Chapter 79p2
What are they talking about… They’re studying ancient poetry now, someone was talking bad about you earlier! The viewers in the live broadcast room wished they could jump into the screen, pick up the silly little chubby bunny, and tell her everything in her ear.
“I’m so angry, why is Cheng Rongrong always like this, did our CEO Mao and Yan Yan owe her money in their previous lives… It was clearly stated that the babies would pick and sell the vegetables themselves, and the money they earned would be used for a competition, why does she have to bring all the babies to sell candied tomatoes!”
“Cheng Rongrong truly… How can she be so good at guilt-tripping at such a young age?”
“Why didn’t CEO Mao come a minute earlier! Now she can only hear them studying, she didn’t hear any of the backstabbing, short-legged bunny!”
“Thankfully, it’s our Yueyue, if it was another naive child, they would probably be crying after being manipulated by Cheng Rongrong, immediately breaking up with Yan Yan and Maomao. It seems reading is truly useful!”
“Every time Yueyue starts quoting from books, I want to laugh, how can she be so amazing, I don’t even know most of those things. Let’s cheer for our amazing Yueyue!”
“Dongdong too… It seems he really needs to hear these encouraging words. My poor Dongdong…”
“Um… Raising my hand timidly… Rongrong wasn’t exactly… guilt-tripping, right? After her vegetables were bought out, she also suggested that the person buy Wang Zhizhi’s, and she even asked if he wanted more… She was being kind, so she hopes others would also be kind?”
“That’s true, but why force it on others? If she wants others to be kind too, why didn’t she go and talk to Yan Yan and Maomao directly, instead of whispering behind their backs?”
“Just because you’re kind, it doesn’t mean you can demand everyone else to be kind too. What if a philanthropist donated all their wealth, then came to persuade you to donate all yours too, would you donate? Morality is for restraining yourself, not for controlling others!”
“How is CEO Mao not being kind? The person who… said Cheng Rongrong also hopes others would be kind, didn’t you watch CEO Mao and Yan Yan’s live stream earlier? Before CEO Mao came to Yueyue, she had already discussed with Yan Yan that if the other babies couldn’t sell their vegetables, they would help them sell together. CEO Mao is here now to tell Yueyue and Dongdong about this.”
“I’m the one who raised my hand timidly earlier, I saw it. But didn’t Wei Maomao and Cheng Tingyan sell for a while before remembering their friends? It’s just… average… kindness…”
“??? What’s wrong with you? Are you a fan of Cheng Rongrong or something? If you think Cheng Rongrong is good, then go back to her live stream, why are you criticizing CEO Mao and Yan Yan here? Did your Cheng Rongrong sell Wang Zhizhi’s vegetables before selling her own? Helping isn’t an obligation, they’re even competing, isn’t it already kind enough to help? How much kinder do you want them to be? Should they give their house to their relatives to live in?”
“Don’t bother with that timid person, he’s definitely a fan of Cheng Rongrong, he didn’t watch CEO Mao and Yan Yan’s live stream. If he did, he would know that CEO Mao was selling Yan Yan’s tomatoes earlier, now they’re selling together, taking turns, CEO Mao’s tomatoes are only just starting to sell.”
“??? Ah? I also watched the live broadcast, how come I didn’t know they were selling Yan Yan’s? Weren’t their tomatoes all together?”
“No, their baskets were separate. At first, Yan Yan went to get water for washing the tomatoes, the first batch of tomatoes was chosen by CEO Mao, she took them all from Yan Yan’s basket. Later, CEO Mao also took tomatoes from Yan Yan’s basket, I saw it clearly on the live broadcast. Hahaha, speaking of which, it’s hilarious, didn’t CEO Mao take a candied tomato and eat it in front of the stall? She even gave one back to Yan Yan from her own basket later.”
“Hahaha, yes, they were all selling Yan Yan’s, I also saw it. Although CEO Mao didn’t tell Yan Yan, she was taking tomatoes from her basket. CEO Mao is so smart, I don’t think she took them by mistake.”
“I can testify, she definitely didn’t take them by mistake. CEO Mao even secretly glanced at Yan Yan when she was taking the tomatoes, hahaha, like a little thief! I even counted… They sold to six customers at first, then when the line started forming, Yan Yan asked CEO Mao if they should help the other babies sell later. At that time, they had sold eighteen tomatoes, CEO Mao disagreed, saying they should sell a bit more. After selling the forty-fourth tomato, CEO Mao stood up and said she would go and help the other babies sell. In other words, before helping herself and the other babies sell vegetables, helping Yan Yan sell a certain amount of tomatoes was CEO Mao’s initial goal.”
“The person above is mostly right, but I have to clarify, CEO Mao’s initial goal wasn’t to help Yan Yan sell a certain amount of tomatoes. It was probably after selling the twentieth candied tomato, CEO Mao left the stall, grabbed Liu Ming from the staff, and asked her how many candied tomatoes they needed to sell to reach 173 yuan.”
“????????????? Oh my god! Really! I went to the bathroom at that time, and asked my husband to help me count the candied tomatoes they sold, he only counted the number, he didn’t tell me CEO Mao even went to ask Liu Ming to do the math! I almost gave incomplete testimony! Men! Truly unreliable!”
“Holy crap, when I saw that, I thought CEO Mao was comparing the 173 yuan to Cheng Rongrong’s earnings, I even thought she was a bit competitive. Now, after hearing Cheng Rongrong’s whispers to Yueyue and Dongdong, I repent… Thankfully, Yan Yan has CEO Mao, otherwise, who knows what kind of nonsense she would have heard.”
“What else could she have said, bragging about earning money to support the family.”
