Ye Cheng

Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan had a simple New Year's Eve at Old Man Wu's house, and the food was not particularly rich. Unlike some other families, there was still a full table left after the New Year's Eve dinner, which meant that there was more than enough every year, the old man He is a real person, he can eat as much as he can, and never likes to waste.

It rained for the next few days. When Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan had nothing to do, they took the balloons and started researching. It is reasonable to say that the balloons of different colors and shapes were pinched, tied and bound to form a variety of fun fruits. Or flowers and the like, it shouldn't be too difficult, Ye Cheng and the others have a lot of cheap balloons in their hands, and when they have nothing to do, the two of them get together to think about it.

It is not difficult at all to blow up a balloon, push both ends with your fingers, and then tie them together to form an apple shape, but it is not so easy to make more complicated combinations. The most important thing is that the two hands Stupid, the movements are much slower than others. If the time comes to start a business, you will definitely be too busy to cope with it.

Ye Cheng took a pencil and scribbled on the notebook. They could learn a few patterns from the man selling balloons, but would it really work?What if the other party gets angry and comes to find fault with them?After all, he and Lu Mingyuan are still children, and they may not be able to beat an adult, and they are in business, so it is naturally best if they can be harmonious and smooth.

Thinking about it this way, Ye Cheng felt that he might be able to come up with a new combination, something more fun and fresh, something that children would want when they see it.He drew all kinds of things on the notebook, including flowers and animals, but it was obviously not easy to realize these things with balloons.

He and Lu Mingyuan experimented with balloons while making corrections. The process of innovation is always full of fun. That night, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan were busy until after nine o'clock in the evening. Their hands and feet were frozen, but they were both very happy. , because I finally made a balloon rabbit.

This rabbit is not like a real rabbit, it is a bit abstract, but with two big ears, people can tell that it is a rabbit at a glance. The whole rabbit is made of pink and white. It looks chubby and cute. The straps made of two long strips of balloons can be carried by children on their backs, just like a backpack. Ye Cheng asked Lu Mingyuan to carry it on his back, and showed him around left and right, and finally expressed his satisfaction.

Later, they made yellow rabbits and gray rabbits, so that there were three colors for children to choose from.The balloons were already made anyway, and they leaked when they were left alone. Ye Cheng simply gave those balloon rabbits to the children in the alley to play with. The response was unexpectedly good. Asking adults to buy them, Ye Cheng had no choice but to make a few more and share them out. It was just for practice. It's not good for people in the same alley to favor each other.

The rain lasted until the fourth day, and early in the morning of the fifth day, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan got up to see that the sun was out, and they hurriedly got up to work. They still needed to make some hydrogen balloons and take them over, and they also had to make a few rabbits first. , and the rest, I went over there to make and sell them, and I didn’t plan to come back to eat at noon, so I went to the alley and bought a few steamed buns.

On the first sunny day after the year, the amusement park ushered in many customers. Outside the ticket window, there was a long queue. The rabbit wanted it, and the adults had no choice but to ask Ye Cheng and the others for the price.

"Hey, how do you sell this balloon?"

"Ten yuan each." This price was discussed between Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan. This kind of rabbit balloon uses quite a lot of materials. There are more than a dozen balloons, big and small, and the cost is almost two yuan. Including them The action was not fast, and if the sale was cheap, they would not make much money after a day. Seeing that the winter vacation was coming to an end, the two of them were cruel and wanted to take advantage of the last few days to earn more money to go back.

"Why is it so expensive, can it be sold for five yuan?" The playground is not like the pedestrian street. Most of the children here are brought out by their parents to play, and bargaining is common.

"Not for sale." Ye Cheng shook his head.

"Hey, how much does it cost you to blow up this balloon?" The parent next to him chimed in.

"I've used more than a dozen balloons, and each of you will cost one or two yuan." Ye Cheng is not good at haggling, but at this time, he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

"Then it doesn't cost ten yuan, but five yuan, and we will buy one for each of us."

"That's right, young man, you've earned five yuan, so don't be so cruel."

"Sell it for five yuan?"

"Why don't you talk anymore? Do you have to ask for ten yuan? Ten yuan is too expensive. Really, I definitely won't buy it."

"This balloon costs ten yuan. Niuniu, don't cry. Mom will buy you ice cream. Let's buy two, one for the left hand and one for the right. You can eat it five times."

"Look, little brother, where can someone buy it for ten yuan?"

Several parents surrounded Ye Cheng and the others, talking to each other.

Ye Cheng was bombarded indiscriminately, and his firm determination to sell for ten yuan began to waver. He glanced at Lu Mingyuan, and the corner of the guy's mouth drooped, obviously he couldn't do anything about the situation in front of him. Ye Cheng Cheng thought about it, and finally gave in. "That's eight yuan. If it's less, I won't sell it."

Those few people still didn't give up, they chattered for a while, and finally saw that Ye Cheng was really unwilling to give in, so they finally bought one for eight yuan each.

After these rabbit balloons were sold, Ye Cheng and the others had nothing left in stock. They bought a ticket and went straight to the direction of the carousel. Afterwards, the two of them spread out an old newspaper and sat on the side of the road before starting to work.Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan each carried one of the balloon rabbits they made on their backs. They found that this method is particularly easy to attract children. Children always like to learn from others, and they are greedy for new things. They see what other people have and make trouble themselves. want to.

Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan didn't move anywhere this day, and the balloon rabbits they made would usually be bought soon, and some people even waited around, telling Ye Cheng and the others what color they wanted, and watching them Do.As soon as these people gathered around, more and more people followed suit. You said that other parents have paid for their own children, so why do you have any hesitation, right?So business picked up, and for a while, they sold each balloon bunny as soon as it was made.

