Five days later, Qiao Jiuru received a large sum of money wired by Bai Jianmin and the others.
“Jianmin and his team are really impressive. They returned the money within two or three days of going back.”
These kids, given a chance, can do just as well as anyone else.
"After that, once we set up a clothing factory, we'll definitely need people to sell clothes, people to run business, and people to open shops."
Although Su Huaiyuan wasn't good at economics, he knew a little about his family's previous businesses and could talk about them in some way.
"I'm not worried about that. As long as we have enough manpower and can guide them, why would we be afraid of not having anyone to sell the clothes?!"
Qiao Jiuru is not worried about sales or volume. She already has many candidates in mind, including herself, who plans to open two clothing stores in Beijing.
Besides opening her own shop, she also plans to have Mai Nian, Xiao Lei and his sister, Guang Sheng and his wife, Lu Hua'er, Sister Lu, and Song Luoyun and his sister all open clothing stores.
Even if these people opened a dozen or so clothing stores, they couldn't compete with a market as large as Beijing. Besides, clothing stores are more profitable, and you don't have to endure wind, sun, or rain.
As for how to arrange things for Bai Jianmin and the others, Qiao Jiuru also had her own ideas.
Qiao Jiuru has already written to Brother Su from the faraway country, asking him not only to help inquire about the production line, but also to request that he find more fashion and style magazines to send to her.
In addition, she also called Mr. Chen to inquire about the fabric market.
After New Year's Day, the new year begins.
About two weeks after New Year's Day, schools started their winter break.
This Spring Festival, Zhou Wanhua and her siblings all agreed to spend the holiday in Beijing.
Before New Year's Day, Qiao Jiuru stopped ordering goods from Chen Meili and planned to stop for a while. She also asked Mai Nian to take advantage of this time to convert his temporary job to a permanent one and transfer his household registration.
Mai Nian also plans to spend some money to get his household registration sorted out so he can buy his own house sooner.
Before the winter vacation started, Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan called Cai Qingwen and his wife in Yuanhai City to confirm their arrival time before the Spring Festival.
After learning about this, Lao Feng decided to bring his grandson and Cai Qingwen's family to celebrate the Spring Festival together.
With so many people living together, the two apartments in the Peking University staff quarters are definitely not enough. Fortunately, Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan had someone renovate the courtyard house that Su Huazhu had chosen in November.
This courtyard house can provide a spacious and comfortable living environment for so many people, without feeling too empty. The key is that the surrounding environment is good and the location is also very good.
Soon, the day of winter vacation arrived. Cai Qingwen's family planned to set off on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and would definitely arrive the next day.
On the first day of the holiday, Qiao Jiuru took Su Huazhu and her two grandsons on a big shopping trip.
Su Huaiyuan, Su Ze, and Zhou Wanwan, as the school's main teachers, will continue to be on duty at the school these few days after the holiday. Some students haven't left school yet, and some students whose homes are far from Beijing don't plan to go home for the Spring Festival and will have to continue living at the school. Therefore, the teachers will need to pay close attention to the safety and needs of these students and help them solve any problems they may have.
Qiao Jiuru and her daughter rode bicycles against the cold wind, each with their sons, Su Xingchen and Su Xinghai, on the back.
The two adults and two children headed straight for the courtyard house on Gulou Street. Along the way, they stopped at the supply and marketing cooperative to go in and make purchases.
After loading the large and small stoves, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, matches, pots, pans, dishes, and chopsticks onto the bicycle, they pushed it towards the courtyard on Gulou Street.
Buying things nearby saves effort and is less tiring, but even so, Qiao Jiuru and the others were still covered in sweat.
Ignoring the curious stares of the people in the alley, Su Xingchen took the key from her grandmother and opened the gate to the courtyard. Together, they carried the two bicycles inside.
After parking her bicycle and unloading her things in the yard, Su Xingchen closed the yard gate.
They moved everything to the kitchen first, and then Su Xingchen and Su Xinghai found some firewood in the corner of the kitchen and started boiling water.
Qiao Jiuru and Su Huazhu opened all the doors to the house; their task for the day was to give the house a thorough cleaning.
The four of them worked from morning until noon, then went directly to a noodle restaurant, ordered some dishes, ate their fill, and came back to continue working.
They worked tirelessly until 5 p.m., barely managing to clean the yard. The four of them were exhausted.
When it was time to go back, Qiao Jiuru had her two grandsons take the bus, while she and her daughter Su Huazhu rode bicycles slowly.
When the four of them arrived home, Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze had already prepared the meal.
"Tomorrow, we'll go buy some more coal, charcoal, and firewood. We'll use our own bedding for our family and Lao Feng's family. I've already prepared new bedding for Lao Cai's family; we just need to deliver it to them the day before they arrive."
While eating, Qiao Jiuru arranged the things she needed to do tomorrow. Anyway, there were always things to do every day, and she was never idle.
"There are about a hundred students staying on campus instead of going home for the Spring Festival. We still need to arrange their living arrangements and solve their meal problems during this period."
Su Huaiyuan has been really busy these past few days, worrying about how his children, who can't come home for the New Year, will spend the holiday.
"The problem of meals is easy to solve. Why not let these students manage their own cafeteria? We won't need to pay cafeteria staff. Let them cook for themselves, keep them occupied, and save a lot of money. It's a win-win situation."
Since they were just sitting around at school with nothing to do and there weren't any places to earn extra money, Qiao Jiuru thought it would be better to find them something to do.
This is a good idea.
Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze completely agreed. The only reasons for staying at school instead of going home were the distance from home and their financial situation. Even if they didn't go home, they still needed to eat and drink, which would cost money anyway.
If we let them work in the canteen, it would solve part of their food ration problem.
So-and-so said that this method is good.
"I'll talk to the principal tomorrow morning."
The family finished talking about the matter while eating. After the meal, Zhou Wanwan and Su Huazhu went to wash the dishes.
Su Huaiyuan went to make tea, Qiao Jiuru sat to rest, and Su Ze and his two sons ate fruit after dinner.
Just then, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.
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