Qian Qing transported the things to the tube-shaped building rented by Qian's mother, instead of transporting them back to her own home.
When I first rented a house for Qian's mother, I took the import and export of goods into consideration, and this room is on the first floor of this building.
The three thousand pillowcases and two thousand handkerchiefs were packed in large cardboard boxes, so even if someone peeked, they wouldn't know what was inside.
Qian Qing was not being suspenseful, but she wanted to keep these things in the night market. If she sold them in small batches now, what if the customer was an acquaintance and a thick-skinned person insisted on lowering the price because there were not many people around?
Qian Qing’s view is that if the relationship is good, it’s fine to give it away for free, but the price cannot be reduced.
Once you lower the price, you won't be able to close this loophole.
Her mother still has to sell some small things at the school gate. Why should she reduce the price here and there? You reduce the price by 30 cents for me, but why reduce the price by 50 cents for others? By then, these trivial matters alone will drive people crazy.
It would be better to set up a stall and treat everyone equally.
Zhou Hao helped them move all the things into the house, and Qian Qing pulled Qian Yu aside to discuss something.
She was selling things in the oil field, while her sister would take the things back to her hometown to sell.
Qian Yu had just returned, and before she had the chance to find Qian's mother to inquire about her daughter's recent school situation, she was pulled aside by Qian Qing for a talk.
"How do you sell it? Sell it right here in the village. It's definitely easy to sell. It used to be so troublesome to buy a pillowcase. You had to find a ticket and go to the city. Now you don't need a ticket, so they will definitely be vying to buy it."
Qian Qing was a little helpless: "We are from the same village. If someone tells you to take something back first and then give you money, but then doesn't give you money, what will you do? Also, when you sell something, should you give some to the elders? And, if someone in your family takes your goods and says they want to sell them, but keeps the money for themselves, what will you say?"
Qian Yu:!!!
Qian Qing is extremely patient with her family members, so she took action against her sister at this time.
"I know you didn't think that much. From a normal perspective, I should be grateful to you for not spending any coupons and buying pillowcases and handkerchiefs at a similar price to the supply and marketing cooperative. But when doing business, you must not have any moral extravagances. Instead, the most practical money and goods relationship is more reliable and less likely to cause disputes."
This is what happened to her when she was selling popsicles a while ago. You must be clear about the big profits. If you want to win over the people around you, you should not make money but give them a little sweetness. It is impossible to satisfy everyone, so just choose to satisfy the people who are slightly more important to you.
"Well, you don't go back to your village to sell, but go to the town to buy. Tell others that you are selling for me and let your brother-in-law help. After you sell all the goods, you can keep some for yourself and take it back to the village. You can sell some at cost and give some away directly."
"The distinction between close and distant relatives must be made public. That is, we must make it clear to others that when good things happen, whoever has a good relationship with me will get a turn. Also, don't be too stupid. Remember to send off your village chief and the influential people in the village."
"Finally, everyone in your family, give four pairs of pillowcases and four handkerchiefs to your mother-in-law, and give her twenty yuan, saying it is half of your income, and let your mother-in-law divide it."
The Huang family, where Qian Yu married, was large, with four brothers and an unmarried sister-in-law. The whole family was crowded in one place, and there was always noise and quarreling all day long.
Qian Yu was a city girl, and marrying into the Huang family was considered marrying down. But her mother-in-law disliked her the most among the daughters-in-law, always finding fault with her. Of course, this was because Qian Yu gave birth to a daughter, but there were other reasons as well.
Qian Qing saw clearly that some people just think that it is a sign of status to give a daughter-in-law who is better off than themselves a beating. Qian Yu's mother-in-law has this bad habit, thinking that no matter if you come from the city, you are a member of my family after you marry into my family, and if you give birth to a daughter, then you deserve to eat the worst food and live in the worst house at home.
It was only because of Qian Qing's brother-in-law Huang Sanping that her sister was able to give some advice, that she did not lose all her spirit because of the torture of her mother-in-law.
According to Qian Qing, it is right to keep doing your job when no one is causing trouble, but you cannot just stand back when someone is causing trouble.
After all, she went to high school, and although she participated in sports during those years, there is a saying that is true: only struggle can bring peace.
Since the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, and brothers-in-law in the family are all tough guys, don't just sit there, come and fight!
This is why Qian Qing limited the number of pillowcases and handkerchiefs her sister could bring home.
The four sons of the Huang family have all started their own families. Huang Sanping is the third child, with two older brothers, a younger brother and a younger sister, who is about to get married.
Qian Yu took home four pairs of pillowcases and four handkerchiefs. Logically speaking, there were just enough pillowcases for Qian Yu and her husband, the other three families and her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. But unfortunately, there were grandchildren below. The eldest son of the Huang family just got married last year, and the eldest son of the second son of the Huang family was also about to get married.
In this case, the problem became how Mrs. Huang distributed the four pairs of pillowcases.
What if the daughter is not happy with the deduction of the daughter's share and gives it to the eldest grandson's wife? What if the daughter is not happy with the deduction of the eldest grandson's wife's share and gives it to the daughter? Wouldn't the new daughter-in-law who just came in make trouble? In addition, the fourth son's family also has a son, although he is young, but he is still a son. If the first two branches have grandchildren, why can't their fourth branch have one more?
Not to mention the tighter handkerchief, there are three daughters-in-law, a daughter, Mrs. Huang herself, a granddaughter-in-law and a future granddaughter-in-law.
Two peaches kill three men, there will always be a market for it.
