Chapter 353: Working Hard to Earn Dowry
It was already the end of April when Lu Dongping returned, and April would be over in just two days.
When he came back, he still went directly to Ai Shang. Wen Wan was not there. Li Lai Yu was working at Ai Shang, and Chen Dongxue was watching the store outside.
Chen Dongxue had never seen Lu Dongping before, but she felt that his face looked familiar.
Seeing him arrive at the door with bags in his hands, he greeted him, "Hello, what can I do for you?"
Lu Dongping glanced at her and said, "I don't need anything. Where is the boss?"
Chen Dongshuang reacted: Oh, this is an acquaintance of the boss!
"Please wait a moment!" He quickly turned around and went inside to look for Li Lai Yu.
"Sister Lai Yu, someone is looking for you outside." When I first arrived, I called Boss Wen and Boss Li, but not long after, they became Sister Wen Wan and Sister Lai Yu.
Wen Wan and Li Lai Yu didn't care much about the address. They just felt that if they were to spend a long time together, calling her sister would be much more pleasant than calling her boss.
Of course, only Chen Dongshuang called him that. The other two still called Wen Wan boss politely when they saw her.
Li Laiyu put down his work and went outside. When he saw Lu Dongping, he immediately stepped forward to take the bag from his hand and greeted him, "You're back!"
Chen Dongshuang stood by, confused.
Then she realized that this was her sister Wen Wan's husband.
She had been here for a few days and probably knew something about the situation.
For example, Wen Wan and Li Laiyu are both students at Hua University. Wen Wan is married, and her husband has gone south to buy goods. Li Laiyu is currently dating Chen Dongshuang, a man he once met. He is a very handsome and elegant man, also a student at Hua University, who recently went out of town.
Then this person should be Wen Wan’s lover who went south. No wonder he looks familiar. He looks a bit like Lu Donglin.
As usual, Lu Dongping took the bag to the corner of the backyard and put it there. Then he asked Li Laiyu, "Where's Wanwan?"
Li Laiyu said, "He didn't come this morning. He said he was busy."
After saying that, he glanced at the dusty Lu Dongping and added, "Zhou Mingli and Chun'e are getting engaged on May Day. Since you're not at home, Wanwan will have to take care of a lot of things."
Lu Dongping nodded: "Put the things aside for now, I'll go back."
Li Laiyu didn't socialize with him much, and he was always serious with people he didn't interact with. Coincidentally, Lu Dongping was the same way, both of them had stern faces, extremely serious.
Chen Dongshuang took a look there and hurried outside to do her own thing. After Lu Dongping left, she asked Li Laiyu: "Sister Laiyu, is that Sister Wenwan's lover?" She looked very serious.
Li Lai Yu nodded, sat back down beside the embroidery frame, and continued to embroider her own things.
Seeing that she was busy again, Chen Dongshuang didn't dare to disturb her anymore and went outside to watch the store honestly.
There are two bosses at Ai Shang. Both of them are very good-looking, but their personalities are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Wenwan has a particularly good personality. She always smiles at everyone she meets and speaks softly, making her very approachable.
Li Laiyu was completely different. Chen Dongshuang had been here for over a week, and the number of times she had spoken to Li Laiyu was very few. Only when Wen Wan was around did she talk more, and her expression softened, less cold.
Lu Dongping returned home and found the yard door ajar, indicating that someone was home.
He pushed the door open and went in and called out, "Wanwan, I'm back."
The voices in the living room suddenly stopped. Wen Wan came out of the living room and looked at the dusty people in the yard. She raised the corner of her mouth and said, "You're finally back!"
Before he could say anything else, Zhou Mingli and Lu Chun'e came out of the house and called out, "Brother."
Wen Wan said, "Come in, hurry in! You've been on the bus all this way. I'll get you some water to wash your face and soak your feet. You look so messed up that you don't even look like a human anymore."
"Brother, come in, I'll get you some water!" Since Lu Chun'e was there, Wen Wan didn't need to do any of this. She turned around and prepared the water.
It was not so cold at this time. Lu Dongping closed the door, took a shower and changed his clothes outside, then went into the house and shaved with a razor. He finally looked a little more energetic, but the red bloodshot in his eyes and the dark circles under his eyes were still there.
"You didn't sleep all the way? Didn't you buy a sleeper?"
Lu Dongping said: "No, I bought a hard seat." Fortunately, there is a direct route from Guangzhou to the capital, so there is no need to reverse, otherwise it would be even more annoying.
Wen Wan was a little angry: "Didn't I tell you to buy a sleeper when we left? A hard seat saves money, but how much suffering will you have to endure?"
Lu Dongping smiled at her ingratiatingly.
Wenwan sighed, unable to vent her anger.
Lu Dongping asked Zhou Mingli: "How is it going? Are you ready?"
Zhou Mingli said, "Everything is ready. My sister-in-law has booked all the restaurants today. We'll go there after breakfast on May Day."
Booking a hotel, this matter hadn't been brought up by Zhou Mingli until Lu Dongping hadn't even thought of it. He glanced at Wen Wan in surprise, then withdrew his gaze and said to Zhou Mingli, "Okay, I got it."
Zhou Mingli stood up and said, "I'll take Chun'e back to school. She has classes today. I'll take her back on the afternoon of the 30th. On May 1st—"
Wen Wan said, "No, you go ahead and do your thing. I'll pick her up on the 30th, and we can go there on our own on May 1st."
