It's hot every day in summer, and the market opens early and closes early. Not yet eight o'clock, almost all stalls have arrived, and there are people on the market.

  Zhou Guoqiang parked his tricycle in a familiar spot, where he often set up his stall. Regular customers knew him well. Before long, people started coming over to buy meat.

  Zhou Guoqiang smiled and handed over the meat to the customer, even throwing in an extra bone for free. Although the bone didn't have much meat on it and wasn't worth much money, who would reject something given away for free?

  The person who bought the meat walked away with a smile.

  Zhou Xiaoyun looked at him with a sly smile, can't see that Dad is quite good at doing business now!

  Zhou Guoqiang helped take down the small table, stools and water bucket from the car and arranged them neatly beside his own car for Zhou Xiaoyun.

  The stall was placed together, and there was a response. He couldn't help but worry about his eight-year-old daughter, although Zhou Xiaoyun was more mature than children of the same age, in her parents' eyes she was still just a child!

  Zhou Xiaoyun had no objection to this, after all, with her father by her side, she also had someone to back her up. Of course, she wasn't afraid that someone would try to welch on the deal, five cents for a cup of tea was probably not something anyone would try to cheat her out of.

  But isn't it great to have an adult by your side who can speak with confidence?

  After the small square table was properly arranged, four glass cups were placed on it. Zhou Xiaoyun scooped water from the bucket to fill the quilt, and for hygiene, she also bought a few square-shaped small glass pieces and put them on top of the cups.

  In front of the table was placed the sign she had written last night: Delicious and inexpensive, five cents a cup.

  The eight characters are written with a more elegant and refined style than the pork sign I wrote for Zhou Guoqiang last year.

  The sign was very eye-catching, and Zhou Guoqiang couldn't help but chuckle to himself, wondering where Zhou Xiaoyun came up with so many weird ideas. He remembered that when he first started selling pork last year, Zhou Xiaoyun had also written a sign for him, which read "Pork is the best, price is the lowest", and it had attracted a lot of attention at the time. Now Zhou Xiaoyun was using the same trick again.

  Zhou Xiaoyun thought she was quite clever, wasn't this just about making advertisements and creating a sensation? Anyway, without asking what the things were like, just looking at the signboard could attract people's attention.

  Zhou Xiaoyun brought two stools and sat on one herself, then handed the other to Zhou Guoqiang.

  The father and daughter sat down with smiles on their faces and started chatting.

  In the summer, business is usually slow for pork sales, and Zhou Guoqiang alone can handle it. This time, Zhao Yuzhen didn't come along from home, and Zhou Guoqiang wasn't quite used to it, feeling a bit deserted with no one to talk to.

  Now Zhou Xiaoyun felt much more lively beside him.

  Zhou Guoqiang couldn't help but think that even if tea water can't be sold for much money, accompanying him is still pretty good.

  Zhou Xiaoyun's tea stall started getting busy after 9 o'clock.

  The weather is hot and people are easy to sweat, after walking around the market, people start to feel thirsty. Seeing someone selling tea, they run over to ask the price, and when they see that the boss is an 8 or 9-year-old little girl, everyone feels surprised and amused, and often takes out five cents to drink a cup.

  Zhou Xiaoyun also brought a small half bucket of clean water for washing cups. After drinking, the empty glass cup was soaked in water for a while and then taken out to be used again. The cup with tea water wasn't dirty anyway, so it was fine after being rinsed once.

  Zhou Xiaoyun had prepared a small wooden box for storing coins in advance, and it was naturally obtained from her uncle. Zhou Guofu was busy making a large table and didn't ask what the wooden box was for when he heard that Zhou Xiaoyun wanted one, so he quickly nailed together a small wooden box for her. After all, the materials were readily available, and it wouldn't take much trouble.

  Zhou Xiaoyun received five cents on the left and five cents on the right, a small wooden box was half full in a short while.

  Before half past nine, all the tea water in the bucket was sold out. It is estimated that thirty or forty cups of water were sold, and after weighing the wooden box, it should be worth more than one or two yuan at least.

  Zhou Xiaoyun smiled with her mouth open, preparing to take out the coins and count them as soon as she got home.

  Zhou Guoqiang brought not much pork today, but it was almost sold out. He didn't expect Zhou Xiaoyun's business to be quite good. Looking at Zhou Xiaoyun's clever and capable appearance, Zhou Guoqiang felt a strong sense of pride in his heart.

  Zhou Xiaoyun was delighted to put away the table and chairs, Zhou Guoqiang hastily took over and asked, "How much did you sell it for?"

  Zhou Xiaoyun's smiling eyes narrowed into a slit: "Probably about two bucks!"

  Zhou Guoqiang was shocked, originally thinking that selling for five cents a cup would not make much money, but unexpectedly sold two yuan in more than an hour. Calculating this way, if he brings another bucket of tea...

  "Dad, today is the first day of setting up a stall. I underestimated the situation and next time I'll bring more tea water. Look, so many people came to buy tea but didn't get any!"

  He's really a money lover, always making fun of Er Ya being a born money lover, Zhou Xiao Yun can't see himself in his current state. His eyes are smiling so hard they're almost invisible, a complete gold-digger face.

  However, Zhou Guoqiang found this Zhou Xiaoyun particularly cute and couldn't help but laugh along.

  Zhou Xiaoyun magically pulled out a cup of tea from the bucket and handed it to Zhou Guoqiang: "Here, Dad, you must be thirsty! I specially left a cup for you to drink."

  This flattering praise made Zhou Guoqiang feel extremely comfortable, and he was indeed a bit thirsty. He picked up the cup and took a sip, feeling that the water was a bit too sweet, and unconsciously said: "It would be better if it were tea leaves steeped in tea."

  One sentence shocked Zhou Xiaoyun!

  Zhou Xiaoyun slapped her thigh excitedly, right! How come she didn't think of that? Let's make another bucket of tea leaves to sell, and the price can be raised a bit higher, with more options for customers.

  Zhou Xiaoyun saw a scene of coins rushing towards her: "Dad, thank you for giving me such a good suggestion." She happily hugged Zhou Guoqiang.

  Zhou Guoqiang was drenched in sweat and said something, but it seemed that even he himself didn't notice what he had just blurted out.

  She said and did, Zhou Xiaoyun immediately went to the nearby tea stall and bought a few taels of the cheapest jasmine tea.

  Zhou Xiaoyun returned home, facing Zhao Yuzhen's inquiry with a proud smile: "Mom, I sold out early. I sold it for two dollars, but I took one dollar to buy tea leaves and plan to sell two kinds of tea water at the next fair."

  Zhao Yuzhen looked at Zhou Guoqiang and nodded slightly, indicating that what Zhou Xiaoyun said was true.

  "Mom, I want to earn some money during the summer vacation to buy a harmonica. I've been practicing with Teacher Fang, but it's not the same as having my own. I don't want to ask you and dad for money, I want to earn one myself."

  Seeing his daughter's determination, Zhao Yu Zhen couldn't say anything more. He had originally thought of asking Zhou Xiao Yun to hand over a portion of her income, but now he couldn't bring himself to mention it.