Chapter 159
After finishing the phone call, Ji Wanmei returned to her dormitory and continued writing letters to Lei Tingjun.
Her letters were naturally subtle and tactful, unlike Lei Tingjun's lingering and tender manner in his letters, creating a charming contrast with his cold and stern appearance.
Ji Wanmei, on the contrary, was concise and to the point. After replying, she took an empty envelope from a box on her desk, put the letter in it, and planned to mail it the next day.
Ji Wanmei couldn't ignore the message Luo Chunyan conveyed.
She plans to go to Shuxiutang in the morning and then visit the largest wholesale market in East China in the afternoon to see if she can find anything worthwhile.
Thinking of this, Ji Wanmei asked Zhou Min, "Zhou Min, are you going out tomorrow afternoon? I want to go to the wholesale market. If you're free, would you like to come with me?"
When Zhou Min heard that Ji Wanmei was going to a wholesale market, it sounded like it wasn't anything too high-end and she couldn't afford it. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow."
Having been at the school for over two weeks, Zhou Min still hadn't really gotten to know Huadong City properly.
Her impoverished background and meager living expenses limited her, but Zhou Min yearned to explore a wider world.
Seeing that Zhou Min was willing to take the first step into the new world, Ji Wanmei was happy for her. She smiled, went to wash up, and went to bed to rest.
The next morning, tens of thousands of people got up early to pack and took the bus to Grandma Song's Shu Embroidery Hall.
At this time, before Grandma Song arrived, Ji Wanmei began learning from a very experienced master.
In the beginning, they all learned some basic techniques. Ji Wanmei picked them up very quickly. In half a day, she could understand the techniques that other apprentices took a whole day to figure out.
She had other things to do in the afternoon, so she arranged to meet Zhou Min at the school gate.
At 11:30, Ji Wanmei said goodbye to her teacher and asked her to tell Grandma Song that she would not be coming over in the afternoon.
At 1:30 pm, Lu Zhuoxuan drove Grandma Song to Shuxiutang. Upon learning that Ji Wanmei had come in the morning and had already left, he felt a sense of disappointment.
Grandma Song looked very disappointed when she saw that he hadn't seen anyone. She said, "Go back to school tomorrow. You'll have time to see people then. You always use an old woman like me as an excuse. What a pathetic thing you are!"
Lu Zhuoxuan smiled frankly: "Nothing can escape your discerning eyes, sir."
Meanwhile, Ji Wanmei rushed back to school to meet up with Zhou Min. The two first ate something at the school gate, and then took a car to the largest wholesale market in East China.
On the bus, Zhou Min asked curiously, "Wanmei, what are you going to the wholesale market for?"
Although Ji Wanmei didn't act like Zhou Yuejuan and Fang Xiaoqin, as soon as she arrived at the dormitory, she wanted to tell everyone in the dormitory that her family was from East China, that she had such and such relatives, that they worked in such and such units, and that they held such and such important positions.
Ji Wanmei has always been low-key and never flaunts or publicizes her family background.
However, Zhou Yuejuan's mother noticed her good family background and encouraged Zhou Yuejuan to befriend Ji Wanmei. Fang Xiaoqin, on the other hand, was arrogant and unreasonable, but she also ran into a snag with Ji Wanmei.
In the eight-person dormitory, the two most proud locals were either jealous of or trying to curry favor with Ji Wanmei, not to mention the other roommates from ordinary backgrounds.
In Zhou Min's opinion, everything Ji Wanmei ate, used, and wore looked high-end and must have been bought from a department store. How could she possibly buy things from a wholesale market?
Ji Wanmei smiled: "Do you think that everything I wear and use is an expensive designer brand?"
“Isn’t that so?” Zhou Min replied purely in a declarative tone.
"No." Ji Wanmei looked down at herself. The clothes she was wearing were indeed bought from the state-run department store in Pingquan County, but the other things were not.
For example, pointing to the apricot-colored small gold-buckled leather bag slung over her shoulder, she said, "I bought this bag at a wholesale market in Zhejiang. It only cost me a few yuan."
"Really?" Zhou Min's eyes widened. She had always thought that Ji Wanmei's bag cost more than a hundred yuan.
"Yes, and the hair ties, hair ties, sunglasses and other things I usually use are all bought from the wholesale market."
Ji Wanmei: "I run a women's goods specialty store in my hometown. Many of the things I use are from my own store."
Zhou Min was even more surprised: "You actually own your own store?"
"It's not a big store, just a small grocery store. Since I came here to study, my best friend from my hometown has been helping me run the store. But last night she called me and said that many stores in our hometown are copying our products. So I thought I'd go to the wholesale market in East China to see if there are any new and stylish items that I can buy and send back to sell."
Ji Wanmei, with a calm and slightly smiling tone, told Zhou Min something that shocked her.
We are all the same age and freshmen.
While some people are still engrossed in reading day and night, Ji Wanmei has already started her own business.
Zhou Min was deeply shocked. She realized that people from different backgrounds really do have different starting points.
You think you've finally reached the finish line, but you discover that the finish line you can't reach is just a starting point for someone else.
"Wanmei, what does your family do?" Zhou Min hesitated for a long time before finally mustering up the courage to ask.
She knew it was presumptuous and impolite to ask such a question, but Zhou Min just wanted to confirm how big the gap was between herself and Ji Wanmei.
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