There is a food court in the business district. Students who don't like restaurant food will go to the food court to eat. With the addition of faculty, staff and family members, the business of each restaurant is quite prosperous.
Zhang Cheng is the owner and chef of a small restaurant, and his wife is a waiter and handyman. The couple is doing a great job, and their business is getting more and more popular.
He likes to buy vegetables and fruits sold by students, mainly because they are cheap and more cost-effective than buying them at the wholesale market. Most of the students are not short of money and will sell them at similar prices.
He is used to strolling around the campus to see what is suitable and what to buy, and he can also earn more money.
After lunch time today, there were no customers anymore. He took the opportunity to go out for a walk and buy some fresh vegetables.
After walking around, I saw several types of vegetables on Su Qing's stall. I was shocked when I saw the test card for the day. Specialty vegetables are definitely rare in the market.
He immediately put down the cart and squatted down to ask Su Qing about the price. When Zhang Cheng saw that the vegetable seller was a little girl, he smiled and said:
"Little girl, where are your adults? Why are you allowed to look after the stall by yourself? If uncle wants to buy more, can he get a discount?"
Su Qing looked up at the man opposite and asked, "How much can you want?"
"I want it all. I can wait for a while. You are a child and you can't make the decision and you can't settle the accounts clearly."
Su Qing lowered his head and looked at the accounting book in his hand. When he placed the vegetables just now, he wrote down the quantities in the book. He calculated them in his mind and came up with the results. He said to Zhang Cheng:
"I've calculated it. There are 23,678 interstellar coins in total. I'll wipe out 78 for you. Just give me 23,600 interstellar coins."
ah! ! Zhang Cheng was stunned. The child in front of him wasn't just talking nonsense, was he? Is it possible to speak a string of numbers in less than a minute? He doesn't believe it,
Seeing his disbelieving expression, Su Qing said calmly:
"I don't believe you can do the math by yourself. I wrote down the quantity in a book before setting up the stall. I followed the quotation and it turned out to be that much money."
"Okay, I'll count it myself, and then I'll calculate it based on the price you just mentioned,"
Zhang Cheng is not afraid of trouble. After all, he often purchases goods and has rich experience. Although it is more troublesome, he can go through the goods once and check the quality. There are often no standards for the things sold by students, so he will have a good idea after counting them.
Tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, cabbage, beans, loofah, he carefully counted the quantities, and then recorded the numbers in a small notebook.
Then he asked Su Qing about the price of each item, and turned on the calculation function of the communicator in his hand. Su Qing found it really hard to see, so he could just do it if he wanted to!
"Qingqing, what is this uncle doing?"
As soon as Meng Hang came back, he saw a middle-aged man squatting in front of their stall, holding a notebook and writing something on the light screen.
"He bought all our food. He didn't believe my calculation and was calculating the price himself."
Meng Hang smiled knowingly, "Oh, I understand, if I don't believe you either,"
Su Qing looked indifferent and ignored his teasing.
Zhang Cheng finally finished calculating the price. He was surprised to find that the amount was the same as the girl's quote. He immediately said with a smile on his face:
"Little girl, you are so awesome. That's the price you just mentioned. This is your brother, classmate. I want all these dishes. Can you also wipe out the more than 600!"
Whenever Zhang Cheng said this when buying groceries, the young masters and ladies would wave their hands and nod in agreement, wishing that he would sell them for money.
He knew it was wrong to bully children, but those students' families were rich or expensive. Even if he didn't buy it, they wouldn't eat it, so they would definitely throw it away. What a waste.
However, these words made Su Qing angry, her face sank and she said:
"Uncle, you have to be kind and don't go too far. Look at the quality of other people's vegetables. Take a look at the quality of mine. I went to the supermarket to check the prices. They are already very favorable.
