Chapter 22 Doing Business
The school allows students who participate in the sports meeting competitions and performances to pay the sports day clothing fee the next day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The 20th anniversary school sports meeting is very meaningful, the county education bureau attaches great importance to it, and the old principal spares no effort to apply for a fund. However, the sports meeting should be held decently, and only that little money is still stretched, so in order to make the opening ceremony costumes neat and beautiful, the school pays half of the cost, and the students pay half of the cost.
This made Sheng Lanlan a little embarrassed, her second uncle's family was not in a good economic situation, and she couldn't add fuel to the fire.
Buying new shoes last time was enough to annoy the second uncle, and the second aunt promised to buy new shoes for Sheng Lili and kept dragging it out, obviously having a tight budget, how could I open my mouth when I submitted money to the second uncle and aunt at this time!
After dinner, Sheng Lili went to the East House to ask her mother for money.
Sheng Lanlan was washing dishes by the stove and heard it all.
"How much? What projects have you applied for? Don't hurt yourself. ”
"Eight yuan for sportswear, and two yuan for food."
"What sportswear is so expensive!" Zhao Jihong was a little excited.
This month, she only had more than 20 yuan in her hand, and some of the money Sheng Yanong gave to his sister was borrowed from someone. He had to pay back 30 yuan a month, which took up Sheng Yanong's salary alone.
"Let's not participate, okay? Mom gave you two dollars, and a few bottles of soda and popsicles should be enough. Zhao Jihong said and took out the money and stuffed it to Sheng Lili.
Sheng Lili grabbed the money, her mouth flattened, and she was so aggrieved that she was about to cry, "I want to perform gymnastics at the opening ceremony, how can I not wear sportswear!" The sportswear made by the school this time is very good-looking, the red clothes and pants are inlaid with two white edges, I just want, Mom, you can pay me! I promise not to ask for new shoes again. ”
Zhao Jihong was so entangled by her daughter that she had no choice but to give her the money.
Sheng Lili came out happily, Sheng Lingling put the dishes and chopsticks into the cupboard, and flashed into the east house, "Mom, tomorrow there will be a sports meeting, give me money to buy food." You give Lili two dollars, and my brother and I get four dollars. ”
"You kid, you're in the fourth grade, what snacks do you eat? You and your brother can carry a pot of water and take two pancakes, if the water is not tasty, add some sugar and vinegar, all in the cupboard, you can get it yourself, I will mend your dad's pants, don't bother me. ”
Zhao Jihong knocked Sheng Lingling out of the door, leaned against the door and sighed. The poor family is struggling to support, several children come to ask for money, and the whole family still wants to eat.
"What an eccentric!" Sheng Lingling was not convinced, and stood at the door with a stomach full of anger.
"Lanlan, I heard Zhang Yanqiu say that you have applied for a lot of competitions, why don't you have to buy sportswear? It seems that your class is going to perform Arhat stacking at the opening ceremony, you really don't have to buy sportswear? ”
Sheng Lingling saw the sportswear sample brought by the teacher, and she was so envious that she couldn't wait to wear a set herself, but unfortunately she didn't know anything about it, and she didn't have her share in the opening ceremony performance. Fortunately, her brother Sheng Jiannan can't afford anything good, and her heart is more balanced. I thought that I could ask her mother for money to buy snacks and be a spectator, but this wish was disappointed.
"Yes, I have to buy school uniforms, and I'll borrow eight yuan from my second aunt in a while. I'll give it back to her tomorrow night. ”
"Borrowing money? Just kidding, what do you use yet? It sounds good, but it's not asking for money in disguise! Let's see if you can get the money, if my mother gives you money and doesn't give it to me, my brother and I are not her own. Sheng Lingling slammed the door and entered the Westinghouse violently.
Sheng Lanlan wiped the water on her hands, picked up the alabaster that Zhao Hongji wiped her face on the face frame, picked out a lump, and wiped it on the back of her hand to pat it evenly.
Sheng Lanlan has recently begun to take care of these hands carefully, such immature little hands have to work often, and they are already a little rough, she doesn't want to go on like this forever. That is to hold the hand of the officer's husband in the future, and she wants him to hold her delicate little hand and be reluctant to let go......
Sheng Lanlan knocked on the door of the second aunt's house.
"If you don't give it, you still bother me!" Zhao Jihong said angrily.
"Second aunt, it's me." Sheng Lanlan's tone was full of smiles.
Zhao Jihong immediately realized that there was another one who asked for money. Slowly put down the needle and thread in his hand and opened the door, "There is no money at home this month, and you don't know that your sister-in-law came to borrow money, and this family has been emptied for her." You want money to go to your second uncle. ”
Zhao Jihong was about to close the door after speaking, she didn't want to see Sheng Lanlan's disappointed face.
"Second aunt, I don't want money, I'm here to discuss something with you."
Sheng Lanlan was unhurried and looked at the second aunt with a smile.
As the saying goes, raise your hand and don't hit a smiling person, how can you not bow your head under the eaves of people. She is grateful to her second aunt, and she can help raise her brother's children, which is already generous.
Think about it from another perspective, if it were her, she might not be able to do this. She's a perfectionist, and there's not much she can look at, but she doesn't want to admit it.
Sheng Lanlan saw her second aunt with a questioning face, and smiled even more beautifully, "Second aunt, I know that the family is not rich, and it is not enough to save alone, and we have to spend what should be spent, we must find a way to open up sources and reduce expenditure, and find a way to make money." ”
"Open source? Throttling? Zhao Jihong understood the meaning of this sentence, but she never expected that this was said by a ten-year-old girl.
"Second aunt, tomorrow our school will have a sports meeting, we can just open a financial road, but I don't know if the second aunt is willing to do it, if I estimate that it is not bad, I can earn at least twenty yuan."
"Huh?!" Zhao Jihong is interested, her eyes are shining when she sees money now, she can earn so much money, more than her monthly salary, she can't imagine, "That's good!" ”
Sheng Lanlan smiled and said nothing, she just waited for her second aunt's words.
When she was washing the dishes just now, she was still worried about the eight-yuan school uniform money, and when she heard Sheng Lili ask for snack money, Sheng Lanlan suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind and had an idea.
Seeing that Sheng Lanlan didn't speak, Zhao Jihong suddenly felt a little stupid, how could he be deceived by a child, everyone on the farm was getting dead wages, what way could they make money.
Zhao Jihong's face sank, "Don't be kidding, hurry up and go to the house to do your homework, go to bed early, you think it's so easy to read in the fifth grade, I'm really worried about you, whether you can be admitted to junior high school next year." ”
Zhao Jihong sighed, the information about returning to the city was intermittent, which made her entangled and uncomfortable, if she could return to the city after Sheng Lanlan was admitted to middle school next year, it would be good to say, she could directly find the local middle school to receive it. On the contrary, it is difficult to say whether there can be a primary school willing to recognize Sheng Lanlan's fifth-grade qualifications......
"This second aunt doesn't have to worry, I will be admitted to university in the future, and whatever the second aunt wants to buy at that time, as long as it is within my ability, I will definitely buy it for the second aunt."
Zhao Jihong didn't expect Sheng Lanlan's mouth to get sweeter and sweeter, and her face softened a lot when she said it.
Sheng Lanlan immediately said: "Second aunt, I want to borrow eight yuan from you, and I will pay you back tomorrow night, and pay you double the interest, a total of sixteen yuan." Besides, if you're willing to do business with me, I'll pay you another ten dollars. ”