Qian Qing wanted to get her sister out of the mess that was the Huang family. She didn't necessarily have to ask her sister to get a divorce, but as long as the Huang family started fighting, no one would keep a close eye on her sister.
In fact, with so many people in the Huang family, how could there be no conflicts among them? It was because of Qian Yu's good target that the city girl only gave birth to a girl, and the old lady of the Huang family could bully her sister. As long as the other families were not bullied, they hoped that Qian Yu would not have a son and would pass one of their sons to the third family, so that they could take over the family business that the third family would be able to share in the future, and naturally they would also support the old lady Huang.
As long as her sister gave a symbolic amount of money to the family and brought back some small favors from time to time to provoke them, they would start fighting among themselves.
Qian Yu was not stupid. After hearing what his sister said, he soon figured it out.
"…Will this be bad?"
Qian Qing didn't care at all: "What's wrong with that? You're busy every day, and you have a lot of things on your hands. Even Qianqian has become so thin. Now it's just to let them find something to do when they are idle at home. What's wrong with that?"
In fact, there is another advantage to doing this, that is, her sister has paid the money openly, and the remaining few houses, as long as they are not blind, will know that her sister is going to be rich. Whether it is for the purpose of getting more small things in the future or for other reasons, at least they have to respect her sister openly!
What do you mean by feeding pigs, cooking and washing clothes? Don’t you have hands?
Qian Yu has been full of admiration for her sister over the past few days, and naturally she also knows that her sister is doing this for her own good.
"Okay, I got it."
The last time she went back and said she wanted to be a self-employed person, the sarcastic words of several sisters-in-law were still ringing in her ears. If she didn't make some progress, wouldn't she be unworthy of the nasty words they said at that time?
After returning home, Qian Qing took a shower and cleaned herself up.
Zhou Hao had just listened to the entire conversation between her and her sister, and now he pretended to be sympathetic.
"Wife, you looked so scary when you instigated our sister just now. You looked like a big devil."
Qian Qing had no expression on her face and threw the towel in Zhou Hao's hand: "I am the big devil, what are you?"
Zhou Hao's eyes rolled and he said in a pinched voice: "I am Daji, Your Majesty."
Qian Qing sat in Zhou Hao's arms and said, "Okay, Daji, wipe my hair for the king."
Zhou Hao pinched his throat and gave Qian Qing a coquettish look: "Okay, my king."
"My lord, is this strength comfortable?"
"My king, the ends of your hair are a little dry. You need to get more rest."
"My king, your hair is done. Let Daji take care of you and take a rest."
“…Zhou Hao!”
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The news about the night market was still released, but with the foundation Qian Qing had laid with Chen Yan, director of the General Management Department, and Li Hongmei, the women's director who could guarantee her character, it was not difficult for Qian Qing to get a fixed stall.
This short street, less than 500 meters long, is more like a small gathering place for street stalls than a night market street.
The factory was just groping in the dark, so there was nothing fancy about it. They simply drew a boundary on the ground, marked the numbers, and rented each stall for 10 yuan a month for a year, with priority given to oil field families. The morning market was 5 yuan a month, after all, the morning market was full of people buying vegetables, and there were few people working in the oil fields. Besides, the morning market was also convenient for everyone.
As one of the first people to be selected, Qian Qing successfully got the golden position not far from the intersection.
That evening, Qian Qing finished her dinner early. Zhou Hao helped her move her things over and made a small folding bed for her. The pillowcases and handkerchiefs were not like other things, and they always looked a bit dirty when placed on the floor.
Qian Qing and Qian's mother joined the battle together. Speaking of which, Qian's mother's small shop was still under construction. Zhou Hao drew a picture and sent it to make a shelf. The shelf was a layer of rows and layers with many small hooks on it, so you can hang some things on it to see more clearly.
The new shelves naturally take time to be put into use, so Qian's mother's shop has not opened yet.
However, good things are worth eating when they are late. These days, Qian's mother has been concentrating on cooking for Qianqian and feeding Zhou Hao and Qian Qing from time to time.
The number of people in the night market gradually increased, and there were more stalls. After all, no one is stupid. The oil field workers may still have some old ideas, but who doesn't have a few relatives outside?
The stalls were sold out very quickly, which shows that many people are optimistic about this blank market.
Qian Qing and Qian's mother put out all the pillowcases and handkerchiefs. There were electric lights specially brought from the factory on the side of the night market, so they could see clearly at night.
The display of these piles of things was quite impactful, and almost instantly, Qian Qing was drowned in the crowd.
"Don't squeeze it, take your time."
"A pair of pillowcases costs three yuan, no tickets required, no limit on the pattern."
"A handkerchief is thirty cents, and I don't want a ticket."
…
After these voices were heard, more people came.
No tickets are needed! And judging by the pattern and quality, they can be sold for three or four yuan at the supply and marketing cooperative! Wouldn’t it be a snap? Hurry up and call someone you know to come over! If it’s too late, you don’t know if there will be such a good thing again!
Qian Qing displayed five hundred pillowcases and two hundred handkerchiefs in one night. Good things must make people want to grab them, otherwise how can they attract people?
Zhou Hao stared at Qian Qing with his sharp eyes to see if there were any thieves. Qian's mother talked to some women about the patterns and quality, and Qian Qing just collected the money and delivered the goods.
In the blink of an eye, half of the things on the folding bed were gone.
At this time, someone squeezed in and asked loudly: "I want both this and this!"
Qian Qing looked up and saw that it was Wan Zhenzhen, whom she hadn't seen for a while.
but……
"Why are you so fat?"