There are still people who counter-offer, but Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan killed eight yuan, and they will never lower the price again. Some parents feel bad about money, mainly because they think balloons are not affordable. Money wasted too much.There are also some parents who are either relatively generous, or unable to hold back their children, so they pay for it.

They did make money that day, and they were exhausted. Neither of them went to the pedestrian street, but went back to rest. In the evening, they counted the income of the day, deducted the cost, and added up the money earned by hydrogen balloons and rabbit balloons. I paid more than 500 yuan, nearly half a month's wages for office workers.

"Shall we do something else tomorrow?" Lu Mingyuan said suddenly when Ye Cheng was happy.

"Why?" They have been working on the balloon rabbit for a day, and they are already proficient in doing it now, and the speed will definitely be faster tomorrow.

"I saw that balloon seller coming over today."

"Has he come to see it?" Ye Cheng also became nervous. That man's craftsmanship is better than theirs. The craftsmanship of today's balloon rabbit is actually not that complicated.

"I watched it for a while." Ye Cheng was busy making balloons and collecting money for a while, when Lu Mingyuan looked up by chance, he saw the man coming, and it took about three, four, 10 minutes before he left.

"Then shall we do something else?"

"What are you doing?" Lu Mingyuan looked up at Ye Cheng.

"Think about it again." Ye Chengqiang cheered up, dug his limp body out of the bed, picked up a pencil to draw, and Lu Mingyuan also played with the balloon beside him.

Although they were very tired, after this day's practice, they already had a better understanding of the characteristics of balloons, so after more than an hour, they played with a brand new balloon doll, which was a bit like a bee, with There are two horns, the round body is section by section, and there are still two straps on the back.

However, this style requires a lot of long balloons. Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan got up very early the next morning. After eating steamed stuffed buns, they went to the wholesale market to buy a lot of long balloons. Buy tickets when the playground opens.

Staying at yesterday's position, the two started to make bees quickly, and the rabbits still made two. Maybe that person didn't imitate them. In this case, Ye Cheng and the others could sell rabbits and bees as well. Now, customers have a choice, and maybe the business will be better than yesterday.

However, the development of things disappointed Ye Cheng. Not only did the man who sold the balloons learn from their rabbit balloons, but he also made some improvements himself, which looked brighter and bigger than their original rabbit balloons, and sold for eight dollars. dollars.Given the comparison, who else would buy Ye Cheng and his bunny balloons?For the same price, I will definitely buy the better looking and bigger one.

Fortunately, with Lu Mingyuan's reminder yesterday, they made this kind of little bee balloons again. This design uses more balloons, and the little bees are also very cute, and they are quite big. Ye Cheng and the others still sell them for [-] yuan. Also passable.As for the two rabbit balloons that were made in the morning, they were sold by Ye Cheng to two bargaining parents for five yuan. Anyway, under the circumstances today, his rabbit balloons are definitely not easy to sell, so he doesn't plan to make any more. .

The amusement park is only this big in total. Yesterday, Ye Cheng and his rabbit balloon family dominated, so naturally they earned more. Today, Ye Cheng and the others sell bee balloons, and another man sells rabbit balloons. The kid sells a balloon, so the business is somewhat affected.

Fortunately, the weather has been very good these two days, and there are quite a lot of families who have come out to play. Ye Cheng's business is still passable, although compared with yesterday, it is much lighter.That night, because they were worried that the other party would imitate their little bee balloon again, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan came up with another robot balloon, which was bigger than both the little bee and the other party's rabbit balloon, but being big also had a price, that is the cost raised again.

Fortunately, that man did not continue to imitate, but sold rabbit balloons peacefully. Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan did not make robot balloons for sale. They have been making little bees all the time. With proficiency, gradually, they no longer feel so tired.

Before the end of the winter vacation, Gao Jinhua went to old man Wu's house with a bag of clothes, which were full of clothes. While letting Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan try them on, she also laughed at her sister-in-law, saying that her children had grown up and the clothes were still worn out. Not willing to give it away, keep it in the cabinet as a treasure, and don't mind taking up space.

The clothes that Gao Jinhua brought over were pretty good, and Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan were not picky, so they accepted them all. Anyway, even if they couldn't wear them, the fat and the fat could still wear them.

Gao Jinhua also said that the family likes the preserved eggs and salted duck eggs that Ye Cheng and the others brought over last time, and said that they knew they were made of good duck eggs once they ate them, and asked Ye Cheng and the others to bring more next time. love to eat.Ye Cheng naturally agreed happily. Preserved eggs and salted duck eggs are not a good thing in their village. Gao Jinhua and the others like to eat them, and he is willing to give them extra.

In order to earn more money, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan made long-distance calls to their homeroom teachers, saying that they would go back to sign up two days later, and the school didn't start classes immediately after signing up, usually there was a buffer period of two or three days. As long as the class is not delayed, the school teacher will not be too difficult to speak.

They had been selling balloons in that playground, and waited until all the schools in the city had reopened, and there were fewer and fewer children in the playground, before they packed up their things and prepared to take the train back.

Same as last time, old man Wu sent them to the train station, but this time there was no need to find someone to take them. Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan had grown up and had to pay for the tickets themselves.The old man didn't talk much. Ye Cheng remembered that when his grandfather sent them to the train station last time, he still looked so tall. In the past few years, he didn't know whether he had grown up or the old man had become rickety. The image of the old man in his eyes had changed from before. It's very different.

The old man cooked a few eggs for them, bought some bowls of instant noodles from the shop, peeled a grapefruit at home, put it in a plastic bag and gave it to them to eat on the road.Said that the things on the train are expensive, it is not easy for them to make money, and it is a little bit to save a little.