Chapter 87 87 [Second update]

He thought, my granddaughter bought such a computer in the store, she probably doesn’t have much money on her, so he pulled up the curtain again, went back to the bag under the bed, rummaged around, took out his bag of money, walked over slowly, and put it on Jiang Xiao’s new desk: “No money, right? Spend it all!”

Grandpa Jiang was happy, but also worried: “Xing Xiao, you have to save money this time, you have to pay the tuition, and after paying the tuition, we still have to earn money for the next semester.”

As he said that, he looked at the barren street outside. There were still some people here in the second half of last year, but why is there no one in the store this year?

Grandpa Jiang was worried.

Seeing his eyes fixed on the empty street outside, Jiang Xi knew what he was worried about. He walked over with a smile, pulled out a large snakeskin bag from under the bed, opened the bag, and took out neatly stacked spring and autumn clothes and summer clothes in a transparent plastic bag.

When Grandpa Jiang saw Jiang Xi taking out spring and summer clothes, he was surprised and said, "Why are you taking out spring and autumn clothes now? It's so cold, who would buy them! Clothes that are only worn in spring and autumn?"

Grandpa Jiang had never done business before. In his opinion, winter is to sell winter clothes, spring is to sell spring clothes, and summer is to sell summer clothes.

The snow outside hasn't melted yet, and the icicles on the eaves are still hanging on the eaves. Who would buy autumn clothes in such a cold day?

But the reality is that in winter, many people have already started selling spring clothes or even summer clothes, and in summer, they start selling autumn clothes or winter clothes.

It's spring soon. Unless there are some students who really want a new set of clothes for the New Year, who would buy winter clothes at this time of year?

But there are only a few winter clothes left in the store. The store is empty. When Grandpa Jiang saw his granddaughter taking out spring and autumn clothes, he also hung them up one by one on the clothesline on the wall. Jiang Qing quietly ironed the clothes on the ironing table.

Soon, all the spring and autumn clothes were hung on the clothesline.

The price of spring and autumn clothes is cheaper. Jackets, skirts, and pants are all priced at 19 yuan. Spring and autumn jackets are 29 yuan. Summer T-shirts, tops, and shorts are all 12.9 yuan. Some dirty and defective ones are sold at 9.9 yuan.

Jiang Xi did not rush to change the recording of the loudspeaker. Instead, he turned off the loudspeaker and put it in the store to charge. He and Grandpa Jiang ironed all the clothes, cut off the threads, and put the new spring clothes on the two mannequins.

These spring clothes were all copied from the styles of the female stars in Hong Kong movies in Guangzhou last year. They were not sold out last year, so Uncle Wang Yong sent them here together.

There was a pile of denim jackets that were very popular now and were just worn by Wang Zuxian.

After Jiang Xi had ironed all the clothes, he matched two sets of clothes for each model according to their colors and styles, and placed them at the door of the store.

After all these were done, she began to re-record the words on the repeater. On the basis of the original ones, the prices were changed: "Jiangnan Garment Factory! Jiangnan Garment Factory! It's closed down! It's closed down!

The new spring and summer clothes are all on sale for 9.9, 12.9, 19.9, and 29 yuan!"

When Jiang Xi was recording, because she shouted in a clear and melodious voice, the owner of the cake shop next door saw her and came over and asked with a smile: "Oh, the spring clothes are here?"

Jiang Xi smiled and said: "We just put the goods on the shelves. We iron them first."

The cake owner was mainly attracted by the voices of 9.9 and 12.9 next door. What kind of clothes can be bought for 9.9 or 12.9? Any piece of clothing you buy on the street costs at least fifteen or twenty dollars at the worst.

She wanted to come over to see if there was any bargain.

Jiang Xi and Grandpa Jiang had already ironed most of the clothes. What the owner of the egg cake saw at this moment were beautiful clothes and skirts that were neatly ironed.

