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Bai Luochuan also knew about the flea market. Wei Xian once told them about it. Although there is no such second-hand goods trading market here in the border town, there will be temple fairs every year and festivals. There are many people setting up stalls and the atmosphere is lively.

He waited for Mi Yang to announce the adjournment of the meeting, and after walking towards him, he asked him in a low voice, "Why are you making this all of a sudden, and where is it placed?"

"Isn't the school going to donate money and materials? I just thought that if everyone asks for money from their families, it would be a good idea to sell some old things. I've done the math. When the time comes, I will collectively buy a batch of pencils and notebooks. Wholesale It's cheaper." Mi Yang told him as he walked, "It's right next to the school playground, and there's a small rockery over there, so there's just an open space, and there are more people after school."

Bai Luochuan nodded and said, "I'll go too."

Mi Yang agreed, and he had a share of Young Master Bai in his original plan, so it would be strange if this person didn't follow.

Mi Yang didn't go to Bai's house this time, but went back to his own house to search for things. Although the family was not rich, Cheng Qing and Mi Zehai didn't treat their son badly. Mi Yang bought some toys in the small wooden box. There are also sandbags made by Cheng Qing, small wooden guns made by Yone Zehai, and cloth tigers and other toys sent by the mail from my grandma and a few aunts in Shanhai Town.

Mi Yang picked out a new-looking little metal frog with a green shell and a knob on the side of the body. After winding it, he could hop several times by himself, which was very interesting.He rummaged through and found a matryoshka doll, and took out a box of military flags. He put these in his bag while searching, and wandered to the bedroom.On the small table in the bedroom was a small kettle with frogs and a copper horseshoe alarm clock. Like the ones at Young Master Bai's house, there were also a few toys here, but they were sent by the Bai family, so he couldn't take them out and resell them.

Mi Yang turned around, found some odds and ends, and put them in the bag.

It happened that Cheng Qing came back from get off work, and she put the steamed buns she bought in the kitchen. While wearing her apron, she called Mi Yang and said, "Yangyang, go buy a bottle of soy sauce for mom, there is no more soy sauce at home."

Mi Yang put down his things and went for a run, and when he came back, he saw that there was a little guest at home.

Bai Luochuan was sitting in the living room helping to peel the beans. When he saw him coming, he gave him a small space, and said in a low voice, "Aunt Cheng said that these should be pinched off at both ends, and then break open to get the beans out..." The bowl in his hand There is already half a bowl in it, and it can be seen that it has not been short.

Mi Yang sent the soy sauce over, washed his hands and peeled the beans next to him, and the two talked together.

Bai Luochuan came to discuss with Mi Yang about the flea market. Bai Luochuan had a lot of things there, and he had already packed two boxes. He wanted to partner with Mi Yang to set up a small stall.

Mi Yang thought for a while and said, "I'll go and have a look at night."

Bai Luochuan was very happy, and stayed at Mi Yang's house for dinner at night. Cheng Qing made them a small bowl of shredded pork noodles for each of them, and fried two side dishes. After eating, the two of them packed up and left together.Cheng Qing looked at Mi Yang who was carrying a schoolbag and a bag, and said with a smile: "Going to play with Luo Chuan again? Are you coming back tonight?"

Bai Luochuan hurriedly said: "I'm not coming back, Aunt Cheng let Xiaoguai stay at my house."

"Okay, I see that he lives in your house for more than half of the year." Cheng Qing brought Mi Yang two apples. Their unit had just distributed a box of apples for welfare, and asked them to take them to eat together. "Remember to come back for breakfast tomorrow morning."

Mi Yang agreed: "Hey."

Mi Yang went to Bai's house, changed into his slippers and went upstairs to the bedroom. Bai Luochuan really packed up two boxes of toys—the two cardboard boxes were packed full, sorted into different categories, and quite neat.

Mi Yang said: "It won't take so much, let's pick and choose."

