Ye Cheng

In the next three years, apart from visiting Ye Ping occasionally, Ye Cheng spent most of his time in the studio.

Mr. Cong's income is not low. In addition to running a studio, he also mails his works to the galleries of friends around the world for consignment, and he also has a salary as a teacher in the school.So he is also more generous to Ye Cheng. Although the work of the studio is very easy, it is to open the door regularly every day, and sometimes help guide the freshmen, but Ye Cheng's salary is still not low.The money is enough for him to buy materials. Ye Cheng rarely buys expensive materials, but it can't cover the large amount, because he always spends a lot of time painting, so the materials are consumed quickly.

For three years, I stayed with Mr. A Cong every day to paint, and Ye Cheng's foundation has been laid quite solidly. During this period, Mr. A Cong brought him with him a few times when he went to communicate with some friends from other places. And, of course, got some pointers from them.So to Ye Cheng, Teacher A Cong is a strange teacher who pays students a salary, but Ye Cheng is the only such student at present.

Once Mr. A Cong spent two months to complete a piece of work, because the time was on a summer night, he went out and bought some barbecue and beer and came back as a small celebration.Their topic started from painting and extended to emotions. Teacher A Cong said with a smile that he is a person who grows like a plant and does not have much emotion in his heart, which is why he has remained single.

But from the first time he met Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan, he felt that his destiny would intersect with these two children. He liked this kind of intersection, so he brought them to his studio.Now, Ye Cheng really lived up to his expectations. No matter from which aspect, Ye Cheng satisfied him.

After Ye Ping took the college entrance examination, Ye Cheng suddenly wanted to go out for a walk. Teacher A Cong said that it would be good to go out for a walk, to go to different places and experience various feelings.

It took Ye Cheng two months to take a driver's license test, and he spent 3 yuan to buy a second-hand pickup truck, which was [-]% new. The owner had driven it for less than a year, and the front was single-row. Seat, there is a compartment behind.Ye Cheng bought a lot of materials and tools, and then drove the car to find Tan Xiaosong, asking him to give him a thorough overhaul of the pickup, and then they needed to make some changes.

They made a big hole in the right side of the back of the pickup truck. The height basically occupies half of the compartment, and the width accounts for two-thirds of the side of the compartment. The cut materials are not thrown away, but processed. First, wrap the sharp edge of the burr with rubber material, and then fix it at the position before it was scratched with a hinge, hang a few iron chains, and fix one end on the roof, as long as the lower edge of the iron plate is raised, Fastened with iron chains, it forms a top-hung window.

They opened a door where the front of the car meets the carriage, so that Ye Cheng can go directly into the carriage from the driver's seat without getting out of the car.A few cabinets were welded on the left side of the compartment, that is, opposite to the big window. There are shelves on top of the cabinets, and where the window is opened on the right side, a console is built on the lower edge of the window. Just put the two Pull up the iron chain, open the window, and you can see a 1.2-meter-high operating table, and various bottles and cans will be placed on the shelves behind.

This is the shop that Ye Cheng built for himself. He didn't have enough money to travel far, so he could only make money while traveling. Wrap the marshmallows big and round on a bamboo stick.

I bought a lot of spray paint, drove the car to the studio, and watched the group of students happily surround the car, spraying it with bright colors into a giant big-faced cat, lifelike and naive.

The old cotton candy machine at home can still be used, but it is still suitable for selling milk tea in the hot weather. The materials I bought when I set up a stall at my aunt Ye Qiulan’s house in the summer are still there, and I just moved everything to the car, and then I ordered a gas refrigerator online, and went to the city to buy some materials, and the stall was completed.

Ye Cheng drove this small truck to send Ye Ping to study in City B. Ye Ping said that she would go to school earlier, and then set up a stall with Ye Cheng in City B to earn money before school started. Ever since Lu Mingyuan left After that, they didn't go out to set up stalls for a long time, because they were no longer short of money as before, and because Ye Cheng always devoted himself to painting.

There are many schools in the Higher Education Park of City B. Old students register on time at the beginning of September every year, and new students usually register later. The registration of new students is very lively these days every year, and each school is more tolerant of the appearance of various vendors. Ye Ping chose to set up a stall in the school she was admitted to.

