Chapter 11 Doing Business and Buying Clothes

The cries and slaps of Ling Xiaojun and his sister were left behind.

He Jinyan cursed and beat them for a long time, and when she turned around, she saw that the mother and daughter had left, and she was immediately very angry.

"Mom! Take care of her!"

Xu Chunying felt overwhelmed by the noise and agreed: "I will take care of it. You should comfort Xiaojun and don't let him cry like that. Be careful not to hurt himself."

After hearing what was said, He Jinyan's heart was still churning. Looking at the backs of the mother and daughter, she felt so angry that her teeth were itching.

She was in a bad mood, but Song Rui was in a good mood.

She held her daughter, walked to the main road, hailed a taxi, and headed straight to Friendship Shopping Mall.

In addition to wanting to buy more things for my mother and me, Song Rui also wanted to see how to run her own business.

She couldn't wait to make more money, the sooner the better.

After making money, she can buy a house and leave.

She wanted to give her daughter a better living environment.

Moreover, houses are cheap now, but their prices will increase rapidly in a few years.

If you have money, buy a few more houses and treat them as investments. The return rate is higher than anything else.

When my daughter grows up, I will have more confidence.

If you want to work, work. If you don’t want to work, be a happy landlady.

Carrying her memories of the future, Song Rui got out of the car and took her daughter into the mall.

It was freezing cold outside, but it was warm as spring in the mall.

As it is the weekend, the shopping mall is particularly busy and parents bringing their children to shop can be seen everywhere.

Song Rui first took Nan Nan to the second floor and picked out two new sets of clothes for her.

Nan Nan was wearing a cotton-padded jacket that she had sewn herself.

There are layers of cotton wool inside, making it strong and warm.

The jacket is dark green in color, durable and does not need to be washed frequently in winter.

After all, in the winter in Northeast China, it may take many days to wash a cotton-padded jacket, and it will freeze into popsicles if hung outside.

It would be more convenient if you had a washing machine with a spin dryer.

Song Rui used to think that this was enough for children to wear.

But later she realized that children’s self-esteem is equally important.

When she was fifteen or sixteen years old, Nan Nan once mentioned inadvertently that she felt inferior because her classmates were all dressed beautifully.

How did Song Rui respond at that time?

Maybe like most parents, they say something like don’t be too vain and if you want to compete, just compete in academic performance.

But in fact, that was just an excuse she couldn't afford.

Later, Song Rui tossed and turned at night and asked herself, if she really had money, would she still answer her like that?

No, she would buy the most beautiful clothes and give them to her daughter to make up for what she had lost.

It’s a pity that she never had such an opportunity until the end.

Now that the opportunity has come, Song Rui doesn't want to wait any longer.

The pink cotton jacket has a doll collar and a few bright flowers embroidered on the hem, with a few colorful crystal diamonds sewn on the stamens.

In the eyes of adults, this is indeed a bit too beautiful and exaggerated, and not very practical to wear.

But in the eyes of children, it looks just right.

Nan Nan stopped in front of the window, looked at it for several times, tilted her head and secretly glanced at Song Rui, and then wanted to walk away as if nothing had happened.

Song Rui pulled her hand back helplessly, pointed at the dress and asked, "Nannan doesn't like it?"

"I like it, but it's expensive. Nan Nan doesn't want it."

"Buy it if you like it. Nan Nan deserves the best."

Without saying a word, Song Rui went into the store and asked the salesperson to try on clothes.

The salesperson was very sweet-talking, and little Nannan was really cute and well-behaved. During the whole time I was trying on clothes, I never heard the salesperson give me a single word of praise.

Little Nannan's face turned red after hearing this. She put on her new clothes and stood in front of the mirror, which made her look like the little lucky doll in a magazine.

The beautiful Nan Nan smiled foolishly at herself in the mirror.

Song Rui paid the money, put the old clothes in a bag, and simply took her away.

Every time she passed a mirror, Nan Nan would happily run a few steps to look at herself. She was as happy as a little rabbit just out of a cage, and just seeing her made people feel good.

Song Rui bought her a new sweater and trousers.

The shoes match the clothes. I picked a pair of red leather shoes with thick fur inside. They are both beautiful and warm.

The shoe salesperson mentioned while collecting the payment: "Sister, your daughter is wearing really beautiful clothes, but she just needs a hair braid. There's a new store on the third floor that offers free hair braiding when you buy hair accessories. I heard that they can braid your hair for a lifetime."

After hearing this, Song Rui's heart moved.

She knew this brand, and later on, its business was indeed very good, and many stores were opened in the streets and alleys.

Just over a decade later, it finally died in the tide of the times.

And the business she wanted to do was similar to this.

Over the past decade of reform and opening up, the economy has taken off rapidly, and it is no longer the time when every household suffers from hunger and cold.

When people are well fed and well clothed, their love for beauty begins to stir.

What you wear becomes the most important thing.

Before Song Rui wanted to do this business, she actually hesitated whether to do the food business.

But on second thought, cooking is always busy and tiring. She is not afraid of it, but she will inevitably ignore Nan Nan, which is putting the cart before the horse.

Song Rui likes money and wants to make a lot of money, but she loves her daughter more and wants to accompany her daughter as she grows up.

Having made up her mind, she took Nan Nan to the third floor.

Many parents with children gathered in front of the counter of Aili.

But most of them just looked at the counter and sighed.

Not for any other reason, it's just too expensive.

A small colored diamond hairpin costs fifty dollars.

Even if it's advertised as a lifetime free hair braid, only a few people are willing to buy it.

After all, workers in state-owned factories can only earn two or three hundred yuan a month.

Song Rui didn't look at the price, she just wanted to look at more styles.

In later generations, these small accessories were dazzling, with countless styles, and were so exquisite that people could not take their eyes off them.

Song Rui used to work part-time at a wholesale stall. By then, Nan Nan had already left. She looked at those beautiful hairpins and couldn't help buying some to take home.

In the end, she had collected a whole drawer of stuff, but Nan Nan never came back.

Although she was not able to give those hair accessories to the people she wanted to give them to, she had already memorized those styles.

Looking at current hair accessories now, Song Rui feels that there is always something missing.

After looking at it for a while, she took Nan Nan to the stationery store to buy paintbrushes and paper, preparing to go back and draw the jewelry style in her mind.

When they came out, it was almost noon, so Song Rui simply took Nan Nan to buy a small cake.

The small cakes decorated with non-dairy cream were only introduced to Fengcheng this year. He Jinyan often brought Ling Xiaojun to buy them, but Nan Nan was the only one who hadn't tried them yet.

A palm-sized piece of cream cake with a pink rose and a few small green leaves on it.

The small cake that seemed inconspicuous in later generations can now attract the attention of all the children.

Song Rui bought one piece for each of the mother and daughter as lunch.

Nan Nan just looked at it for a long time and couldn't bear to eat it.

Only when Song Rui said she would buy it for her in the future did she happily take a bite with a small spoon.

"Wow! Mom, this is so delicious!"

When Nan Nan smiles, she reveals a row of neat little teeth, which is so sweet that it can touch people's hearts.

Song Rui couldn't help but kiss her little face, "Yeah, it's really delicious."

Nan Nan covered her face in embarrassment and laughed.