novelraw Chapter 1737 - 951: Light of
Chapter 1737 - 951: Light of
Chen Siqing: "Can’t afford to play!"
Chen Siyu: "Unlike our classmates, all of whom are willing to accept their losses."
Xue Yuantong proclaimed loudly: "If I were to set up a stall, I would surely rectify this corrupt trend, make the whole market benevolent, and dare to lead the crowd!"
The twins agreed: "Exactly! Exactly!"
Jiang Ning: "Alright, shall we set up a stall today?"
"Huh?" Three pairs of eyes stared over.
Jiang Ning leisurely explained: "Tongtong’s house has leftover Wangzai milk, about three or four boxes, and there are so many stuffed toys at home that they almost don’t fit, perfect to use as prizes."
"The rings?" Xue Yuantong asked.
Jiang Ning: "Dongdong is a master craftsman, he made a lot of bamboo rings for lanterns before, we can use those."
"What about the stall, how do we handle that?" Chen Siqing wondered.
Jiang Ning: "Rent one, the city temple fair has management points."
Chen Siqing was dumbfounded: ’So well prepared?’
Jiang Ning: "Tongtong, you go and pick some ugly dolls from the house, I’ll go borrow a tricycle from Boss Yang."
Tongtong retorted: "What about my Wangzai? I still want to drink it."
"There’s enough milk at home for you to drink." Jiang Ning said.
Chen Siyu: "Exactly, Jiang Ning has a lot of milk too."
Chen Siqing added: "Jiang Ning’s house."
Xue Yuantong pouted: "Okay then."
Jiang Ning headed to the rural tourism site, where Zhuang Jianhui and the others were voraciously eating rice with toppings at the entrance, clearly very hungry.
"Borrow the vehicle? Sure!"
"What, setting up a stall?"
"Just those things won’t do, how about this, I’ll get you a carton of Yuxi, soft Chinese cigarettes, for a grand prize." Boss Yang was very generous.
Jiang Ning: "Alright, I’ll bring them back for you later."
Boss Yang chuckled lightly, not taking it to heart, as Jiang Ning had helped him a lot today by getting rid of the pigeons.
"By the way, I also have a piece of red carpet, you can use it as well."
Jiang Ning got the car keys and rode the electric tricycle.
Xu Wenyi overheard the conversation between the two and couldn’t help but ask: "Are you planning to do business to make money? Are you short of money?"
Jiang Ning: "Yes, would you like to cameo as a friendly service staff?"
Xu Wenyi quickly shook her head, even if she went, it would be as a dance performer.
On the contrary, Yin Yu, with long black straight hair, was eating ferociously, even more so than Zhuang Jianhui and Gong Jin.
She cast a curious glance: "Does it sound interesting?"
Jiang Ning: "It’s my first try."
Yin Yu pondered.
...
After preparing the items for the stall, everything was piled up in the cargo bed of the tricycle.
Xue Yuantong quietly squeezed into the driver’s seat, Chen Siyu also squeezed into the driver’s seat. Everyone knew that the seat of a battery-powered tricycle was relatively wide, yet it still couldn’t accommodate Jiang Ning after the two girls got on.
Jiang Ning chuckled: "Should I sit in the cargo bed?"
Chen Siyu: "No way, then there’s no one to drive!"
The older sister, Chen Siqing, made the sensible choice by pulling her younger sister from the driver’s seat into the cargo bed, sitting on the folded red carpet.
Jiang Ning was responsible for driving, Tongtong for giving directions.
Jiang Ning turned the throttle, and the tricycle shot out swiftly, with strong power, rushing up the river dam in one go.
While cruising along the river dam, Chen Siqing suddenly thought of a problem: "Jiang Ning, with so many people in our vehicle, aren’t we violating the law?"
Xue Yuantong: "No worries, Jiang Ning rides fast."
Chen Siyu was puzzled: "Isn’t riding fast more of a violation?"
After turning from the asphalt road on the river dam into Nanhong Road, sure enough, a uniformed officer was checking for violating vehicles at the intersection.
Jiang Ning’s tricycle drove openly past the officer in front, Xue Yuantong even greeted: "Hey!"
The officer nodded to acknowledge receipt.
Behind, a battery cart with a rain cover carrying two people bluffed, and as it passed the officer, he also greeted with a "Hey!"
The uniformed officer’s face changed and shouted: "Come down, come down, you silly!"
The battery cart driver was dumbfounded.
