Chapter 41 How to Find a Wife in the Future
The old man at the dormitory gate was from Lingnan, surnamed Liu. According to gossip, his wife was from Jiangchuan City, married into the family, and lived in the dormitory with his grandson Liu Erpang. He often sat on the windowsill to bask in the sun, and at the same time, he watched people entering and leaving the corridor through the window. There was a dark red, dirty telephone on the windowsill. When the phone rang, he would answer it and shout in a long voice: "Impotence, order a baby——!"

This example shows that Yang Wei called.

However, the one who often came here to make phone calls was Zhang Yunqi. He had to use the phone to communicate with the outside world for many things. However, there were no mobile phones in those days. Mobile phones were only used by the rich. Pagers also cost several thousand yuan. All his funds had to be used for purchasing goods. He had no intention of buying such luxury goods for the time being. The phone in the dormitory became his main way of communicating with the outside world. After each phone call, Zhang Yunqi would give cigarettes to Old Man Liu and chat with him. After a while, he and Old Man Liu became very familiar with each other.

High school dormitories are different from university dormitories. They are stricter. The power is cut off and the doors are locked on time every night. So although the old man in this dormitory is a doorman, he is quite capable. It is necessary to develop a gay friendship with him. Sometimes when you come back to the dormitory in the early morning and lock the door, you won't have to sleep on the streets.

During the National Day holiday, there were only three people in the entire boys' dormitory: Zhang Yunqi, Old Man Liu and his grandson Liu Erpang. Sometimes when they had nothing to do at night, he would buy some braised dishes from outside and Old Man Liu would cook a few home-cooked dishes. The two of them would drink and chat until late at night, and their days were fulfilling and comfortable.

During the day, Zhang Yunqi goes to the market.

On the first day of National Day, he carried twenty Tetris handheld games to the canteen of No. 2 Middle School. No. 2 Middle School is also an old middle school in Jiangchuan. Its strength is slightly inferior to No. 1 Middle School, but its ambition is no worse. It has been competing with No. 1 Middle School for many years, which has caused the students of the two schools to dislike each other.

The National Day holiday had just begun and all the students had gone home. The campus of No. 2 Middle School was particularly deserted. The canteen was opposite the cafeteria and was filled with a wide variety of goods, but only a few teachers and their families came to buy things. The owner was a fat, middle-aged man with a Jiangchuan accent and narrow eyes that made people feel that he was a snobbish guy.

Zhang Yunqi placed the Tetris handheld game console in front of him. The fat man was stunned: "This is a Tetris handheld game console?"

Zhang Yunqi didn't expect that the fat man actually knew about this, so he asked, "Boss, is there anyone selling this at No. 2 Middle School?"

The fat man shook his head: "This thing costs several hundred yuan each, it's so expensive, even if I want to sell it, few people can afford it."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "My handheld game console is a new product. Its quality is no worse than other brands, but it's much cheaper. The retail price is only fifty yuan per unit."

The fat man was stunned for a moment: "Can the quality be guaranteed?"

Zhang Yunqi said, "Don't worry, we will compensate you within one month and repair you within three months."

The fat man thought about it, and finally waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Not many people can afford fifty dollars. Take it back."

Zhang Yunqi understood the fat man's intention and didn't care about what he said. He said, "I'll leave it with you. Let's not talk about the money for now. We'll talk about it after we sell it."

The fat man was stunned when he saw that Zhang Yunqi didn't negotiate the price with him. His smart and cunning cells were of no use at all.

In this way, Zhang Yunqi completed his first order.

He left five Tetris handheld machines at the fat guy's place and also left the phone number of the boys' dormitory.

Zhang Yunqi didn't plan to go to the market in the afternoon. Since he wouldn't be going home for the National Day, he had to go to his sister's house at least. In addition, he also wanted to leave his handheld game player at his sister's house.

Before leaving, Zhang Yunqi bought a big grass carp at the market, two kilograms of beef and five kilograms of pork, and also bought a rocking car for his little nephew.

There were too many things, so Zhang Yunqi called a tricycle and went back to the dormitory to pick up 750 Tetris handheld consoles, leaving only 50 in the dormitory as spares.

Arriving downstairs at his eldest sister Zhang Qiulan's house, Zhang Yunqi moved eight bundles of handheld game consoles and rocking cars to the stairwell. When he was almost done, he unexpectedly saw an acquaintance, Li Yufei, who was walking towards him from the gate of the factory compound.

"Just came back from outside?" Zhang Yunqi wiped the sweat from his forehead and greeted him.

Li Yufei nodded: "Come to your sister's house to play today?"

