Rebirth: I Am Not the Movie Queen This Time-Chapter 58: Making Money Plan

Indeed, when Wan Chu’er reached her twentieth push-up, she finally grasped that fleeting thought that had passed by just moments before.

It was now the 17th day of the twelfth lunar month, leaving thirteen days before the Chinese New Year. Around this time, New Year goods had already started to hit the streets.

These days, the lives of ordinary people had improved, and when it came to preparing New Year goods, they were quite generous. They almost wished they could buy everything from the streets for their own homes.

In her past life, Wan Chu’er had once gone shopping for New Year goods with Mrs. Jiang. When Mrs. Jiang bought New Year goods, she didn’t care about prices at all; she just picked what looked good or tasted good, as well as some wild goods from the countryside. Just purchasing New Year goods could cost several thousand yuan.

Back then, Wan Chu’er had even complained to Jiang Kechu, saying that his mother was wasteful.

Thinking of this, Wan Chu’er couldn’t help but laugh. She had really dared to say anything back then; it wasn’t her place to comment on whether Mrs. Jiang was wasteful or not.

She shook her head, quickly finished the remaining ten push-ups, and then sprang up, turning on the small desk lamp before sitting down at the table again.

She had already come up with a plan for making money this winter vacation: peddling New Year goods!

She would need to carefully plan what New Year goods to sell, where to source them, where to sell them, how to go about it, and so on.

She had to maximize profits.

Wan Chu’er naturally picked up the pen she had used earlier, found a notebook, and began to make detailed calculations.

Early the next morning, Wan Chu’er couldn’t help but take out the things she had written down during last night’s all-nighter to discuss with Bai Zhixi.

It took a while for Bai Zhixi to come back to her senses. Somewhat uncertain, she said, "Just the two of us, mother and daughter, peddling New Year goods? Can we really do this? We’d have to travel to the countryside to collect New Year goods and then go to the provincial city, Wanzhou, to sell them. All this trouble, would we really make much money? I think just the travel expenses would cost us quite a bit."

Wan Chu’er excitedly said, "To make money, we have to hustle. If we don’t hustle, we can’t even get our pickle business off the ground. The New Year is almost upon us; we’ll only be hustling for about ten days. In ten days, if we hustle right, we can make at least one thousand yuan."

One thousand yuan was equivalent to two or three months’ income from their laborious work making and selling pickles, which made Bai Zhixi waver.

Wan Chu’er immediately noticed and continued to persuade Bai Zhixi.

"Every day there are people coming from the countryside to sell vegetables in the market. We can go look first to see if they have any wild goods from the mountains. If they do, we can buy directly from them. If not, we’ll make a trip to the countryside, no need to travel far, just to the nearest Sha County. At most, it’s only an hour away. Once we purchase the wild goods, we’ll then take a cargo truck to Wanzhou.

Wanzhou is a provincial city; there are many people, and they are much more generous spenders than those in Wutong County. Moreover, people in Wanzhou prefer wild mountain goods, so we are certain to sell them at a good price."

Hearing her daughter explain her plans in such detail, Bai Zhixi opened her mouth wide in surprise and after a while asked, "How do you know all this?"

Her daughter was just a sixteen-year-old high school student who had never left Wutong County. How could she know about Wanzhou or the situation with wild mountain goods?

Wan Chu’er did not expect Bai Zhixi to focus on this question and blinked, responding in a daze:

"I read it in books, there’s the saying ’beauty and wealth can be found within the pages of books.’"

Seeing that Bai Zhixi was about to speak again, Wan Chu’er quickly resorted to her trump card - acting coquettishly.

She grabbed Bai Zhixi’s arm, swaying it back and forth, and said, "Mom, just come with me. If not, we can just get a little less wild goods and bring more of our family’s pickles to promote in the provincial city. If we manage to introduce our Bai’s Pickles to the provincial city, we’ll definitely make a good amount of money."

Under the pressure of Wan Chu’er’s trump card, Bai Zhixi couldn’t hold out for a second and immediately gave in.

"Alright, alright, consider it your winter break social practice then."

"Thank you for the support, Mom," Wan Chu’er replied with a laugh immediately.

Wan Chu’er is an impatient girl, and fearing that Bai Zhixi might overthink and change her mind, she pulled Bai Zhixi to the market to sweep up some goods right after breakfast.

At the market, they indeed found a man from the countryside setting up his stall, where he had two wild rabbits, two wild pheasants, and half a bag of walnuts.

Seeing these, Wan Chu’er’s eyes lit up. Mrs. Jiang used to adore these things, and the neighbors of the Jiang Family also liked these goods a lot.

After some bargaining, Wan Chu’er managed to secure all the goods.

Before leaving, Wan Chu’er laughed and told the man, "Uncle, if there’s more of this stuff at your place, you can bring it to the yard opposite the market, by the elm tree, where Bai’s Pickles is, in the next two days. If you don’t know where it is, just ask around for Bai’s Pickles, everyone knows it."

"Yeah, sure, little sister, I’ll bring it to you first thing tomorrow morning," the seller replied.

After another round through the market, Wan Chu’er encouraged Bai Zhixi to buy thirty pounds of pine nuts.

Bai Zhixi, riding a tricycle, brought those goods and Wan Chu’er back home. When they arrived at the doorstep, they saw Xiao Bai, who they hadn’t seen in a long time, playing with stones while looking down.

Xiao Bai was wearing a leather jacket, his hair slicked back neatly, looking very spirited.

From a distance, Bai Zhixi called out, "Xiao Bai, have you been here long?"

Hearing her voice, Xiao Bai raised his head and upon seeing Bai Zhixi, he greeted her with a smile: "Aunt Bai... Aunt Bai, I’ve just arrived a little while ago." ƒrēenovelkiss.com

He quickly changed "Aunt" to "Aunt" on the spur of the moment, then added ’Bai’ in front because he felt Bai Zhixi wasn’t his real aunt.

Although the greeting came out awkward, it made Bai Zhixi stunned for a second.

Then Xiao Bai saw Wan Chu’er behind the mountain bike and burst into loud laughter.

Wan Chu’er, feeling cold in the morning, wore an old floral cotton-padded jacket of Bai Zhixi’s and had a green headscarf tied around her head.

Although she knew it wasn’t good-looking, the current Wan Chu’er couldn’t care less about appearances; she valued practicality and felt warm that way.

"Whoa, whose little bride is this... Hahaha... I can’t stop laughing, it’s a flower bride..." Xiao Bai pointed at Wan Chu’er with one hand and covered his stomach with the other, laughing.

The sudden burst of laughter pulled Bai Zhixi out of her daze. She turned to look at her daughter and then at the sleek Xiao Bai; her hesitant heart about selling the mountain goods suddenly strengthened.

She must buy two beautiful new dresses for Chuchu for the New Year!

Wan Chu’er watched Xiao Bai’s foolish behavior, really wanting to punch someone.

But with Bai Zhixi present, she heaved a sigh in her heart, got off the tricycle, and asked, "Second Brother, how did you find your way here? Have you had breakfast yet? If not, we still have some leftovers from this morning."

After laughing for a while, Xiao Bai stopped abruptly and looked at Wan Chu’er in horror, blurting out, "Why are you suddenly so nice to me?"

Wan Chu’er really didn’t know how to continue the conversation, so she turned to move the goods from the cart.

Bai Zhixi smiled and asked, "Xiao Bai, are you here for something?"