Chapter 56 [Second update]
We were busy until the store closed at five o'clock, but there were still many customers. Jiang Xi and Wang Yong were exhausted. After half a day, they were exhausted. They hurriedly shouted: "It's five o'clock, we are closed, those who want to buy clothes can come back tomorrow!"
"Boss, we are here, please settle the bill for us!"
"Then you guys hurry up and choose, and settle the bill after choosing!" He called Wang Yong again: "Brother Yong, you half-close the door, don't accept new customers!"
Seeing that the store owner didn't do business, the customers wanted to rush to pay and buy clothes.
After two weekend afternoons of hot sales, some clothes in Jiang Xi's store were out of stock, and it was thanks to Uncle Wang Yong who sent a lot of them at that time. But no matter how much he sent, it couldn't withstand so many people coming to buy.
The whole afternoon, the flow of people never stopped, people kept coming to buy clothes, and the two salted fish who just wanted to sell casually were exhausted.
After finally sending everyone away, Jiang Xi closed the door, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to Wang Yong: "Brother Yong, this is not what I expected."
"Didn't you say that there would be no business on this street?"
The store has been doing a booming business these two days, and the business of other stores on this street has also improved a lot.
Wang Yong looked at her with a complicated expression: "Your gg is too good." Of course, it was also because the source of goods he found for Jiang Xi was cheap enough. After all, there was no middleman to make a profit from the price difference. How could other stores in Wucheng compete with their store?
Such cheap prices have snatched the business of other merchants in Wucheng who want to make a fortune at the end of the year when every household needs to buy new clothes.
Under normal circumstances, even if a new store opens in Wucheng and the clothes sold in the store are of good quality and good price, it will not be known to everyone so quickly. Even if it is spread by word of mouth, it takes time and fermentation is very slow. Many people don’t even know about it.
It’s completely different from this store. The speed of spread of that gg is like a virus. Everyone in Wucheng knows about it.
People who opened other clothing stores heard the news and went to see it. The quality of the clothes is indeed not worse than theirs, and the styles are also good, but the price is only half of theirs. How can they compare with them?
They carefully calculated the cost of the clothes. If they sold them at this price, they would not only not make a penny, but also lose money.
If they calculated it this way, could it be that what the store owner said was true? Was he really an employee of the Jiangnan Garment Factory? Otherwise, the cost of the clothes would be much more than this price, and there would be travel expenses, accommodation fees, shop rent, and various other expenses. If the factory had not closed down and the clothes were sold so cheaply, wouldn’t they have nothing to wear?
But what could they do? They couldn’t just ask the store to close, could they?
Fortunately, the street where No. 1 Middle School is located is very remote, and people usually don’t go there. There is basically no one on the street. Moreover, judging from the clothes in their store, they should be sold out soon, right?
Yes, many clothes in Jiang Xi’s store were out of stock, so Wang Yong called his uncle again and asked him to send some more clothes as soon as possible because the last batch had been sold out.
Uncle Wang Yong was also very surprised when he received the call: "So fast? The people in Wucheng are quite rich?"
Wang Yong sighed: "What do you mean 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 and were pressed 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 it. If she wants it, I will give her the lowest price."
He thought that people in big cities pursue new products. If Wucheng, a small place, doesn't mind last year's style, he can sell it at a lower price. It's better than letting it rot in the warehouse, and it can also bring in some funds.
Wang Yong asked Jiang Xi if she wanted it.
Jiang Xi naturally said yes.
Wang Yong came back after finishing his phone call. Just as he was about to open the door and enter the store, he saw Grandpa Jiang sitting on a cart in the afterglow of the evening, looking at him.
Wang Yong and Grandpa Jiang met unexpectedly.
Grandpa Jiang stood up from the cart and asked Wang Yong somewhat helplessly: "Excuse me, this store..."
Wang Yong thought of what Jiang Xi said, that this store was opened for her grandfather, and suddenly an idea came to her mind: "You are Jiang Xi's grandfather, right?"
Grandpa Jiang nodded and looked at Wang Yong with some doubts: "Yes, yes, Jiang Xi is my eldest granddaughter, you are...?"
He was a little unsure of Wang Yong's identity.
Hearing Grandpa Jiang's voice, Jiang Xiao opened the roller shutter at once, "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 Xiao and said, "I arrived in the 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 go about your business, don't worry about me. I'm sitting here and you can't get away." He looked at Wang Yong and asked Jiang Xiao, "Xing Xiao, who is he?"
Jiang Xiao then remembered that Wang Yong was living in the shop now.
Jiang Qing quickly introduced Wang Yong to Grandpa Jiang: "Grandpa, this is Wang Yong from Jiangnan Garment Factory. Brother Yong just came to our Wucheng and was unfamiliar with the place. I happened to rent a store, so Brother Yong brought his clothes to my store to sell. The sales were good, so I will buy from Brother Yong in the future."
