After three days of employee training and preparation, the department store finally officially opened for business.
However, due to the sensitive current situation, there were no celebratory events for the opening of the department store. Nevertheless, the department store's prominent three-story building still attracts a considerable number of visitors every day.
So even without a grand opening promotion, the department store was still packed with people on its official opening day.
Huang Qinqin was assigned to the ready-to-wear section, and for the time being, she can be said to be the most idle person in the entire department store.
In other areas, there were already quite a few people looking around and even buying things, but in the ready-to-wear section, there wasn't a single customer.
Another saleswoman in the clothing section, Mo Jiaxin, asked Huang Qinqin with concern, "Qinqin, why is no one coming here? There have been quite a few people already."
Huang Qinqin calmly replied, "Don't panic. We sell ready-made clothes here, so the prices are relatively high. Besides, our customers don't know that our ready-made clothes don't require cloth coupons."
"And look, most of the customers coming in now are older people, probably because they got up early to buy groceries. When the younger people who are resting come out, the two of us might not be able to keep up."
Huang Qinqin knew perfectly well that the target customers for the ready-to-wear section were never the elderly, but rather young people with jobs. Even if the older generation didn't have ration coupons, they wouldn't buy expensive ready-to-wear clothes.
For the same price, you might only be able to buy one garment here, but if you buy the fabric yourself, you can make at least three garments.
As for your point about novel and attractive styles, those are things that only young people pursue. Take Grandma Huang, for example; as long as the clothes are wearable, that's enough for her. In their view, clothes are meant to be worn, and the style doesn't matter.
Even so, Mo Jiaxin still felt very anxious. She wondered if they would be scolded if they were the only ones who failed to sell anything.
Knowing that the department store was opening today, Zhang Yumei had already made an appointment with Chen Zhaodi so that both families could go to the department store together to support Huang Qinqin.
Then I'll take a look to see if there's anything suitable I need to buy.
Zhang Yumei had asked Huang Qinqin about the area she was in charge of beforehand, so she immediately pulled Chen Zhaodi towards the garment section. Xu Hongxia followed them.
As for the men from both families, they didn't care; they let them go wherever they wanted.
Xu Weiguo and Huang Eryuan exchanged glances, and Huang Eryuan spoke first: "Why don't we go look around elsewhere? Anyway, we know they're in the ready-made clothing section, so we can just go find them later."
“That suits me perfectly. Let’s go, in-laws. I’ve heard that the department store has a lot of fans and bicycles. Let’s go take a look.”
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Chen Zhaodi saw Huang Qinqin standing upright from afar and found it somewhat novel. Her daughter had always preferred to lie down rather than sit, and vice versa. Seeing her daughter looking so serious now made her feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
Huang Qinqin saw them too, and happily reached out to greet them: "Mom~ Hongxia~ You're here?"
To be honest, although Huang Qinqin wasn't too worried about not being able to buy clothes, she was still quite bored as no one came.
She wasn't very familiar with Mo Jiaxin yet, and their conversation stalled after a few sentences. Now that Chen Zhaodi and the others had arrived, they were there to save the day.
Xu Hongxia looked at the clothes hanging there, her eyes filled with amazement, and exclaimed, "Wow~ Sister-in-law, these dresses are so beautiful~"
"Which one does Hongxia like? Your sister-in-law will buy it for you. Mom, you can also pick one out, and I'll buy one for each of you."
"But don't tell Dad and the others that I don't have enough money right now. I'll buy it for them during the Chinese New Year."
Chen Zhaodi was unaware that these clothes did not require cloth coupons, and quickly refused, saying, "No need, no need!"
"No need to buy it for Mom. If you buy so many clothes at once, you'll use up all your fabric ration coupons for this year. You should buy them for your in-laws."
Huang Qinqin explained with a smile, "Mom, these clothes don't require cloth coupons. You can go ahead and pick out whatever you like."
Before Chen Zhaodi could respond, an older woman passing by excitedly asked, "Really, we can buy it without cloth coupons?!"
Mo Jiaxin didn't react in time to answer, but Huang Qinqin immediately replied, "Yes, the ready-made clothes in our department store don't require cloth coupons."
"Is it not needed today? Or not in the future?!"
"We never really needed them, but many of the styles were sourced from Guangzhou and Hong Kong, so once some styles were sold out, they might be gone."
"If you see something you like, we can help you get it and try it on."
The woman was surprised to hear that she could even try on the clothes; usually when she went to the supply and marketing cooperative, the sales clerks wouldn't even let her touch them.
He tentatively pointed to a white shirt and said, "How much is that white shirt? Let me take a look."
Mo Jiaxin got into the zone this time and immediately handed her the clothes when she heard what she said.
The aunt took a look and thought she liked it quite a bit, but she was a little worried that it might be very expensive without ration coupons.
How much does this dress cost?
"This shirt costs eight dollars. It's a new style from Hong Kong. If you like it, we can give you a receipt."
Eight yuan was still within her acceptable range; normally, it would cost six yuan at the supply and marketing cooperative. Not only did it require a ration coupon, but the style wasn't as nice either.
The woman was planning to buy it for her son, who was going on a blind date in a few days, and she had been wanting to buy him a white shirt for a while.
However, she didn't have many cloth coupons left. If the match was successful, the wedding would require a lot of cloth coupons, so she hadn't been willing to buy any.
"You're sure it doesn't require a ticket, right?"
"Yes."
"Please process my order, I'll take this one!"
The older woman decisively handed the clothes to Mo Jiaxin, afraid that if she hesitated any longer, she would not be able to bring herself to buy them.
When the others saw that she had actually bought clothes without needing to give cloth coupons, they all rushed over.
Many people felt that although cloth ration coupons were no longer required, the price was too high. However, there were also many people who had plenty of money but simply lacked ration coupons.
So the ready-to-wear section became incredibly popular within just a few minutes, and Huang Qinqin and Mo Jiaxin finally got busy.
Seeing that there were too many people, Huang Qinqin could only manage to say to Chen Zhaodi and the others, "Mom, you guys go and look around somewhere else first, and come back later!"
After saying that, he didn't have time to check if they responded or not, and got busy again.
Xu Hongxia really wanted to squeeze in and try to grab something, but there were too many people, and Zhang Yumei and the others also planned to browse first. So she had no choice but to follow along; after all, she was short of money.
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