Bai Luochuan sat on the carpet with him and picked them out. He also had a lot of relatives in his family, who brought him a lot of gifts during the holidays. Mr. Bai also had the character of wanting to hold his grandson in his palm and pamper him. He bought all kinds of toys and snacks. Serve a lot.

Mi Yang took out the Sony Walkman with a dark expression on his face, and said, "You don't need to use something like this, and none of our classmates have so much pocket money to afford it." I picked up a few more, but left the previous Ultraman toy that emits laser light. It was quite big and looked new, but it was two years ago. Bai Luochuan always thought it was ugly and threw it into the warehouse. not here.

Mi Yang saw a palm-sized game console inside, took it out, and said strangely: "Isn't this the one you play Tetris with? Why, you don't want this one anymore?"

Bai Luochuan said indifferently: "I'm tired of playing, it's boring."

Mi Yang let out an oh, and left the game console behind.

There are a lot of things, but most of them are not easy to sell. For example, this game console must be seen by many people and wanted by many people, but the price is too high. These days, elementary school students who can afford more than a dozen and 20 yuan at a stretch But too little.

They packed a small box of things, and Aunt Wu came to deliver fruit to them during the period. She was very happy today, with a beaming face.

Mi Yang smiled while eating the sliced ​​apple: "Auntie seems to be very happy today, is there anything good?"

Aunt Wu said happily: "That's not it, I met a lucky draw on the street today, 2 yuan a time, oops, I got a bicycle in one click!"

Mi Yang had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly had an idea.

After Aunt Wu left, he started to get up to find a cardboard box, wiped it clean, cut out a piece of red paper and wrote the word "lottery" on it.

Bai Luochuan asked curiously, "Shall we also draw prizes?"

"Yes, I'll do the math first to see how much I can earn." Mi Yang laid out all the toys in the box and roughly calculated them. The things on Young Master Bai's side are all good, and they can definitely win the first and second prizes, especially for the first and second prizes. It's the game console, it can be used as a special prize.The rest of the small prizes use their odds and ends, and the smallest consolation prize is a glass marble.

Mi Yang reckoned that their pile of second-hand toys—except for the game console—could not be sold for 30 or 30 yuan, but if they made [-] lottery paper balls, and if they were drawn for [-] cents once, all of them would be sold out. You can get back [-] yuan with interest.

Spending [-] cents, you can have a chance to win tens of yuan of game machines, and there are small prizes every time you don’t fail, which is very attractive.

He talked to Bai Luochuan, and Bai Luochuan immediately understood. He counted the quantity, went downstairs and brought up a bag of lemon fruit candies, buckled Miyang's two little cloth tigers, pushed them over, and said: " Give me these two, I like them very much, and take this bag of candy to the lottery."

Mi Yang expanded the small prize, besides glass marbles, there were also many lemon candies.

At the end of the one hundred awards, there were still two or three vacancies left. Mi Yang thought about it, bowed his head and wrote "Choose a homework tutor, Mi Yang will help you pass 90", writing that he was very happy.

Bai Luochuan saw it, and frowned, "Are you going to help others with their homework?"

Mi Yang said: "It's just for fun, it's quite interesting."

Bai Luochuan waited for him to finish writing, then reached out to take the note, folded it carefully and put it in the box. He originally wanted to remember the location, but Mi Yang picked up the box and shook it again, and now everything was messed up. The young master had a troubled expression on his face, he frowned and didn't speak.

Mi Yang prepared the booths for the two of them, and planned to write more leaflets and the like, and send them out privately tomorrow as a small advertisement.Bai Luochuan didn't let him write it, so he went downstairs to talk to Madam Bai, Madam Bai asked clearly and finished writing, and by the way helped them copy some leaflets, the thick stack was still full of enthusiasm.

She smiled and said, "Your idea is good. You don't waste it, and you can show love. I didn't expect that Luo Chuan is quite business-minded. Your grandfather and uncle must be happy to know about it."

Bai Luochuan said: "It's not what I thought, it's my little boy."

