Chapter 56 "Giving so much to others, you yourself...
“Oh, here it comes——”
Chen Pan finally remembered the original reason why his grandfather brought him here, and quickly reached out to answer the phone.
"Grandpa, who do you want to come over then? If it's Grandma, she definitely can't carry so much stuff, and she'll probably only be able to take 20 or 30 yuan at most. But if you ask Auntie and Auntie to come over, they're young enough to take 50 yuan on the first day.
"You can give them around 50 or 60 yuan and let them decide. If they think 50 yuan is a good amount, they can increase it later. The most important thing is that the students are gone in September, and there will definitely be very few people out for the busy farming season. Under these circumstances, they don't need to buy a lot of goods at once; they can wholesale them as needed. It's a little more troublesome, but at least there's no inventory overstock."
"Yes, that's what I thought. They have nothing to do anyway, so I mean to let them learn first. In the next few days, when they have time, they can go down and try it. When it's National Day, they can make a few days of good money during the National Day holiday to earn some pocket money. Later, when they understand how to operate it, during the Chinese New Year or next summer vacation, they can try it themselves. Originally, this was just something we were thinking about, and we didn't want to follow your example. But your grandfather just said you don't mind, so I'm going to be thick-skinned and tell you the truth."
"It's okay, it's okay, Grandpa, just ask Auntie and the others to come over. Actually, there are a lot of stalls all over People's Park recently, and there are also several waves of people selling balloons and children's toys. This is not my territory, so I'm not that overbearing. I was thinking that Grandma and Auntie were busy taking care of the children, and you were busy harvesting wheat and rapeseed oil, so I thought you wouldn't be able to handle it, so I only called Second Grandma and didn't call you. If I knew you were interested in this, I would definitely call you a long time ago-"
Chen Pan spoke sweetly. When she was on the phone, Chen Aiguo nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Qin Yang next to him.
It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and there was no one else in the Qin family shop except them. Meeting his gaze, Qin Yang smiled and continued the previous topic: "Grandpa, while Panpan is on the phone, let's pick out the things I want to give you!"
"What are you giving me? Why do you always do this?"
Upon hearing what Qin Yang said, Chen Aiguo, who had just had a look of scrutiny and disapproval in his eyes, immediately waved his hands in embarrassment.
Although he was influenced by his granddaughter and became more confident and felt more worthy.
But when faced with other people's kindness and gratitude, he still felt subconsciously uncomfortable.
The Qin family had given him a thermos before, and that was an idea he had seen his granddaughter come up with, and it had actually been adopted by the young man in front of him. So after his granddaughter's advice, he became more and more calm.
But this time, his granddaughter did not choose to help.
"It's not that I always do these things, it's just that Panpan has so many ideas, and even a small one from her can help me a lot. I took advantage of you guys' reminders, so I can't not return the favor, right? It just so happens that you guys rarely come over today, so I'll take this opportunity to quickly return the favor so that I don't have to keep thinking about it."
As he spoke, Qin Yang walked towards the clothing, shoes and fabric area in his house.
Ever since his place was transformed into a supermarket-like layout, only the front counter and the back counter, where fabrics, clothes, and shoes were stored, remained. Of course, these two counters needed to be kept. After all, the front counter was used for cigarettes and alcohol, and the cash register was also used. In the back, his fabrics and clothes had to be displayed on the counter for everyone to see; they couldn't all be put away.
"No—" Seeing that he actually walked over there, Grandpa Chen, who was particularly afraid of taking advantage of others, immediately chased after him anxiously: "Yangyang, you really shouldn't do this. This is not good. Besides, my Panpan only moved his lips this time, he really didn't help you at all!"
"How could that be? Once she reminded me, I was able to get rid of a lot of the overstocked items in our store in the past month. It helped me get back a lot of money."
In fact, Qin Yang's shop was previously run by his grandparents. They were the ones who opened the shop and sold and picked up the goods. Back then, Qin Yang and his mother were hands-off managers. Apart from taking money and goods from the shop, they didn't care about anything else.
Later, five years ago, after his grandparents passed away in an accident, his mother was suddenly forced to take on the job.
His mother, like Qin Yang, was inexperienced. Her business model over the years had been to continuously stock up on clothing, shoes, beverages, and snacks. It was precisely because of these subsequent purchases that their store was able to maintain its operations despite the increasing number of stores around it.
But his mother was so concerned about clothes and shoes that she naturally had no time to care about other things. Or maybe because the demand for these things had been decreasing over the years, she gradually stopped paying attention to them.
The owner, however, neglected the store and neglected its care. When customers came to buy these things, they found the shelves messy. When they said they had something, they couldn't find it. Gradually, the villagers who used to come to the store less and less often stopped by, and with fewer visits, they asked less about it. Naturally, Mother Qin became even less willing to mess with the items.
While the other party was doing all these, Qin Yang, as a son, was immersed in the sudden death of his grandparents, his father's sudden change and desire for divorce, his mother's hasty transfer of all the family property to him, his parents' complete falling out and divorce, and his father's revenge and resentment towards him. He did not take good care of the family shop.
It was five years since his grandparents passed away, and he had only just begun to thoroughly clean up the storage room at home, and had only just found several boxes of other farm tools from behind the many brooms and chimneys.
Of course, Qin Yang would not say much about these things to others.
He just said a few words vaguely, and then quickly took out several pairs of shoes, several backpacks of different colors and sizes, several sets of men's and women's autumn coats, and several obviously pink women's jackets and women's sportswear.
