Chapter 58 Neighbors in the Snack Street
After the evening self-study class, Su Jiaojiao didn't want to stay in the classroom any longer and almost ran back home.
The weather was cold, but Chen Guilan still stood at the door, looking toward the school. Only when she saw Su Jiaojiao did she smile. "You came back five minutes earlier today than yesterday. Don't worry, walk slowly."
"I'm just in a hurry to come back and see you!" It was rare for Su Jiaojiao to act coquettishly in front of Chen Guilan. After all, psychologically she was not a teenage girl. As an adult, she felt embarrassed to act coquettishly in front of her mother. In her previous life, they had spent too little time together as mother and daughter. In this life, she had to make up for her guilt towards her mother. For Chen Guilan, her daughter's company was the most important thing at the moment.
"You're so old, yet you're still like a child." Chen Guilan said this, but she was still very happy in her heart. When the mother and daughter entered the house, Chen Guilan quickly put the food on the table. Tonight was shredded pork noodles with green rapeseed and tender shredded pork, which was full of fragrance. Su Jiaojiao picked out half a bowl for herself and gave the other half to Chen Guilan. "You ate too much tonight, it's hard to digest, half each."
"I've eaten." Chen Guilan wanted Su Jiaojiao to finish everything.
"Mom, I really can't eat anymore." Su Jiaojiao saw that all the buns were gone, so she knew Chen Guilan must have eaten some leftovers. Chen Guilan had no choice but to sit down and eat with her. She pointed to the potatoes and tomatoes in the corner and said, "The neighbor sent them here. He said they would go bad if we didn't eat them, and he didn't even want money. He didn't just give them to us, he gave them to all the neighbors around here."
"Then let's take it!" Su Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment, then said, "When there's a chance, we'll give them something else."
She suddenly had a feeling that this vegetable vendor would not last long.
It is understandable that vegetable sellers have leftovers. They can give discounts on unsold vegetables and occasionally give them to neighbors, but it is incomprehensible if they give them away frequently.
Neighbors are also the target customer group. With his delivery, they don’t have to buy groceries so often.
Over time, everyone was waiting for him to deliver the food!
After the mother and daughter lay down, they did not hear the awkward sound, but they heard their quarrel. The gist of it was that the woman complained that the man served too many vegetables and they would go bad if they could not sell them. The man complained that the woman did not sell the vegetables well and just watched TV in the house all day. He said that their son had poor grades and it was all the woman's fault for not tutoring him.
"I knew you looked down on me. Not only do you dislike me, you dislike the child too!" The woman felt very aggrieved and cried out in a vaguely understandable dialect, "If you have someone else out there, just tell me directly. There's no need to come back and take it out on us mother and daughter!"
"Let's talk about what's going on. Don't bring up this nonsense. I've had enough of you!" the man yelled, slamming a tea bowl. "Are you still going to say that the truck I use to deliver vegetables is also funded by your family? Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today. Do you think I want to sell vegetables? I've had enough of me getting up early and working late to deliver the goods."
The child was so scared that he cried loudly.
There was chaos next door.
"These two were fine during the day..." Chen Guilan sighed, turned over and said to Su Jiaojiao, "If you can't sleep well, don't come back tomorrow and just stay at school!"
That's how it is outside.
You never know who lives next door, and there's nothing they can do about it.
"Nothing." Su Jiaojiao didn't care. Since she couldn't sleep anyway, she chatted with Chen Guilan, "Mom, how were the sales today?"
"Look at my brain, I almost forgot to tell you." Chen Guilan said with joy, "Sales were pretty good today. I sold 30 pairs in total, all of them jeans. Although I made money, I still feel bad. We sold them at a really low price."
Thirty pieces would be three hundred yuan.
If this continues, she will wake up laughing in her dreams.
"It's okay. We'll sell the rest after we sell them all." Su Jiaojiao had already called Ju Peijun at noon and asked him to find Liu Wenzhi when he went to Mocheng and buy another hundred sets of cotton-padded jackets and trousers. The wholesale price would be 18 yuan per set, and he could sell them for 35 yuan per set when he came back.
Su Jiaojiao sold this kind of cotton jacket and trousers when she was at Jiali Garment Factory. They were sold for 40 yuan a set and were very popular.
It is normal for the same clothes to differ by ten or eight yuan in the same city.