Mrs. Bai immediately praised Mi Yang, using the same tone, and Bai Luochuan immediately raised a proud look, with her chin raised high: "Yes, he is just that good."

The small booth was settled, and the leaflets were also settled, and the two of them felt a lot more relaxed.

Mi Yang lay down on the bed with a comic book and read it, humming a song and flipping through it. It was a very old fairy tale "The Frog Prince", and the drawing was very childlike.

Bai Luochuan walked over, stretched out his hand to lift off his pajamas, and touched his stomach.

Mi Yang asked strangely: "What are you doing?"

Bai Luochuan touched it twice with his little hand, frowned and said, "You didn't eat much tonight, so I'm a little worried if you're full or hungry?"

Mi Yang put his hand up a little bit, and said with a smile: "This is the stomach, touch it, I'm full."

Only then did Bai Luochuan feel relieved.

The next morning, Mi Yang and Bai Luochuan moved their things to the equipment room of the school and put them there first. On the way, they saw many students in Class [-] of the third year also put them here secretly. When Xiaopang was standing guard at the door, he was very happy to see them , said: "It's just right, Brother Xiao is hiding something in there! We checked that there is no physical education class today, so this is the safest, I will watch for you outside, don't worry!"

Bai Luochuan and Mi Yang put the things over and covered them with mats. Tang Xiao also brought a bag and was stuffing it into the football box. They worked very hard.

Bai Luochuan took another small stack of leaflets, and said, "I'll distribute it to the first and second grades, and you can distribute the rest. Be careful not to let the teacher see it."

Mi Yang nodded, and when Bai Luochuan left, Tang Xiao leaned over and asked, "Send what?"

Mi Yang shared more than half of it with him, and said with a smile: "Leaflets, we will open for business on the first day this evening, come here, Brother Xiao, if you can work hard, I will send you these."

Tang Xiao: "..."

Tang Xiao was quite reliable in his work, and he asked his good brothers to help send out those lists. Soon, a news spread quietly among the elementary school grades: there was a flea market opening in the small open space next to the playground in the evening. up!

Mi Yang and his classmates went to the small open space after school. Everyone spread newspapers, plastic sheets and other things on the ground. They were divided into formations as mentioned before. The booths of dozens of children were divided into two rows. It looks quite large.

Mi Yang spread plastic sheeting, and Bai Luochuan put their box next to it, and a "lottery" cardboard box was placed right in front of it.He looked around, handed over the stall to Bai Luochuan, and went to see the other students. The children in his class had never set up a stall by themselves, so they were a little excited and nervous. Seeing that Mi Yang seemed to have a backbone, They all look forward to him coming to give pointers to their small booth.

Mi Yang went to look at them one by one, counted the items of the stalls of a few students who had relatively few things, and then asked them to merge in one place, leaving only one student to guard the stall, and the rest of the students arranged other matters.

Yu Tian brought very few things, so Mi Yang called her out to do statistics. This work was originally in charge of the small squad leader, but the squad leader brought a lot of things, and his little face was flushed and he guarded his booth in excitement. Lian couldn't bear to leave.

Mi Yang took Yu Tian over and said, "You and the squad leader will hand it over, take that record book, and register it, especially for the merged booths, after you have recorded it clearly, you can reconcile it later."

Yu Tian nodded nervously, and went to talk to the squad leader.

The small squad leader generously handed her the notebook, and said: "My name should be better written."

Yu Tian bowed her head and wrote seriously: "Okay, Wang Yiyi...Squad leader, is your 'yi' the same as Xiaoniaoyiren's Yi?"

The squad leader said seriously: "No, rely on your own Yi."

Yu Tian: "Hey, aren't these two the same?"

Little squad leader: "Of course it's different!"

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After preparing for about a while, people began to come here one after another. Many people looked at it curiously for a while, but not many people actually paid for it.

The first person in the class to start a business is Xiaopang.

Xiaopang and Tang Xiao merged the stalls. He was very economical. He took a lot of joke books and comic books from home and put them here. They cost 5 cents each and rented them out for everyone to read. A glass was placed next to them. Jar, clang followed by rent.

