Chapter One Little Girl

  Annanxiu is back, Li Luyu sent An Zhi Shui and Tang Yi down the stairs.

  Two panel vans were already surrounded by many people who had finished their meals and came out for a stroll. For the residents of this old-fashioned neighborhood, the lively events after dinner are not to be missed, including various discount news, big sales, and second-hand street stalls are all concerned objects.

  "Should we sell other things?" Li Luyou asked An Zhi Shui.

  "Alright, alright." An Zhi Shui's eyes lit up, things weren't just limited to selling to Li Luoyu.

  "Don't interfere, watch me sell." Li Luyu said in a low voice.

  "What's wrong?" An Zhi asked unhappily.

  "Because you're too formidable, they can't haggle with you and will just leave, so the thing won't be sold." Others didn't have the mood to play the haggling game with An Zhi Shui like Li Lu You did.

  An Zhishui looked at her with a gloomy expression. She had already understood that Li Luyu was just pretending to be knowledgeable about the price, but in fact, she didn't know much about it.

  "What's going on?" Lin Luoyan saw that Li Luyu seemed to have something to do with this matter and ran over to ask.

  "Oh, this is a clearance sale of old goods, mostly above 90% new, special price for a big deal, if you want to take a look. " Li Luyou said loudly, then smiled at Lin Luoyan and said: "Lin aunt, take a look at that ice cream machine, it's the same as the one used in Rodin's store, this one is only 2000."

  Lin Luo Yan was angry at Li Luoyu for calling her "Aunt Lin", but the price of this ice cream machine was really tempting, especially since she had been eagerly waiting to go to Rodin's once a week.

  "I remember you used to work at Rodin Gran, right? You have to help me out, can't let down Lin Jie." Lin Luo Yan emphasized the two words "Lin Jie".

  "That's natural." Li Luyu said with a smile.

  "How much is this refrigerator?" Han Yixia took the opportunity to follow Lin Luoyan, just ran over, looking at this big Samsung refrigerator with great interest, although he was hit by Li Luyu's self-esteem, but not to the extent that he avoided Li Luyu.

  "Four thousand." Li Routou quoted a price much higher than what he himself had bought the Siemens for, and An Zhishui was somewhat dissatisfied with this price, as she had always quoted ten thousand.

  "I saw it at Su Mei, Meidi's open door is less than 4,000, and Haier's is just over 4,000." Han Yixia shook her head in dissatisfaction and said to Li Luyou: "Little Li, you can't cheat your neighbors like this."

  "Hair is a low-end product, but this one is a high-end flagship product in Samsung. Midea doesn't even need to be mentioned, a company without its own production and research base, now only doing brand marketing. This Samsung model is imported from Korea, using many cutting-edge technologies, it's hard for these technologies to be popularized to low-end products in the near future, even many domestic high-end refrigerators are not inferior to them in terms of technology. Look at this condition, I wouldn't say 95% new, but 90% new is stable, if you buy it now and disassemble the cooling system to sell on the second-hand market, you can still sell it for two or three thousand. Li Luyu thinks that even if this refrigerator is put in a store as a display product and sold at a discount, it's not just worth four thousand, this price is absolutely not expensive."

  Han Yixia shook her head, but another middle-aged man started discussing prices with Li Luyu and finally settled on 3,600.

  An Zhishui's eyes widened, that Siemens refrigerator was originally more than 5,000 yuan more expensive than this Samsung one, what a loss, he sold it to Li Luyu for only 2,800.

  An Zhishui didn't want to make more money from Li Luyu, but felt that Li Luyu was better than himself, which was really embarrassing. As the class monitor, how could he not do many things as well as him? How would he criticize and educate him in the future?

  Li Rouyou was eloquent and did business with a smile, despite being young, he didn't give people the impression of being overly mature or slick. Before long, the two vans were almost empty, leaving only that Skyworth color TV behind.

  An Zhishui was excited and decided to clear out his stock. He sold the 55-inch colour TV to an old man for 1,500 yuan.

  "In total, they sold over 200,000 yuan!" An Zhi Shui held a thick stack of money, never expecting the second-hand business to be so profitable.

  "They are mostly brand new, and the prices are much cheaper than those in the second-hand market. Most of the packaging still has the warranty certificate and invoice inside, and they haven't exceeded the warranty period. If you were to buy from a second-hand store, they would charge you at least this price, but then they would sell it for at least 30% more," Li Luyou explained. In fact, many people prefer to buy new home appliances, but these are really cheap and haven't exceeded the warranty period, which makes people feel at ease. The residents here are all frugal and know how to live a good life, but who doesn't have a bit of vanity? These are all high-end brand-name home appliances, flagship products with designs and materials that make them look luxurious at first glance. If you put them in your home, others won't know they're second-hand, so you'll still save face. Why not buy?"

  Selling something that originally cost over 200,000 for only 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and still being so excited about it, is really ignorant. Tang Yi sighed on the side and handed a business card to Li Luyu.

  Li Rouyu took it over, just a simple name and phone number, no title, looking at Tang Niang with confusion.