She set the price at thirty-five, which was quite reasonable.
The reason why she quickly disposed of this batch of goods from Jiali Garment Factory was because these goods were for spring and autumn wear. The worst thing to do in business is to hold on to goods. You can't hold on to goods just to buy a few more dollars.
The battle next door continues.
And it got more and more intense, starting with the child crying, then the woman crying, and finally the man started crying too, and the whole family of three was wailing.
The owner of the music store across the street flashed past their window, came over and knocked on the door next door, and stood at the door to persuade: "Brother, everyone's life is hard, that's enough, go to bed early!"
The crying in the room became much quieter.
Another man came over and advised: "Yes, if there is anything, you should discuss it with your husband and wife. If the business is not going well, don't blame each other. Everyone likes your family!"
The couple are kind and generous.
They ate a lot of food.
The crying finally stopped.
The man replied hoarsely, "I know. I'm sorry for tonight, buddy."
In an instant, the whole street became quiet.
As if nothing happened.
Su Jiaojiao silently calculated the days. They would not have a holiday this week. When the batch of cotton jackets and trousers arrived, she would ask Ju Peijun to deliver them. She would find time to treat Ju Peijun to a meal to express her gratitude. Then in half a month, she would have winter vacation.
During the winter vacation, she went to the Melbourne wholesale market in person to pick up some down jackets for everyone to wear during the New Year, making some money. Whether she could save 10,000 yuan before the New Year depended on this batch of down jackets.
In fact, she was not worried about these things. Her only concern now was when to tell Chen Guilan that Su Houli wanted a divorce. She could hide it for a day, but not for half a month. She would have to tell Chen Guilan sooner or later. Otherwise, if Su Houli really came to her, Chen Guilan would not be mentally prepared at all.
It is better to be proactive than passive.
At noon, she called Su Houli again. Su Houli knew that Chen Guilan was selling goods at the snack street and was planning to go find her when he had time. When he answered Su Jiaojiao's call, his tone softened a bit, "What's going on?"
"Dad, let's have dinner together next Saturday night. You arrange the time!" Su Jiaojiao was very calm. She seemed to see through Su Houli's thoughts and said word by word, "I told you not to go to my mom. If you divorce, I can't go with you. I have to go with my mom. So my mom is not alone. She still has me. Even if you go to her, she will have to ask for my opinion. Why don't the three of us meet and talk things out."
"That's great." Su Houli was more than happy to ask, "Where shall we meet?"
"I'll let you know next Saturday at noon." Su Jiaojiao said and hung up the phone.
Of course she chooses the meeting place.
This is called home field advantage.
When Ju Peijun came to deliver the cotton jacket and trousers, Su Jiaojiao had not yet finished school. Chen Guilan paid for the goods as Su Jiaojiao asked and also gave Ju Peijun two boxes of cigarettes. Ju Peijun and Chen Guilan had met several times and became familiar with each other, so he did not refuse. He helped Su Jiaojiao install the iron rack for hanging clothes that she had bought from Liu Wenzhi, exchanged a few words, and then drove away.
Leg warmers and sample stock can be sold on the ground.
But these cotton jackets and trousers cannot be sold on special iron racks, which makes them look more upscale.
After Su Jiaojiao got home from school, Chen Guilan happily told her, "I sold five sets of cotton-padded jackets and trousers this afternoon, and I sold ten samples that were leftover."
Cash is deposited into the account every day.
Her confidence grew.
Peaceful and happy days always pass quickly.
The day for meeting Su Houli soon arrived. After school at noon, Su Jiaojiao went directly to Jiaoxian Guolv Hotel to book a private room, and then informed Su Houli that she and Chen Guilan would wait for him in room 102 on the first floor at 6 o'clock in the evening.
Su Houli suspected he had misheard and asked twice before confirming it was the Guolv Hotel. He was very angry and said, "I don't have that much money to eat at that place."
Of course he knew how expensive the food was at the Guolv Hotel.
The last time a client came, it was him who arranged it. A simple meal cost one or two hundred yuan, and accommodation was even more shocking, costing one hundred yuan for one night.
He suspected that Su Jiaojiao was playing tricks and trying to cheat him out of money again.
"Just come, I'll treat you." Su Jiaojiao hung up the phone.
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