Jiang Ning rode all the way to Temple Fair Street, although the official fair was tomorrow, it was already quite lively today. Jiang Ning spent 80 yuan to rent a spot.
Then he slowly approached the street, attracting the frequent gaze of passersby due to the twins sitting in the cargo bed.
Xue Yuantong kept spying on nearby stalls, candied haw, grilled gluten, fried skewers, sautéed squid...
She sneakily tugged Jiang Ning with her little hand.
It tickled Jiang Ning a bit when she pulled, so he said: "When we make some money, I’ll buy you some delicious food."
When they reached the rented spot, Jiang Ning found that the surrounding was full of ring tossing stalls, with the ground covered with various crafts, pets, drinks, and toys.
He parked the car, and the stall owners on both sides all cast curious glances at the strange assembly.
Chen Siyu moved the red carpet down and, along with her sister, spread it on the ground.
To the north was a thin boss, and to the south a burly Boss Zhuang, the only similarity was that they were both tanned darker than Huang Yuzhu.
Competitors are sometimes rivals, gathering together might even lead to price wars.
Boss Zhuang didn’t even look at Jiang Ning but kept staring at the twins, feeling some familiarity.
Chen Siyu whispered to Jiang Ning: "Coincidentally, that fierce-looking boss is the bad boss who insisted on a second attempt when Yuxia got lucky and won a valuable prize last time."
Jiang Ning remembered that.
The thin dark man laughed: "Your prizes are shabby, look at my Great Sage Equalling Heaven, so powerful!"
Chen Siyu glanced at the Great Sage Equalling Heaven figure, indeed it looked quite heroic and extraordinary.
While laying the carpet, Chen Siqing said to the thin dark man: "Boss, you’re encroaching, could you please move a bit that way?"
The thin dark man laughed it off: "A little space doesn’t hurt."
Xue Yuantong was displeased, why was even a small advantage coveted?
Jiang Ning smiled: "Boss, your Great Sage Equalling Heaven is quite nice indeed, how much for the rings? How many would it take to win?"
The thin dark man thought for a while, raised three fingers: "Three rings, why? Want to give it a try?"
Jiang Ning spent five yuan and bought 15 rings.
With a toss, three rings flew out together, clanking onto the Great Sage Equalling Heaven.
The thin dark man’s face turned even darker.
Xue Yuantong: "Your Great Sage Equalling Heaven is ours now."
Jiang Ning showed the remaining twelve rings in his hand and said: "I’m not really interested in playing anymore."
The thin dark man realized he encountered an expert, obediently moved the Great Sage Equalling Heaven to Jiang Ning’s side, and returned the occupied stall space.
The thin dark man even returned the five yuan collected and sat silently on his stool.
The burly man to the south stared at Jiang Ning a few more times after witnessing the incident.
Time passed, Jiang Ning’s stall gradually took shape, Tongtong sat on a small wooden chair supervising the scene, while the twins stayed ready with stick hooks to pick up rings.
"Hello, how much are the rings?" A young woman with a child inquired about the price.
Tongtong was the first to shout: "One yuan per ring!"
At this moment, Boss Zhuang suddenly yelled: "One yuan for three rings!"
Chen Siyu was angry: ’Malicious pricing!’
Boss Zhuang glanced at the neighbor, feeling smug: ’What’s the use of being good at ring tossing? I can reject you!’
Unexpectedly, the young woman still chose to buy rings from Jiang Ning’s stall: "Ah, give me ten yuan worth."
Chen Siyu directly expressed: "Miss, don’t you think it’s expensive?"
The young woman chuckled, finding the girl’s innocence amusing, where would you find such business practices.
"I like the things at your stall more." she said.
After receiving the rings, the young woman aimed at a can of Wangzai.
Jiang Ning had set the rules: two cans of Wangzai could be exchanged for a doll, or you could take the Wangzai alone.
She threw the ring, drew an arc in the air, and actually hooked a can of Wangzai.
The woman was in a great mood, and the little boy was overjoyed.
After using up all ten rings, she won two cans of Wangzai and, in the end, exchanged them for a brown puppy doll, leaving happily, feeling like she got a bargain.
Xue Yuantong reconciled with Jiang Ning: "The puppy doll cost you 1 yuan at the mall, and we made a profit of 9 yuan!"
Jiang Ning: "You didn’t account for the stall fee."
"Oh, so we still owe 71 yuan..." Xue Yuantong’s joy was slightly diminished.
Chen Siyu quietly said to her sister: "The boss lady’s place is about to be taken over by Tongtong, sister, show some guts!"