Then he said, "Grandpa, don't be polite. Hurry up and choose. To be honest, after you finish choosing, I should clean up, close the door and go to bed."
"I don't want your stuff. After Panpan finishes the call, we'll—"
"What's wrong? Grandpa, are you calling me?"
As soon as Grandpa Chen finished speaking, Chen Pan, who had finished his phone call, quickly walked over.
"I didn't call you, it was Yangyang who—"
Chen Aiguo quickly told Chen Pan that Qin Yang suddenly wanted to give them clothes and shoes.
Chen Pan's eyes lit up when he heard this: "I just want to buy something as a gift. Qin Yang, don't worry about whether it's a gift or not. Just give me the cheapest price!"
"That's fine, what do you want?"
Chen Pan is straightforward, and Qin Yang is even more straightforward.
Soon, the two of them tacitly forgot about Grandpa Chen next to them and quickly started picking up the items.
"Old man, come out and sell your stuff!"
Just at this moment, Grandma Chen's anxious shouts came from next door. Chen Aiguo didn't dare to stay any longer. He hurriedly said, "Panpan, buy less," and then he hurried to his own store next door.
When Grandpa Chen went to sell goods next door and then packed up to close the shop, Chen Pan was next door, buying things like crazy.
"I want to pick out four school bags, two sets of coats and pants that my grandmother can wear when she was her age, and shoes and pants that my grandfather can wear."
Chen Pan quickly expressed his needs.
Qin Yang inquired carefully and learned that Chen Pan bought the backpacks for two parents who had recently helped her. They both had a pair of siblings who were not much younger than her. He then quickly took out four suitable backpacks according to Chen Pan's request.
"The red one is for girls. If they're twelve or thirteen, this is perfect. The blue one is for the two boys. I originally suggested you get one black and one blue. But in case someone is dissatisfied with the selection later, I still think it's better to choose the same color."
Qin Yang took out the schoolbag, and after making sure that Chen Pan was satisfied, he accompanied Chen Pan to choose clothes and shoes for the old man.
"Besides your grandparents, who else do you want to give the clothes to? What's their figure like?" Qin Yang asked.
Chen Pan replied, "It's for my second grandmother. She's very kind to me. But she's very frugal. She definitely wouldn't sell her clothes if I gave her money. If I bought her clothes and they were fashionable and nice, maybe they would end up in the hands of her daughter-in-law or sister-in-law!"
"Understood!"
Having run his own shop alone for more than half a year, Qin Yang was quite familiar with his own products and started looking for them immediately.
Then he quickly found a thick coat with gray and white plaid for Chen Pan. As for the pants Chen Pan wanted, he also selected the right style and the thinnest size according to Chen Pan's instructions: "The styles of this coat and pants are both popular among fifty-year-old women. You said your second grandmother is very thin, so I picked the smallest size for you. Do you think it's too skinny? If it feels too skinny, I can find you a slightly larger size."
"No, this is just right!" Thinking of his second grandmother and second grandfather, both of whom were skinny, Chen Pan nodded slowly.
Then she quickly chose the gifts she wanted to give to her grandparents.
In her new life, Chen Pan was very open-minded about money and enjoyment. From the moment she earned her first hundred yuan in this world, Chen Pan decided to use the money she earned to buy them some good things.
Qin Yang was very familiar with Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen's figures. Seeing that Chen Pan wanted to buy them good things, Qin Yang immediately took out several sets of clothes and shoes that he had recently wholesaled and showed them to Chen Pan one by one.
Then, while the jingle bells and danglers were busy next door, Chen Pan had already selected all the clothes and shoes for his grandparents.
Originally, Chen Pan only wanted to buy two pieces for her grandparents, but as she picked and chose, she ended up buying all their clothes, pants, and shoes.
"Okay, that's all. Please help me calculate it."
Feeling satisfied, Chen Pan signaled Qin Yang to settle the bill quickly.
"Shoes and pants are ten yuan each, so two pairs of shoes and three pairs of pants make fifty yuan. Jackets are fifteen yuan each, so three pieces make forty-five yuan. Each schoolbag is eight yuan, so four makes thirty-two yuan. For all these things, give me one hundred and twenty yuan."
Qin Yang quickly counted the money and carefully helped Chen Pan pack the things in his hands to prevent him from taking the wrong ones.
"Well, okay, I'll give you the money later!"
That's how it was back then, when everyone's monthly salary was generally over a hundred yuan. But now, the clothing stores on Longcheng Street are selling clothes for thirty or forty yuan, or even two or three hundred yuan. Some leather jackets and down jackets are even going for over a thousand yuan.
Of course, in this era, if you look carefully, you can also find clothes and shoes that cost one or two yuan.
But the coat and pants Qin Yang had brought out were both clearly good, thick autumn styles. The tags on the outside, as well as the feel and drape of the clothes, made it clear at a glance that these weren't cheap.
Knowing that the other party must have gotten him a bargain, or even at a loss, Chen Pan immediately said that he would get the money later.
"You're giving so much to other people, why don't you sell one yourself? Here, I'll give you this backpack as a gift!"
After packing all the things into plastic bags one by one according to Chen Pan's request, Qin Yang finally couldn't help but took out a red medium-sized backpack from the bottom.
“…”
Chen Pan looked at the things he threw out, feeling somewhat helpless, yet also inexplicably moved. "Then get me a pair of size 36 Warrior sneakers. I'll take both the shoes and the schoolbag, and I'll give you thirty yuan in total."
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