Chapter 56 [Second update]
They were busy until closing time at five o'clock, and there were still many customers. Jiang Ning and Wang Yong were exhausted. After half a day, they were so tired that they hurriedly shouted, "It's five o'clock, we're closing. Come back tomorrow if you want to buy clothes!"
"Boss, we are here now, please pay us the bill!"
"Then hurry up and choose, and then pay the bill!" He called Wang Yong again, "Brother Yong, please half-close the door and don't accept new customers!"
Seeing that the shop owner was not doing business, the customers became more eager to pay for the clothes.
After two weekend afternoon sales, some clothes in Jiang Ning's store were out of stock. This was all thanks to Uncle Wang Yong who sent a lot of clothes at the time. But no matter how much he sent, there were not enough people buying them.
The whole afternoon, there was a constant flow of people, and people kept coming to buy clothes, which made the two lazy guys who just wanted to do some casual selling very tired.
After finally sending everyone away, Jiang Ning closed the door, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and said to Wang Yong, "Brother Yong, this is not what I originally expected."
"What happened to the street that was said to be closed?"
The store has been doing booming business these past two days, and business at other stores on this street has also improved significantly.
Wang Yong looked at her with a complicated expression: "You made such a good deal on this gg." Of course, it was also because the source of goods he found for Jiang Ning was cheap enough. After all, there were no middlemen making a profit from the price difference. How could other stores in Wucheng compete with their store?
Such cheap prices snatched away business from other merchants in Wucheng who wanted to make a fortune at the end of the year when every household needs to buy new clothes.
Generally speaking, even if a new store opens in Wucheng and the clothes in the store are of good quality and low price, it will not be known to everyone so quickly. Even if it is spread by word of mouth, it takes time and the fermentation is very slow, and many people may not even know about it.
It's totally different from this store. The news about that GG spread like a virus, and everyone in Wucheng knew about it.
Other people who run clothing stores heard the news and went to check out their clothes. They found that the quality of their clothes was indeed no worse than theirs, and the styles were also better, but their prices were only half of theirs. How could they compare with them?
When they carefully calculated the cost of the clothes, they realized that if they sold them at this price, not only would they not make a penny, they would actually lose money.
If that's the case, then what the store owner said is true? Is he really an employee of that Jiangnan Garment Factory? Otherwise, at this price, the cost of the clothes is more than this, and there are also travel expenses, accommodation fees, shop rent, and various expenses. If the factory hadn't closed down and the clothes were sold so cheaply, wouldn't they have lost money and not even had pants to wear?
But what can we do? You can't just ask them to close the store, right?
Fortunately, the street near No. 1 Middle School is quite remote and people usually don’t go there. There are basically no people on that street. Also, judging from the clothes in their store, they should be almost sold out, right?
Yes, many sizes of clothes in Jiang Ning’s store were sold out, so Wang Yong called his uncle again and asked him to send some more clothes as soon as possible because the last batch was sold out.
Uncle Wang Yong was also surprised when he received the call: "So fast? The people in Wucheng are quite rich?"
Wang Yong sighed, "What's the point of being rich? Small profits but quick turnover."
Uncle Wang Yong heard what he said, and suddenly thought: "I still have a batch of inventory from last year. The materials are all good. They were not sold out last year, so they were carried over to this year. This year's products are all new products. That batch of goods is still in the warehouse. Ask your author if she wants them. If she does, I will give them to her at the lowest price."
He was thinking that people in big cities were looking for new products, and if people in a small place like Wucheng didn't mind that it was last year's style, he could sell it at a lower price. It would be better than letting it rot in the warehouse, and he could also make some money.
Wang Yong asked Jiang Ning if she wanted it.
Jiang Ning naturally said yes.
Wang Yong came back after finishing his phone call and was about to open the door to enter the store when he saw Grandpa Jiang sitting on a cart and looking at him in the evening light.
Wang Yong and Grandpa Jiang met unexpectedly.
Grandpa Jiang stood up from the cart and asked Wang Yong in confusion: "Excuse me, this shop..."
Wang Yong thought of what Jiang Ning said, that this shop was opened for her grandfather, and suddenly an idea came to his mind: "You are Jiang Ning's grandfather, right?"
Grandpa Jiang nodded and looked at Wang Yong with some confusion: "Yes, yes, Jiang Ning is my eldest granddaughter, you are...?"
