Ye Cheng

When the two of them arrived at the playground, it was almost ten o'clock in the morning. There were many tourists coming and going at the gate of the playground, but most of them lined up to buy tickets, and then hurried into the playground. Seldom stay at the door.

Ye Cheng stood at the door for more than half an hour before he sold two balloons. The small vendors didn't see much of them yesterday. He didn't know if they didn't come or they were in the playground.

At the ticket office of the playground, the price of the ticket is written, the ticket is [-] yuan, the pass is [-] yuan, there are also prices for various groups and students, etc.After thinking about it, Ye Cheng still paid for two tickets, and went in with Lu Mingyuan dragging a bunch of balloons.

Although it was still in the morning, the playground was already very lively. The weather was fine today, and the sun was shining warmly. Many people couldn't help taking off their coats. Ye Cheng and the others looked at the map at the door, and then went along. Go inside along the main road.

At the beginning, no one bought it. After they found the carousel, the business gradually improved. There are adults and children playing on the merry-go-round, but compared with other projects, there are relatively more children here.At the beginning, Ye Cheng wanted to sell it for three yuan, but several people came to ask the price, shook their heads and left.After losing several orders, Ye Cheng had no choice but to lower the price by one yuan, and still sell it for two yuan.Anyway, the cost is not high, so buying a little more is a little bit. If they sell it for three yuan, it is estimated that they will spend it in the playground until dark this day, and it will be difficult to sell dozens of them.

After a few people took the lead in buying their balloons, many people gradually gathered around. When the children saw that other children had balloons, they all clamored to buy them. It was rare for parents to take their children out to play, and balloons were not expensive. Most of them simply paid for it.

The two of them met the man who sold balloons they met yesterday near the water amusement park. He was much more relaxed than Ye Cheng and the others. Sitting on the steps, selling balloons while performing a performance, the price is not low, there are two yuan and three yuan, and five yuan and six yuan, depending on the simplicity and size of the balloon.

Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan dragged a lot of hydrogen balloons. Seeing that the balloons were selling less and less, they might have to go back to replenish them soon. Apart from being happy, they also envied the man who sold the balloons.Uninflated balloons don’t take up any space at all. He doesn’t know how much he can hold in a bag, so he doesn’t have to worry about being out of stock. He only needs to buy a ticket every day and sit in the playground to make a whole day's business.

However, Ye Cheng and his balloons can fly, and this alone can attract many children. By the time of twelve o'clock at noon, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan's balloons are all sold out. There are about a hundred balloons, which is a lot less. , but when business is good, it is just such a blink of an eye.There was nothing to sell, so the two of them had no choice but to go out of the playground to play or something. The two children didn't even think about it. They just wanted to go back to old man Wu quickly, bring more balloons, and sell them in the afternoon.

When Ye Cheng and the others arrived home, old man Wu had already prepared lunch. He had never been so diligent when he lived alone. He always ate steamed stuffed buns for breakfast, and sometimes he ordered noodles for lunch and dinner. When you cook some rice, you can eat several meals with one dish.

After wolfing down two big bowls of rice, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan cleared the table and moved out the pressure cooker.

"How is the business in the morning?" Old man Wu was working on his hands, and he had to lift the pair of reading glasses on the bridge of his nose from time to time.

"It's pretty good, I have to go in the afternoon." The winter vacation is only about ten days in total, and the weather is not so good every day. Of course, they want to work hard to make money.

"Young people, don't be afraid of hard work. Your strength will make you stronger." Old man Wu smiled. He likes hardworking young people, and he dislikes those who sit at home and watch TV all day. There are quite a lot of old men and old ladies nestling at home with their children and grandchildren, holding the TV and skipping meals.

Old man Wu opened the door for business. The front door was wide open every day. Ye Cheng also opened the back door. He and Lu Mingyuan sat opposite each other on both sides of the pressure cooker. Inflate on the air outlet.

The two people's techniques became more and more proficient, and the leaked hydrogen gas became less and less. In addition, the room is very breathable. It is basically impossible for the hydrogen gas in the air to reach an explosive concentration. In addition, the old man Wu does not smoke. , There is no open fire at home, so safety can still be guaranteed.

But Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan were still careful not to let the hydrogen leak out as much as possible. The hydrogen didn't come in vain. Both caustic soda and aluminum powder were bought with money, so use less.

After filling the hydrogen balloon, the two of them hurried to the playground by bus. There were more people in the playground in the afternoon than in the morning. Some went in and some came out. Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan only had a hundred balloons in their hands, so I no longer buy tickets to enter the playground.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the number of vendors at the entrance of the playground gradually increased, and the man selling balloons that Ye Cheng and the others envied also came out of the playground.This time also happened to be the time when the tourists in the playground started to go home. Some of them came after nine o'clock in the morning, and they were just tired after playing for several hours.

Adults and children who have played for a day are also happy to bring a small toy such as a balloon back from the entrance of the playground, so although the business is not very good, it is still passable. The balloons in the hands of Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan are gone before five They were all sold out, the two of them didn't go back to old man Wu directly, but went to the wholesale market where they bought the balloons yesterday, and bought another batch.

Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan listened to what the people on the bus told them this morning, and decided to go to the pedestrian street in the south of the city to have a look at it at night, but since it is a couple's business, they must not use the ones sold to children. Those balloons are gone.

Better balloons are also more expensive, like the heart-shaped balloons, the proprietress blew one up for the two of them to see, the gloss is very good, and it looks high-end.There are also two balloons, the outer one is transparent and the gloss is good, the inner balloons are colorful, and some are painted with patterns such as smiling faces.

