Chapter 69 Two People Are Better

Standing on the stage, facing the gaze of more than 3,000 people, Zhang Yunqi felt quite nervous.

This is the first time that Zhang Yunqi has stood on such a big stage in his two lifetimes. He is a very ordinary person, a little clever, down-to-earth, and able to endure hardships, but he does not have any great abilities. If God had not blessed him with a chance to start over, he would not be much better than the students here.

Fortunately, he had some experience, and had experienced the ups and downs of life alone, and even faced death once. So after gradually adapting to the environment in the venue, his mentality quickly calmed down, and he spoke without stuttering or rigidity, and from time to time he could even tell a few funny jokes from later generations, making the atmosphere of the whole venue very cheerful.

Ji Ling was also in the venue. She sat alone in an empty seat on the second floor of the gymnasium, with no classmates around her. However, she liked the feeling of being alone in such a large gathering. Although the outside world was noisy, her heart was peaceful.

Looking at Zhang Yunqi standing in the center of the stage and talking eloquently, Ji Ling had a smile on her delicate little face, instead of being surprised and astonished like other people she knew. Perhaps the deeper she gets to know someone, the more she understands.

After the conference, Ji Ling did not leave.

It was snowing heavily at that time. She stood at the entrance of the gymnasium and waited for a long time before she saw Zhang Yunqi surrounded by a group of boys. She stood on tiptoe and waved: "Hey! Here, classmate Zhang."

Zhang Yunqi ran over to Ji Ling as soon as he saw her. He looked at her rosy little face in the snow and said, "It's so cold outside, why don't you go back to the classroom?"

Ji Ling said directly: "Waiting for you, you are so stupid that you are squealing like a pig."

Zhang Yunqi smiled: "I feel bad for you saying that. Come on, I'll take you out for a nice meal, and we'll also go to the pedestrian street in the evening."

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In the few days after the fire safety publicity conference, the heat of the fire gradually dissipated. Now that the school has made a final decision and the final exams are approaching, everyone is as busy as vendors in the vegetable market and has no time to care about other people's affairs.

The heavy snow is still falling intermittently, and the temperature has been hovering below zero. The coldness in a small southern city like Jiangchuan is not the same as that in northern cities. Because of the high humidity and the cold wind, it penetrates into the bones and is particularly uncomfortable.

The school has not done a good job in keeping students warm, but the fire prevention efforts have been stepped up several notches. There are signs in every classroom prohibiting the bringing in of flammable items such as small stoves. Surprise inspections are also conducted in the boys' dormitories every now and then. However, after the fire incident, there are very few students using small stoves in the school, and those who are caught are caught in a very miserable state.

Zhang Yunqi couldn't stand such weather either. In fact, it was okay at ordinary times, but the main problem was sleeping at night. There was no warmth at all lying in the cold dormitory, and he was often woken up by the cold in the middle of the night. In the end, he simply went to his sister's house to sleep at night.

Things are quite lively at my sister Zhang Qiulan's family lately.

My little nephew is seven or eight months old and is very cute. The family has recently added a few big items and bought a TV. The living standard has improved significantly compared to the past. My mother-in-law is always smiling recently, especially to Zhang Yunqi. She is very kind and amiable. When she heard that Zhang Yunqi would sleep at her house for a while at night, she was very happy.

The eldest sister Zhang Qiulan is now transforming from a housewife into a career leader. She is out running around the market and delivering goods every day. She comes home in a hurry to eat in the evening, then runs to the convenience store downstairs to call retailers to deal with purchasing matters.

One night during dinner, Zhang Qiulan told Zhang Yunqi that she was running low on stock and that she only had about a hundred handheld video game consoles, so she had to consider buying more. Zhang Yunqi thought about it and asked his sister to stop the business for a while and wait until the Chinese New Year.

Now that the Chinese New Year is getting closer, schools of all sizes have started to go on holiday. Convenience stores and shoplifters near schools have slow business, as many businesses have closed their doors to go home for the New Year. If you purchase goods now and can’t sell many of them, your funds will be stuck.

Now Zhang Yunqi is not very interested in this kind of small-scale retail business. The money comes too slowly and it will not amount to anything. The right way is to cooperate with a big boss like Yu Lin. The last time they cooperated, they made 60000 yuan in one go. He has been doing retail for a semester and probably didn't make that much.

Of course, this business still has considerable profits, and it cannot be said to be useless, but it is a bit inappropriate to put so much energy into it, so he handed over most of the handheld game business to his sister Zhang Qiulan, such as running the market, taking orders, delivering goods, and managing relationships with retailers, etc. After the Chinese New Year, he plans to let his sister take over everything.

Compared to when she just took over a few months ago, my sister has changed a lot. She is more relaxed, has figured out the tricks involved, and can get along well with retailers. After all, people are products of their environment, and as long as you have a desire to make progress, these things are actually not difficult.

After living in his sister's house, Zhang Yunqi took the bus to and from school every day like other students.

As a result, Zhang Yunqi would meet the children of factory cadres from the Longjingyuan Cannery who were studying at the No. 1 Middle School in the city, such as Li Yufei, Zhao Yingying and Liu Zicheng.

Li Yufei and Zhao Yingying often meet each other at school, but Liu Zicheng is rarely seen. Probably not from the same circle as him. This guy used to act so arrogant in front of Zhang Yunqi, but now he has lost that arrogance. Sometimes when he meets Zhang Yunqi on the bus on the way to school, he just turns his face away.

Zhao Yingying is a chatterbox. Every time she meets Zhang Yunqi on the bus, she will call him to chat. She often brings up what happened on the day of the fire. Li Yufei next to her will occasionally interject with a smile and make a joke about Zhang Yunqi, saying that you are now the fire-fighting hero of our school. The atmosphere is quite harmonious, as if the unpleasantness between the two on National Day had never happened.

Once, Zhang Yunqi got up late and was about to be late, so he rinsed his mouth and washed his face and left his sister's house. He walked through the factory compound and saw a bus going to No. 1 Middle School passing by from a distance. When the bus stopped at the cannery bus stop, Li Yufei got on the bus alone, but the distance was a bit far and he could not catch up, so he could only wait for the next bus.

Zhang Yunqi walked to the bus stop and unexpectedly saw Li Yufei, so he asked: "I saw you get on the bus just now, why did you get off?"

Li Yufei held a cup of milk in her hand and smiled, "I was sitting in my seat and saw you coming, so I told the driver that I got on the wrong bus, and the driver opened the door and let me get off."

Zhang Yunqi asked: "Aren't you afraid of being late?"

Li Yufei said: "It's okay, the school has been suspended now, everyone is studying on their own to prepare for the final exams, it doesn't matter whether you arrive early or late."

After a pause, her bright eyes swept across Zhang Yunqi's face, and she said casually: "It's better for two people to go to school together."

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　Today's second update. I promised to post it before 3 o'clock, but I have been revising it until now. It's late. I apologize, but I will still do my promise. There will be another update tonight. It will probably be early in the morning when I finish writing and revising it. Everyone go to bed early.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)