12. My name is Xia Yao and I work in the post office.
I observed when I came to the town yesterday that there are three tailor shops in total, and the slightly larger one is the one opposite the supply and marketing cooperative.
The remaining two are located one at the head and one at the tail of the town.
Jiang Shiyue did not go directly to the store, but bought a bunch of cosmetics, jewelry, and a pair of shoes from the mall.
First I changed my clothes, then put on makeup, and finally hid the suitcase and bicycle.
After all, what she was going to do was a speculative business. Her top was a red shirt with white polka dots and her bottom was a green skirt.
She wore a pearl necklace around her neck, a pair of pearl earrings on her ears, and a teardrop mole. She carried a pearl bag in her hand and wore a pair of thick-heeled sandals on her feet. She looked very noble.
Because it is opposite the supply and marketing cooperative, in addition to the boss and his wife, there are also two miscellaneous staff members in the store.
Seeing Jiang Shiyue step in, the boss who was counting the bills brightened up and immediately came forward, "Madam, do you want to buy cloth?"
Jiang Shiyue nodded, "Well, I'll just take a look."
He did not immediately state his purpose. After all, if he did, he would probably be chased out.
You have to know that individual business owners are not allowed to run businesses or engage in speculation. If you are caught, you will be punished.
But it is precisely because it is not allowed that the benefits are so great.
It is said that the brave will die of overeating, while the timid will die of starvation.
If you want to make money, you have to be bold.
Jiang Shiyue pretended to look at it for a long time, then frowned and said with some dissatisfaction, "Boss, are these the only patterns and colors of fabrics you have?"
"Don't be fooled by the fact that we only have these patterns and colors. We have the most complete range in the whole town. Even the fabrics in the supply and marketing cooperative don't have as many styles as we have."
Jiang Shiyue shook her head and said with some disappointment: "I heard from them before that your store has many styles, and I wanted to come and see if it is really like what they said, but I didn't expect to be so disappointed."
After saying that, he looked at the finished garments with disdain, "Not to mention the fabrics, even the finished garments are just so-so."
Although the boss was a little unhappy when he heard this, looking at Jiang Shiyue's dress, he knew that the woman in front of him was probably not an ordinary person. She was probably from the city or from another place.
After all, he had never seen the clothes Jiang Shiyue was wearing before.
The style is novel, and the fabric does look much better than the ones in the store.
But these words made the proprietress a little dissatisfied, especially when she saw Jiang Shiyue's face and the boss's eyes that wanted to stick to Jiang Shiyue. She immediately rushed over, pulled the boss behind her, and said with an unhappy face, "If you want to buy, buy it. If not, stop talking nonsense and get out of here."
Seeing the disgust in the proprietress's eyes, Jiang Shiyue couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, "Okay, I'll leave."
Anyway, she won't be the one who regrets it.
Originally, I thought that the business opposite the supply and marketing cooperative should be good, and if we cooperated, we could make a lot of money.
But judging from the behavior of the proprietress, this store probably won't last long.
Jiang Shiyue was about to leave when a young woman who was selecting fabrics in the store came over and grabbed Jiang Shiyue's wrist. She said a little embarrassedly, "Ma'am, wait a moment, where did you buy the clothes you are wearing?"
Jiang Shiyue stopped and met the woman's astonished gaze and the hostess's murderous look, "How about we go out and talk?"
The woman hesitated for a moment, and when she was about to nod, she was stopped by the boss lady, "Are you trying to steal my business?"
Jiang Shiyue resisted the urge to roll her eyes and spoke clearly, "First, I'm not trying to steal your business. Second, it was this young lady who asked me where I bought my clothes. Third, you don't have the fabric or style for the outfit I'm wearing, so where did the term 'stealing business' come from?"
The woman immediately agreed after hearing this: "That's right, I just came in to take a look. If I don't see anything suitable, you won't let me go? Or is this how your business is run, people who come in must buy something before they can leave?"
The boss lady's face turned red and white. The boss immediately came out from behind her, glared at her, and said with an apologetic smile: "I didn't mean that. Besides, we never force anyone to buy or sell. Everything is based on personal will."
This stupid woman offends so many customers every time because of her, and yet she still hasn't restrained herself.
If the store wasn't right across from the supply and marketing cooperative, it would have been unable to make ends meet long ago and wouldn't have had the money to hire workers.
Jiang Shiyue didn't want to argue with the boss, so she just said calmly, "So can we leave now?"
"Yes, yes, of course."
Just as Jiang Shiyue was about to leave, she heard the boss ask, "But I'm also curious, where did you buy the clothes you're wearing, ma'am?"
Jiang Shiyue held the woman's hand and said, "Sorry, it's not convenient to tell you this."
If she had wanted to cooperate before, now because of the boss's wife, she just wanted to escape.
After all, if you cooperate with such people, you will only end up in trouble.
As soon as they got out of the door, the woman looked at Jiang Shiyue with admiration, "Wow, you are really amazing!"
Looking back at the boss and his wife standing at the door arguing, he couldn't help but complain, "You don't know, this boss's wife is really too harsh sometimes. She doesn't even look at what the boss looks like. Every time we say a few more words to the boss, it's as if we are trying to seduce the boss. She's merciless."
After saying that, he smacked his lips and said, "It just so happens that theirs is the only shop in the whole town that has so many fabric styles, otherwise who would come!"
Seeing that Jiang Shiyue didn't say anything, the woman scratched her head awkwardly, "Am I talking too much?"
Jiang Shiyue chuckled, "No, you are very cute."
This made her think of her friends in modern times, who were also very talkative. Whenever they were together, they would talk about others and couldn't stop.
The woman blushed when she was praised for being cute.
Finally, she held out her hand. “My name is Xia Yao, and I work at the post office.”
Jiang Shiyue was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the random passerby actually worked at the post office. She immediately shook his hand back and said, "I'm a housewife. You can just call me Yueyue."
Xia Yao's dress was very typical of that era: a floral shirt, navy blue overalls, a pair of cloth shoes, two pigtails, and dimples on her face when she smiled.
Xia Yao was a little surprised, "You got married at such a young age?"
After all, Jiang Shiyue looks only about eighteen or nineteen years old. I am really curious about what kind of man can marry her.
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