Reborn 99 Days Later, Becoming a Landlady and Getting into Tsinghua and Peking Universities

Chapter 168 We're best friends with you!

"Let's count the six of you first."

You handed out 6 stacks of flyers this morning and 8 stacks this afternoon, for a total of 14 stacks. I should give you 7 yuan.

But after dark, instead of going home, you went to the warehouse and worked for three hours.

We agreed beforehand that for the first month, when you weren't yet proficient, I would pay the five older kids 20 cents an hour, but for six-year-olds Xu Shou and Xu Nian, I could only pay them 10 cents an hour, right?

The children all nodded in unison.

Hua Lichu smiled and said, "So, 3 hours is 3 * 0.2 * 4 + 3 * 0.1 * 2, which is 3 yuan. Adding the 7 yuan for handing out flyers, you six kids earned 10 yuan today. Now, count it."

But the children didn't count the money immediately; instead, they stared at Hua Lichu with bright, sparkling eyes.

The youngest, Xu Nian, couldn't hold back any longer and exclaimed excitedly, "Sister Pear, you're so amazing..."

All the amounts were calculated in one go.

Hua Lichu smiled and said, "You'll be just as amazing when you go to school!"

"Wow! Really?"

Xu Nian excitedly jumped out of bed.

"Yes, hurry up and count it to see if it's 10 yuan."

After the children confirmed that everything was correct, Hua Lichu looked at Xu An and said, "Xu An, you worked 12 hours today, here's 2 yuan for you."

Xu An smiled shyly and took the money from Hua Lichu's hand: "Thank you~"

Hua Lichu patted Xu An's fluffy head: "You're welcome. I'm going back now. You guys should go to sleep early."

The children stared intently at Hua Lichu's retreating figure until the door closed and she could no longer be seen, before finally turning their gaze away.

Then, they turned their heads in unison, looked down, and stared at Xu Ping and Xu An's hands.

Seeing his younger siblings' curiosity, Xu An simply slid off the edge of the bed, walked to his sisters' bedside, and placed the money under Xu Nian's nose:

"Smell it, it's real money! Doesn't it smell good?"

Xu Nian took a deep breath, his expression one of fascination, and nodded vigorously: "It smells good!"

Xu Le leaned over and said, "I want to smell it too!"

"I want to smell it too!"

"Big brother, I want to smell it too!"

Xu Ping felt a little helpless, but still handed the money to his younger brother's nose.

After her younger brother finished smelling it, she couldn't resist and secretly smelled it herself.

An An is right, money really smells so good, he likes the smell of money!

The children were reluctant to turn on the lights; Hua Lichu turned them off almost as soon as she stepped out of the room.

At this moment, the moonlight shone on their smiling faces, reflecting a layer of fine down, like new buds in spring.

"Sister Pear is so kind~"

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The next day, the children did the same thing as the day before, handing out flyers everywhere.

With the experience gained the day before, the six children handed out seven stacks of flyers in just one morning.

Judging that lunchtime was approaching, the six children held hands and hurried back.

At the shop entrance, Hua Lichu was looking up at the newly hung signboard when she heard a noise behind her. She turned around and saw six little figures soaked in sweat.

Xu Nian was the youngest and had the shortest legs. Her older brothers and sisters would take one step for her to keep up, so she would sweat the most.

When the children saw Hua Lichu, they immediately stopped and called out with smiles, "Sister Lichu!"

"Are you back?"

Xu Ping was startled, and a familiar and warm voice suddenly flashed through his mind: "Pingping is back?"

Since his grandmother passed away, no one has ever said those words to him again.

Xu Ping's face lit up with a bright smile, and he shouted, "We're back!"

Xu Nian proudly puffed out her chest: "Sister, we handed out so many flyers today! Five, no, six? No, that's not right either..."

Xu Ping counted: "There are seven stacks of flyers."

"Yes, 7, more than yesterday!"

Hua Lichu laughed heartily: "You guys are really awesome! Are you hot? Hurry up and go to the milk tea shop to find your aunt. She made a lot of plum juice this morning, one cup for each of you!"

"Thank you, Sister Pear!"

"You're welcome, go ahead!"

Watching the children's carefree figures disappear into the distance, Hua Lichu shook her head with amusement. Kids just have so much energy; they've been running around all morning and are still so full of life.

However, taking bus number 11 is a bit slow. Is there any tool that can save money and speed up travel?

After a hearty meal, the sun was blazing, and Hua Lichu, worried that people would suffer from heatstroke, specifically instructed the children at the dinner table not to go out at this time.

The children were a little anxious, worried that they wouldn't have time to hand out flyers, but they were also well-behaved and sensible, and none of them disobeyed.

After helping wash the dishes, we held hands and went into the boutique.

Yan Moli was standing behind the cashier, checking the inventory against the goods list.

Suddenly she heard a noise, looked down and saw several children standing on tiptoe, peering at her with bright eyes.

"what happened?"

All six children turned their heads at the same time and looked at Xu Ping. Xu Ping quickly pulled out a wad of neatly folded banknotes from his patched-up trouser pocket.

"Aunt Jasmine, I'd like to buy a gift for Sister Pear, Sister Peach, and Grandpa Sheng. Do you have enough money?"

After saying that, Xu Ping handed over the money in his hand.

Yan Moli was surprised, but smiled and said, "You made money yesterday?"

"Yes!" The seven little ones nodded vigorously, then asked nervously, "Is this enough money?"

Yan Moli counted the money and found she actually had 12 yuan: "What do you want to buy?"

Xu Ping didn't know either.

"Can we take a look?"

Yan Moli nodded: "Of course!"

It was the first time the seven children had been to a boutique. Looking at the dazzling array of jewelry, they dared not breathe loudly, afraid that they might break such beautiful things if they moved too much.

After the tour, the seven children huddled together, their fluffy heads close together, whispering amongst themselves.

Finally, I bought a hair clip for Hua Antao and picked out a notebook for Hua Yuansheng.

The children all wanted to give Hua Lichu the gift they thought was the best. After chattering and discussing for a while, they set their sights on two items.

A small lamp shaped like a yellow duck, and an adorable pear-shaped cushion.

The children chose their tickets based on the prices on the tags, worried that they might not have enough money.

However, the items in the boutique were really expensive, and both of these gifts exceeded the amount of money they had on hand.

Or, how about we wait until we get paid tonight before buying it?

This made Yan Moli laugh out loud: "Don't worry, our employees get internal prices when buying things, it's very cheap. Are you buying a small lamp? Or a cushion?"

As an employee benefit, all employees can enjoy cost prices at Hua Lichu's stores.

Of course, the quantity is limited, and reselling is not allowed.

"If we want everything, do we have enough money?" the seven children asked after discussing it.

Yan Moli calculated: "About right, I can still save about 1.2 yuan."

"Then I'll take them both!"

After buying the gifts, the seven children skipped and hopped to find the three generations of the family, making no attempt to hide their favoritism towards Hua Lichu.

"Sister, you're our best friend!"

P.S.: Pillow and small lamp.