Chapter 55 Indeed, I thought so too.
Usually, Chen Pan’s small room of four square meters is full of things, even part of her one-meter-two-meter bed is filled with things.
Every night, after returning to sort through her belongings, planning how much to take the next day, and sorting everything into bags, Chen Pan is usually exhausted. After saying goodbye to her grandparents, who are still busy, Chen Pan goes to bed before nine o'clock every day.
She has recently become the type of person who is full of energy and vigor outside every day, but when she gets home, she doesn't want to do anything or talk and just wants to sleep.
But tonight, maybe because there were fewer things in the house, she packed much faster than usual.
It may also be that she understood that she could rest in two days, and her spirits suddenly improved.
Anyway, at nine o'clock, Chen Pan did not come out to wash and rest as he did before, but went out to help his grandmother pick vegetables.
As for my grandfather, he was preparing noodles for tomorrow's meal.
Having run the shop for so long, her grandparents had already become accomplished professionals. Now, they all knew how to knead the dough and make pancakes.
Seeing Chen Pan coming out to help at this time, Grandma Chen subconsciously asked: "What's wrong, Pan Pan, aren't you tired today?"
"Not bad. I packed up quickly today. It felt pretty relaxing." Picking up some green leaves, Chen Pan said seriously, "Grandpa, Grandma, I'll quit after these two days!"
"If you don't do it well, you won't have time to do your homework during the entire holiday. Hurry and catch up on your homework in the few days left."
Seeing that his granddaughter finally paid attention, Chen Aiguo, who was kneading the dough, immediately turned his head happily.
"Yes, you should stop immediately. If you keep going on, you'll probably be too wild to go to school. Oh, and if you stop, what will happen to your Second Grandma and Aunt Xiufen? If you stop, will Xiaomei's mother pick up the goods herself and run the business herself? Will she still employ your Second Grandma and Aunt Xiufen then?"
Although Chen Pan didn't say much about what she had done recently, Chen Aiguo and Xu Chunhua knew everything.
Thinking of the three adults called over by Chen Pan, Xu Chunhua couldn't help but have a headache when she was questioning them.
At first, she thought her granddaughter was just randomly ordering a few balloons to sell for fun, and she never imagined that she would end up hiring three old acquaintances to sell the goods.
"Yes, when your uncle and Uncle Yongqiang came over a few days ago, they praised you for doing a great job. They also asked me if you needed any more help. Luckily, I told them at the time that you would probably quit by September. Otherwise, if they had just agreed to something and then reneged on it, they would definitely have talked about us behind our backs."
Grandpa Chen repeated to Chen Pan what the eldest and second eldest sons of the first and second branches had said when they came to deliver noodles and cooking oil two days ago. This was an indirect way of telling Chen Pan that the second grandmother and the others should have a good idea of the matter, so Chen Pan should not feel any psychological burden.
"I've already told everyone I'll be quitting at the end of the month, and everyone should be aware of that. As for whether they want to do it themselves, it doesn't really matter. Anyway, we haven't been the only ones in People's Park since the beginning. There have always been other vendors, and we're not the only ones buying balloon masks.
And after September, the number of visitors to People's Park will definitely drop significantly. Anyway, they can do it themselves, so I don't mind. From now until after National Day in October, there will be a certain amount of traffic. If they still want to make money, they can do it during this period. But if the weather gets cold, it will be basically impossible."
Chen Pan chatted slowly with her grandparents. She'd been able to make money over the past month or so. First, it was summer vacation, and parents, at their children's request, inevitably took them out to play. Second, July and August on the Gregorian calendar coincided with June and July on the lunar calendar, a time when the crops weren't busy. They happened to have a tradition of spending time on June 6th and July 7th, so everyone took advantage of that time to get out and have some fun.
Third, the People's Park they chose was the top destination for everyone in Longcheng, and indeed Longxian County. Because other tourist attractions in Longxian County haven't developed yet, it's practically the only option. So, Chen Pan and the others didn't have to worry about the flow of people.
Fourth, the government is also anxious at this time of year. For the past few years, People's Park has been hosting large-scale flower viewing events and festivals. They've specially invited performers who can sing about flowers, deliberately attracting people to the park for fun and shopping. Mobile vendors like Chen Pan haven't yet been charged or regulated. However, other fixed food stalls, ice cream stands, picnic stalls, and cafes within the park, as well as children's playgrounds, water parks, haunted houses, and Ferris wheels, all charge fees, and they're quite high.
Anyway, Chen Pan’s success this month was definitely not accidental, but the result of several layers of BUFF stacking up.
To put it bluntly, Chen Pan didn't even think that she could make this money because of her good mouth or sales talent.
It was just that she did it at the right time, was a little more diligent, was willing to spend money to pick up the goods, and was willing to spend money to hire someone to add an additional stall.
So she should have earned more than 2,300 or 2,000 or 2,000 a month, but in the end she opened an extra stall. After paying others a total of more than 900 yuan, she earned more than 2,000 yuan.
Then even if the second grandmother's business was not as good as hers, her total profit in the end would still far exceed that of all of them.
Anyway, Chen Pan was very satisfied with this small business, so satisfied that she was a little surprised.
Thinking that she could earn a little more tomorrow, she would have earned 5,000 yuan in that era by selling balloons and small toys. Chen Pan didn't even dare to tell her grandparents the specific number.
