"Baozhu, where are we going to go shopping?"
Sun Jihong held Qiao Baozhu's arm and looked blankly at the road ahead.
Not only did she not know where to take Qiao Baozhu shopping, she also didn't know where her future lay.
Qiao Baozhu saw that Sun Jihong was confused, and suggested with a smile: "This is not far from the unit you will report to tomorrow, why don't you go there first and get familiar with the new environment in advance."
This hit the mark for Sun Jihong, as she was also quite curious about her new colleague.
The two had plenty of time, so they chatted all the way to the Nancheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
The door curtain of the new supply and marketing cooperative is quite grand, and from the outside it seems to be much smaller than the unit where Sun Jihong previously worked.
Seeing that the new unit was so small, Sun Jihong couldn't help but frown.
Once they entered the supply and marketing cooperative, they were met with an empty and desolate environment. Not only Sun Jihong, but even Qiao Baozhu felt disappointed.
"My two customers, what would you like to buy?"
Seeing two people enter the room, a young girl not far from the door waved enthusiastically.
Neatly ironed work clothes, pigtails hanging on the shoulders, and the corners of the mouth raised in a uniform arc.
It made Sun Jihong feel like she was back in the days when she first started working.
A girl who had just finished pre-job training rushed to her job with infinite enthusiasm and full of emotions.
In just a few years, he went from being a motivated newcomer in the workplace to a veteran who slacked off all day long.
"Comrade, we are just strolling around. We haven't decided what to buy yet."
Qiao Baozhu's voice pulled Sun Jihong out of her memories, and she looked at the place carefully.
The supply and marketing cooperative didn’t look very big from the outside, but I didn’t expect the space inside to be even smaller.
The shelves behind the counter are filled with a wide variety of goods.
Apart from the main door, this supply and marketing cooperative only had two windows, one on the left and one on the right. The interior was dimly lit and filled with a variety of pungent smells.
No wonder no one wants to come. The environment of this supply and marketing cooperative is a far cry from that of Sun Jihong’s original unit.
"Do you regret being so impulsive this morning? Otherwise, you wouldn't have been transferred to work here."
When Qiao Baozhu saw this situation, she felt sorry for Sun Jihong.
Sun Jihong looked calm: "This place is close to home. I can go home for lunch after work. If anything happens to my mother-in-law, I can rush back."
"I earn the same salary both ways, so it doesn't matter where I stay. And in the winter, I don't have to get up early to catch the bus. In fact, I am enjoying a good life working here."
Seeing Sun Jihong think this way, Qiao Baozhu felt a little better.
She was worried that Sun Jihong would regret it, not just because the environment here was worse than over there.
But she knew that it would not be long before the market was opened up. Ordinary people could buy and sell freely, and the supply and marketing society would be greatly impacted.
The Nancheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative was the first unit to go bankrupt, and all the salesmen lost their jobs.
Sun Jihong is short of money now, and her life will be even harder in the future.
This is just what Qiao Baozhu experienced in her previous life that has not happened yet, and she cannot tell Sun Jihong.
Seeing Qiao Baozhu's hesitant expression, Sun Jihong guessed that she came to see her today not just to go shopping.
So he took the initiative to leave the supply and marketing cooperative and go for a walk in the nearby park.
Qiao Baozhu was thinking about how to talk to Sun Jihong, and without thinking much, she left the supply and marketing cooperative with Sun Jihong.
"Baozhu, what do you want to tell me? I see you've been holding it in for a long time, I'm so anxious for you."
Qiao Baozhu felt a little embarrassed when her thoughts were revealed by Sun Jihong.
With a red face, she smiled guiltily: "Sister Jihong, I came to see you today because I actually want to start a small business with you."
Sun Jihong was stunned at first, then asked with some surprise: "Doing business together?"
Thinking of her current situation, Sun Jihong looked disappointed: "I am so poor now, how can I afford to do business. Baozhu, I can't help you."
Qiao Baozhu was not discouraged: "I was worried that you would not care about the small profits and would not want to do it because it was too troublesome."
"Sister Jihong, you don't have to pay for our business. I'll provide the capital and you'll just be responsible for selling the goods."
Sun Jihong finally understood what this cooperation was. Qiao Baozhu was working on a farm where the workers were either educated youth or farmers, and they were not well-off.
Sun Jihong had been selling cloth in the supply and marketing cooperative for many years and had accumulated a lot of connections.
"Okay, I'm very familiar with this job of selling goods. Baozhu, what are you going to sell? Bacon or chili sauce? I think the pheasant and duck you brought over earlier are not bad. The meat is a little dry, but the price is cheap."
Sun Jihong was not stupid and thought that the thing Qiao Baozhu gave her was the goods they were about to sell.
"My cooking skills are average. I asked others to make the bacon and chili meat sauce."
In her previous life, Qiao Baozhu read rebirth novels in her spare time. The heroines in the novels were almost all possessed by cooking gods and made their first pot of gold by selling delicious food.
Unfortunately, Qiao Baozhu did not have a talent for cooking. When her adoptive mother was alive, she always cooked for her. Later, when she became rich, her family hired a nanny.
After her rebirth, Qiao Baozhu has never put her heart into cooking, so she doesn't plan to make money by selling food.
"I plan to make ready-made clothes for a few years and sell them at your place. New Year's Day is coming soon, and the Chinese New Year will come after that. Whenever a family has a little extra money, they will buy a piece of cloth to make a new piece of clothing."
"People with money buy clothes in department stores, but I think the clothes in department stores are just like that."
"So, I thought of making two sets of bright clothes and bringing them to you to try to sell. We can split the money 30-70. What do you think?"
Of course Sun Jihong agreed.
She didn't have to spend any money, and she didn't have to worry about the style of the clothes. Qiao Baozhu would make the clothes and give them to her, and she didn't have to go out to find customers.
This money is like picking up free money, why would she not be happy about it?
"I don't have to pay for it, so how can I have the nerve to split it 70% with you? Even if it's 20% and 80%, I'm taking advantage of you."
Sun Jihong was very self-aware and took the initiative to reduce her salary by 10%, which was considered as her agreement to cooperate with the two.
"Baozhu, you already have the finished clothes in your hand. Where are they? Take them out and let me see them."
Sun Jihong couldn't wait to see the goods.
"The clothes are at my parents' house. Let's not rush to look at them. Come with me to the black market. I heard that there are fashionable goods coming in from the provincial capital there. Let's go check it out."
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