Many children were attracted by this small bookstall. The more people stopped, the more people crowded around, and the sound of coins being thrown into glass jars became more and more loud. Xiaopang was so happy that he could see his teeth but not his eyes.There was a kid next to him who couldn’t sell anything and was in a hurry, so he called Xiaopang for help, and Xiaopang was also working hard to sell the things of his friends. Mi Yang came over and saw it. Just a little relieved, he saw Xiaopang finished the promotion So I charged a dime for the publicity fee, and put the money into the glass jar with a smile.

Mi Yang: "..."

It's a pity that the kid doesn't do business.

Mi Yang was too busy taking care of the other children, and Bai Luochuan didn't have much time to do the lottery. He went through the paper balls inside and searched for a long time without letting go of his brows.

The small lottery stalls also began to have people coming slowly, [-] cents for a lottery draw, and a small bag of Huamei money. Compared with eating Huamei, children are more willing to try their luck.

Bai Luochuan stared intently at the lottery draw, watching the other party's exclamation and lamentation, his heart also aroused.

After a while, there was a child in the lower grade who said "Hey" and said, "Choose a homework tutor... what is this?"

Bai Luochuan immediately stood up and said, "Give this to me, and I'll let you smoke it twice."

The other party hesitated a little.

Bai Luochuan stared at him and said, "Three times."

The kid immediately happily gave the note to Bai Luochuan, and drew it again. Luckily, he got a first prize, and the prize was the big-looking Ultraman toy, which immediately aroused the envy of the people around him. sound.

The lottery booth of Bai Luochuan and the others seemed to be a live advertisement. Many elementary school students flocked to try their luck by drawing a lottery.

While receiving the money, Bai Luochuan stared at the slips of paper in each of them, for fear that someone would sneak away with the slips of homework tutoring—he was too worried, except for him, no elementary school student really likes someone to tutor them with their homework This one award.

The stalls of the children here are in full swing. On the other side, Mrs. Bai and the guards are also talking to the school leaders. They passed by here, and when they saw it, they only pointed at it from a distance, and said with a smile: "Look, that's us. The two little guys at home, I’m not boasting, they are No.1 in the exam, one is in the first grade, the other is in the third grade, the two of them got together again yesterday and thought about setting up a charity sale to help children in mountainous areas I, as a mother, must support them, I have asked them all, and it will only be held for three days, principal, will I not cause you any trouble?"

The principal immediately smiled and said: "No, no, our school especially welcomes such smart and caring children. When the flag is raised next Monday, we must praise it!"

And at the simple flea market next to the playground, Mi Yang was taking a few photos with a point-and-shoot camera taking advantage of the last light of the evening.

Every day, the Border Town Daily has a small column for students to contribute. Although it is as big as the palm of your hand, it is the best way to guide public opinion.After Mi Yang took the photos, he was already thinking about how to go back and write this manuscript. It would be best to write more provocative and show selfless love. For the sake of safety, he can only do it.

It was published in the newspaper, and it was a good deed by a good person. This matter is a certainty. Even if Mr. Wang wants to trouble them, there is no reason for it.

In this way, Mi Yang conceived the manuscript to be written, and at the same time helped the passing children. He himself assumed the psychology of an adult, so he would help everyone as much as he could, and took extra care of the girls.Among elementary school students, if a boy helps a girl, he will always be coaxed, but Mi Yang is different. Mi Yang is small, and both boys and girls like him.

At this time, the word "gentleman" had not yet spread, but the children in Class One of the third year all liked Mi Yang.

Mi Yang takes care of everyone psychologically, but the children surround him and take care of him in action.

This made Mi Yang very emotional.

It was getting late, and Mi Yang saw that the time was almost up, so he blew a whistle, and all the children who set up stalls started to pack their things neatly, packed them and sent them to Tang Xiao.This was also agreed in advance, the boys Tang Xiao and Xiaopang were in charge of the logistics.