She and Yang Xiaomei calculated their money clearly. She earned as much as the two sisters across the street earned in total.
But Chen Pan took all the money from Sister Xiufen and Mother Yang, roughly counted them, and found that the number was similar to what she had calculated in the morning, so she directly paid them ten yuan each, and then she did not tell Yang Xiaomei and the others how much money she had earned at the second stall.
In other words, Yang Xiaomei and I split the profits in half.
But for her second stall, she only provided them with goods. When they had bought almost all the goods for her, she would only pay them ten yuan each.
Actually, Second Grandma's stall was still a few dollars short of the mark. Because they were paid a fixed salary, their business was always a little slower than Chen Pan's, and there was always something left over every day.
But even so, Chen Pan earned more than two thousand yuan a month from that stall.
So in the end, Yang Xiaomei and her friends probably earned more than 2,000 yuan. And she had been there for a month, and she had earned more than 4,000 yuan, almost 5,000 yuan.
Feeling happy, Chen Pan chatted with her grandparents for a while and made it clear that she didn't care whether any of them went to People's Park to sell balloon masks.
It was not until this time that Chen Pan realized that because she only called Second Grandma and not Great Grandma, Great Grandma seemed angry. Her great grandfather even secretly called his grandfather and asked them if he could bring Great Grandma, or his daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law, with him when he went to People's Park to sell balloons next time.
As for why they didn't do it themselves, everyone's mentality was probably the same as Yang Xiaomei's mother's: after all, people are still important. They all had this idea in mind, but since Chen Pan and his grandfather hadn't fully agreed, they didn't dare to learn it directly.
After hearing Chen Pan's indifferent words, Chen Pan's grandfather immediately ran next door to call his great-grandfather's house.
When grandpa went to make the phone call, in order to prevent him from not being able to explain clearly, he asked Chen Pan to come along late at night.
It's past nine in the evening, a bit of an awkward time.
Fortunately, there were still people hanging around outside at this time. Grandpa Chen put down the phone and waited for about seven or eight minutes, and actually called his eldest brother over.
"Brother, Panpan said that she will quit after these two days. After she finishes, our neighbor Yang Kai's family and Yang Dawei's high school student wife will definitely go out on their own. Panpan said she doesn't mind. If you really want your sister-in-law to learn this or want your daughter-in-law or granddaughter-in-law to learn this. You can simply let them come down in the next two days and let them learn from Panpan. After they know how to sell the goods, I will let Panpan take them to the wholesale market where she often picks up the goods, and personally take them to pick up the goods.
But Panpan said that after September 1st, when the children go back to school, business will definitely plummet and will definitely not make much money. But she also said that even if the profit is not much, it can still be profitable, probably until after National Day in October. After National Day, it is estimated that business will not be able to be done. And Panpan said that she calls her Second Sister-in-law because she feels that Second Sister-in-law has no grandchildren and is relatively free at home, so she calls her Second Sister-in-law. It’s not that I haven’t thought about you guys——”
Like other people who have just started using landline phones, Grandpa Chen feels that he needs to speak loudly when calling so that the other party can hear him.
As he was holding the phone and loudly explaining to the other party, Chen Pan, who had been awkward and silent for a long time, finally whispered to Qin Yang across from him, "Have you sold all the iron lumps behind your house?"
Recently, Chen Pan would come home, eat dinner, pack up her things, and go to bed immediately. Even when she called the village's second grandmother and others, she deliberately went to the other shops in front to make the call.
But even though she was deliberately avoiding the Qin family, from the casual conversations between her grandparents and what Qin's mother said when they occasionally met, Chen Pan still knew that Qin Yang had recently been going to various markets with a young man he was familiar with.
Chen Pan hasn't seen the other party for almost a month. In fact, it has something to do with the fact that the other party has often been leaving early and coming back late in the past month.
Anyway, at this moment, when his grandfather was on the phone, Chen Pan asked the other party in a low voice.
"I've already bought most of the big stuff. Now all I have left are some nails, hammers, kitchen knives, and so on."
As soon as Chen Pan opened his mouth, the deliberately silent Qin Yang spoke up. After a few words, he explained, "The autumn harvest is coming up soon, so the hoes and sickles I got at the fair sold out quickly. I also sold all the sprayers."
"Just sell them. Just sell the hard-to-sell ones. You also need to keep some of the ones you mentioned in your shop. You can't be without them all."
When talking about business and doing business, Chen Pan subconsciously becomes talkative.
Seeing that she was still willing to talk to him, Qin Yang's serious expression unconsciously softened a bit. "Indeed, I think so too. Although you didn't participate in this matter in the end, it was you who gave me the clue. I just happen to have new school bags and clothes in my store. How about you pick one for yourself and your grandparents later? That will be my thanks."
"No thanks. I've been making good money lately, so I don't need your thanks."
It doesn't matter. Chen Pan has made money recently and waved his hand very generously.
"You earn what you earn, and my gratitude is my gratitude. How can this be confused with—"
"Ahem! Panpan, go talk to your great-grandfather. Your great-grandfather wants to know how much money they need to bring with them for your first wholesale shipment."
Unexpectedly, the two of them talked louder and louder under his nose. Chen Aiguo, who always had a loud voice, couldn't stand it anymore and immediately interrupted them loudly.
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