Chapter 205 I Want to Buy a Shop
Han Jiajia's pregnancy was not told to anyone else except Su He and her husband Hong Xing.
Wait until the first three months are over before notifying your family.
Han Jiajia is in good health. Although she has some pregnancy reactions, they are not serious and are within an acceptable range.
November is over and December comes. When December comes, it means the year is almost over.
Zhang Chenxiaomei and her husband came here in mid-July.
From July to December, except for the income from selling buns in the first month, my monthly income was stable at more than 200 yuan.
Not counting December, the money earned from selling buns and paying Zhang Chen a salary from the bakery is over 800 yuan.
If you count the money from December, it would be one thousand yuan, plus their previous savings, that would be two thousand.
This is quite a lot of money.
In summer and winter, it’s too cold to sell buns on the streets.
So if Zhang Chen wanted to buy a shop, he couldn't keep selling like this; sooner or later he would have to buy a shop.
If you have a shop, you can not only sell buns, but also other food, such as soy milk, porridge, pickled vegetables, tea eggs and other breakfast items.
So the couple discussed it.
Xiaomei meant, "If we want to buy a place, it would be best to buy a duplex like a bakery, so that we can do business on the first floor and live on the second floor."
She still has a year left before graduation, and she can't get a house right away from her job, so it would be better for her to buy a duplex shop.
Zhang Chen, "But, I heard that my aunt and her family spent 2,800 to buy the pie shop. It's not cheap."
"We only have two thousand in total."
"Let's borrow money." Xiaomei said after thinking for a while.
Zhang Chen, "Who should I borrow from? My uncle and aunt? They don't have any money now." Didn't he just buy two shops and spent five thousand yuan!
If the money was not enough, I would ask Grandma Su and her grandmother for some.
As for my eldest sister and brother-in-law, their expenses are also high. They have to pay for the rent of the house they live in, the rent of the fruit and vegetable store, and the purchase of goods. I guess they don't have much savings.
He borrowed money from his father-in-law and mother-in-law. When they came to the capital, his father-in-law and mother-in-law gave them two hundred yuan.
As for his parents, brother and sister-in-law, let’s not mention them.
Xiaomei: "I'll write to ask my second sister."
"Second sister, you can ask them." Zhang Chen thought about it and it was true. The only ones who could come up with the money right now were his second sister and brother-in-law.
The couple earns a lot of money every year by raising chickens.
Xiaomei wrote a letter home explaining the situation. A week later, Second Sister Gu received the letter and showed it to the Red Army.
Hongjun read the letter and said, "Mom, my third sister said that she and her husband want to open a steamed bun shop in the capital, but they don't have enough money. They are still short of one thousand yuan. She wants you to ask my second sister if she has any money and lend it to her first."
After listening to her son's story, Second Sister Gu said, "Well... I guess your second sister doesn't have much left. The couple bought a shop and a yard in the county this year."
Hongjun thought, "That's right. How much money do we have at home? Is it enough, one thousand? If there is, let's mail it to Third Sister first."
Gu Erjie, "It's only one thousand after all the calculations."
Hearing this, the Red Army said hurriedly, "Then hurry up and mail it to my third sister!"
"Give her eight hundred. For the remaining two hundred, write to your eldest sister and ask her to take it."
The eldest daughter and son-in-law can afford to buy a shop, so they should have some family background. Moreover, they started a business this year, so they should be able to come up with two hundred yuan.
"OK."
A week later, Mingyue, who was far away in Beijing, received a letter from her hometown. After reading it, she muttered, "This girl didn't even tell me she was short of money."
Mingyue did not make any decision on her own and went to talk to Tang Zexu about it.
After listening to this, Tang Zexu said, "You can give 1,500 yuan to my wife, and I can mail the 800 yuan back to her."
My brother-in-law is grown up now, so it’s better for them to keep the money in case they need it for anything.
"Okay, Ah Xu, I'll thank you on behalf of my sister and brother-in-law."