  "You're a good kid, I heard you often go to work and support yourself... I have some connections in Su Mei, if you're interested in doing part-time work, you can contact me first." Tang Yi patted Li Rouyu's hand. Zhonghai is a wealthy city with many rich families, but there are also many poor families. However, people who were born into poverty yet still live a healthy and sunny life like Li Rouyu, without complaining or blaming others, are extremely rare. At least, Tang Yi only knew of Li Rouyu. In the shopping mall, she had seen too many students doing part-time work, even if their family situation seemed poor, but most of them were just going through the motions, waiting for their shift to end, and taking it for granted that they would get paid by others.

  Tang Yi has been through many ups and downs in the business world for many years, and she still has a good eye for people. Li Luyu, who doesn't have any gloomy aura, makes her feel very comfortable as a career woman.

  "Alright, thank you." For the kind intention and help that he had earned with his own work, Li Luyu would not refuse, and sincerely thanked Tang Yi.

  "If something happens to her at school... although it's unlikely, I hope you can contact me if you encounter any situation." Tang Ayi shook her head slightly, a faint smile on the corner of her mouth. "You also know that her interpersonal relationships aren't very good, right? I'm worried that if she gets into trouble, there won't be many people willing to help her. It's rare to have friends like you."

  "Don't worry, I will." Li Luyu didn't make any promises because helping each other out was a matter of course among classmates and friends. Moreover, he thought that even if An Zhi Shui's interpersonal relationships were not good, if something really happened to her, as long as it was in school, no one would really stand by and do nothing.

  "What are you talking about? The goods are sold out, let's go eat." An Zhi finished counting the money and said to Li Luyu.

  "No, I still need to go home and cook." Annan Xiu returned, he wanted to hurry back and take a look, who knows if she had shown any interest in the new appliances, and do something about it.

  "Then goodbye." An Zhi Shui still had some unfinished words.

  "I'll thank you again another day," said Li Luyu.

  "What am I thanking you for?" An Zhi thought it was strange, she hadn't done anything.

  Li Ruyu smiled and nodded towards Tang Yi, without saying much more to An Zhi Shui.

  Tang Yi and An Zhi Shui got on the car, An Zhi Shui didn't sit in the back row, but sat in the co-pilot seat, happily counting his money: "I've grown up like this, it's my first time earning so much money."

  Is this also called making money? Tang Yi asked while looking at the traffic light: "What do you think of Li You as a person?"

  "What's going on?" An Zhi stopped counting the banknotes and looked up with a vigilant expression.

  "I think he's a good kid, you should make more friends like him," said Tang Yi.

  "He's not good, doesn't listen attentively in class, often doesn't take notes, and when it's time to hand in homework, he just copies. He's also often late or leaves early, always runs off to the internet cafe to play games, and has skipped collective activities several times." An Zhishui rattled off Li Luyu's shortcomings, then said very seriously: "I hope he can correct these habits in the future."

  "How could he be as useless as you said, yet still get into the National University? Boys and girls are different, it's normal for them to love playing around. Moreover, he often has to work part-time, so it must be very tiring and exhausting. It's also normal that he can't focus in class and is often late or leaves early. His workplace doesn't care about his class schedule anyway." Tang Yi felt that An Zhi Shui's biggest problem was the lack of social experience, but with her personality and background, it was impossible for her to truly understand him. No matter how much they talked, it would only be superficial, and she couldn't empathize with him.

  "So that's how it is." An Zhi Shui felt that he had wrongly blamed Li Lu You and his heart was somewhat apologetic.

  "I'm not sure, but he's a good kid. You hanging out with him more won't be a problem, it'll actually help you fit in better at university." Tang Yi thought that the most suitable friend for An Zhi Shui would be someone like Li Luoyu, just like all parents who hope their child plays with better kids, unfortunately he's a boy, if only he were a girl that'd be even better.

  Does it have nothing to do with frequenting? Aunt Tang is a very formidable person, she said so, then if Li Luyu invites her to dinner alone next time, should she agree? An Zhi Shui wanted to ask Aunt Tang again, but couldn't ask, as if he hoped Li Luyu would invite her to dinner alone.

  Back home, An Zhi Shui went to play with the kitten and the flying disc for a while before running off to take a bath and change clothes to come out and eat.

  Tang Yi has driven away in her red Fiat 500 and made a phone call: "Lao An, don't worry too much, you're just overprotective, that's why she can't grow up. That kid is not bad, doesn't have any ill intentions."

  "So you're sure? You can know a person's face but not their heart." The voice on the other end of the phone said gruffly.

  "What else do you want? Can she still have friends in the future? You're so concerned, why not spend more time with her at home? She's a big girl now, and her best friend is just a dog. Now that there's finally a boy who's willing to interact with her, don't mess it up." Tang's mother hung up the phone in extreme anger, this father is really a failure.

  Regarding domestic products and Korean products... Supporting domestic products is good, but now some manufacturers only care about making money, I hope the angry youth won't scold me.