These clothes would be last year's backlog in Guangzhou, but in their remote Wucheng, they were fresh and fashionable clothes, especially those matched by Jiang Xi's skillful hands. Obviously, the clothes did not look particularly outstanding when viewed alone, but after she matched them like this, the clothes immediately looked good.

And far away in Guangzhou, Uncle Wang Yong's clothing factory had already started a summer clothing signing event.

Batches of clothing merchants came to their factory and directly ordered as many pieces as they liked.

He called Wang Yong to ask his author if he still wanted the spring clothes that were previously suppressed.

"They are all new models this year. Now we are starting to sell summer clothes. The spring clothes that have not been ordered will be suppressed until next year. If she wants them, I will give them to her at a lower price. It would be best if she can take them all away."

Wucheng has four distinct seasons. It is not like Hangzhou and Nanshi, where the summer is long and makes people anxious. The spring and autumn seasons are like a joke. As soon as the winter clothes are taken off, summer comes immediately

. The summer in Wucheng is two or three degrees cooler than that in big cities. The spring and autumn seasons are also distinct, especially in autumn. When it is November, you must put on a thin coat, otherwise it will be cold.

For Uncle Wang Yong, the hardest to sell are spring and autumn styles, because in Guangzhou, the summer is long and the coldest winter is only nine to ten degrees. So some people say that Guangzhou only has spring and summer.

He hadn't ordered all the spring clothes yet, and the rest of the year would be summer, so Wang Yong had no choice but to say that he would call Jiang Xi to ask.

Ever since Jiang Xi said that she was going to Shanghai to buy a computer, she hadn't been online or called him. He didn't know about Jiang Xi's situation, so if he wanted to find her, he could only use the phone number in her head teacher's office.

But at this time, high school students shouldn't have classes yet, right?

It was really inconvenient without a phone.

He didn't know that Jiang Xi was going to install a phone line at this time, so it was not easy to contact her without using the phone number in her head teacher's office.

While Jiang Xi was waiting for the post office to open the phone line, she also went to the Wucheng Police Station to handle household registration transfer.

The current policy of buying a house in Shanghai and giving away a blue-stamped household registration is also limited. For example, the investment amount of foreign investors and overseas Chinese must be more than 200,000 US dollars, and the domestic investment must be more than 1 million to be eligible for the free blue-stamped household registration.

To buy a house in the west of Shanghai, the down payment must be more than 300,000. If it is in the east of Shanghai, which is the area where people buy houses in Jiangxi, the down payment must be more than 320,000.

The down payment for her villa was close to 400,000, and she directly used up all the publishing royalties for the first and second volumes of "The Great Song" just for the four blue-stamped household registrations that came with this villa.

She, the owner of the house, must first register as a resident, and then bring her spouse or direct relatives, and relatives within three generations, to apply for registration.

This application usually takes seven days to be completed.

Jiang Bai and Grandpa Jiang happened to be her direct relatives and relatives within three generations.

In other words, she had to transfer her household registration first, and then apply.

Grandpa Jiang watched as his granddaughter got busy again. She first took the household registration transfer certificate to the Wucheng Police Station to handle the household registration transfer, and then took a bus to Shanghai to implement this matter.

The villa she bought has been completed, but it has not been decorated yet. The surrounding environment is also under construction. Except for her, almost all the people who bought the villa here are Chinese from Hong Kong, Macau and other places, and there are also some investors from Shenzhen and Guangzhou. There is no need for local people to spend such a high down payment for a blue-print household registration.

With so much money, why not invest it?

The 1990s were a time of rapid growth. With such a sum of money, why not invest in anything else? Buy a house?

Because she was the owner of the house, her household registration was completed very quickly. Then she applied to register Jiang Bai in the house.

When applying for Jiang Bai's household registration, she also noticed one thing, that is, Jiang Bai's household registration must be completed before the college entrance examination, and then he can come to Shanghai to take the college entrance examination.