Tang Zexu was in a good mood after being kissed by his wife. "Why thank me? We are all family."
That afternoon, Mingyue took 1,500 yuan to the bakery. Xiaomei was shocked. Where did her elder sister and brother-in-law get so much money?
Is that how much money you can make running a fruit and vegetable store?
Mingyue smiled and said, "You underestimate me, don't you? If not to make money, why would you be your brother-in-law?"
"Here, take it. Mail back the 800 yuan that your parents mailed to you."
It's not easy for the old couple to earn money from raising chickens and farming.
"OK."
"Sister, I'll treat you and your brother-in-law to dinner tonight at Lao Mo's Restaurant."
Having solved her big problem, Xiaomei breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Chen has been in Beijing for half a year, and the two families have only had one meal together, which was treated by her eldest sister and brother-in-law.
Later, she was busy with school and Zhang Chen was busy selling buns, so they didn't get together again. Now that she is on vacation and has time, they can have a good reunion.
"Okay, wait until your brother-in-law gets off work."
Now that I had the money to buy a shop, I just had to look for a suitable shop. A few days later, I found a suitable one.
It's a complex like a bakery.
The asking price is just 3,200 yuan.
The area is about the same as that of a bakery, but the price is four hundred dollars more than that of a bakery.
Zhang Chen: "A relative of mine bought a shop exactly like this one two years ago, and it only cost 2,800 yuan."
The seller said, "Young man, you also said it was the year before last. What was the situation the year before last? What is the situation this year?"
What the seller said was indeed true. My uncle and aunt bought the shop in 1979, and it will be 1981 in a few months, so it has been two years.
It was a bit expensive, but Zhang Chenxiaomei and her husband bought it anyway. Their aunt said that if they found a suitable shop, they should buy it because shops would become more expensive every year.
What my aunt said was indeed right.
The couple knew that the prices in the store would change, so they budgeted for three thousand. Unexpectedly, they exceeded the budget and had to ask their elder sister to lend them fifteen hundred.
The shop where Zhang Chenxiaomei bought the food was not on the same street as the bakery, but two streets away.
After buying the shop, the next step is to decorate the shop and get tables, chairs and benches, but this is a small matter.
"Oh, congratulations to both of you. You will be wealthy people in the capital from now on."
"Buy the shop this year, and Zhang Chen will transfer his household registration here next year, and you two will be Beijing residents." Su He said with a smile.
Zhang Chen’s registered residence has not been transferred here yet. In his hometown, it costs money to transfer the registered residence. Although Zhang Chen is alone, it is still money. The couple thought that they would transfer the registered residence here after buying the shop.
Buying a shop is the first priority.
Xiaomei was also happy, "Aunt, should we open the business this year or next year?"
It takes a month to decorate the shop and customize the tables, chairs and benches, and by the time it's done, it's already Chinese New Year time.
Su He, "You decide for yourselves. If the renovation is completed in mid-January, then we can open the store. Every extra day we can earn is a day's profit. If it is at the end of January, we can wait until after the Chinese New Year."
This year the Chinese New Year falls on February 5th.
"Okay." Xiaomei nodded.
Zhang Chenxiaomei and her husband thought that the renovation of the bun shop would be completed around the end of January, but they didn't expect it to be completed a week earlier.
January 20th.
Should we open it or not? The couple calculated that there was still half a month left before the Chinese New Year.
You can make a lot of money in half a month.
The steamed bun shop opened, and Xiaomei and Zhang Chen opened the steamed bun shop.
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In addition to steamed buns, the shop also sells steamed bread, soy milk, milk, tea eggs, millet porridge, and eight-treasure porridge.
Two days before the opening, Zhang Chen told his old customers the address of the bun shop while selling buns.
Facts have proven that opening a shop is more profitable than setting up a stall and hawking on the street.
Zhang Chen worked hard the day before and earned six yuan.