Chapter 129
Luo Chunyan actually bought several books on how to do business and took them home to read.
When Luo Chunyan's mother saw her reading after dinner, she asked, "What are you reading?"
Luo Ermei, who was doing her homework, blurted out, "My sister is learning how to do business!"
Luo Chunyan's mother then came over and asked, "Ji Wanmei's shop is doing so well, how much money has she made in the past two weeks?"
Her own daughter was the only employee hired by Ji Wanmei's shop, so she should be the one who knows best.
In the past few days, many families in the compound who usually don't interact with them have suddenly become very enthusiastic towards them.
In the neighborhood, people would often pull her aside to chat.
After rambling on for a while, the purpose she revealed was simply that her daughter Chunyan worked at the "Pearl of the Orient" store, and she wanted to see if she could use her connection with Luo Chunyan to get a few more of those trendy thongs.
As for the trousers, Luo Chunyan's mother had naturally already put them on long ago.
When Luo Chunyan returned from Zhejiang, she brought back a pair of leggings and hair ties for each of the three women.
However, Luo Chunyan said that she paid for all the goods herself, and they were not free items from the store.
Luo Chunyan's mother was very unhappy when she heard this, and said, "You get up early and work late to watch the shop for Ji Wanmei, but all you wear is one pair of her pants, and you still have to pay for it yourself?"
"Other factories give their employees benefits during holidays! Doesn't she give you any employee benefits?"
Luo Chunyan knew that her mother was greedy for money and loved to take advantage of small things, so she didn't even tell her the specific purchase price of the goods in the store.
They guarded it very tightly.
It's written in this book that this is called a trade secret, and it shouldn't be easily told to outsiders, not even close family members.
Now Luo Chunyan's mother is asking Luo Chunyan how much money her shop made in half a month.
Luo Chunyan hadn't originally intended to tell the truth, but she felt a little uncomfortable when the matter was brought up.
Because it was her mother who strongly opposed her partnering with Ji Wanmei to invest in a shop, she missed out on a great opportunity.
So, in order to deliberately provoke her mother, Luo Chunyan flipped through the book and said casually, "Not much, just a few thousand yuan."
"What!!!"
Luo Chunyan's mother screamed in disbelief.
"Several thousand dollars?! You're not mistaken, are you? Is it really that much?"
Luo Chunyan's mother quickly came over and asked in shock, "How many thousands is that exactly?"
Two or three thousand is still several thousand, and eight or nine thousand is still several thousand.
"I can't tell you that." Luo Chunyan's status and income have improved, and she's become quite arrogant at home.
Sometimes Luo Chunyan didn't like what her mother said, so she would directly retort.
When eating at home, if she saw her mother only putting meat into her younger brother Luo Chunjie's bowl, Luo Chunyan would also put the same amount into her own and her second sister's bowls without any hesitation.
It's because her mother openly showed favoritism!
"My goodness! It's that profitable?" Luo Chunyan's mother was completely dumbfounded.
She knew that Ji Wanmei's shop was doing very well. Think about it, when women couldn't buy anything, they all came to her, Luo Chunyan's mother, for help. That meant the business was so good that demand exceeded supply.
"Several thousand yuan in just half a month, that's a lot of profit..." Luo Chunyan murmured.
What she was really thinking was that if Chunyan had invested her money when Ji Wanmei invited her to join the business, she could be sitting back and counting her money now.
Even if you deduct one-third of the principal and the cost of goods, you should still make a net profit of at least one or two thousand yuan from a few thousand yuan.
Wouldn't Luo Chunyan be able to get a thousand yuan in half a month?
The more Luo Chunyan's mother thought about it, the more she regretted it. She slapped her thigh and said, "Chunyan, why don't I borrow some money and you go and talk to Ji Wanmei? You can invest now and work together with her."
"Anyway, she'll be going to study in the provincial capital next month, and you'll have to run the shop alone. What's the point of working so hard every day, getting up early and working late? Just for that fixed salary of one hundred yuan?"
Luo Chunyan sneered, "You wish! What did you say when Ji Wanmei came to me to join us?"
"Haven't we said that a woman's job is to stay at home, take care of her husband and children, and marry a man properly? Going out and showing her face in public is just bringing shame to the family?"
"Who told you to be so blind? You were unwilling to spend money on me, thinking that having a daughter meant you were destined to be useless and incompetent, and that marrying a man and bearing his children was the only way out. You thought that having a son would be the only way to take care of you in your old age, right?"
"Look at you, you just missed a golden opportunity to make money."
Luo Chunyan grew increasingly angry as she spoke, and finally shouted, "Do you think Ji Wanmei and Factory Director Ji are easy to fool? You didn't take the opportunity when we gave you one, and now that you see they're making money, you shamelessly ask to join us. You have no shame, and I feel ashamed!"
"Ji Wanmei only asked me to help out at the shop because I'm her friend. Don't be too greedy. If it's not yours, don't covet it!"
"If you cause me to lose my job, there are plenty of people in Pingquan County willing to line up to be Ji Wanmei's shop assistants. I advise you to be more responsible and stay a good housewife!"
Luo Chunyan vented all the pent-up dissatisfaction and resentment in her heart in one breath. She picked up her book, got up, went into the bedroom, and slammed the door shut.
In the cramped living room, Luo Chunyan's mother and her two children looked at each other, speechless, their expressions quite unpleasant.
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