Ye Cheng didn't buy much goods yesterday, but he sold a lot today. It just so happened that the money he earned during the day was basically used to buy goods. The kind of balloons that children like are better, like they have two ears. The ones in the shape of little white rabbits and the ones in the shape of spiral snakes also took a lot of them respectively.However, each of these balloons costs a few cents, and some even sell for more than one piece.

When he returned home again, Old Man Wu disapproved when he heard that they were still going out at night. It is true that the kid is hardworking, but there must be a limit. It must be very hard to run outside all day long. I should rest at night, and I have to go out to work, be careful to be exhausted.

Ye Cheng said it was fine, he didn't feel tired at all, Lu Mingyuan still looked dead, with a stern face that didn't even show an expression, old man Wu asked him if he was tired, and he shook his head and said he wasn't tired.

No matter how unhappy old man Wu was, Ye Cheng finally went out. It was almost dark when he went out, and when he got to the pedestrian street, it was already bustling there.

Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan were doing business at one end of the pedestrian street. There was a park nearby, not far from the roller skating rink, and there were many bus stops, so the flow of people was relatively large.The two of them have been busy for a whole day, and it would be a lie to say that they are not tired. Running two or three times a day is much more tiring than the days of shuttling around in various villages to repair shoes, but they have also made a lot of money, so they gritted their teeth. Even if you are tired, you have to persevere.

Young men and women kept passing by them, older ones, even 34 years old, and younger ones, they all looked like students.

The first ones who came to buy balloons from Ye Cheng and the others were a group of young people in their early twenties, all dressed in bright clothes, men and women walked together, laughing and laughing as if they were very happy.One of the cute and cute girls fell in love with a large pink rabbit balloon in Lu Mingyuan's hand. The boy next to her asked Lu Mingyuan to take the balloon down without asking the price, and then took it out of his pocket. A piece of 50 yuan, let change.

Lu Mingyuan still had no expression on his face. He gave the balloon, collected the money, changed the money, and watched the group of people leave silently. Ye Cheng leaned over and asked him, "How much did you sell that balloon for?"

"Five yuan." Lu Mingyuan grinned now, and his eyes seemed to be asking for credit.

"Yes, continue." Ye Cheng also smiled, patted Lu Mingyuan on the head, and the two stood on the side of the road and continued to wait for the business to arrive.

The business in the pedestrian street is not as good as that in the amusement park, but the prices are relatively high. Many people don't ask the price at all, and those who ask the price don't even counter-offer.When he bought this batch of relatively expensive balloons in the afternoon, Ye Cheng was still a little apprehensive, for fear of losing money. Now it seems that losing money is impossible.

The cost of a better balloon is the cost of the balloon and the hydrogen gas. Calculated, it is about one yuan, and some cost more than one yuan. They can earn three yuan if they sell it for five yuan. That was definitely earned.But now it is winter after all, although the pedestrian street is relatively lively, but because the weather is relatively cold, when it is about nine o'clock, the number of people on the street decreases, and most of the people who buy balloons are concentrated between seven o'clock and eight o'clock. period of time.

Ye Cheng felt that if it was summer, the business would definitely be better than in winter. From this point of view, they should be able to come here next summer, but they can't go to the studio anymore, which somewhat makes Ye Cheng feel a little regretful.When we met last time, Lan Mu also told him that he had bought a lot of oil painting materials, and that he would use them in the studio with Ye Cheng during the summer vacation.

For oil painting, Ye Cheng is also very yearning. The color of oil painting is rich and gorgeous, and the effect is very different from that of gouache painting. It doesn't mean that gouache painting is not good, but Ye Cheng is indeed more looking forward to learning oil painting.Teacher A Cong knew how to paint oil paintings. There were many works by him in the attic of their house, and Ye Cheng had visited them several times.

But compared to learning oil painting and making money, Ye Cheng would definitely choose to make money. In addition, although Lan Mu didn't mind sharing his materials with him at all, Ye Cheng himself still minded a little bit.Even if I was looking forward to it in my heart, I still clearly understood that it was someone else's property after all. If I would go to the studio next summer, it would be difficult for him to refuse Lan Mu's warm invitation, and I also wanted to learn, but now that I have decided to If you don't go, then there is nothing to say.It's fine not to go, Ye Cheng thought to himself.

When Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan had more than a dozen balloons left in their hands, they could no longer wait for a deal, so they rushed back before the last bus.

Old man Wu had already fallen asleep. They entered the house lightly, and wanted to go to the kitchen to pour some hot water to wash their feet, but they found two sea bowls on the dining table, probably because they were worried about falling dust, and the two sea bowls were covered with saucers.Lu Mingyuan walked over and lifted the plate to see that there was a big bowl of tomato and egg noodles inside, so the two of them started eating with chopsticks.

The noodles were a bit lumpy and not very hot, but still a little lukewarm. The two of them were hungry at the moment, so they ate up the two bowls of noodles in two or three bites. After eating the noodles, Ye Cheng put away the two bowls. After washing, Lu Mingyuan wiped the table with a rag, and then took out all the scattered money from the purses of the two of them and put them on the table.

Under the dim light, two half-grown teenagers sat at both ends of the Eight Immortals table and counted money, their eyes became brighter as they counted.This day's harvest was quite good. Excluding the money spent on buying balloons at noon, the money in the two people's bags added up to 300 yuan. After deducting the [-] yuan change they brought out this morning, they still made [-] yuan.

This feeling of making money is probably the same as when they first came down from Shibaling. At that time, although they only made so much money in a few days, the money was very well spent at that time. Not only Ye Cheng and the others, but even Cai Jin Zhi and Qian Shouwan's family were also happy for a long time.