"Auntie, who are these two people...?"

In the courtyard of the alley, Mai Nian looked at the two men following behind Qiao Jiuru with a puzzled expression. He didn't recognize them and had never seen them before.

“Xiaomai, this is your Uncle Su’s brother and nephew. They came back from abroad and knew we were in the clothing business, so I brought them here to take a look at the situation.”

Qiao Jiuru introduced Su Jibo and Su Lin to Mai Nian. She brought them along simply to let them see what they were like.

No matter how much she says, it's not as good as them seeing it for themselves.

"Brother Ge, Xiao Linzi, his name is Mai Nian, he is my daughter-in-law Zhou Wanwan's brother-in-law. He is currently in Shijiazhuang doing clothing business, doing both wholesale and retail."

Qiao Jiuru then introduced Mai Nian's identity and situation to Su Guobo and the others, since the Guo family were all her own people.

“Uncle Su, Brother Su”

Mai Nian didn't expect that these two people were not only Uncle Su's relatives, but also returned from overseas. However, judging from their demeanor and clothing, they were indeed not like the people from this area.

However, I didn't expect that this Su Ge was so much older than his brother-in-law Su Ze.

"Then I'll call you Wheat."

It turns out they're relatives. Su Bochong and Mai Nian smiled and nodded, feeling much closer to each other.

Mai Nian scratched his head sheepishly, nodded repeatedly, and agreed.

“Brother, Xiaomai came to me to buy some goods. He just took a batch back a few days ago.”

Last night, Qiao Jiuru received a call from Mai Nian, who said he would come to Beijing today to pick up goods. It seems that Mai Nian's wholesale business is doing quite well.

"Young and promising."

Su Gongbo immediately became interested when he saw that a batch of goods could be shipped out in just a few days, and he looked Mai Nian up and down.

"Xiaomai is at the prime of her life, and with the reform and opening up, this is a rare opportunity. If she has enough courage, she will soon be living a much better life than many others."

Qiao Jiuru felt this was a good time. She had met someone like Mai Nian, who was also young. If she seized this opportunity, she could relax and enjoy life from then on.

Mai Nian was embarrassed by what his elders said. He felt that he was lucky to have met Uncle Su and Aunt Qiao and received their great help. Otherwise, he would not have been able to earn so much money.

In just a few months, he had already earned seven or eighty yuan, a sum he never dared to dream of before. He used to think that earning seventy or eighty yuan a month was incredibly impressive, and that was the kind of salary people earned after decades of work. But now, he could earn that in a single day, completely overturning his previous understanding.

“Auntie is right. I worked with her for a few months and went to Haishi and the south. I found that the outside world is completely different from ours. I thought all countries were the same, but it turns out that’s not the case.”

No wonder books always say that traveling ten thousand miles is better than reading ten thousand books; he thought the capital was already very wealthy. After visiting the sea and the south, he realized that there are always people more capable than oneself.

Mai Nian has really broadened his horizons; he knows much more about things than the people around him.

Su Gebo and Su Lin both nodded. They had the same feeling when they went abroad. Back then, foreign countries were so much more advanced than here, everything was so convenient, and you could buy anything as long as you had money.

"Mai Nian, how much stock are you planning to order this time?!"

Today is Saturday, and tomorrow is Sunday. Mai Nian must be in a hurry to get back. We can talk about everything slowly over dinner tonight, or let's get the goods sorted out first.

"Auntie, this time we need 300 coats, 300 trench coats, 300 suits, 300 long cotton-padded coats, and 300 short cotton-padded coats."

He brought all the payment; this time he mainly wholesaled to others, and it was all cash on delivery. Plus, he sold over a hundred pieces himself, so he had enough money to buy this batch of goods.

He felt embarrassed to keep taking advantage of Aunt Qiao, since the family was in business and it wasn't good to keep delaying payments.

"Okay, Xiaomai, wait for me a moment, I'll go open the door and we'll check the goods together."

After receiving a call from Xiaomai last night, Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan went to the house here early this morning to store some goods.

No one lives here, so the two of them didn't dare to put too many items in; they only put five hundred pieces of each type.

So, there are goods in the house now for Mai Nian.

After Qiao Jiuru opened the door to the special storage room, Su Jibo and his son Su Lin followed them inside.

This room is specifically used for storing goods. It is about 20 square meters in size and is divided into an inner room and an outer room, both of which are used to store goods.

After Su Jibo and Su Lin went inside, they saw that there were more than ten bags of goods in each of the two rooms, one inside and one outside. Qiao Jiuru and Mai Nian were efficiently moving the goods according to the words on the bags.

Cotton-padded coats, winter coats, trench coats, and suits are all sold in bags of 100, and even categorized by color. Therefore, finding and checking the stock is extremely easy and convenient.

They opened and counted the bags one by one, and after about an hour, they had finished counting them all. They even put all the other goods for the year into another room.

After they finished checking the goods, Xiao Lei arrived on a bicycle with a flatbed cart, as if he had scouted the location.

"Auntie, I want to get some goods too."

Even if Mai Nian didn't come today, Xiao Lei still planned to get more stock from Qiao Jiuru. He and his sister had sold so much that only a dozen or so items remained. Tomorrow is Sunday, which is usually the busiest day of the week, when they can sell dozens of items.

"How much stock does Xiao Lei need?!"

Qiao Jiuru had long anticipated that Xiao Lei would also come to pick up the goods. Not only Xiao Lei, but Song Luoyun and the others would also be coming to pick up the goods tonight or early tomorrow morning.

"Auntie, we need sixty pieces of each style, and twenty pieces of each color."

Xiao Lei didn't have that much capital, but fortunately, selling clothes was profitable, earning almost half the profit. Even if he only sold a few pieces a day, it was more than half a month's salary for an ordinary worker.

Even when business is slow, the brother and sister can still sell several items a day, often a dozen or twenty.

Xiao Lei was even better at counting goods; he found them in just over ten minutes and filled two burlap sacks.

"Auntie, I've taken the goods back first. Brother Mai, I'll come over early tomorrow morning to help you deliver the goods to the train station."

Mai Nian called Xiao Lei yesterday to inform him in advance. He was already familiar with the job, and he even helped find the vehicle and the people to move the goods.

"Xiao Lei, come over for dinner tonight. My brother and his family are back from abroad. Let's all get to know each other."

Qiao Jiuru also extended an invitation to Xiao Lei. Xiao Lei is not only her current business partner, but he also helped them so much in the past, so they should keep in touch.

When Xiao Lei first entered, he thought the two people were also there to get goods from Aunt Qiao to sell, but he didn't expect them to be her relatives.

"Okay, I'll go back first and come over in a bit."

Hearing that they had returned from abroad, Xiao Lei was very curious, and since Mai Nian was also there, he accepted the invitation.

Su Gebo and Su Lin watched as the young man named Xiao Lei drove off in a flurry, pulling two bags of goods on a flatbed cart. Just like the wheat harvester standing beside them, he was full of energy and his face was brimming with hope.