Chapter 230 Opening a Tobacco Hotel

Soho has been quite busy since school started, so I can only visit a few shops on Saturdays and Sundays.

They now have a total of four shops. The two clothing stores have a combined monthly profit of more than five thousand. The bakery business is also getting better and better, with more and more customers, and a monthly profit of about one thousand.

The newly opened jewelry store made a net profit of one thousand yuan in just half a month from mid-August to the end of August.

This is almost as good as a clothing store.

Su He didn't expect the jewelry store business to be so good. She thought the jewelry store business wouldn't be too bad, but she didn't expect it to be so good.

Su He thought about it and thought that it might be because it was summer vacation, and also because her jewelry store had a more comprehensive range of items. Her jewelry store not only sold necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, headbands and hairpins, but also socks, hats, bags, belts, eyebrow pencils, lipstick, vanishing cream, face powder, hair oil and other items.

She also plans to sell scarves and gloves in the jewelry store in winter.

The main focus of her jewelry store is to provide a complete range of products.

The result of doing this is that the monthly turnover increases rapidly.

Excluding miscellaneous expenses, their family's monthly income is now over 7,000 yuan.

There are not many people who spend money in the family. The four elders only think about saving money for them, and Changyi and Changan don't spend any money at all. Only the two younger ones spend a little money, but not much. Su He's salary is enough.

Although a monthly income of 7,000 yuan was a lot in their time, Su He was someone who planned to buy a car in the future.

A monthly income of 7,000 yuan is far from enough. At this rate, they will have to save for two years to buy a car.

So we have to open a shop.

Su He went to discuss it with Gu Jianhua. Gu Jianhua supported any decision made by his daughter-in-law. He asked, "Have you bought the shop?"

Su He: “I’m still watching.”

She hasn't bought it yet. She is thinking that she will buy a shop after she decides what kind of business to start.

"I just want to discuss with you what kind of business would be best for our next shop?"

Gu Jianhua thought for a moment and said, "How about opening a tobacco, alcohol and tea shop? The profit is high and the staff is small."

Among their several stores, the most tiring one is the pancake shop, and its profit is far less than that of the clothing store.

Su He heard this and said, "Okay, let's open a tobacco, alcohol, and tea shop." Although people would not come to buy tobacco, alcohol, and tea once a day, they are expensive.

Moreover, if you bring cigarettes, alcohol and tea to your father-in-law's house after getting married or engaged, I think there will be a lot of people buying them.

Besides, this is Beijing, not their small county town. There are plenty of rich people here, so as long as the store is open, there will be no shortage of buyers. Besides, these things won't expire any time soon.

After deciding what kind of shop to open, Su He went to the Housing Authority to look at houses on Saturdays and Sundays. After two days of running around, he found a suitable one.

It is also a storefront, but it is quite large, estimated to be around 100 square meters, and the asking price is 4,500.

The price is okay. It doesn't feel expensive in Soho. The small jewelry store costs NT$3,200, while this store is 100 square meters and costs NT$4,500, which is not expensive at all.

Su He paid for it without hesitation.

The next step is decoration. The tobacco, alcohol and tea shop needs to be decorated better, and the cabinets for displaying alcoholic beverages need to be customized.

From mid-September to the National Day holiday, Su He was either at work or busy with the business of a tobacco, alcohol and tea shop. To open a tobacco, alcohol and tea shop, one not only needs a business license, but also a certificate allowing the sale of tobacco and alcohol.

This is not difficult, Gu Jianhua has taken care of it.

Finally, the store was completed at the end of September, on September 30th.

Su He plans to reopen the store after November 1st to give her a two-day break.

The four elders are no longer surprised to see another shop opening in Soho. The same goes for the two kids, Changyi and Changan. Among the four kids in her family, it is unknown who has the business acumen. Anyway, it seems that the two older ones are not very interested in running the shop.

The two younger ones were more concerned, but Su He felt that the two kids were still young and might have just found it fun for the time being.

The tobacco and liquor store needs someone to look after it.

Su He wanted to find a girl, around 27 or 28 years old, not a young girl, but one who could hold her own, was eloquent, and mature.

To find someone, Su He talked to Aunt Xu, her third brother and his wife, Han Jiajia, and anyone in Beijing who had a good relationship with her.

"Oh, Teacher Su, this is the fifth store." Aunt Xu thought Teacher Su was a remarkable man who was good at both work and entrepreneurship.

They are very courageous. They just open the store without worrying about losing money in the future.

Su He, "Yes, the tobacco, alcohol and tea shop is in need of a clerk. Auntie, you should know someone who is around 27 or 28 years old, an older girl. Please help introduce one to her."

