Volume 1: Little People Return 2014 Chapter 002 The World Cup is about to begin
The International Trade City in Chuncheng is very large and covers everything, including clothing, mattresses, toys, hardware, etc. It takes an hour to walk from beginning to end.
The shops here not only deal in wholesale, but also accept retail, making it a great place for shopping on weekends.
However, on weekday mornings, the traffic in the commercial city is relatively small. After all, few people like to go shopping early in the morning. Now, most of the people coming to the commercial city are staff.
There is no need to take body temperature when entering and leaving the commercial city, and pedestrians passing by do not wear masks on their faces, which makes Zhou Dongsheng a little uncomfortable.
Xu Yun brought Zhou Dongsheng to the two shops 1102-1103 on the 3rd floor of the textile area, took out the key and opened the rolling shutters.
Zhou Dongsheng lifted the door and Xu Yun turned on the lights in the shop, which meant the shop was open for business. Then everyone took a broom and cleaned the shop.
Xu Yun took out a ten-yuan note from the counter and handed it to Zhou Dongsheng, "Dongsheng, go buy some breakfast. I want some custard buns with soy milk."
He looked accustomed to it, which showed that he often ordered Zhou Dongsheng around, and his identity as a tool was obvious.
There was no need for Zhou Dongsheng to get angry with a little girl. Even if he was reborn, he was just an eighteen-year-old little man at the moment, and he happened to be hungry.
"Great, Sister Xu." Zhou Dongsheng took the money and walked out. He was very happy to revisit the old place. His eighteen-year-old body was as light as a fly, and he seemed to have endless energy all over his body.
I walked to the small supermarket outside the commercial city to buy breakfast. Custard buns cost 2 yuan, soy milk cost 1.5 yuan, tea eggs cost 1.5 yuan, and meat buns cost 2 yuan...
Zhou Dongsheng spent exactly 10 yuan on the purchase. He took out the money from his pocket and handed it to the boss. He was still a little uncomfortable with it, but in the past two years, QR code payment has become popular.
This also made Zhou Dongsheng feel a little emotional. Fortunately, it was 2014 and it was not difficult to adapt. If it was 2004, it would be a bit uncomfortable.
The most important thing is that at the age of eight, I could do nothing but study hard.
While thinking, Zhou Dongsheng was playing with the Apple 4th generation mobile phone in his hand. He remembered that this was the first mobile phone he bought, and it was a second-hand one.
I bought it from a relative. As the gold iPhone 5s appeared, he couldn't wait to upgrade to a new one, so he sold the phone at a low price, spending only a few hundred dollars.
After getting the coveted smartphone, the first thing Zhou Dongsheng did was to download Fruit Ninja and have a great time playing it.
Before this, he could only watch others play, and only occasionally had the chance to satisfy his craving.
Recalling this, Zhou Dongsheng showed a nostalgic smile. Later, even if he used the latest 5G mobile phone, it was not as happy as that second-hand phone brought him.
Although it was second-hand, Zhou Dongsheng cherished his beloved toy very much. However, the phone did not accompany Zhou Dongsheng for long before it was stolen.
When Zhou Dongsheng thought of this, he was suddenly stunned, because his mobile phone was stolen here in the International Trade City.
A group of people pretended to enter the store to check out the goods, and brought a pregnant woman with them. Their method was very clever. They diverted the attention of the people who were checking out the goods, and then the pregnant woman found an opportunity to steal the mobile phone on the counter.
Not only Zhou Dongsheng's, but also the Samsung mobile phone that his boss Deng Bin placed on the counter to charge was taken away.
The next day, the annoyed boss replaced it with a gold phone, and I was back to the days of old phones. I tossed and turned many nights...
If I meet this group of people again in this life, I will definitely bring them to justice!
Zhou Dongsheng thought bitterly, returned to the store and handed breakfast to Xu Yun, then found a stool and sat at the door of the store. He ate the tea eggs and meat buns in a few bites, and sipped the soy milk happily.
There were basically no customers in the leisurely morning, so Zhou Dongsheng was happy and relaxed, searching for some information about the World Cup on his mobile phone.
The 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil. The opening ceremony will be held at 2:15 am tomorrow morning, and the first game will start at 4 o'clock, with Brazil playing against Croatia.
By then, the theme song "We Are One" will resound around the world, become one of the best songs of the year amid the popularity of the World Cup, and resound throughout the streets and alleys of the commercial city.
Zhou Dongsheng knew nothing about the sport of football. He had never been exposed to this sport since he was a child. After all, finding a field to play football is much more difficult than finding a backboard.
After doing a little research and using the store's wifi to download regular sports lottery software, everything is ready.
Although Zhou Dongsheng didn't know much about football and there were only a few teams he could name in the World Cup , it didn't stop him from making money by using his foresight.