“CEO Mao truly… She hasn’t sold a single one of her own tomatoes! My eyes, they’re so big, yet I’m blind! I didn’t even notice that CEO Mao had been taking tomatoes from Yan Yan’s basket!”
“Hahaha, so how big are your eyes? Let’s see~~~”
…
Wei Maomao, unaware of the commotion in the live broadcast room, was squatting on the ground, helping Wen Jiangyue pack the unsold vegetables back into her basket.
Since they couldn’t sell them anywhere else, they might as well all go to the tanghulu stall.
Cheng Rongrong glanced at Wen Jiangyue, who was happily packing up, then at Wen Dongyu, who was also excitedly packing his things, she didn’t understand!
What was going on?
Didn’t they say it’s better to rely on themselves than to rely on others?
How come they stopped reciting poems and ran off to help as soon as someone came and asked?
Could they change their minds so quickly?
Cheng Rongrong was already annoyed that her plan of Cheng Tingyan not earning any money, leaving the family dependent on her, had been disrupted. And now she had to watch them help the other babies, creating heartwarming moments… It was truly…
Truly infuriating!
But Cheng Rongrong couldn’t find any reason to keep Wen Jiangyue and Wen Dongyu there, it was driving her crazy.
Who was suffering, who would know? Anyway, Wen Dongyu didn’t know.
“Ah, I should have picked more tomatoes, I can only sell two…” Wen Dongyu said regretfully, touching his only two tomatoes, but quickly added, “But I’m still better than Shen Zilin, he doesn’t have a single tomato, only cucumbers.”
“Let’s call him over, there are more people there, maybe someone will buy your cucumbers and loofah.” Wei Maomao said, helping Wen Jiangyue pack the last tomato.
Shen Zilin had seen the commotion at the five-stall row from afar, he could roughly guess why Wei Maomao had gone to find them. But he didn’t expect that they would even come and invite him…
He was… Shen Zilin looked at the sea of green in front of him, he was the idiot with only cucumbers!
An idiot was already miserable enough, there was no need to be a lonely idiot, in the end, Shen Zilin packed up and followed them.
He could only say, thankfully he followed them!
Soon, a circle of stalls formed around the tanghulu stall.
The babies weren’t idle either, since no one was buying their vegetables, they started helping, some washing tomatoes, some handing out skewers.
Although he didn’t have any tomatoes, Shen Zilin also rolled up his sleeves, ready to help. But before he could even start, his gaze was drawn to Grandma Zhao, who was making candied tomatoes.
Mmm… It seemed, it seemed… How was it done again… Ah, right!
Shen Zilin frowned, trying to recall, then his eyes lit up, he looked at the green vegetables he had laid out.
“Maomao.” Shen Zilin chose Wei Maomao, who was organizing the tomatoes for the babies, over Cheng Tingyan, who was busy washing tomatoes.
Wei Maomao looked up.
“Maomao, do you think we can sell candied cucumbers?” Shen Zilin asked excitedly.
Wei Maomao: “… “
Although she had heard of bizarre things like candied spicy strips and candied ginger in her previous life, but here… Selling candied cucumbers would be too difficult, right?
“We can… try?” Wei Maomao didn’t want to discourage Shen Zilin, who had no tomatoes, she glanced at the pile of cucumbers. “One is too long, we can cut it into three? Let’s try making three candied cucumbers with one?”
If worst came to worst, they could just have Shen Zilin hold a piece and sit in front of the stall, munching on it and promoting it.
Maybe…
If it really didn’t work, she could trade some of her tomatoes with Shen Zilin, they were all babies, they couldn’t let Shen Zilin be the only one who didn’t make any sales.
“The candied cucumbers I’m talking about aren’t like the candied tomatoes.” Shen Zilin, seeing that Wei Maomao didn’t object, became even more excited. He bent down, picked up a cucumber, and spun it between his hands like he was making a bamboo dragonfly. “I saw it in a documentary, after coating the tanghulu with sugar syrup, if you spin it like this very quickly, it’ll have lots of sugar threads like cotton candy, it looks very pretty! It goes well with cucumbers! Can you imagine it? Cucumbers coated with thin cotton candy threads!”
Oh… Wei Maomao understood.
It was the internet-famous stringy tanghulu! Thin, translucent sugar threads, visually stunning, more appealing than the taste itself!
Why didn’t she think of making this…
Ah, this was the business acumen of the six-year-old mini CEO.
“Maomao, do you think it’ll sell?” Shen Zilin, truly impressed by Wei Maomao and Cheng Tingyan’s idea of selling candied tomatoes, needed some affirmation from the clever Wei Maomao.
“Yes! Definitely!” Wei Maomao nodded vigorously, giving him a lot of affirmation.
Children loved novelty, whether it tasted good or not was another matter, stringy tanghulu definitely looked good!
As long as one person bought it, it would spread through word of mouth, they could definitely ride this wave of novelty!
And… it actually worked…
The tanghulu stall, because of the internet-famous stringy candied cucumbers, experienced a new wave of sales!
Due to the restrictions of the program team’s agreement, even the extras who had already bought candied tomatoes couldn’t leave before the market closed.
The grandma in the headscarf had already taken her grandson, who was munching on a candied tomato, and three candied tomatoes to hide in a corner. To prevent the sugar coating from melting, she even chose a shady spot.
But… What did she see!
It was a pity… She was holding three candied tomatoes, she didn’t have any spare hands to cover her grandson’s eyes.
In the end, the grandma was forced to join the line for the cucumbers coated with sugar threads.
Zeng Huanian, watching the screens in the monitoring room, couldn’t help but chuckle wryly, so when would “her sales slow down,” as Director Shi had said?
They were selling like hotcakes, did their shills still need to go over…
And where was Director Shi! Why wasn’t he checking his phone again!
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