After Yang Qiaoqiao and Zhou Yang reached an agreement, Yang Qiaoqiao went to the provincial capital with Huo Beixiao the next day.
She hadn't been to the wholesale market in the provincial capital for several months.
Since their own garment factory opened last year, the store has been selling goods from their own garment factory.
The wholesale market hasn't changed much from last year, except that Hua Yuxin's stall has a new owner.
Yang Qiaoqiao walked into Hua Yuxin's old stall. The new owner was a plump middle-aged woman who greeted her warmly, "Comrade, feel free to look around. Just tell me what you like and how much you want."
"Big sister, you just took over this stall, right? Did the previous owner quit?" Yang Qiaoqiao wanted to find out about Hua Yuxin.
When the older woman heard her ask this question, she knew that the woman used to be a regular customer of Hua Yuxin. She lowered her voice and said, "Oh, comrade, you don't know? The woman who used to do business at this stall had a bad conscience and sold clothes taken from dead people to others."
But her scheme was exposed, she was arrested by the authorities, and reportedly fined a lot of money, making it impossible for her to continue her business. Now I hear she's gone to the south to try her luck.
"Huh? I haven't been here for only two or three months, how could this be?" Yang Qiaoqiao feigned surprise.
The older woman sized her up. "Young lady, you haven't been around for two or three months? Well, you're lucky you didn't buy any of her dead people's clothes."
Yang Qiaoqiao chatted with her older sister for a few more minutes, and then wandered around her older sister's stall.
Before coming to this stall, she had already explored the entire wholesale market.
The clothes from different stores were all very similar. Women's trousers were mainly stirrup pants, while tops were mainly various shirts and batwing tops. Skirts, however, were very diverse and colorful. In addition to long skirts for spring, stockings and bodycon skirts were also in vogue.
Yang Qiaoqiao took some of each of the following items: stirrup pants, shirts, batwing tops, long skirts, pencil skirts, and stockings.
She originally planned to collect the goods, hire a rickshaw to transport them to Huo Beixiao's place, and then go back with Huo Beixiao.
Unexpectedly, just after she finished paying, she saw Huo Beixiao's car drive in from outside the market.
The car stopped in front of the older sister's stall, and Huo Beixiao got out. "Honey, these are all our goods, right? I'll carry them up to the truck."
As the man spoke, he began moving the goods.
The older sister glanced at Huo Beixiao's car, which was incredibly conspicuous in that era.
Looking at Yang Qiaoqiao with envy, he said, "Girl, your man is really great. He drives a car now, but he doesn't look down on you for running a small business. He even thoughtfully helps you move your goods. A man like that is hard to find these days."
Although we have reformed and opened up to the world and advocate gender equality, many men still have patriarchal ideas.
They felt that women shouldn't be out in the public eye doing business.
People's thinking is so strange. Doing business and working a job are both ways to make money, but women with jobs are looked up to when looking for a husband, while business people are looked down upon.
Some people with more traditional and conservative views even believe that women who do business outside the home are immoral.
Moreover, this kind of thinking is more common among wealthier families.
But just now, when Huo Beixiao got out of the car and helped carry the goods, and when he called out "wife," even she, an outsider, could tell how proud he was of his wife.
Yang Qiaoqiao laughed and said, "My husband doesn't have any other good qualities, but he has a high level of ideological awareness. He advocates for gender equality and supports my small business."
The older sister laughed and joked, "What good qualities does your man have? I think he's perfect in every way. He's rich, handsome, and respects his wife. You'd better keep an eye on such a good man. You'll definitely regret it if someone else snatches him away."
Yang Qiaoqiao smiled, picked up the last small bag of clothes, and said goodbye to her eldest sister.
She had only taken two steps when Huo Beixiao took the bag of clothes from her hand, carrying it in one hand and leading her into the car with the other.
The older woman behind him looked on with envy, saying, "The couple has such a good relationship."
"Brother Xiao, how's the repair work at the mall going? Will it be finished on time?" Yang Qiaoqiao asked after settling into the passenger seat.
She had just noticed a subtle hint of sternness in Huo Beixiao's eyes and guessed it might be from the mall.
"Completing it on time shouldn't be a problem," Huo Beixiao replied.
"Then what's wrong with it?" Yang Qiaoqiao asked.
She and Huo Beixiao have been married for almost a year, and they have developed a good understanding of each other.
She had no reservations when she asked Huo Beixiao. She asked, and Huo Beixiao would naturally tell her what he could. If it involved any business secrets that he couldn't tell her, she didn't necessarily need to know.
"We've encountered some problems with attracting investment," Huo Beixiao said.
Currently, only major cities like Beijing and Shanghai have large shopping malls; other places in China don't.
Whether he was building shopping malls or developing real estate, it was all because he had seen skyscrapers and shops everywhere in his dreams and felt that with the development of the national economy, this would definitely make money.
In practice, things turned out to be far more complicated than imagined.
Such a large shopping mall would require hundreds of businesses to fill it.
There are only about two thousand businesses in the entire provincial capital. Where is he going to attract so many businesses to move in?
Without merchants joining, building an online mall is pointless.
While Huo Beixiao was driving, Yang Qiaoqiao took a look at the mall's leasing plan.
The mall's layout was personally designed by Huo Beixiao after you visited the mall in Beicheng. The first floor is a large department store, the second floor is clothing, the third floor is food, the fourth floor is entertainment, and the fifth floor is a cinema.
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