Chapter 37: Plans for the Holidays

  The summer vacation is approaching, and Qiu Ye has started thinking about how to make money during the holidays. After the holiday, most students at Shida will return home, and the few who stay behind won't be able to create a market, so Wanzi and Cha Ye Dan can't sell their goods in front of the school cafeteria for the time being. What she needs to do now is find another way to make money, and she must not waste her time.

  Of course, for this summer vacation, it's not just Qiu Ye who has his own ideas, Fang Haibo also has his own plans.

  Fang Haibo had originally planned to take advantage of the university students' winter break, when Qiu Ye didn't have to work at her stall, to stay home and teach his siblings English. Over the past month or so, the two siblings had made rapid progress in their English studies, consistently earning rewards on both their weekly quizzes and monthly exams.

  Oral English also started from simple daily expressions like "hello", "good afternoon" and "do you need help?" to now when visiting Fang's family, they have to use English to communicate with Fang Haibo, although they often end up speaking Chinese after getting stuck, and Fang Haibo translates for them. Although it's a bit cumbersome, this method is indeed effective in improving their spoken English, and the two children's oral English skills are rapidly improving. So Fang Haibo wants to take advantage of this holiday to give the two kids some special training, hoping to bring their English level up another notch.

  It's just that this father and teacher thought it was a good idea, but those two kids and students strongly disagreed.

  Qiu Ye means that learning is important, but making money is also equally important, so she wants to allocate her time evenly, using daytime to make money and nighttime to learn, only then can she achieve both hands being grasped and both hands being strong.

  Qiu Ye's words amused her adoptive parents, saying that this little girl was so greedy that she would sell her own eyes for money, and her sophistry was well-organized, making it sound like the truth.

  Qiu Feng's idea was much simpler, he said he didn't want to spend the whole holiday stuck at home, it would be best if he could let loose and have fun for a few days, if that wasn't possible, then he'd go help his sister with her stall, in short, he just couldn't stay at home.

  The two comrades, Dry Dad and Dry Mom, nodded in agreement after hearing this. This is what a normal kid should think about, playing every day.

  Comrade Fang Haibo said he is a democratic person, then let's decide by voting. If it's two to two, it also counts as his victory. Qiu Ye scoffs at his democracy, isn't this obviously bullying a child?

  However, things often don't go as planned. In the end, Fang Haibo was defeated three to one, and Zhao Shuyan defected to the enemy's camp. So in the end, it was still like before: after dinner, they would come downstairs to study, with Fang Haibo responsible for teaching them elementary school knowledge. He was determined to cultivate the two children into pillars of society.

  Qiu Ye saw that her godfather looked somewhat disheartened, and with a clear conscience said: "Godfather, don't be sad. When it rains next time, we can still come back, can't we? Don't be sad."

  Fang Haibo was even more embarrassed by what his wife said, this is not a business deal.

  After determining the study plan for the holiday, Qiu Ye began to seriously think about what to do to make money during the holiday. It's not that she couldn't find a way to make money, but because there were too many projects, it was difficult to choose, and the number of items to sell couldn't be too many, or she and her brother would be overwhelmed, so she had to find the most profitable one among all the projects, which was very difficult.

  Qiu Ye thought for two nights and finally decided what to do during this holiday, also thinking about the direction of his career development in the near future.

  She knows her own abilities, doing big business is impossible, can only make small deals and barely make some money.

  But the problem is that Chinese people have a strong ability to imitate, as long as they see someone making money from something, then there will be many people rushing in.

  She has now just grasped the opportunity, no one is doing the same business as her. If she waits for a year or two, someone will see the profit and follow suit. At that time, she won't have any competitive advantage. She's a student and doesn't have much time and energy to take care of the business. Moreover, she has no one to use, her parents have their own careers to pursue, and her brother is also a student who should focus on studying. So whatever business she does, she must do it quickly. When someone follows suit, she needs to find the right moment to retreat and can't compete head-on. At that time, she'll have to find new projects again.

  She still thinks the tea egg business is promising, this thing will definitely not sell well in the residential area, but at the school gate, train station, and bus station, it's a good sale. Now it's just a matter of how to quickly get this business going, and also need someone who can use it. She thought for two days, finally let her think of a very good candidate, is a silly boy in the Normal University named Wang Zhu Zi, he should be around 20 years old now.

  Wang Zhuzi now lives in a small house at the northeast corner of Shida. He lost his parents at an early age and has no relatives left. His work unit takes care of him, giving him 20 yuan each month as basic living expenses. He lives alone, tending to his two plots of land every day. In autumn, he dries beans and eggplants to eat slowly throughout the year. The 20 yuan is used to buy grain. Although he's a bit silly, he has broad shoulders and a strong build. His appetite is also big, so he buys coarse grains with his monthly allowance because they're cheaper, allowing him to buy more and eat for several days. However, sometimes it's still not enough, and he has to tighten his belt. If you see him looking listless one day, it means he's hungry again.

  Wang Zhuzi is just silly, not stupid. To be serious, he's actually quite clever, it's just that he has a stubborn streak and thinks things are a certain way, no matter how many people tell him otherwise. But this kind of person also has an advantage: once they agree to do something, they'll always see it through to the end.

  I remember that Wang Zhu Zi and a little kid made an appointment to play together the next day at the gym, but it rained heavily the next day. The kid thought they couldn't play outside in the rain, so he didn't go. As a result, Wang Zhu Zi waited alone in front of the gym all day until evening before realizing the kid wasn't coming. He went home that night with a high fever and was discovered by his neighbor, who rushed him to the hospital. If it weren't for this, he would have been done for.

  However, his life wasn't bad. In the 90s, someone introduced him to a rural wife. His wife was indeed a good person, managing the household and helping him start a breakfast business, and their home life got better and better.

  Qiu Ye thought of his reasons, first is that Wang Zhu Zi is trustworthy and won't take advantage of her business to make money for himself, second is that he has great physical strength, delivering goods and loading goods are all physically demanding tasks, with Qiu Ye's current economic power, she also doesn't have the ability to hire a second person, so it's best to find someone who can endure hardship and hard work. Third is that Wang Zhu Zi has his own house, if he were to be employed by her, Qiu Ye thinks that if she wants to make tea eggs at his place, he will definitely agree, then Qiu Ye would save another expense. So Qiu Ye weighed it out and thought that Wang Zhu Zi is the best candidate for hire right now.

  Of course, before that, she still had to go to the train station and bus station to clear the way. If she relied on Wang Zhuzi, then she would have to pay with her life.

  As for this summer vacation, she plans to sell tofu and frozen tofu with her mother. She and her brother will go to a big market about 50 minutes away from home to set up a stall, which should also be profitable.

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