"Okay, okay, I'll go back and take a look." Aunt Xu was very happy. Su He even asked her to introduce someone to him.

After what happened with Aunt Li, Aunt Xu felt very sorry for Xiaomei and Zhang Chen, and also felt sorry for Teacher Su.

People let her introduce people to them because they trusted her, but she didn't expect that the woman she introduced, Aunt Li, actually stole her skills. Aunt Xu was secretly angry about this for a long time.

The Li family is the same. They just want to steal someone else’s skills, but they have to open a business on the same street as others. Fortunately, their business is not that good.

The breakfast shop run by the Li family was not as successful as the steamed bun shop run by Xiaomei and Zhang Chen, but it still made money after a month.

It's better than staying at home anyway.

Her third brother and his wife were quite surprised that Su He had opened a fifth shop. The third sister-in-law Feng Shuning said with a smile, "Xiao He, this is your fifth shop, you must be addicted to doing business."

The third brother also laughed, "Why didn't I realize before that you actually have a business mind, Xiaohe?"

Except for the bakery which is run by Gu Jianhua, the other three are run by his sister. He has been to the clothing store and the jewelry store, and he thinks his sister has a lot of ideas.

Generally, you wouldn't think of selling things like trouser belts in a clothing store, nor would you think of selling socks, scarves, and vanishing cream in a jewelry store.

Su He snorted, "Your sister, I'm smart. We came here together. You're so good, how could I be any worse?"

Su Che laughed, "Are you praising me or yourself?"

"It's all exaggeration!"

I chatted with my third brother and his wife for a while, asked them to help find someone, and then went out to Han Jiajia's house.

Han Jiajia is now out of confinement, but she is not going to school and is studying at home.

"Oh, what wind brings you here, Teacher Su?" Han Jiajia teased.

Suho, "Southeast-northwest wind."

Han Jiajia poured her some water, and Su He looked into the inner room, "Is the baby asleep?"

"Sleeping."

Su He, "Why were you so loud just now?" This girl also speaks loudly like Gu Erjie.

Han Jiajia waved her hands and said, "Oh, it's okay. My son wouldn't wake up even if someone blew a trumpet in his ear."

"Is Nannan easy to take care of?" Han Jiajia's son is called Wang Zhengnan.

Han Jiajia, "Yeah, he's very easy to take care of. He just whimpers when he's hungry but doesn't cry much at other times."

Su He, "If the child is well-nourished, he won't cry much."

She didn't understand it before, but after reading a systematic book, she realized that the fetus absorbed enough nutrients in the womb and rarely cried after being born.

Children who cry a lot must be lacking some trace elements in their bodies.

Su He chatted with Han Jiajia for a while, and then told her that he wanted her to help find someone.

Han Jiajia, "You opened another store?"

Su He, "What do you mean by again? I just opened a few stores."

Han Jiajia was convinced, "Didn't you just open a jewelry store in August? Now you're opening a tobacco and liquor store."

"I thought the money would just sit there anyway, so I might as well use it to open a store and earn more money."

She would never tell outsiders that she opened one store after another because she wanted to buy a car in the future. Ordinary people cannot own private cars now, so she just talked about it with Gu Jianhua. Talking about this with others is a bit...arrogant.

"That's true, but you're opening the store too fast."

"You opened your clothing store in March this year. It's not even a year yet, and you opened a jewelry store, and now you're opening a tobacco and liquor store."

"I wish I had your speed."

"It's better to have a baby early!" Han Jiajia envied Su He's life.

She got married at the age of 20 and gave birth to four children in ten years. Now her children are grown up and she has a lot of time and space to do whatever she wants.

She was lucky, she got married late, had children late as well, and was delayed in everything she did.

After listening to Han Jiajia's rambling, Su He said, "Well, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The main thing is that our situations are different."

To put it simply, getting married and having children is a matter between two people, but in fact it is a matter between two families. Her parents and in-laws are very supportive.

No matter how many children she has, her parents' and her husband's families will provide support in terms of money or labor, allowing her and Gu Jianhua to go to work with peace of mind.

How to say this? There are various factors. If her husband's family is not capable, then she can ask her parents on her own to help. If neither her husband's family nor her own family is capable, then she will have to quit her job and take care of the baby.

As for Han Jiajia, her parents are gone and she has to raise her younger brother by herself. As for Hongxing, she does have parents, but she also has a younger sister to raise.

Sister Gu will definitely take care of her daughter-in-law during the confinement period, but it is impossible for her to quit her job to take care of the baby, after all, there is still a little daughter at home who is not yet an adult.