He was somewhat unsure about Wang Yong's identity.
Jiang Ning opened the shutter door when she heard Grandpa Jiang's voice. "Grandpa? Why are you here at this time? When did you arrive? Why didn't you call me?"
Grandpa Jiang finally relaxed when he saw Jiang Ning. He said, "I arrived this afternoon. I saw that there were always people in your shop and I couldn't squeeze in, so I didn't call you." He waved his hand nonchalantly, "You do your thing. Don't worry about me. I'm sitting here and I won't get lost." He looked at Wang Yong and asked Jiang Ning, "Ningning, who is he?"
Jiang Ning then remembered that Wang Yong was currently living in the store.
Jiang Ning quickly introduced him to Grandpa Jiang: "Grandpa, this is Wang Yong from Jiangnan Garment Factory. Brother Yong just arrived in our Wucheng and is unfamiliar with the place. It just so happens that I rented a store, so Brother Yong brought his clothes to my store to sell. They sold well, so I will buy from Brother Yong in the future."
Wang Yong, who suddenly became an employee of Jiangnan Garment Factory: "Oh, yes, yes, I am an employee of Jiangnan Garment Factory, hello, Grandpa Jiang!"
When Grandpa Jiang heard that this young man was his granddaughter's supplier, he felt relieved and kept saying, "Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello."
Although the young man looks gentle, he doesn't want his granddaughter to get married so early. She still has to go to college. As a city dweller, how many girls who start dating at the age of 16 or 17 and get married at the age of 18 or 19 have a good life? I got married, had children, and was trapped in that tiny mountain village for the rest of my life, facing the loess and working hard. At the age of 20, I saw the end of my life.
Grandpa Jiang has seen too many girls like this and doesn't want his granddaughter to live like this.
Even his daughter, he had tried his best to marry her off to a man in town. Now her life is much better than that of the women in the village.
He hoped that his granddaughter could be like the educated youth who came to their brigade to work in the countryside, take the college entrance examination, go out, and live in the city. Like a little bird, she could leave this small village, fly into the vast sky, and become a city dweller.
This is his greatest expectation for his granddaughter.
It was also when he was young that he saw those educated youth and listened to them talk about things in the city, and he felt the deepest yearning for the city in his heart.
He thanked her sincerely, "Thank you for helping my Ningning."
Wang Yong waved his hands awkwardly: "No, no, no, no need."
He and Jiang Ning helped Grandpa Jiang into the store.
The store was very emptied of stock, there were fewer shoes on the shelves, and not much stock behind the curtains.
Grandpa Jiang said, "I still have something outside."
Jiang Ning hurried over and pulled the cart into the shop.
There were several jars of vegetables on the cart, and the leftover rice was also put in a rice jar, covered with a bowl and tied tightly with hemp ropes. There was also a large basket of vegetables. Grandpa Jiang planned to set up a small stall at the door tomorrow morning to see if he could sell any of them.
Grandpa Jiang unloaded the things on the cart one by one. Jiang Ning discovered that Grandpa Jiang had brought all his things with him. He only needed to buy a stove and some coal briquettes, and he didn't need to prepare anything else.
Grandpa Jiang saw the sheets and bedding on the beds in the store. Wang Yong also saw them and said, "There's no one in the store these days, so I'm here to stay for a few days." He said to Jiang Ning, "Jiang Ning, since your grandpa is here, I'll go to the guesthouse tonight."
The main reason was that he had been on a business trip to Wucheng for too long. During this period, he accompanied Jiang Ning to the Internet cafe every weekend to write. The Internet cafe's network administrator, who was also the boss, knew them. Wang Yong felt that it was time for him to go back.
Jiang Ning settled Grandpa Jiang down and told him the prices of the clothes. Since the prices were fixed and there were big prices written in black and white on the wall, Grandpa Jiang understood as soon as she told him.
The prices of the shoes on the shoe rack are the same as those of the clothes, all clearly marked.
Jiang Ning guessed that Grandpa Jiang hadn't eaten yet, and they happened to have eaten too, so they went to the small restaurant opposite Wu Zhong and ordered three dishes and three bowls of rice, which would be delivered to the restaurant later.
