1980s: I was reborn after being scumbag to death

Chapter 155 Innocence
After Meng Shulan and Gu Hansong left, Ye Ran did not leave immediately. She stood there cursing and sulking for a while before leaving.

She really couldn't understand why she was so shocked just now.

She is a high school student and the daughter of the village chief. She is a well-known person in the village. Why is she shocked by Gu Hansong, a country boy?

Ye Ran couldn't understand what was going on, so she took out her anger on a small tree by the roadside and kicked it hard a few times.

She had to kick him. Ye Ran had been too annoyed recently and urgently wanted to vent.

Ye Ran failed the final exam again, dropping more than 30 places compared to the last monthly exam.

If this continues, it will be a problem whether I can even pass the preliminary examination, let alone get into university.

During those days, Ye Ran couldn't eat or sleep well. Even though her family opened a shop in town, she didn't dare go back, for fear that they would ask about her grades.

She is a repeater and her family has high expectations of her.

Ye Ran lived in fear for several days until Ye Feng came to the school to find her. She then went back to the store to have a meal and told her family about her grades.

It dropped from over 50 to over 130.

Ye Pingshun was so angry that he slammed the table and asked her how she did in the exam.

How can I take the exam?
Isn’t that how you pass the exam?
Ye Ran said with red eyes that the questions were too difficult.

Ye Pingshun was not easy to fool, so he immediately asked Meng Shulan what place she had ranked in the exam.

Ye Pingshun has always cared about Meng Shulan's grades, and he would ask his daughter about her ranking in every exam.

To tell whether a question is difficult or not, just look at how many points other people have taken.

Ye Ran gritted her teeth and said nothing.

Ye Pingshun didn't understand anything, so he found a bamboo stick and beat his daughter hard several times.

Ye Ran hadn't been beaten like this in years and burst into tears on the spot.

Seeing this, the two elder brothers of the Ye family also tried to persuade her, saying that it would not be a good look if the girl, who was already so old, fought.

Ye Pingshun also knew, but...

In the past, when his daughter did poorly on exams, he instigated her to go to Meng Shulan and establish a good relationship with her so that she could tutor her for free.

But now, the two families have become so quarreled that those things will be impossible in the future.

My daughter has to rely on herself for her studies.

Does she realize the seriousness of this matter?
That noon, Ye Pingshun was so angry that he didn't even eat.

Ye Ran naturally knew that her father was doing this for her own good, and she also knew the difficulties her family was facing now. With the encouragement of her two brothers, she also made up her mind to work hard and improve her grades.

But she has no talent. Even if she tries hard, she feels cold and sleepy at night. It is not easy to improve her grades.

In the past, Ye Ran could only get a score of around 50 in exams, all thanks to Meng Shulan who helped her with tutoring before the exams and selected the key points to study.

Now that this link is missing, it is normal for her grades to decline.

When the tutoring ended, the school had another exam.

Looking at the questions on the test paper, Ye Ran felt like she was reading a book written in heaven and couldn't understand them at all.

She had a feeling that she would fail the exam again.

Fortunately, the results will not be released until after the New Year, so she can still have a good New Year.

That day, Ye Ran carried some things back to the store. Seeing that the business was good, she smiled, which was rare for her.

Forget it. Even if she fails the exam next year, she can still learn how to do business with her family. As long as she makes money, she won’t have to go back to the village to farm.

When there was no hope of getting into university, doing business and making money became another way out for Ye Ran.

But after returning home and understanding the current business, she realized that she had been naive again. The family business looked prosperous, but in fact it was only good for appearances, and it did not make any money at all.

Their family obtained the supply from the Meng family, but the Meng family was also prepared and actually started some kind of wholesale business.

As they started to release their goods into the market, there were suddenly four or five more stalls selling trousers in the town, and several nearby towns also started selling exactly the same goods.

In the past, their family only competed with the Meng family, but now they have begun to compete with more than ten or twenty families.

There is no other way. Retail is no longer easy to do, so they can only follow suit and do wholesale. In order to show their advantage, they need to lower prices and adopt the strategy of small profits but quick turnover.

But the other party also started to compete with them. They lowered the price, and the other party also lowered the price. They both pushed the price to the lowest level. They only set the price when they saw that they could not make any money at all.

What’s the point of doing business like this?

During the two days of vacation, Ye Ran also helped everyone to think of ways to solve the problem. She suggested that Jose-jun make new products, preferably two lines of clothing.

It just so happened that the Meng sisters were not at home, so they could only make that type of pants.

They took this opportunity to quickly develop their business, making more new products and wholesale them together with the pants, which also allowed them to raise the price.

The demand for pants has been almost met in recent months. If this continues, soon no one will buy them.

The Ye family actually thought about this aspect, but Jose's ability is limited, so he can only make those popular models that are as simple as possible.

Any tailor can make those styles, but will anyone buy them?

As long as the price is not expensive, why wouldn't anyone buy it?
Isn't this just a coincidence?
What Ye Ran said makes some sense.

Ye Pingshun arranged it immediately, and surprisingly, someone actually bought it.

As a result, their business improved and their profits increased.

Unfortunately, the happiness didn’t last two days before the Meng sisters came back.

Ye Ran felt that she and Meng Shulan must have been natural enemies in their previous life.

As long as she appears, there will be no way for him to get ahead.

The Meng family also launched new products, including clothes and pants, with novel and good-looking styles, which instantly snatched back their business.

Although they have managed to get a sample, it takes time to produce a replica. Jose's ability is obviously not enough, and he will make mistakes even if he imitates others. It was only today that they officially finalized the sample and started production.

But even if it is made, it will take time. I heard that the Meng family has started recruiting again and working overtime every day to ship the goods. The small stall owners went to line up early in the morning.

It is the rare year-end, and the family business is suppressed at this critical juncture.

This year, I am destined not to have a good time.

Ye Ran vented her anger on the side of the road, then rode away on her bike.

At the edge of the bamboo forest above, Ding Guixiang was carrying a basket of firewood and laughing as she looked at the road below.

Just now, not only Ye Ran saw the secret interaction between Gu Hansong and Meng Shulan, but Ding Guixiang also saw it.

Before, she was a little bit unconvinced. She wondered if Meng Shulan was really so stupid as to fall for Gu Hansong.

But now, she believed it.

"Fool."

Ding Guixiang pursed her lips, turned around and was about to go back when she saw her daughter standing not far away. It was obvious that she had also seen what had just happened.

Ding Guixiang leaned over and whispered to her daughter, "See? That's just rote learning. The family spent so much money on her education, and in the end, she still has to come back here. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, I don't know what your uncle and his wife are thinking."

Ding Guixiang shook her head and left.

Meng Danhong glanced in the direction of the Meng family's main house, thought for a moment, and then went over.

(End of this chapter)