Chapter Fourteen: Father Agreed

  "Old girl, this boiled meatball is barely edible at home, no one will buy it if you take it out to sell. Just like you just now, after taking a bite, you didn't want to eat anymore and had to ask your mom for soy sauce to dip it in before you could swallow it. Do you think others would buy this kind of meatball that even you don't like to eat?" Qiu dad tried to use an example to make the girl give up on selling the meatballs, this idea really won't work.

  "But, Dad, just now I dipped the meatballs in soy sauce and they tasted great! So if I dip all the meatballs in seasoning and sell them, people will buy them, right?" Qiu Ye also used a practical example to illustrate the correctness of her idea. Since she could eat them after dipping them in seasoning, why not sell seasoned meatballs?

  Qiu's father was stopped by the girl's counter-question. After thinking carefully, he felt that what the girl said was right, and the meatballs with sauce were still delicious. He thought the girl wanted to use the meatballs to sell soy sauce.

  "So where are you planning to sell it?" Mr. Qiu asked another crucial question.

  "Dad, I've thought it through. Uncle Fang said that the students at Normal University are fed up with eating in the cafeteria every day, always having potato shreds and potato slices. If someone sells other food at the school gate, they will definitely buy it. So I decided to sell at the cafeteria door. And a meatball only costs two cents, so cheap that people will definitely buy it." Qiu Ye had already thought about it, Normal University students are many, and now Normal University is giving subsidies to students, so compared to junior high school students, they have more money, so she plans to go to Normal University to sell.

  And although the price she set is low, but this water-boiled dumplings basically have no cost at all, it's just that you need to think about some dipping sauce, which might cost a little money, everything else is what she already has, so as long as someone buys it, she will definitely make a profit. Once the business is stable, she plans to think of other ways and raise the price of the dumplings.

  Qiu's father listened to the girl's words and thought that all the children were listening to the teacher downstairs, so he came up with these ideas. He also thinks it's quite right, which place in the university has the most people every day? It's the cafeteria! Students may be scattered in different teaching buildings, but they must go to the cafeteria to eat, and also under the dormitory building, where personnel are more concentrated.

  "Hmm, you're so young, can you even make money? You haven't earned any money, instead you'll just spend it." Qiu's mother chimed in from the side, she still thought the child was too young and didn't even know how to do addition and subtraction yet, and she had never held a bill larger than 10 yuan before, could he really go out and sell things on his own?

  "Mom, I'll find the money, brother has paid me, is it brother?" Qiu Ye quickly found a witness, just in case her mom would stop her from making money because of this. Also, she said that her brother taught her was also for a reason, because her brother was a careless person, he might not even remember teaching himself, with his personality, he would definitely agree with her words.

  As expected, when Qiu's mother looked at her brother, he had a bewildered expression on his face, then nodded slightly and buried his head in his rice bowl again.

  Qiu Feng found it strange that he couldn't recall when he had taught his sister, it must have been a long time ago and he had forgotten. It seemed that his sister's memory was really good, she still remembered what he had taught her so long ago, wasn't she better than him? No way, as the older brother, how could he be worse than his sister? It seemed that tonight he would also have to review math, the teacher said that studying math can improve one's memory, who knows if it was just nonsense or not, might as well give it a try.

  Qiu Yeke didn't know what her brother was thinking, nor did she know that this one sentence would make Qiu Feng's math scores take a big leap forward.

  Qiu's mother saw her son like that and was very suspicious whether her son's level could teach good students, didn't the girl just know that one plus one equals two?

  Qiu Ye saw that her parents were both distrustful and depressed, she had forgotten that her brother was now a spoiled child, basically he had been muddling through primary school for four years, no wonder her mother looked suspicious.

  "Mom, if you don't believe me, you can test me." Qiu Ye decided to answer on the spot in order to convince her parents.

  "Okay, then let's test you, Dad. If someone wants to buy 3 buns, how much should you charge?" Qiu dad took over the task of testing his daughter's math skills.

  "Six minutes." Qiu Ye said without thinking.

  "If someone gives you 1 yuan and you need to give them change, how much should you give back?" Qiu's father changed the test to subtraction.

  "Four minutes." Qiu Ye still opened his mouth and came, how was he also a college student in his previous life, although it was not a prestigious university.

  ……

  Qiu's father asked his daughter several questions, and she answered them all correctly, which made Qiu's father very happy. His daughter's brain is quite useful, no wonder she is the daughter of Qiu Yanlin, she is indeed clever.

  Qiu's father was delighted here, and Qiu's mother saw that the girl could really find money, so she raised another question.

  "Girl, are you going alone? Aren't you afraid of being caught by bad people? There are many flower snatchers on the main road now." Old Qiu still didn't want her to sell things outside alone. Adults worry too much, what if she encounters a bad person? Besides, one bun is only two cents, how much can she earn in a day? It's better to stay at home and let adults make money."

  "Mom, I'm just selling things in the Normal University campus and not going out of this yard. Usually when I play outside by myself, nothing happens, right? Besides, the Normal University campus is safe, there are always people on the road, those who swindle money wouldn't dare to come here."

  Qiu's father saw his daughter so eager to sell meatballs and softened his heart.

  Well, let the kid try it out, just think of it as a game for them. If they sell something, they'll earn some pocket money; if not, it's still good practice for them to understand that success doesn't come easily and requires effort. This is also a great opportunity to educate the child. And by going around selling things, the kid will definitely become more outgoing than before, and their language skills will improve too. That's settled then.

  The Qiu couple was misled by their own daughter, thinking that the money she earned was just a small change, so they didn't take it seriously.

  "Alright, since you're so confident, I'll agree to let you try. But think it through carefully, your mom and I won't be helping you sell anything. You'll have to do everything yourself, and there's no guarantee you'll make any money. If you can't sell them, don't come crying back home."

  Qiu Ye heard that her father agreed, she was so happy that she jumped up and ran around the table in circles while shouting: "Dad agrees! Dad agrees!"

  Qiu Ye was truly delighted that her father had agreed to her approach. Although she had thought it through and planned to start secretly on her own, earning money first, and then letting her parents know later when they probably wouldn't stop her, now everything was out in the open, which was even better, and she could focus on developing her career wholeheartedly.

  She really didn't expect that her father, who she thought was old-fashioned and wooden in her previous life, would have such open-minded thoughts when he was young, and would agree to let her try it out. You know, in this era, which family's parents would hear their child say something like that and think it's okay? They'd definitely think the kid is being too arrogant or playing tricks, and wouldn't even give them a chance, let alone agree.

  Qiu's mother smiled and said, "You're spoiling the child, you've spoiled her to the point where she has no bounds or edges. Now you're letting her go out and get crazy, just wait for her to climb on the roof and remove the tiles in the future."

  "My daughter is a lovely and adorable girl, besides, she's going to be a university student in the future, a pillar of the country, how can she be compared with those other kids, my daughter is..."

  The dinner ended with Qiu Ba's praise, Qiu Ma's blows, Qiu Ye's silly laughter, and Qiu Feng's unchanged big eating.