After Jiang Ning had arranged everything for Grandpa Jiang, Wang Yong put on his bag and came out to say to Jiang Ning, "I've been in Wucheng for two and a half months. I see that you've settled down here and are familiar with the internet cafe. It's the end of the year, and I'm almost done. I should be back tomorrow. We'll keep in touch by phone or email then."
Jiang Ning thought Wang Yong would stay until the end of the year, but she didn't expect him to leave at this time. He helped her a lot during this period. Jiang Ning originally decided to buy a camera for Wang Yong when she went to the Shanghai Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau to pick up the house deed during the winter vacation to express his gratitude for her help during this period.
"Thank you so much for helping me during this time." Jiang Ning said with some regret: "When are you leaving tomorrow? I'll see you off."
Wang Yong smiled and said, "You have classes tomorrow, so you don't need to send me off. I can go by myself."
He knew how strict the access control was at her school.
In fact, his unit sent him to Wucheng and he has been staying by Jiang Ning's side. During this period, he has been so concerned about her daily life. In addition to wanting to help her sincerely, he also wanted to play the emotional card to win over Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning is now the author who has single-handedly boosted the sales of their entire magazine.
Of course, the magazine's marketing and promotion of her were also indispensable, but in the beginning her works were serialized in their magazine, but there was no publicity at all. Just relying on the works themselves, their monthly sales more than doubled from the total monthly sales of 500,000.
No matter how much they try to win over such an author, it would not be excessive. So when Director Li sent him here, he told him that as long as Jiang Ning could concentrate on writing, he should help her as much as he can with her life matters. They would be grateful to her when they met. After Jiang Ning's identity was exposed and someone wanted to poach her, as long as the price was not much higher than theirs, Jiang Ning would always take into account her relationship with "Wuxia". It would not be so easy, and they didn't even have the room to offer them a price. They poached her without saying a word.
Jiang Ning didn't force it and nodded: "Okay, call me when you get there and let me know you're safe." She gave the phone number of our homeroom teacher, Mr. Wang's office. "This is our homeroom teacher's phone number. I'm usually not able to leave school, so I can't email you or check your emails. If you have something urgent, just call this number and ask our homeroom teacher to call me."
Wang Yong looked at the girl who had obviously grown taller. Her bespectacled face exuded the elegance of a college graduate. "Go back. Don't worry about me."
Speaking of returning to Guangzhou, Wang Yong felt a little eager to go home.
He had never been away from home or away from Guangzhou for so long.
During this time, he was in Wucheng. He couldn't speak the language, wasn't used to the food, and lost some weight. He thought that when he returned, he could eat authentic wontons, rice rolls, and shrimp dumplings.
Wang Yong hadn't had dinner in the first place, and as he was thinking about it, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Just then, the stir-fry restaurant opposite delivered the cooked food.
The three of them quickly ate their meal. Jiang Ning sent Wang Yong to the guesthouse and wanted to pay for his room, but Wang Yong refused: "I can reimburse you when I get back."
The two smiled at each other, and Jiang Ning said, "Then I'll go back first. I wish you a safe journey and a bright future in advance."
Wang Yong, who received this blessing, thought that he might have a regular job when he returned this time, so he couldn't help but smile happily and said, "Thank you for your good wishes."
The next day, after Jiang Ning finished her morning reading class, she quickly ran to the cafeteria to get two breakfasts and delivered them to Wang Yong and Grandpa Jiang.
She also told the guard that her grandfather had come and was in the shop next door. She was a little worried and wanted to go check it out. The guard looked at the two rice bowls in her hands for several seconds and knew that what she said was probably true, so he let her go and said, "There won't be a next time. Come back soon!"
Jiang Ning hurriedly thanked the security guard and went to a nearby guesthouse to find Wang Yong, but Wang Yong had already checked out and left.
He had to take a bus to the neighboring city, and then take a train from the neighboring city to Guangzhou. The journey alone would take more than 20 hours, so he had to arrive early.
Jiang Ning came back empty-handed and went to look for Grandpa Jiang with her breakfast.
Grandpa Jiang is old and sleeps less, so he gets up early and sets up a small stall at the door, displaying the vegetables he brought yesterday.
Because they were picked yesterday, the vegetables were not as fresh as those picked today. But people passing by saw that Grandpa Jiang was selling them at a low price, so they bought a lot of them, one by one.
Some people curiously asked Grandpa Jiang: "Why are you always selling vegetables? Where is the shop owner?"