This year's New Year's Eve is January 31st, and it is already early February, which means that Jiang Bai's household registration must be fully settled before the college entrance examination in March.

Because of the tight schedule, she traveled between Wucheng and Shanghai, and had no time to ask Jiang Bai which school he wanted to apply to. After she had finished everything, she remembered to find Jiang Bai and asked him which school he planned to apply to.

Jiang Bai had already planned for this: "I will apply to the university in the city where you apply to." He touched his nose a little embarrassedly, "I just want to run your store and work for you."

In the past, he thought about graduating quickly and going out to work after graduation. He would be satisfied if he could earn 150 yuan a month, but this year, he only sold in his sister's store on weekends, and he earned 50 or 60 yuan a day. 50 or 60 yuan a day!

During the three days of the New Year, Jiang Xi directly gave him and Tong Jingang a big red envelope of 300 yuan each!

Three days! 300 yuan!

His sister was so generous to him! Why

doesn't he hold on to such a thigh, and work for others?

If he works for his sister, the money he earns for her will belong to her, and to his family. Why doesn't he earn money for his own sister, but go out to earn money for others?

So Jiang Bai planned very well, wherever his sister goes, he will go.

Jiang Xi couldn't help but smile, and looked up at Jiang Bai.

The current Jiang Bai is completely different from the Jiang Bai she saw in her previous life, who was disgusted with the world and had no interest in life.

Maybe he is still in the growth period, he is still very thin, but his face has a little flesh, and his round eyes are full of smiles, warm and bright.

In the past, he always subconsciously wanted to shrink himself, wishing he could carve the four characters "Can't see me" on his face. But he didn't know when, he straightened his back, raised his head and chest, and put on the well-fitting clothes that Jiang Xi matched for him. He was no longer stiff and unnatural at the beginning. The whole person seemed to be glowing, with a relaxed brow and a smile.

Jiang Xi also smiled at his second brother and said, "I bought a house in Shanghai."

Jiang Bai smiled at first, then was confused, and finally suddenly reacted: "What did you buy in Shanghai?"

"House."

Jiang Bai carefully recalled the money he earned for Jiang Xi during this period. Was it enough for Jiang Xi to buy a house in Shanghai? How much does a house cost in Wucheng now? The housing prices in Shanghai are definitely higher than those in Wucheng, right?

Why did my sister suddenly say that she bought a house in Shanghai?

"The profit from our clothes is not one yuan, but eight to twelve yuan per piece, which means we make ten yuan per piece on average."

Jiang Bai's face was visibly shocked: "Ten...ten yuan?"

He thought about the money he made for Jiang Qing during the Chinese New Year, and the money he made for his sister in the second half of last year. If he multiplied it by ten...wow! That's a lot!

Jiang Bai's eyes suddenly lit up like a small light bulb.

Then he became confused again, wondering why his sister told him this.

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "What do I want in life? I want to be rich and free. I may live in Shanghai in the future. I like the tolerance and freedom of big cities. I have bought a house in Shanghai. One house can give you four blue-stamped household registrations. I plan to move my own household registration, your household registration, and your grandfather's household registration into the house."

Jiang Bai didn't even know what a blue-stamped household registration was, nor did he know what it was used for. He didn't know why his sister wanted to move him into her house. In his mind, what belongs to his sister is what belongs to his sister. What does it have to do with him?

Jiang Xi talked about the fact that with a blue-stamped household registration in Shanghai, he could take the exam in Shanghai.

"In Wucheng, the probability of getting into a key university is only about 1%, or even a few tenths of a percent, but in Shanghai, the probability of getting into a key university is 5% to 6%. If you go to a slightly worse school, the probability will be higher. If possible, I hope you can take the college entrance examination in Shanghai, the probability of getting into a university will be higher."

Jiang Bai, who has never regarded going to university as a life goal: ...

He was at a loss for a moment.

