Chapter 196 Good Brothers for Life
The small supermarket in the dormitory campus is in an excellent location, right on the route that students of the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School must take when they return to the dormitory after school.

Mr. Liu, the boss of the small supermarket, was able to get such a position thanks to his relationship with the vice-president.

This is because the relationship is a bit distant and I couldn't compete with the boss next to the school cafeteria, so I had to settle for the second best and chose this small supermarket.

Compared to the school cafeteria, the supermarket in the dormitory campus also has good traffic, but after all, there are only customers in the morning and evening.

They just take advantage of the monopoly, so they make a lot of money every month.

After deducting the rent and labor costs paid to the school, the net income can be 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month, which is definitely a good side job.

Boss Liu's family is a supplier itself, and he can buy supermarket goods at lower prices, so there is a huge profit margin.

Now that Boss Liu is over 50 years old, he is in a semi-retired state. After handing over the family business to his son, he likes to come here for a stroll every day.

Whenever he sees these youthful students coming in and out of his supermarket, a gentle smile appears on his face.

Sometimes when I’m in a good mood, I’ll give a few students popsicles or something, which has made the small supermarket have a very good reputation among students.

Now, Boss Liu's favorite scene is squatting next to the supermarket after the evening study bell rings at the No. 1 Middle School, watching the students rushing in from the dormitory gate.

In order to avoid wasting time queuing in the supermarket, many boys have already made sufficient preparations in the classroom before the bell rings.

If the floor is higher than the others, they may even pretend to go to the restroom in advance, but actually sneak to the restroom on the first floor and wait.

As soon as the bell rang, he rushed out like a mad wild dog.

I've never seen them work so hard at sports events, but when it comes to small things like this, each one of them is able to unleash their potential more than the other.

I have to say that running like this more often is quite good for your health.

It was this group of boys who would appear at the entrance of the supermarket within just a few tens of seconds every time, and they would fly in front of Boss Liu one after another, making him feel particularly comfortable.

Generally speaking, the boys who run in the front basically buy instant noodles, plus a sausage, and some also buy a boiled egg and some snacks.

This set of noodles will cost about seven or eight yuan, and the more expensive instant noodles can cost more than ten yuan.

but.

In recent days, Boss Liu has discovered some abnormalities.

In the past, all the boys who were running in the front would rush into his small supermarket one by one.

But since Monday this week, there are always one or two boys who run in the front, but do not go into the supermarket, but run directly towards the dormitory building.

At the beginning, the number was small, and Boss Liu didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that they were just in a hurry to go back to the dormitory to take a shower, or secretly play with their mobile phones.

But as time went by, when it came to Wednesday and Thursday, almost half of the dozen or so boys who were running in the front from the school went straight to the back of the boys' dormitory building.

This made Boss Liu very puzzled.

What's up with these boys?
Isn’t that the girls’ dormitory building behind the boys’ dormitory building?

With this thought in mind, Boss Liu looked suspicious. On Friday night, he saw more than 20 figures running like crazy towards the back of the boys' dormitory building, with no intention of entering his supermarket. This made him completely unable to sit still.

Although this incident has little impact on his supermarket, most students still go to his supermarket to buy things.

But he always felt uneasy because he didn't understand what happened.

So he stood up, followed the direction the group of boys had just run, and walked around the boys' dormitory building with a puzzled look on his face.

Then, he saw a queue in front of the fire iron gate.

Everyone held banknotes in one hand and exchanged goods with the two boys outside the iron gate.

Boss Liu walked in and looked, and immediately raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Egg fried rice?"

The twenty boxes of fried rice sold very quickly, and the transaction was completed in just one or two minutes.

The boys who got the fried rice were all very excited, looking like they had returned victorious, and returned to the dormitory happily.

However, there were also students who were ranked outside the top 20. Seeing that they had not been able to get a seat, they immediately grabbed the iron gate railings with both hands and begged desperately, "Brother! Don't you have a few more in there? Can you sell me one? Please, brother!"

"Uh..." Li Luo glanced at the words 2013 engraved on the boy's school uniform. He was obviously a senior in the second year of high school. He immediately said with embarrassment, "Senior, you should know, right? We only sell copies a day. We don't sell more. The rest are kept for our friends."

When the senior heard this, he became even more anxious, and hurriedly grabbed a few classmates who had bought fried rice and asked them if they could sell it to him at a higher price.

But he was unlucky and no one was willing to sell to him.

And it didn't take long.

Zhu Yufei and Zhang Guohuang came over with a smile and got their free fried rice from Li Luo.

The student did not let them go, but Zhu Yufei and Zhang Guohuang did not agree. They said hello to Li Luo and went back to the dormitory.

It was not until Yan Zhusheng and Xu Yinghuan walked to the iron gate together that the student finally came to the two of them and begged them. "I promised the girl I like that I would buy her some fried rice from here today. Please, can you sell me a box? You can pay more, twenty yuan is ok?"

Yan Zhusheng blinked, looked at the senior, turned to look at Li Luo, and then tilted his head.