After the preparations were done, the only thing Zhou Dongsheng could do was to pray, praying that when he flapped his wings like a butterfly, he would not stir up a gust of wind in the tropical football kingdom, which would be so strong that it would blow the ball off course...
"Are you the boss or am I the boss? Next time you sleep so late, you'll have to pack up your things and go back home." A cursing voice came from the corner of the street.
Zhou Dongsheng looked over and saw a group of people walking towards him.
A 1.7-meter-tall, thin man with glasses and a bookish look was cursing and pointing at a boy who was half a head shorter than him and had a bit of rebelliousness on his face.
There was also a fat woman who was about 1.6 meters tall and followed beside her. Her dress was bulging and she was holding a purple handbag in her hand.
The man wearing glasses is naturally the boss Deng Bin, the one being scolded is Zhou Dongsheng's upper bunk brother Qiu Zijian, and next to him is the boss's wife Xu Lei, Xu Yun's sister.
"Good morning, Brother Bin, good morning, sister-in-law." Zhou Dongsheng greeted them, and Xu Yun, who came out following the voice, smiled secretly on the side.
Other people on the street have long been accustomed to it. They come here every few days, and they have gotten used to it.
"Look at Dongsheng, this is the working attitude. If your father hadn't asked me to do so, I would have sent you back long ago." Deng Bin said unhappily.
Qiu Zijian disagreed, "I have a lot of work to do. Besides, I have nothing to do in the morning. I just sit in the store."
"Are you still being stubborn? If I were your dad, I would beat you right now." Deng Bin cursed again and walked into the store.
Qiu Zijian found a random stool and sat aside, looking as if he was not afraid of boiling water. He casually took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, took out a cigarette skillfully, lit it up, and puffed out smoke in a particularly cool manner.
Looking at Zhou Dongsheng with envy, he subconsciously touched his trouser pocket, and then he remembered that he didn't have the habit of smoking.
After thinking about it, I resisted the urge to smoke a cigarette. Every old smoker knows that smoking harms both others and yourself.
But quitting after becoming addicted is not as easy as it sounds. It's like a craft. Once you've done it, you want to quit, but every time you do it, you'll definitely do it next time.
It's a rare opportunity to come again, so I'm going to quit smoking in this life and not waste this young and healthy body.
After lunch, Zhou Dongsheng and Qiu Zijian started to get busy, packing the goods ordered by customers into boxes and pulling them to the parking lot on a cart.
Zhou Dongsheng and Qiu Zijian then ride electric bikes to transport these large and small packages to major logistics offices for delivery, and then go to warehouses to take inventory and replenish the goods to the stores.
It was all simple and tiring work. When I returned to the trade city, the famous saxophone solo version of "Going Home" BGM was already playing.
When people who are shopping hear this song, they know that the store is about to close. When people who are working hear this song, they can prepare to go home.
By the time the two of them returned to the shop, Dunbin had already pulled down the shop's shutter door.
My sister-in-law Xu Lei and her sister were standing aside playing with their mobile phones, and from the sound effects, they were running coolly every day.
"Are you back? We're going to Guozai's house for dinner tonight. You guys drive the electric car over and we'll go buy some groceries." Deng Bin gave instructions.
"Wait a minute, Brother Bin, I have something to tell you. I need to get two thousand yuan first." Zhou Dongsheng then remembered the important business.
"What do you want the money for? Let your sister-in-law transfer it to you later." Deng Bin asked casually, but out of trust in Zhou Dongsheng, he agreed without saying a word.
After all, although it was called money, it was actually Zhou Dongsheng's own salary, which he just kept here for safekeeping.
"It's urgent." Zhou Dongsheng didn't explain and smiled shyly.
"Then I want five hundred too." Qiu Zijian said excitedly.
"Where do you get the money? Think about how much you have spent. You don't have it this month. Wait until next month." Sister-in-law Xu Lei said unhappily.
After saying that, the group turned around and walked towards the parking lot. Qiu Zijian was not annoyed, but smiled and put his arm around Zhou Dongsheng's shoulders.
"Brother Sheng, why do you take so much money? Why don't you give me 500 yuan and I will pay you back next month?"
"No way. I have a great use for this money. Let's go to Brother Guo's for dinner."
Naturally, Zhou Dongsheng used the two thousand dollars to test the waters. Of course, Zhou Dongsheng chose regular sports lottery software.
Zhou Dongsheng has already learned the odds of tonight's game from the regular sports lottery software.
The odds for Brazil to win alone are 1.3 times, for a draw it is 5.05 times, and for Croatia to win alone it is 11.14 times. After all, they are the host country, and the chances of an upset in the first game are not high.
The odds of Brazil 3-1 Croatia are 8.2 times.