He has many ideas about the future. In the past, he

wanted to graduate quickly and work to make a living. Now that he has a full meal, he wants to graduate quickly and work for his sister after graduation.

In his life plan, he has never thought about what will happen if he gets into university.

Now his sister suddenly starts to make him think.

"I... I don't know either." He scratched his head.

He was secretly reluctant to go to a strange city. He was afraid to go to a strange city, to a strange place, alone.

Just like when he was a child, he was taken to the city by Jiang's father and mother.

He thought that when he returned to his parents, he would be like Jiang Song, who was always by his parents' side, protected and loved, and they would call his name with caring and warm voices.

In fact, Jiang Bai had no name for a long time. Everyone called him "Second Girl."

Second Girl, Second Girl, he didn't understand when he was a child, and he thought he was the "Second Girl". His sister followed him around and called him "Second Sister, Second Sister" all day long, and Jiang Song also called him "Sister Sister" every day.

Later, when he went to school, he suddenly changed from a "second girl" to a "second boy" in the eyes of his parents. In that strange city, strange place, everyone was a stranger. Jiang's father and mother were busy working every day. Jiang Song already had his own familiar friends there. He ran around like crazy every day and disappeared. He was thrown into a strange school by his parents. The name of the school he attended was Jiang Xiaoer.

This doesn't seem to be a very different name. Among the girls he played with since childhood, there was a girl named Jiang Xiaosan, and there was a girl named Jiang Xiaosi in the eldest room. He also knew girls named Xiaowu, Xiaoliu, and Xiaoqi. He easily accepted his new name - Jiang Xiaoer.

Later, he returned to his hometown to attend primary school. His school record was not in another city, so it was very convenient to go back to his hometown.

When registering, the teacher asked his name, and he said it was Jiang Xiaoer.

Grandpa Jiang, who took him to register, smiled and said to the teacher: "What's Xiaoer? If you don't know, you might think he's a waiter. His brother is Jiang Song, and he's called Jiang Bai!" Grandpa Jiang

patrolled the mountains all year round, and the most common trees he came into contact with were these trees and grasses. The most common trees on their mountain were pine trees and cypress trees, so he had his own name - Jiang Bai.

I don't know if it was this memory from his childhood that made him feel strange, fearful, and repulsive to the outside city. He just wanted to go back to his hometown, to be in his hometown, and to go back to the mountains that he was familiar with when he was a child.

Only there did he feel at ease and safe, without hesitation or helplessness.

He looked at his sister, whose eyes were full of determination in the face of future choices. What was reflected in her eyes was his confused and helpless self.

He lowered his eyelids, and his long eyelashes like crow feathers covered the anxiety and helplessness in his eyes.

He said, "Forget it, I'll take the exam in Wucheng."

He thought his sister would say that she opened a store in Wucheng, and he wanted to come to his sister's store after graduation and work for her.

Jiang Xi was so angry that he couldn't make his promise. He raised his chin forcefully: "What do you mean by forget it? I don't know where my eldest brother has gone, and my parents have gone to look for him. By then, grandpa and I will go to Shanghai, leaving you alone in Wucheng?"

A huge sense of panic as if he was being abandoned instantly overwhelmed him. He was like a helpless child abandoned in the desert. It seemed that he was the only one left in the vast world. The sky was getting bigger and bigger, and he was getting smaller and smaller, as small as a tiny dust, swallowed up by the endless darkness.

"Jiang Bai!" A clear voice pierced the endless darkness, pulling him out of the desperate suffocation: "What are you thinking about? Come with me to Shanghai to transfer your household registration, do you hear me?"

He was completely dazed, and she pulled his wrist to the teacher's office. He was going to ask for leave from the head teacher.

He looked at his sister's small hand holding his wrist. Compared with his hand, his sister's hand was really small, with white and slender fingers, and a thin coarse thread on the palm, which was strong and warm.