Everyone thought Wang Yong was the store owner.
Grandpa Jiang didn't know. He just thought the clothes belonged to Wang Yong. So it seemed right to say that Wang Yong was the owner of the store, so he said, "He went back."
Everyone who heard this suddenly realized: "The clothes must have been sold out, so they went back home."
Those who bought the clothes were secretly rejoicing, because it was true that if they missed this opportunity, they would miss it forever. If they saw a bargain, they would grab it, right? The shop owner went back after selling all the clothes?
Thinking that their sister-in-law had been hesitant about whether to come and buy, they went back and quickly told their relatives and friends to come and buy as there were not many clothes left in the store and they would be gone once they were sold out.
Didn’t you see it? The bosses are all back!
There are also those who want to buy it on the spot after asking.
When Jiang Ning came over, she saw someone coming to the store to buy clothes. Because the store had changed its owner, there were not many clothes in the store. Seeing that Grandpa Jiang was so quiet and happy, and looked like he was easy to bully, she couldn't help but bargain with Grandpa Jiang and said, "There are not many pieces of clothes left. Give us a discount and I'll buy a few more."
Grandpa Jiang waved his hands and said, "No, no, this is already the cheapest. My granddaughter said that if it's any cheaper, we'll lose money."
The aunt, who originally thought that these clothes were very cheap, felt that the price was the lowest when she heard even the honest Grandpa Jiang say so. She bought the clothes and went back happily and contentedly.
Jiang Ning came to see Grandpa Jiang to see if he was used to it. Grandpa Jiang said nonchalantly, "What's there to be used to? I'm used to it. Go to school and don't worry about me. I'm fine!"
Grandpa Jiang feels that there will never be more beautiful days than now.
His granddaughter was in school about a hundred meters away from him, so he could go and see her whenever he wanted. The house she lived in was bright and clean. There was a small porch behind the house with a water pipe under it, making it very convenient to get water for washing.
In particular, on the first day he arrived, his eldest granddaughter actually came to bring him breakfast. She said that this thing is called wontons.
This was the first time Grandpa Jiang had eaten this kind of thing in his life. The skin was thinner than paper, and there was a piece of meat the size of a fingernail inside. He asked Jiang Ning how much it cost. When he found out that it cost two taels of meal tickets, Grandpa Jiang was immediately disgusted: "Two taels of meal tickets for such a small thing? Two taels of meal tickets are enough for a bowl of rice. Isn't it like eating air when you eat this thing? Don't buy it for me next time. I don't like this kind of thing."
While looking at it with disgust, he drank up all the soup.
Jiang Ning also brought him a big meat bun made in the school cafeteria.
The meat buns in the cafeteria at that time were really big, and the filling was very filling. People at that time didn’t eat buns for how delicious they were, but to feel full. So a big meat bun was really big, with thick skin and big filling. When you took a bite, it was full of delicious gravy.
Grandpa Jiang asked Jiang Ning how much a meat bun cost. After learning that it cost five taels of meal tickets for two, Grandpa Jiang immediately said, "Bring me this next time. It's delicious and fills my stomach."
He thought to himself, those wontons I just ate, wouldn't they disappear after I peed? City people are so idle that they actually roll out such thin dough. If they have this free time, they might as well eat dumplings.
Oh, I have to have a good talk with those old guys when I get back about what the hell these wontons are.
They definitely haven't eaten it.
Thinking that his old friends had never eaten this kind of wonton, but he had, Grandpa Jiang felt very happy just thinking about it.
I can brag about it again.
Jiang Ning looked at Grandpa Jiang's upright appearance, and laughed secretly in his heart.
She actually understood that Grandpa Jiang was the person who was most willing to try new things. He was happy to try all the new things and new foods she bought for him. Even if he didn't like them or even despised them after trying them, he would still drink them.
For example, the TV shows "So-and-so soy milk, brings joy and happiness" every day. I heard that this thing is nutritious. After Jiang Ning received a scholarship, he would go back to his hometown during the holidays every semester and buy various elderly milk powders, soy milk, and lotus root powder for Grandpa Jiang to nourish his body.