The most important thing is in two places.

So when celebrity Han Jiajia and her husband have a baby, only Han Jiajia can take care of the baby.

Han Jiajia also knew the situation at home, so she just talked about it and expressed her feelings without any other intention.

Su He comforted her, "You only have these two years. When you grow up, you can send it to a nursery."

Han Jiajia couldn't bear to leave her son behind, "I'll take care of him."

It’s actually not that bad. It’s been almost two months since the baby was born. During the confinement period, my second aunt helped take care of the baby, and Hongxing did the washing of diapers when she got home from get off work.

It is still the same now.

She was a little jealous of Su He because he was opening stores one after another so efficiently.

"Su He, tell me, I plan to open another shop next year. What do you think I should open?"

I have opened a bookstore and the business is pretty good. Bookstores and stationery stores definitely don’t make as much money as clothing stores, but it’s not bad either, as I do make money.

But just one bookstore is obviously not enough. She has a younger brother who is not married yet. She has to save money for him to get married, and she has to buy everything including the gift and the house.

Su He heard this and said, "Why don't you open a clothing store and make money from it?"

Han Jiajia refused to do it. "How can that be possible? I want to open a clothing store. Don't you understand that I am stealing your business?"

Good friends wouldn't do that.

Su He said, "Not really, sister. Beijing is so big and has so many people. How could you possibly steal my business? Besides, if you don't open a shop, there are plenty of other people who can. If you say so, it's better to give it to you than to others."

"Just don't drive on the same street as me."

"Su He, you are such a nice person, I love you." Han Jiajia was so moved that she cried and came over to hug him.

Su He, "No, no, no, don't love me. I sincerely suggest that if you want to open a store, you should open a clothing store."

She is not afraid of stealing customers. As she said just now, there will be more and more clothing stores in Beijing in the future. She can guard against them!

"Yeah, but I haven't bought the shop yet. I'll talk about it after I buy the shop."

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The tobacco, alcohol and tea shop opened on October 5th. Han Jiajia helped find the shop assistant, who was the daughter of their former neighbor.

The educated youth who returned to the city is 28 years old this year and her name is Wei Lan.

Wei Lan went to the countryside in 1972. Not long after that, she married the son of their team leader and gave birth to two children.

In August this summer, her parents used their connections to get her back to the city. The children's household registration followed their mother, and the two children were able to live with her in the city.

But given the situation at home, with my brother and sister-in-law around, it would be good enough if I could accommodate my sister-in-law. It would be impossible for me to raise her child as well.

Wei Lan left her children in the countryside, hoping to find a job in the city and then bring her husband and children over.

It’s just that it was difficult to get into a public institution before, and it’s even harder now.

Moreover, as the sister-in-law, Wei Lan knew clearly that if she didn't go out to work, her sister-in-law would definitely not be happy. She also understood that, after all, she was not a child anymore. Who would be willing to let an adult eat for free at home all the time!

Besides, it was her sister-in-law who used her connections to help her return to the city.

So when Han Jiajia came over and said this, Wei Lan agreed immediately.

Although I was a self-employed person and was not allocated a house, I could still make a lot of money, about 40 yuan a month, and I also had three days of vacation.

Then I can use my vacation time to go back to the village to see my children.

Su He didn't know about Wei Lan's family affairs until a few months later when Wei Lan asked her for leave.

Su He thought for a moment and said, "Wei Lan, my clothing store is still short of someone. Do you want your man to come over?"

"My salary is the same as yours, forty, and I also get three days off a month."

A few days ago, Qingmu, Zhang Ning, Hongjun and others went to the Public Security Bureau to transfer their household registration to Beijing, but they had almost spent all their savings.

Next year, Aoki and Hongjun want to set up a stall to earn money so that they can buy a shop as soon as possible. The men's clothing shop is short of people.

Jiang Yueying recommended her younger brother, but there was still one person missing.

Wei Lan heard this and asked in surprise, "Really, sister?"

Su He, "Really? But I don't provide accommodation here. You have to find your own place to stay."

"Yes, I will bring them here when I go back this time."

Accommodation is not a simple matter. You just need to rent a house.

As long as they are together as a family.

It's nothing.

Wei Lan was so happy.

She had originally thought that this time when she went back, she would persuade her husband to come to the city with her. She would earn 40 yuan a month, and even if he didn't work, she would be able to support the family.

She has been looking for houses recently, and will rent the one she finds suitable. She wants to do it first and then play it later. She is not afraid that her man will not come over after she rents the house.