The day before the freshmen registered, the brother and sister went to the farmer's market and bought a lot of current fruits, as well as red beans and mung beans, which they cooked in the afternoon.Ye Ping, who hadn't set up a stall for many years, was very excited. She shuttled back and forth in the small truck non-stop, busy adding cold boiled water to the ice tray for a while, and rinsing the utensils that had been washed before going out. Once, their pickup was parked next to a vegetable market, because there was a public water tap in this place.

"Brother, your refrigerator is really good. It's amazing that you even have a gas refrigerator!" Ye Ping exaggeratedly praised the gas refrigerator on the truck.

"What's so magical, this thing was invented 100 years ago." Ye Cheng said with a smile.

"Then I haven't heard of it." Ye Ping lifted the lid of the small pot on the stove, and dug out some red beans with a small spoon. "Taste it, is it almost ready?"

"Well, it will be fine when the water is boiled dry." The red beans without sugar and honey have no taste, and the taste is not bad.

After a while, Ye Ping moved a small stool and sat beside Ye Cheng. "Brother, where are you going first?"

"Let's go to the north first." Ye Cheng had thought about this question before. He bought a map of the whole country, which may be used in the next few years.

"It will be winter soon, and there will definitely be heavy snow over there."

"It will also snow in City B." Unlike the south, it snows every year.

"That's different. What's so good about the snow scene in the school? Brother, take a picture and show me."

"That's troublesome, hehe, I have to buy a camera."

"Just use the money you earned in the past two days to buy, okay? If you earn more, buy a better one, and if you earn less, buy a mediocre one." Ye Ping suggested enthusiastically.

"No need, whatever you earn these two days, I'll give it to you as living expenses." They have already felt that the consumption in city B is not low since they first arrived here.

"Didn't you already give me money? My aunt gave it too, brother Xiaosong gave it too, grandma and aunt gave me money too."

"Aren't you afraid that you are not rich enough?" Tan Xiaosong was halfway through his university studies, but he stopped studying because of a car accident and suffered leg problems. Well, getting into high school is very difficult.So after learning that Ye Ping did well in the college entrance examination this time, everyone was very happy, and they couldn't save some money for a red envelope.

"Why is it not enough money? I'm a foreign language major. I heard that it's easy to find part-time jobs for foreign language majors in this school. Tutoring jobs are especially easy to find."

Ye Ping has been paying attention to the information of various colleges and universities since a long time ago. Whenever she has time, she looks for information on the Internet. Coming here, when the results of the college entrance examination came out, Ye Ping still didn't change her mind, even though her scores were already enough to go to several other more famous schools.

On the day of registration for new students, Ye Cheng drove to Ye Ping's school early in the morning, and then chose an open intersection not far from the school gate, put up the cloth tent and placed it next to the pickup truck, and then Just put a few tables and chairs, and the stall will be set up.

Ye Ping ran to sign up first. When there were not many people in the school, she ran all the places she should run. Then she took a pile of washbasins and quilts, threw them into the dormitory, and returned to their stall. Go to work.

Today they mainly sell milk tea and shaved ice. Milk tea is relatively simple. This morning, they have cooked the original milk tea and pearl sago, and put them in the newly bought milk tea bucket. This bucket can keep warm. Ye Cheng and the others One red bucket holds hot milk tea, and the other two blue buckets hold iced milk tea.

Shaved ice is relatively troublesome. Although they have prepared everything that needs to be prepared, and the tableware is disposable, but because there is no power supply in the car, the ice crusher cannot be used, so I had to buy a new one. Shaking ice crushing machines cost more than 300 yuan, and the blades are also very sharp. It doesn't take much effort to shake, but after all, it is still more troublesome than electric ones.

The business came quickly, the sun was still a bit strong in early October, and after ten o'clock in the morning, people would sweat and become thirsty after being exposed to the sun for a while, and Ye Cheng's milk tea business picked up.

There are also a few old students from the school who probably don’t have to go to class today. When they passed by this strange big-faced cat milk tea house, they couldn’t help but stop. Several of them ordered a bowl of shaved ice. After eating it refreshingly, they took out A phone call called out many boys and girls in the class. The few tables and chairs that Ye Cheng put out in the morning were filled up at once, so I had to move out the rest. The shade grows in a long row.

Many parents sent their children to sign up. They didn’t catch the school bus of this school, so they took the bus by themselves. There are several colleges and universities on this line, and the bus was so crowded that there was no place to leave. It was hot, and people stood close to each other, almost squeezing them out of breath.After a few steps off the bus, they saw Ye Cheng's stall, and hurried over to ask for a bowl of shaved ice or a cup of milk tea, anyway, it was still early, freshmen had signed up for several days, and they were not in a hurry to take a few minutes to rest.

