Chapter Twenty-Eight: Earning a Little Money
"I haven't tried it, how do you know that I won't be able to sell?"
Li Xinke smiled confidently and said softly to Aunt Zhang:
"Before I came to the train station here in Hexiang Town, I made a plan in my heart. Before it gets dark today, I'm going to sell the books and take the bus back to take care of my mom. ”
As soon as the woman heard Li Xinke say this, she had no choice but to say:
"Then I'll help you talk to the owner of the inn and help you sell it. ”
Li Xinke looked grateful and said to the woman:
"Aunt Zhang, you are so good. I think there are quite a lot of customers buying melons in your store, so I'll sell new newspapers first, and then sell them my old magazines......"
"Okay, then I'll go to the innkeeper first and talk to the two of them. You're here for a while. So saying, the woman walked out of the shop quickly.
Li Xinke stood in the store, his right hand caressing the electronic scale, and a trace of relief crossed his eyes.
At that time, I helped Aunt Zhang cut watermelon, purely just to help Aunt Zhang. didn't expect that Aunt Zhang would spare no effort to help her.
It is said that the people of Kumquat Town, in the entire Yili County, are well-known for their unity and uprightness.
Take a look at my uncle, and then look at Aunt Zhang, and you will know how upright the people over there are.
After a while, Aunt Zhang brought a young woman in overalls back to the store. She gave a small seedless watermelon to the woman, looked at Li Xinke, and said to the woman:
"Feng'er, this kid is what I told you, my friend's niece, Ke Ke'er. If you can't get busy there, she'll be able to deliver you boiling water or something. You take her over to sell magazines, and she can sell as much as she wants. ”
Aunt Zhang said that, she smiled and introduced Li Xinke:
"Ke Ke'er, this is the proprietress of Qiaofeng Hotel, you can call her Aunt Feng'er. She said, she has a lot of customers there, so let you go and sell books. ”
When Li Xinke heard this, she glanced at Aunt Zhang gratefully and said:
"Thank you. ”
Then he stooped down and picked up his bag, and said to the young woman:
"Thank you, Aunt Feng'er. ”
"Oh, what's the matter, you kid. Feng'er helped Li Xinke carry her bag and took Li Xinke to the hotel.
Li Xinke sat in the small but clean hall, and when customers arrived, she sold them her old magazines.
This sales of old magazines seems to be a simple job, but in fact, it still needs to use your brains.
Seeing older people coming to move in, in general, is almost unsusceptible. But if you see those young people coming to move in, you can safely sell magazines such as "Youth Digest" and "Reader" to them.
That's as long as you're not afraid of being embarrassed and introduce a few more words, even if people don't buy her magazines, they won't throw their faces to show her.
When you see middle-aged women, you can go and sell them "Story Club". The book is relatively small, and it is quite easy to hold and read.
Some people flip through it casually and happily spend money to buy it.
A few cents is not a big deal to the women.
But for Li Xinke, it's not a small amount. If you sell a magazine, you can make four to six cents. If you make money, don't be afraid of earning less, just be afraid of being lazy.
Accumulate a lot, and you can always earn about 30 yuan in one day.
At that time, I won't have to worry about not earning enough 500 yuan before I go to school.
Five hundred yuan is enough for her living expenses for three months, right?
While Li Xin was selling the book, she also lost no time in helping the hostess of the hotel to deliver bottles of boiling water to the guests.
If you meet a guest who has checked out, I will also help other waiters to change the sheets in the room.
Those waiters, I saw that Li Xin could help, and he was very diligent. also helped Li Xinke sell old magazines and new newspapers.
Before it got dark, the bag of books that Li Xinke had brought with him, as well as the new newspapers in the bag, were all sold out.
Li Xinke looked at the electronic calendar hanging in the hall and saw that it was almost half past four in the afternoon. took out ten yuan and gave it to the hostess of the hotel, Feng'er.
Feng'er stretched out her hand and knocked Li Xinke's hand down, and said unhappily:
"You have a lot of money, a student, give me some money. I took it by myself, ate a working meal with us for a while, and then took the car back. ”
"Aunt Feng'er, listen to me, you ......"
Li Xinke felt that even if she was looking for someone to rent a shop, she would have to give money.
But when Feng'er heard this, she was not happy. She said to Li Xinke: "You think I don't want money, you're embarrassed, right? You keep the accounts first, and when you graduate later and you can earn money, then invite me to dinner. That's all right?"
Li Xin couldn't say that Feng'er, so she had to say:
"Then do as you say. ”
Feng'er insisted on staying with Li Xinke to eat the working meal at her place, saying that Li Xinke had helped them and couldn't let Li Xinke leave hungry.
Li Xinke thought that it was not easy for Aunt Zhang to sell watermelons in the store alone. took out five yuan to buy a meal and sent it to Aunt Zhang.
happened to meet Ye Wanfu's eldest brother and brought some watermelon to Aunt Zhang. Ye Wanfu's eldest brother asked Li Xinke:
"I will drive to the county seat to deliver melons in a while, and my daughter-in-law will also go with me. If you are not in a hurry and are in a hurry, just wait for me to go back and pull melons before coming out, and then take you back to the county seat with me. ”
"Okay. Li Xinke said happily:
"That way, I can save a few bucks on the fare. ”
"Haha, a few dollars is a trivial matter. Ye Wanfu's eldest brother said that, he took the money from Zhang Yanwen's hand, and without counting it, he put it in his waist bag.
Li Xinke saw it and thought it was quite powerful.
The people in Kumquat Village, after they came out, were almost like this. Dealing with his fellow countrymen, there are not so many crooked intestines.
is not like Bu Zhilian, who is young, and knows how to deceive fellow villagers.
Come to think of it, most of the people in Kumquat Village should be honest with people.
Ye Wanfu's brother went to the hotel to buy a portion of braised pork and egg soup, brought it to Zhang Yanwen's shop selling melons, and invited Li Xinke to eat with them.
Feng'er, the proprietress of the hotel, waited left and right, and did not wait for Li Xinke to come over for dinner. came to invite me in person, but I saw that Li Xinke was already eating.
I went over and brought them a portion of fish balls, and then went back to eat.
After Li Xinke ate, he said to Zhang Yanwen:
"Aunt Zhang, you pull down the curtain and go inside to rest for a while. I'll show you the shop here, and when Brother Ye and they come, I'll go and wake you up. ”
When Zhang Yanwen heard this, she was grateful.
Guarding the store here alone, I'm really tired and about to lie down. took off the waist bag and gave it to Li Xinke, so that she could give change to the customers.