Chapter 23, Selling Juice in Partnership (Part I)
Early the next morning, Li Peizhi excitedly told his grandmother about going to the beach with Lilian and his sister on the weekend to sell juice and earn pocket money. The bear child stretched out his hands to his grandmother and said that he needed $20 for investment.
Li Zhou Fangmei gently patted her little grandson's palm, "What juice is sold, there is no shortage of you to eat and drink at home, when will you not buy any toys you want to buy, is it not good to watch cartoons at home if you are bored?" The beach is full of people, beware of the bad guys taking you away! The old lady was worried about her grandchildren and scared the children.
Li Yigang was very supportive of the children's behavior, "If there is anything to worry about, let Ham follow along to watch the children when the time comes." ”
After speaking, he squatted down, touched his little grandson's head, and said, "It's really worthy of our Li family's species, it's only a few years old, and you have such a talent for business, give-" As he spoke, he took out four 10 dollar bills from his wallet, and put two in each of the two children's hands.
"$20 per person, it's an investment from your grandfather, and it's been collected." The old man said happily.
Seeing her wife singing against her in front of the children, the old lady was upset and turned around and went into the kitchen with a straight face.
Looking at the back of her grandmother turning around with a gloomy face, Ash pulled the corner of her sister's clothes with a worried expression.
Qin Wanyu made a "look at Mommy" mouth shape to the two children, made a reassuring gesture, and followed her mother-in-law into the kitchen.
While helping her mother-in-law prepare breakfast, she did ideological work to her mother-in-law: "Mommy, the way Americans educate children is different from our traditional thinking, have you ever noticed the age of the boy who comes to deliver the newspaper early in the morning?" is only fifteen or sixteen years old, at first glance he is a middle school student, people do not come out to be a newspaper delivery boy because the family is poor, but an American family education method for children, from an early age to cultivate children's independence, self-reliance and self-reliance. ”
Seeing her mother-in-law's silent appearance, Qin Wanyu continued to persuade: "Isn't there a saying that our ancestors have also passed down to this day: It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, I heard Elizabeth tell me that in the United States, even if they are billionaires, the way they educate their children is to let their children do some small things within their ability to earn pocket money from an early age, such as cleaning the house, delivering newspapers and milk, mowing the lawn, etc., this is a way of educating children in mainstream American families!" ”
"But one of my precious granddaughters and grandchildren is only 5 years old, and the other is only 3 years old! Such a small child, standing is not as high as a table, how do you think I can put my mind at ease! The old lady's tone softened.
Qin Wanyu smiled slightly, and her tone was softer, "Mommy, didn't my father-in-law say that when the time comes, let Ham accompany the children, with Ham watching, what else are you worried about!" Besides, it is impossible for the Quinn family to let Lillian go out alone, and they will definitely send an adult to accompany them when the time comes. To be honest, Ah Hua and I are very supportive of the two children going out to sell juice. Regardless of whether you can make money or not, at least when the children are still young, you can establish the concept of hard work and prosperity! Especially Xiao Zhi, he is the eldest grandson of our Li family, and when he grows up, he will inherit our Li family's family business,"
Under Qin Wanyu's soft-spoken persuasion, the old lady finally stopped objecting and acquiesced in the children's behavior.
Qin Wanyu got her mother-in-law, walked out of the kitchen, breathed a sigh of relief, winked at her son and daughter, and made a gesture of "done", and saw the children cheering, happily jumped forward to hug Mommy and offer a fragrant kiss
It was soon the agreed weekend, and just after nine o'clock in the morning, Mark and his niece Lilian rang the doorbell of the Li family.
Seeing Lilian standing outside the fence and waving, Peipei and her younger brother Ash hurriedly said goodbye to the family: "Goodbye grandpa, grandma, daddy, mommy!" We'll be back at lunchtime! Then the two children ran into the garage in high spirits, found their respective children's bicycles, and pushed them out of the house.
Ham followed closely behind the two children, pushing a bicycle in one hand and a moving plastic box on wheels in the other. The plastic box was filled with several large bottles of juice, and Qin Wanyu, who was a mommy, also thoughtfully put a bucket of ice cubes in it.
"Why are you here? Didn't you say before that we would come straight to your house to find you? Pei Pei walked up to Lillian and asked. (By the way, Quinn's house is in a mansion area not far from the beach, and the Li family is only a little more than 20 minutes walk away.) )
"I thought that if you had too much juice in the table, I would ask my uncle to come and help and let him be a porter for us." Lillian replied.
Mark didn't drive today, dressed casually, carrying a big backpack, I saw him straddle a bicycle and beckoned to the children of the Li family, "Hey, children, you guys are dressed up so beautifully today, like angels." ”
Ham was crouching down at the point, fastening the rope that was pulling the box to the back of his bike. After the tie was secure, he nodded at Mark, indicating that he was ready to go.
"Alright, boys, let's go now!" Mark stomped hard with his left foot on the pedal and took the lead.
The children cheered, pedaled the bikes under them, and followed Mark.
Soon, a group of people was on the beach. As far as the eye can see, on the beach, the beauties in all kinds of dazzling bikinis are sitting or lying, and Lord Pei has long been familiar with this.
A long covered bench was found, and the group dumped their bicycles on the ground. Lillian crouched down and opened the lid, "Wow - there's a bucket of ice, that's great!" Then he took out a bottle of juice, then looked up at his uncle Mark and pointed to his backpack, which Mark consciously took off and handed it to his niece.
Lillian opened her backpack, pulled out two bags of paper cups, unpacked one of them, took out a cup, put two ice cubes in the cup, and then poured a full glass of juice, motioning for Ash to close the lid to prevent the air conditioner from running away. Place the cup in your hand firmly on the lid of the box and use it as a sample. Then, he took out a thick pen and a folded cardboard from his backpack, spread the cardboard, picked up the pen and wrote "chilled juice, 50 cents per cup" on the cardboard, and then leaned the large cardboard with advertisements on it in front of the plastic box in a decent manner.
As soon as the preparations were ready, the three children watched the crowd of people coming and going with their eyes open, waiting for the guests to come to the door.