We, brothers and sisters, have no money to eat, so we have to work hard to grow vegetables to support ourselves. You waived more than 600 interstellar coins as soon as you opened your mouth, which is a bit excessive. "
Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then he heard the beautiful little girl scolding him with her little mouth.
Many passers-by came up to watch, thinking that he was an adult bullying a child, so they hurriedly waved their hands with red faces.
"No, listen to me, I'm just used to bargaining. I didn't know that your brother and sister's life is difficult. The price of food is indeed cheap. You can't buy such quality food outside.
Uncle, I apologize to you, okay? I usually buy groceries and those students want to give them away for free, so I’m used to it. Uncle is really not a bad person."
Su Qing listened to the man's explanation calmly. His face was red and his eyes were apologetic. She believed that the man was either doing it on purpose or it was just a businessman's habit.
"Okay, uncle, I believe you didn't mean it. I sold you all these dishes for a total of 23,600 interstellar coins."
Zhang Cheng smiled and nodded, as long as the misunderstanding was resolved.
"Okay, I'll give you 23,700 interstellar coins. I was wrong just now. If it's more, I'll treat you brothers and sisters to eat ice cream. Where are you from, classmate? It's amazing that you got admitted to this school!!"
Meng Hang has a cheerful personality. He was shocked when he saw Qingqing angry just now. He didn't dare to speak until he was fine.
"Uncle, we are from Shanquan Village, Huanglong Town, Anyang City. We are the only two in the whole city who have been admitted to this school."
"Anyang City, oh, it's so far away. It's half a planet away. It's not a big city. Huh! Isn't that right? Why are you two? Your sister also goes to this school."
Meng Hang nodded, "Well, Qingqing studies better than me. We are in the same class."
Zhang Cheng sighed suddenly, "I can't blame you. The little girl is so good at settling accounts. The raw material is a top student. Look, uncle doesn't know. Don't be angry. Come with me. I'll treat you to dinner."
Su Qing politely refused:
"Thank you uncle, we won't bother you. After selling the vegetables, we have to go back to study and try to get a scholarship so that we can have money to pay for tuition."
Zhang Cheng smiled naively and said:
"That's it. If you have time that day, come to my uncle's restaurant to eat. I'll give it to you for free. Come and I'll transfer the money to you."
Zhang Cheng turned on the communicator, entered the ID card number Su Qing said, and transferred 23,700 interstellar coins to her card.
Su Qing glanced at the screen and said, "Uncle, you gave me too much."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Your food is of good quality and cheap. I don't give you much."
Su Qing squatted down and started loading vegetables into the cartons, "Uncle, I'll lend you these cartons for now. You can return them to us next time we run a stall."
"Okay, I didn't expect to buy so many vegetables and put them in cardboard boxes to prevent them from being crushed. Tell me your dormitory number and I will deliver them to you later. I still have many such packaging boxes at home, so I will give them to you. Save you money to buy it.”
"Okay, thank you, uncle." Meng Hang said happily. He could save some money. He had to spend money to buy everything in Mingyue City, which made Meng Hang feel distressed.
The three of them packed the boxes quickly. Jiabao moved them and loaded them on Zhang Cheng's two-wheeled cart. Finally, he added two bags of cabbage, making it a full cart. I wonder if Zhang Cheng could pull it?
Zhang Cheng sighed in his heart, children from poor families are capable, and these two children seemed to work often.
He was also a commoner in Mingyue City. If he hadn't had the opportunity to rent a school building, he wouldn't have had enough money to support his family.
There are also a small number of children from poor families among the students. It is not easy to get into this school. The high tuition fees and living expenses can bring down a family.
This is not the most difficult thing. The most difficult thing is the psychological pressure. Surrounded by aristocratic and wealthy people, under the control of classmates, many children from poor families will have a psychological breakdown, have no intention of studying, and voluntarily drop out of school.
Others will force their families to spend more money to compete. A very small number of children are determined and will study hard, work to earn money, and strive to get into college and get rid of poverty.
