I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

Chapter 174 The toad wants to eat swan meat
Chen Xi came to the area marked on the paper. It was a warehouse with various folding tables and chairs. Many people were queuing up to receive them, and there were people registering on the side.

He looked at the time and realized that he had been standing here for nearly half an hour.

As time went by, the surrounding stalls started to open one after another, stall owners put their goods on the shelves, and the whole market gradually became lively.

Not far away, someone started cooking, the aroma was so delicious, the fire was jumping, the ingredients were boiling in the pot, the stall owner was skilled in controlling the heat and time, and the delicious dishes were quickly completed.

The hustle and bustle of the market and the aroma of food combine to create a unique atmosphere.

It's finally my turn.

Chen Xi stretched lazily.

At this time, the wind had gradually weakened and lost its previous ferocity.

He strode into the warehouse.

After quickly completing the check-in formalities and selecting the seats, they were expertly placed one by one on the trailer.

"Hey, you're wearing a sweatshirt and a hat. I didn't recognize you at first." Chen Xi was called by someone. He turned around and saw that it was his high school classmate Jin Yufeng.

Jin Yufeng is tall and thin, about 1.8 meters tall, with dark skin, and speaks with a Shanghai accent. He is currently a student at RMIT University.

"You are here too, what are you selling?" Chen Xi asked.

"Oranges, and other fruits."

"It probably won't be easy to sell. There are so many fruit vendors here, and the stall chosen by the school isn't a good one, unless you sell it very cheaply."

"I squeeze it into juice and sell it. I definitely can't sell it at a low price. There are requirements. They are all written on the paper. The teacher has already calculated the approximate price of these things."

"Um...I haven't finished reading the requirements on the paper."

"Okay, enough talking. I'm going to the stall. I just saw other classmates!" As he said this, he pulled up the trailer and waved goodbye.

Chen Xi looked at his back and suddenly had an idea. He shouted, "Hey, I'm planning a class reunion and I'll call you then!" Jin Yufeng heard the shout and made an OK gesture from a distance.

Are there other classmates?

Who is it?

Li Yuqing?
That’s not right. He entered the warehouse earlier than me.

Could it be Saori? They are from the same school.

Chen Xi thought about it, feeling a little confused, and walked towards his stall pulling the trailer.

"Squeak."

"Clang clang."

The trailer pulling the tables and chairs made a series of harsh noises on the ground.

"Do you think I'm a rich guy? You little slut."

"Fuck you, stop talking nonsense. Which eye did you see it with?"

In front of the stall, Li Yuqing was arguing fiercely with a Chinese man, while the Indian man next to them spread his hands helplessly to indicate that he didn't understand.

"My friend saw you sell the stuff in the store. I spent so much money on you, but you didn't even give me a kiss. You even said you didn't treat me like a fool."

"Do you think I'm a prostitute? This is just..."

When Li Yuqing was arguing fiercely with someone, Chen Xi's sudden appearance made her shut up immediately.

The angry expression disappeared from her face in an instant, replaced by a pitiful and adorable look that made people feel pity for her.

Chen Xi glanced at the person who was arguing with Li Yuqing and found that it was Eric.

"Fuck, turns out he's hooking up with several of them... What a slut..." Eric cursed in a low voice.

Chen Xi didn't hear the two's words just now, and mistakenly thought that they were arguing about the location of the stall. Therefore, he immediately suggested: "This place is so big, why don't we open the two stalls in half?"

After saying that, he began to divide the stall and moved away all the things that Li Yuqing had originally placed on the ground.

"You are such a nice person. I really don't understand why two Chinese people would quarrel over a stall." The Indian man standing next to him, with curly hair, wearing worn jeans and a casually put-on jacket, praised Chen Xi highly.

"Li Yuqing, if you don't want others to know about this, just go to the hotel and wait for me." Eric leaned over and whispered in her ear.

"I'll wait for you, M!" Li Yuqing stomped her foot angrily and raised her hand to slap him, but Eric, who was prepared, dodged it flexibly.

"I'll post it in the group when the time comes." Eric threatened.

"You said you don't have the ability to pursue me. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to tell others about it? You are like a toad wanting to eat swan flesh. You already have a bad reputation in school, and you have ambiguous relationships with so many girls. Will anyone believe you?" Li Yuqing sneered.

"You stinky bitch!" Eric was so angry that he wanted to slap Li Yuqing twice.

At this time, Chen Xi had already divided the stall locations fairly, and he strode over.

Facing the high school bully known for his violence, Eric calmed down immediately after seeing Chen Xi's appearance. He now mistakenly believed that Li Yuqing and Chen Xi were in love, so he could only suppress his anger.

"Okay, the land is divided fairly, so stop arguing." Chen Xi clapped his hands, dusted off his body and said.

"Chen Xi, you are so nice, not like some people who are stingy." Li Yuqing pulled Chen Xi's sleeve and said coquettishly, looking at Eric who was furious next to her from time to time, like a proud little swan. "You... good... good!" Eric pointed at Li Yuqing and said several good things.

"What's going on between you and Eric?" When Eric walked aside angrily, Chen Xi raised the corner of his mouth slightly and looked at Li Yuqing curiously.

