◎The steps are a bit too big◎

The two of them taught seriously and learned seriously. In just a few minutes, Wang Xiaomei had a general understanding of the things sold in the store.

Wei Xuan asked her to entertain subsequent customers. In just one morning, Wang Xiaomei had mastered this job.

Then Wei Xuan carelessly left the store to her and went home with the child to cook.

Before leaving, he told Wang Xiaomei: "I will go back to cook. You can come to my house for lunch around 12 o'clock. From now on, there will be an hour and a half lunch time. The key is on the counter. That one is specially left for you. Remember to take it with you."

"good."

The store was very close to home, and Wei Xuan could walk home in less than fifteen minutes carrying her daughter.

As soon as we got home, Yuanyuan kicked her short legs to get down.

Section 52

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"You are really restless." Wei Xuan put her down and was afraid that she would damage her vegetable garden in the yard, so she pulled her into the kitchen, handed her a rag doll to play with, and went to cook.

When you have children, you have to do everything quickly, because you never know when the children will bother you and make you unable to do anything.

There were spare ribs at home, so Wei Xuan planned to use the ribs to make a soup base, and then add the dried vegetables and vermicelli dried in the summer to cook together. This way, she would have both vegetables and meat, which was both convenient and nutritious.

The rice was steamed, the pork ribs soup was cooked, and the dried vegetable vermicelli was soaked in hot water. The work was almost done. Wei Xuan washed her hands, took out her daughter's bottle, poured half a bottle of warm water into it, and prepared to feed her some water.

In winter, the weather is too dry and children need to drink water. I was busy this morning and didn’t have time to give her water. Now I have to make up for it.

Yuanyuan hates drinking water the most. When she sees her mother pouring water, her little mouth pouts unhappily.

Wei Xuan didn't spoil her: "Come over and drink some water. After you finish drinking the water, mom will give you a White Rabbit."

"Really?"

"Really!" Wei Xuan looked serious and very sure.

As a result, when Yuanyuan finished drinking the water obediently and reached out to ask her for candy, she took out a deflated White Rabbit milk candy from her pocket and handed it to her.

"Mom didn't lie to you, did she?"

Yuanyuan's eyes narrowed as she smiled, and she shook her head vigorously: "No," and then pushed the candy back: "Mom, open it."

"Okay, mom will prescribe it for you."

As soon as she opened it and revealed a small piece of candy inside, Wei Xuan fed it into her daughter's mouth.

Yuanyuan was very satisfied after tasting the sweetness. She hummed some opera she heard on the radio while fiddling with her doll.

Wei Xuan couldn't help but sigh: I don't know how long I can keep lying like this!

At noon, Wang Xiaomei came over to eat. Wei Xuan saw that she was very reserved and only picked up vegetables but no meat, so she said, "Don't be polite, eat more. It's just lunch. If you don't eat enough, how can you have the energy to work in the afternoon? There will be plenty of time in the future, just treat it as your own home."

Wang Xiaomei realized that Wei Xuan was not being polite to her, so she relaxed a little.

After dinner, Wang Chunmei helped wash the dishes before returning to the store, while Wei Xuan took her daughter for a nap before getting up and slowly going to the store.

I went home around five o'clock.

As for today's turnover and accounts, you can wait until tomorrow morning to calculate them.

When Jiang Che came back in the evening, Wei Xuan told him that Wang Xiaomei was coming to work.

"I think he's a very down-to-earth person, and he's very patient when dealing with customers."

Jiang Che nodded: "Whatever you think is good."

Ever since there was one more person in the store, Wei Xuan had completely free time. She only had to go to the store to collect the bills after breakfast every morning and then deposit the money before noon.

I go home to cook at noon, eat dinner, take a nap, and then take the children for a walk around the store. The day is over.

Just when she was planning to open the restaurant next door, Jiang Che stopped her.

"This is too tiring. You finally have some free time. Don't make yourself so tired again. Didn't you say last time that our store has too few varieties? I have an idea."

"What can we do?" Customers mention this question every day. In the long run, it is indeed not conducive to the development of their store. It is because there is less competition now, otherwise the customers would have run away long ago.

Jiang Che said, "After you told me last time, I went to talk to Third Brother and Cheng Shao about this problem. Third Brother can't do anything. He can collect the goods for me, but it's useless if he can't transport them. As for Cheng Shao, he's doing it alone now. He has to collect and sell the goods. It's hard enough for him alone. He doesn't have the energy to supply us with goods."

"I was thinking, what do you think about us cooperating with Third Brother? They are responsible for collecting and we are responsible for selling. Third Brother can't always go door to door to sell things like he does now, right? It would be more convenient for us to cooperate."

Wei Xuan thought that this was a good idea, but even if she collected the things, she still couldn’t transport them to the city.

"Besides, our store can't handle so much of their goods."

Jiang Che turned over and faced Wei Xuan: "Wife, what do you say about us buying a car?"

"Buy a car?" Wei Xuan felt frightened. This was a big step. Besides, cars were extremely rare and precious things nowadays. You couldn't just buy one if you wanted to.

