On the morning of July 6th, Dabao got up early and actively helped Zhou Xiaoyun carry water, burn fire, move tables, fetch stools, and move soda water, busy running around.

  Zhou Guoqiang was quite surprised and only found out after asking that Dabao also had to go to the market to help.

  Zhou Guoqiang was very distrustful of his own son: "Da Lai, are you sure it's okay to let your brother go with him? He's notorious for being a troublemaker, always causing more problems than he solves. Don't let him end up being a hindrance."

  Before Zhou Xiaoyun could speak, Dabao retorted unhappily: "Dad, are you talking about me?"

  I'm talking about you!

  Zhou Guoqiang gave a stern glance, and immediately Dabao was silenced, not daring to make another sound. The slander in his heart was unavoidable, but he didn't dare say anything disobedient out loud.

  No way, one sentence didn't meet Zhou Guoqiang's intention and a slap came. Dabao wasn't afraid!

  However, this also formed Dabao's bad habit of agreeing with his parents on the surface but doing whatever he wants behind their backs.

  Zhao Yuzhen spoiled her eldest son, and Zhou Guoqiang chose to use corporal punishment. The worsening of the situation as the child grew up is not unrelated to this educational approach.

  Zhou Xiaoyun had long found the best way to deal with Dabao through their prolonged interactions, which was to be gentle. She would flatter him until he became dizzy and would listen to whatever she said, poor Dabao being taken advantage of by his sister without even realizing it!

  Zhou Xiaoyun, who was a head shorter than Dabao, clearly saw the discontented yet speechless expression on Dabao's lowered face, and couldn't help but secretly find it amusing. If she didn't jump out to mediate now, when would be a better time?

  "Dad, I think you're being unfair to Da Bao. These days, it's always been my brother who accompanies me to Zhou Qianqian's house to fetch water. And when it comes to moving things around, it's all been done by my brother, he's really considerate of me and doesn't want me to do any heavy work. Even helping out at the market was his idea, you see, today before 6 am he got up to start working and has been a huge help to me!"

  Zhou Xiaoyun skillfully skipped over the soda part and began to boast about Da Bao in a subtle way.

  Da Bao immediately lifted his head and puffed out his chest with pride after being praised by Zhou Xiaoyun.

  Zhou Guoqiang's eyes were still somewhat suspicious, but seeing Zhou Xiaoyun's solemn oath, he believed it a little in his heart and thought that Dabao had changed his ways.

  At the market, Dabao's performance was satisfactory and normal. As soon as someone came to drink tea, he immediately refilled the empty cup. He also took charge of opening the beverage bottles.

  Zhou Xiaoyun felt much more at ease, mainly in charge of receiving customers, collecting money and making change. The brother and sister divided their work in an orderly manner, and business was getting better every day.

  Zhou Guoqiang couldn't help but steal a few glances at Zhou Xiaoyun and her brother while selling pork.

  The one who came to buy pork is a familiar person from the same village, Wang Kang, Wang Jingjing's father.

  Wang Kang had guests at home today and specially went to the market to buy some pork back home. He couldn't get past Wang Jingjing, so he brought her along too.

  Wang Jingjing had long heard Zhou Qianqian mention that Zhou Xiaoyun had set up a tea stall, and today Wang Kang came to the market to buy meat and was known by her, insisting on coming with Dad. The main purpose is to visit Zhou Xiaoyun.

  Wang Kang and Zhou Guoqiang were chatting, while Wang Jingjing couldn't help but sneak over to Zhou Xiaoyun's tea stall.

  Zhou Xiaoyun was delighted to see Wang Jingjing arrive and instructed Da Bao to attend to the guests who had come to drink tea, while she herself started chatting with Wang Jingjing.

  Zhou Xiaoyun has always been a quiet and introverted person, never taking the initiative to go out and play. Her friends have to take the initiative to come find her if they want to play with her. Wang Jingjing hasn't seen her for several days and blames her for not coming to find her to play.

  Zhou Xiaoyun didn't want to annoy her good friend, so she quickly explained that she was busy every day at home and had no time to go out.

  Wang Jingjing didn't know her personality, but just said so with her mouth. The topic turned to the tea stall again.

  "How did you think of setting up this stall?" "Can you earn two dollars at a market like this?" "Are you partnering with Da Bao?" "Do you give the money you earn to your family?"...

  A multitude of problems kept Zhou Xiaoyun busy.

  I really don't know where Wang Jingjing gets so many questions from, it's like she has ten million whys.

  Zhou Xiaoyun remained unchanged in the face of countless changes, and when encountering questions that were difficult to answer or didn't want to answer, she uniformly smiled.

  Wang Jingjing was used to this and didn't think much of it. Anyway, she had always been good at talking to herself and could keep a conversation going without anyone else's input.

  The degree of chatter is comparable to Wu Mei's.

  Wu Mei has a bit of innocence, Wang Jingjing has some childish cunning that is still lovely.

  Maybe it's because her own heart is too old and can't be as innocent as a child, the quiet Zhou Xiaoyun especially likes to be with Wu Mei and Wang Jingjing.

  Listening to them talk endlessly about trivial matters that are not worth mentioning in their own eyes, Zhou Xiaoyun sometimes wondered why they could exaggerate a minor thing so much.

  But in the eyes of her little friends, Zhou Xiaoyun was even more special.

  When she was with a group of people, Zhou Xiaoyun was always the quietest one. But no one would ignore her because of this. On the contrary, Zhou Xiaoyun had always been the central figure among her companions.

  It may be because of the best grades, after all, good grades are a big capital among students.

  But it's not that no one else is good at studying, nor does everyone like to hang out with people like this. Like Xu Meili in the same class, relying on her slightly better grades to show off in the class, but few people are willing to get along with her.

  It's probably because Zhou Xiaoyun is knowledgeable about many things, such as harmonica, accordion, calligraphy, handmade crafts, and a pile of household chores. It seems like there's nothing she can't do. Wang Jingjing always feels that no matter what problem she can't solve, asking her will always get an answer.

  It's also possible that Zhou Xiaoyun has a kind of charm that is convincing, and unknowingly, it makes people surrender.

  Anyway, Zhou Xiaoyun is the recognized leader among all the little partners.

  Zhou Xiaoyun didn't know that her status was so important, if she knew Wang Jingjing's thoughts in her heart, she would definitely be speechless with laughter. With few friends from the previous life, her interpersonal relationships in this life are unexpectedly good, is this a compensation from heaven for her lonely childhood?