On New Year's Eve, Gu Ye checked in at the group in the morning and came back. He cleaned the house inside and out, put up Spring Festival couplets, and hung two red lanterns at the door. The courtyard was filled with a strong New Year atmosphere.
After rejecting Sister Zhao's invitation to have New Year's Eve dinner at Captain Zhao's house, Gu Ye and Jiang Yue prepared their New Year's Eve dinner together.
This is the first Spring Festival that Jiang Yue has celebrated since she came into this world. With her lover by her side and the fruit of their love in her belly, the meaning is naturally different.
Before noon, the sound of firecrackers could be heard in a village not far away.
It was not allowed to set off firecrackers in the staff quarters of the division headquarters, but Jiang Yue felt that the New Year should be lively and exciting, and setting off firecrackers could drive away bad luck, so she and Gu Ye bought firecrackers early. Since they were not allowed to set off firecrackers in the staff quarters, they went to the ridges of the fields to set them off.
Amid the sound of firecrackers, Jiang Yue and Gu Ye smiled at each other, their hands tightly clasped together, their hearts closely connected.
There was a three-day holiday for the Chinese New Year, and Gu Ye and Jiang Yue had few relatives visiting, so they shut themselves in and lived in their sweet world of two.
The holiday passed quickly, and three days went by in a blink of an eye. On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Gu Ye had to go to work.
"I'll talk to my sister-in-law later and ask her to come and keep you company." Gu Ye was worried. Jiang Yue had been suffering from severe morning sickness these past few days. She would vomit whenever she drank water. He felt so heartbroken seeing this.
"No, I want to be alone. Don't worry, I'm usually fine in the morning!" Jiang Yue straightened Gu Ye's collar. What she said was true. After a night of sleep, her stomach was empty, and getting up in the morning was the most comfortable time for her.
"Okay! If you have any problem, go find my sister-in-law and ask Zhao Yuanqi to come to the group to call me!" Gu Ye said in a gentle voice.
Jiang Yue has been suffering from severe morning sickness recently. She vomits after eating and has lost weight visibly. Her cheeks, which were once as beautiful as roses, have become sunken and her face has a sallow complexion, making her already big eyes look even bigger.
Gu Ye's Adam's apple moved, and he wanted to say something, but he felt that the word "hard work" was too pale.
He held Jiang Yue in his arms and kissed her forehead, "Then I'm leaving!"
"good!"
Jiang Yuemu saw Gu Ye off. She had some preserved egg and lean meat porridge in the morning. Since she didn't feel any discomfort yet, she took out the test paper and practiced the questions.
There is still half a year before the college entrance examination. After careful consideration, Jiang Yue decided to apply for the English major. On the one hand, there is a severe shortage of students majoring in English at this time, and being proficient in a foreign language will be very beneficial for future employment.
However, Jiang Yue did not go to university for future employment. The main reason was that a university diploma in this era is still of high value, and she was considering her future development.
She applied for the English major so that she wouldn't have to go to the laboratory every day after entering university. Learning English was the easiest thing for her.
Jiang Yue finished a set of math papers and then went to memorize politics.
The days passed by so peacefully and calmly.
The eighth day of the first lunar month happened to be a Sunday, so Gu Ye and Jiang Yue came to the store together and set off a string of firecrackers. Jiang Yue gave red envelopes to Aunt Yang and Yang Cuiling, and the clothing store officially opened for business.
The entire first month of the lunar year is considered the Chinese New Year. People have already bought clothes before the Chinese New Year, so this is the off-season and clothing stores don’t have much business. Sometimes, not even two people come into a store throughout the day.
Yang Cuiling was a little anxious. Business had never been so slow since the store opened.
Jiang Yue, on the other hand, was not in a hurry at all. Every few days, she would receive a big package sent by Ajin. She would sort out the clothes, pack them again, and ask the familiar bus to take them to the provincial capital and the city to give to Lian Rongrong and Zhang Yan.
Business at the two branches in the provincial capital and the city is also very slow, but it is still much better than that in Qingshan County.
"Sister Jiang Yue, why don't you start selling spring styles now and have a discount promotion!" Yang Cuiling couldn't wait to see so many beautiful clothes.
"It's not time yet!" Jiang Yue plans to wait until the first month of the year is over and the weather warms up before putting out all the spring styles.
Unlike later generations, people in this era had spare money to buy clothes and would reward themselves with a new set of clothes every now and then.
Although Jiang Yue's store is doing a booming business, it does not have many regular customers. Many people buy a piece of clothing to wear for many years. After coming once or twice and buying the clothes they want, they will not spend extra money to buy extra clothes.
This is mainly because there are few people with abundant wallets. Most people still earn a few dozen yuan a month and have to budget carefully every month.
Jiang Yue's store does good business because she has no competitors. She does have many styles of clothes in her store, and they are beautiful and novel. There are tens of thousands of people in Qingshan County, so even if only one-tenth of them come to her store, it will be enough for her to earn money.
If spring clothes are released at this time, many people will indeed look at them, but many people will definitely give up the idea of buying clothes because the weather is still very cold and they will not be able to wear the clothes they buy. However, when the weather gets warmer, the situation will be different. When people enter the store and see nice clothes, they can wear them beautifully immediately, and naturally they will want to spend money.
During this period, Aunt Yang and Yang Cuiling have dealt with the batch of jeans destroyed by Han Yao and Han Lu according to Jiang Yue's instructions, but Jiang Yue does not plan to sell them in the Qingshan County store.
She asked Gu Ye to pack the bell-bottom pants into two large bags, and gave them to Lian Rongrong and Zhang Yan to sell in the city.
A few days later, Lian Rongrong and Zhang Yan called back and told Jiang Yue that many young people were interested in these ripped jeans and sales were rising again.
There were still some damaged wool sweaters in the store. Those that could be mended were mended, and for those that could not be mended, Jiang Yue asked Aunt Wang to embroider them with wool. At the end of the first month of the lunar year, a poster was put up: Defective products, half-price sale.
Jiang Yue will explain to customers who come into the store that this is a damaged sweater and let the customer decide whether to buy it or not.
Some customers came into the store just to see the fun, but when they saw that the sweaters were of such good quality and that there were no visible signs of repairs, they immediately started buying them.
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