My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Crazy Beauty
Chapter 144 Three Poor Ghosts

Chapter 144: Chapter 144 Three Poor Ghosts

"Really?"

Young Aunt excitedly confirmed.

Zheng Duoqing slapped his thigh: "Little Aunt, with my extensive experience dealing with women, I guarantee there’s no man who wouldn’t fall for this!"

Young Aunt chuckled, sounding a bit like Lu Zhishen.

Tang Chuxia rubbed her hands together, looking at Zheng Duoqing with disdain: "You’re just setting up Young Uncle!"

Zheng Duoqing turned away and whispered: "Don’t let Little Aunt hear that. Besides, I’m just getting back at Young Uncle; he started it!"

Tang Chuxia started feeling sorry for Young Uncle.

Because Zheng Duoqing was just too devious.

Tang Chuxia quietly warned him: "You better think this through; if Young Uncle finds out it was your idea, he’ll definitely deal with you!"

Zheng Duoqing shook his head nonchalantly: "What’s there to fear? By then, Young Uncle won’t even be able to get out of bed!"

Tang Chuxia gave him a thumbs-up.

It turned out what Zheng Duoqing had told Young Aunt was: Uncle likes delicate and gentle women; all Young Aunt needs to do is dress up like she did when she was a young girl and act coy around Young Uncle. He’ll definitely love it.

After dealing with Young Aunt, Zheng Duoqing cleared his throat: "Little sister, do you feel like making some money recently?"

Tang Chuxia suspiciously glanced at Zheng Duoqing.

The doubt in her eyes was too obvious.

Luckily, Zheng Duoqing didn’t keep her in suspense and leaned forward excitedly: "It’s just that my dad withheld my salary, and now I’m broke!"

Tang Chuxia was delighted.

Despite being employed, this cousin of hers happened to be under his dad’s control; his salary was collected directly by Uncle. As for why, well, it’s a long story.

To keep it short: he flirted around too much, squandering all his money, so his dad withheld his salary to save for his future marriage.

Tang Chuxia didn’t sympathize with Zheng Duoqing at all, but at the mention of money, she felt a bit interested.

"Why, do you have a way?" She had given up her job and handed over her money to Gu Beihuai, so she was out of pocket.

Madam Tang was angry she didn’t accept the job and wanted her to experience what it’s like to have no money.

Now, the cousin siblings were both in a tough spot.

Zheng Duoqing rubbed his hands: "You’re strong, right? How about we open a fighting ring?" His face almost screamed that it was a quick way to make money.

Tang Chuxia had to shatter his fantasy: "Aren’t you afraid my brother will find out and break your leg?"

He thought about that scenario and promptly gave up; a fighting ring was unrealistic. What would be more fitting?

Tang Chuxia rubbed her chin, and Zheng Duoqing mirrored her posture. When Zheng Daqing entered, neither of them changed their posture.

"What’s up with you two? Contemplating life here?" Zheng Daqing started munching on a sweet potato.

High schoolers grow fast and are always hungry.

Suddenly, Zheng Duoqing’s eyes lit up, and he placed a hand on his younger cousin’s shoulder: "Daqing, do you want to make some money?"

Zheng Daqing shook his head, shaking like a rattle.

The Zheng Family wasn’t short of money, but the patriarch also didn’t allow them to spend recklessly and certainly wouldn’t let them go out and take risks.

"Then do you want the girl you like to look at you differently?" Zheng Duoqing noticed that Zheng Daqing’s sweet potato-munching slowed down.

"So if a girl wants to go out for something nice to eat, and you have no money in your pocket, isn’t that embarrassing?"

Zheng Duoqing pressed on.

Zheng Daqing blushed a little. "It is embarrassing, but our grandpa doesn’t allow us to mess around, right?" He remembered grandpa’s teachings.

Zheng Duoqing leaned closer to his ear: "Are you stupid? Grandpa said not to mess around, so we won’t mess around, right?"

He pointed at Tang Chuxia, "Jianbing said little sister’s drawing skills are excellent; if Xiaxia can draw those radio parts, and we go purchase them, what do you think will happen?"

Zheng Daqing shook his head: "It’s useless, you can’t buy them; they’re not available around here, maybe in Hai City, but grandpa won’t let us go there to buy them!"

Zheng Duoqing tapped his forehead: "Are you dumb? Is Jianbing just for decoration?"

As soon as he said that, Zheng Daqing had a realization: "You’re planning to drag Brother Jianbing into this?"

Zheng Duoqing chuckled: "What’s this about dragging him in? With his salary, isn’t marrying difficult? We’re helping him to get married!"

As soon as he said this, Tang Chuxia patted their shoulders: "You guys planned well, it’s me and little brother doing the work, what are you two doing?"

Zheng Duoqing smiled broadly: "Of course, we’re the ones reaching out to buyers!"

He had already thought it through; there’s a big market gap in radios, and money doesn’t always guarantee availability.

But Tang Chuxia hadn’t thought about it carefully before. She originally just planned to go to college, then tease Gu Beihuai. Life was good, but when she gave money to Gu Beihuai yesterday, she realized she was truly broke.

Quite frustrating.

Plus, she remembered a promise she made to Ah Duo; she didn’t know if Ah Duo would send things as agreed, and she’d have to pay for them.

Even a penny can deter a hero, and this truth also applied to Tang Chuxia.

The three poor siblings brainstormed, and Tang Chuxia suggested: "Radios might make people resentful; it’s risky. I have something good, ready for sale, and you don’t have to go around secretly to run businesses; just pull in clients, and we’ll earn commissions!"

She mentioned her drawing of fireplace designs, which were particularly easy to make, just a matter of a few small mechanisms. She only needed to collaborate with a mechanical factory, using spare materials to create them.

"Doesn’t that mean we’re not needed then?" Zheng Duoqing felt that Tang Chuxia’s proposal reduced their involvement, so they wouldn’t get any money.

Tang Chuxia waved her hand: "How could that be? We’re just testing the waters in a small business; if it works out, and we have capital, we’ll do more profitable things!"

Tang Chuxia was full of mischievous ideas and got more excited as she thought about it, pulling them aside to discuss further.

By the end, Zheng Daqing was so eager that he didn’t even want to go to school, wanting to work with them instead.

Zheng Duoqing was also full of admiration, truly children of the Zheng Family, look at these business minds, each sharper than the other.

"I originally thought, if worse came to worst, I’d go to Shanxi to mine coal and sell it; now, I realize I was being narrow-minded!"

Zheng Duoqing truly admired Tang Chuxia, and Tang Chuxia patted his shoulder: "Cousin, don’t be impressed yet, let’s first solve the immediate crisis!" she pointed at Father Tang walking in the doorway.

Zheng Duoqing hunched his shoulders and hid away.

As soon as Father Tang entered the yard, he began looking for Zheng Duoqing. Tang Chuxia and Zheng Daqing shielded the hiding Zheng Duoqing from Father Tang’s sight.

"Sister, what’s up with Brother Qing?"

Tang Chuxia stifled a laugh, "Did something wrong, afraid of getting caught!"

Initially, she thought it was Madam Tang watching them closely that led to their whereabouts being discovered; it turned out it was because of Zheng Duoqing’s antics.

Zheng Duoqing held onto his younger brother and sister, "Can you not laugh at me? If Uncle catches me, he’s going to break my leg!"

But Tang Chuxia pulled him out, "I bet my dad won’t get the chance!"