Li Luo shrugged indifferently, indicating that it was up to her.

So Yan Zhusheng nodded, handed over the egg fried rice in his hand, and said very seriously: "Twenty yuan, you said it."

"Okay, okay! Here's twenty!" The senior almost cried with joy. He quickly took out two ten-yuan bills from his trouser pocket and stuffed them into Yan Zhusheng's hand. Then he immediately ran out with the egg fried rice. While running, he turned his head and shouted, "Thank you!"

Yan Zhusheng looked down at the twenty yuan in his hand, turned back to the iron gate, and handed it to Li Luo: "Here."

"Why are you giving me this? You earned your own money, so just keep it for yourself." Li Luo laughed. He had already caught a glimpse of Boss Liu standing beside him, and said, "Let's go to the supermarket and buy some snacks. Eating fried rice all day is getting boring."

"Then I'll give you half." Yan Zhusheng took back a ten-yuan note and stuffed the other ten-yuan note to Li Luo, "You go buy some snacks too."

"Okay, I won't be polite then." Li Luo took the ten yuan from Yan Zhusheng, as if he had sold an extra lunch box tonight. "You guys should go back and eat it early. It won't taste good if it gets cold."

"Okay, bye, squad leader." Xu Yinghuan responded, pulling Yan Zhusheng and said, "I'll give you half."

After watching Yan Zhusheng and the other person leave, Li Luo and Zhao Rongjun distributed the remaining fried egg noodles to a few acquaintances. Boss Liu, who was standing nearby, finally couldn't help himself and walked to the iron gate and asked, "My two classmates, I see that you are wearing school uniforms from the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School, right?"

"Yes." Li Luo nodded.

"Then do your families know that you are selling fried rice here?" Boss Liu said, "It's a bit dangerous to be out so late. Don't do that in the future."

"Uncle, don't worry. We have our elders with us." Li Luo pointed at Lin Xiufeng's figure on the roadside and said, "We just want to experience the feeling of working and studying, so we came to try selling egg fried rice. We only sell 20 servings a day."

After hearing what the other party said, Boss Liu felt reluctant to make things too difficult for the student.

So he just nodded, as if to understand the situation, chatted for a few more words, and then said goodbye and left.

In Boss Liu's opinion, Li Luo's selling of fried rice does not have much impact on his supermarket.

After all, the daily turnover of this egg fried rice is only two hundred, plus the students come here to experience life, so I guess it won’t be long before I stop doing it.

So Boss Liu didn't bother with it anymore.

In addition, as the Chinese New Year is approaching, the family business has become busy. Although he is retired, Boss Liu is still worried about his son.

So after confirming that there was no problem with the small business at the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School, I turned around and prepared to go home to check out the big business over there.

Li Luo also breathed a sigh of relief after watching Boss Liu leave.

After all, if the other party really calls the security, it would be a bit troublesome.

but……

"Let's calculate how much it is."

Li Luo asked Zhao Rongjun who was standing beside him.

"I have 64 yuan here today too." Zhao Rongjun excitedly took out the money he had saved over the past few days from his trouser pocket and counted it carefully. "It's 320 yuan in total! Adding the pocket money I saved before, I already have 350 yuan!"

"That's it." Li Luo took out an extra fifty yuan from his earnings today and put it in Zhao Rongjun's hand. "Let's make do with it. It's exactly four hundred yuan. Buy a down jacket for your grandparents. I'm exhausted after working for a week. I'm going to quit next week."

"Ah?" Zhao Rongjun was stunned for a moment when he heard that he was going to quit, and then he said quickly, "I think we can continue. We only work for less than an hour and can earn fifty or sixty yuan. Wouldn't that be more than a thousand yuan a month? I don't even have that much for living expenses."

Li Luo looked at Zhao Rongjun in surprise, and seeing the serious look on this boy's face, he felt a little amused.

I have to say, making money is indeed quite addictive.

Especially for young people who have never made money before, this is their first time to experience the joy of making money. They are full of energy and may not feel tired at all, and may even enjoy it.

This made Li Luo a little overwhelmed.

"You should take a break first. There is nowhere to sell these two days on the weekend. If you really want to sell, wait until next week." Li Luo shook his head helplessly, "Go buy clothes this week."

"Okay." Zhao Rongjun touched the iron fire door reluctantly, and it seemed that he was really a little overwhelmed.

However, after getting on the electric tricycle, Zhao Rongjun solemnly warned Li Luo: "Don't ask Ying Chanxi and the others to come with you when you go shopping for clothes this time."

"what?"

"You what?"

"Although I didn't ask them, Xixi and the others have already made an appointment..." Li Luo scratched his head, "They all know that you want to buy down jackets for your grandparents, so they made an appointment to go together. It's a good opportunity to go shopping."

Zhao Rongjun was so annoyed when he heard this: "...Then why don't you go with them? I'll go buy the down jacket by myself."

"How can that be possible?" Li Luo chuckled and hugged Zhao Rongjun's neck, "Good brother, I will definitely accompany you for the rest of my life."

(End of this chapter)