Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 358: The Devious Merchant

Chapter 358: Chapter 358: The Devious Merchant

Shen Mianmian distributed the hair ties according to the names and quantities listed in her notebook, and the girls who received them returned to their seats, holding onto the hair ties as if they were treasures.

The girl who had previously accused Shen Mianmian of scamming had changed her tune.

She said with implied meaning, "Some people just can’t afford to buy hair ties, so they deliberately smear your name, Mianmian. We almost fell for it earlier, don’t be mad."

"It’s fine, I have nothing to hide," Shen Mianmian replied with a relaxed and generous smile.

Everyone liked Shen Mianmian even more; she wasn’t petty or haughty. Despite being top in three subjects, she was easy to get along with. If anyone had a problem they didn’t understand, they just had to ask her. She would explain patiently and never looked down on weaker students, nor did she target anyone or form cliques.

So, everyone couldn’t help but like her more and more.

The bell for class rang, and that was when the girls finally scattered.

Lu Siyuan was a bit puzzled, "Didn’t you buy a lot of other hair ties too? Why not sell them all at once?"

"You just don’t get it, do you?" Shen Mianmian revealed an auntie-like smile. "If I take those out now and everyone swaps their strawberry studs for other styles, what then? Those items should come out in a few days."

Anyway, she hadn’t expected to make a fortune from this, so she wasn’t in a rush to sell. Of course, she wouldn’t let the hair ties sit unsold either.

"Shrewd merchant," Lu Siyuan murmured, offering his assessment.

Shen Mianmian, young as she was, had more tricks up her sleeve than anybody.

"There’s no merchant without guile," Shen Mianmian accepted the title of ’shrewd merchant’ without any pretense of modesty.

Now that she had given out the hair ties, she wasn’t worried about Zhou Siyu rummaging through her backpack; she’d stored the rest of them in there.

On Thursday, Shen Mianmian quietly wore a different style of hair tie to school, which once again set off a craze. After selling out this style, she switched to yet another hair tie.

So, the first thing everyone did when they got to school was to check out Shen Mianmian’s hair tie.

She had become a trendsetter for the school’s fashion.

Within just over a week, she had sold out all the hair ties she’d brought from the city. She then stocked up on some hair clips, each style simple and affordable, all within the students’ budget.

Zhou Siyu watched Shen Mianmian become more and more popular, feeling extremely uncomfortable, and could only comfort herself by thinking that Shen Mianmian’s moment in the spotlight wouldn’t last long. After all, exams were coming, and no matter how popular she was, she wouldn’t be able to get into high school.

As more than ten days passed without news from He Nan about finding a storefront, Lu Siyuan slowly became anxious.

"It’s been so long. Could Big Brother He have forgotten about helping us find a place? Should we go ask him again?"

"That won’t be necessary," Shen Mianmian shook her head confidently. "If Big Brother He promised, he’ll help us out. He’s probably just been too busy lately. Let’s wait a bit longer. We’re not in a rush for a day or two anyway."

"You talk as if you know him so well," Lu Siyuan said dejectedly, and for some reason, he felt upset seeing how much Shen Mianmian trusted Big Brother He.

Even though he admired Big Brother He greatly himself, seeing Shen Mianmian show even greater admiration made him inexplicably uncomfortable.

The conclusion he came to was that he was jealous of the better treatment He Nan showed towards Shen Mianmian compared to him.

This was his idol.

Before they knew it, Saturday arrived, and after Shen Mianmian and Lu Siyuan had finished selling vegetables and were about to head back, He Nan, who they hadn’t seen for half a month, suddenly appeared before them.

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