Zhang Yunqi said yes.

Seeing that he was sweating profusely, Li Yufei took out a pack of tissues from her schoolbag and handed it to him, asking, "What are you moving?"

Zhang Yunqi wiped his sweat with a tissue and said, "Tetris handheld."

“Is this what you sell at school?”

"Yes." Seeing Zhang Yunqi's answer so straightforward, Li Yufei opened her mouth to say something, but finally held back. She thought that some things were not yet her turn to say.

In the past, she felt that this boy was quite outstanding. Although his family was not very rich, his ambition and excellent grades could make up for many of his innate deficiencies. However, in recent times, she had seen him several times not studying hard but selling handheld game consoles in school. The picture was not very good, and it reminded her of the street vendors in front of the school who kept shouting to attract customers.

This is not what a top scorer in the high school entrance exam should do.

Shaking her head, Li Yufei said, "It's getting late. I want to go home for dinner. You go ahead and do your work."

Zhang Yunqi nodded and said yes, watched Li Yufei leave, and then continued to unload the goods. After unloading, he paid the tricycle driver the fare, carried the vegetables and the rocking car upstairs to his eldest sister's house.

Eldest sister Zhang Qiulan was taking care of the children at home. She was very happy about the arrival of her younger brother Zhang Yunqi. She took the things in Zhang Yunqi's hand and quickly asked him to sit down and take a breath.

In fact, Zhang Yunqi would buy a lot of things every time he came. At the beginning, Zhang Qiulan would nag him, "As a student, you will waste money if you buy anything." Now she doesn't say that anymore as she is used to it. He knows what handheld game console this younger brother is selling, but he is not sure about the details, but he probably made some money.

At first, Zhang Qiulan also felt that her brother's behavior was inappropriate and a bit unprofessional, but she could not control her brother at all. She wanted to say something to him and let him focus on his studies, but he was a real top scorer in the high school entrance examination and his grades were good, so he never needed his family to worry about him.

She stood up and poured Zhang Yunqi a cup of herbal tea, then asked, "How long will your school be on holiday this time?"

Zhang Yunqi finished his tea and said, "Qi Tian, ​​there are some things downstairs. I'll move them up and talk to you later."

Zhang Qiulan followed him downstairs: "What else is down there?"

Zhang Yunqi said, "There are more than 700 Tetris handheld machines. I can't put them all in my dormitory, so I'll leave them here with you for now."

"Where did you get this thing?"

"I asked someone to bring it back from Shenzhen."

"Can you sell so many?"

"Don't worry, sister, my business is doing well."

“So how much money can this make?”

"There's no set number for this. It depends on the situation. Anyway, it's a sure win, so don't worry, sister."

"How can I not worry? A high school student is tinkering with these things every day. You have grown up and don't even talk to me about your innermost thoughts." While Zhang Qiulan was scolding Zhang Yunqi, she and he moved the handheld game console into the house. After finding an empty room to put it away, they went to the kitchen to cook.

The meal at noon was very rich, with fish and meat. Although the eldest sister's cooking skills were not very good, Zhang Yunqi ate very comfortably and enjoyed the meal. It felt like home.

After lunch, Zhang Yunqi saw that it was getting late, so he stood up and told his elder sister that he wanted to go back to school. He took out 800 yuan from his pocket and handed it to his elder sister. Before he could say anything, his elder sister grabbed the money and stuffed it into his pocket, saying unhappily, "Why would a student like you give me money? Use the little money you earn to buy some delicious food to supplement your nutrition. You are still growing taller. Look at you now, you are so skinny and short, how are you going to find a wife in the future?"

What~fuck?

Zhang Yunqi really wanted to vomit blood. It was ok for others to criticize me for being short, but even my own sister stabbed me in the back!
He took the money and didn't want to say anything. He waved and walked out.

When he reached the first floor stairs, he saw his brother-in-law's 28-bar bicycle parked in the hallway. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and went back upstairs to his sister's house. He said to Zhang Qiulan, "Sister, I want to ride my brother-in-law's bicycle back to school. It will be more convenient for me to sell the handheld computer when the time comes."

Zhang Qiulan said, "You can ride back and drive. Your brother-in-law doesn't need to drive on weekdays anyway. He always walks to work."

Zhang Yunqi said, then he took out another 800 yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into Zhang Qiulan's hand: "I bought the bicycle, sister, take care of yourself, I'm leaving, I'll come to see you tomorrow when I have time."

Without giving the elder sister a chance to react, Zhang Yunqi went downstairs, pushed out his bicycle, jumped on it, and left.

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(End of this chapter)