"This milk tea is really well brewed. It is very profitable to set up a stall near this school, right?" The parents of the students are from all over the world, and their personalities are different. They drank in front of the stall. Ye Cheng's pickup was already parked under the shade of a tree, and there was a piece of iron hanging from the window, so it was quite shady.

"I heard that they don't show up usually, so I sent my sister to sign up." There are security guards inside the school and urban management outside the school. These two days are very accommodating. In order to facilitate the new students and parents who come to the school for the first time, the school even Old students are encouraged to set up stalls to sell daily necessities and the like.

"This girl is your younger sister, she is really diligent. If my son is half as sensible as her, grandma, I will die in peace."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Your son is not sensible. Didn't he also go to university? I don't know how many people are so envious that their eyes are so red-eyed. This is not sensible, so what is it called sensible?" The woman who spoke She is curly and well-dressed, but she speaks quite powerfully.

"Hey, what major is this girl from?" The man ignored his wife and continued talking to Ye Cheng.

"She reported the Arabic major."

"Arabic is good! I have been dealing with those people in the Middle East all day long, and I can't speak their language. Grandma's is like a bird's language. It is written from right to left, strings of strings!" The man heard Ye Ping, who reads Arabic, suddenly became excited. "It's really refreshing to do business with them. It's easy to give money, and they don't pick goods too much. The people on the grandma's side are rich, and it's good to have oil to support them. I heard that they can live well without working."

"Has there been many people who have learned Arabic in the past two years?" Because the milk tea is almost sold out, Ye Ping is starting the stove to make milk tea. Hearing this man talk about Arabic, she also came over to inquire about it. She was afraid that she had learned this major Years, in the end still can't make money.

"There are not so many now, but little girl, our doors are open now, and the country supports exports. Handmade products and the like are sold cheaply. Middle Eastern countries are no worse than Europe and the United States, and they are not as fussy as Koreans. In fact, I Said, our thing is the most suitable for those bird people in the Middle East, learn it hard, you can't go wrong!"

"Don't talk like a bird and shut up like a bird, really, you're getting old!" Listening to his father talking to people in front of the milk tea house, the son finally got a little impatient.

"No, this is my son. He has learned Swedish and wants to immigrate to Northern Europe. He is a xenophobic guy."

"Okay, okay, go in quickly, don't delay the boss's business."

The family left in a lively manner, and Ye Cheng and the others continued to do business. The milk tea has been brewed and needs to be cooled, and then some ice cubes can be added to put it in the milk tea bucket. It is quite hot today. The milk tea was basically unable to sell, so it was sold as iced milk tea.Ye Ping heard that man said that there are not many people learning Arabic now, so she was a little worried about whether she had chosen the right major. In addition to employment after graduation, she also cared about part-time jobs during her studies.

"Brother, he said that there are not many people learning Arabic now."

"Then he said that there will be more in the future?"

"When will we wait? It seems that learning English is better."

"Don't be stupid. There are few people who learn Arabic, so the tutoring fee must be high, and it's worth it."

"Hehe, that's true." Thinking of this, Ye Ping regained her spirits, and the ice crusher in her hand shook quickly, and after a while, half a bucket of crushed ice came out.

"Boss, how do you sell the milk tea?"

"Two yuan for a medium cup and three yuan for a large cup."

"Boss, a bowl of red bean shaved ice and a bowl of pear shaved ice."

"okay."

"Boss, how much do we have here?"

"twenty."

"Boss, give me another mung bean shaved ice to take away."

"The mung bean is gone. It was the last one just now."

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Business in colleges and universities is very good, especially in the past few days when freshmen sign up. They did not prepare enough on the first day and underestimated the purchasing power of these students and their parents. Many things were not prepared enough. Later, Ye Cheng sold things by himself. Ye Ping cooks mung beans and red beans. She cooks the original milk tea three times. Basically, their small stove never stops during the whole day. The fruits they bought were originally intended to be sold for three days. Yes, it was all sold out on the first day.

The stall was kept open until nine o'clock in the evening, and students from the school came out to eat one after another. In the end, there was nothing to eat, so Ye Cheng and the others had to give away the few cups of original milk tea for free to send the last group of customers away. Yes, although the ingredients are insufficient, no pearls or sago are added, but those students said that the taste is good, and they came to buy it the next day.