It took Mi Yang 5 minutes to simply read through the sales situation, and after confirming that there were no missing records, he said to everyone: "Today's record was made by classmate Yu Tian. She is very serious. I think writing should also be considered as a reward." , If you have money, give money, and if you have strength, let’s work together to complete the donation goal, okay?"

Yu Tian's face was flushed, and before she had time to speak, she was caught by the word "yes" shouted loudly by the class, she moved the tip of her tongue, and said yes.She rubbed her eyes vigorously, showing a big smile, now is not the time to cry!

Before leaving, Mi Yang asked everyone to get together and hooked each other's shoulders and shouted "Come on". I feel that they are a group and have a special sense of honor.

In just a few days, in this small flea market, the students in Class One of the third grade got to know each other again. From the most well-behaved monitor to the most unruly Tang Xiao, they all recognized Mi Yang's love. The leader, the whole class is twisted into a rope and strives to complete the goal.

On the second day, Mi Yang received the newspaper that was published without any surprise, and even a reporter came to interview them for a few words.After Mi Yang received the newspaper, without waiting for Teacher Wang to speak, he pasted the freshly baked newspaper on the blackboard at the back of the classroom, but to his surprise, Teacher Wang didn't say anything to them about this matter. Words, as if said by someone.

When setting up a stall next time, everyone became more courageous and proficient, especially Xiaopang, who spoke quickly and flatteringly, and sold the most things.What is even more unexpected is that more and more students in the class help each other, as if it has become a habit.

Mi Yang couldn't help but sighed, "The power of team building."

The squad leader happened to hear him passing by, but he didn't hear what he said clearly, so he asked: "Mi Yang, what did you say?"

Mi Yang shook his head with a smile and said, "No, I said that unity is strength."

The class leader agreed with this sentence very much. She looked at Mi Yang seriously and said, "I found out through this incident that you are indeed better than me. Classmate Mi Yang, if you want to run for class leader, I am willing to give up and take the lead in voting." You vote!"

Mi Yang shook his hands again and again, and said, "No, no, I can't be this, I have other things to do."

Bai Luochuan answered from the side: "I'll do it." He glanced at Mi Yang and said seriously, "I'll skip a grade and go to your class next semester, and I'll do it."

Small squad leader: "..."

I love the honor like my life, but you treat it like a chore, so angry.

When the third day was over, Mi Yang took everyone back to the classroom to make the final statistics.Everyone waited with bated breath, waiting for the statistics of the last group on the blackboard to come out.

Tang Xiao wrote the numbers on the blackboard, and all the students in the class were counting below. Even Xiaopang, who only got 5 points in the math test, worked hard to count. This is the result of their group!

"In the final result, the total income of the fifth group for three days was 102 yuan and 7 cents!"

The people in Xiaopang's group couldn't help cheering, they were number one, the most among the five groups!

The second group that Mi Yang belonged to came in second with [-] cents. Bai Luochuan sat aside feeling guilty and didn't look at him. He took back Mi Yang's homework tutoring notes and asked them to draw several times for free. .

Mi Yang went up to take a look at the total, it was 500 yuan, the collective efforts of forty children, and now these children are looking at him with flushed faces and shining eyes. They have never been so full of spirit, full of confidence and enthusiasm. expect.

Mi Yang said: "Everyone has worked hard, the task has been overfulfilled, and the average donation is 12 yuan and 3 cents per person. Congratulations! Tomorrow, Bai Luochuan and I will go shopping for stationery, and the list will be posted in the class. Next, everyone can Take a good rest!"

All the children cheered.

Mi Yang patted the blackboard, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile: "I brought a camera today, do you want to take a photo together as a souvenir?"

The whole class cheered: "Yes!!"

Classes of three years, 41 children crowded into a small photo - including Bai Luochuan, all of them showed smiling faces.Mi Yang was pushed to the center of the first row, and Bai Luochuan was standing beside him. The two held hands. Mi Yang smiled with a dimple on the right, which was very sweet.