Jiang Che nodded: "I have a friend whose cousin used to be a soldier. Now he is working in a transport team after retiring. I have asked around. If we want to buy one, he has a discarded second-hand car that he can sell to us."

Wei Xuan saw that he had obviously said it after careful consideration, so she asked him, "How much does a car cost?"

"You have to go and see it to know, how much money do we have left in our house?"

Wei Xuan sat up and calculated the accounts for him: "We had a total of 9,400 yuan before. We bought four houses and had 5,200 yuan left. We didn't spend much money on opening the store. Add to that the profits we made during this period, and we still have about 5,700 yuan left."

"That's enough. Give me two thousand dollars first. I'll go check it out tomorrow when I'm off."

No, we are still discussing it. Why should we buy it? Where should we park it after we buy it? Besides, now that we have a car, who can help transport the goods? Her three brothers can't drive.

Wei Xuan felt that this was not the way to do things. She still needed to think it over carefully and not do it rashly, otherwise there would be more problems later.

Jiang Che felt that what his wife said made sense.

"Okay, I'll think of another way."

Wei Xuan asked him, "What does the transport team do? Can we ask them to help us transport the goods?"

Hey, this is also a solution. Why didn’t he think of it?

Jiang Che's eyes lit up: "Then I'll go ask tomorrow."

The next day, Jiang Che went to find his friend after breakfast. His friend was also a worker in a nearby factory. When he saw Jiang Che coming to find him, he told Jiang Che his cousin's name.

"He probably hasn't been out driving these days. If you tell him my name, he'll know who you are."

Jiang Che patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thanks, brother. I'll treat you to a meal when I get the job done."

The transport team in Beijing City was very large. Jiang Che had just walked to the gate and was about to go in when he was stopped by the guard.

Jiang Che had no choice but to put on a smile and plead, "Sir, I won't go in. I'm looking for Xue Bin from Team 3. Can you help me call someone?"

The old man looked him up and down, said, "Wait," and went to make a phone call.

It is quite easy to find people in the transport team. Each team has a captain. You just need to call the office and tell them who you are looking for in which team, and you can find that person quickly.

When Xue Bin came out, he saw Jiang Che was still wondering who this person was. He didn't seem to know him.

Seeing him staring at him defensively, Jiang Che had no choice but to step forward and introduce himself first: "You must be Brother Xue Bin, right? I'm Jiang Che, a friend of Xue Yang."

Oh, Xue Bin remembered that his cousin seemed to have mentioned such a person to him.

He looked at Jiang Che: "Are you the friend Xue Yang mentioned who wants to buy a car?"

"It's me." Jiang Che said a little embarrassedly, "But I'm not here to look at cars. I just want to ask, does your transport team take jobs privately?"

Hearing him mention this, Xue Bin's expression became more serious: "Why are you asking about this?"

Seeing that he had misunderstood, Jiang Che immediately explained: "It's like this, I opened a grain store in Beijing, and business is pretty good. I just want to find a car to help me transport some grain from the countryside. The work is not much, but it is quite tedious. I have to go down and make a trip every two or three days, so I want to ask if there is anyone here who is willing to take this job."

Hearing this, Xue Bin relaxed a little and said with a smile: "This job is not difficult. I can ask for you, but you have to think it through. The price of a car trip will definitely not be cheap." The implication is that it is impossible to work for him for free just for the sake of a friend. If you have such an idea, then give up the idea as soon as possible.

Jiang Che quickly said, "Of course. Don't worry, I will definitely not let my brothers down. I'll trouble Brother Xue to ask for me."

"No trouble."

After the story was told, Jiang Che wanted to invite Xue Bin to dinner, but Xue Bin declined on the grounds that he had something else to do.

Jiang Che didn't take it seriously. The deal was done. They would have many dealings in the future. Was he still worried about not being able to repay the favor?

After returning home and telling his wife about the matter, Wei Xuan said, "Then invite your third brother to dinner tonight, and then you can sit down and talk about this matter in detail."

Jiang Che nodded: "Okay, Third Brother must be outside now, I will go find him in the evening."

In fact, this matter has only benefits and no disadvantages for the Wei family. They have no connections and capital to do business in Beijing, so it is better for them to dig deeper into the areas they are more familiar with.

Collecting grain may seem simple, but it is difficult to expand it.

Third Brother Wei was tempted by his sister and brother-in-law's proposal. This year, he could feel that there were more street vendors like him, and business was not as good as before. Although he still earned the same amount as before, it was obviously impossible to earn more.

It would be better to do as my sister and brother-in-law said and become a middleman and sell the goods wholesale to them, maybe I can make more money.

But this is not just his business, he has to go home and discuss it with his parents and his older brothers.

"That's for sure. Anyway, Third Brother, just remember what I said. As long as you have the ability, no matter how much grain you collect, I will take it."

At night, Wei Xuan asked Jiang Che, "Why are you so boastful? I don't care how much you charge, I'll take it all. Are you going to just bring it back and leave it there to collect dust?"

Jiang Che loved his wife's little look when she was angry, so he hugged her and buried his head on her shoulder and said with a smile: "I'm serious, you don't think that when I asked Third Brother to go back to collect food, you only plan to collect this amount now, right?"

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