I'm back in 1990

Chapter 840: The Brokerage Business

However, the two did not expect that the money would not be spent.

During the long break between classes, the owner of the school store saw the two of them come to buy something with a hundred-yuan bill. He made an excuse to hide in the back room and make a phone call to Jiang Rong. Jiang Rong arrived shortly after and caught the two kids red-handed.

The two kids were unaware that the convenience stores inside and outside the school gate had been instructed to take precautions. Whenever these two kids came to buy something, the store was to immediately call their parents or Jiang Rong. Doing so would bring them benefits, but if they ignored the warnings and dared to sell anything to these two kids, the store would have to close down. This was no exaggeration.

Nobody turns down money. Besides, how much can they earn from two little guys buying things? But they get a 500 yuan reward for every phone call they make. That's secondary, because these small vendors know which is more important, a one-time deal or a constant one, so they can still make the right choice.

Seeing Jiang Rong, the little girl was a bit confused, as school teachers rarely appeared here: "Auntie?"

"Teacher Jiang!" Ding Xiaojia, feeling guilty, shuddered and quickly called for help.

Jiang Rong feigned a serious expression as she looked at the two children, knowing full well what they were doing, and asked, "What are you two doing?"

"Hehe!" The little girl realized what was going on. "We just came to take a look, we didn't do anything, and we were just about to leave."

Ding Xiaojia quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, we just came in to take a look."

Seeing this, Jiang Rong was both amused and annoyed, but didn't expose them: "Alright, class starts in a bit, hurry back."

"Hey!" The two little ones breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran off.

After the two children ran off, the shopkeeper approached Jiang Rong with a fawning expression and asked, "Director Jiang, what about that banknote?"

Jiang Rong pointed to a person coming this way from outside the door and said to the convenience store owner, "She will give it to you."

The shopkeeper beamed as he saw Jiang Rong out, then took five hundred yuan from the capable-looking woman who had just come in. After she left, he even licked his finger and counted the money.

He then put the money away, humming a little tune as he thought about how many different ways parents discipline their children these days.

The two little ones walked towards their classroom one after the other. It was so tragic that they had money but couldn't spend it. They had considered asking other classmates to help them buy snacks, but their homeroom teacher, Ms. Miao, had already warned the other students that anyone who helped Huang Ruiying and Ding Xiaojia buy snacks would be criticized and educated by the teacher. They were all ten-year-old children, so they couldn't resist the teacher's warning. They all strictly followed the teacher's instructions, so this path was blocked.

But this didn't stump the clever little girl. Huang Ruiying was very observant, and she noticed that her classmates always had things that she didn't really like, but that others really wanted.

For example, Wang Yang has a lot of cool anime cards, but he always wanted the first edition anime book that Sun Lili, who sat in the row in front of him, was holding.

Xu Ai'ai is very skillful and can make many beautiful handicrafts, which are loved by her classmates. However, she is rather stingy and never gives away her handicrafts. But she hates doing chores, so if someone is willing to do chores for her, they should be able to get her handicrafts.

So during her lunch break, the little girl found a notebook, flipped to the last page, and started writing and drawing on it.

Ding Xiaojia was also put to use. He was mainly responsible for running errands, asking for information about students in his own class and other classes, recording it, and then handing it over to Huang Ruiying, who would then organize it.

The young girl wanted to do something similar to being a middleman, and she even planned to get something for nothing, since she couldn't afford a single penny.

She used her breaks between classes and two rest days to analyze her records for any matches.

For example, Zhang Wei from Class 6 has a Buzz Lightyear toy that she's tired of playing with, while Zhao Lei, who is in the same class as her, has always wanted to have a Buzz Lightyear toy. However, Zhao Lei doesn't have anything to trade with Zhang Wei. But Huang Ruiying knows that Zhang Wei likes Xu Ai'ai's handicrafts, so there is room for maneuver here.

She acted as a matchmaker for Zhao Lei and Xu Ai'ai. Zhao Lei did chores for Xu Ai'ai in exchange for her handicrafts, and then used those handicrafts to get the Buzz Lightyear toy from Zhang Wei. In this way, all three of them got what they wanted and were happy.

On the surface, Huang Ruiying didn't seem to gain any benefit from it, but she wasn't that stupid. She created a commission system. She would take a cut from any exchange that she facilitated. Of course, she wasn't greedy. She didn't want money, but rather the other party's snacks, and chocolate would be even better.

Through the information gathered by Ding Xiaojia, she had access to all the information on item exchanges. With that, getting some food and drinks wouldn't be a problem at all.

The teacher only prohibited helping Huang Ruiying and Ding Xiaojia buy snacks from the convenience store; she did not prohibit students from giving each other snacks. Bringing snacks to classmates is normal and a sign of friendship.

Yu Xiang's painstakingly constructed blockade was thus broken by her clever daughter, who remained unaware of it for a long time.

At first, it was just a small-scale exchange of stationery and cards. But soon Huang Ruiying's brokerage business grew bigger and bigger.

The reason is simple: the children discovered that the things they had grown tired of playing with and that were gathering dust at home could be exchanged for things they liked, and all they had to do was bring some treats to the middleman.

As a result, Huang Ruiying's matchmaking business is getting better and better. Even Ding Xiaojia no longer needs to actively go out to find classmates to collect information. Classmates will come to the two of them on their own initiative, telling them what they don't need and what they hope to get. They will record everything and wait for a match.

Because there were too many students registering their information, the two of them were too busy to keep up. In addition, they had a lot of snacks left over, so Huang Ruiying simply used these extra snacks to "hire" a few more students to help her record the information and maintain order. She personally did the work of matching information, which was the core of her job.

"Brother, brother!" During lunch break, the little girl took Ding Xiaojia and a few bags of snacks and ran to her brother Huang Zeji's class.

Seeing the snacks, Huang Zeji was puzzled and asked, "Where did they come from?"

The little girl kept her mouth shut: "Hehe, it's a secret! You can eat it without worry."

Seeing that his younger sister refused to speak, Huang Zeji decided to try to find a breakthrough by talking to Ding Xiaojia: "Xiaojia, did you bring this?"

Ding Xiaojia quickly waved his hand to deny it: "I didn't bring it." But he wouldn't say where it came from because he had promised his good friend to keep it a secret.

Worried that her brother would press her for details, the little girl put down her things and ran off with Ding Xiaojia. Huang Zeji looked at the snacks on the desk, unsure whether to chase after them or not.