Grandpa Jiang particularly hates the beany smell of soy milk, but because it was bought by his eldest granddaughter and GG was played on TV every day, he would make a cup of soy milk every day and put it in a transparent canning bottle. Then he would slowly stroll among the old people herding cattle, open the transparent canning bottle, and sigh and complain: "Alas, my eldest granddaughter got a scholarship in college, so she could buy me something else. She heard that soy milk is nutritious, so she used the scholarship to buy me a lot of milk and soy milk, saying that it would replenish my body. But this stuff is not good to drink, it is terrible, and she wants me to drink it every day."
He took a sip with a look of dismay, his brows furrowed, showing everyone with his actual expression how unpalatable the soy milk was.
It was so bad that the old cattle-herding guys wanted to beat him up after hearing it.
It was inconvenient to light a fire in the shop, and Grandpa Jiang was alone. Jiang Ning was afraid that he would not eat well alone, so she simply told him not to cook. She would go to the cafeteria to get food and bring it to him at noon every day.
"The food in the cafeteria is for teachers and students. The chefs in the cafeteria eat the food they cook themselves. There should be no problem with hygiene, and it is not expensive. It saves you the trouble of cooking by yourself, which requires a coal stove and coal, and you have to wash the dishes. I will directly get the food from the cafeteria and send it to you. At noon, I will directly get you a pot of boiling water in the water room and bring it together. If the water is not enough, I will get you more in the evening! A pot of water in the school only costs one or two meal tickets. If you order a coal stove, the coal burned in a day will cost more than this."
That would be great for Grandpa Jiang.
Grandpa Jiang was eating alone and was too lazy to bother, so he just wanted to have a bowl of sesame paste for lunch. Now the canteen can serve vegetables and water, so he doesn't have to cook.
It was just that Jiang Ning went out occasionally, and the security guard would still let her in. But she would not run out like this three times a day, even if she was a day student. The security guard said that she had to get a certificate from her class teacher and the director of the political and educational department before he would let her in.
Jiang Ning went to Teacher Wang and the director of the political and educational department to get a certificate.
It was easy to get a certificate from Teacher Wang. The matter was explained clearly, and the head teacher knew that the situation was indeed true, so he issued it. But when it came to the director of the political and educational department, Jiang Ning had to persuade him for a long time, saying that his grandfather was in poor health, and finally convinced him to come to Wucheng, just to take care of him nearby and make sure he ate well. He even took out Grandpa Jiang's physical examination report and the medical record book written by the doctor. The director of the political and educational department went to investigate the situation on the spot. Seeing that what Jiang Ning said was indeed true, he was relieved and issued Jiang Ning a certificate that allowed him to leave school for 20 minutes after school in the morning, noon and evening. He also strictly stipulated that when leaving and returning to school, he must write down the time of leaving and returning, and where he went in the entry and exit registration book.
"Except for the store you mentioned, you can't go anywhere else." The director of the Political Education Department looked very serious: "Otherwise, who will take the responsibility if something goes wrong?"
"Yes, yes, you are right. You are responsible for our students. If it weren't for good teachers and leaders like you, we wouldn't be able to manage No. 1 Middle School so well, and our students wouldn't have such good grades. It wouldn't have become the top key school in Wucheng. As a student of No. 1 Middle School, I am deeply proud of being in No. 1 Middle School, and I am deeply proud that I was admitted to No. 1 Middle School and became a student of No. 1 Middle School!"
Jiang Ning flattered the director of the Political Education Department so much that he laughed. He pointed at Jiang Ning with a pen and said with a smile, "Slippery."
But even though he knew she was just trying to flatter him, the director of the Political Education Department was still flattered by her flattery. He immediately issued her a certificate and couldn't help but remind her: "It's only 20 minutes each time. I'll say hello to the guard!"
"Don't worry, Director! My nickname is Speedy, I promise I will only come earlier than scheduled, not later than scheduled!"
After finishing the certification issue, Jiang Ning got some lunch and went to Grandpa Jiang's place to see if Grandpa Jiang was used to the job of selling clothes in the store after a whole morning.
"Why can't you adapt? I've adapted very well! What's there to be uncomfortable with?" In just one morning, he sold eleven pieces of clothing, and two older girls bought two each.
He thought he could only make one or two dollars from each piece of clothing, but for eleven pieces of clothing, that would be more than ten dollars.
If you can earn more than ten yuan in the morning, then you must earn at least three or four hundred yuan a month!
When Grandpa Jiang figured out the account, he was shocked.
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