let alone a little girl like you, you know, we The goods from this popsicle factory are all big orders with signed contracts, retail investors want to get goods from here..."

Speaking of this, the old man gave a false smile, and purposely made a fool of himself and refused to continue. Qiao Zhi asked anxiously, "What do you want?"

"You need to have acquaintances and internal connections, do you understand through the back door?"

"Huh?" Qiao Zhiwan didn't think that selling popsicles would have to go through the back door. The old man spoke half-truths and half-truths. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that he was digging a hole for her to jump into. It's just that she didn't think she could do without jumping into this hole.

Qiao Zhi smiled and said: "Master, since you said that I can find you, it means that you have your way. I won't inquire about it. It's just that there is no free lunch in this world, and you want to What do you get from me?"

The old man opened his eyes and said in a very appreciative tone: "The little girl speaks the truth! Me, I don't have great knowledge. To tell you the truth, I don't care if you sink your heart into your stomach. The fact is that I have a nephew who works in this popsicle factory, and he has become a small official of the workshop director. The quantity you want is not much. I'll take care of it for you. As for the benefits...I just want to make some tobacco leaf money from it, old man."

Qiao Zhi's eyes showed suspicion: "Really? Don't lie to me just because I'm a child. I know the wholesale price in your factory clearly. Three cents count as one cent, five cents count as three cents, and ten cents count as five cents. It counts as eight points."

The old man smiled and said: "Since you are so clear, then let's settle this account easily. I will send you a shipment, how about charging you this amount?"

Qiao Zhi looked at his raised finger and murmured, "You want a dollar? Are you kidding me?"

"I'm not kidding you, I'll make some cigarette money, how about it?"

Qiao Zhi pondered in her heart——Luo Hai left her 300 yuan in reserve before leaving on this business trip. She can take out 100 yuan to buy popsicles first, and see how the sales are. If they sell well, continue , Stop it in time if it doesn't sell well.Anyway, Luo Hai said that the 300 yuan was considered as the investment fund he gave, and if she messed around with it, she would really lose money. At worst, she would pay him back slowly after recording the account first.

What's more, this old man wants a "benefit fee" of one yuan!This is too cheap!It's simply pie in the sky!How could she miss it!

"Have you figured it out yet?" The old man asked with a smile, spreading out one hand in front of her, looking at her with twinkling old eyes, as if he had already made up his mind.

Qiao Zhi met his eyes, made up her mind, quickly raised her hand to give him a high-five, and said cheerfully, "Deal!"

The two agreed on a delivery date. Qiao Zhi looked at the sun and it was time to go back. Before leaving, he suddenly asked, "Master, what's your name?"

Hearing this, the old man deliberately made her feel embarrassed and said: "Yo! Finally remembered to ask the name of the business partner? The old man will not change his name or surname when he sits, so that he will be surnamed Wang."

"Business partner?" Qiao Zhi couldn't help laughing, "Then wish us a prosperous business, Grandpa Wang."