No matter how good Zhou Mingli is, she will do her best to do what her family should do for Lu Chun'e, and will never let anyone say a word against the Lu family.
Lu Dongping sent the people away, and Wen Wancai told him when he returned home, "Our place is too small. Although there won't be many people at the engagement, it won't work here. Zhou Mingli has five brothers. Even if we don't invite relatives, comrades and leaders who get along well with him will have to come. Add us, and we'll need at least several tables. It won't work here, so we have to go to the restaurant. According to the custom in Lujiazui, the engagement should be done by the man going to the woman's house, so we have to book the restaurant."
"If you're not home, I'll take charge and do it for you."
Lu Dongping sat down next to her, put his arm around her and kissed her.
Wen Wan pushed him: "Let's talk about business!"
“No impact.”
How could this not have an impact? He was as ferocious as a wolf. How could he speak when he couldn't even breathe?
After he had kissed her enough, no, it was probably because she was suffocating herself, that Wen Wan pushed him away swiftly.
Lu Dongping said: "Thank you, Wanwan."
After being married for so many years, Wen Wan was not used to him thanking her so formally.
"It's just about booking a restaurant. You don't need to thank me so formally. She's still my sister. I watched her grow up. This is all I can do for her."
"She's engaged this year. I estimate she'll get married after graduation at the latest. You have to work hard and earn her a dowry."
Only when a girl has a dowry can she stand up straight after getting married.
Lu Dongping picked her up and let her sit on his legs facing him. He held her face to face, resting his chin on her shoulder and said, "I know. I will try my best."
"How much goods did you get this time?"
Lu Dongping said, "I took all the money I brought with me, leaving enough for travel expenses. I took all the goods. A trip should always be worthwhile, not in vain." After that, without Wen Wan asking, he added, "This time I really left my contact information. When I make money, I'll set up a phone number on Ai Shang so that it will be convenient to contact us."
Wen Wan reached out and poked him: "Of course, how are you going to spend it before you even start making money?"
"Well, the purpose of making money is to spend it, and then make more money."
"Once I see the profits and have more money, I'll be able to do anything. There's an airport in Guangzhou, and I can fly directly here and make a round trip on the same day. But the airfare is not cheap, and I heard it's not very safe."
Wen Wan was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten. Are there flights from there? Of course, that's really convenient. Before an airplane is put into use, it has to undergo numerous test flights. No one says it's that mysterious. Besides, what's there to say, there's no risk? Even walking in your own home, there's still the risk of falling over and not being able to get up at any time!"
"Next time you go, take a plane instead of going through the hassle of squeezing on the train. If you're scared, I'll go with you next time."
Lu Dongping rubbed her restlessly: "Do you think I'm a timid person? I just..." I have a lover and a child, and I don't dare to take the risk. I'm afraid that I will never see them again.
"Okay, you're not, you're not." He was talking for no reason and then started to touch her. Originally, sitting like this was very intimate, and Wen Wan felt okay, but now that he was restless, he felt particularly ashamed.
The weather was getting warmer and the clothes were getting thinner. She sat on Lu Dongping's legs, and she could clearly feel the changes in his body.
But the man shamelessly pressed her down.
"Let go, let go, let's go inside."
"No!" Lu Dongping reached out and touched her waist: "We haven't tried this before."
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Wen Wan lay exhausted on the bed, unable to shake off the scene of the two people's misbehavior in the living room.
At first she was sitting, then she stood up. She hung on his neck and didn't dare to let go, letting him lead her from outside to inside.
It was really exciting.
She felt that she would never be able to face the word "swing" in her life.
Lu Dongping rested for a night, and went to the store with Wen Wan the next day. He met the two newly hired employees and called Lu Donglin to go to the freight yard at the train station to pick up the goods.
Wen Wan stayed and took the clothes that Lu Dongping brought back to the store, checked the inventory, and then asked Huang Qiuju and Sun Xiaoxue to start ironing and taught them how to hang the clothes.
She started filling in the prices based on the invoice using the price tags she had prepared in advance.
A good start to a business is to have discounts, so as to attract customers. The discount is not about how low the price is, but about making customers feel that they have made a good deal.
So this pricing is very challenging.
This time, the goods we got back are all summer clothes. It has become extremely hot in Guangzhou, and the temperature in the capital is also getting higher and higher. It is no longer appropriate to bring spring clothes.
It took several people most of the day to finish checking the list.
Wen Wan called Lu Dongping and Lu Donglin over to discuss the matter, and then decided on a buy-one-get-one-free model for the first three days of opening.
Buy one get one free for the same style and price. If the prices are different, the one sold at the highest price will be given away as a gift.
"Originally I was thinking of just doing it for one day, but one day is too short to spread the word. I don't think the first day will be very good, so I'll be busy on the second and third days, and I'll have to come over and supervise them then. So I can't open tomorrow. Tomorrow I have to sort and iron the clothes in this store to avoid being late later."
"And there are accounts. Make an account book. Dongping, you need to have a general ledger of your purchases, expenses, and quantities."
After explaining everything in detail, Wen Wan stopped caring about it.
This is Lu Dongping's career. She can assist, but she doesn't intend to interfere too much.
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