When Linglong woke up in the morning and found no one around, she knew that her husband had left for work.
When she came out after getting dressed, she saw Congcong sitting alone in the living room playing with building blocks.
"Oh, why is my son so well behaved? Is he hungry?"
"Mom, I'm ready to eat. Dad made it. Dad said there's porridge in the pot and asked you to get up and drink it."
"good."
She went to the kitchen to check, opened the lid of the pot, and found that the porridge was still warm and didn't need to be heated up anymore. She filled a bowl of porridge and came out with a spoon to drink.
While drinking porridge, she raised her hand to look at her watch.
It's already nine o'clock, and she won't be hungry after drinking a bowl of porridge, so let's wait until noon to cook.
When she had nothing to do at home, she would take care of the flowers in the flower bed.
The plants need to be mowed and watered, and they are very busy.
Since it was just her and her son having lunch, she would cook something simple, with two dishes, one meat and one vegetable.
Congcong has a good appetite, and the food he eats tastes delicious.
After dinner and a short nap, Linglong took Congcong to the compound.
They are back this time, it would be unreasonable if they didn't go there.
On the way there, she saw some farmers carrying water chestnuts to sell in the city. She thought the chestnuts looked good, so she bought some.
When we arrived at the compound, only mother-in-law and Aunt Wei were home.
"Mom, where's Tianxin?"
"Xiao Jiang is back. Do you think her family can still accommodate her?"
"That's true." Linglong smiled.
Zeng Yu asked Linglong about her plans for returning this time.
I heard that Tong Dazhu raised both of his children very well, and I felt a little envious.
There are three children in their family, but after all these years, they only have one grandson, Congcong.
However, Zeng Yu also knew that it was okay to mention it occasionally. If she mentioned it too often, her relationship with her daughter-in-law would be affected, so she held back and didn't nag.
Linglong is so sensitive. Just when her mother-in-law took a quick look at her belly, she understood what she meant.
What she said before was not false. Now she has graduated and started preparing for pregnancy.
There is no need to emphasize this all the time. After all, no one can predict whether you can get pregnant or not. Just let nature take its course.
Knowing that her husband would not be back tonight, she had lunch with Congcong in the compound, and chatted with Xiaoxiao who was returning home from get off work for a while before taking the child home.
When she got home, she started thinking about other things.
There are still more than ten days before she reports to her new unit. She has nothing to do these days, so why not take care of the business in the store?
The clothing store has been open for so long, and she and Xiao Jiang have saved a lot of money.
Even though I have bought a yard, I still have a lot of space. It's time to expand my business.
After making up her mind, she carefully thought about the plan in the evening and took out a pen and paper to write it down.
The next morning, she took her son out for breakfast and went straight to the store.
She thought she had arrived quite early, but she didn't expect her sister-in-law to come to the store so early.
"You're more diligent in coming to our store now than going to your own store." Linglong joked.
Zheng Tianxin chuckled. "Sister-in-law, don't tell my second brother, or he'll scold me again."
"Okay, okay, I won't tell you."
Xiao Jiang, who was standing by, felt embarrassed after being teased, so he finally spoke.
"Sister Linglong, what are you doing here?"
"Well, it's a little bit difficult. I need to discuss it with you."
Before they could say anything, Zheng Tianxin took the initiative to speak. "Then you guys discuss it. I'll go out for a walk."
In fact, the sister-in-law didn’t think it was a big deal when she heard Linglong. She was very happy that her sister-in-law did this.
Leaving Sister Luo outside to watch the store, the two of them went into the inner room to talk.
After Xiao Jiang moved out, this place was turned into a special warehouse, but there were not that many clothes in stock, so a table was put there and it could be used as an office.
As soon as they sat down, Linglong started talking. "Here's the thing, Xiao Jiang, I think we can open a new store."
"Open another one?" Xiao Jiang was not surprised at all, and was even a little excited.
"Yes, the new store can be bigger, so we can hire three or four employees."
There were three or four shop assistants, plus Sister Luo, so there were no more than eight people, and it was still within a safe range.
When Xiao Jiang heard that it was going to be a big deal, he became even more excited.
"Tell me, sister, what shall we do?"
"Even if we open a new store, we won't close this one. I want Sister Luo to be the manager of the new store, so we still need to recruit people here."
"Let's first look for a suitable location to open a new store. We'll hire someone and have Sister Luo lead the team. Once the new store is selected and successfully opened, Sister Luo will go to work there. What do you think?"
"I think it's fine, but I don't know if Sister Luo is willing to go to the new store."
"Well, we'll tell Sister Luo when we get out." Linglong was quite confident about this.
After they both go out, tell Sister Luo that you want her to be the manager of the new store.
Just as Sister Luo was looking surprised, Linglong mentioned another benefit. "If you become the manager of the new store, your salary will be double your current salary. If the store performs well, your bonus will be even higher than here."
What else is there to say? Being a store manager would get you promotion, management, and a pay raise. Sister Luo nodded without hesitation. "I'll go."
Linglong and Xiaojiang looked at each other and smiled.
"Then quickly recruit someone. Once you recruit someone, Sister Luo, you can take them with you."
Xiao Jiang was put in charge of recruiting people, while Linglong was mainly responsible for investigating the location of the new store.
A little more than half of 1982 had already passed, and small business owners had sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
Large state-owned factories are showing signs of fatigue and are even on the decline.
As more and more educated youth return to their hometowns, many people need to find jobs.
Xiao Jiang recruited people easily.
And there are still many applicants who want to come to work.
Linglong didn't take care of the recruitment this time, and Xiao Jiang also consulted Sister Luo for some advice.
Sister Luo is about to become the manager of their new store and also the elder in their store. Xiao Jiang thinks it’s okay to ask her opinion.
After all, if Sister Luo wants to successfully become the manager of the new store, the newly recruited person here must be able to take on the responsibilities of the old store.
So Sister Luo is also very concerned about this matter.
After Sister Luo leaves, the old store will hire a new person.
Linglong walked around the streets, looking for a suitable place to open a store, and wrote down a lot of information in her notebook.
This time when opening a new store, she doesn't plan to rent a storefront, she wants to buy one directly.
The new store is large, and both decoration and layout will take a lot of effort. If they are doing well and the contract expires and the landlord is unwilling to renew the lease, they will have to find another place.
I might as well just buy the store I want to open, so I don’t have to worry about renewing the lease or moving to another location in the future.
Knowing that a new clerk had been hired, Linglong met the new clerk and then talked to Xiaojiang about buying a store.
Xiao Jiang also felt that this was a good way to get it done in one go, as he had made a deal and also bought fixed assets.
Xiao Jiang also agreed, and Linglong felt more at ease.
Since she wanted to buy a store instead of renting one, she was more cautious and serious in choosing a location.
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