While tidying up the stall just now, he suddenly recalled the scene on the train when he was just reborn. At that time, he witnessed Eric's attentive care for Li Yuqing, and in the KTV, Eric even stood up for her.

These details show that the dispute between the two was not just about the stall issue, there must be other reasons behind it.

"It's nothing. You just wanted to pursue me, and you got angry when I didn't agree." Li Yuqing looked innocent.

"Oh, then set up the stall. Don't cause any more trouble. I don't want to fail." Chen Xi waved to Li Yuqing, motioning her to come over and work together.

Seeing this, Li Yuqing immediately ran over like a happy rabbit, with a happy smile on her face, and it seemed as if the previous unpleasantness had never happened.

Chen Xi quickly arranged the tables and chairs neatly, while Li Yuqing carefully placed the handicrafts on the long table.

Looking at these slightly cheap handicrafts, she couldn't help but frown slightly.

Normally, she wouldn't even glance at something that looked shabby in her eyes.

But now, she has to stand here and sell junk.

If Chen Xi hadn't been here and she had needed to show off in front of him, if she had been with other team members, she would have already crossed her legs and sat on the chair, directing others to do their work.

"It can't be lower than the calculated price. Is he crazy? How can this broken thing be sold for so much money? The teacher must think these things are Chinese antiques." Chen Xi muttered to himself as he was reading the requirements on the paper.

You can't spend money to buy things at other stalls, except for food and water you need (not purchased from student stalls), but these are all based on your own conscience and no one supervises you. When closing the stall, if the income exceeds the total value estimated by the teacher, half of it will be given as a reward to the students.

"Oh my god, what a smell." Just as Chen Xi was watching with great interest, his nose suddenly twitched a few times and an indescribable smell entered his nasal cavity, making him subconsciously turn his head to look.

It tastes like curry.

Ah San next to him was cooking a yellow sticky substance in a small pot. He stared at the delicacy in the pot with burning eyes and kept swallowing saliva.

Eric beside him frowned and looked at Ah San in confusion, as if he couldn't understand what the other person was doing.

Judging from the seasonings and ingredients on the table, they were obviously here to do seasoning and ingredient business, but Ah San's behavior made people feel that he had other plans.

“Need some fine crafts?”

"Come and take a look at the toys and buy some for your kids to play with."

Li Yuqing worked hard to shout to the people passing by her stall.

From time to time, passers-by would be attracted and pick up items on the stalls to examine them carefully.

However, when asked about the price, they often shook their heads and walked away disappointed.

The stall had been open for half an hour, but none of the items on it had been sold.

Li Yuqing lowered her head, her enthusiasm obviously fading, and her shouting became smaller and smaller.

Chen Xi also knew that the items they drew this time would be difficult to sell because the prices were too high.

Chen Xi stood up and began to look through the remaining boxes carefully. They were filled with large items, such as vases and lanterns. While searching, he actually found a spittoon with a floral pattern printed on it.

This is perverted. He even brought a spittoon over.

"Hey, this stuff is pretty good, there are also snuff bottles." Several snuff bottles were found in a box. The patterns on them were very nice, all in Chinese style, but the materials were very poor.

"This thing is good, why don't you sell it?" Chen Xi raised the thing in his hand towards Li Yuqing.

"I picked out a few items to put on there. That one is already in stock. What you have is inventory. But the price is too high and I can't sell it." Li Yuqing complained in a low voice.

"Oh my god, the suggested price for this thing is 65 Australian dollars. Is this crazy?" Chen Xi shouted while looking at the small label under the bottle.

This snuff bottle is made of very poor quality material, and it would probably cost more than 10 or 20 Chinese Yuan in a small domestic market. The customers who come here are all looking for bargains, so who would spend 70 Yuan to buy such a small thing?

Snuff bottles are small containers for carrying snuff, which are light, easy to carry and convenient to use. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, with the introduction of snuff, Chinese craftsmen improved and innovated the snuff box, gradually forming a snuff bottle with oriental characteristics.

The spittoon was priced at seventy-three yuan, which shocked him. Was the price marked according to the size of the item?

He looked at the Chinese-style vases, all of which were about the same price. It seemed that the teacher mistook the spittoon for a vase.

"Chen Xi, my voice is hoarse from shouting." Li Yuqing said aggrievedly, her voice was so coquettish that he could hardly bear it.

"I'm going to buy a bottle of water, you wait." After saying that, Chen Xi walked to the side. He wanted to see how other students were doing.

"I knew you were the best~" Li Yuqing was so happy that she almost took off, and she called out sweetly to his back.

"My voice is almost hoarse~ I knew you were the best~ slut~" Seeing Chen Xi leave, Eric on the side immediately made a face and mocked her in a pinched voice.

"Idiot!" Li Yuqing cursed, then snorted coldly, turned around and sat on the small stool next to her.

From this angle, she can clearly see the situation on the roadside, and then stand up when Chen Xi is about to come back, so that the other party will not think that she is being lazy.

"Oh, it seems that they are not selling well. There are too few people visiting this stall."

As he walked along, he noticed that business was generally slow among the vendors in the area. In order to attract customers, two girls from Monash University even wore the clothes and jewelry they were selling on themselves, trying to act as models to attract the attention of passers-by.

(End of this chapter)