Wang Yong suddenly became an employee of Jiangnan Garment Factory: "Oh, yes, yes, I am an employee of Jiangnan Garment Factory, Grandpa Jiang. "Hello!"
Grandpa Jiang heard that the young man was his granddaughter's supplier, and he was relieved and kept saying, "Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello."
Although the young man looked gentle, he didn't want his granddaughter to get married so early. His granddaughter still had to go to college and live in the city. How many girls who fell in love at the age of 16 or 17 and got married at the age of 18 or 19 lived a good life? After getting married and having children, they were trapped in that small mountain village for the rest of their lives, facing the loess and back to the sky. At the age of 20, their lives were over.
Grandpa Jiang had seen too many girls like this, and he didn't want his granddaughter to live like this.
Even his daughter, he also tried his best to marry her to the town, and now her life is much better than that of the women in the village.
He hopes that his granddaughter can be like the educated youth who came to their brigade to work in the countryside, to go to college, get out of the exam, and go to the city, like a little bird, leaving this small village, flying to the vast sky, and becoming a city dweller.
This is his greatest expectation for his granddaughter. It
was also his deepest yearning for the city in his heart when he saw those educated youth and heard them talk about the city when he was young.
He sincerely thanked: "Thank you for helping my family."
Wang Yong waved his hand awkwardly: "No, no, no, no."
He and Jiang Xiao helped Grandpa Jiang into the store together.
The shop was sold out, there were fewer shoes on the shelves, and there was not much stock behind the curtain.
Grandpa Jiang said, "I still have some things outside."
Jiang Xi hurried over and pulled the cart into the shop. There
were several vegetable pots on the cart, and the uneaten rice was also put in the rice pots, covered with a bowl, tied tightly with hemp ropes, and 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 it.
Grandpa Jiang unloaded the things on the cart one by one. Jiang Xi found that Grandpa Jiang had brought all his things with him. He only needed to buy a stove and some coal briquettes, and nothing else needed to be prepared.
Grandpa Jiang saw the sheets and bedding on the beds in the store. Wang Yong also saw them and said, "There has been no one in the store these days, so I came to stay for a few days." He said to Jiang Xi, "Jiang Xi, since your grandpa is here, I will go to the guesthouse at night."
The main reason was that he had been on a business trip to Wucheng for too long. During this time, he accompanied Jiang Xi to the Internet cafe every weekend to write. The Internet cafe's network administrator, that is, the boss, knew them. Wang Yong felt that it was time for him to go back.
Jiang Xi settled Grandpa Jiang down and told him the prices of the clothes. Since the prices were fixed and the prices were 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 were also clearly marked like the clothes.
Jiang Xi guessed that Grandpa Jiang hadn't eaten yet, and they didn't eat either, so they went to the small restaurant next to Wu Zhong across the street and ordered three dishes and three bowls of rice, which would be delivered to the store later.
After Jiang Xi had made arrangements for Grandpa Jiang, Wang Yong put on her bag, came out and said to Jiang Xi, "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 too, and I'm almost done. I should be going back tomorrow. We'll contact each other by phone and email then."
Jiang Xi thought Wang Yong would stay until the end of the year, but he didn't expect her to leave at this time. He helped her a lot during this period. Jiang Xi originally decided that when she went to the Shanghai Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau to pick up the house deed during the winter vacation, he would buy a camera and give it to Wang Yong to express his gratitude for her help during this period.
"Thank you so much for your help during this time." Jiang Xi 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 have to see me off. I can leave by myself."
He knew how strict the access control was at her school.
In fact, his unit sent him to Wucheng and he had been staying by Jiang Xi's side. During this time, he was so concerned about her daily life. In addition to wanting to help her sincerely, he also tried to play the emotional card to win over Jiang Xi.
Jiang Xi is now the author who has driven the sales of their entire magazine by himself.
Of course, the magazine also marketed and promoted her, but at first her works were serialized in their magazine, but there was no publicity at all. Relying solely on the works themselves, their monthly sales doubled from the total monthly sales of 500,000. For
such an author, they would not be too much, so when Director Li sent him here, he told him that as long as Jiang Xi could concentrate on writing, he would help her with her life as much as he could. After meeting her, they had a good relationship. Later, when Jiang Xi's identity was exposed and someone wanted to poach her, as long as the price was not too much higher than theirs, Jiang Xi would always take into account her relationship with "Wu Xia". It was not that easy, and they didn't even have the room to offer them a price, and poached her without saying a word.