In the next two days, the Ye Cheng brothers and sisters will have experience. Anyway, if there are too many things to prepare, it is right. There are not too many people who go to school to sign up on the first day. The peak period is the second day, even if they have been cooked With so much milk tea, so many red beans and mung beans, the stove on Ye Cheng's small truck still hadn't stopped. Fortunately, they had made preparations and had enough raw materials, so they didn't need to close the stall and go to the wholesale market halfway.

On the third day, which is the last day for new students to register, not many new students and their parents came to the school on this day, but many students in this school already knew about Ye Cheng and his stall, so they went to the school gate together if they had nothing to do. When the big-faced cat went to eat shaved ice, many students asked Ye Cheng not to leave from now on, and set up a stall at their school gate every day. They must come to eat a bowl every day to support his business.

But that's impossible. A few young security guards from this school also came to Ye Cheng's stall to eat shaved ice, so they inevitably had a chat. They said that the urban management in this area raised their hands these days, mainly for the sake of Support students to set up stalls. After this critical point, they will come and patrol many times every day. Basically, no matter what kind of stalls can stay on their road.

If you want to make money in this area, you have to go to the street behind the school, but that street is not easy to enter now, not to mention shops, even the stalls on the roadside have long been called away, and there are still a few stocks in the dark Power, if you want to make money there, you have to have talent.

Ye Cheng and the others set up a stall on this road these days, and the milk tea shop on the street behind must have lost a lot of business, but there is an unwritten rule between the school and the street over there, and those forces who grab business can also grab land That's okay, just don't involve the students, and don't extend your influence into the school.So Ye Cheng and the others set up a stall for a few days and no one came to touch them, but if he set up a stall for a long time, even if the city management didn't care, the people behind would definitely not be able to hold back.

Ye Cheng hadn't planned to set up a stall in this place to make money. When Ye Ping started to attend class, he was going to drive north. His main purpose when he came out this time was to go around and make some money by the way. He doesn't care much about earning more or less.

He has saved a little money working as an assistant in the studio in the past few years, and Ye Ping has been living at his aunt's house. Ye Cheng gave her living expenses, but her aunt refused to take it, saying that the girl helped her with work every day, and she would not give it to her. Forget about the wages, how can I have the nerve to ask for living expenses.Ye Ping's high school did not spend tuition fees, and university tuition fees are not very expensive, so their family's current financial situation is not too tight.

However, the income these past few days is indeed quite shocking, no wonder the competition for interests in the backstreet of the school is so fierce.In the three days before and after, Ye Cheng and Ye Ping made more than 2 yuan by setting up a stall, which was the net profit after removing the materials.Ye Cheng felt a little unbelievable at the beginning, but he picked up a pen and did a little calculation, and he was relieved. They sell a bowl of shaved ice for five yuan, and two thousand bowls cost 1 yuan. There is also milk tea, which is sealed in a cup and sells quickly. Well, he and Ye Ping were so busy these days that they didn't touch the ground, so it's not surprising that they sold so many.

After earning money, of course they want to go out and buy some things. The brothers and sisters came to the computer city, first assembled a computer for Ye Ping, and then bought a camera for Ye Cheng. The computer is not expensive, even if the configuration is already very good, It only cost a little over 4000, and the camera is relatively expensive, and the good ones cost tens of thousands. Ye Cheng didn't think it was necessary, but Ye Ping insisted on buying a good one, so that the photos Ye Cheng took back would not be too distorted. They bought a card machine with more than 5000 yuan, and the performance is quite good.

There was still [-] left, and the brother and sister took [-] each, so as not to have to give way. Then, Ye Ping started to attend class, and Ye Cheng drove out of the city alone, along the national highway. Walk.

Ye Cheng leaned on the steering wheel with his left hand, and couldn't help but let go of the steering wheel with his right hand and shook it a few times. He made a lot of money these days, and the labor intensity was high enough. The hand-operated ice crusher alone shook Ye Cheng's arms. It was broken, Ye Ping's girl didn't shake her head too much, she just didn't cry out that she was tired.Ye Cheng felt that it would be miserable for anyone to become his brother-in-law in the future. That girl was desperate to make money, and those who hadn't experienced hardships were not enough for her to order.