Jiang Xi nodded without any hesitation: "Okay, call me when you get there and let me know you're safe." She gave the office number of her homeroom teacher, Teacher Wang, "This is our homeroom teacher's number. I can't leave the school normally, so I can't send you emails or check your emails. If you have any urgent matters, just call this number and ask our homeroom teacher to call me."
Wang Yong looked at the girl who had obviously grown taller. Her glasses showed the gentle air of a college graduate: "You can go back. Don't worry about me."
Speaking of returning to Guangzhou, Wang Yong was also a little eager to go home.
He had never been away from home or Guangzhou so far for so long.
During this time, he was in Wucheng, unable to speak the language, and was not used to the diet. He also lost some weight. He thought that when he returned, he could eat authentic wontons, rice noodles, and shrimp dumplings.
Wang Yong had not eaten dinner, and he swallowed his saliva as he thought about it. Just then, the stir-fry restaurant opposite delivered the cooked food.
The three of them ate quickly. Jiang Xi sent Wang Yong to the guesthouse and wanted to pay for his room, but Wang Yong refused: "I can get it reimbursed when I go back."
The two smiled at each other. Jiang Xi 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 job when he went back this time, and couldn't help but smiled happily and said, "Thank you for your good wishes."
The next day, after Jiang Xi finished his morning reading class, he quickly ran to the cafeteria to get two breakfasts and sent them to Wang Yong and Grandpa Jiang.
She also told the security guard that her grandfather was here and was in the shop next door. She was a little worried and wanted to go and see him. The security guard looked at the two rice bowls in her hands for a few seconds, knowing that what she said was probably true, and then let her go and said, "There won't be a next time, come back soon!"
Jiang Xi hurriedly thanked the security guard and went to the nearby guesthouse to find Wang Yong. Wang Yong had already checked out and left.
He had to take a car to the neighboring city first, and then take the train from the neighboring city to Guangzhou. It would take more than 20 hours on the road, so he had to go early.
Jiang Xi missed the opportunity and took her breakfast to find Grandpa Jiang.
Grandpa Jiang is old and has less time to think. He got up early and set up a small stall at the door, where he put 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 cheaply, so they bought a lot of them.
Some people asked Grandpa Jiang curiously: "Why are you always selling vegetables? Where is the shop owner?"
Everyone thought that Wang Yong was the shop owner.
Grandpa Jiang didn't know, he just thought that the clothes belonged to Wang Yong, so it seemed right to say that Wang Yong was the shop owner, so he said: "He went back."
Everyone who heard this suddenly realized: "The clothes must have been sold out, so he went back."
Those who bought clothes secretly rejoiced. It is true that if you miss this village, you will miss this shop. If you see a bargain, you must grab it, right? The shop owner went back after selling all the clothes?
I thought of my sister-in-law who was hesitant before and told her relatives and friends to come back and buy them as soon as possible because there were not many clothes left in the shop. Once they were sold out, they would be gone.
Didn’t you see it? The boss went back! Some people
even wanted to buy on the spot after asking.
When Jiang Xi came over, he saw someone coming to the store to buy clothes. Because the store had a new owner, there were not many clothes in the store. Seeing that Grandpa Jiang was honest and cheerful, and looked like he was easy to bully, he couldn't help but bargain with Grandpa Jiang and said, "There are not many 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 cheaper, we will lose money."
The auntie originally thought that these clothes were very cheap, and when she heard even the honest Grandpa Jiang say this, she felt that the price had already been reduced to the lowest. She bought the clothes happily and went back contentedly.
Jiang Xiao came to see Grandpa Jiang to see if he was used to it. Grandpa Jiang said indifferently: "What's there to be used to? I'm used to it. You go to school and don't worry about me. I'm fine!"
Grandpa Jiang felt that there would never be a better day than now.
His granddaughter was in the school about 100 meters away from him. He could see her whenever he wanted. The house he lived in was bright and clean. There was a small porch behind the house. There was a tap under the porch, so it was very convenient to get water for washing.
In particular, on the first day, his eldest granddaughter actually came to bring him breakfast. He heard from the eldest granddaughter that this thing was called Xiao Wonton.
Grandpa Jiang had never eaten this kind of thing in his life. The skin was thinner than paper, and it was filled with meat the size of a fingernail. He asked Jiang Liu how much it cost. After learning that it cost two taels of meal tickets, Grandpa Jiang was immediately disgusted: "Two taels of meal tickets are required for such a small thing? Two taels of meal tickets are enough for a bowl of rice. Isn't it like eating air when this thing goes into my stomach? Don't buy it for me next time. I don't like this kind of thing."
While he was disgusted, he drank up all the soup.
Jiang Liu also brought him a big meat bun made by the school cafeteria.
The meat buns in the canteen at that time were really big, and the fillings were really good. People at that time didn't eat buns for the taste, but to be full. So a big meat bun was really big, with thick skin and big fillings. When you bite it, it's all fresh and fragrant gravy.
Grandpa Jiang asked Jiang Xi how much a meat bun cost. After learning that it was two for five taels of meal tickets, Grandpa Jiang immediately said, "Bring me this in the future. This is delicious and can fill your stomach."
He thought to himself, what kind of wonton did I eat just now? Didn't it disappear in a pee? People in the city are really idle. They actually rolled such thin skins. If they have the time, they might as well eat dumplings.
Oh, I have to talk to those guys in my hometown when I go back. What the hell are these wontons?
They must have never eaten them.
Thinking that his old friends had never eaten it, but he had, Grandpa Jiang felt very happy.
He could brag about it again.
Jiang Liu looked at Grandpa Jiang's hypocritical appearance and laughed secretly in her heart.
She actually understood that Grandpa Jiang was the one 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 it or even hated it after trying it, he would still drink it.
For example, the TV program "So-and-so Soy Milk, Bring Joy and Happiness" was played every day. It was said that this thing was nutritious. After Jiang Xi received a scholarship, she would go back to her hometown during the holidays of each 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 granddaughter and GG was played on TV every day, he would make a cup of soy milk every day, put it in a transparent can, then slowly walk to the middle of the old men herding cattle, open the transparent can, and complain with a sigh: "Alas, my granddaughter got a scholarship in college, so she bought me something good. I heard that soy milk has some nutrition, so she used the scholarship to buy me a lot of milk and soy milk, saying that it can replenish my body. This stuff is not good to drink, it is terrible, and I have to drink it every day."
After saying this, he took a sip with a frustrated look, his eyebrows wrinkled, and showed everyone how bad the soy milk was with his real expression.
It was so bad that the old men herding cattle wanted to beat him up.
It was inconvenient to light a fire in the store, and Grandpa Jiang was alone. Jiang Xiao was afraid that he would not eat properly alone, so she simply told him not to cook anymore. She would go to the cafeteria to get food for him at noon every day.
"The food in the cafeteria is for teachers and students. The chefs in the cafeteria eat their own food. There should be no problem with hygiene, and it is not expensive. It saves you the trouble of cooking by yourself, and you need a coal stove and coal, and you need to wash the dishes. I will get you food directly from the cafeteria, and get you a pot of boiled water in the water room at noon. If there is not enough water, 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 you burn in a day will cost more than this money."
That was perfect for Grandpa Jiang.
Grandpa Jiang was eating alone, and he was too lazy to bother, so he just wanted to have a bowl of sesame paste for lunch. Now he could get food and water in the canteen, so he didn't have to burn it. It was
just that Jiang Xi occasionally went out, and the security guard would let her in. Even a day student wouldn't run out like this three times a day. The security guard said that he 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 Xi 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 facts were explained clearly. The head teacher knew the situation was true and opened it. But when it came to the director of the Political Education Department, Jiang Xi had to persuade him for a long time, saying that his grandfather was in poor health. He finally convinced him to come to Wucheng just to take care of him nearby and make sure he ate well. He even ignored Grandpa Jiang’s physical examination report and medical records. After the medical records were taken out, the director of the political and educational department went to investigate the situation. Seeing that what Jiang Xi said was indeed true, he was relieved and gave Jiang Xi a certificate that allowed him to leave the school for 20 minutes after school in the morning, afternoon 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 register.
"Except for the store you mentioned, you can't go anywhere else." The director of the political and educational department looked very serious: "Otherwise, who can take responsibility if something happens?"
"Yes, yes, you are right. You are responsible for us 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 the students wouldn't do so well. It wouldn't have become the most important 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 of being admitted to No. 1 Middle School and becoming a student of No. 1 Middle School!"
Jiang Xi flattered the director of the Political Education Department, who even laughed at him. He pointed at Jiang Xi with a pen and said, "Slippery."
Although he knew she was flattering him, the director was still flattered by her. He immediately gave her a certificate and couldn't help reminding her, "It's only 20 minutes each time. I will say hello to the security guard!"
"Don't worry! Director! My nickname is Speedy, I promise I will only deliver the goods earlier, not later!"
After finishing the certification, Jiang Xi got lunch at noon and ran to Grandpa Jiang's place to see if Grandpa Jiang was used to selling clothes in the store after a morning.
"Why not? I am very used to it! What's there to be uncomfortable about!" In just one morning, he sold eleven pieces of clothing, and the two older girls bought two pieces each.
He thought he could only make one or two yuan for each piece of clothing, but for eleven pieces of clothing, that would be more than ten yuan.
He could make more than ten yuan in one morning, so he would have to make at least three or four hundred yuan a month!
When Grandpa Jiang calculated the numbers, he was stunned.